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Chapter 28: Together

Haley made her way back to the flat as Sam waited downstairs.

"Send me Keller…I'm sure he'll be ready to sell his own organs to get out of that flat" he said with a quick laugh.

Haley nodded and took a deep breath before going in. She knew they were both right and being childish wouldn't help. She had to put the future of their child first.

"Hey…" She said walking in and seeing Chris and Nathan both sitting awkwardly in the living room looking at each other.

Nathan stood up as Chris jumped out of his seat.

"Well I've got to…there's…" he started looking at his watch. "I need to…." He continued.

Haley couldn't help the smile from forming at the corner of her mouth. "You don't need a crappy excuse to get the hell out," She said jokingly. "Sam's waiting for you downstairs."

"K…" Said Chris rushing out kissing her quick on the forehead.

As soon as the door was closed Nathan and Haley looked at each other for a minute.

"I'm sorry…" They both said at the same time.

"Sorry?" Asked Nathan surprised. "Why would you be sorry for Haley?" He asked incredulous "I'm the one sorry, being the source of all this situation." He added shaking his head sadly.

"I…"Haley sat and invited him to do the same. "I'm to blame too I mean…" She rubbed her belly lovingly. "I should have told you about the baby straight away and listened to what you had to say. And yesterday…. yesterday I was too stubborn to recognize that I was to blame too I…" She shook her head and reddened slightly. "I was just childish and for that I'm sorry. I guess I still have some pretty good teenage protest gene in me."

Nathan smile and his eyes filled up with love. "I missed that…" he said his voice full of emotion. "You've no idea…"He added keeping his eyes intensively on Haley, which made her blush even more.

"What did you miss?" She asked curiously.

"Your blushing of course!" He said like he was stating the obvious. "It gives your face the most beautiful color in the world. It's…phenomenal."

Haley looked down and started to play with her pinky ring as she does every time she gets uncomfortable. "Thanks…"

"Still have a problem with accepting compliments huh?" Asked Nathan rhetorically on a lighter tone. "We'll work on that." He added more seriously.

Haley nodded still looking down. "What do you want to do?" She asked evasively.

"What do I want to do?" He asked surprised by such a question.

Haley looked up and shrugged slightly.

"Well I intend to be there…" He said still confused by her question. "Be in your life as much as you want me to be…I want to be here for our baby. As 'US' is concerned well I love you… always have and …" he cleared his throat. "Whatever I said it will never change how in love I'm with you."

Haley frowned in confusion.

"You never answered my question but …" Nathan took a deep breath, he was so scared to asked the question…he was dreading for the answer, but he needed to know, he needed to win her back no matter what. "It seems that you and Sam are more then…. I mean are you two together?" He finally asked, but imagining them together hurt him way more then he thought was possible.

Haley looked at Nathan from the corner of her eyes. "There is a reason why I told Sam about the baby Nate." Said Haley tranquilly. "Angry or not, broken or not, blinded by the pain and disillusion or not and…" she shook her head "as strongly as I tried to fight it I always knew my heart was yours forever Nathan so no…the answer is no." She said nicely taking his hand. "I'm not with Sam, but he was very good to me" she smiled. "He help me from drowning so many times…. He's a good friend... A good person."

Nathan brought her hand to his lips. "You…you don't regret our kiss do you? Because for me it was like the end of my misery. Please… Please tell me what I've got to do to make it all right." He asked in a begging tone.

"I don't regret the kiss as for making things all right there's not much then you can do Nate just time will make things all right." She smiled kindly. "Let's take our time okay? And…" she shivered. "I'll appreciate your help next week when we go to tell to my mother and brother that we're going to be parents soon."

Nathan flashed his brighter smile and went to sit beside Haley. " 'We're going to be parents…' I like the sound of that." He added sincerely kissing her forehead. "And of course I'll be there when you tell them. I'm here now and…believe it or not I don't intend to leave you ever again." He added gravely not able to stop the guilt and pain from filling his heart.

Haley nodded and looked away so he wouldn't see the uncertainty in her eyes, knowing it would hurt him.

"So…" Started Nathan wanted to change subjects. "Who do we have to announce the great news to? I know Chris and Sam know about it, but is that all?" He asked expecting Haley to say that Brooke knew about the baby too. It would explain the death glares.

"Yeah…Oh no wait…" Said Haley blushing slightly giggling at the same time. "Gavin DeGraw knows too." She said seriously.

"Of course he does!" Said Nathan thinking that Haley was joking and he was happy about that. "What about Shakira?"

"No I'm serious Nate…" Said Haley biting her bottom lip. "It's a long story but except you 3 other people know about the baby: Chris, Sam and Gavin DeGraw."

"Ummm…" Started Nathan pretending to think doing his best to keep a serious face. He was sure that the story was comical, but it could wait for now. He had much more important things to do now.

"Well…" Said Haley seeing That Nathan was just looking at her without really trying to chat anymore. "I've got an appointment tomorrow with the doctor if you want to come, it's for an ultrasound." Nathan nodded vigorously which brought a smile on Haley's face. Maybe he really is thrilled about the baby. She added to herself. She stood up cautiously quickly imitated by Nathan. "Okay... I think we did pretty well didn't we?" She asked honestly pleased by their adult behavior.

"We're really mature that's for sure!" Said Nathan jokingly with a voice clearly meaning the exact opposite.

Haley had a quick laugh and rubbed her belly instinctively as she had been doing all the time since she found out about her pregnancy.

Nathan looked at her gesture with envy. He wanted to rub her belly too, be closer to their baby, but he didn't want to upset her in any way.

Haley cleared her throat with discomfort. "I don't want you to think you're unwelcome and all that but I really need to take a shower and then I've got some songs to take to work."

"Oh okay…" Said Nathan a bit saddened to part already. Haley turned around to walk to the front door, but Nathan didn't move looking determined.

"Marry me Haley." He blurted out without even thinking about it, his eyes widening with horror when he saw her freeze still keeping her back at him.

"What?" Asked Haley with disbelief her eyes still locked on the door.

"Marry me?" He asked now trying to avoid the commanding tone he had the first time.

Haley cleared her throat and tried to control her surprise and suppress the feeling of anger that this question brought up. "Ok…I'm going to pretend like I didn't hear that and like you didn't say a word." She said calmly still looking at the door. "It's just the emotions talking."

Nathan shook his head negatively before realizing Haley couldn't see him. "I mean it Haley…you said you still loved me as much as before so…" He took a deep breath. "Please…be my wife." He added his voice shivering with anticipation and emotion.

"I…" Haley finally turned around looking at Nathan trying to read his mind. "I really wish you wouldn't Nate." She said colder. "We're not in the 50's anymore!" She said with clear exasperation. "Don't worry I don't need you to make me an 'honest woman'" she said with heavy sarcasm. "I can't believe you're insulting me like that…" She said shaking her head. "Everything was going so well." She added sadly.

Nathan could read her and he could see that she was too irrationally angry. She thought he was asking her to marry him only for the baby. This mislead made him smile.

"Oh no Scott…" Said Haley even angrier pointing her index finger at him. "Hide that smile right now because god help me I'll hurt you!" She added her voice shivering with anger.

Nathan did his best to hide his smile, but he wanted to smile even more. Imagining Haley trying to hurt him physically was hilarious. "Yeah ummm…" he started trying to sound serious. "Do you really think I'd ask you to marry you because you're pregnant? Really?" He asked arching an eyebrow.

"Uh huh!" Said Haley bitterly like it was a fact.

Nathan shook his head "Awwww Haley…Aren't you silly." He said nicely with his voice and eyes full of love.

He saw her eyes lit with anger, but raised his hand to stop her from interrupting.

"Did you never wonder why Lucas believed you so fast?" Asked Nathan curiously. "I mean really…" He crossed his arms on his chest with some amusement in his eyes. "I mean sure your lying skills did improve with time, but come on you're not good enough to fool Lucas and you never wondered? Really??" He added with honest curiosity.

Haley opened her mouth to answer but quickly snapped it shut again.

"Haley, Haley, Haley," Nathan shook his head negatively faking disapproval. "You're so quick usually." He sighed, "Lucas never thought I would leave you because…." He reached for his jacket and took a little velvet box from it.

Haley eyes flew to the black box and stayed glued on it, as shock ran through her and she quickly sat on the chair near where she was standing.

Nathan walked to Haley and looked down to meet her eyes. "Your brother came with me…. I bought this ring before finding out about Stanford," he told her nicely playing with the box. "I always wanted you to be my wife Haley James…. Baby or no baby…" He laughed and kneeled in front of her.

"Nathan…" She whispered her eyes full of surprise and incertitude. "I…. I…" She brought her hand to his cheek and rubbed it with her fingertips. She locked eyes with the little box again to make sure it was real. Nathan wanted to marry her…. wanted to be with her…She didn't even dream of something like this even in her wildest dreams. She tried to persuade herself for so long now that he didn't want her, that she wasn't enough.

Nathan cleared his throat. "I'm going to propose to you now..." He said with a bright smile trying to have Haley's attention.

Haley's head snapped up and looked at Nathan with wide eyes.

"I was giving you the heads up…To get you prepared." He added trying to put some humor in this stressing moment. " I…" He took her hand and looked deeply into her eyes. "I know it's not the perfect moment and…" he grimaced. "It's so not how I planned it, but I love you, I love you so much…." Haley's eyes were filling up with tears. "I know I hurt you pretty bad and I'll do everything I can to make up for this dark time even if it takes until my last breath." He said with a somber voice. "But I need you to know that my love for you will never fade…its true love…Soul mate love." Nathan kissed her hand. "I know that I need you deep into my bones, in the pit of my stomach and mostly here…" He said putting Haley's hand on his chest for her to feel his heart beating rapidly.

Haley opened her mouth to say something but Nathan shushed her by gently placing a finger on her mouth.

"Just hearing your voice, just looking into your eyes gives me reasons for this world to go round. I know I've been created to love you…to give you everything you deserve." He took a deep breath and sighed heavily trying to get passed the big lump that the emotion created in his throat. "I failed you Sweetheart and for that I'm sorry, but I'm only human….A human so desperate to do the right thing for the person he loves more then life that he only succeeded to hurt both of them pretty bad but… My intentions were…I…I just know that you're the essence of my life, you're my sanity, every beat of my heart, every breath I take." He took a strand of Haley's hair and started to play with it.

Haley closed her eyes, letting the tears quietly fall on her cheeks. She could see Nathan's eyes full of love…He meant every word he said. Her heart was about to burst, the emotion was blocking the air in her lungs. She was so confused, she didn't know what to say.

"I will understand if you say no Hales," Said Nathan after seeing her closing her eyes. "I don't deserve much more right now, but I'll keep asking you till you see that you can trust me again, that you're my one and only love and that it will never change." He added with a voice full of confidence. "Anyways…" Nathan cleared his throat and opened the box revealing the ring to Haley. It was a solitary diamond surrounded by small rubies, Haley's favorite stone. "Haley Alice James…. Will you marry me?" He asked as Haley opened her eyes.

Nathan tried his best to keep his straight face and swore to himself that he would not hurt Haley by showing her his pain when she refused to become his wife.

Haley opened her mouth and let her answer come out in a whisper. "Yes." She didn't even think about it, it came directly from the heart.