"Nathan, I love this. All of this, but I'm just a little confused." Haley said as they sat down to dinner.
"What are you confused about?" Nathan replied, still looking at his menu.
"Why did you do all of this for me?"
Nathan put down his menu and looked straight at Haley. There was just something about her tonight. The way her perfectly curled hair shimmered in the dim lights of the restaurant, he knew he wouldn't be able to keep anything from her.
"I wanted to do all of this for you because I feel like if I stop surprising you, you'll get bored and find someone who doesn't always have to leave for a press-conference." Nathan said looking down. Haley almost burst out laughing.
"Nathan, that's ridiculous! You don't have to buy me expensive dresses or send me on extravagant treasure hunts to keep me around." The couple smiled at each other and went back to looking at their menus. Dinner ended quickly and Haley and Nathan decided to ditch the limo and walk through the streets.
"So, Haley James. Tell me everything there is to know about you." Nathan inquired as they walked. Haley took in a deep breath before she began.
"Well there really isn't that much to know. I lived in a small town in California on the coast. I started dancing when my mom took me to see the ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet. My dad left when I was eight years old because he didn't love my mom anymore. I've been bitter about it ever since." Haley recited.
"Bitter about him leaving?" Nathan asked.
"Bitter about love." Haley answered. Eager to get the conversation off of her depressing background, she turned the focus to him. "What about you? NBA star Nathan Scott, is everything the magazines say true?"
"Not even close. What do you want to know?"
"The simple stuff. Pets, foods, colors, teams, the works."
"Okay, I have three fish right now named Leslie, Lucy and Butch. I also have two dogs at home that live with my parents."
"Three fish and two dogs…" Haley mumbled to herself. She let her thoughts wander back to the promise she made the night her father left. It was just a coincidence. Tons of people have three fish and two dogs. A rumble of thunder interrupted Haley's thoughts.
"We should get inside." Nathan said looking up at the dark threatening clouds. "My place is just around the corner."
Nathan pushed through the door of his apartment and went straight to the bathroom to get towels. Haley slowly walked into the room unable to move due to her drenched dress clinging ever so tightly to her skin.
"Whenever I come over here I seem to need a towel and a dry pair of clothes." Haley commented when Nathan returned.
"Yeah, but this time you're not alone in that." Nathan laughed.
Haley woke up the next morning with a smile on her face. The sun was shining through the open windows and lighting up the soft white sheets that she was wrapped in. Her tanned skin glowed against the white background. When she sat up her hair fell loosely around her shoulders in soft curls that framed her face. She stood up with the sheets still around her like a sarong and went to the window. It was slightly open, letting a light breeze lift her hair. She breathed in the crisp morning air when she felt soft hands glide lightly over her shoulders. He wrapped his strong arms around her as they watched their great city begin to wake up. They stood and watched together in silence.
"I could get used to this." Haley whispered. Her voice was barely audible as she tried not to disturb their peaceful morning.
"So could I." Nathan confessed. Haley turned around in his arms and look at him. Now she completely understood why the entire American population was crazy over this guy. He was perfect. Every woman should be able to experience this kind of love in her life. "Do you want some breakfast?" Nathan asked, interrupting her thoughts.
"I thought you would never ask." Haley replied. Nathan laughed and bent down to kiss her lightly. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held on to that moment with her entire being. When they finally pulled apart, Haley looked back out at the city where so many women would kill to be in her place now, smiled to herself, and went to join Nathan in the kitchen where he was making pancakes.
"Who knew you were such a chef." Haley exclaimed as he flipped a pancake in the air. She didn't let the fact that everything he was doing seemed to coincide directly with what she wished for when she was eight, bother her. He made one and set in front of Haley with a glass of orange juice and strawberries.
"You're not having any?" She asked, confused.
"No, I like to make the pancakes, I don't actually like eating them." Nathan explained as he got out a loaf of bread.
"What are you having then?"
"Honey on toast. It's my favorite, I have it every morning." Nathan answered. Haley choked on her orange juice and snapped her head up. "You okay?" Nathan laughed at her sudden reaction to honey on toast. Haley coughed and quickly regained her composure.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Nathan, I know this may sound completely strange and random but I just have to know. Would you say that you're known across the entire world?" Haley asked suddenly.
"Well…" Nathan paused, wanting to tell her the truth but not wanting to sound egotistical. "I guess so. I mean when I played Jake Hamilton in 'Cowboys' I had to go to the premiers in Europe and Asia before there was one in the states." Nathan replied, hoping that answered her question. Haley closed her eyes and thought about his answer for a few seconds. Of course he was known around the world! He was a NBA star as well as an extremely talented actor. What did she think he would say? Then suddenly it hit her.
"Nathan, when you play Jake in 'Cowboys', don't you have to ride a horse backwards?" Haley asked silently praying that it was his co-star, not him, and that she had simply confused the two.
"Oh yeah, that didn't take me that long to learn. I don't know why, it just kind of came naturally to me." Nathan replied becoming very curious as to why she was asking such strange questions.
"Oh my god." Haley whispered. Her head dropped to her hands. Everything she had wished for had come true in this man. Everything she made up in her childhood as the perfect mad, he could do. He was her perfect man. Haley remembered the last line of her wish as she slowly raised her head from her hands. Her eyes were stilled closed when she whispered: "Come here." Nathan went to her, clearly very confused and worried.
Haley looked into his eyes and nearly fainted at what she saw.
"One green eye, one blue." She whispered.
"I was born with it." Nathan whispered back.
"I know." Haley said as she pushed Nathan away and ran into the bedroom to collect her things. She remembered making some excuse for having to get to work and Nathan in shock dumbly trying to convince her to stay and explain her complete freak out. Haley was running out of his pent house within two minutes and scrambling frantically for her cell phone. She didn't realize the tears in her eyes until she saw her reflection in the elevator mirrors.
"Lillian," Haley cried when her best friend picked up her phone.
"Hales? What happened?" Lillian could sense the panic in Haley's voice as she shot out of bed and began pulling a pair of sweatpants on.
"Lil, do you remember when I told you about my parents?" Haley asked.
"Yeah, of course." She replied.
"And do you remember that little wish I made with the rose petals when I was eight? The one about the perfect guy that didn't exist?" Haley was now running out of the building, onto the street, and waving down a cab.
"Yeah," Lillian replied softly, having finally connecting the dots.
"It's Nathan. He's everything that I thought couldn't exist in a guy. He can flip pancakes in the air, and he has the pets and his favorite food. He can ride the horse backwards and for God's sake he has one green eye one blue." Haley said extremely fast.
"Oh god, Haley." Lillian replied. "I'll get the ice cream and black berries and meet you at your apartment in ten."
"Thank you." Haley hung up the phone and let her head fall onto the dirty window of the cab as it sped past various buildings. How could she let this happen? How could she fall for the one thing she knew didn't exist?
Sorry it took so long to update, school got really crazy and I got some ideas for other stories and I just started writing again on a story that I haven't updated in a year. Hope you liked it!! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!!
P.S. does anyone know what 'AU' stands for? I see it so much and I have no idea what it means.