Chapter 5- After Armageddon

It was game night, the reason they were there. Haley was singing one of the songs off of her single before the game. After Armageddon.

"It's After Armageddon, but here I stand,

through the broken earth, on the sand,

Yes, here I am, After Armageddon, I still stand.
My world has shaken and turned upside down

I've been twisted and turned all around.

dazed and confused, lost and so misplaced

Nothing's the same in this place.

The world has ended, but here I stand,

Through the earth, on the sand

It's After Armageddon, but I still stand.

The sun has set after it's last time round

But the world is not still safe and sound.

I loved you, bout you said goodbye

Your goodbye ended the world

Armageddon here I come

I'm ready to go, not looking back

Take me away, put me in a sack

Armageddon here it is

So quick, oh who knew it

Oh, It's After Armageddon, but here I stand

Through the broken earth, on the stand

Oh yes, here I am, After Armageddon, I still stand.

I still stand, oh yes, I still stand."

She walked off and the crowd cheered, for her, possibly, for the team that was coming out, most likely, but it still felt good. She took her seat next to Nate, and watched the game, one of the better ones. Nathan was on fire! Catching rebounds, assists, it was one of his best games.

Too bad Haley and Nate had to go just after it.

"Haley, wait, don't go yet.

Haley turned around, "What?"

"Let Nate stay with me, here, please Hales."

Haley looked at Nate, he seemed so small and young to her, and he is her world, "Nate, no, you have school tomorrow, and we heave my play tonight, no, I'm sorry, but no, maybe some other time."

"Mom, please, pretty please, please," Nate whined.

"No, and that's final, no, you have school tomorrow, okay, and you are going to school."

"But mommy…"

"But nothing, we need to go, come on, maybe another time, okay, not now, we need to go catch our train." Taylor and Chris walked up behind Haley.

"I thought you were going back to New York tonight," Chris said, as Taylor picked up Nate, like she always did.

Haley turned around, "Yea, I am, I got the play at eight, remember, it takes about two hours to get back, its five-thirty now, we should get going, why don't you and Tay go take Nate to the car, I'll be right there, okay?"

"Yea sure, so me and Taylor are coming tomorrow afternoon to see this wonderful play of yours, but we're staying here, okay?"

"Yea, sure, stay with Nate till I come out, see you tomorrow, it's at one, okay, and it's at the girls school, cause last time you went to the guys, remember, girls, okay see you tomorrow." She hugged him, and Taylor and they left, and she turned back to Nathan.

"He's just like you, ya know, Nate, and he loves everything about you, tapes every single on of your games, has posters of you cluttering his walls, and just look at him, always wearing those stupid jerseys, I'm going to have to hide them.

"What are you talking about."

"I have reasons for not letting Nate spend time with you, hmm, a restraint order, um, oh yea you have no custody of him, the fact that we're not married, have any of those come into consideration?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Remember me, Haley, how about we start there, your ex-wife," Haley sighed.

"Yea, I get that, I got that yesterday, that whole fiasco."

"Great, and after the tour ended, I stayed in New York, I had Nate, I sent you divorce papers, which you signed, and they were not only divorce papers, they also said I got full custody of Nate, and that was all I wanted, and this also included a restraint order, to keep you away from us, and I am letting it go now, because I love my son, and he wants to see some basketball games, I told him this as his fifth birthday present, I took the job, because I knew he'd like it, and I'm actually having fun, and I don't want you getting in the way, he doesn't know yet, and I was going to tell him tonight on our ride back, but I don't want anything from you, nor do I need anything from you, except to stay away from him, oh and here, this is for you," Haley reached into her pocket and pulled out a picture. It was taken during the summer, of her and Nate, they were both smiling and looked extremely happy. Haley was wearing a forest green tank top, her hair loose, falling about her face, and Nate was in front of her, smiling with a toothless grin, he had a blue t-shirt on. Their heads were right next to each other, but Haley was in the back, and they looked like they just saw the silliest thing. The background was white, and the picture was classic. "I'm sorry, I have to go, I have to be back before eight to get ready for the play, and if you really wanted to impress me, you'd find out what school this was at, and found some sold out tickets, and showed up there," Haley said leaving.

Nathan looked at the picture she gave him, it was his family, where he should be, he should be in that picture, he wanted to be in that picture, he took out his cell phone and called his agent.

"Hey man, I need to get to New York tonight, okay, tonight, before eight, at this school, a girls school," Nathan said into the phone, "I need to see this play, its sold out, but I have to go, and your going to get me transportation to New York, before eight, and you're going to find this school, and you're going to get me tickets to this play, you understand?" His agent agreed and said to meet him at the front of the stadium in half an hour, he was going to this play.