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Chapter Nine

The planning went on with no fuss from Deb. It was strange, but she was being sugary sweet to me. I brushed it off, trying to give her the benefit of the doubt. I had the worst feeling in the pit of my stomach that she was up to something big. Something that could ruin everything. Something that would break my engagement to Nathan…

"So, we've got everything booked, right? We've got the church, the reception hall, and the DJ," Brooke said and checked each off her list. She looked to Taylor. "Is there anything else we would need?"

She smiled and shook her head. She looked over at me. "All you need is something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue," she teased and hugged me close.

I smiled. "Thank you so much for all your help, Tay! I seriously don't know if we could've done this without you!"

She pulled back and waved me off. "Nonsense, you did all the work! I just supervised!" she winked and picked up her things. "I will see you all in 2 months at the wedding!" she exclaimed and left.

Deb smiled brightly and stood. "Well, I must be off! Girls, it's always a pleasure!" she said. "Haley, walk me to the door?"

I nodded and followed her out. "Thanks for all the help, Deb, I-"

"Oh, stop sucking up to me! You know I can't stand you and I don't know why you keep trying to get on my good side! Honestly, Haley, it's pathetic," she said and put on her coat.

I sighed and crossed my arms. "What do you want, Deb, besides my wedding to be canceled?" I asked.

She grinned and shrugged. "Listen here, Haley. You may have won by having Dan on your side with wedding plans, but this wedding is only the beginning. Once you're married to Nathan you'll have to see me at every birthday, every Christmas, every holiday for the rest of your life. I'll make you so miserable you won't even know what hit you," she said and then smiled.

"Are you done, Deb?" I asked. "Because your threats don't mean anything to me. Do you honestly think that Nathan will leave me just because I can't stand you and you can't stand me? The truth is that he loves me and if he had to choose between the two of us, he'd choose me."

She laughed. "What makes you so sure, you little wench?" she placed her hands on her hips. "I'd love to have a good laugh at you're reasoning."

I smiled. "Deb, how often do you see Nathan?" I asked and she frowned. "That's right! You didn't have time for your sons until now. Do you think that he forgot the fact that you never made time for him? Not even to come to one of his games?" She was seething and I knew I had won. "Now that he's been drafted and he'll be playing professionally he won't have time for his crotch bag mother!"

She laughed. "You're right, he won't have time for me, but guess what? He won't have time to play with his new little wifey either! Guess I win after all!" she exclaimed and left.

I sighed and walked back into the living room with the girls. Peyton picked up on my mood right away. "What did the bitch have to say this time?" she asked and wrapped an arm around me.

I shrugged. "The truth," I replied. "Now that Nate's playing professional basketball he'll never have time for me."

Brooke scoffed. "Is that what she said? I could kill that skanky hoe!" she exclaimed. "Listen to us, Haley. You'll see Nathan all the time! He's always going to put you first, no matter what. Besides, you'll get to travel all around with him! It's not like you can't write on the road with him and he'd love to have you there with him."

I grinned. "I could do that, couldn't I?" I replied and then laughed. "You guys, I just called my future mother in law a crotch bag!"

They began to laugh hysterically. Nathan and Lucas walked into the apartment, Larry and Dan close behind them. Nathan cleared his throat and we tried to compose ourselves.

"I have a feeling we missed something terribly funny," Lucas said and then sat down.

Nathan walked over to me and I stood up to hug him. "What is going on, girls?" he asked, keeping his arms around me.

"Well-"

"NOTHING!" I exclaimed. I turned to face them and mouthed 'Dan is here'. They both nodded.

"What was all that about?" Larry asked. "Haley, don't make us tickle it out of you!"

I sighed. "Okay, you caught us," I said. "You just missed Deb and she was such a delight!"

Nathan sighed. "What did she say to you, now?" he asked and sat down, pulling me onto him.

I shook my head. "Nothing, she was just her normal, sweet self," I replied and fidgeted with the collar of his shirt.

He scoffed. "My mom is not normal," he said.

"Nor is she sweet," Dan added. "What did she do, Haley?"

I shrugged. "She was just fine until she left," I said.

"Just tell us what happened, sweetie," Nathan said, forcing me to look up at him.

I sighed. "We got into an argument about how she was going to make me miserable because after the wedding I'd have to see her at every occasion for the rest of my life," I started. "Then I told her that anything she did wasn't going to make me and you split up. Then she said something's about you not seeing me a lot because of basketball and then I called her a name and she left," I rambled and then looked around at everyone. "Nothing out of the ordinary."

Nathan sighed. "What did you call her, Hales?"

I shook my head. "It doesn't matter," I replied, my eyes wide. "I don't even remember."

"Haley, that's a lie!" Brooke exclaimed. "You called her a-"

Peyton slapped her hand over Brooke's mouth. "Bitch. You called her a bitch," she said and glared at Brooke.

All the guys looked at each other before shrugging. Dan stood. "Well, I've got to head back to work. I'll see you all soon!" he said and left.

Larry stood as well. "I've got to go to work as well," he said.

I laughed. "You're your own boss and you're making yourself go into work?" I asked.

He smiled at me. "That's my way of saying I don't want to be the only old guy in the room," he joked and said his goodbyes before walking out.

Peyton, Brooke and Lucas all looked at each other before standing with grins. "We're going to give you two love birds some alone time," Peyton said.

Brooke nodded. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do," she said in a playful tone.

I scoffed. "That doesn't leave too much for us to do," I joked and they all left.

Nathan kissed my cheek. "Finally, they're gone!" he exclaimed.

I smiled at him. "What ever shall we do, Mr. Scott?" I asked.

He grinned. "I can think of a few things, future Mrs. Scott," he replied and carried me into the bedroom.

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