Disclaimer: I do not own OTH, or these characters. These are all just thoughts from my head.
Chapter Five: The Day After Yesterday.
When Nathan woke up the next morning he turned over on his side to find nothing but some wrinkly sheets. His head popped up finally processing that Haley wasn't in bed with him.
He threw the covers on him down to the end of the bed. He grabbed a pair of sweatpants and walked down the hall into the kitchen.
"Haley? What are you doing?" Nathan asked watching his wife breeze around in the kitchen holding a wooden spoon and metal bowl.
"Oh, Nathan, good morning! How are you feeling today? I am just cooking some pancakes for breakfast." Haley replied with a HUGE smile on her face.
"Haley, I think we should talk about last night. I should be the one asking how you are feeling." Nathan watched Haley with a concerned look.
Haley's smile dropped instantly and all she said was, "Look, I'm fine. Just forget about it."
Nathan's eyes widened! "Forget about it? How can I forget about it? That John guy could have killed you! Luckily he only raped you, if you want to call that lucky!" Nathan was sort of screaming. He wasn't mad at Haley, he was just surprised that Haley didn't have anything to say about it, or even do about it.
Haley threw the bowl and spoon into the sink and walked over to Nathan without even blinking. Some of the glasses in the sink broke when Haley threw the bowl into it.
"I know what happened last night and I don't want to think about it! You think I don't know what could have happened! I'm scared to death even knowing someone would do that to me!" Haley was right in front of Nathan's face and she was yelling loud! Her eyes were getting puffy and tears were running down her face.
Nathan reached out and put his hands on Haley's elbows but she quickly backed away and swatted his hands. He looked down at her with big eyes.
She walked back over to the sink to pick up the broken glass.
"Damn it!" She yelled when she grabbed the piece of sharp glass.
"Haley, are you o.k.? You cut yourself." Nathan ran over to her and quickly wrapped a towel around the palm of her hand. She looked up at him still with tears down her face only now, more!
She just stared at him and he just stared at her. Then quickly she jumped up and tossed her arms around his neck and cried, "I don't know what to do Nathan! I don't know what to do!" She was balling her eyes out and all he could do was hold her tightly. His eyes were closed and he was shaking. He swiftly picked her up and carried her onto the couch.
"Haley, its o.k. We'll get through this!" Nathan was cupping her face and then he leaned forward and gave her a small kiss on her forehead.
"I don't----- know----- if I can----Nathan." She said in between sobs.
4 Hours Later...
"WHAT!" Lucas yelled!
(Nathan went to the River court and met up with Lucas, Brooke, Peyton, and Jake while Haley took a nap,)
"Omg!" Brooke whispered with tears running down her cheek.
"She is o.k. right? You got her away from him?" Peyton asked worriedly.
"I got there before she was totally nude, yes." Nathan replied in sorrow.
"I'm gonna find this b$tard, and kill him!" Lucas yelled starting to walk away.
"There's more Luke." Nathan said without moving his feet or head in the direction Luke was going.
"What else could there possibly be to a story like that?" Luke said turning around in panic.
"I think I know…." Brooke said staring at her feet.
"What? How could you know?" Jake asked Brooke with a confused look on his face.
"Because Haley told me yesterday at school." Brooke said with more tears running down her face.
"What did she tell you?" Nathan asked stepping closer to Brooke.
"That this guy, John, or whatever, is on the Wildcats." Brooke managed to say.
"He is on…..he is on the….he is on the team were playing tonight?" Jake asked Nate with huge open eyes.
"First we're going to beat him in basketball, then we are going to just plain beat him." Lucas said walking away.
"Where are you going?" Peyton yelled to him.
"To see Haley!" Lucas yelled back in frustration.
Back at Haley's…
Haley awoke from her sleep to a loud banging on the door.
She slowly got out of bed and slipped her slippers on then walked to the door.
When she turned the door knob, the door flung open and Lucas grabbed her for a bear hug.
"Lucas! I am so glad to see you!" She said flinging her arms around his neck.
"I know what happened last night and I am soo sorry!" Lucas said never letting her go.
"Nathan told you?" Haley asked.
"He told all of us. Peyton, Brooke, me, and Jake."
"I am dealing with it in my own way Luke." She letting go of him and walking over to the couch.
"I want to help you Hales. If anything happened to you, I don't know what I ---"Lucas got cut off by Haley blurting out, "I am safe and fine so everyone needs to stop worrying! I will still go to the game tonight and I am going to face John!"
"You are NOT going tonight Haley!" Lucas yelled!
"The game is in 45 minutes now I have to go change into my cheerleading uniform and you have to go warm up with the team. Nate already took his gym bag so he is probably already at school. Tell him that I will meet him there in 30 minutes o.k.! I am going and you can't stop me!" She stood up and walked into her bedroom and locked the door shut.
At the Game…
"You couldn't make her stay home?" Nathan asked Lucas who were practicing there 3-pointers.
"You know how Haley is. I can't make her doing anything and if I try she will like bite my head off!" Lucas defended himself."
"If John even goes near her, I will break his neck!" Nathan said.
"So will I!" Lucas replied.
All the cheerleaders walked into the gym to the sideline. Haley came out last with Peyton and Brooke on either side of her.
Haley froze still and did a half smile at Nathan and Lucas across the gym. They both smiled back.
15 Minutes Later…
"The game is starting and you're here with me, Mouth McFadden! I will keep you informed on the game plays just don't turn off your radio!" Mouth said into his microphone.
"Haley are you sure you can be here? John will try and pull something on you." Peyton asked Haley with a concerned look just like the one Nathan gave her earlier.
Haley chuckled and said, "I'll be fine, let's just start cheering!" Haley said staring at Peyton with a smile on.
Brooke and Peyton both gave each other quick glances knowing Haley all to well and she was just covering her real feelings.
"And here come the Wildcats, Lead by captain, # 07, John Grange!" John came running out and instantly looked over at the Raven's cheerleaders spotting Haley. He quickly gave her a wink and she wiped away her smile. Nathan saw this and he stepped forward but Jake stopped him with his hand in front of him.
"It is 25 minutes into the game with a score of 24-22 with the Raven's leading!" Mouth once again said into his microphone.
"John hasn't tried anything yet but I just have that feeling that he will still do something." Lucas said to Nathan on the sideline during half time. All Nathan could do was stare at John keeping a close eye on him.
The game had started up again. Lucas had the ball, he passed it to Jake who was instantly blocked by 3 guys so he passed it to Nathan but when the ball was in the air, John grabbed it and started dribbling towards the basket. He was going to run right by Haley on the sideline and when he reached her he passed the ball to one of his teammates then he just stood there in front of her. She turned her head then walked a couple of feet away from him.
"Oh, come 'on princess! Last night was fun! We should do it another time!" John said with a disgusting smirk on his face! Nathan saw what was happening and he felt an urge to kill John but he looked down at the ball in his hands. He started dribbling towards John's back and Nathan smiled then threw the ball at John's head! The ball hit John's lower head and the crowd started laughing and Haley couldn't help herself too, she started cracking up! John turned around to see Nathan's hands in the air then he said, "Sorry, the ball slipped!" Nathan grinned then ran towards his other teammates who were practically dying from lack of air.
John was pissed off! He started walking towards Nathan but then the ref. Moved in front of him and said, "Do you want to win this game, or get kicked out of this game?"
John understood and walked back to his coach letting off steam.
"Haley, are you sure you can handle this? John might try to do something else." Brooke pleaded for Haley to just go but she refused.
"I will show John that I am tough and I will not let him win!" Haley blurted out so the whole cheerleading team could here her. They knew what had happened so they just turned their heads the other way pretending not to listen.
Brooke shook her head then began cheering again.
The game began and the Wildcats' had the ball. John made a shot but Nathan jumped up, grabbed the ball before it went into the basket, and passed it to Lucas. Lucas dribbled down the court, passed it to Skillz, Who passed it to Nate, who took a shot and made it! Score now 26-22. John got ticked that nobody blocked Nathan. He started running back down the court along the sidelines with his head hung low. He was approaching the cheerleaders, more specific, Haley!
The girls (cheerleaders) were doing a toe touch, kneel, spin kind of routine and when Haley spun, something hit here butt. She turned around to be face to face with John. He had a smirk on his face again.
"Let the games begin!" john said threw his devious smirk.
That made Haley go over the edge and so she made a move. Her right hand came up in a fist and punched John on his upper jaw bone. Everyone in the gym was watching now! Nathan just realized what was going on and he was running over to Haley.
John's smirk wasn't there anymore, now there was just a huge frown. He stepped forward and grabbed Haley's neck, and then with his left hand he punched her in the corner of her mouth! She fell to the floor. "The same position as last night huh princess?" John smirked at his comment. Brooke took a couple of steps towards John and kicked him "where the sun don't shine." Nathan had reached them by now. Haley was on the ground holding her face. (No tears), Brooke was next to John who was kneeling on the ground in pain. Nathan picked John up then punched him a good one in the head. It was then Lucas's turn for payback against John. He punched him square in the jaw.
The ref. ran over and grabbed John's ear and led him out of the gym.
"Haley, are you o.k.?" Nathan was helping her up and he was also surprised to see that she wasn't crying.
"Yeah, yeah. I feel fine! I feel great actually that I was able to defend myself a little anyways this time he attacked me!" She was smiling and wiping away the blood from her lip.
"Hey ref? Does this mean the Raven's win?" Haley asked full of enthusiasm loud enough for the whole gym to hear it.
"Raven's win!" The ref yelled back!
Nathan was laughing because he couldn't believe how Haley was handling herself.
"Thanks for saving me!" Haley said with her arms around his neck and he was holding her waist looking down at her.
"I didn't do anything! You fought him off by yourself." Nathan leaned down and kissed her HARD!
Brooke and Lucas were also kissing for the win against the Wildcats and because they just kicked someone they hate, butt!
"Brooke, Lucas, I want to thank you for helping me." Haley said interrupting the little public make out session.
"No problem, Hun." Brooke replied giving Haley a hug.
"Yeah, I wouldn't let anyone hurt you without a fight!" Lucas said giving her a hug also.
Next Chapter is the final one!
There will be a lot of Nathan and Haley talks and what happens at the River Court?