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Chapter Five

The alarm blared. I groaned and snuggled in closer to Nathan. "Make it stop," I whined.

He laughed and got up, turning it off, and then crawled back into bed with me. "Why was it set in the first place?" he asked, wrapping his arms around me. "It's Sunday morning! Why would we get up early on a Sunday?"

I just groaned again and looked up at him. "I'm supposed to go to a wedding at that church we wanted, just to see what it would look like," I explained. "But I really don't want to anymore!"

He smiled. "So don't go! Just stay in bed with me all day," he said and leaned down to kiss my neck. "We can do some of this," he kissed the other side of my neck. "Or this," he bit down, causing me to moan. "It's up to you really," he whispered in my ear and then pulled back completely.

I gave him a pout. "You can't make me choose like that!" I exclaimed and he shrugged. "Nathan! You're not being fair!"

He laughed. "Why was I not invited anyways?" he asked, pulling me close again.

I set my head on his chest. "You were," I replied. "You said you didn't want to go and that it's all up to me. You said, 'it's your dream wedding. You plan it' and that is exactly what I'm doing," I said and moved to get out of bed.

This time he groaned. "Hales!"

I turned to him with a grin. "What?"

He sighed. "You can't just leave! I was so sure you were going to cave and stay with me!"

I laughed. "Yeah, right! Nathan, I have a wedding to plan! I need to see how they do their weddings there!" I explained, but he still looked upset. "Tell you what, you come join me in the shower and then we'll both go, okay?"

He jumped up, grabbing my hand and dragging me into the bathroom.

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So we were a little late for the wedding… we were only there to stand in the back, anyways! I was going to take Brooke along with me, but to tell the truth, I'm not really talking to her at the moment. She knew how much last night's dinner with my future in-laws meant to me, and yet she stole the spotlight.

"Okay, who are we meeting, Hales?" Nathan asked in a whisper.

"Her name is Taylor. She's most likely in the back, too. Don't worry, we'll find her," I said, taking his hand and leading him through the back of the church. The bride was just going down the aisle and I spotted Taylor as she fixed the back of the bride's dress. The doors closed behind the bride and Taylor let out a sigh of relief.

She turned our way, saw me and smiled. "You made it!" she exclaimed. "I'm happy you could. Things are going great!"

I smiled back. "Taylor, I'd like you to meet Nathan Scott, my fiancé. Nate, this is our wedding planner, Taylor Jones."

They shook hands. "Nice to finally meet you, Nathan! I was beginning to think you were fake!" Taylor joked.

Nathan laughed. "This is the first time I heard about you, actually. I thought Haley, Brooke and Peyton were planning this on their own," he replied.

She gave a short laugh. "They all start out that way, Nathan, but you always need a wedding planner. It just makes it that much easier on the two of you. Now, why don't you two look around? Haley, show Nathan the ideas for the decorations that you like. The church can hold many people, about 500 to be exact so you'll be good for lots of people."

"I thought we were having a small wedding," Nathan whispered as we walked away.

I nodded. "We are. This church is only the first of many that we are looking at. I mean, we both have limited family and friends. I've told Taylor this, but she wants to show us every place that is available to us," I explained. "Do you think we should get your mother involved with the planning or do you think Brooke will do everything better than me in my own wedding planning, too?"

He sighed. "Hales, she didn't mean to steal your thunder and you know it," he said shortly.

"Well, you know what, she did it anyways! She knew how much that dinner meant to me! I mean, what happens if I invite your mother to come dress shopping with us and she thinks I look terrible in everything I try on but Brooke looks amazing in every bridesmaid dress?"

He stopped walked, placing his hands on my shoulders. "Haley, you are looking into everything way too much. I mean, I love you and you love me so we're getting married. I don't care what my mother thinks about Brooke. I don't care what she thinks about you! All I care about is that you are marrying me. I mean, can't you at least say that my dad likes you?"

I sighed. "I guess so," I replied quietly. "But that's not as important as your mother liking me! She will make my life a living hell if I do anything wrong or make this wedding bad."

Nathan laughed. "Hales, if you don't stop worrying about this I don't know what I'll do!"

I gave him a smile. "Okay, fine. I'll stop for now. Let's just go watch this wedding, okay?" I asked and turned to watch the ceremony.

Nathan wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my cheek. "I can't wait for that to be us," he whispered.

I smiled. Everything had changed. My whole life did a 180. I have a man that loves me that's not going anywhere. I have good friends and family. His parents lo- well, his dad loves me. That's all I need, I guess. All I want is to marry Nathan. Then Deb will just have to live with me, because I'm not going anywhere. If she thinks she can make me disappear, she's got another thing coming…

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I sunk onto the couch, exhausted. Nathan walked in behind me, whistling. I groaned. "How do you have energy left, Nate?" I asked. "I'm ready for bed!"

He laughed. He moved my feet so he could sit and then placed them back on his lap. "You're always ready to go back to bed," he replied, eyebrows wiggling. I glared and he continued. "Hales we only went to see 3 other places! How can you be tired?"

I sighed. "How about the fact that all you did was talk with the guys that were there? I had to talk with Taylor about plans and then she made me talk with each of the brides to see how they planned theirs and I was just working harder than you!"

He smirked. "Stop complaining, Hales. You loved every minute of today and you know it," he said, crawling on top of me.

I shook my head. "Maybe I did, but I'm exhausted from ignoring all of Brooke's calls. I swear, she called me like 50 times!" I exclaimed.

He placed his forehead on mine. "Why don't you just answer her calls so you two can make up already?" he whined.

I rolled my eyes. "Does she deserve to be forgiven?" I countered.

He sighed. "You know what Hales? She's your best friend. She's been there for you through all the tough stuff so why would you think she'd want to hurt you? Just talk to her, Haley. You'll feel better," he said and kissed me lightly.

I sighed as he moved off of me, turning on the TV. Should I talk to Brooke? Was it worth it?

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