So I've decided to start this fanfic that has to do with episode 2.20 of One Tree Hill. That's the one where Nathan is in a coma after his racing accident and has a dream where Dan married Karen. At the end of the episode Nathan wakes up and tells Haley he doesn't want her to come home. Well this story is about what if Nathan hadn't woken up then? What would the reactions of those who care about him be? And what would happen in the dream world?

Alright so in honor of today being the day when Soapnet aired 220 I have decided to publish the final chapter of The Dreamer's Life. (Though I'm going to post an epilogue, so I guess it doesn't really count) Anyway thanks to everyone who ahs read and reviewed my story, it truly kept me writing it.

Please enjoy and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or any of its characters and such. If I did James Lafferty would've cut his hair sooner (He cut it, yay!!!)

Side Note: The Bold Face is reality with Nathan in a coma, Regular Type is the dream world, and italics are the thoughts.

Waking up is hard to do

The familiar view of Deb's Den and Haley started to disappear, then other unfamiliar things started to appear. All of a sudden Nathan felt a dull pain throughout his body, mainly on one of his knees. He also felt a weight on his chest. Nathan opened his eyes and saw Haley laying there, stirring.

"No..No..NO! Take me back!" Nathan began to say, a desperate edge to his voice.

"Nathan, I love you…please come home," Haley muttered in her sleep.

"You're lying," Nathan wheezed, his throat ached, he needed water, "You love the tour….and Chris," Dry coughing racked Nathan's aching body.

Haley woke up due to the vibrations of Nathan's coughing fit, "Nathan!? You're awake!!!"

Haley grabbed the glass of water on his bedside and let Nathan drink from it. When he finished he looked at her with pleading eyes, "Please let me go back. Let me go back to the world where Dan married Karen, where my mom is happy, where you're tone deaf and you hate Chris Keller, where you're my best friend….The world where you and I just got together… Let me go back! Please let me go back," He was begging now.

Haley felt immense pain, she felt pain at having hurt Nathan so badly, at having lost his trust. She felt pain that because of her, Nathan's perfect world was somewhere where she couldn't sing, somewhere that she couldn't leave him for a stupid tour. She felt pain that she was the reason Nathan had to even wish for an alternate reality. She felt pain that she couldn't do anything to ease the torture he was going through.

"Nathan, I'm sorry. I'm back now, and I'm not going to leave you again. I'm not going to hurt you again."

"Haley no more lies, please. Lying was what made all our troubles start, please just stop the lies."
"Nathan I'm not lying, I love you,"

Nathan closed his eyes, his Haley was finally home, but after all she put him through how could she be telling the truth now?

As Nathan lay there, thinking, a voice rang through his mind in the sound of Chris Keller, You're a pathetic whipped loser! Haley leaves you and you decide to try to kill yourself, HA! Are you actually starting to believe that Haley loves you? Haley loves me, after all she did kiss me and then go on tour with me for months….what do you think we did during all that time we had alone together?

Nathan hated it, but he felt the tears begin to form. He kept his eyes tightly shut, he would never let Haley see the pain she caused him. He didn't know why, just that he had decided this. As Nathan went over Chris' words again and again another voice rang through his head, this one had the most beautiful sound Nathan had ever heard. It was the voice of his one true love, Haley James, Chris is wrong Nathan, I love you. I love you more than anything, it's true I made mistakes, but I'm back. Nathan, we belong together. Even if Dan had married Karen and our world was upside down, we would've found our way to each other. Even if we had been born on opposite sides of the universe, Nathan Scott I would've found you. We're soul mates and I'll always love you, no matter what. At that second the Haley on top of Nathan, the real Haley, kissed Nathan, the only way she knew to communicate her love for him just then.

She kissed him with everything she had. This kiss had desperation, passion, fear, assertiveness, and most of all it had love in it. In that one simple kiss Nathan felt more alive than he had in months.

When it ended Nathan said nothing, nor did Haley. Words were not needed for these two, their love, torn as it may have been, was palpable. They fell asleep together in one crammed hospital bed.

Nathan awoke to see his beloved still on top of him, sleeping peacefully on his chest. She came back, Haley came back and she's still here! Nathan smiled and stroked her hair, loving the feel of it on his hands.

"You're awake!" Lucas had walked into the room to see Nathan stroking Haley's hair.

"I'm awake," he croaked.

Lucas smiled broadly, but then his smile faltered. "Nate, before she wakes up, can you answer me something?" Nathan nodded, he knew what was coming, "Did you hit the wall on purpose?"

Nathan remembered those last seconds, Haley had flashed through his mind and the pain had come harder than it had in a long time. He honestly didn't know if he had done it on purpose, what he did know was that it didn't really matter, because in the end Haley was the one who had saved him. She was the one who persuaded him to come back to reality, so he and Haley could have another chance.

"What? And chance missing this? No way man." He smiled at Haley's sleeping face, he had realized in his dream reality just how much he loved Haley and that he would follow her if she went back on tour, he would stay with her if she decided to come back home, but he would never just let her walk away again.

Author's Note Thingy: So I just think you should know that this ending is thanks to analy222 and HJS-NS-23, thanks for convincing me to go with a happy ending :). I hope you guys enjoyed this, thanks for reading and please review!!! (and watch out for the epilogue)

Thanks again!

-EpicNaleyLoVe11