Hey again, I know you're all expecting a Haley, but I'm saving her till last (and till I've got some good ideas). I thought it would be interesting to do another persons point of view, someone who is outside of the triangle but kinda in it as well…which would make it a love square I guess! So here is Nathan pov!
PLEASE MAKE ME HAPPY AND REVIEW!!
"Looking sharp big brother…"
Nathan Scott slaps his half brother on the back and grins. He wonders for a second why he did the back slap and grin thing. It's so cheesy. So not Nathan and Lucas.
But lately everything feels a little forced. For some reason being here doesn't feel right- He feels like he's in a dream. One of those dreams where everything seems perfect but you just know that there's something out of place. One thing that makes it obvious that you're dreaming and it isn't real.
He shrugs it off and helps his brother find some cuff links. He cant help but notice Lucas looking slightly uneasy. Not nervous. Just wary of something. And kind of depressed looking to. Not really how you'd expect someone to look on the happiest day of their life. What was it with everyone looking so unhappy today?
He walks out of the room where Lucas is getting dressed and runs straight into his girlfriend.
"Hales…woah! Slow down there speedy…"
He looks down at her. She's agitated. Suddenly he's overwhelmed with concern. His heart drops to his shoes. Somehow he does not have a good feeling about this at all.
"What's wrong?"
"Umm…nothing. Nothings wrong. I'm fine. Just a little hot I guess…I'll be outside…"
And she runs off again. Confused and no less concerned, Nathan makes his way to a shady area of the Davis's back garden. He watches the hustle and bustle continue around him. On the surface everything looks just as it should on a wedding day.
Middle aged women are fighting for control in the kitchen, bossing everybody about. All the men are stood around, bewildered by the women's behaviour and looking uncomfortable in their formal wear. Small children are practically bouncing off the walls, accidentally causing chaos wherever they go and getting their smartest outfits dirty. Hostile teenagers slouch, sulkily in their chairs- pretending to wish they were somewhere else, but secretly checking out the talent of the opposite sex- because for some reason all teenagers seem to think a wedding is a great place to hook up.
Everyone is behaving just as you'd expect them to on a wedding day. There is a lot of commotion and laughter and kids falling over and food getting burnt. But to Nathan it's all very far away. He feels like he's in a movie, and the picture has suddenly gone out of focus….. blurry….except no-one else has noticed. They keep on watching the movie without a problem. But the only things in focus to him are the things no-one else seems to be aware of.
Like Lucas and the smile that isn't reaching to his eyes.
Like Haley and her exceedingly agitated disposition.
Like Brooke and her mopey mood.
He decides to go check up on her. She looks incredible. But Nathan can see she's been crying.
"Hey. You look good…"
She chuckles at that "Thanks Nathan."
"Sorry, probably not the right word. You look…phenomenal?"
"Still not much better. But thanks for trying."
He doesn't really want to bring up the fact she's been crying but he can't help himself. She's not been herself lately. For quite a while now in fact. The bold, brash, sexy, self assured young woman is fading away before his very eyes. And it scares him. Every time he sees her, it's like she always has a little less confidence, her eyes look a little emptier than the last time he saw her. He's scared she's going to fade away to nothing.
"Why have you been crying?"
She looks up at him in surprise. Not because she's surprised he's noticed but because she's surprised he's asking. Nathan Scott usually keeps himself to himself when it comes to matters of the heart. She has the feeling he is more than a little bit wary of other peoples problems. She's so surprised that the truth just slips right out of her mouth before she can stop it and remember just who she's talking to.
"Because Lucas doesn't love me."
It's a very matter of fact statement. So much so that Nathan thinks she's joking and reproaches her for saying it. Surely she can see that Lucas loves her…why else would he marry her?
"That's not funny Brooke."
She looks straight at him. Her green eyes bore into his blue.
"I'm not joking Nathan."
She's telling the truth. And Nathan feels sick to his stomach. Because suddenly everything fits together, because he realises in that instant, that he's about to lose Haley James.
Now he understands the quick glances sometimes shared between Haley and Lucas. The glances that he's pretty sure only Lucas understood until today. Now Haley knows too- and although she's got too good a nature to break up the wedding, she also has to good a nature to not break his heart. She'd rather have Lucas and Brooke get married than ruin countless friendships. She'd rather be alone herself than lead him on in a phoney relationship. He knows this and he braces himself for the surge of emotions he's expecting to feel but only one comes.
There is no anger. There is no deep sense of loss.
There is just sadness. A complete and utter, heartbreaking sadness.
PLEASE MAKE ME HAPPY AND REVIEW!!
"Looking sharp big brother…"
Nathan Scott slaps his half brother on the back and grins. He wonders for a second why he did the back slap and grin thing. It's so cheesy. So not Nathan and Lucas.
But lately everything feels a little forced. For some reason being here doesn't feel right- He feels like he's in a dream. One of those dreams where everything seems perfect but you just know that there's something out of place. One thing that makes it obvious that you're dreaming and it isn't real.
He shrugs it off and helps his brother find some cuff links. He cant help but notice Lucas looking slightly uneasy. Not nervous. Just wary of something. And kind of depressed looking to. Not really how you'd expect someone to look on the happiest day of their life. What was it with everyone looking so unhappy today?
He walks out of the room where Lucas is getting dressed and runs straight into his girlfriend.
"Hales…woah! Slow down there speedy…"
He looks down at her. She's agitated. Suddenly he's overwhelmed with concern. His heart drops to his shoes. Somehow he does not have a good feeling about this at all.
"What's wrong?"
"Umm…nothing. Nothings wrong. I'm fine. Just a little hot I guess…I'll be outside…"
And she runs off again. Confused and no less concerned, Nathan makes his way to a shady area of the Davis's back garden. He watches the hustle and bustle continue around him. On the surface everything looks just as it should on a wedding day.
Middle aged women are fighting for control in the kitchen, bossing everybody about. All the men are stood around, bewildered by the women's behaviour and looking uncomfortable in their formal wear. Small children are practically bouncing off the walls, accidentally causing chaos wherever they go and getting their smartest outfits dirty. Hostile teenagers slouch, sulkily in their chairs- pretending to wish they were somewhere else, but secretly checking out the talent of the opposite sex- because for some reason all teenagers seem to think a wedding is a great place to hook up.
Everyone is behaving just as you'd expect them to on a wedding day. There is a lot of commotion and laughter and kids falling over and food getting burnt. But to Nathan it's all very far away. He feels like he's in a movie, and the picture has suddenly gone out of focus….. blurry….except no-one else has noticed. They keep on watching the movie without a problem. But the only things in focus to him are the things no-one else seems to be aware of.
Like Lucas and the smile that isn't reaching to his eyes.
Like Haley and her exceedingly agitated disposition.
Like Brooke and her mopey mood.
He decides to go check up on her. She looks incredible. But Nathan can see she's been crying.
"Hey. You look good…"
She chuckles at that "Thanks Nathan."
"Sorry, probably not the right word. You look…phenomenal?"
"Still not much better. But thanks for trying."
He doesn't really want to bring up the fact she's been crying but he can't help himself. She's not been herself lately. For quite a while now in fact. The bold, brash, sexy, self assured young woman is fading away before his very eyes. And it scares him. Every time he sees her, it's like she always has a little less confidence, her eyes look a little emptier than the last time he saw her. He's scared she's going to fade away to nothing.
"Why have you been crying?"
She looks up at him in surprise. Not because she's surprised he's noticed but because she's surprised he's asking. Nathan Scott usually keeps himself to himself when it comes to matters of the heart. She has the feeling he is more than a little bit wary of other peoples problems. She's so surprised that the truth just slips right out of her mouth before she can stop it and remember just who she's talking to.
"Because Lucas doesn't love me."
It's a very matter of fact statement. So much so that Nathan thinks she's joking and reproaches her for saying it. Surely she can see that Lucas loves her…why else would he marry her?
"That's not funny Brooke."
She looks straight at him. Her green eyes bore into his blue.
"I'm not joking Nathan."
She's telling the truth. And Nathan feels sick to his stomach. Because suddenly everything fits together, because he realises in that instant, that he's about to lose Haley James.
Now he understands the quick glances sometimes shared between Haley and Lucas. The glances that he's pretty sure only Lucas understood until today. Now Haley knows too- and although she's got too good a nature to break up the wedding, she also has to good a nature to not break his heart. She'd rather have Lucas and Brooke get married than ruin countless friendships. She'd rather be alone herself than lead him on in a phoney relationship. He knows this and he braces himself for the surge of emotions he's expecting to feel but only one comes.
There is no anger. There is no deep sense of loss.
There is just sadness. A complete and utter, heartbreaking sadness.