Title: Let Me Go
Author:
xScott23x
Disclaimer: I don't own anything that involves OTH. Although, heh… I wish I did own James Lafferty. Nor do I own "Beat of a Heart", it belongs to the Warren Brothers but I'm pretending Haley sings it so bare with me.
Description:
It's been five years since Haley and Nathan left Tree Hill, but not together and now they have to come back... But who's really in for a rude awakening? Naley
Author's Note: Like I said before, this is my first fan fiction and I would like to thank those of you who reviewed to the first chapter. Thanks bunches and keep me posted on how i'm doing.


- Chapter Two -
There's no place like home…

Flashback

Nathan deepened the kiss before he realized what he was doing. He pulled back and took a deep breath, "No... I mean… we can't move this fast, Haley", he told her. "I'm not ready to forgive and forget so soon", he told her.

Haley stepped back and glanced down at her feet. She quickly lifted her eyes to meet his blue ones. "But you will… won't you?", she asked him.

Nathan started at her for a moment. A part of him wanted to take her in his arms and hold her close to him, let her cry on his shoulder and tell her that everything would be okay. He was that Nathan once, he once was Nathan that let a girl into his heart only to get it smashed and torn into pieces.

He could no longer be that Nathan anymore, he just slowly nodded to her and took another deep breath. He knew if he took anymore he'd end up dizzy so he sat down on the bed and brushed his hand through his hair, thinking quietly. He was waiting for Haley to speak. All of this was coming so fast for him.

"There's… something I think I should tell you…", she said as she looked down at her hands. She looked back up at him and crossed her arms over her chest.

Nathan's head lifted up to look at her. As if there was anything else… "What is it ?", he asked her and gave a small sigh.

Haley paused before speaking. She could finally tell him what she wanted to tell him all along but did she have the guts? Haley bit her lips softly and looked down at him. "I… had a baby", she said as she stared right into his eyes.

The words hit Nathan like a ton of bricks. "WHAT ?", he burst out and stared at her. "So that's it then", he had drawn up the conclusion. "That's the only reason you came back is because you realize you can't hadn't the real world on your own because you go out and get knocked up?", he glared.

Haley was shocked by his out burst, "Nathan it's your child!", she yelled as tears started to drizzle down her eyes.

Nathan looked at her in disgusted, "How the fuck do I know that ?", he asked her. "You've been shacked up with Rock Star for the past year, who knows what you've been with", he walked over to the door and opened it. "Get out of here and out of my life", he gritted his teeth.

End Flashback

: beep beep beep beep :

Nathan groaned as he sat up in his bed and turned his alarm clock off. He glared at it for a second and sighed as he pulled himself out of bed. He glanced over his shoulder at the nameless girl still wrapped in blankets on his bed. He looked up to see Lucas sitting on his kitchen counter, drinking his milk. Nathan opened up the refrigerator door and took out a beer. He cracked it open and took a drink. "Who is that?", he asked his brother.

Lucas snorted, "Man… I stopped caring when you did", he grinned at him and jumped off the counter and put the milk up, "Hurry and get dressed our plane leaves in 2 hours and Brooke is waiting on me !", he told him as he walked into his bedroom to get his luggage.

"Two hours, dude… you sound more and more like eye shadow queen, Brooke everyday and she doesn't even live with us", he rolled his eyes and walked to the bathroom. He took a shower and walked into his room. The brunette was already gone so he assumed she'd already hit the high road.

He finished packing his bags and walked into the kitchen to see Lucas rushing around to ensure that everything in the house was either locked up or safe. He looked at him and ran his hand through his hair. "Ready yet?" he asked him.

"Yet?", he mocked and sighed at his brother. "Man…your whipped", he grinned and avoided the snack in the head that Lucas was about to give him. He shook his head and grabbed his bags. He rode the elevator down to the apartment complex with Lucas and made their way over to his car.

The two brothers had been living together in the complex for the past two years, since Lucas had been traded to the Chicago Bulls to play with his brother. Lucas was still dating Brooke despite their long distance relationship. Brooke was living in Tree Hill in her and Lucas' summer house. Brooke had taken over Karen's Café her death the past summer.


As the two of them boarded on to the plane Nathan leaned his head back and looked at him. "So… think anyone will be shocked to seem me back in town?", he asked raising his eyebrows at Lucas.

Lucas snorted, "Oh nah man", he joked. "It's only been 5 years", he said pretending as if it was nothing and laughed. "I wouldn't be surprised if Brooke wasn't throwing you a party back home", he grinned.

Nathan's face went black and then glared at him, "I'll kill her", he told him. "Oh well... only another nameless face to find for the night", he sighed and looked up at the screen at the front of the air plane. Well if he wasn't damned.

Lucas' eyes went wide. "Hey... uh didn't you say you need to go to the bathroom?", he asked him trying to get Nathan to leave the room.

Nathan rolled his eyes and grabbed a pillow, "shut the fuck up, I'm not a baby", he told him as he rolled over on his side and refused to look at the TV. Haley's music video had been playing everywhere all week. Nathan always changed the channel and pretended as if it didn't bother him when it was really eating his heart alive as he listened to the words of song.

Sometimes it's hard to don't wanna look over your shoulder
'Cause you don't want to remember where you've been
There'll come a time you die,
If you could only hold her
'Cause I know that's where I am

So listen with all your heart
Hold it inside forever
You may find all your dreams have already come true
Look inside and find the part that's leading you
'Cause that's the beat of a heart

Sometimes you'll drown it out with all your rage and thunder
Sometimes you'll drown it out with all your tears
There'll come a time when you hear it and you'll wonder
"Where in the world have I been?"
So listen with all your heart
Hold it inside forever

You may find all your dreams have already come true
Look inside and find the part that's leading you,
'Cause that's the beat of a heart
No one can tell you how to get there
It's a road you take all by yourself
(All by yourself)
All by yourself

So listen with all your heart
Hold it inside forever
You may find all your dreams have already come true
Look inside and find the part that's leading you
'Cause that's the beat of
Oh it's the sweetest sound
'Cause that's the beat of a heart

It wans't long before Lucas looked over and saw that Nathan had fallen asleep. He shook his head a little and he too found his pillow to sleep the long flight home….

Coming Next:
More of actual James and Mommy Time