The phone rang and Haley answered, "hello."

"Hey Hales," Nathan said. "Look…um, Tim took forever at the gym so I just got back and I need to shower and dress still," he paused. "I'm sorry. Do you want to just meet me here?"

"Yeah Nathan, that's fine don't worry about it," she said as Tim walked in the house, she scowled at him, "I'll be over in a bit," she said and hung up.

"I'm sorry," Tim said with a suspicious grin figuring it was Nathan she had been talking to. Haley just rolled her eyes and went upstairs to finish getting ready. She double checked with Brooke to make sure she was still ok with babysitting.

Haley arrived at Nathan's and rang the bell. Deb answered, "he's still in the shower," she said to Haley, "come in." Haley stepped into the house and Deb continued to talk as she made her way to the kitchen, "so how've you been?"

Haley was a little taken aback; Deb was being so polite to her. "Good," she answered following her into the kitchen not wanting to be rude.

"That boy of yours is amazing and so cute," Deb said. "He looks just like Nathan at that age," she paused Haley quickly thanked her. Deb started walking toward Haley, "speaking of Nathan," she said raising a finger in Haley's face getting closer backing her into the fridge, "if this is just a game to you; if you're just gonna leave again and hurt him, I will hurt you," she said, Haley froze. Then Deb put her arms around Haley, which took her breath away, "and if he hurts you I'll make his life hell," she paused and Haley relaxed and hugged her back. They released and Deb said, "you guys are good for each other make it work. I haven't seen him this happy in a long time."

Haley found herself saying, "I haven't been this happy in a long time."

Nathan walked in, "what's going on in here," he asked with a smile.

"We were just getting reacquainted," Deb answered.

"You ready," Nathan asked Haley. She nodded and took his hand as they headed to the door which he opened for her along with the car door.

When he got in and started to drive she asked, "where are we going?"

"You'll see," he said to her. Then they talked about their days and Keith. Finally they arrived.

"The high school," Haley said sounding confused.

"Yeah," Nathan said getting out and coming around to open her door, "come on," he said as he reached out his hand. She took it and let him lead the way.

They walked around to the back of the school where the football field was. "I know we did this once before but the other night was a copy cat date and we had fun so I figured why not. This will be a little different anyway," he said grinning.

The lights were still on and in the middle of the field Haley could see a blanket with a picnic set up. They walked out to it and he bent down and grabbed a bouquet of flowers, "these are for you," he said handing them to her. They both sat down and he took a lighter and lit a few candles. Once he lit the last candle the stadium lights went out. The surprises kept coming. Light jazz started playing softly over the stadium speakers.

"Nathan how did yo—."

He interrupted her, "I'm a Raven's legend remember?" They both laughed. Dinner was finger foods, easy, good on the breath, and not sticky. When dinner was over the music changed to soft, slow, love songs. Nathan asked her to dance. The song was "I wanna love you forever" by Jessica Simpson. Nathan looked down at Haley, "you know I wanna love you forever," he said looking into her eyes. Then he leaned in close and whispered in her ear, "always and forever." She kissed him just as the sprinklers came on and they continued to kiss.

They had been out longer than they thought it was about 8pm when they had left his house and it was about 10:30pm when they got back to the car. When they got to his house he said, "let me run in and get some towels so you don't get your car all wet."

She followed him as they got to the door she stopped him, "Nathan."

He turned around to look at her, "I love you," she said touching his chest, she felt something hard. She gave him a questioning look. He was still staring at her in shock but he reached for the chain around his neck. He pulled the chain out and she saw both their wedding bands.

Haley's mind flashed to a night in their past. They weren't exactly together. In fact Haley was starting to think divorce was eminent because she thought Chris had kissed her the night of the masquerade party. Nathan had called her over to tell her that her song was good. Then he told her Deb had left town and Dan had become mayor and there was a time he thought he'd go through all of this alone but then she came along. She asked him about the kiss and he said it was him. When he kissed her again she knew he lied but she told him she loved him for it. He asked her to stay the night and they started to make love. When he took off his shirt she saw his wedding band and she knew he hadn't given up on them.
She felt that way again in this moment. Nathan started to explain, "I could nev—," Haley threw her arms around him and started kissing him passionately. Nathan reached for the door knob behind him. They made their way into the house and stumbled up the stairs continuing to kiss. They went into his room and Haley started untucking his shirt. Nathan pulled back, "are you sure," he asked her. She nodded and he pulled off his shirt went for hers and started kissing her again. Clothes went off in all directions as their bodies fell to the bed.