A/N: Well, the end is here. I know it's sad. I absolutely hate ending stories as you all know, but it's time. I won't give anything away and yes it is the shortest of all the chapters. The reason it took me so long is that this is an alternate ending. I had a change of heart and rewrote the entire thing this afternoon. Leave some words. Enjoy Katy :-)

Part Six (Epilogue)

Six months later…

Nathan Scott stood in the sand watching the waves roll in and crash against the shore of the beach. It had been more than ten years since he'd stood at this spot and the fact that he was actually here again seemed like a dream.

There had been few times in his life that he'd had this kind of clarity. Being with Haley had always made him feel as if he had all the answers to every question in the world. He was at peace with her and even though he knew that the world was full of its problems, as long as he had Haley, that stuff didn't bother him.

Some people might call it a false sense of hope, others might say he had blinders on if he couldn't see what a mess the world really was but even if all that was true, Nathan didn't care because being in love was better.

Being in love with her was like finding his paradise with her. No one could touch them. And when they were apart, his paradise was gone but like most things, it was never truly gone. Only misplaced and a few months ago, they had found it again.

"I have been looking everywhere for you," Haley breathed as she came up from behind him. He turned around and smiled at her.

"Well, here I am," he said, lightly chuckling as she glared at him. She came closer and swatted him.

"I was worried. I thought something had happened to you!" she exclaimed. A smile tugged at his lips but he looked down at her apologetically.

"I'm sorry, Hales. I didn't mean to worry you," he apologized.

"Would it have killed you to leave a note instead of making me waddle all the way out here?" she asked. She was still for a second and a look of wonder crossed her face. He was about to ask if something was wrong when she took his hand and put it on her stomach. He massaged the soft fabric of her dress and smiled as he felt the light kick in from their baby inside her abdomen. He looked at her and nodded.

"He's certainly an active one," Nathan commented. Haley rolled her eyes at him and then looked around the place. She then shot a questioning glance his way.

"What are you doing out here anyways?" she asked.

"Thinking," he replied but it didn't take a genius to figure out that he was remembering their first wedding. And Haley was a genius. She shook her head.

"Living in the past is not a very attractive quality, Nathan," she reminded him.

"I'm reminiscing. That's not the same thing," he said. Haley looked up at him in amusement.

"I stand corrected," she said. He looked down at her. She leaned against him. "You're needed in this reality." He put his arm around her and pulled her tighter against him.

"I never left," he assured her. Haley nodded. A confused look crossed his face. "Where's Marie?"

"Waiting for you to take her to McDonald's. Just out of curiosity, how did she manage to persuade you to take her?" Haley asked. Nathan smiled at the memory of that morning in the kitchen.

"She called me 'dad'," he replied. Haley laughed.

"Men are so easy," she quipped as they turned around and headed back to their house.