Chapter One: Crazy In Love or Just Plain Crazy

One Month Earlier…

"Good morning sexy" he whispered in her ear as he placed a muscular arm around her waist.

He then pulled her in close and began kissing her neck.

"Right back at cha handsome" she giggled.

Nathan had this way of making her feel like a shy school girl. She couldn't help but giggle or smile every time they were near one another. He always told her how cute that was but to her it was a bit embarrassing.

"So how's my beautiful girl doing this morning?"

There she was blushing again.

"Well seeing as how I had the pleasure of waking up next to the hottest guy in Tree Hill…"

"Second hottest" a voice called out interrupting her as Lucas and Brooke walked by their bedroom wrapped up in a towel.

They were so cute together and Haley was happy that they had made it past that whole ordeal with Peyton. Jake was even back in town and everyone was back to being friends again. Mainly because of a certain incident that took place a few short months ago. It was hard but they all got through it. Thankfully.

"Keep dreaming bro" yelled Nathan.

Haley shook her head and laughed.

"You two are insane"

"Yeah but you love us anyway"

"Sadly enough yes I do" she said before kissing him on the lips.

"Oh, I never get tired of doing that"

"That makes two of us" he replied kissing her again.

"You know if we keep this up we're never going to get out of bed"

"Yeah, well that doesn't seem like such a bad idea"

"Yes it is because if we stay here nothings going to get done"

Nathan smiled "That's not true. Plenty can get done. You being one of those things"

"Nathan!" squealed a red faced Haley "You are so nasty"

"Oh please you know you like it"

"Can you try to get over yourself? I mean, just a little bit" questioned Haley. She was trying to sound disgusted but failed miserably.

"Come on girl. You know I'm sexy"

"Ha!" she laughed as she turned to lay on her back. "Whatever you need to believe baby"

Damn he was a conceited little something.

"Is that right?" he said climbing on top of the girl. With a wicked grin he started tickling her "Come on say it"

"Never" she replied in a fit of laughter.

"Come on say Nathan is the sexiest man alive"

"Sorry but my mother told me never to tell lies" giggled Haley as she twisted around trying to escape her attacker.

"Say it Hales"

"Stop Nathan" she whined to his amusement.

He then removed the girl's arms from her side and hit her most ticklish area.

"Say it or the torture will never end"

"Okay, okay" she said giving in. "Nathan is the sexiest man alive.

That wasn't a lie because he was. Well at least one of the sexiest.

"That's all I wanted to hear" he smiled that grin that always made her knees go weak.

"You're crazy you know that?" replied Haley lightly smacking the man on the shoulder.

Nathan only laughed it off.

"Well you married me so what does that make you?" he said with cocky smirk.

She smiled widely before looking into his eyes and responding "Crazy in love"

When they were finally up and dressed they made their way into the living room where Lucas and Brooke where waiting for them.

The four of them had decided to rent a two bedroom apartment in the same building their original apartment was in. The only difference was that this one was on the other side of the complex and had a larger living room and a second bathroom.

"Well, well, well look who decided to join us. I thought I was going to have to send out the troops in search of my favorite tutor wife" remarked Brooke a she and Lucas snuggled up together on the couch.

"Brooke I'm your only tutor wife"

"So that doesn't mean that you can't still be my favorite"

Haley rolled her eyes playfully and headed into the kitchen.

Meanwhile Nathan continued his was into the living room and sat down on the couch next to Lucas. Seeing as how he and Brooke were laid out over its length with the girl sitting between his legs, it was a very tight fit.

The blond turned to him with an angry scowl "Dude what the hell are you doing?"

Nathan gave him an innocent look "What are you talking about"

"Okay let's start with the obvious that being the fact that your elbow is in my back"

"Is it such a bad thing for me to want to be close to my big brother?"

Brooke and Haley both laughed at this. Lucas and Nathan had grown close over the past three years but after the incident they became even closer which was one of the main reasons behind their decision to move in together. Being without each other just suddenly felt wrong to them.

"Oh please Nate. We both know that you're just doing this to annoy me" said Lucas while giving Nathan an elbow to the stomach.

The younger boy snickered "Guilty as charged" before snatching the remote control out of his brother's hand and changing the channel.

"I was watching that"

"Not any more"

Haley smiled at Brooke who immediately got to her feet and headed into the kitchen where her friend was standing. They knew where the conversation between the two boys was heading.

"Turn back Nate"

The dark haired boy picked up a couch pillow and hit his brother in the head with it.

"No" he grinned. He knew that he was acting childish but he was in a good mood. Plus he and Lucas didn't grow up together so he considered his annoying little brother routine to be his way of making up for lost time.

Lucas sat up straight and retaliated with a pillow shot of his own.

"Yes"

The two Scotts stared at each other with matching smirks before wrestling each other to the ground.

"Oh my gosh how childish is this?"

"Hey there's nothing wrong with acting like a kid every once in a while" Brooke said with a devilish grin as she stirred some pancake mix.

Haley knew that look meant trouble.

"Brooke" the girl warned while backing up.

Unfortunately she wasn't quick enough as a huge glob of pancake mix hit her dead smack in the face.

Haley wanted to yell at Brooke but she couldn't, especially not with Nathan and Lucas laughing hysterically in the background.

"You" she said pointing to Brooke "Are so dead"

"Bring it on tutor wife" the girl replied in a daring tone before running to the other side of the kitchen.

Haley pretended as if she was going for the bowl of pancake mix but instead turned on her heels. She was standing in front of the kitchen sink where she quickly grabbed the spray hose and drenched the dark haired girl with water.

"My hair" she cried much to Haley's amusement.

"Oh what's wrong glamour girl? Did you get all wet?"

Brooke was glaring at her and was about to respond when the phone rang.

Haley pressed the speaker phone button.

"Scott residence"

"Where's Nathan?" questioned the man on the other end in a surly tone.

"Oh Mr. Scott" Haley spoke in an unpleasant voice giving the man taste of his own medicine.

"Well where's my son?"

Haley looked over to her husband who was shaking his head, indicating that he had no intentions of speaking to his father.

"He's busy"

"Doing what?"

"Taking a shower"

The man chuckled slightly before continuing "How many times are you going to tell that lie? If you're going to keep my son from me you can at least make up better excuses then that"

"It's not a lie Dan"

"Fine then where's Lucas? And don't tell me that he's in the shower too"

She looked over to the young man in question and wasn't surprised when he repeated his brother's earlier movement.

Haley let out a frustrated sigh "No Mr. Scott he's out with Brooke"

"This is unbelievable. You lying little bitch, I know that you just want to keep them from me"

It took all the Scott brothers had to remain silent.

"First of all Mr. Scott the name calling is not necessary and secondly I am not lying so I would appreciate it if you would stop making false accusations against me"

She felt funny saying the last part when she was in fact lying.

"Well first of all Ms. James" he said putting emphasis on her maiden name "I will call you whatever the hell I please and secondly I called you a liar because you are one. Now let me ask you something. Do Nathan and Lucas know that you're trying to push me out of their lives?"

"Look Dan we both know that Nathan hates you and its common knowledge that you were never really a father to Lucas so that kind of nullifies your right to complain"

"Watch it little girl" Dan spoke in a tone that forced Lucas and Nathan to their feet. "You don't know a damn thing about me and my boys which nullifies your right to speak on the subject. Now if you don't let me talk to one of my sons I'm going to come over there and make you sorry that you ever met me"

Nathan had, had enough of his father's treatment of his wife and was about to speak up when Lucas quickly ran over to the door, opened it and slammed it shut again.

"Nathan, Haley, we're back" he yelled giving his brother a look trying to tell him to calm down.

The last time his brother and father engaged in the war of words things got ugly. Bar room brawl ugly.

Brooke instantly caught on adding "Come on out here girly and check out what we brought"

"Well" said an impatient Dan "What the hell are you waiting for? Put my son on the phone"

Lucas threw Nathan a look that said next time he's yours before picking up the receiver and taking the phone off speaker.

"Hi Dad" Lucas said as he sat on a stool.

Recently the older Scott boy had been referring to Dan as Dad just to avoid an argument. A life changing event had occurred just three months before and since then the man was hell bent on having both his sons address him as Dad or father. Whenever Lucas protested he would become enraged, screaming that Keith was never his father and how he should acknowledge him in the proper manner. In fact the last time Dan's elder son disagreed with his father's philosophy he choked him until the boy called him Dad. From then on Luke went with it for the sake of keeping the peace. Although it did feel nice to say at times, but he would never admit.

"She's not brainwashing up against you Dad"

Lucas rolled his eyes before continuing as Nathan and Haley did the same "I really don't feel like arguing about this"

The man on the other end must have starting ranting because his son held the phone away from his ear and shook his head in his brother's direction.

"Haley didn't make us start hating you and she's not trying to steal me and Nathan away. You're the one responsible for the way things are, not her"

Lucas sighed in frustration "No she doesn't lie about us not being here when you call. We do have lives you know. We can't sit by the phone all day waiting for your call"

"No"

"Don't say that!"

Haley, Brooke and Nathan all looked at each other wondering what Dan was saying.

"I bet he's putting a hex on you or cursing you with warts or something" Brook said forcing Haley to smile a little.

"Well we don't call you back because you're always ragging on your son's wife not to mention my best friend"

"First of all don't talk about her like that and secondly Brooke has nothing to do with this"

"Oh look Brookie, you've made the Dan Scott hates me list. What are you going to do next?" questioned Haley

"I'm going to Disney!"

Nathan couldn't help but laugh but quickly covered his mouth when Lucas turned around to shush him.

"Why does everything have to be an argument with you?"

"Oh my God you are unbelievable"

Brooke could see that Lucas was growing angrier by the second so she walked over to him and placed a gentle hand on his back. He wished that he would just hang up already. He had a weak heart and didn't need this aggravation.

She knew Dan must have been thinking the same thing by Lucas's next remarks.

"I'm fine"

"Yes I've been taking my meds"

"I know Dad"

"Yes"

"I went for a run yesterday"

"No it wasn't too far and no I didn't"

"I am"

"Listen I have to go"

"Yes I'll tell him that you called" he said looking over his shoulder at his brother.

Lucas suddenly held his breath and closed his eyes almost as if it pained him to respond to his father "I love you too. Bye"

He turned to face everyone as he hung up the phone "Why do I suddenly feel the need to wash out my mouth with soap"

"Thanks man I owe you one"

Lucas nodded his head "Yeah well next time you're dealing with him"

"That guy is such an ass. I can't believe he was so nasty to you Hales" Brooke spoke sadly.

"Yeah well I'm used to it"

"You shouldn't be. You're my wife Haley, he had no right talking to you like that. In fact, you know what, this stops today" Nathan said walking out of the room and returning a few short seconds later with car keys in hand.

"Where are you going?" asked Haley as she grabbed hold of his arm to stop him.

"To pay dear old Dad a visit" without another word he kissed her on the head and walked out the front door.

"Don't worry Hales I'll go with him" Lucas said before grabbing his jacket and running to catch up with his brother.

"Be careful" she shouted after them as she turned back to Brooke.

The dark haired girl immediately took her friend into her arms and held her close.

"It's going to be okay girly. Nathan and Lucas are going to set their evil Dad straight and everything will be just fine"

"I wish I could believe you Brooke but something tells me that things are only going to get worse"

Off her words there was silence because deep down Brooke knew that Haley was right.