A/N: All right. So I've thrown in quite a bit of information into this latest chapter. So keep your eyes open. It is one of, if not the main, reasons why Haley is so angry with Nathan. Well, enough from me. Here's the chapter:

Chapter Four

Four weeks later…

Haley was sitting in Jake and Peyton's kitchen with Brooke and Peyton. They had all agreed to meet there for lunch. It had been so long since they'd been able to sit down as friends and catch up. It was odd for Haley to be with her friends while they were both pregnant at the same time. All they talked about were appointments. They had both been pregnant before. Peyton was pregnant with her and Jake's third bilogical kid. She had adopted his daugther that he had had with his old girlfriend, Nikki. Brooke was pregnant with her and Lucas' second child. They already had a two-year-old son, Felix.

They were the same age and her friends were both close to having more than one kid and Haley still didn't have one. They were both heading into their fourth or fifth year of marriage while Haley's marriage was almost at its end as the divorce would be final in about two months. "So, Haley, how are things going at work?" Peyton asked. So they had finally realized that there was someone who was not pregnant at the table and had decided to zero in on her. She was perfectly fine just listening to Brooke gush about the crib she had just bought for her daughter. Haley exhaled.

"Fine," Haley replied. She hadn't meant to sound so irritated. Brooke and Peyton both looked at her with concern in their eyes.

"Haley, are we upsetting you?" Brooke asked. Haley smirked.

"Why would you be upsetting me?" she asked. You were only rubbing in the fact that you have a daughter on the way. But why would that bother me?

"Well, all we're talking about is our pregnancies, the plans we have and how our husbands are acting about it," Peyton said.

"What's your point?" Haley asked, hoping they would get that she didn't want to talk about since she was playing dumb. Apparently they weren't that intuitive as Brooke opened her mouth.

"Well, I think what Peyton is trying to say is that we're pregnant and you're not. We have husbands and…" Brooke started. Haley smirked at her bluntness and lack of propriety.

"And I'm not." Haley finished. Brooke nodded but continued.

"And maybe you feel a little left out," Brooke added. Haley exhaled.

"Well, to be honest, Brooke, I think the topic is fine. I mean, let's be honest, we really don't have that many common things in our lives right now. There's not a lot to talk about," Haley said.

"We tried to open to topic up to something a little less upsetting, but you just closed yourself off," Peyton said.

"Well, what do you want me to say about it!" Haley exclaimed. Both girls raised their heads at her. "My classes are fine. My students are excellent. But at the beginning of the day when I hear Nathan's voice on the PA talking about the last basketball game or whatever, I feel like ripping the system out of the wall."

"Is it really that bad to be working at the same place with him?" Brooke asked. Haley chuckled.

"No, it's not. I haven't seen him since the day at the house," Haley said.

"So, that's good, right?" Peyton asked. Haley felt tears spring to her eyes.

"No, it's not," Haley replied, choking back a sob.

"Why?" Brooke asked.

"Because I miss him!" Haley exclaimed.

"You do?" Peyton asked in shock. Haley nodded.

"And I hate that I do! I don't want to miss him," Haley said. Peyton and Brooke both looked at each other and then back at Haley. "I really don't but I can't help but miss him. I used to see him every single day at that school. I would sneak down to his office at lunch to see how he was just to talk to him or see how he was. Whatever."

"Come on in," Nathan said trying to keep the annoyance out of his voice. The door opened and a female laughed as she walked into the room and closed the door again.

"I swear, you always sound so irritated," she said. He smiled and looked up to see Haley sitting in a chair in front of his desk as she put her bag down on the other chair. He looked at his watch and realized that it was already third period. He didn't have any classes to teach until fourth and sometimes he had to do an on-call. Haley taught three out of the five periods and third period was her lunch. She usually only had fourth period free since she sometimes helped with the guitar class or did an on-call herself.

"You look tired," he said.

"Really? I'm more annoyed than tired. I just came from my grade nine vocal class and I swear, if I get one more question about Gavin DeGraw or Michelle Branch, I'm going to freak out," she said.

"Come on, Hales. Everyone knows you went on tour. You're practically a celebrity around here," he said.

"I went on tour six years ago. I should be known for more than that by now," she said.

"You are," he said.

Haley put her head on her elbow and asked, "And what is that?"

"You're Coach Scott's wife," he teased. She got up and walked around to his side of the desk and started swatting him.

"Not funny! Not funny at all!" She exclaimed as she continued to swat him. He laughed as he grabbed her by the waist and sat her on his lap. She smirked as he moved his head closer to kiss her.

When the kiss ended, he said, "Hello." Haley laughed as she pulled the chair that was beside him closer and moved to sit down.

Haley sighed at the memory. "And now to go from seeing him everyday to never seeing him? It's a little upsetting," she confessed.

"Haley, just think about all the things he did to you," Peyton said. Haley chuckled.

"Yeah, I know. And I hate him more than you can possibly imagine for everything he's done to me. It's pretty funny; I miss him so much, but the thought of seeing him again right now makes my blood boil," Haley said. Brooke nodded.

"That is pretty funny," Brooke commented. Both Haley and Peyton looked at her incredulously. Brooke rolled her eyes. "Not ha ha funny, but ironic kind of funny." They both laughed at her. Haley couldn't help it. It was just such a Brooke thing.

"There's no chance you'd forgive him or that you'd work things out?" Brooke asked. Haley shook her head insistently.

"Dinosaurs have a better chance of walking the Earth again than Nathan and I have at getting back together," Haley said. Brooke widened her eyes in amusement and shock as she nodded.

"He did do a number on you," Peyton commented in anger. Haley smirked at her loyalty.

"You don't know the half of it," Haley said.

"What do you mean?" Brooke asked.

"Nevermind," Haley said. Brooke looked at Peyton who shrugged. Then they decided to drop it and began discussing Peyton's latest ultrasound.

Lucas walked out of the school two days later and was surprised to find Nathan leaning against his in the parking lot. He looked like he had just received news that he had a week left to live. Intriguied, Lucas headed over to his brother. "Nathan?" Lucas said as he neared him. Nathan didn't even look up at him at first. He wiped his face of tears a few seconds later and then looked at him.

"What is it?" Nathan asked, clearing his throat of emotion.

"I was just wondering what you were doing here. You know, standing in the middle of a basically empty parking lot, leaning against your car… crying?" Lucas said.

"I was just talking to Haley," Nathan said without hesitation.

"And she punched you?" Lucas asked. His eyes were full of amusement at his own joke but he frowned when Nathan glared at him.

"No, but she definitely delivered news that felt like she punched me," he said.

"Is she leaving again?" Lucas asked. Nathan shook his head.

"Haley, wait! Please!" Nathan exclaimed, following Haley to the parking lot.

"Nathan, it's been a long day, so do you mind if we chat later?" Haley asked as she headed to her car.

"You can't keep avoiding me forever, you know? Sooner or later, you and I are going to have to talk," he said. At this, Haley turned around to face him.

"We've already talked," she said. Nathan looked at her.

"I miss you, Hales," he said. Haley chuckled.

"Yeah, sure you do," Haley said.

"I do," he said. Haley shook her head.

"You miss me so much, you're shacking up with Rachel?" Haley asked. Nathan sighed in frustration.

"Rachel needs a place to stay. We're not shacking up together," he said.

"Whatever. You don't owe me any explanations, Nathan. I'm not your wife," she said.

"Yes, you are, Haley," he reminded her.

"Not for much longer," Haley reminded him. Nathan sighed with frustration as he threw his hands up in the air.

"Fine. I came out here to talk to you peacefully but you make it so damn difficult. I can't even get a few words in without you coming up with one of your little sarcastic retorts," he said. Then, he started to walk away.

"Wait a second!" Haley exclaimed. Sheer shock that she had called after him was what made him turn around. She came over to his car. "You don't get to storm away from me in anger."

"Well, I did," he said and shrugged. He began fumbling in his pockets for his keys.

"Then, you've got a lot of nerve acting so righteous after everything you've done," Haley said. Nathan had just opened the door and that comment angered him so much, he slammed it shut again. The keys dropped to the ground.

"Stop doing that to me," he said. Haley looked at him in confusion. "We lost our son, Haley. We both did. Not just you. You're not the only one went through it. You're not the only one hurting here." Haley froze up again.

"I don't want to talk about it," Haley said flatly.

"Too bad. Because everytime I bring up our son or pregnancy, you freeze up. This conversation is long overdue, Haley. Now, you can hate me all you want but we need to talk about this. We both need closure on this issue," Nathan said.

"There will never be closure for me, Nathan. I lost way more than our son that day!" Haley exploded.

"I was still there, Haley. Need I remind you that you're the one who left me," he said. Haley laughed at him.

"Once again you assume it's all about you," she commented.

"Fine. Then what else did you lose?" he asked, pretending to act clueless. The thing was he had no idea how clueless he actually was. Haley bit her lip as tears sprang to her eyes. They trickled down her face.

"The ability to ever conceive," she said. Nathan looked at her in shock.

"What?" he began. "How is that possible?"

"When I gave birth to James," Haley began, uttering their son's name for the first time since she'd left. They had decided that since his last name would be Scott, they would use her maiden name for his first name and Nathan's first name for his middle name. "It somehow damaged me on the inside. So much that I can never get pregnant again."

"What!" Lucas exclaimed in disbelief.

"Haley will never have a child," Nathan said in misery. "And it's all my fault."

A/N 2: So pretty long chapter and a big piece of information to process. Well, tell me what you thought. I'd love to know. )