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Chapter Seven

I sat in the dressing room, tears streaming down my face. Brooke sat outside the door, desperately trying to get me out. Deb left without us in her anger. I stole Brooke's phone as I ran back in here so she wouldn't be able to call Nathan or Lucas. I needed time to think.

That woman was going to be my mother in law. I am going to see her at every holiday for the rest of my life. Every child I have will have her as a grandmother. Everything I do I will be critized by her for the rest of my life. The only perk to having her as a mother in law is having Nathan as my husband.

"Haley, will you please open the door? If you can't do that will you at least call Nathan or Lucas? We need to get out of here before we get kicked out!"

I sighed. I really didn't want to explain to Nathan what happened this afternoon. I really didn't want him to run off to Deb so she hates me even more. "Brooke, just give me a few more minutes, okay?" I asked softly.

"Okay, Haley, I'll be waiting out here. Just take your time, sweetie," she said and I heard her walk off.

I stood up and looked at myself in the mirror. "I guess I really do look fat in this," I murmured. I sighed and began to put my clothes back on. I walked out and handed the dress to the lady. "I'm not going to need this dress anymore. I'll be back tomorrow to find a new one."

I started walking again, going right past Brooke. "Haley, did I just hear you right? You've got to be kidding me! Don't let Deb win! You've been searching for that exact dress for months and you finally had it exactly how you wanted it!" she followed me closely.

I stopped causing her to almost run into me. "I saw what she saw when I looked in the mirror, Brooke! It's just not the right one. Don't worry, I still have time since we haven't set a damn date yet," I muttered and turned to walk again.

"Please tell me we aren't walking home!" she whined.

I shook my head. "Brooke, we're getting lunch. I'm not telling Nathan, you're not telling Nathan and we're going to go on with our lives, understood?"

She sighed. "Okay, fine," she replied not looking me in the eye.

I grabbed her and forced her to look me in the eye. "You swear?" I asked and she nodded. I held out my pinky. "Pinky swear?"

She giggled and stuck out her pinky. "Pinky swear, now come on! Let's eat!"

After lunch I called Nathan to say Deb had been detained early and asked if we could call him for a ride. He came quickly to pick us up. I hopped up front and leaned over to kiss him. "Hey, baby," he said. "Brooke. How was your afternoon with my mom?"

"Well, it was-" Brooke started but I interrupted.

"It was great. Uneventful," I replied.

He gave me a strange look but said nothing. We got home where Brooke ran off to find Lucas. Nathan pulled me into his arms and kissed me deeply. "I missed you all day," he mumbled against my lips.

I smiled. "I missed you, too, hotshot," I replied. I moved back and walked into the kitchen. "Want some water?"

"Yea, sure," he replied and sat on the couch.

"SHE DID WHAT?!"

My head shot out of the fridge. "Oh, no," I whispered.

Lucas ran out into the living room, Brooke close behind him. I walked out just as Lucas spoke. "Mom freaked on Haley," he said. "She said she looked fat in her dress and stormed out when Haley defended herself!"

I glared at my supposed best friend. "BROOKE!" I screamed. "You promised!"

She gave me an innocent look. "I promised not to tell Nathan and I didn't! Lucas did!"

I shook my head and looked to Nathan. "Listen, Nate, I handled it, okay? Everything's fine! I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to freak on your mom, okay?" I said and walked over to sit beside him.

His jaw was set in anger. He took a deep breath. "You've been gushing about that dress for months, Hales, you didn't change it for her, did you?" he asked. I shrugged and he sighed. "Hales! You love that dress! I'm not letting you get another one!"

I glared at him. "I didn't like how it looked! A girl has a right to change her mind!" I screamed back and stood.

"After Deb said all the mean things she did Haley told me she saw what Deb saw when she looked into the mirror," Brooke said. "She changed it because of your mom, Nate."

"Brooke!" I screamed. "You need to stop talking! I'm fine! Stop saying things you promised to keep your mouth shut on!"

She shook her head. "Not when you're hurting yourself, Haley! You are not fat! You're far from it! You said you saw what she saw. She said you looked fat, Haley. When girls see themselves in the mirror like that they get eating disorders!"

I scoffed. "What, now you think I'm going to be anorexic? Thanks, Brooke, for all the confidence in my self esteem," I said and then stormed into my bedroom. I laid on the bed on my stomach, desperately fighting the tears that threatened to spill.

"Haley, can I come in?" Nathan tapped at the door and then walked in. "What is going on, sweetie? You've been acting really crazy lately. You are trying to make my mother happy when it's not even her wedding. Talk to me!"

I sighed and faced him. "I just want her to like me, Nate. She obviously doesn't and if you go and talk to her about today I don't think she ever will! She'll just threaten me in private so nobody will be witness to her wicked ways! I just wish she wasn't so complicated."

He nodded and laid beside me. He wrapped his arms around me and I moved to do the same to him. "My mother is insane, Haley, if she can't see how amazing you are. I don't care if she ever likes you because I like you, remember? She's not going to convince me to just drop you, Hales. Just ignore her and everything she says to you. If you want that dress then it's yours. If you want millions of tiny flower petals all over the place, you get that. Anything you want, regardless of what my mother has to say. It's all up to you, baby, okay?" I didn't respond. "Hales?"

I sighed and looked up at him. "She's paying for everything, Nate; she'll refuse to do it my way!" I argued.

He smiled at me. "You leave that part to me. You pick out everything you want and give it to your sexy boyfriend and I'll take care of it, okay?" he asked with a wink.

I nodded. "Okay," I replied. "I just don't know how you're going to do it."

He shushed me. "Just leave it all up to me, babe. I've got it," he said and then leaned down to kiss me. "You just have to thank me now."

I giggled, but happily obliged.

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