"Haley, I can't believe we're actually doing this," Peyton exclaimed while they were waiting for the plane to take off. Just hours ago she had been crying in Haley's bedroom, now she was on a plane to Florida. Karen allowed Lucas to go to protect his girls and generously paid for airfare so no one would have to drive. "It's all on Andy," she grinned. Then he took Peyton home to help her pack quickly, so she didn't have to spend more than enough time in that house. Now they were all at the airport anxiously waiting what was in store for them.

"I can't believe it either! But what if Nathan doesn't want me after I show up? What if he becomes more bitter and takes back everything he said? What if—"

"Hales, you'll be fine," Lucas reassured her. And she hoped to God he was right.

Nathan had gotten back from another exhausting practice. It had only been a week and he was more worn out then ever. He debated calling Haley, he needed to hear her voice. Finally, he broke down and called her, only to get her voicemail. Then Mike walked into the room.

"Hey man, want to go to this new club I heard about?"

"I don't know Mike, I'm so tired and I just want to sleep."

"No you just want to mope over the girl you left behind. Come on get your ass up and shower and get ready! You're going if I have to drag you out of here!"

"Alright, Alright! Give me 20 minutes!"

It was nearly 11pm and the plane had just landed in Florida. Haley was practically jumping up and down with excitement. It was like Christmas morning when a child couldn't wait to open their presents, she couldn't wait to see Nathan.

"Come on guys lets go get our bags and get out of here!" She ran off to the baggage claim.

"Wow," It was all Peyton could get out.

"Yeah," Lucas nodded his head in agreement. "I just hope she doesn't get crushed."

In record time, thanks to Haley, they had gotten their bags and hailed a cab. They went to the hotel that Nathan was staying at. Haley marched right up to the front desk. "Excuse me, could you please tell me what room Nathan Scott is in?"

"I'm sorry ma'm we're not allowed to give out that information." It was a younger man at the desk. "It's against policy."

"Excuse me," Peyton came over. "We would really appreciate if you could just tell Nathan's wife here where she is staying."

"Ma'm, I'm sorry, but I can't give out that—" Peyton leaned over the counter and ambushed him with her lips.

"Now would you be so kind as to give her a key?"

"Umm.. Sure and uh here's my number, just in case you need anything." Peyton took it but rolled her eyes as they walked away.

"Oh my gosh Peyton I can't believe you did that," Haley exclaimed, clearly horrified. "We could have just waited for Nathan to come down."

"Yeah, but what fun would that have been? Now come on you two, lets go find loverboy."

"Go on up, I'll get us some food," Lucas said as he watched the energetic girls walk away.

Haley and Peyton finally made it up to Nathan's room and knocked, but got no answer so they let themselves in. It was obvious no one was there so they sat down and waited for him to get back. Haley got bored quickly and started to look around the room when she came across the photo album still lying on the stand. "What is this," she wondered aloud and began to look at it. Her reaction was the same as Nathan, tears. She put the book down and ran into the bathroom sobbing, locking the door behind her.

"What happened," Lucas questioned Peyton as he walked in with the food.

"She started looking at the book and began crying, then ran into the bathroom."

"Book? What book?" Peyton picked up the one she was talking about. "Ohhh, that book." Suddenly he understood. "I'm guessing Nathan never told her about it," he sighed. "What do we do now? She can't stay locked up in the bathroom forever." It was at that moment Nathan and Mike walked in.

"Lucas? Peyton? What are you guys doing here?"

"Umm I'll come back later," Mike exited as quickly as he had entered.

"Well?" Nathan demanded. Then he heard her. Her sobs coming from the bathroom. "Haley?" He mouthed. They both simply nodded. He went over to the bathroom and knocked softly on the door. "Hales? Can I come in?" Surprisingly, she opened the door and let him in. "Haley what's wrong?"

"That book!" She screamed. "All the memories that I practically threw away!"

"I thought we were past all of this? I thought we were going to try to move on?"

"I am. It's just I keep getting painful reminders of me leaving you!"

"Haley, listen. I was upset and bitter when you left, you know that. But I still loved you. I was upset and bitter when you came back, and even when we argued, I still loved you. And right now while you're crying on the probably unsanitary bathroom floor, I love you. And that won't change. Yeah, we'll have our issues and we'll have our arguments, but I think that if the love didn't exist, we wouldn't be fighting, because we would have nothing to grasp for. So come on Hales, meet me halfway here?"

"So just like that you're going to put it all behind us and you're just going to—" She was cut off by Nathan's lips. When they broke apart he whispered, "Yes. Or at least I'm willing to. I might not be able to completely forget, but I'm willing to try."

Lucas and Peyton were still standing in the bedroom waiting for Nathan and Haley to come out.

"What do you think is going on in there," Lucas wondered aloud.

"They're probably having hot, wild, animalistic sex," Peyton shrugged. Lucas's eyes nearly popped out of his head causing Peyton to laugh. "I'm just kidding, chill out!"

"Ok good because thinking of my best friend and brother's sex life is a little too much for me to handle." At that moment, Nathan and Haley walked out of the bathroom, hand in hand.

"Aww you're just depressed that your best friend is getting laid and you aren't," Haley mocked in a childish voice. Lucas turned bright red, "Hey! You don't know that." Haley shot him a look. "Ok, so maybe you do. Look its been a long day, why don't we go down to our room. I'm sure Nathan has to get up for practice or something tomorrow anyways."

"Actually Luke, you guys go, Haley can stay here if she wants," Nathan offered and Haley nodded.

"Alright, let's go Peyton," and the two left. Immediately Haley jumped on Nathan kissing him again. She tried to deepened the kiss, but Nathan suddenly pulled away.

"What is it," she wanted to know.

"It's just," he panted, out of breath. "We're moving too fast. I don't want to rush into anything."

"Alright, if that's what you want," she agreed. Honestly, she wanted to take things slow as well. "Let's just sleep." And for the first time in months, they crawled into bed together, Nathan's arm wrapped protectively across Haley just the way it should be.

At 6am the next morning, Nathan's alarm went off. "Nathannn," Haley mumbled.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he kissed her forehead. "Morning workout, can't miss it. Go back to sleep, I'll be back in a couple of hours."

Just an hour after he left, Haley's sleep was interrupted once again by a knock on the door. "Just come in," she screamed and in excitedly came Peyton.

"Get up sleepyhead."

"Um Peyton, it's almost 7:30 in the morning. What time zone are you in?"

"The kind that wants details. So how was it?"

"How was what?"

"The makeup sex!"

"I wouldn't know, we didn't have any."

"Didn't have any! What do you mean?"

"Um we didn't have sex? He wanted to take things slow, and honestly so do I. I don't want to rush into anything and eventually have my heart broken. Now if you don't mind, I would really like to go back to sleep. I'll come get you later and we can go shopping or something okay?"

"I'm holding you to that! See ya later." And Peyton left, leaving Haley to finally get some rest.

Peyton went back to the hotel room she and Lucas were staying in. Surprisingly, he was already up and drinking coffee. "And where did you go so early this morning?"

"Just went to visit Haley."

"How are they?"

"I think everything is going to be okay. But what I really want to talk to you about is Brooke."

"Look, I don't know what she's told you, but—"

"I haven't even spoken to her since she's left. Shocking, I know. But what I also know is that she likes you Lucas. She's just afraid to let her guard down. She's afraid that the three of us will be pulled back into the drama."

"And we won't. At least, I don't want too, and I'm sure you guys don't either. I told her how I felt. Maybe I told her in the wrong way, but at least she knows, it's up to her now."

"Well I guess there isn't much we can do. I still can't believe she's gone."

"Yeah, it's hard to imagine life without her, guess we'll just have to deal with it," he sighed.

"Okay, I'm tired of this moping, we're in Florida for Christ's sake! Let's go to the beach!" Peyton pulled Lucas out the door.

Nathan got back to his room at about 9:30 and was incredibly tired. He stripped down to his boxers and climbed back into bed with Haley, not having to get back up until 2. He wished he was on vacation and not at this camp. He looked down at the girl in his arms and realized, 'This is why I didn't want to come. And she's worth it.' He closed his eyes as sleep overtook him.

Haley finally stirred around 10:15 and was confused as to where she was. Then it hit her. Just 24 hours ago she had been in Tree Hill and now she was in Florida wrapped in her husband's arms. Not that she minded of course. She still wasn't sure how things would be once they got back to Tree Hill. They still had issues that needed resolved. But for now, Haley was happy, and she wanted to stay in that moment, at least for now. She reached up and kissed Nathan lightly. "Hey you, wake up." Nathan just tightened his grip on Haley harder. "Come on Nate, get up."

"Ok, ok I'm up! Aren't you impatient?"

"No I'm just hungry! Can we please go get something to eat?"

"Sure, let me just throw some clothes on really quick." Haley hadn't even noticed he was only in his boxers. She wasn't the biggest fan of basketball but she did love the shape it put him in. After a few minutes of staring, she realized she was still wearing the same clothes as yesterday.

"Nathan, my bag is still down in Lucas and Peyton's room. Come get me, when you're ready."

When Nathan finally met up with Haley, they walked down to the restaurant at the hotel for lunch. After ordering, an awkward silence fell upon them. They were married, things should be awkward right? "So how have things been in Tree Hill since I've been gone," Nathan broke the silence with his question.

"It's been pretty boring, especially without Brooke there." They both chuckled. "Peyton and I have been working on the apartment, she definitely has a talent for interior design. And it's really keeping her mind off of Brooke and Jake not being there."

"Jake!" Nathan practically spit out his drink.

"Yeah, Jake, that tall guy with the brown hair, plays basketball with you? Remember him?"

"No, that's not it. You'll never believe this, I ran into him when I first got down here, like literally ran into him."

"Oh my God, no way! Where?"

"I had this dinner thing I had to go to for basketball. I was running late as usual and wasn't watching where I was going and ran into this waiter. The waiter turned out to be Jake! He said he was down here trying to get Jenny back from Nikki and things are looking good for him."

"That's great! We totally have to set him and Peyton up!"

"Definitely, but for now, let's eat!" Nathan said eagerly as the food was set down in front of him.

Later that afternoon while Nathan was at practice, Haley went shopping with Peyton like she promised.

"Hales you have got to try that purple one on," Peyton pointed to a purple bikini on the rack.

"I don't know Peyton, it's kind of skimpy, don't you think?"

"And your point is?"

"It's not me!"

"Oh come on, we're on vacation, live a little! Nathan would go crazy if he saw you in that! And it would make him jealous when he saw other guys checking you out!"

"It would make him jealous, wouldn't it?" Peyton nodded. "Ok, I'll try it on, but that doesn't mean I'll like it."

As they were walking back towards the dressing rooms, Lucas ran into the store. "Finally," he exclaimed. "I've been looking all over for you!" He was clearly out of breath from running.

"What's going on Luke," a puzzled Haley asked.

"They caught the person who attempted Dan's murder."