Chapter 6

"Nathan..."She started to say.

Sitting up in his chair, he spoke in a very soft tone. "Haley we need to talk."

Sitting up in the bed, Haley said, "Um...okay Nathan."

Brushing the hair out of Haley's face, "Haley I need you to listen closely to me," Haley nodded, "I never meant to hurt you or to frighten you for that matter. It's just that..."

"Nathan it's okay," Haley cut in.

"No Hales, it's not okay. All that rage and jealously came out of near where when I seen you out there with all those guys stairing at you Haley. I don't know where it came from...I just want you to know that even if I get mad at you, I will NEVER do anything to hurt you or anything like that...Hales, I am so sorry."

"Nathan I know where it came from." Haley said as she turned to face Nathan.

A little confused, "Where what came from?"

"The rage and jealousy," she smiled, "Nathan you're starting to like me...Like as in more than a friend like." Haley giggled feeling not scared of Nathan anymore.

"Am not." Nathan denied.

"Are too," Haley battled.

"Am not."

"Are too."

Taking a deep breath, "Fine but just maybe a tad bit...But don't it act like it's anything special." with a smirk he said.

Haley then stood up and bent over to Nathan and acted like she was about to kiss him but instead whispered, "It's okay hun, I usually have that affect on guys and you know it's something like you said, special." she then started to walk away.

Smirking again, "Now don't get too high on your self now," he paused for a second, "Haley I am really sorry for tonight. I usually don't tell people when I am in the wrong and that I am sorry because I let my pride get in the way...Tonight I was in the wrong, Hales."

Haley simply smiled and nodded her head before she walked out of the room.

"Nathan this is not funny! Where are you?" Haley yelled as she sat in the corner of the living room scared.

It was now a week before their wedding. Nathan and Haley still had their issues with each other but they were starting to get to know each a little bit better. They already have everything for their wedding planned. It's now during the night pouring cats and dogs as it was thundering. The whole block has their electricity out for some unknown reason, including Nathan and Haley. Haley and Nathan had a few lit candles lit in the main rooms. They didn't have too many because well...thats all they had. Nathan called the company and asked what was going on. They of course told him not to worry and that the lights will be on in a couple of hours. Nathan wondered off somewhere and Haley had no clue where he went. Haley started to hear things, well she thought so anyways.

"Nathan," Haley screamed again, "Please come out here...I'm scared." Nathan didn't answer.

She waited a few minutes before she pulled out her cell phone to find that it was dead. Haley then stood up and held onto the walls that helped her guide her self up to her bedroom with a lit candle. When Haley finally reached her bedroom, she shut the door and locked it. She also shut the bathroom door and the closet doors. Haley then slowly made her way to her bed. She then crawled up on it and scooted her self in the middle of the bed by the head board and she soon brought her knees to her chest as she held the candle. About 15 minutes later or so, she started to hear scratching on the window and she frooze instantly not knowing what to do.

'No! No! No! No! This can't be happening...maybe I am just hearing shit,' she heard it again, 'Damn it! I was right...just go away...You don't want me, I am too skinny...Wait maybe that whoever it is likes them like that! Haley just calm down,' Haley was soon brought out of her thoughts by someone banging on her door. Haley screamed.

Without out thinking, Haley yelled, "No one's home!"

"Haley's it's me," Nathan yelled from the side of the door.

Haley quickly jumped out of bed and put the candle on th inn table before running to the door. Haley opened the door to find Nathan soak and wet, Haley jumped onto Nathan giving him a hug not caring he was wet as she refused to let go. She felt so much better now that Nathan was by her side.

Nathan wrapped his hands around her waist, "Damn Haley...a couple of hours ago, you wasn't too happy with me," laughing.

Slowly releasing him from the hug, she smacked him on the arm hearing him groan in pain, "Nathan! Where the hell were you? I was so freakin' scared." almost coming to tears now.

"Chill Haley...I am sorry, I didn't mean to," wiping the tears from her eyes, pulling her close to him into a hug.

Crying into his chest, "Nathan...I was so...terrified...I yelled...for you...but you never came," Haley said in between the snobbs. This really had her worked up.

"Haley," Haley interupted him when she heard the scratching on the window again.

"There it is again, Nathan," she lifted her head up to look at him.

"What," Nathan said a little bit confused.

"That scratching noise," Haley said as she started to hold tighter onto Nathan.

"What noise..."

"The noise coming from the windo-" Nathan heard it that time, so he started to walk towards the window but Haley stopped him.

"Nathan don't leave me," she pleaded.

"Hales, baby it's okay. Just stay right here," Haley nodded and Nathan walked towards the window.

Right as he reached the window, the lights came back on. Nathan looked out the window to find branches from a tree scratching the window. Nathan exhaled as he felt relieved that it was just some tree limbs scratching the window.

Turning around to face Haley, Nathan said, "Baby it's okay, it's just some tree limbs scratching the windo-" Nathan was cut off by a crying Haley jumping into his arms. Nathan held Haley as she cried into his chest. "Baby it's okay...I'm hear now."

"Nathan I am terrified of nights like these." Haley snobbed harder.

"Shhh...It's okay baby I got ya," Nathan said in a soft tone.

"Once when I was younger," still holding onto Nathan as she cried into his chest, "We had a storm like this and our lights when out. I was about 6 or so," Haley sniffled, "Some guy broke into our house to steal some stuff but then he seen me. He...he beat me cuz he got a kick out of that or something like that.A kick Nathan!... But anyways good thing the alarm went off and the police came...He knocked my parents out cold and I was just...just so terrified Nathan." crying harder now. Haley barely got that out with all the snobbs.

"Hales shhh, it's all over now.I'll... I will never leave your side again," Nathan said as he cupped the side of her face to look at her.

"Promise?" Nathan nodded, Haley then got on her tippy toes and gave him a kiss on his cheek and then barried her head back into Nathan's chest.

Nathan just smiled. Haley kissed him, an actual real kiss. It's not like Nathan hasn't been kissed before because he has. Nathan is, well was a man-whore. All those other kisses before meant nothing to him, they was all fake. Haley's kiss, even on the cheek, meant something to him. He wasn't sure what it was, but he knew it would lead to something pretty special. Nathan was an ass to Haley only because he loved the way her face would turn red and the expressions she made on her face. Nathan was starting to really like Haley, like her a lot...but it wasn't love just yet.

Starting hear her snobbs start to fade out, "Haley sweety, I think it's time we get to bed."

Lifting her head, Haley said in a soft voice, "Okay and Nathan?"

"Yes Hales?"

"Thank you for tonight...and everything else. Even when you put up with me being a bitch to you." Haley said truthfully.

"Haley it's okay, now lets get some rest," Haley nodded letting Nathan go.

Haley walked over to her dresser and pulled out her pajamas. Nathan started to take off his shirt when he noticed Haley starting to undress in front of him, Nathan blushed and turned his head to continue what he was doing. Once he was done and had his pajama bottoms on, Nathan crawled into bed. As soon as Haley was done getting her pajamas on, her turned off the lights off in the room and crawled into bed with Nathan, scooting close to him as possible.

"Nathan don't say anything at all and just simply hold me just for tonight." with that Haley closed her eyes as Nathan wrapped his arms around Haley, pulling her close as possible. Right before Nathan fell asleep, Haley turned her head to Nathan and gave him a soft kiss on the lips and said, "I think I am falling in love with you," and with that she turned her head back around and fell asleep but little did she know, Nathan was awake. That night, Nathan fell to sleep with a smile on his face.