Okay here are the next chapter. A big thanks to foreverlove23 who read this chapter beta!!!!
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Chapter 3

It became night sooner than Haley expected and she was a few minutes away from her show. She spent the whole day at Karen's, because it was the place she felt most comfortable.

After school Lucas and Peyton joined them and asked Haley what was wrong with her? She said she was all right, but actually it wasn't true. Haley searched for Nathan and found him at a bar, but he wasn't alone. This new girl from her English class was with him and looked at Nathan in a strange way. It was a look Haley already knew. Many girls gazed at Nathan in that way; it was the way any girl looked at him when she was attracted to him. Haley noticed some strange feelings inside her and knew she felt jealous. She walked to the two and shoved herself between them and gave Nathan a long kiss. After she finished kissing Nathan, she looked at him.

"Wow. It looks like you feel better," Nathan declared a bit out of breath.

Rachel made some noise and Haley turned around to look into her face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice you. I'm Haley, Nathan's wife, and who are you?" Haley asked dashing.

"Hi, my name is Rachel I'm new at Tree Hill. It's nice to meet you. I heard that you are singing tonight. I'm really anxious to hear you sing," Rachel said dishonestly.

Haley noticed the strange sound of Rachel's voice. Haley didn't know Rachel very well, but she had developed a huge dislike for Rachel already.

"Tutor girl! Are you ready for your big appearance on stage?" a familiar voice brought Haley back out of her thoughts and she turned around.

"Brooke I told you don't call me Tutorgirl!" Haley spoke to Brooke a bit angry.

"I know, but for me you will always be my sweet, little Tutor girl!" Brooke smirked.

Haley only smiled back at her friend. Haley couldn't still believe that Brooke Davis was a friend of hers. But now Brooke and Haley were really close.

"Have you already met my cousin Rachel Gattina? She moved to Tree Hill and now goes to our school," Brooke explained to Haley.

Haley gazed at Rachel, "yes we had the pleasure a few minutes ago."

Brooke only nodded and suddenly got a miserable expression. Peyton and Lucas joined the little group and Brooke turned around to Rachel.

"Come on Rachel; let's go check out who's here." Brooke only meant Rachel and pulled her away from the people whom she would never talk to again.

Haley gazed at her friend until she and Rachel were swallowed by the crowd of people. Haley could understand Brooke. And of course she was very angry with Peyton and Lucas, because they cheated on Brooke. But maybe it was better because their relationship was based of lies. It was better for her and Lucas that they had broken up. That reminded her about her own relationship, because at this moment she hadn't told Nathan that she was pregnant.

"Okay Haley, are you ready?" Peyton asked.

"I think so," Haley only said, because now she was a bit nervous, although it wasn't her first appearance on the TRIC-stage.

"So come on. We have to go to the stage," Peyton demanded.

Haley nodded and kissed Nathan for the last time before she left. "You'll do it Baby," Nathan smiled at his wife.

Haley gave one last insecure smile to her husband and to Lucas and then she disappeared with Peyton into the huge crowd. The two girls forced their way through the people dancing and stopped at the stairs that took them to the stage.

"One moment Haley. I'll announce you and then it's your turn." Haley only murmured something. The next moment Peyton wasn't standing next to Haley anymore. Peyton was now on the stage and tried to settle the audience down a bit.

"Good night folks! Hope you are ready for our life act today. I think you all know her very well. So give a warm applause for Haley James-Scott!" Peyton yelled into the micro.

Haley took one last deep breath and then she walked upstairs to the stage. The people that were standing in front of the stage were clapping and whistling. Haley gave them a shy smile.

Peyton passed her and laid her hand on Haley's shoulder and nodded at her and left the stage a second after that. Haley stepped to her keyboard and sat down on the chair. Her eyes wandered over the heads of her audience in search of the face that always gave her so much strength and that she loved so much. Finally she found Nathan's deep blue eyes and laid her whole concentration on them. Haley placed her fingers on the keys of the keyboard and began to play. Now no one else was around there, only Nathan, she would only sing for her husband.

It's October again Leaves are coming down
One more year's come and gone
And nothing changed at all
Wasn't I supposed to be someone
Who can face the things that I've been running from

Let me feel, I don't care if I breakdown
Let me fall, even if I hit the ground
And if I
Cry a little
Die a little
At least I know I lived, just a little

I've become much too good at being invincible
I'm expert at play it safe and keep it cool
But I swear this isn't who I'm meant to be
I refuse to let my life roll all over me

Let me feel, I don't care if I breakdown
Let me fall, even if I hit the ground
And if I
Cry a little
Die a little
At least I know I lived, just a little

I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody
I wanna be somebody who can face the things that I've been running
from

It's October again
Leaves are coming down
One more year's come and gone
And nothing changed at all

When Haley finished her song all of TRIC applauded and whistled again. Haley stood up and thanked the people for their feedback and looked down at them.

Brooke and Rachel were standing next to the stage and Brooke was shouting with her squealing voice,"yeah Tutor girl, you rock!"

Haley could only laugh at her friend. With a satisfying feeling she left the stage.

Peyton rushed at Haley and rubbed her back. "Well done Mrs. Scott. It was absolutely amazing."

Haley was going to reply before someone interrupted her. "That's right. Haley you were absolutely amazing." A small grown man had joined the two girls. With his hazel eyes he looked at Haley and smiled at her. Haley couldn't help herself, she has only seen this man one other time before, but she didn't exactly know who he was. "Umm, thanks. Sorry but do we know each other?" Haley asked.

The Chinese man only laughed. "Don't you remember me? My name's Jason, I work at Fire Records. I asked you, when you sang the first time at TRIC if you were interested in a Club Tour with Chris Keller? It begins this month. Why didn't you phone me? I waited for you to call for over two months."

Suddenly Haley remembered. Jason spoke to her when TRIC had the grand opening and she sang at TRIC the first time. Haley was really honored but she couldn't do that. She was only married for 4 months at this time and she wouldn't leave him, because she couldn't.

"Umm, yeah I'm really sorry about that but I can't," Haley only replied.

Peyton looked at her friend really upset. "Are you kidding me Haley? It might be your chance to get a music contract. Why won't you take this chance?"

"Listen to your friend. It's a really good chance and it's a good experience to work with Chris. Although he's a bit, well silly and arrogant and really self-centered, but he is actually a nice guy," Jason agreed with Peyton.

Haley hesitated. Of course it was a big chance for her music career, but she won't and she can't. She couldn't leave Nathan, the love of her life, for her passion and now she was pregnant with his child and that was another reason to stay at Tree Hill.

"Sorry but I can't I have my husband and I don't want to leave him for such a long time," Haley explained.

"Haley it's only about three months. Your husband will survive that. But it's your decision. You know what? I'll give you this letter with my number and the dates and you think about it, okay? But you only have until tomorrow evening because we start the tour Sunday. Okay, I really hope you change your mind. See you girls." With that Jason left the girls, but before he left he gave Haley the letter.

Haley looked down to the letter. She wouldn't call him. It was the right choice especially because she's having Nathan's baby.

Peyton ripped Haley out of her thoughts. "Are you silly? That was your chance to deepen your music skills and Nathan will understand this and hey, it's only about three months!"

"Peyton I said no! I can't anymore. Please understand this. Excuse me, I'm feeling sick again I think I'll go find Nathan and we'll go home."

Haley left a really anxious and puzzled Peyton behind her and wound herself through the crowd of people. From every person she saw she got feedback and praises that she was so good and amazing. Haley only nodded and smiled. All these people were only getting on her nerves and the only thing she wanted to do was get out of there.

She found Nathan at the bar again with Lucas and Rachel. Rachel was flirting with both of the guys. Haley's face turned angry when she saw this. It seems that one guy wasn't enough for Rachel. First she was flirting with her husband and now she was also attracted to her best friend. Now Haley was standing next to her husband and cleared her throat. A bit surprised about the appearance of his wife Nathan whirled around and looked into the angry face of his wife.

"Hey honey. You're already here?" Nathan said a bit embarrassed.

"Seems so and you two looked at her the whole time. Did look at me once when I was singing?" Haley's mood swung from annoyed to raging.

How could he dare flirt with another girl while his own wife was standing a few meters away from him? And how could Lucas dare flirt with her when he already had Peyton, the girl he had a crush on for such a long time and now he had a relationship with? Nathan noticed that Haley was angry with him, because he was speaking and laughing with a girl whom Haley seemed to dislike.

"Of course we watched you. You were amazing and I'm proud of my adorable wife that she has the voice of an angel," Nathan tried to save himself out of this situation.

"Whatever Nathan, can we go home? I have to tell you something really important." Nathan looked a bit puzzled. What was so important that she wanted to go home? "Oh okay, then let's go. Bye you two," Nathan said to Rachel and Lucas.

"Okay bye you two and Nate think of tomorrow- the big game. I hope Haley doesn't keep you awake the whole night if you know what I mean." Lucas giggled. Haley gave her best friend a punch in his rips and smiled at him.

"Bye Nathan, see you tomorrow at the game," Haley heard Rachel speaking.

If Nathan and Haley didn't leave TRIC right now, she was going to kill Rachel. Before Nathan could reply to Rachel, Haley pulled her husband along with her.

Suddenly she remembered what Lucas was saying. Tomorrow was a big basketball game and Nathan spoke of that game weeks ago. If Haley told Nathan now that she was pregnant she would confuse him and he wouldn't be able to get his head in the game. Would Nathan be totally upset and leave Haley alone with their baby? Haley dropped this thought instantly. Nathan wasn't like his father. Nathan takes care of Haley and adores her more than any other thing in the world. He wouldn't leave Haley alone with that responsibility. She decided to go to a doctor tomorrow to make sure that she was really pregnant and that she wouldn't make Nathan unnecessarily worried.

"Come on Hales! I thought you wanted to be home soon, because you want to tell me something really important." Both were already out of TRIC and on the way to their car.

"Umm, it wasn't as important as I thought. I only wanted you away from Rachel, so I said that," Haley lied.

Haley and Nathan got in the car when Nathan got a grin on his face. "Now I understand! You were jealous!" Nathan started the car and drove home.

"You got me! Yes I was jealous, but only because you gave me a reason to be. You didn't do anything to avoid those flirt attacks and I was standing right beside you."

Nathan gazed at the street and put his hand on Haley's knee. "Haley you know that I love you and I don't want any other girl besides you. You are the most beautiful, adorable, lovely and sexiest woman I have ever known, so why should I flirt with another woman?"

Haley smiled at her husband. He always found the right words to make her calm down. Nathan always let Haley feel that she was the only woman on earth and he always made her day perfect when he said such words like these. She put her hand over Nathan's and said,"I love you too."

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