I just want to say that I am thinking about not continuing this story. I really do love writing it and where it is going, but I only got 3 Reviews last chapter! I hope that I can get at least 8-10 reviews for this chapter or I will be done writing. Sorry to those of you who review every chapter. I will make sure to mention you in my last chapter. And sorry about taking so long, I have one arm in a sling and so I typed this who chapter with one arm, it took forever.
Declaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill
(This chapter is in Nathan's point of view)
I quickly knocked on the door, and stepped back waiting for him to answer it. The door opened but Luke wasn't standing behind it, a little girl was. "Who are you?" she asked me. I smiled down at her, of course she didn't remember me she was only a couple months old the last time I had seen her. "Well Jessica, I'm your uncle Nathan." I said as I picked up the little girl. She seemed to be thinking about this for a moment, as I shut the door and started looking for Luke.
"You're the guy that hurt Auntie Hawey." She replied. I looked at her surprised by her response. "Why would you say that?" I asked her. "Well becwaus I hear mommy tell Daddy that Auntie Hawey still finks about you all of the time, and she's still hurting over you." She replied. I could tell that she was using her logic to make sense of what she had heard Brooke say about me.
"I would never hurt your Aunt Haley Jessica, I love your Aunt Haley. Now why don't you help me find your dad." I said as I set her down in front of me. "Otay." She relied as she took off looking for Luke.
I followed her into the living room where Luke was on his knees scrubbing something off of the wall. "Having fun Bro?" I asked him with a smirk on my face. "Oh loads of it Nathan, my sweet angel over here," he said pointing to Jessica, "decided that paper was just not be enough for her artwork so she decided to try out the wall."
I could now see that he was trying to wash of crayon from the wall. I started laughing at this; I could tell that he had his hands full without Brooke here. "Good job Jessy," I whispered in Jessica's ears. She smiled at me and ran over to Luke. "See daddy, unfle Naten wikes my petty art work." She told him with a smile across her face.
"If he likes it so much why doesn't he wash it off so mommy doesn't blow up at daddy." He replied looking at me. I put my hands up in front of me, "hey their not my kids," I replied. "So mature." He replied starting to scrub again.
"So where's Cody?" I asked a little bored with the silence. "Um...I think he's out playing basketball in the backyard, or Broody as Brooke would like to call it." He replied as he finally got off the floor finished with Jessica's little mess. "So he's like you?" I teased him. "You have no idea man, he's so quiet, and I can't even imagine that I was ever like that." He replied sitting down. I laughed at this, "Broke probably reminds you that he's like you every day huh?" I asked. "Everyday." He replied. "How about some one on one?" I asked him. "Sure, but Jess will have to come out side with us and play on the swing set." He replied.
I set Jessica down on the swing, "Now Jessy you can sit here and watch me beat the shit out of your dad, okay?" I told her. "Otay," she replied giggling. "Man if my wife ever hears you saying stuff like that to Jessy, well let's just say I would watch your back." He warned me.
I laughed at this, "You are so wiped man." I replied taking the ball out of his hands and taking a shot. I watched as the net made a 'swish' sound as it went in. "I would not be one to talk, you were so wiped when you and Haley were together." He replied taking a shot. "So what," I replied. "Well all I'm saying is that you were just like me, you would never have crossed anything Haley said."
"Man she's a scary person when she's upset, never cross her then." I replied with a smirk. "I spent my share of nights on the couch before I learned that lesson." I replied. It was true, Haley and I had gotten in to a couple fights when we had first got married, but we always worked them out.
I could decide whether or not I wanted to tell Luke that Haley and I were still married. It was tearing me up inside knowing that I found her too late. That I had lost any chance of ever getting back with her.
"You going to shoot or what?" he asked me. "Ya, why wouldn't I." I replied taking the ball from his hands and dribbling it. "Well you were a little out of it there for a moment." He replied. "Just thinking," I replied. "What would you say if I told you something about Haley and I." I replied.
"You didn't do anything to hurt her did you?" he asked me getting serious. "Of course not Luke, I would never do anything to hurt Haley. Anyway, its about our divorce." I replied. "What about it?" he asked me. "Well that's it, there was no divorce." I replied shooting another basket. "What are you talking about?" he asked me confused.
"Haley and I never got divorced, we're still married." I said looking over at Jessy and Cody. "You never signed the papers?" he asked me, his voice almost yelling now. I couldn't believe he thought I would do that to Haley, that it was my fault we were still married. "Of course not, she never even sent the papers." "She said she sent them years ago." Her replied. "Yeah well she didn't. We've already talked about it, I drew up the papers last week so we'll be divorce soon enough." I replied. I hated that I was letting her get away like this. I knew I still loved her but she was already taken.
"You sound upset?" he replied sitting down on the bench at the edge of his basketball court. I sat down next to him and took a sip of water, "well it's not like I've got a choice. She's engaged to Clark and I can't do anything about it." I replied. "Of course you can Nathan, tell her that you still love her." He replied. "I shouldn't have to tell her Luke, she should know that I still love her. I wasn't the one who left." I replied.
"Well remind her Nathan, she thinks you hate her for leaving." He answered. "How could she think I hate her?" I asked. I couldn't believe she thought I hated her after everything we went through. "I don't know man, but you better do something before it's too late." He replied getting up and taking the basketball. "Now get up so I can beat your ass at one-on-one." He replied.
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