Nathan woke up on a couch he didn't recognize next to a beautiful girl that was all too familiar to him. Nathan and Haley had spent the night talking and watching movies and they fell asleep together.
"Ohh…what?" Haley said as she woke up.
"Nathan? Oh my god, we fell asleep. What will your parents say?"
"They won't care at all. What about your parents?"
"Gone visiting my sister Taylor."
"So, we are in a house all alone?" Nathan asked with a smile.
"Don't get any ideas Scott, I can still kick you out."
"Now, why would you want to do a thing like that?" Nathan asked as he attempted to close the small gap that existed between them. Even though they weren't dating yet he oddly felt like they had been dating for months.
"Cool down Scott. Let's have some breakfast."
"If that's what you want."
KNOCK KNOCK
"I'll get that. Why don't you go make pancakes or something." Haley suggested.
"Ok"
Haley opened the door to see Lucas standing there.
"Haley, I am so so sorry."
"Lucas, the truth is that I am hurt that you would be the kind of person to cheat I me--"
"Haley, I am s--"
"Don't Lucas, just please let me finish." Haley asked. "I was hurt and yet I am very relieved about it because you helped me to realize that we aren't meant for each other. We are meant to be friends, which I have no problem with. Go be with Brooke and I will be with whomever I want. I am not mad. Just disappointed that you couldn't tell me how you felt. I thought we were close. At least as friends." Haley said.
"Haley, do you want French toast or pancakes?" Nathan yelled from the kitchen.
"Umm, pancakes."
"Haley can we talk in the hall for a minute?"
"Yeah"
"Haley, I thought you were going to wait for marriage? And with a guy you aren't even dating."
"Lucas, we didn't have sex" Haley said surprised that he even thought she would do that. "We fell asleep watching TV."
"What?"
"We fell asleep, nothing happened."
After a long pause Lucas finally spoke. "I'm sorry Hales, I jumped to the wrong conclusion."
Lucas and Haley talked and settled down a little bit. When Haley made her way back to the kitchen, breakfast was almost ready.
"Hey, so what did Lucas say?" Nathan asked.
"He was freaked out, but it turned out to be ok," Haley smiled. "Maybe even better"
Lucas had just been at Haley's house to talk to her. He was relieved to find she wasn't angry but he was also upset to find that Nathan had stayed the night there. Lucas was on his way to see Brooke. He had majorly screwed up last night. The truth was that Nathan was good for Haley and he was sorry about what he had said. Lucas arrived at Brooke's house and knocked on the door ready to apologize.
"Brooke I am soo sorry. I was soo wrong about what I said. The truth is that Haley and Nathan are together and good together. It was just me, I was all wrong." Lucas pleaded.
Instead of using words to explain how she felt Brooke leaned in to kiss Lucas. After a while they had to take a break and rest.
"So, do you wanna stay here?" Lucas asked.
"No, lets go for a walk." Brooke suggested. If they went for a walk it would let everyone know that she didn't care who knew that they were together.
All day long Haley had been waiting for 7 when Nathan was going to pick her up. Nathan had gone home hours ago. He had spent most of the day with her and they were putting in a movie when Nathan's dad called forcing him to go home to practice. Now it was a quarter to 7 and Haley was ready to go and looked awesome.
KNOCK KNOCK
Haley opened the door to find a very nicely dressed Nathan holding flowers.
"Wow, Haley, you look…wow." Nathan said simply.
"Thank you. You don't look too bad yourself."
"Is that so?" Nathan asked as he brought Haley close to him so that he could kiss her. When they kissed it was gentle as if it were filled with love.
"I cannot believe Nathan Scott is early."
"Yeah, quite a surprise."
They stepped into Nathan's car and Nathan drove to their destination. They ended up at Karen's Café leaving Haley with a very confused look on her face.
"Well, since we had such a bad time here last night I thought we could make a brand new good memory to replace last nights. I wouldn't want you to have a bad memory that went along with the café.
As they entered the café Haley noticed that it was empty and there was one table with a tablecloth and two candles set for two people. Haley didn't say anything but just thought about how great of a guy he was. She couldn't believe how lucky she was.
"Peyt?" Jake yelled, "Where are you?"
"Shh, Jenny is asleep, finally." Peyton whispered as she came out of Jenny's room.
"Do you have something to tell me?" Jake asked "Maybe about us telling people about the engagement?"
"Jake, I am so sorry. I just broke down and told her."
FLASHBACK
"Karen, thank you soo much for watching Jenny last night. I really appreciate it." Peyton said sincerely.
"It was no problem. What did you and Jake do last night?" Karen had noticed the ring but didn't want to but in
"Well, he set up this romantic dinner on the beach and he p-" Peyton stopped herself from saying 'proposed' but Karen asked what she meant and Peyton decided to tell her.
"Oh my god, Peyton that is so great. I don't think I know two people better for each other."
END FLASHBACK
"Are you mad that I told her?" Peyton asked
"No, it is ok. We should tell people." Jake said as he pulled her into a hug.
"How did you find out anyways?" Peyton questioned while looking at Jake
"Karen congratulated me at work."
"I still can't believe you planned this whole meal," Haley said "How did you get Karen to agree to this?"
"Well, I came and asked her if she would be open and she said she wouldn't so then I asked if she would let me use it for you and I told her what I had planned and she agreed."
"Wow. Did you make the food or order the food or did Karen make it or what?" Haley asked.
"I made it, well maybe my mom helped a lot but..." Nathan stated. "Well I did make dessert though." Nathan said as he went into the back to get it.
"And what would that be?"
"Chocolate pudding!" Nathan said as he came over with the pudding and two bowls and spoons. They ate their pudding in silence and as they finished Nathan just watched Haley.
"Can I ask you a question?" Nathan asked.
"You just did but ask another." Haley reassured him.
"Ok, well I like you a lot and I wanted to ask you…" Nathan paused as he retrieved a velvet box from his pocket and opened it. It had a ring inside that would perfectly fit her finger.
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