A/N: I know its probably been a year since this was UD! and thats awful, but in honesty I'd fogotten I posted this fic here! So there are a few chapters already typed up and ready to be posted, and im working on the next installment, which should only take a few days... I hope you're still reading, and still interested...
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The silence had remained as Nathan sped along the quiet roads; every so often he would glance at her out of the corner of his eye. She was staring out the window, in her own little world; he was transfixed on her. He leant forward to turn on the radio, loud R 'n' B music blasted out of the speakers. Haley grimaced slightly, 'Dear Lord' she thought, 'I can't listen to this music'. Without saying anything, Haley swiftly moved forward and changed the station, the soft sounds of Coldplay, 'Fix You' filled the car, as she rested backwards with an appreciative smile.
Nathan looked at her in shock, his brow creased as he changed it back to Kanye West, she scowled at him before placing it back on Coldplay.
"What the hell are you doing?" Nathan asked incredulously, swatting her hand away from the radio, and once again changing it back to his station.
Haley groaned frustrated at his actions, she poked him in the arm, allowing her the access to change back the music. This debate carried on for several minutes, until Haley gave up and leant her head back against the headrest and closed her eyes.
"Thank you!" Nathan said, chuckling at the childish behaviour they had just been a part of.
Haley huffed slightly, arms folded across her chest, bottom lip jutted out, "I was just trying to save you from that crummy music!" she pouted.
"This is the best music around!" Nathan exclaimed, one hand on the steering wheel, the other on the gear stick, dangerously close to her thigh.
Haley rolled her eyes, "Just admit." She proclaimed, "One of your weak points is that you have crap taste in music!"
"So what's one of my strong points?" Nathan smirked, raising an eyebrow suggestively.
Haley scoffed and turned towards him, her leg brushing against his hand, she didn't seem to notice, but he certainly did, "Please. I don't want your ego to get any bigger!"
"That's not the only part of me that's big!" he winked at her, chuckling at her distaste. He was having fun winding her up, he decided to see how far he could take it. "How about we go to a more, private secluded spot, instead of the coffee house?" he wiggled his eyebrows causing her to burst out laughing in his face.
She stopped to look at him, and saw his eyes were sparkling, 'God what was it about him?' she wondered, 'he looks so damn familiar'. Again she was brought away from her thoughts due to him looking at her expectantly, still having not answered his question, "In your dreams!" Haley replied matter of factly.
"Trust me, you are!" the same smirk graced his features again, he pouted his lips, blowing an air kiss in her direction.
Haley groaned slightly, as she shook her head "You're such a perv, you know that?"
He ran his tongue over his teeth seductively, watching her face as he did so. She scrunched it up and turned away from him. He smiled, laughing at her, "Oh sorry I forgot, You're Married!" he drawled the last few words, rolling his eyes.
Her head shot towards him at his words, she didn't say anything, just smiled at him slightly, her face stern and void of emotion. The tension in the car had skyrocketed, as she continued to shift her body completely towards the window. Nathan knew not to push it, as he watched Haley. 'What the hell had happened to her?' he wondered. As he continued driving in silence until they reached the Coffee House.
They entered the café still in silence; Nathan was just about to lead her to an empty table in the back, when he was stopped of his actions.
"Oh My, If it isn't little Miss J!" Haley and Nathan both looked up to see a man, who looked to be in his early fifties. Tufts of grey were mixed with his light brown sandy hair, dressed in casual jeans and shirt, Nathan swore he'd never seen him before.
However Haley clearly had, as her eyes danced and a huge beam over took her face as she rushed towards the man and slung her arms around his neck, "Its great to see you again Mr Sawyer!" she exclaimed, hugging him tightly to her, Larry chuckled at her behaviour.
She pulled back slightly, allowing him to hold both her hands in front, he stared down at her appreciatively, "Why Miss J, haven't you grown!" he smiled, spinning her around for effect. Haley laughed at his behaviour; Larry Sawyer had been like a dad to her when her parents had been travelling. She always went to him with any problems, and he was sure to protect her against anything. "It has been more than 10years" she laughed.
"Has it been that long! God time goes by so quickly these days!" Larry shook his head; Haley just smiled up at him, nodding mutely.
"Why didn't my daughter tell me you were coming down?" He asked, Peyton and Haley had been friends in high school, they never were best of friends. Peyton had hung around the in-crowd for the first few years, until she bored of it. She realised that friends weren't only worried about what you looked like, or who you got off with, instead it mattered who you were and what you believed. She quickly disintegrated from the life of popularity and often hung around with Haley and Lucas, but more often then not, choosing to remain alone, either drawing or just brooding.
"Well she's been busy to say the least!" Haley looked up into the eyes of a very proud father.
"I've waited all my life for that day" he spoke wistfully, "I always thought…when her mother died…I just thought it had broken her…" he trailed off tearfully.
Haley rubbed her hand up and down his arm, "They are perfect together." She spoke softly, just above a whisper; "He'll take good care of her!" Haley told him, and he smiled back at her reassuringly. He knew it was the truth, ever since the day he met Lucas he knew he was a good lad, one who would be loyal and trustworthy, and Larry couldn't be happier to see him with his daughter. "I know!" he chuckled, sniffing back any signs of tears, "anyway… I wont keep you." He began to turn towards the exit, his head nodded in Nathan's direction, who was trying to act discreet in watching them from a nearby table.
"Oh...No. You don't--" Haley began but was cut off by Larry bringing her in for another bone crushing hug, as he whispered in her ear, "We must meet up before you go back home Miss J!" she sighed contentedly at the childhood name.
"Absolutely" she nodded allowing him to move out of her grasp.
"Now I must go and kill my daughter for not mentioning your arrival!" he chuckled as he exited the café, Haley laughed lightly as she watched him walk down the street, waving as he turned around quickly. She re-entered the café and saw Nathan waving her over, sitting there with two cappuccinos in front of him.
"How did you know what I wanted?" asked Haley, her brow creased as she wearily sat down opposite him, sitting in this practically empty café Haley had the overwhelming feeling of doubt. Not only was she married, but secondly she didn't know anything about this guy, apart from the obvious fact that he was an arrogant slime-ball.
"Lets just call it intuition!" he smirked, bringing the mug up to his lips, and taking a mouthful of the scorching liquid, licking his lips at her afterwards. She rolled her eyes at him, as she took a sip of the beverage in front of her. "You don't know me" Haley muttered, mostly to herself than him, she needed to convince herself that the man sitting opposite her was nothing more than a stranger, yet how come she felt so connected to him?
The small words Haley had spoken hadn't gone a miss to Nathan, "Oh, but I know you like the older man!" he chuckled, raising his eyebrow into a perfect arch. She stared back confused, stopping mid-slurp from her cappuccino. Confusion etched clearly on her face. 'Older man? What the…?' she thought, as she glared at the still sniggering Nathan. He gestured with his head, by the exit, where Haley and Larry had just been standing, "You know" he smiled, sipping at his drink, "Grandpa over there!"
Haley gasped; twisting to where Nathan was indicating, and realising what he was insinuating, "He is a family friend if you must know!" she bit out, angry that this man could suggest such a thing.
"Yeah sure!" he scoffed, leaning back in his chair and taking no notice to Haley's distressed reaction that was playing out before him.
"Ugh!" Haley groaned, placing her head in her hands, she took a couple of deep breaths, this guy was testing her patience. Big time! Her mind was racing so fast, having to deal with the bullshit at home, and now this guy? It just wasn't worth the drama.
"You think you are just so…" Haley began but was cut off by the voice that was now infuriating her by the second.
"Charming?" he supplied, his smirk hidden by the mug in front of his lips. Haley's eyes grew big in surprise, could this guy's ego get any bigger?
Sensing her reaction he changed his answer, "Good Looking?" to this Haley scoffed, her question had just been answered, this man was unbelievable.
"Talented?" he continued, almost bursting out with laughter at her scrunched up face.
"Is that it?" she asked, rubbing the bridge between her nose with her thumb and index finger, this guy was giving her a headache. She was meant to be getting out to clear her head, to relax, and since she had met this dude, it had been anything but peaceful.
"Well there are so many other gifts I have…" Nathan trailed off, his hand on his chin, the air of confidence just radiated off him.
Haley took a sharp intake of breath, running her hands tiredly through her hair, releasing the breath she had been holding exasperatedly, "You know, I'm really thinking of beating your ass!" she bit out.
"Ooh, Have I been a bad boy?" Nathan wiggled his eyebrows, clucking his tongue flirtatiously; "I love it when you talk dirty!" he teased, speaking hoarsely.
Haley almost spat out the cappuccino she had been drinking, staring at him incredulously; he had the nerve to smirk right in her face. "You know what…" Haley began her finger pointed dangerously in front of his face, " You deserve a good kick in the…" she struggled for the right word, watching Nathan nod his head in amusement, forcing her to continue her threat, "In the…Willy Wonka!" she threw out. Closing her eyes once she realised what she had said, 'Dear Lord this is embarrassing' she thought.
"Wily Wonka?" Nathan asked, before bursting into a roar of laughter. 'Why me?' Haley mumbled, as Nathan continued to openly laugh in her face. She sat there for a couple more minutes getting more irritable by the second, as he kept on chuckling, pausing every now and then to repeat the infamous words, and then carried on again.
"Can we just change topic!" Haley spoke up, her patience long ago worn out; he stopped laughing to look at her, "Sure…sure." He replied, and a silence loomed over them. To Haley's surprise the silence wasn't awkward, usually in situations like these she would be talking non-stop, anything to break the uncomfortable quiet. However, today, sitting opposite a complete stranger, she'd never felt so content.
The moment was ruined as a pensive looking Nathan broke her trail of thought, "What do you think is worse?" He asked, "Giving birth, or being kicked in the…Willy Wonka." He smirked, trying to stifle the laugh that was threatening to spill. "Cos you know, no one can experience both" he continued, " well if they could that's…very very…wrong…so--"
"Labour definitely!" Haley answered, cutting him off, leaning back in her chair.
"Hey!" Nathan exclaimed shaking his head at Haley's answer, "Getting kicked, down there" he looked towards his crotch, "Is the worst pain imaginable!"
Haley remained unfazed as she took another sip of her drink, "Once you've pushed something the size of a watermelon out of you, then talk to me about pain. Believe me!" she smiled, " getting kicked in your man hood is just a blip on the radar."
"Oh yeah, Four daughters right?" Nathan asked.
Haley sat up in shock, she was surprised that he had remembered that small fact, maybe there was something to this guy after all, "yeah" she answered, "the most torture I've ever experienced, but the most wonderful too."
Nathan smiled wistfully, "So four girls huh?" Haley nodded in agreement, "so you must be…down there…" Haley's brow furrowed in confusion, 'what was this guy getting at?' she wondered, "You must be, pretty Loo--"
Realisation dawned on her like a bucket of cold water, "Don't say it! Don't even think it!" she exclaimed, rather loudly, gathering the weird looks from people around them.
"You can't stop me!" Nathan grinned, biting his lip, just thinking of it.
All of a sudden he felt the soft feeling running up and down his leg, as it pushed further against him he realised it was a foot, to be more precise it was Haley's foot. She continued her ministrations, grazing his shin, up and down, each stroke rising. Nathan's breath became jagged, as he glanced across at Haley to see her smirking at him, twisting her finger around in her cappuccino before raising her finger, sucking and licking the cream of seductively. By this time, Haley's small size 5 feet were working they're magic along his thigh, every now and then slipping in-between to tease his crotch.
All of a sudden her foot dropped down, and was replaced with her hand drawing small circles across his knee, with her free hand; she manoeuvred his own under the table, squeezing it gently. She led it on to her own knee, and slowly pushed his hand up, higher and higher. Haley leant across the table, whispering in his ear huskily, "Now, you be the judge on whether I'm Loos--"
"Helloooo! Earth to Perv!" Haley sing-songed, waving her hands in front of his face, Nathan had zoned out for the last couple of minutes, and his heavy panting had Haley worried. She unsurely laid a hand on his arm, trying to break him out of his dreamland. Automatically at her touch Nathan jumped alert, looking down at her arm on his he broke away quickly, 'what the hell?' he wondered to himself. He stared across at Haley whose eyebrows were raised and her face was one of bewilderment. Obviously what he had imagined hadn't actually happened, but God it had felt so real and, he looked down self consciously, and just as he had thought, he had a hard one. 'Shit!' how was he gonna get out of this?
"Are you ok?" Haley asked, picking up her bag from the floor and placing it in her lap, she pushed the chair back slightly too, suddenly sitting here was making her uneasy. She just wanted to get back to Karen and see Abby.
Nathan coughed clearing his throat; it was as though it was a desert, completely dry. "Fine" he shifted in his seat, glancing between his legs again, still there! "Damn it" he muttered under his breath.
Haley was becoming increasingly uncomfortable, especially since he kept looking down at his pants, and the fact he had zoned off, just made Haley want to leave…Quick!
"Uh, as lovely as this was, I gotta…" she smiled politely, indicating towards the exit as she began to rise from her seat.
"Wait!" Nathan exclaimed, beginning to get up also, however realising about his predicament, remained seated, "I'll drive you!" he suggested.
"Its cool, I'll walk." Haley told him, rather urgently, already taking a few shuffled steps towards the door.
"Look, Can I take you to dinner tonight" he asked, using his best puppy dog eyes on her. She chewed on her bottom lip nervously, 'how can I let him down easily?' she thought, then she remembered, "Cant I'm afraid, I'm have plans with friends." She smiled, happy that she wasn't lying, she hated doing that.
"How about tomorrow?" he offered, energy beaming off him, he saw Haley looking nervous and undecided, "Its just dinner." He told her. She let out a breath, mulling it over in her head.
"Maybe." She replied.
"Well give me your address." He instructed her pulling out a pen from his jacket pocket, placing it on her side of the table along with a napkin, "In case you change your mind" he added, a cheesy grin on his face.
Haley reluctantly walked back towards the table bending down to write Karen's address, '2332 Summerview Drive', giving Nathan a good view of her low cut top.
"Great!" Nathan looked back up at her, to see her beginning to walk away again, "See you at 7!" he hollered.
Haley didn't reply as she exited the café and began on her way, as soon as she had gone, Nathan let out a sigh, 'Right' he thought, "Time to get rid of you!" he whispered towards his crotch as he headed towards the gents.
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"Wow" Peyton exclaimed, placing her hands either side of her head, completely shocked at the news, "are you sure?" she asked.
"Absolutely" Haley nodded, taking a deep breath, placing her hand on her stomach appreciatively. The waiter was running around beside them clearing their empty plates.
"Hales." Lucas sighed, reaching for her hand across the table, rubbing smooth circles over it, "Have you thought this through…properly?" he asked. He didn't want his best friend to end up making the wrong decision, which could be the biggest of her life.
Haley sipped at her water, "Guys, I've known for a couple of weeks now" she told them, "It wasn't till I was walking home that I truly realised this is what I want, This is what I need to do." She smiled sadly, unshed tears stung her eyes.
"Have you told the girls?" Peyton asked, moving around the table to sit next to Haley, putting a comforting hand around her friend's shoulders.
"No!" she said quickly, shaking her head furiously, "I'm not going to--"
"Haley!" Lucas exclaimed incredulously, his voice rising a decibel.
"I'm not going to…YET!" Haley emphasised the last word, looking pointedly at Lucas, "I mean, I will…just once it's over and done with. I…I just need this to be done" she continued shakily. Peyton kissed the top of her head affectionately, allowing the woman to lay her head on her shoulder, "Have you told Jack?" she asked, stroking Haley's hair.
Haley once again shook her head in the negative, "I went to…you know, and got most things sorted…but…I wanted to do it here, I needed to have support you know…I needed you guys."
Lucas automatically rose from his seat and picked Haley up, placing her on his lap protectively and wrapping his arms around her waist. "You are never alone." He spoke softly "We will help you through this, we're here for you Haley."
Silent tears ran down her cheeks, she felt Peyton brush her hand softly over her face, wiping them away, but all she could focus on were the words she was trying to get out, it was so hard, " I know" she whispered, "That's why I came here, that's why I--"
"Look" Lucas raised her chin with his finger, making her look at him, "I'll come with you tomorrow, okay?"
She nodded mutely, as she slipped off his lap into the vacant seat beside him, rubbing her tummy thoughtfully.
"Haley." Peyton called her, forcing the brunette to look her in the eye, "Are you sure? Cos once you go ahead with this, you can't--"
"I'm sure." Haley spoke firmly, "Tomorrow, its going to be over."
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