One Tree Hill.

Chapter 10.

Haley woke up. She was in her bedroom. She turned on her back and looked at the ceiling. She sighed, thinking about last night. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. She sat up. Brooke. She heard Tyler run to open the door. Haley stood up and went down.
"Auntie Brooke!"
"Mister T!"
They hugged. "I brought you something from New York, baby." She said grinning. Haley arrived.
"Brooke !!!"
"Haley !!!"
The two friends moved to each other and hugged.
"I'm so happy to see you, Hales!" She looked at Tyler as he wasn't allow to hear what she was going to say. "I've so much things to tell you.."
Haley grinned. "Me too!" Haley looked at herself. "Sorry... I've just waken up... I'd forgotten you arrived this morning."
"Never mind. The taxi driver was very very sexy, fortunately you didn't come to the airport." She said with a natural tone of voice. She went to the living-room and dropped herself into the couch.
"I'm tired." Haley smiled. She was so happy her friend visit her. It was such a long time they didn't see each other... of course they phoned each other but.. be with Brooke, in real, it was really different.

Tyler had been invited at one of his friends' home. Brooke and Haley took advantage of his absence to hang out. Haley wanted to show the newest clothes shop which had just opened for two weeks. Brooke was in front of the glass putting some clothes in front of her to see how it fit.
"So... which one?"
"... the blue one..." Haley said.
"Okay!" She looked at Haley. "You should buy some clothes, you seem to be ..."
"A divorced-single-mother?"
"I was going to say.. old." She looked at herself in the mirror and grinned. "But if you prefer."
Haley sighed. Brooke put the clothes she held and sat next to her friend on the couch.
"Hales... What's wrong?"
"Nothing..."
"It's not anything! You seem to be... sad..."
"I'm not sad... I'm just..."
Brooke was waiting for her answer very intentively, but Haley didn't say anything and shrugged.
Brooke stood up. "There's a man."
"Yes. No. Not really..."
Brooke was speechless, now. "You've slept with someone?" She said loudly.
"Louder, pretty girl!" Haley rolled her eyes and though about last night.

Flashback
Haley stoop up. She didn't know how she stood up but she thought it was thanks to the panic which was increasing more and more inside her. Few seconds later, she had been face to face with Nathan, knelt on the ground among the broken glass and he had just kissed her. Haley couldn't look at him, afraid of a second kiss. Nathan stoop up after her, his head lowered. Any of them could say a word, but one of them had to. Haley prayed for Nathan say something but he didn't. He moved closer to her, sliding his hand along her hip to her back. He made her turn, sticking her against the counter. Chest to chest. Haley was shared, she wanted to look at him in eyes and tell him "No we can't." or look at him in eyes and kiss him again to remember and to live again how she lived when they kissed ten years ago. With his free hand, Nathan raised up her chin to make her look at him. Haley shivered again, her mouth opened to say something but he bent over her and put his lips on hers. Haley didn't control anything at all, anymore. Their kiss began to be more and more passionate. Nathan slid his right hand from her hip to under her top to caress her stomach. Haley put her hands on his shoulder to feel his muscles. Suddenly, Nathan's cell phone began to vibrate in his pocket. They parted, looking at each other.
Haley turned her gaze and Nathan looked at the name on the screen. Sarah. Haley saw it.
" You better go..." Nathan lowered his head.
"Hales..."
"Shut... just leave... please." He bent over her and put a kiss on his forehead. "Sorry..." He whispered, smelling her hair before to leave.
Flashback

"No... I didn't sleep with someone..." She paused and looked at Brooke. "Make me change my mind, Brooke Penelope Davis. It's your mission of the day." She didn't want to think about last night anymore... at least not today. Brooke grabbed Haley's hand and gave her some clothes to try on.

Nathan went out of the shower to go to hand up the phone.
"Yes?"
"Hi, baby."
"Sarah..."
"Where were you yesterday night? I tried to phone you to tell you I was arrived."
He think about last night. Haley in front of him, against him. Her skin, her breathe.. He shook his head, hearing Sarah's voice again ask him where he was last night.
"We did a party after the game." He lied.
"Great."
"My mother tells you hello."
He rolled his eyes. "Great"
"You okay?"
"Wet... Listen to I've to go... I've to take my shower and leave."
"Okay. Love you."
"Yeah... me too."
He hang down. He turned to go in the bathroom again but he looked at the phone. He hesitated. He took it and dialed a number. Few seconds later, someone answered.
"Yes?"
Nathan frowned hearing a familiar voice, a familiar female voice. He couldn't put a name on this voice.
"Is Haley there?"
"Haley!" The female voice shouted, hurting Nathan's ear.
"Yes?" Haley. He smiled."Hi, It's Nate."
"Oh..."
"I wanted to know how you were..."
"Fine." ... ... ... "And you?"
"Not bad... I wanted to know if I could pick up Tyler, tomorrow..."
"Oh... Yeah of course."
"Okay. Great. Thank you."
Nathan heard the familiar female voice call Haley. "I'm going to let you go."
"Yeah... Bye."
"B..." He heard the tone which show she had hung down. He sighed and returned to the bathroom.

Brooke was in the kitchen mixing the dough. Tyler was in front of her, siting on the stool. Haley came in the room. Brooke looked at her.
"Who was it?"
"Nathan."
Brooke was speechless. "Nathan...? Nathan S. The Nathan S." She said, unbelieving and trying to not prononce his name.
"Auntie Brooke... I know about Nathan... he's my father."
"Lucas didn't tell you?" Haley asked moving to her.
"Tell what?"
"Nathan was Tyler's coach and.. everything..."
"No. And you don't too." Haley put her head on Brooke's shoulder.
"Thank you to be here, Brooke."
Brooke felt something was wrong. She smiled and put her head against Haley's head.

Tyler was in front of the TV, watching cartoons. Brooke arrived with two bowls of cheerios. She sat next to him, smiling like a child and gave him one. Haley was in her bedroom. She put a shirt and buttoned it, walking to the window. She saw a car park. Nathan's car. He went out and went to the front door. Haley smiled and went down to open.
She went across the living-room and opened the door.
"Hey!"
"Hi." He said smiling. "I finally recognized the voice..."
"Which one?"
"Brooke's."
Haley grinned. "She didn't recognize you."
"5 or 6 years we didn't see each other."
She nodded.
"Wanna come in?"
He nodded. They walked to the living-room.
"Hey Nathan!" Brooke said too interested by the cartoon.
"Hey!" Tyler said, turning the head to smile to Nathan. He turned his head again to watch TV.
"Hello, guys." Nathan looked at Haley. Haley shrugged and walked to the kitchen, Nathan following her.
Haley leant back against the sink and Nathan leant back against the counter in front of her. Haley looked down, she didn't know what to say.
"About last night..." Nathan said. She looked up at him. "I'm sorry if I hurt you... I didn't want to hurt you.. at all."
"You didn't." She paused. "It's just... It was just upsetting... You know... I mean... I know you've a girlfriend... almost a fiancée... So... Memories raised up inside us and it made us kiss and made us a mistake."
What Haley said damped Nathan.
"Mistake..." If I said it wasn't a mistake and she didn't want to ... again... and if I said it was a mistake he lied to himself. "Yeah... a mistake..."
"So... you wanted to go out with Tyler."
"Yeah... wanna come with us? You and Brooke?"
"You should go out with him... together... Talk..."
He nodded. He went to go out of the room but he turned to look at her.
"Even if it was a mistake, Haley... I didn't regret..." He looked down and left. Haley stayed here. "Neither do I..."