New chapter. Sorry it took so long. Hope you like it
"Suck it in Haley! Suck it in!" Peyton yelled to Haley while trying to button her wedding dress.
Haley rolled her eyes. "Oh hush. Brooke just finished this dress last week! I don't think I've gained any weight since then."
They were currently at Karen's house getting ready for the wedding which was only like an hour away. Haley was freaking out but you couldn't tell. She was trying her best not to show it.
Although Peyton noticed that she was sweating and kept taking deep breaths. But she just figured that was just pre-wedding jitters.
But Haley knew they were for an entirely different reason.
Finally Peyton finished buttoning her dress all the way without any problem. "I dunno. You did have lunch with Luke. Goodness knows what you ate."
Haley laughed while turning around to look at herself in the mirror. "It's not like it was an all you-can-eat buffet."
"Well, it's a possibility. Especially with his big bucks now. I don't know why Brooke broke up with him He's now the kind of guy she's always wanted."
They both started laughing.
"So tell me," Peyton said to her. "What exactly did you do? Because you look like someone . . . Died."
Haley just shook her head in response and kept quiet. Finally after a few moments she answered. "No . . . just you know . . . Had lunch over at the café. Nothing special."
Peyton looked at her with a worried look. Haley took no notice of this because she was off in her own thoughts.
"Hey. . . Where's Brooke?" she asked a little self-conscious.
Peyton noticed hat she had changed the subject rather quickly. The conversation about Lucas hadn't even gone away.
But she just brushed it away and began answering the question. "I don't know. Haven't seen her all day. Not since she woke me up at 6:00 this morning. Did she even go home yesterday?"
Haley nodded. "Yeah. She was home. Working on some last minute stuff for the wedding. I tried to help her but she wouldn't let me."
Haley went to go sit down on Karen's bed and looked up at Peyton who was fixing her make-up. "Hey Peyton?"
"Mm-hmm?"
Haley bit her lip and sighed. "Do you think . . . " she stared at her reflection in the mirror and realized that was wearing a wedding dress, her hair and make-up were all done.
She was getting ready to marry the man of her dreams. Or was she?
Tears started to form in her eyes.
Even if she was marrying the wrong guy, it wasn't like she could marry the right one anyway. He didn't want her. He told her himself.
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"I'm really happy for you Hales. It's really good that your marrying Nathan again. No one loves you like her does. Not even me." Lucas was telling Haley.
Haley couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was he being serious? Of course someone other then Nathan could love her more. He was sitting right in front of her!
She shook her head in disbelief. "What?"
Lucas cleared his throat. "I'm proud of you for marrying Nathan again. It's what's best." he began picking at his sandwich and looked rather uncomfortable but Haley didn't notice.
Inside her mind she was screaming. 'It's not what's best! What would be best is for you to me with me!' she tried to hide her frustration. This is wasn't she had planned to happen. She was hoping that Lucas would declare his undying love for her and she could tell him she felt the same way.
This was not supposed to happen. Although she didn't have any idea whether or not he had any feelings for her like that. But she was hoping with all her heart he did.
She sighed. "Thanks Luke. It's nice to know you feel that way. I was kinda worried about what you felt about the wedding this time around. Now I'm at peace with the decision." Haley told him while putting up a smile on her face.
Inside Lucas' heart was breaking. He had originally been planning on telling Haley about how he really and had no idea how the decision of hiding it had come up.
But he could tell that she was happy and ready to go with the wedding. After all she was marrying the man of her dreams. He could tell by the smile on her face.
Besides Lucas knew he would never be that guy. He just had to face the facts.
After a few minutes of awkward silence Lucas remembered that Haley was going to say something to.
"What was it you were going to tell me?"
Haley's head popped up from her sandwich and she panicked. What she was originally going to tell him had now been shot down.
Instead she just shook her head. "Nevermind." she told him smiling sadly.
She had nothing to say now. He made it clear enough that he didn't want her.
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"Haley? Are you okay?"
Haley looked up. Peyton was looking at her concerned.
"Hmm?" she laughed lightly. "Yeah, I just zoned out a bit."
Peyton nodded. "Now what were you asking me?"
Haley started playing with the fringes of her dress. "Oh never mind. It was nothing. Just something that I already knew."
Tears started to form again but she quickly forced them away. She stood up and looked in the mirror.
Besides, today was the day when she was going to marry the man she'd always dreamt about.
Okay there you go. Hoped you liked it. PLZ review! The next chapter should be up soon.
