A/N: first off. Thank you so much for your support. thanks for taking the time to read and reply to my fic. It really means alot to read the feedback and know ppl like it! and second: this is the final chapter. i may do a sequel so, keep an eye out for that. Hope you guys enjoy! thanks for stickin by me!

Debbie

They had swum for a good 10 minutes, walking at some parts where it was shallow enough. Soon rocks began to jut out of the water which Haley used as a sign to tell her they were close.

"Haley where are we?" Nathan asked as they had stopped in front of a rock cliff with a small opening along the waters edge.

"Just follow." Haley told him simply before lowering her head and moving under the cliff.

"Are you crazy?" Nathan asked from his spot, not wanting to follow her anymore.

"Nathan." Haley sighed as she reached out to grab his hand, pulling him under the rock with her.

The swam under the cliff for a few minutes before they were able to fully resurface as they entered a cave opening which then opened to a secluded patch of sand and sun.

"What is this?"

"I don't know. I found it during the summer." Haley told him as she sat in the sand, embracing the warm sun.

"You came out here by yourself?" Nathan asked, in awe of her confidence. There was no way he would have swum under the cliff, not knowing what to expect the father her swam.

"Uh huh." Haley nodded her head, looking around.

"Haley!" Nathan scorned.

"What?" She asked, becoming rigid at his tone.

"You swim out here by yourself and under a rock that leads to who knows, again by yourself." Nathan began to ramble.

"And I found this." Haley stopped him.

"But,"

"But nothing." Haley insisted. Nathan decided to let it go as he sat down beside his estranged wife in a comfortable silence.

"What's going on with us Nathan?" Haley asked. Since she had been back no papers had been signed but no moves had been made on getting back together.

"We're friends?" Nathan posed as a question more than a statement.

"Who are married." Haley reminded.

"Well I don't know Haley, What do you expect me to do?"

"Expect or want? Cause I want for us to be together and happy again, and I know you want that too. But honestly, I expected this to happen. I knew you'd put up your walls again, I just hoped it wouldn't take this long to fix everything." Haley admitted, finally able to look at Nathan since they arrived in the cave.

"Why'd you come back?"

"Why? Because I love you Nathan. When you came to see me on the tour I didn't mean what I said. I was scared and confused." Haley stopped, not knowing how to continue.

"Why'd you stop wearing your ring?"

"Because I didn't deserve to wear it. Anything else?" She answered simply.

"I just. It hurt Haley. It hurt like hell and as much as I love you and want to be with you I just don't know if I'll ever be able to forget what you did. And right now if I'd say yea, let's try this again, it's going to be different. We're not the same people anymore. And if we weren't married then we probably wouldn't be talking right now, but because we are I'm willing to fight for us. But you have to be too."

"Nathan I'd do anything for you." Haley sighed, tears ready to fall.

"Okay." Nathan released a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"So this means that…" Haley trailed, not wanting her hopes to be crushed.

"We're gonna give us another shot." Nathan shrugged. Haley immediately threw her arms around her husband and cried into him, Nathan wrapping his arms around her tight.

"I love you so much." Haley cried into his chest.

"I love you too Hales." Nathan whispered in her ear, feeling her cry just a little harder when he called her 'Hales'. And at that moment he knew there was still a chance for them.