I must admit, I was a Laley shipper in the first season, and deep deep inside I probably still am. I've missed the LH scenes this season, they're too few and far between, so I am writing a LH fanfic.
Disclaimer: Don't own them, wish I did, yadda yadda.
So here it is, Bubblz's AlternateSeason3…Laley style!
Haley leaned against a lamppost as she watched Nathan get on the bus to High Flyers. Deb was with him. Haley watched as she hugged her son goodbye and he got onboard. Dan was still in the hospital, recovering from the fire.
She wished more than anything that she could be there with them, promising to keep in touch and call everyday. Yet there she was all by herself, watching the scene from afar.
I'm going to High Flyers, Haley, and I'm taking my heart with me.
"There he goes…" She whispered to herself. She bowed her head, wishing that something good would happen, like, soon.
"Hmm…back from a music tour and the newfound fame has driven you to talk to yourself?" Lucas said, walking up behind her.
"You're not funny." Haley said sadly.
"I am too."
"You're not." Haley said, looking once more at Nathan.
"He's just hurt, Hales. He'll come around." Lucas said gently, following her gaze and watching the bus drive away.
Haley didn't say anything, but she buried her face into her best friend's chest, sobbing.
"Shh…it's going to be okay. I promise." Lucas whispered, stroking her hair.
"I'm sorry. I'm just a mess." Haley said, pulling away and laughing to cover up her embarrassment.
"Don't worry about it. So do you want to go somewhere and talk?"
"Yeah, I would love that."
"So where is everybody?" Haley asked as they made their way to Lucas' house.
"My mom went to be with Andy, Brooke is in California and Peyton is with her dad on his boat."
"I need details. I've missed so much."
"Um, well my mom wants to prove to Andy that she really does care about him…Brooke is with her parents…and Peyton wants to spend some time with her dad and get some answers about the woman who claims to be her mother."
"Oh my God, seriously?"
"Yeah, I'm not sure about the whole thing."
"Wow. So Brooke is gone for the whole summer?"
"Yeah…" Lucas said quietly.
"What's wrong?"
"Before she left, I told her I wanted to be with her and-"
"Oh my God, Lucas! Are you together? Oh that's so cute! And you miss her…aww"
"Not exactly, Hales. She didn't exactly reciprocate those feelings."
"She said she didn't want to be with you?"
"No. She just left, she just said she had to go."
"I'm so sorry."
"I feel so stupid. I just put everything out in the open like that, I completely dropped a bombshell on her."
"I know what you mean."
"Did you give an embarrassing speech to Nathan too?"
"Absolutely."
"Well, we've always been a lot alike." Lucas said, smiling.
"You're so dumb." Haley laughed, smacking his arm lightly.
"So what do we do now?"
"I need to figure out my plan for the summer. I don't have an apartment anymore, and apparently I don't have a husband either."
"No place to stay? That's easy. You can stay here with me."
"You sure?"
"Are you kidding? Of course. Besides, I would be all alone for the summer if you didn't."
"So basically you're offering because you can't stand to be here all alone without anyone to annoy?"
"Right. However, I can't really do anything to help you with the husband thing, seeing as apparently we're not brothers or even friends at this point."
"What happened?"
"I went to see you…strike one, I didn't give him the papers strike two…"
"Oh…"
"Yeah…I hope we can work it out. I don't want what we had going to be ruined."
"Me too."
"You'll work it out with him too."
"I guess. I should go to the apartment and get all my stuff. Unless Nathan burned it or something."
"I'll help you."
Later that night, Haley was making dinner for her and Lucas while Lucas was lying on the couch reading a book.
"You could help, you know." Haley called out to him.
"I could, but I'm pretty sure you can handle mac and cheese on your own."
"…How did you know that's what I was making?"
"Because you're obsessed."
"Am not."
"Are too. Luckily for you, being friends with you all these years have helped me grow accustomed to eating it at least once a week."
"It's good!"
"Uh huh."
"Well you can cook, and you're just lying around so you don't get to complain."
"Fine." Lucas said, turning over on the couch.
"Here we go." Haley said, coming into the room carrying two bowls.
"Great." Lucas said, sitting up.
"Here."
"Thanks." Lucas said, taking a bite.
"Well?"
"It's good." Lucas admitted.
"Ha!" Haley laughed.
After a few minutes, Lucas put down the dishes and wrapped his arm around Haley.
"I missed you." He said softly.
"I missed you too. I wanted to call you every day."
"Why didn't you?" Lucas asked sadly.
"I was afraid. I didn't know what to say."
"We've always known what to say to each other."
"I know."
"It's okay though, I just missed talking to you everyday."
"Me too."
"I'm tired." Lucas yawned.
Just as they were cleaning up, there was a thunderstorm beginning.
"Great…" Lucas muttered.
Haley jumped and grabbed his arm as lightning flashed and the lights went out and back on.
"Freaky." Lucas commented.
"This is so creepy."
"Relax. I'll grab us a flashlight before we go to bed."
"Where am I sleeping?"
"I figured you could sleep in my mom's room…"
"Oh, okay."
"Yeah."
"Well then I'm going to bed. Night Luke."
"Night Hales. I'm so happy you're back."
"Me too."
Haley slowly opened the door to Lucas' bedroom later and tiptoed to his bed, climbing under the covers. He was sleeping on his side, turned away from her, but woke up when she climbed into bed with him.
"Can I help you?" Lucas mumbled.
"I can't sleep." Haley said.
"What's wrong?"
"Loaded question."
"It's too late for loaded questions."
"I agree. I just…hate thunderstorms."
"I know."
"And it's really loud…"
"You wanna sleep here tonight?"
"…Yes." Haley admitted.
Lucas rolled over and held out his arm. Haley smiled and snuggled up next to her best friend.
"Better?"
"Yeah."
"But it's not the storm keeping you up, is it?"
"No, pretty much my screwup with Nathan."
"Hales…sure you made a mistake, you could've handled the whole music tour thing better, but you and Nathan are married, and that should mean something."
"He left though. He left, just like I did, and now I really realize how much it hurts."
"Just give him time. When you were gone, he was a mess. Trust me, it wasn't the attitude of someone who didn't care."
"So I should just wait?"
"Give him a chance to cool off, get a grasp of everything that's going on."
"I guess so."
"Yeah."
"So you want to talk about Brooke?"
"In the middle of the night?"
"Yes…"
"No. There's nothing to tell apparently."
"I hope she comes around."
"Me too."
"So we're the ones who got left behind, huh?"
"Yeah. Us against the world."
"Life was simpler then."
"It was. I miss it sometimes."
"I miss it all the time."
"I feel like I've learned a lot in the past several months, but I'm kind of glad it's just you and me for the summer."
"Yeah, like we can just forget about everything."
"Plus we have a bunch of catching up to do."
"Definitely."
Haley and Lucas stayed up all night talking, eventually moving into the living room and watching whatever movie was on TV in the middle of the night.
"What time is it?" Lucas asked.
"About 7:00."
"Is there any use in going back to sleep?"
"Not for today. Let's just make some coffee and go."
"Go where?"
"I don't know, the beach or something. I need to get out. I need to clear my head. I need sunshine, dammit!" Haley laughed.
"That sounds like a good idea." Lucas agreed, chuckling.
"I'm going to grab one of your mom's bags."
"Okay. I'll go grab a book."
"And food!" Haley insisted.
"You take care of that. I have no idea what to bring." Lucas called as he headed to his bedroom.
"Boys. So helpless." Haley sighed.
"Well I'm lucky you're back then, aren't I?"
"You know it." Haley grinned.
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