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CH18:

"I was here" Nathan replied.

Haley continued her baffled stare fixed on him.

"I was here…with other people too" Nathan said after a short silence. " Can you say something? Or can we at least get inside your apartment?"

"Why were you here? Why didn't you come see me, if you knew what happened?" Haley asked with aggression.

"Can we talk about this inside?" Nathan huskily asked, as he scanned the area surrounding them. Haley stared at him bewildered, though then grabbed her keys and began to unlock the door.

"I don't get you" Haley began as she turned the key. "You and…and your things" Haley muttered frustrated as the door finally flew open.

"Who were you with anyways!?" Haley yelled, gripping her bag tighter.

"Haley, lets just step inside, and we'll talk" Nathan replied sternly. For an unsure reason, he felt he was being watched.

"No, you're not going inside. I need to tell me what the hell is going on right now" Haley demanded.

"Haley just get inside" Nathan replied again, as he began to push her in.

"Don't push me!" Haley shouted, pushing him back, which cause her to drop her bag. "See what you did" Haley said. Once kneeling down to grab her purse, a gun shot was fired, passing millimeters from her head. As in the day before, Haley screamed hysterically. Nathan himself was surprised, but his tactics came in place, and instantly pushed Haley fully inside her apartment and grabbed his gun out.

"Haley stay in the kitchen" Nathan demanded as shut the door in her apartment, kneeled down and began to crawl to the window to get a view of the shooter. Haley sat on the ground crying. To her, this experience was a nightmare.

Nathan slowly moved the curtain away from his sight. He scanned at the parking lot; no movement or noise occurred. He then gradually began to rise up from the floor. Placing his gun by his chest, Nathan gazed once more at the window. Relived the shooter was nowhere in sight, he turned to Haley again, who was still crying.

"Haley, didn't I-

Repeatedly the apartment received gun shots. Nathan quickly kneeled to the ground as Haley screamed hysterically again.

"Get to the kitchen. Now!" Nathan yelled as he began to shoot at the car speeding away. Haley tried to compose herself and did what she was told so.

"Damn!" Nathan shouted as the vehicle was gone. He turned around at stared at the apartment, bullet holes all over; the window was completely shattered.

"Haley…" Nathan called out. He felt his stomach go in knots again as he walked closer to the crying blonde. He stopped, leaning down to face Haley. She was sobbing, holding her knees, behind the counter; where she was the previous night.

"Who-who…would try…to kill…me?" Haley sobbed further. Nathan sighed, sitting beside Haley.

"The shots today, weren't intended for you" Nathan answered. Haley took her head away from her knees and stared at Nathan perplexed yet scared. "The shot yesterday were…for you" Nathan finished locking eyes with Haley's brown, frightened eyes.

"H-how do…" Haley couldn't finish the sentence. Everything occurring was as if she was in the Twilight Zone.

"Everything you know about me, is a lie" Nathan faintly said, turning his head away. Haley's hand began to tremble. This couldn't be happening to her.

"I'm calling the cops" Haley instantly replied, leaping upwards. Nathan turned to Haley, and grabbed one her legs, causing her to drop on the floor.

"You're not calling anyone" Nathan replied, as Haley kicked him and cried all over again.

"Don't touch me!" Haley yelled, as she felt herself being pulled to Nathan. She looked in front of her and there was the phone. She tried to pull herself away, but the phone was not in reaching distant. She tried kicking him again, but the next thing she heard was a gun shot towards her phone. Haley remained still on the ground. Nathan released Haley's leg and rose up from the floor.

"You have to let me explain" Nathan spoke. Haley looked up at him; each step closer he took, she would crawl further away from him.

"Don't come near me" Haley squealed as she hit her back against the wall. Nathan stopped, staring at her devastated.

"You have to listen to me" Nathan said.

"Why? Who are you? What the hell just happened? Who is trying to kill me?" Haley asked as tears poured down her face. Nathan kneeled down, he wanted to touch her badly.

"My name is Nathan Scott. I do only have one sister. Her name is Peyton. My dad is dead, and I only my mother. I do coach part-time for the Ravens. Things like that are all true" Nathan answered. Haley remained staring at him frightened. Nathan kneeled two steps closer to Haley.

"What I lied about is that, Peyton. She doesn't live in England, she's here. In Tree Hill, and she's engaged to my co- worker at the school, Lucas. They had no clue of you whatsoever during the months we been dating. I told them barely yesterday. Tim, remember him? He wasn't my electrician, he works for me. He was the only one that knew I was dating you" Nathan said.

"Why? Why didn't you tell them about me?" Haley angrily asked.

"I don't ever tell people who I'm dating. Who I date affects my job. Who I date…can cause them to loose their life" Nathan answered.

"I don't understand" Haley said.

"My dad was Dan Scott. He didn't die of a heart attack, he was murdered. Since his death my life spiraled out to a new direction" Nathan said. Haley continued to stare at him puzzled. Nathan sighed. It was now or never.

"I know who is out to kill you…and you're not alone" Nathan confessed as Haley gazed at him more terrified and confused than ever. Haley could feel her lips tremble.

"You and Rachel-

"Rachel? She-she hasn't done anything! I haven't done anything. Who would want us dead?" Haley asked mortified.

"Your co-worker, Brooke Davis" Nathan answered. Haley looked away from Nathan at the floor. She knew Brooke hated her and Rachel, but to do this? Actually hire people to kill? That was beyond low…even for Brooke. More tears fell down her face. She then turned to Nathan, wiping her tears.

"If you knew, shouldn't you have the cops arresting her? How could you let things get this far? You work for the government for Pete's sake…or do you?" Haley asked.

"No, I don't. I lied about my job. All those nights I had to 'work' wasn't what you thought. All those times I went to my real job. That time I told you I got shot for going hunting was a lie. I did get shot, but it was intended. When my dad got murdered, I was there. I saw the guy kill him, and I panicked. I beat him down and grabbed his gun and shot him…he was the first person I killed" Nathan replied. Haley felt her hands now tremble. She felt slowly her life falling apart.

"What do you do?" she asked horrified. Nathan look intensely as the frightened blonde.

"I'm an assassin" Nathan answered.

"Oh god" Haley panicked. She felt her breathing decreasing, and her body temperature rising, the room felt dizzy as well. He didn't say that? He couldn't do that. He couldn't kill innocent people…he couldn't.

"Haley, please…let me explain" Nathan spoke unsure. Any emotion could be thrown out at him. Haley stared at Nathan mortified. Feeling her life slowly fall part was way past over; her life felt completely over and turned upside down. She was dating a hitman. As fast as she could, she kneeled off the floor and ran to her bathroom. Nathan ran behind her, though Haley managed to close the door shut and locked.

"Haley open the door!" Nathan yelled. Haley cried silently, as she slid down the door to the ground.

"Open the door!" Nathan yelled again, but this time began to bang on the door.

"No, go away!" Haley shouted.

"Please Haley…" Nathan begged, as he softly knocked now. Haley wiped her tears away, then scanned her bathroom, it had no window. She placed her hand against her mouth. All she wanted to do is be away from her apartment. Somewhere she was safe, where Nathan wasn't an assassin. Back to the past.

"Haley you have to listen to me. You and Rachel are not safe. I was assigned to you, and this kills me things are turning this way. If I could I would end this, but Brooke's boyfriend would hire someone else. You and Rachel have to be taken in and be watched. You are no longer safe in the real world…especially you Haley. The person that just attacked us, was for me. Now that he saw you and knows your apartment, he will come again. I assure you that. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you the truth. I never wanted to lie, but I was afraid you wouldn't understand. Haley I don't want to loose you" Nathan said, as he sat against the door.

"Nathan…you kill people, innocent people" Haley said as she tried to not sob any longer.

"How can you sleep at night? How could Brooke do this? When were you going to tell me?" Haley asked.

"I been at this for a long time. I have my own underground business, I was going to tell you soon. The time never came up" Nathan replied.

"Of course it would of never came up. When do we talk about killing people on purpose? I cant believe this is happening to me" Haley replied sadly.

"Open the door please" Nathan asked, rising for the floor.

"No, I cant. Nathan….I cant" Haley said.

"Then I have no choice" Nathan replied, grabbing his gun and firing at the door knob. Once hearing the fire shots, Haley placed her hand against her mouth again, and ran to the bath tub.

"Stay away" she cried out. Nathan opened the door and walked closer to her.

"We have to get out of here" Nathan replied, stepping closer.

"I'm not going anywhere with you" Haley answered a little startled. Nathan stopped walking, inches away from her. He grabbed her arm, and she startled backwards, pushing him away.

"We have to go" he said in a forceful tone, placing his gun back in his jeans.

"Why don't you just kill me?" she blurted out.

"I'm not going to" Nathan replied instantly and took a hold of her arm, even if she kept pushing him.

"It be easier…just do it. Do it now" Haley said repeatedly, as she tried to release her arm from his grip.

"I said no!" Nathan shouted, causing her to drop on the floor.

"Why not? It was you that tried to kill me yesterday. Do it now, get it done with" Haley cried out. " That's what you do! You kill people. Kill me, there's no hope."

"Yes there is, and I wasn't the one that tired to kill you. I stopped them from killing you" Nathan replied sternly and continued to drag her out.

"Damn it Nathan, why not!?" Haley shouted.

"Because I love you!" Nathan shouted back.

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A/N- Sorry everyone I took so long, had a short writers block. I hopes everyone enjoyed this whole Naley chapter, and finally when the truth came out. Please reply! Thanks!

-Alex