A/N: CHAPTER 13:) This is the second last chapter of the story, sad I know, but true. It's a bit short, but I had to end it here. I wanted to see if any of you can figure it out. (Don't worry, you'll understand what I mean by the end) So without further ado, Chapter 13!
Disclaimer: One Tree Hill ain't mine.
Haley was literally pounding on the door, hoping and praying someone would answer. But there wasn't one. There wasn't one, because no one was home. She was soaked to the bone, and her clothes were so heavy they dragged off her petite frame. She realized that her best hope was to go back to Brooke's house and wait for someone there.
"Damn it, Peyton." She muttered, wishing her curly blonde friend had been home, because she now had to run back in the pouring rain.
She ran, and she cried because her life was so damn messed up. She had lost her husband, she was raising a 4 year old all by herself, and she had come back to the one place she had once sworn she'd never return to.
She knocked on Brooke's door, and was beyond ecstatic when the door swung open. There he was, the one man that made her weak in the knees, and gave her butterflies in the stomach.
"I have to do something." Nathan whispered.
"There's nothing you can do that would surprise me right now."
And moments later, he kissed her. It was nothing passionate, just sweet and simple, but it meant the world to Haley.
"Except maybe that..." Haley said softly, as they broke apart.
"I love you, Haley. Always and Forever. And I know I've been an ass, and I know I've made some pretty huge mistakes, and maybe you'll never be able to forgive me, but I want you back. I need you. I can't live without you."
"Tell you what." Haley smiled, "I'll forgive you, if you let me inside so I don't have to stand out in the rain."
"Deal." Nathan grinned, stepping aside to let her in. They joined Brooke, Chase and James on the couch, once Haley had a towel. Brooke, Chase and Nathan had all agreed it would be best to forget this afternoon's fiasco had ever happened.
"So," Brooke said, "I take it you two have made up."
She laughed as she watched Nathan snake his arms around Haley's stomach and she was leaning on his shoulder.
"You could say that." Haley said, grinning mischievously.
"Good. Because honestly, I was really about to give up on you two. You're both so damn stubborn." Brooke sighed.
"I second that." Chase nodded.
Haley's jaw dropped, as if she had taken offence to what her friends had said, but by the sparkle in her eye, they could tell it didn't bother her in the least.
Just then, the phone rang and Brooke leapt up to answer it.
They listened as she talked to whoever it was that was calling and then looked at her questioningly as she hung up.
"What?" She asked, wondering why they were all looking at her.
Peyton and Lucas were both laughing their heads off as they entered the house.
"Mom, we're home!"
"Hey, you two." Karen smiled, greeting them with towels, as they were both soaking wet. They had run all the way from Peyton's house in the rain.
"Thanks, Ms. Roe."
"Please Peyton, call me Karen."
"Right," Peyton grinned.
"There was a call for you while you were out." Karen told Lucas.
"From who?"
"Skills."
Lucas raised his eyebrows, he hadn't talked to Skills in 4 years.
"He wants you to call him back."
Lucas nodded, "Okay. I'll do that now. You two can talk."
He walked over to the kitchen, picking up the phone of the hook and dialling Skills' number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Skills, you called?"
"Oh yeah, man. I wanted to talk to you about tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? What's tomorrow?"
Skills laughed, "We didn't think you'd remember..."
So what's going on tomorrow? Can anyone figure it out:) Let me know what you think!