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Chapter 4: He's back

Haley closed her laptop after emailing Chris to see how his tour was going.

' I wish I could have gone with him, but I couldn't leave Nathan like that. I mean if it's supposed to happen musically for me, then it will. And I can share that with the man I love, Nathan.'

Haley was lost in thought when her cell phone rings, "Hello?"

"Haley, it's Peyton, listen I need you to come to Tric to perform. My act tonight didn't show up. They called said they would be late."

"I'm not prepared Peyton."

"Please Haley!"

"Alright, I've written some new songs. I'll be there in 15 minutes."

"Great, thanks!"

Haley steps off the stage at Tric after performing a set. The crowd was screaming and clapping. Haley began her walk through the backstage area toward the dressing room.

She opened the door, and froze. Sitting there in her chair, facing the mirror, was Chris.

"Hey Haley," he said without looking around at her.

"Chris! What are you doing here?"

"My agent set me up to perform here. He said I needed to mend fences with fans here."

""He's right. You walked off the stage without performing."

"Yeah cause they weren't ready for me."

"Or maybe you weren't ready for them."

"Whatever, you should see the crowds in New York, they know talent when they see it."

"Really? So the tour is going great."

"Of course, too bad you didn't come."

"You know why I didn't," she said angrily.

"No, I know why you say you didn't come. But that wasn't the real reason."

"Oh really and what was my real reason."

"Your afraid of being alone with me."

"What?"

"Your scared of your feelings for me."

"I don't have feelings for you."

"Sure you do, that's why you kissed me."

"You kissed me, remember?"

"Yeah, but you let me."

"And I shouldn't have."

"Whatever, I'm also here to give you another chance. The people I'm on tour with heard our demo. They want you to join us."

"What?"

"You heard me, the bus leaves at 10pm tonight. Don't let this chance pass you by," he said as he walked passed her and headed out the door. Haley heard him start singing, and she sat alone in the dressing room.

'What do I do? I can't leave Nathan, can I? I really want this. If he loves me, he'll understand, right?'

Nathan walks through the front door to find Haley sitting on the countertop. "Hey Hales, I saw Peyton tonight, she said you performed at Tric. Sorry I missed it," he said as he leaned in to kiss her.

"It's alright I know you were at work. You want me to cook you something? I probably already should have, I'm sorry."

"No problem, we can just reheat whatever we had leftover last night."

"Cool," she said as she watched him head for the fridge.

"Hales you alright?"

"Yeah, fine why?"

"You sound like you're not fine."

"I saw Chris tonight."

"Where?"

"Tric, and he said the people on tour with him, liked our demo."

"That's great!"

"And they want me to join them on tour."

"Haley, that's great!"

"But I have to leave tonight."

"With Chris?"

"No, not with Chris, not like that. This could be my big break."

"And what about us?"

"I can have a music career and you too."

"Oh really? Then why haven't you asked me to go with you?"

"Nathan, people said I was nuts for getting married so young, but I wanted to, and it worked out. I have to believe this will work out as well."

"Hales, if you leave tonight, I won't be here when you get home."

I know short, but her decision is next, and there are at least 6 more chapters to go, maybe more. In addition, of course this was the first chapter of5 in a row.

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