Oh. My. Goodness.
I am so sorry for not updating for: 1 MONTH AND 3 DAYS!
Good excuse: My sweet 16 party just passed, and then more parties week after week that followed mine. (Yep, I'm16) And I was really busy dealing with that. I'm now on vacation from school for a while, and a break from parties, so I will be writing a few more chapters of this. This should actually be wrapping up in like maybe, 5-7 chapters.
Dirty Little Secret has given me the best reviews. I hope that interest is still in, and no one forgot about this one! Keep on helping me reach a goal I've always wanted, and I'll promise to have more stories coming. After DLS, I will be writing Everytime We Touch. I will probably take about a month break between the two so I can put my full attention into getting far with ETWT, so I can then write "Don't Bother". And after "Don't Bother", my newest invention in my head, will be coming, don't worry. I figure DLS will be done by June-July. Everytime We Touch will probably come out in July and be done by October, and Don't Bother will be announced. A lot of good music is coming out right now, which is very inspriational to me, as you can see each of my fanfics is a song. And the past 2 have been fulled with each chapter as a line in a song. I also want to try and write a standalone here and there within all this time.
One Tree Hill: NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HOW AWESOME IT'S BEEN! COME ON! The shooting was, very...emotional. I can't believe Keith is really gone, and tonight made me realize it even more because he wasn't in the credits. But-NALEY-NO WORDS DESCRIBE THEM. Remarried, living back together-NATHAN'S HOT WORDS OF HOW MUCH HE LOVES HER? Wow.. And tonight, Jake...being back, brought tears to my eyes, "WE BELONG TOGETHER" Gavin DeGraw-awesome song. SO, without further rambling, here is a little bit of a longer chapter. Again, my deepest apologies are to you all who have been waiting for chapter 7. I will try to have chapter 8 up within the next week- Hate to say it, but I will be very busy. But I will try to have it up soon. If I don't update by APRIL 24TH- I will give you two chapters the next UD.
It won't be another month, I promise. And also, this chapter should satisify a lot of people considering a lot is going to come out in this chapter, and something that I've been waiting for-I'm hoping you were, too.
Chapter 7: Or Feel The Touch That I Adore
7 Years Ago…
"Haley, you seriously aren't going to call him? He has a daughter now," Brooke yelled at Haley who was presently in her hospital bed recuperating over giving birth.
"He didn't come the night with the notes!" Haley whispered harshly.
"That doesn't mean he wouldn't want to know if he had a daughter, Haley!" Brooke argued.
"She has his last name, Brooke-that's all I can give to the both of them right now," Haley spoke sadly.
"And one day when your daughter asks where her dad is, what are you going to say?" Brooke asked.
"The truth."
Present
"Why the hell did none of you show up when Haley wrote the notes to us?" Brooke yelled.
Peyton and Lucas immediately turned away, Nathan looked confused and Jake just looked sad.
"I showed up," Jake admitted. "I overslept, and showed up. But it was too late I guess, 'cause no one was there."
Brooke and Haley looked at Jake, "You went?" Haley asked.
"I was willing to let the friendships end either," Jake admitted, smiling.
Haley immediately stood up and went over to Jake and hugged him, tearing up as she pulled away.
"Thank you," Haley told him.
Brooke looked at Lucas, "So Mr. Haley's Best Friend, what did you do to the letter?"
Lucas looked sheepishly away, "I threw it away."
"Me too," Peyton said.
Haley rolled her eyes and looked at Peyton, "Do you really still have all that hate towards me?"
Peyton looked up at Haley, before pausing, "No."
Haley smiled slightly, "I understand why you hated me back then, Pey. But-I did like Nathan and I never meant to hurt-"
"Even though you tried to not tell me how you felt and how Nathan felt, I knew," Peyton smiled, "And I just didn't want to believe it. It was bound to happen, and I was too stubborn to believe it."
Nathan groaned as Haley let out a little giggle, "I told you, Hales."
Haley looked towards Nathan, smiling softly at her nickname, and shrugged.
Peyton looked questionably at both of them and after noticing their reactions couldn't help but wonder what they were talking about, "What?"
Nathan finally came out in the open, "Peyton-I knew you liked me. Haley told me, and before you go on a tantrum about how Haley's a bad friend, it was her reason for never going out with me for the four years of high-school."
Peyton looked shocked, "Four…four years?"
Haley nodded.
"He was asking you out for four years, and you never did anything?" Peyton whispered.
"Until prom," Haley replied.
Peyton's eyes filled with tears, and immediately stood up and embraced Haley. Both girls began to cry as Peyton apologized, "I never knew it was for four years, Haley. I thought you were just saying that to make me feel guilty."
Haley pulled away, "I'm not that much of a bitch."
4 Years Ago…
"Mommy," A 3 year old Nicole said.
"Yeah, Nic," Haley replied.
"Where's my daddy?" Nicole asked for the 3rd time that week.
"I told you, Nicky," Haley responded.
Nicole just pouted.
"Nicole, your daddy doesn't know about you," Haley spoke.
"Why?"
"Because we live in two different places, and before I knew about you we didn't talk anymore," Haley replied.
"What's he like?" Nicole asked.
Haley smiled thinking of him, "A lot like you."
Nicole brightened up at that, "Really?"
"Yes, ma'm. He has dark black hair, like you. And blue eyes, just like you," Haley smiled.
"Does he like ballball too?" Nicole asked, as Haley laughed at her daughter's term for
"basketball."
Haley pinched her nosed, "He loves it."
"How come he doesn't love me?" Nicole asked.
Haley immediately felt for her daughter, "Nicole-believe me. If he knew about you he'd love you very, very much."
Present…
"Haley?" Chris asked coming out of the room.
"Yeah," Haley smiled.
"Can I talk to you for a second," Chris asked.
Haley nodded and followed her boyfriend into her bedroom.
Chris closed the door behind her, and smiled at her, "Nicole's Nathan's."
Haley looked up shocked at the revelation, "Wha-"
"I'm not stupid, Haley," Chris spoke, "everything adds up. The eyes, she's going to be 7, and you graduated from high-school 7 ½ years ago. And Nathan said you had a history. I take it you two dated?"
Haley shook her head, "No. We were in love but we didn't date because my friend, Peyton, liked him so much. For four years, we didn't do anything, and I kept turning him down because of her. On the night of prom, I told him how I felt. We slept together."
"And you never felt the need to tell him?" Chris asked harshly.
"I did, Chris. I wanted too, believe me. But how can I throw back a "I never want to see you again," to an "I'm pregnant with you baby!" Haley whispered.
"At least that, Haley. If the tables were turned, you tell me that you wouldn't want to know!" Chris argued.
"Of course Chris, and I regret every day that I didn't tell him, okay?" Haley said.
After staring intently at his girlfriend, Chris said, "You're the girl."
Haley, shocked by that meaning, looked up at him, "What?"
"The girl that's had his heart since he was 14," Chris said.
Haley just stared at him.
"He once told me, 'I really can't get into a relationship, because this one girl's got my heart.'" Chris stated.
Haley closed her eyes, "Chris…"
"Where's yours, Hales?" Chris asked.
"With him," she whispered.
Chris nodded his head, "I can't do this…to my best friend."
"I can't do it to myself," Haley replied.
"I'm just gonna…" Chris said, pointing to the door.
Haley sadly nodded, "Hales…" Chris said.
"Yea," she whispered.
"Give me some time. I don't want to loose you completely," Chris smiled.
Haley nodded.
"And follow your heart…" Chris said.
8 ½ Years Ago…
Math class. Junior year. Last day of school before spring break. Imagine that?
Nathan and Haley were anxiously waiting to leave their final period to start their spring break.
Haley smiled when a note was passed to her,
"Who's the hookup of junior year spring break?"
Haley laughed,
"Me and Jake."
Nathan frowned,
"You into him?"
Haley sighed,
"He's cute."
Nathan smirked,
"Me or him."
Haley chuckled reading that,
"Oh, baby…you know it's you."
Nathan smiled,
"See, I think this year's hook-up is us."
Haley giggled,
"In…You…Dreams."
Nathan chuckled,
"You wanna know about my dreams."
Haley looked at the guy she'd been having feelings for forever and whispered to him, "Only if you wanna know about mine."
Continued…
Nathan and Lucas' parents owned a house down in Cancun, which was a given for the six friends to take their vacation. After being there for only a few hours, the friends easily found where the alcohol was kept, and used it to their advantage, well…Haley did.
"Play your emotions…Push all your buttons it's truee…THAT'S WHAT GIRLS DO!" Haley drunkenly sang, and screamed in the living room of the Scott house.
Nathan, sitting next to Peyton, started laughing at his friend's drunken state, and laughed even harder when she walked over to Lucas and Brooke and sat on them as they were in the middle of a heated make-out session.
"Haley!" Brooke and Lucas screamed.
Haley giggled, squeezing herself in the middle of the two and put her arms around them, "Dude. I love you. I just. Love. You."
Lucas sighed, and laughed, not being able to get angry at his best friend, "I love you too."
"More then Brooke," Haley whispered, "It's okay, I won't tell her."
Lucas laughed, "Thanks, Hales."
Brooke even couldn't control the giggle that came out of her mouth, "I love you more then Lucas, Hales."
"Everyone does," Haley said getting up, grabbing another drink.
"Hales, you think that's enough?" Jake asked from his place next to Nathan.
"I don't know, you want some more?" Haley seriously asked.
"….Yeah," Jake answered.
"Haley," Nathan said getting up, causing an eye roll from Peyton, "I think that's enough."
"Nathan," Haley said walking over to him, "Your breath smells."
Nathan looked confused at Haley and said, "Thanks, you gotta mint?" he said sarcastically.
"No!" Haley said.
"Come on, Hales."
"5 more minutes, let's play truth or dare! Somebody dare me!" Haley exclaimed.
Brooke knew how to shut Haley up, "I dare you to kiss Nathan by the end of the night."
Haley looked at Brooke, leaned over to the garbage and puked.
Continued
After sobering up, Haley refused to let Nathan leave her side, so the two of them were lying in the bed.
"What's going on, Hales?" Nathan asked Haley.
Haley looked over at Nathan, "Nothing. Why?"
" 'Cause you usually don't drink like that," Nathan said.
Haley sighed, "Taylor's back." Haley said referring to her crazy older sister.
"Oh," Nathan sighed, "What's she doing now?"
"Being Taylor, Nathan…you know her, she de-virginized you," Haley argued.
"Hales…" Nathan said.
"I don't get it, Nathan," Haley said, "She's always been after everything. She knew you liked me, and she thought you were hot so she couldn't take it and she took advantage of you. She was a senior, Nathan!"
"I know, Haley," Nathan sighed.
"You could've had any girl you want. And you took Taylor," Haley spit bitterly.
"Well, I couldn't get you, now, could I?" Nathan angrily said.
Haley looked at Nathan and immediately turned over, annoyed he said that.
"Haley, don't be mad, it's true," Nathan said.
"Nathan…she still wants you…she'll always want you. One day, we're gonna be like…married or something, and she's going to be like throwing herself at you!" Haley exclaimed.
"Come on Haley…wait, married?" came Nathan's sly remark.
"What?" Haley said, "Um…I was drunk, so I didn't know what I was saying, Nate."
"Yes you do!" Nathan said getting up on the bed and rolling on Haley.
Haley immediately started giggling as he tickled her, "You love me Haley James! You loveee me!"
Haley tried pushing Nathan off of her, but him being to big made her fail, "Nathan!"
Nathan stopped and looked at Haley, "I love you."
Haley rolled her eyes, and tried getting him off of her again, "Dude, this is so RAPE!"
Nathan laughed, "Like I'd ever rape you."
"Nathan!" Haley whined.
Nathan looked at Haley and smiled and finally, she smiled back, "You know…I didn't throw up at the thought of kissing you."
"Really now?" Nathan asked.
Haley nodded, "Did you wanna kiss me?"
Nathan looked down, knowing she wasn't completely sober because she was going into dangerous territory, "Hales."
Nathan tried getting off but Haley pulled him down, "Stop it Nathan, I'm not 100 percent drunk, I know what I'm asking you and the least you could do is be honest."
Nathan sighed and whispered harshly, "What do you think, Haley. I've been trying to convince you to be my girlfriend for 3 years, now. Of course I wanted to kiss you."
"Why do you keep trying?" Haley asked, "I keep turning you down."
"Because not once have you told me that you don't feel anything for me either. You've just told me that it was Peyton," Nathan said, "And because you're different."
Haley glanced at the clock that flashed 3:49 A.M., "Do you remember the time the six of us held as the end of the night?"
"Yeah, 5:30," Nathan said, not understanding why she was asking him this.
Haley nodded, "Kiss me."
Nathan looked down at Haley, shocked, "What?"
"Brooke dared me before night. It's 3:50. Kiss me," Haley told him.
"Hales…" Nathan started.
"Nathan, I swear to you, if you ever mention this outside of tonight I will kill you. Maybe it's because I'm a little drunk, maybe I'm getting some courage, but you're right. If it wasn't for Peyton, the two of us would probably dating for 3 years now, the least you can do is give me the dare that I was---"
Nathan cut her off by kissing her.
The next morning the two of them played stupid. Haley pretended she didn't remember anything, and Nathan never mentioned it.
Present
Haley sat on her bed, subconsciously playing with the bracelet that Nathan gave her all those years ago, still wearing it, which made her feel closer to Nicole.
"You coming back?" A voice at the door said.
Haley looked up at Nathan, and smiled, "Yeah."
Haley got up and walked around, but Nathan stopped her at the doorway and touched her bracelet. Haley turned bit her lip and turned red, "It's okay," Nathan whispered, "I still wear mine, too."
Haley smiled at Nathan and leaned up, "Don't say I never gave you anything."
Nathan stared after her as Haley thought to herself, wait until he finds out what I didn't give him…
"Haley," Lucas said as she and Nathan made their way back to the group.
"Yeah," Haley replied, smiling.
"How old is Nicole?" Lucas asked.
"Nicole just turned 7," Haley replied.
Peyton looked confused at Haley, "So you were…"
Haley knew the truth was about to come out, "18..when I had her."
Lucas looked at Haley, "Who's the father?"
Before Haley got the chance to answer, Nicole came running out.
"Hi everyone!" Nicole called.
Brooke and Haley began to try and get Nicole out of the room, "Wait, wait guys. One second. I'm Nicole."
Peyton, Jake, Lucas and Nathan all smiled at the girl before when they all introduced themselves.
"Nicole!" Brooke demanded trying to get Nicole out of there before she caused a scene.
"Okay, okay!" Nicole said and as she was walking by Nathan, she smirked at him before stopping in front of him, "Hey-you have eyes like me."
Nicole ran to her room as Haley looked at Brooke who looked shocked.
"Haley…" Nathan started.
All of a sudden, Nicole ran back into the room, obviously to annoy her aunt and mother, "AND HERE I AM: NICOLE SCOTT!"
Haley's eyes immediately shut as Nathan's face paled.
The whole room fell silent.