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Okay guys so I wrote the first half of this chapter while i was half asleep but hopefully it's still okay

Chapter 9: Fade To Black

"The boy's are running a full court at the Rivercourt tonight. Bevin rang and said we should go down and cheer them on, like old times" Brooke told Haley over the phone.

"That's nice Brooke" Haley replied, "Why are you telling me this".

"Because your coming" Brooke told her, "Try to wear something hot".

"Brooke" Haley said but it was too late, Brooke had already hung up.

Haley sighed to her self as she went into her bedroom to look for something nice to wear. She wasn't sure how she was going to prove to Nathan that they were meant to be together but she didn't really have to think about it. Brooke was doing enough planning for the two of them. She smiled to her self, she really did miss having Brooke around.

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"Well we want Nathan" Fergie told Skills

"Well to bad because we shot for teams and guess what, you missed" Skills replied. Nathan and Lucas just looked at each other and smiled.

"It's not fair, you have Lucas and now you have Nathan, a pro basketball player. You have to give us one of the Scott's" Junk said in a matter of fact tone.

"Boy's stop fighting... Skills just give them one of the Scott boys" Peyton whined.

"... Fine, you can have Lucas but we want Jake then" Skill told them.

"Deal" Fergie said happily.

"You choose my brother over me, your childhood friend. The cuts me Skills" Lucas said with mock hurt.

"Sorry dawg" Skills simply replied.

"Hey" Haley said to Brooke and Peyton as she walked up to where the girls were standing.

"Hey Tutor girl" Brooke smiled. Haley watched as Brooke nodded at Lucas and Lucas nodded back.

"Whats with the secret signals?" Peyton asked.

"Nothing" Brooke told her with a smile, she looked at Haley and gave her a smile as well.

"...Maybe When Nathan's on the other team should get an extra player on the court" An old raven Zack suggested.

"What!" Nathan said as he shook his head. "You guys are acting like you haven't played with me before".

"Nate, your game was great high school. But your talent shot through the roof in collage... Nobody here is going to be able to compete with you" Lucas reminded him.

"Fine the other team can have an extra player" Nathan agreed but wasn't happy about it.

"Wait, wait, wait... I'm not agreeing to that" Skills said.

"Are they going to play?" Haley asked Brooke and Peyton and now Bevin who had just shown up.

"Honestly, I'm not sure they have been arguing for almost 20 minutes now" Peyton said as she watched Zach and Skills yell at each other.

"It is pretty funny thought" Brooke said as she winked at Lucas and blew him a kiss.

"Wait a second what team is the Tim on?" Tim asked, they all just turned around and looked at him.

"You can be with the cheerleaders" Skills added and everybody laughed including Tim.

"Wait a second what are we laughing at?" Tim asked with a dull and confused look on his face.

"I have a delivery for a Haley James Scott" A young man said as he walked up to the group.

"That's me" Haley said with confusion.

"Here you go, just sigh here" The guy said as he handed her the package and a pan.

"Thank-you" Haley said as she looked down at the package, it had the Rivercourts address on it, "This is so strange".

Haley opened up the envelope and read the card with a confused look on her face, before Brooke stole it out of her hand, "To Haley, these are some chocolates for the sweetest girl in the world" Brooke began to read it out loud. The first line caught Nathan's attention. "I know you told me no every time that I have asked you out but I'm asking you to reconsider. Your beauty should not be wasted. I know you told me your in love with someone else and will never see anyone but him, but I'm asking you to give me a shot... Haley is this the guy I saw trying to hit on you in the cafe the other day" Brooke asked her with a wink.

"Ummm" Haley had no idea what was going on, but then she saw the look on Brooks face and realized that this was all Brooke's doing.

"He was really hot I can't believe you turned him down" Brooke added.

"What can I say" Haley said as she gave Brooke a forced smile.

"Are we going to seat here and talk about Haley's love notes or are we going to play ball?" Junk asked.

"Play ball" Nathan answered as he looked away from the girls. Haley was being hit on by some hot cafe guy, and it made him jealous.

"What the hell Brooke?" Haley asked in a quiet voice.

"Faze one... Let Nathan know that even though your single your not seeing other people because you still love him, plus it'll make him jealous which is a total bonus" Brooke told her with a huge smirk.

"Brooke... What if he thinks I am dating mystery guy. This could do more damage then good" Haley told her.

"Trust me Haley I know what I'm doing" Brooke said, "Go Lucas!" She yelled when she saw that the game had finally started.

An hour later Nathan and Lucas were on the sidelines having a quick drink of water. "Dude for a pro your not playing all the great" Lucas said to him but noticed that Nathan wasn't even listening.

"Have you seen this guy?" Nathan asked him.

"What?" Lucas asked.

"This guy that's hitting on Haley at the cafe?" Nathan clarified.

"No I haven't" Lucas answered, "Do you care?"

"No... Were not together she can see who ever she wants" Nathan said defensively.

"She's not seeing him" Lucas reminded him.

"But if she wants to I wouldn't care" Nathan snapped before heading back onto the court.

Lucas walked over to Brooke and smiled at her, "He's totally jealous".

"I knew he would be" Brooke smiled, "Ready for faze two?"

"Yeah I just have to wait till I can make it look like an accident" Lucas replied before heading back onto the court.

A little while later Nathan had the ball in his hand. He was dribbling the ball down the court just past the girls when he felt a body crash into his. He fell straight over and hit another body in the process.

"I'm so sorry" Lucas said as he got up from where he had fallen after crashing into Nathan.

"Ow" Haley said, Nathan was on top of her.

"Sorry" Nathan said as he rolled off her. Brooke was trying to conceal her laughter. It had been hysterical watching Lucas run into him then him falling on top of Haley.

"Are you both okay?" Lucas asked as he helped Nathan up.

"Fine... Are you okay Hales?" Nathan asked as he helped her up, he had flinched when he called her Hales. It brought back a lot of memories.

"Yeah, my head just hurts a little" She replied.

"She doesn't look so good, you should take her home Nathan" Brooke said with a firm voice as she looked at the two of them.

"...Okay" Nathan said hesitantly. He knew that he didn't want to be alone with Haley but he also knew he would look like a dick if he said no after practically crushing her.

"Great it's settled, see you two later" Brooke said happily.

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The drive to Haley's had been silent so far. Nathan was starting to feel uncomfortable. "How's your head?" He asked finally.

"Better" She replied, "... I'm sorry about this, I think Brooke wants us to spend some time alone".

"Yeah I kind of got that feeling" Nathan said back to her.

"By the way, just so you know. That note was from Brooke" Haley told him. She knew that Brooke had a plan, but Haley wanted to win Nathan back honestly.

"What?" Nathan asked confused.

"It a long story, but she was just trying to help me" Haley said with a sigh. Haley knew that Brooke was just trying to help, but Haley knew that the only way Nathan would ever trust her again was if she was up front with him.

"Help you with what?" Nathan asked as he pulled up at Haley's place.

"Get you back" She whispered.

"Oh... So why did you tell me that it was from Brooke?" Nathan asked her.

"Because I want to be honest with you" She replied.

"You weren't honest with me when you kissed Chris" Nathan remedied her.

"That was a mistake" Haley told him quietly.

"You make a lot of those" Nathan commented.

"Nathan, maybe it's time you get everything of your chest. Yell at me, cry at me, I don't know. Just tell me how you feel" Haley said to him.

"I've wanted to yell at you Haley, I've wanted to cry with you... I've wanted a lot of things but we don't always get what we want".

"Nathan, I know that I hurt you. Do you think you will ever be able to forgive me?" She asked him.

"Haley..." Nathan knew what he wanted to say but changed his mind at the last second, "Do you have aspirin?"

"What?" Haley asked. It sounded like there was something else he wanted to say.

"Aspirin" He repeated. "For your head".

"Yeah".

"Good" Nathan said nodding. They both just sat their in silence once again.

"Well then, I should go" Haley said when it became un-bearable.

"Okay... See you later" Nathan said and cringed at how stupid he had sounded.

"See you later" Haley said with a small smile as she got at of the car.

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"I can't believe tonight's the rehearsal dinner" Nathan said to his mother as he walked around the living room looking for his left shoe.

"I know this week has gone by so quickly" Deb added. Nathan had been so busy helping Lucas with his share of the wedding plans that he had managed to not see Haley since that awkward night in the car after the Rivercourt.

"Crap! I'm running so late" Nathan said as he looked at his watch, "do you think they would notice if i was only wearing one shoe?"

"Wait here it is" Deb said as she throw the shoe to Nathan.

"Thanks mom, see you there" Nathan said as he ran out of the house while attempting to put the shoe on at the same time. Being that Nathan was the best man he had to get to the hall early to make sure everything was set up, Peyton would be their also. Which he was thankful for because in reality he was most likely the worst person on the plant to oversee this kind of thing. Nathan had just started the car when he heard his cell phone ring, "Hello".

"Nathan where are you?" Peyton asked from the other end of the line.

"Sorry, I'm running late. I'm leaving my house now" Nathan told her as he started driving.

"Well the caters flaked on us and didn't get enough wine do you think you could pick up another 5 or so bottles on your way here?" Peyton asked.

"Sure not a problem" Nathan told her, "See you soon".

"Bye" Peyton said from the other end before hanging up.

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"Where is Nathan" Peyton mumbled to her self as she smiled at Bevin and few other of the girls as they walked in.

"Peyton, everything looks great" Karen said as she looked around.

"Yeah well, the guest are arriving, Brooke and Lucas will be here any minute and we won't have enough wine if Nathan doesn't get his ass here soon" Peyton complained.

"Brooke and Lucas are here" Haley said with a smile.

"Okay everybody get ready!" Peyton yelled out to the room full of people she glanced up at the clock 'where is he?'

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Nathan was walking in the parking lot of the liquor store with a bag full wine. "Shit" he mumbled to him self as he looked at his watch for what seemed like the 100th time that night. He quickened his pace as he continued walking through the parking lot towards his car. He heard a loud screeching and turned his head to see a pair of bright headlights. The last thing he remembered was a horrible pain shooting through his body before everything went black.

TBC

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