Chapter Nineteen
Nathan ran down the street after Haley, he lost her after she ran to the right. He decided it would be easier to find her if he was cruising around in the car. He took off back toward Haley's mom's house. He found that he was intrguied about going back into her house and telling her that Haley's deserves better, but he figured it would be best to talk to Haley first.
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Haley hadn't really thought about what she was doing, when she took off. She just knew she couldn't sit in that room with the woman that called herself her mother any longer. It hurt to much to see the pain and hatred in her mother's eyes. She was starting to regret losing Nathan, her legs were starting to burn and hurt. She stopped to catch her breath and found that she had an audience. She had been spotted and now there were a line of people wanting an autograph and they're picture taken with her. Not that she really felt like turning them down was the right thing to do, she really wasn't in the mood for an autograph signing in the middle of the road.
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Nathan sped up as he criss-crossed up and down different streets trying to find her. This was the second time in two consectative days that he had lost her. He then spotted a large group of people surrounding someone or something. He knew it had to be Haley, he went up to the next street and turned right, and went straight up that road till he came to the first crosswalk. He then turned right again, he stopped right in front of the street that had a gathering of people, and spotted Haley slowly backing away from the people. He laid his hand on the horn, and she turned toward the vehicle and ran.
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"Oh, my god Nathan I'm so glad your here," she said as she climbed up into the vehicle.
"I'm just glad I found you," He said as he sped off.
He knew he wanted and needed to talk to Haley, and he couldn't wait till he got back to the hotel room. He went a ways up the road before he pulled over, and put the vehicle in park. He turned toward Haley, who still had tears in her eyes.
"I'm so sorry," Nathan said, as his eyes fell to the floorboard.
"It's not your fault Nate," Haley said, patting his hand with hers.
"No but it is, you tried to tell me, I just wouldn't listen," Nathan said, as tried to hold back tears that threaten to fall.
"Nathan, look at me," Haley said, as she pulled his head up to look at her.
"Yeah maybe you didn't listen, but that's because you thought I was making things sound worse than they really were," Haley said.
"I should have believed you, I shouldn't have put you through that," Nathan said.
"Well, what's done is done. Yeah it hurt me to see her like that, but I should have known it wasn't going to go good," Haley said.
"Yeah, well I think I still have something to say," Nathan said, as he put the car back into drive and took off for Haley's mother's house.
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It took Haley a second to figure out what exactly he meant.
"Nathan, I can't look at her again," Haley said.
"You won't have to, and you won't have to talk to her either," Nathan said, as he placed his hand gently on top of her's.
"How," Haley asked.
"Because all I'm going to do is go in, say my peace and then we will leave," Nathan said, as he turned down her mother's street.
"What are you going to say," Haley asked.
"What I should have said earlier," Nathan said, as he pulled back into the driveway.
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He didn't even have to knock on the door, her mother threw the front door open and pointed her finger at Nathan.
"I told you not to bring that little bitch back," Lydia said.
"Yeah, well we'll only be a second, and your going to listen to what I have to say," Nathan said, pushing his way into the house.
He shut the door behind him, and watched as Haley sat on the couch her eyes diverted straight to the floor. He looked at Lydia looking directly at him.
"I sat here and listened to blame her for your husband's death. So now your gonna sit there, your going to listen to me, and your going to keep your damn mouth shut till I get done," Nathan said, his blood boiling, as he conutined to look at Haley.
"What if I don't want to," Lydia said.
"I don't give a damn what you want to do, your going to listen me to whether you want to or not," Nathan said.
Haley shot him a look, as if she just wanted to go home.
"You have a wonderful daughter. She is the most caring and forgiving person on the planet. She is not to blame for your husband's death, and you want to know why. Well this is why she isn't to blame. Can you honestly tell me that if she had jumped on the first flight back here, and talked to her father, that he would have lived?" he said, as he paused to hear her answer.
"No, I guess I can't," Lydia said.
"Now I'm saying that what she did was right, I'm just saying that she is not to blame for your husband's death. Now, I've been trying to help her with her problems, and trying to help her fight her past, and your blowing everything we've worked on straight to hell. She was starting to do so good, and now she's starting to become a mess again. I have to say that it is partially my fault for making her come see you, but had I known what a bitch you really were I would have thought twice about it," Nathan said.
"Well, now that your finished, I can honestly say that you or that bitch are no longer allowed in my house," she said.
Haley looked at the man in front of her, and she instantly fell in love with him again. No one had ever stood up for her like that before, and no one had ever stood up to her mom like that before either. She couldn't stop herself, she got up from the couch and slowly walked up to Nathan, put her arms around his neck and crashed her lips into his.