Fall to Pieces (Chapter twenty-seven)
Three weeks later…
/Flashback/
Nathan came into Haley's room at her parents' house and sat down beside her. She was staring at her wedding dress and her face was twisted with disgust. "This is the ugliest dress I've ever seen," she said. Nathan chuckled.
"Then, why'd you pick it?" he asked. She turned and looked at him in outrage.
"I didn't PICK it. It was my mom's. Did you know that in my family, the daughters wear their mother's wedding dresses?" Haley asked. Nathan smirked.
"So, what, this dress is like four hundred years old?" Nathan asked. Haley swatted him on the shoulder.
"You're missing the point, Scott," Haley said.
"Hales, it's a nice dress," he said. Haley looked at him in disbelief. "What's really wrong?" Haley looked down.
"I don't like the dress," Haley said and looked at him as if he were crazy.
"So get a new one," he suggested.
"I will," she said firmly.
"This is hormones, isn't it?" he asked. Haley glared up at him.
"What does that mean?" she asked as she continued to look up at him warningly.
"Never mind," he said.
"Good answer," she said. She reached out her hand and pulled him down beside her. "Can you believe that in less than two months we're going to be married?" Nathan smiled, careful to keep the guilt off his face. He knew he should tell her, but it would kill her.
"I can't wait," he said, pulling her closer to him. He kissed the top of her head and put his hand on her stomach.
/End of Flashback/
"Haley and I aren't engaged anymore," Nathan admitted to his father and mother. Dan and Deb looked at him in shock.
"Say what?" Dan asked.
"Nathan, everything's set. We've got the church booked, the invitations are sent, and the dresses are bought. What happened?" Deb asked.
/Flashback/
"When?" Haley asked. Nathan looked down. He couldn't meet her steely gaze.
"While we were apart," he replied. Haley scoffed.
"You mean when I was going to doctor's appointments all by myself?" Haley asked. They were in his bedroom. He was sitting at his desk chair and Haley had just got up from his bed.
"Yeah," he replied. Haley's face crumpled as she shook her head in amazement.
"Unbelievable," she said.
"I'm sorry," he said. Haley glared at him.
"You were really going to do it, weren't you?" she asked.
"What?" he asked.
"You were going to marry me, walk down the aisle, have a family with me without ever telling me the truth," Haley said.
"I don't know," he said.
"Well, you don't have to wonder anymore because I'm not marrying you," she said, hoisting herself up and heading towards the door.
/End of Flashback/
"Because Haley doesn't want to marry me," Nathan said.
"Why not?" Deb asked, almost angrily.
"Because I cheated on her," Nathan said.
"You what?" Dan and Deb exclaimed.
"With Brooke," he replied.
"Lucas' girlfriend?" Dan asked in disbelief.
"And now she might be pregnant," Nathan said.