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Chapter 6

The School Scene from Episode 202 titled "The Truth Doesn't Make A Noise"

As Lucas hugged Haley, she put her arms around him and hugged him close, too. She had missed being close to him like this, just as he had missed being close to her, too. She wondered if he was truly ok with her marrying Nathan. She had to admit that Lucas moving away had given her all the more reason to marry Nathan. After everything Lucas had said, she knew Nathan had to be her everything now. He had to fill in as her best friend as well as her husband. Now, it was going to be him she was going to do everything with everyday. There would be no more dinners with Lucas and Karen at the café or games of miniature golf on the roof. Those days were over and gone. So now that Lucas was back, she felt relieved. She could still spend time with her best friend even though she really was his sister-in-law now. She felt they were still best friends above everything and maybe her marriage to Nathan would make them even closer. However, from the look on Lucas's face, she could tell he was thinking about that or something else.

"Are you sure you're ok with this, Lucas? Me married to Nathan now?" Haley asked him. Maybe this whole engagement party was a cover to hide his feelings.

"Yeah, I'm fine with this. Why else would I arrange and organize an engagement party for you and Nathan?" Lucas replied, lying.

"To hide your feelings. I know you, Lucas. I can tell when you're lying to me," Haley told Lucas.

"Alright, I admit it. I'm not ok with this, Haley. I've never been completely ok with you and Nathan being together, but I just want you to be happy, so I never thought I could tell you how I really felt," Lucas admitted.

"How do you really feel?" Haley seriously asked Lucas, looking into his eyes.

"Haley, I love you. I always have…When Nathan found out you were my weak spot, he went for you. You fell for him and somewhere down the line, he fell for you, too. The worst part is it really hurt me to see you with him. You're still my weak spot, Hales. I feel like in some way, Nathan took you away from me and I'll never get you back," Lucas stated sincerely.

It was then that Haley knew she had to tell Lucas everything she had felt last year but here at school didn't seem like the right place. They were confessing their feelings here and they needed to do it in private.

"Lucas, I think we should go somewhere alone. I have a lot to tell you and I don't want to tell you here," Haley said to Lucas.

"Ok," Lucas agreed, nodding. "We can take my car and go to the river court."

Haley nodded in agreement and they quickly exited school in Lucas's car. Minutes later, they arrived at the river court. They got out of the car and sat together on the picnic table.

"These past few months have been quite an experience for me," Haley started her confession. "No one has ever really noticed me besides you, Lucas. So, when Nathan started to notice me and act like he wanted to be with me, I enjoyed it. Someone actually wanted to go out with me, "Tutorgirl." Nathan found a way into my heart and I fell for him. As much as I know it hurt you, it felt good to feel like I was wanted."

"Haley…" Lucas started to say.

"No, let me finish," Haley interjected. "Before Nathan came into my life, I wanted you as more than a friend for the longest time. I had all these feelings for you that went beyond friendship. However, I felt I couldn't tell you because I thought you wouldn't feel the same way. You and I even made a promise not to turn into Dawson and Joey. And besides, you were so into Peyton, and then there was Brooke. So, I thought it could never happen and I tried to forget those feelings I had for you."

"When Nathan took an interest in me, it was easy to just fall for him after awhile," Haley continued. "When you were going to leave, I thought the things I used to do with you and the role of you being my best friend would be gone. That Nathan had to be my everything then. I guess in a way I felt like he was the one replacing you. So, when Nathan asked me to marry him, I thought about how young we were, how we were going to make it, were my parents going to approve of it, but the thing I thought about the most was you."

"If I married Nathan, I would be your sister-in law, and then I thought about how it would affect you and how you would accept it. I figured, well, if you were away, maybe it wouldn't matter so much for you because you wouldn't be seeing us as much as you would if you lived here. But now that you are back, I'm not sure what to do…" At this point, Haley started to silently cry as tears rolled down her cheeks. "…because I still love you and want to be with you. The feelings I had for you are still there."

Lucas leaned over and wiped away her tears tenderly. "I'm sorry. I wish I had known sooner because I think I have always wanted you as more than a friend, but I was scared, too. I didn't want to ruin our friendship, what we had. You are so important to me, Haley, and I didn't want to lose you. If I told you how I felt, I knew it would go against the Dawson and Joey promise we had made in the past. So, I knew I couldn't do it. Now, it doesn't even matter anymore. I'm done with Peyton and Brooke. To tell you the truth, I was using Peyton and Brooke as a distraction from my more than friendly feelings towards you. I still love you, and I want to be with you, too. I just don't know what we're going to tell Nathan," Lucas told her.

"I don't think we should tell him anything. As much as it may hurt him, I think we should keep it a secret for now. Besides, we haven't even truly kissed yet," Haley replied.

"Should we…? I mean, kiss each other to see if what we think might be there really is there," Lucas responded. Just staring at her face and admiring how soft and warm her lips looked made Lucas really want to kiss her.

Haley was having the same type of thing going on in her head. She couldn't help it. She always wanted to kiss her best friend. She had even dreamed about it. "Yes," Haley softly whispered, loud enough for Lucas to hear her.

Lucas's hand had never wavered from her face after he wiped her tears, so he held her face towards his and leaned in to kiss her. Their lips met a few seconds later in a tender kiss. Lucas and Haley immediately felt the sparks between them as their lips met. Sure, they had felt things when they had kissed other people, but the feelings they shared when they kissed each other was unlike anything they had ever felt with anyone else. Soon, Haley had slipped her arms around him and Lucas had shifted her onto his lap. The kissing had grown extremely passionate and deep. It was to the point where they did not want to ever stop, but they had to break apart to breathe.

"Oh, I've wanted this for so long. You have no idea…" Haley breathed.

"I can't believe we didn't try this sooner," Lucas admitted as he started kissing her neck.

"Better late then never," Haley murmured the catch phrase softly, and let out a soft moan at Lucas's sweet kisses on her neck/

Haley's comment only drove Lucas further as he kissed her neck more and then kissed her face all over-her forehead, her cheeks, her nose, and back to her mouth. Their kisses soon grew passionate again, almost desperate now.

"I can't stop…" Haley said, in between kisses.

"Me either," Lucas agreed, catching her lips with his. They kissed for another moment. "I had a feeling there would be something here. I just had no idea it would be this amazing," Lucas admitted to Haley with a smile.

"I'm so glad we did this. It's beyond incredible," Haley replied, sharing his smile.

"Same here," Lucas kissed her, wanting to feel her lips against his once again. She moaned into his mouth, which made him lowly growl into hers with pleasure. They continued to kiss deeply, their tongues dancing with each other, exploring the depths of each other's mouths. They could not get enough of each other.

"Hales…Luke…" They moaned into each other's nick names in unison as they broke apart briefly to breathe again.

Lucas and Haley spent the rest of the day making out passionately at the river court. They confessed their new found love to everyone including Nathan. Telling Nathan was the most difficult and he was the angriest. After his divorce from Haley and months of being in sorrow along with hating his brother again, he realized Lucas and Haley were meant to be together. Everyone could see Lucas and Haley were the perfect match and that they belonged together. They continued their relationship throughout high school and college. After college, they started a family together and lived happily ever after.