The torments of life
Chapter 8
The church was full of people. The mass had begun. You could hear people crying and sneezing. At one point, the priest said: "I'll now ask to Nathan, Dan Scott's son, to come up here and give a last homage to his father."
Nathan gave a squeeze to both his mother's hand and Haley's. He stood up and walked to the priest and started to talk.
''First of all I'd like to thank everyone for coming. I could be here and just brag about how good he was and everything, but I won't. I think people deserve to know the truth. Most of you think of Dan Scott as a saint, as the basket ball super star he was back in high school, but you don't realise it was only a surface. You should have been in my mother's life, mine and others. He took my mom for granted; he never really thought she was human being. I'm sure at one point he was in love with her, but it faded away and he treated her bad, not like she deserved to be treated… Mom, I'm sorry for saying this, I know you don't want to hear about this, but you know it's true. As for me, I was only a way for him to live the dreams he never reached. He wanted to live it through me. I had to be the best everywhere, but not only the best, I had to be better than myself. I could have won a game with a lot of points ahead of the other team and all those points marked by me, it would never have been enough, he always wanted more. He couldn't just enjoy the fact that I had won the game like every other dad. So when it wasn't enough for him, I had to train more hours, lift more weight, run faster. He thought of me like I was a machine. You think that's all there is to know about Dan, well you're wrong, there's so much more to it. Before me, he had another son, that he never acknowledged. He never treated him any better. He thought me to hate him, to make his life harder and to not let him take my spot on anything. He's been rough on him, he even blackmailed him to leave the team. He was also a real ass to his mother. A lot of people told me to be proud of my father, but proud of what? Him being a star back in his time or him being a real asshole? Neither of them is a reason to be proud of him. I just hope I'll never be like him and that I will never repeat the sins of my father. One thing before I leave, even with everything he did, I can't stop myself from loving him, he was my father and nothing will ever change that.''
Nathan gave a lingering look to the crowd: his mother was crying, like he thought she would. Lucas was giving him a supportive look. He could read in his uncle eyes a kind of approval, but also sadness. His grand-parents were also crying, by the way they were looking at him it seemed they were agreeing with him, but not completely. His friends were just there for the support. Haley was looking at him with compassion and just love.
He left his spot and walked back to the bench to sit in between his mother and his wife.
I know it was a really short chapter and I'm sorry about that, but I'm really busy with school and other fics. I,ll try to update sooner next time