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Haley took a deep breath before knocking on the oakwood door. She was standing on the front steps of the beach house which the Scott brothers were currently occupying. To tell you the truth she had been fighting a battle with her head all day. Part of her so desperately wanted to just come here and get this over with so she could maybe rekindle her relationship with Nathan. But another, the much deeper part, was trying so hard to avoid this situation because she knew she wasn't ready to face it quite yet.
The door opened as a shirtless Lucas emerged.
"Hey, sorry is this a bad time cuz I can go..."
"No, it's fine Hales I just woke up, come on in." Lucas waved his hands across the doorway as Haley smiled and stepped through. She noted the faint scent of pine in the air and closed her eyes, inhaling it completely. For this reason she always loved coming to the beach house, the smell of the wood was just so wonderful.
"So, would you like something to eat?", Lucas asked heading in to the kitchen as he grabbed a box of ceral from the cabinet.
"Why? Are you gona cook me ceral?", Haley joked, grinning.
"Hell yeah, haven't you heard? I'm an expert in the art of making ceral."
Laughing, Haley rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, no thank you. I came here to talk to Nathan actually... which reminds me, did you talk to him? Please tell me you did?"
Lucas sighed.
"I did, but I'm not sure if it got through to him."
-Flashback-
"Hey little brother", Lucas said standing in the doorway of Nathan's room, peeking inside to find the raven haired man laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling.
"Can I come in?"
Getting no reply he stepped in further, stopping at the edge of the bed.
"So, about you and Haley-"
"Jut go away Lucas", Nathan spat, still not diverting his eyes from the roof.
Sighing, Lucas took a seat at the end of his bed.
"Listen Nathan, I know what she did was bad, but just talk to her, please? You guys have been friends way too long to avoid eachother forever."
Nathan's eyes darted to his brother's head and glared.
"How do you know? You don't even know what went on between us."
"I know that, but-"
"But nothing Lucas, you don't know anything so stay out of this and mind your own damn buisness!", Nathan growled again returning his attention to the ceiling.
"Okay you know what look, I tried to be civil with you and actually talk but it seems you can't do that so I'm telling you this-- if you hurt Haley, I swear you're gona regret it, she's too good of a person to be treated like an ass. You're not hurting anybody more than yourself in this Nate because you know as well as I do that you need to talk to her."
Nathan remained stilent and looked at his brother's face as he retreated towards the door, turning around only once more to give him a warning look before exiting and leaving him with those words.
-End of Flashback-
"Oh great, so he still doesn't want to talk to me?"
"Look I don't know, but it's worth a try Hales, he's just hurt he'll come out of it", Lucas replied dipping his spoon into the now settled combination of ceral and milk.
"Okay fine, where is he?", Haley gave in, shaking her head. She had a feeling things weren't going to go well.
"In there", Lucas pointed towards a door on the left as the sound of his munching on ceral wisped through the room. Heading towards the door, she stopped as soon as she reached it and put her hand on the knob, only pausing a second before tapping lightly. Getting no answer she tapped again but got the same result. Turning the handle, she opened the door slightly. She saw a dresser in the far left corner and another door-- to what she guessed was the bathroom, that stood open. Pushing further, she looked around to find an empty bed--which was previously occupied due to the ruffled sheets, as she paced silently.
Hearing the sounds of water runnging rapidly she realized the shower was on, but as soon as she realized that, it shut off and she could hear the distinct padding of feet. She was startled to find a very wet Nathan preceed out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist with droplets of water pooling from his hair, splashing onto his chest before making a path down his hardened abs to dip into his belly button. She inhaled sharply at the sensations she felt running through her own body at seeing him like this and her resolve was steadily breaking.
He halted in his steps upon seeing her and she watched as his face softened then turned cold in an instance.
"What are you doing here?"
Haley stuttered not knowing what to say.
"W-Well, I just th-thought that maybe we could t-talk."
Shaking his head in disgust, Nathan walked to his dresser pulling out an all white shirt and some shorts.
"Now you want to talk. Just great."
"Nathan please, I'm sorry about before when I pushed you away just please let me explain."
"Explain what Haley? How you managed to to stomp on my heart when it was already crumbling!?", he yelled now facing her. She shook her head and turned around, tears slowly leaking from her eyes. At seeing this, Nathan instantely softened. He proceeded toward the bathroom, shutting the door slightly to slip on his clothes as he again appeared from the bathroom and made his way over to a sobbing Haley. He lightly placed his hands on her shoulder causing her to tense and cower from his touch and he immediately felt guilty about being so mean to her. Lucas was right, he was hurting himself just as much as Haley.
"Hey, it's okay Hales, please calm down I'll listen, I promise."
Turning to face him she shook her head.
"I don't want you to talk to me just because you want me to shut up."
Touching her face lovingly, Nathan sighed.
"I want to listen, I do... I'm just angry and confused."
"Then let me explain Nathan. I never meant to push you away, that night I-I was hurt and angry at my self and I was so scared Nathan that I didn't know what to do", Haley spoke softly, tears still falling from her broken eyes.
"But why did you push me away? If you didn't love me why didn't you tell me?"
"No Nathan it's not like that", Haley shook her head ferociously.
"I do still love you, I lied because Nathan I lost our child and I thought you would be mad and hate me."
"Haley", Nathan said with a soft expression and a tender look in his eyes.
"I could never hate you, never... I was upset to tell you the truth, but I would never hate you."
Haley sobbed as the words left his mouth and she fell into his chest. She wasn't just sobbing at the sadness of the situation she was sobbing for lying to him yet again and not being able to tell the truth. Hours later, Haley was lying on Nathan's bed, her head laying on his chest, as her tears had finally come to a stop and she was now calmy staring into the darkened room.
Getting up slowly Nathan laid her head on his pillow as he went for the door, but just as he was about to reach it, Haley's voice stopped him.
"Nathan, can I stay with you tonight?"
Looking back towards the tiny girl, he gave a small smile before shutting the door.
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There you go read and review! A happy ending for now, but theres still alot more to come for Naley as there journey into one another's heart is still far from being over...