A/N: DUE TO THE AMAZING ONE TREE HILL EPISODE, AND THE AMOUNT OF REVIEWS I'VE BEEN RECEIVING, I'VE DECIDED TO UPDATE 'DAMAGED' ALONG WITH 'DIRTY LITTLE SECRET'. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS EPISODE-IT HAS RECEIVED 10 THUMBS, WHICH ISN'T POSSIBLE ON MY HANDS, LOL. HOW THEY TRICKED US, ONE TREE HILL IS AMAZING. 'I WANT YOU TO CALL SOMEONE IN STANFORD..' I WANT A NATHAN! AND NEXT WEEK, ON THE CAR WOO! LOL.
THE REVIEWS FOR THIS STORY HAS BEEN EVERYTHING I'D ONLY HOPED FOR. EVER SINCE I BEGAN WRITING, I'D WANT TO WRITE TO GET THE AMOUNT OF REVIEWS THAT I'VE BEEN GETTING. AND DIRTY LITTLE SECRET IS ANOTHER STORY, THE AMOUNT OF REVIEWSI HAVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF CHAPTERS IS AMAZING. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF MY REVIEWERS.
NATHAN AND HALEY, OR NALEY AS WE CALL THEM, ARE AN AMAZING COUPLE THAT MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT GREATLY. I AM DEFINITELY ONE OF THEM, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY AN ORIGINAL LALEY FAN. MY FRIENDS WERE TRYING TO FORCE ME TO WATCH OTH, AND I FINALLY CAVED ON A SUNDAY REPEAT EPISODE, WHICH WAS THE EPISODE IN SEASON 1 WHEN LUCAS WAS IN A COMA AND HALEY COULDN'T SEE HIM. THAT EPISODE MADE ME IN LOVE WITH LUCAS AND HALEY, AND I WAS ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE OUT OF MY FRIENDS SHIPPING LALEY. UP UNTIL KEITH'S WEDDING, I WAS OBSESSED WITH LUCAS AND HALEY. I'D START READING FANFICS, ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT I THINK EVERYONE HAS READ, AND I RECEIVED SEASON 1 FOR MY BIRTHDAY. I HAD FAST-FOWARDED ALL OF THE NATHAN AND HALEY CLIPS (OMG.I KNOW. LOL) AND AFTER WATCHING THE EPISODE WHERE THEY FIRST KISS, I FELL IN LOVE WITH JAMES AND NALEY.
OKAY, THAT IS THE CHRISTINE LOVING NALEY SAGA, SORRY. IT'S JUST I'M IN SUCH A NALEY LOVING MOOD, THAT I HAD TO TELL THE STORY.
PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING, AND WITHOUT FURTHER CHRISTINE-NESS, AS I CALL IT...HERE'S CHAPTER 15 OF 'DAMAGED'
Chapter 15: Show Me That Smile Again
This chapter contains many flashbacks that really don't have to deal with the situation, but its showing the relationship of Haley and Nathan more in dept throughout their younger years, and the 'gang' together, also.
Nathan sat outside of the hospital on the curb with his head in his hands.
The baby didn't make it…
Nathan had never heard 5 words that affected his life more. He couldn't think. Nathan closed his eyes thinking about Haley. He'd promised he'd always be there and right now he couldn't even imagine how she was feeling.
Nathan got out of the elevator and was shocked to see along with the group he had left he had two more people there. Taylor and Chris.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Nathan growled to Chris.
"Listen man, me and Haley are cool now," Chris said standing up with his hands up.
"I don't give a shit, I want you out," Nathan said looking towards Taylor's stomach that was very obviously there.
"Taylor, I think it's best you leave. Haley just lost her baby, I highly doubt she wants to see you and your betraying self who's pregnant with her ex-boyfriend's baby!" Nathan yelled, extremely angry and sad which was showing in his reaction.
"Haley was pregnant?" Chris asked.
"It was mine," Nathan said.
"I know that, Nathan, I never slept with Haley," Chris spat.
"Guys, just leave," Lydia said getting up.
"Send Haley-bub my love," Taylor said.
"Mine, too," Chris said.
"She doesn't want it!" Nathan roared.
"Nate, come on, calm down," Brooke said.
"Does Haley know?" Nathan asked.
"The doctor thought it might be better if you told her," Jimmy told Nathan.
"I think that might be a good idea," Nathan said, "How do I break it to her, though?"
Nathan walked into the hospital room of his best friend, who was peacefully resting, eyes on the television. Nathan took a deep breath, not exactly knowing how to break the news to her about their loss.
"Hey," Haley greeted happily.
"How in the world is he going to tell her?" Brooke asked her boyfriend and best friend.
"She's not going to take it well," Peyton said sighing.
"Of course not, Peyt," Brooke told her best friend, "How the hell is she? She needs something, anything just to happen to brighten her spirits. So much has happened to her these past few months."
"It was so much easier when we were kids," Lucas sighed sitting down.
"And she was in love with you," Brooke smiled.
Flashback
7 Year Olds Lucas Roe, Jake Jagielski, Peyton Sawyer, Haley James and Brooke and Nathan Scott were at the park, trying to figure out a game to play.
"Can we just play basketball," Lucas whined.
Haley looked towards Lucas, her "future husband" and immediately started yelling at him, "Why do you always want to play basketball?"
Lucas looked at Haley, "Because it's fun."
"Well, when we get married, you can't be going around playing basketball all the time," Haley stated matter-of-factly.
"Haley," Nathan whined, coming over to his best friend, "Stop saying your gonna marry, Lucas."
"Why?" Haley questioned.
"'Cause you're gonna marry me."
End Flashback
"Haley was so strong…she would do anything for Nathan…."
Flashback
"You still mad at me?" Haley asked her 17 year old best friend.
Nathan sighed and looked towards Haley, "I'm trying to be."
"Nathan, I said I was sorry, damn it!" Haley yelled.
Nathan looked at Haley with a look of shock on his face, "You punched my girlfriend!"
Haley plopped back down next to him, "Ex."
Nathan looked at his best friend, "And you know, I'd be a lot less mad, if you just told me why you punched her."
Haley shook her head.
"Fine, I'll forgive you when you tell me," Nathan said getting up and walking into his house, before Haley pulled his arm down and told him, "She told everyone in Physics that for fun you beat people up. That when you guys were together, you two were walking down the street and for fun, you looked at a kid who was in a wheelchair and beat the shit out of him. Then, she contradicted herself, and said you were gay. Then, she looked at me and said, 'Why do you think he's best friends with that slut?' So, I punched her," Haley said.
Nathan looked at his best friend and smiled, "That's my girl!" He laughed and gave her a high-five.
End Flashback
"And all of their April Fools, and not once did they catch on…."
Flashback
Haley, Peyton and Brooke were sitting in Peyton's room gossiping about the latest rumors going on throughout their school, when Haley's cell phone started to ring.
Lucas Cell, was flashing on her phone.
"Hello?" Haley asked.
"Hales?" Lucas's cracked voice said.
Haley bounced up, "Lucas-what happened?"
"Hales…there's been…there's been an accident," Lucas said to a 16 year old Haley.
"What? Lucas, speak to me!" Haley said getting frantic, making Peyton and Brooke get up and smile behind her back.
"It's Nathan," Lucas said. That was all Haley needed to break down in sobs.
"Shit," Brooke mumbled, "I didn't think it would be this bad."
"I need to…I need to go there," Haley got out in between sobs and started down the stairs.
Brooke immediately called her brother and reprimanded him, "Nathan, this was the worst joke you could've pulled, I think she's going to have a heart attack."
Brooke and Peyton ran down after Haley, who looked like a wild girl running down the street screaming frantically with tears pouring down her face, not even looking back to her crush stopping to talk to her.
"Sorry, dude," Brooke called back behind her.
Haley ran in the Scott household, startling Deb and Dan, who ran straight up to her asking what was wrong.
"I need to go to the hospital! You have to take me there!" Haley was screaming.
"Sweetie, what happened?" Deb started asking, as Haley started sobbing loudly, "Why do you need to go to the hospital?" she asked again, making Haley sob louder. "Haley, do you want Nathan to come down?" Deb asked and Haley started sobbing even worse down as Dan called down Nathan.
All of a sudden a very guilty Nathan started walking down the stairs, silently cursing when he saw his best friend on the floor sobbing. He looked toward his sister who shook her head and Nathan went over to Haley, and started touching her shoulder, "Hales?"
Haley immediately looked at Nathan and threw herself in his arms and Nathan decided to not let his parents hear what just happened and picked her up and took her up to his room, turning around to make Brooke and Peyton follow.
"What the hell is going on?" Deb demanded.
Brooke and Peyton ran up the stairs behind her brother and a sobbing Haley.
Nathan put down Haley on his bed, who was mumbling about how worried she was and how she's so happy he's okay. Nathan sighed putting his hand to his forehead and looked towards Lucas who was trying to hold in his laugh.
"Haley," Nathan said softly kneeling in front of her.
Haley looked up trying to wipe all of her tears and looked at him and immediately threw her arms around him again.
"Haley, it was a joke," Nathan said.
Haley immediately pulled away, "April first."
Nathan nodded flinching when she started screaming, "THAT WAS NOT A JOKE, THAT WAS THE FUCKING WORST THING YOU CAN DO NATHAN!"
"I'm sorry, but Lucas was the one who called you," Nathan tried to defend.
"Oh, I'm sorry. It was all Luke's idea, right?" Haley asked.
"HELL NO!" Lucas called, not ready to deal with Haley's wrath.
Haley plopped onthe bed, when realization hit her, "Did I run down the street screaming and crying and run past Luis Stewart?"
End Flashback
Flashback
A 19-Year old Haley walked into Nathan's room, with tears pouring down her face, Lucas by her side.
"What happened Haley?" Nathan asked.
"Nathan," Haley said walking a few steps towards her best friend, "You aren't going to be happy with me right now. But please, just listen to me…Okay?"
"Hales…"
"I'm pregnant," Haley whispered, tears running down her face.
"WHAT?" Nathan screamed.
"Nathan," Haley tried.
"What the fuck is wrong with you? Oh God, Haley, this is exactly why I didn't want you dating…Oh shit," Nathan said starting to get short of breath, "You aren't dating anyone. Who's is it? Who's the shithead that did this to you?"
Haley closed her eyes, "It was Luke."
Nathan's blue eyes turned colder then they'd ever seen and lunged towards Lucas.
"Don't," Haley said, "Please."
"Lucas, how the fuck can you do this? What is your problem? You know Haley's off limits. You can't do with her and instead you take advantage of her!" Nathan yelled.
"I'm going to kill you, Lucas. I swear! I'm—" Nathan was cut of by his best friend's giggles.
"Why the hell are you laughing?" Nathan asked.
"This is for that April Fools 3 years ago!" Haley screamed, running out of Nathan's room, Lucas hot on her heel.
End Flashback
"She's strong," Brooke said after reminiscing, "And Nathan will be there for her every step of the way."
"He's always there for her…."
Flashback
"Hey pretty," Nathan said walking up to Haley's porch and sitting next to her on the porch swing.
"Hey ugly," a 18-year old Haley reciprocated.
"What's up?" Nathan asked.
"You and Carrie have been dating a while," Haley looked at her best friend.
"A few months," Nathan told her proudly, "Longest relationship I've had."
"I know," Haley said looking on her lap.
"What's up Hales," Nathan said.
"I'm worried," Haley confessed.
"About…" Nathan said.
"You're right. This has been your longest relationship," she looked up. "We've been friends for 14 years and I've always been at the top of your priorities. And now I'm worried. I mean, I know you and Carrie probably won't last forever or whatever, but you will be dating, and eventually get engaged. Then married, then you'll have kids. Promise me, I'll always be your best friend."
"Of course. Girlfriends won't ever get in the way of that. And wife, please we don't have to worry about that. You're the only girl that can deal with me, so I plan on marrying you."
Haley laughed, "Come on…"
"Okay. Let me be honest," Nathan said turning to face Haley. "I've always thought of you as my best friend. But when I was 14, and girls started thinking I was 'hot', and well, can you blame th-Hey!" Nathan said after Haley hit his arm. "Anyways. I promised myself that if girls have to deal with family, my girl's going to have to deal with you. I'm not giving you up, so..Any girl that wants a relationship with me, has to deal with you…"
Haley sighed, "So I'm stuck with you?"
"Wouldn't have it any other way, slut."
"Hey!"
End Flashback
"They'll work it out, right?" Brooke asked.
Peyton looked at her, "Relationship wise, or with the baby?"
"Both…."
"They have to…."
Flashback
Nathan, Haley, Brooke, Jake, Lucas and Peyton opted for a day at the beach one hot summer day.
Haley, Brooke and Peyton decided to do some sun tanning while the guys 'ran around with a football' as they labeled their game of football.
"I'm hot!" Haley exclaimed.
"Hell yeah, you are…" a guy said running past Haley.
"Thanks!" Haley said sarcastically after him.
The guys came running back to the girls plopping down near them.
"Nathan!" Haley yelled getting up, "You just got sand all over me."
"Well, then we gotta clean you up!" Nathan said picking up Haley and running towards the ocean.
Nathan ran, with Haley in his arms to the tip of the ocean, laughing.
"Don't you dare throw me in there Nathan!" Haley screamed.
"What?" Nathan asked, getting into a little bit deeper water.
"Nathan!" Haley yelled again, but a small smile starting to break out.
"Huh?" Nathan said, "Oops!" He screamed dropping Haley into the water.
Haley resurfaced a minute later, "You are so, dead."
"Like totally!" Nathan said mocking her.
End Flashback
"How are you feeling?" Nathan asked Haley.
"A little weird," Haley admitted.
Nathan nodded his head, "Hales…"
Haley looked up and met Nathan's eyes and her smile immediately faded.
"Nathan, please…"
"Hales…"
"Nathan," Haley begged.
"The baby…" Nathan said, choking back tears, "it didn't make it…"
Haley started shaking her head and broke down in tears, "Please, Nathan…I can't handle anymore…I'm not strong enough."
Nathan sat down on Haley's bed and gathered her into his arms, "I promise Hales, we'll find a way…We'll get through this."
A/N #2:
There are only 2 more chapters, along with an epilogue to "Damaged".
