Hey guys, hope you all doing well and first of all thanks for the reviews last chapter. I'm so sorry that I didn't upate earlier, but somehow I haven't much inspiration recently. So without any much words, here are the next chapter, hope you like it!
After Haley left, Nathan returned to his previous place on the couch, now staring at the ultrasound picture of his unborn child and let the words Haley said soak in. Of course he was still mad at her, but on the other hand how could he be now that he knew she was carrying his unborn son? Nathan still couldn't believe that in a few months he would be a father. When he realized that it finally hit him. How could he have sent Haley away? How could he only say, 'I have to think about that' when she said that they were going to be parents soon. "God, I'm such an idiot," Nathan insulted himself while running his hand through his raven dark hair. He had to find Haley and sincerely and honestly talk to her. It was about time they finally talked. Nathan jumped off of the couch and rushed to the door, but when he opened it he was met with the face of a person he really did not want to talk to right now.
"What do you want, dad?" Nathan sighed and turned his back to his father and he returned to the couch. He was aware of the fact, that his dad wouldn't vanished so soon. "Glad to see you too, son. I just wanted to stop by to see how you are doing. I mean tonight there are going to be a lot of college scouts, including one from Duke, at the game. Have you trained enough? Your free throws haven't really looked good recently," Dan said while he sat down in the chair next to Nathan.
Nathan only sighed. How could he think about tonight's game, when he knew that his wife was pregnant and then basically threw her out?
"Nathan? Did you hear what I said? A lot of scouts are going to be there tonight and you were totally drawn into your thoughts. What is it?" Dan urged Nathan to tell him.
Nathan stood up, upset and walked to the door. "Nothing, okay? It's nothing. Could you just leave? I'm totally fine," Nathan said while holding the door open. Dan smiled smugly and stood up. It was then when he viewed a small picture lying on the ground. He picked it up and looked at the image, but couldn't really see anything. But suddenly the name, which was written in the left corner of the image, hit him.
"So your little wife is back in town? Why haven't I seen her? And should I say congratulations or my deepest condolences?" Nathan looked at his father with a puzzled look. "What are you talking about?" Dan slowly walked to his son and threw the image that he was holding in his hand. "I mean that this little whore is trying to win you back. She is obviously trying to place this little brat on you, even though it is some guy's she messed around with on tour" Dan said.
"Haley is not a whore; she would never do that to me, okay? And it's my kid, our kid. She is not that kind of person, she isn't a deceitful, two-faced person, like you are okay? And you can leave now dad because you don't know what you are talking about." Nathan urged and pushed his father forcefully out the door. "No, Nathan you don't know what you are talking about. She ruined your life with this brat, like Karen ruined mine." "You are a miserable dad, and I will never be like you! So I'm warning you, leave Haley and me alone, I'll never be like you!" Nathan shouted and slammed the door shut. "You'll see were it takes you, Son!" This was the last statement Dan made before he took off. Again, Nathan let out a loud sigh. Never in the world would he end up like Dan and tonight he would take responsibility for his actions.
"Haley, there you are! I was searching the whole place for you. Hey, what's wrong Tutor-girl?" Brooke said to Haley, who was sitting on one of the benches outside of the gym. It was then that she noticed that her best friend was crying. Brooke sat down next to Haley and put an arm around her shoulders. "N-Nothing Brooke, really. I'm okay, it's just the hormones." Haley tried to excuse her tears and forced herself to give Brooke a small smile.
Since Nathan had literally thrown her out of the apartment, Haley had been a completely mess. She couldn't believe that all Nathan could say when she told him about him having a son was "I have to think about it." Haley slowly started to think that maybe Nathan was nothing more than a miniature version of his father. Of course she was aware that this thought was really hard for her, because she always demanded that Nathan was nothing like Dan, but their conversation made her think otherwise.
"Haley, I'm not dumb, although I'm nearly failing calculus, but that's not the point. I mean I know that it isn't 'nothing'. Is it something Nathan said to you when you talked to him?"
Haley sighed. "He said he has to think about it, when I told him about OUR son. All he could say was 'I have to think about it'! Can you believe that? And then he kicked me out." Haley said and gestured heavily. The tears slowly dried and then Haley went through another mood swing. In one moment she was such a mess and soaking in the pain and in the next moment she was in another mood, either angry or happy and then sad again. It slowly drove her crazy and she wished that her little boy would soon enter the world and not curse his mommy with these hormone boosts.
"Oh, that little insecure jerk. I so will kick his sorry ass," Brooke squealed and clenched her fists. "Brooke its okay, I think I can handle it on my own, but if I need you, I'll call you immediately," Haley said and smiled at her friend.
It was then when a group of Raven cheerleaders joined their little party and one of them was none other than Rachel. "Well, well, well, isn't it my beloved cousin and her pumpkin of a friend," Rachel said with a disgusting smile on her lips. "Oh shut up you vacuum dome. I'm surprised that you could put so many words in only one sentence," Haley fired back and stood up. Rachel only rolled her eyes and took a step towards Haley. "If I were you, I would be careful what I was talking about. But you are lucky that you're pregnant. I don't slap pregnant elephants."
Rachel slowly drove Haley over the edge. She could feel her temper starting to rise. All her anger was nearly bursting out of her and she could so slap Rachel and damage her plastic face. "I think you're lucky that I'm pregnant, otherwise…" "Hey, I think that's enough. I don't need a catfight right before one of the biggest basketball games of the year. So Ms. Davis I would really appreciate it if you could keep your girls under control," Whitey suddenly interrupted the scene.
Rachel should be thankful for this interruption, Haley thought and took a step back and breathed out heavily. "Sure Coach, I'll take care of them," Brooke said as she took a step between the two wranglers. Whitey only nodded and took off. The people who had started to watch the situation immediately looked away and continued whatever they had been doing.
"Rachel, I will only say it once more. Either you leave Haley alone or I kick you plastic ass off of the squad. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Brooke then resorted back to the two girls. "Whatever. But without me your squad is nothing. Come on girls let's get ready," Rachel said as she and the rest of the squad took off. Haley could only hear Bevin asking, "…Haley's pregnant? I thought it was her outfit that made her a bit chubbier looking."
"Are you okay? I'm sorry I didn't interrupt the two of you earlier." Brooke then apologized when everyone else had left. "No Brooke it's okay, it was just Rachel okay, don't worry. I'll be fine. Now go your squad is waiting. I want to have one last moment to myself." Haley urged and pushed Brooke softly towards the gym. "But…" Brooke started, but was shushed by Haley. Brooke waited one more minute until she finally walked off and went straight to the gym. When Brooke disappeared inside the gym, Haley sighed and sank back onto the bench.
She ran her hand through her golden waves and sighed again. Why must this day be such a mess? First Nathan totally froze her out and then this thing with Rachel, although this wasn't her biggest problem. Rachel only said big words but when it came to acting she was nothing. Although Rachel drove Haley insane, she didn't understand what she'd done to her. She never wanted to get involved in such a big "catfight", she only wanted Nathan back, that was all she wanted. But again this wish was miles away from becoming true.
"Well, well if it isn't my beautiful daughter-in-law. Oh and of course congratulations. Who's the lucky one?" A voice suddenly sounded from behind her. Haley immediately turned around and looked into the eyes of none other than Dan Scott. "What do you want Mr. Scott?" Haley asked while tearing her eyes away from the person whom she hated even more than Rachel.
"Why do you think that I want something from you? All I wanted was to congratulate you on your pregnancy. Who is the lucky one, whom you left my son for?" Dan said with fake happiness in his voice and sat down next to Haley. She immediately slide away from him. "It's Nathan's baby I would never betray him even if you don't believe me, because I love Nathan, something you'll never know," Haley stated harshly.
"Ouch, Haley, that really hurt. But let me ask you one question; if you really "love" Nathan, then why did you leave town? And don't tell me it was because of what I said, I only gave you advice and you took it. A wife who 'loves' her husband wouldn't do that to him." "And what would you know about loveable wives? I mean you'll never have one. The only wife you have is addicted to drugs and in rehab because of your dictatorship over her," Haley fired back. She wouldn't let Dan get to her like that again; no she wouldn't give him the victory.
"Be careful what you are saying! I could do so much more than you could ever imagine." After that sentence Dan stood up and threw a big brown envelope into Haley's lap. "What is this?" Haley asked and looked at the brown envelope in her lap. "Open it. It's from Nathan. It's a petition for divorce. After he heard the baby story this morning he decided it'd be the best for him. In my opinion it's the best thing he ever decided to do. So it seems that he's my son after all. I wish the two of you a nice life." After these words Dan left Haley all by herself and vanished into the gym.
Haley was still staring at the spot where Dan was standing a minute ago. She then turned to look at the envelope and what seemed like the hundredth time today, the tears started to prickle in Haley's eyes. This couldn't be real. This must be a really bad nightmare and any second she would wake up and Nathan would pull her into his strong arms and tell her that everything would be alright. But that wasn't the case. What she was holding in her hands was the reality. She opened the envelope and pulled out a white sheet of paper and Nathan's name directly jumped into her view. She pushed the paper back into the envelope and whipped away the tears. She shouldn't believe what Dan said to her, but somehow it wasn't that easy. Haley then decided to go inside to wrap her head around everything that had occurred that day.
"Oh look. Thanks for pleasuring us with your arrival!" Whitey's loud voice sounded through the boys' locker room as Nathan stepped in it.
Nathan totally lost track of the time after Dan's short visit. His thoughts were totally devoted to Haley and their baby and nothing else mattered. When he finally noticed how late it actually was he drove as fast as he could. "Sorry Coach," Nathan only said and then began to change his clothes. Whitey only nodded, though he had a grumpy expression plastered on his face. "Figures, that our 'star player' could come whenever he wants, right?" Lucas suddenly said under his breath, but loud enough so everyone could hear him.
Nathan looked up into the face of his brother. He wasn't really in the mood for another fight with him now. "Luke, just shut up, okay? There are a few things you don't know a damn about. So stick with your own stuff and we'll be fine." "Oh no, we are not fine, not since you're acting like a total jerk especially towards Haley." Lucas countered agitated.
Slowly Nathan's temper rose heavily. Lucas knew a damn about everything revolving around the two of them. He only knew what he wanted to and believed what he wanted to believe. He was so fed up with all of this. All of his friends believed what Haley said, but what was with him? Didn't his feelings mean anything?
"Boys, enough now!" Whitey's deep voice boomed throughout the locker room.
"Hey you know a damn about this! Everyone keeps telling me how horrible I am towards Haley, but nobody asks about me. I'm not the one who left, okay?!" Nathan yelled and took a step towards Lucas and he immediately did the same. "Yeah, maybe you are right, about the last point. But she is back, isn't she. And you are the one who screwed up everything and you are the one who kicked her out a few hours ago when she told you that you are a father-to-be." Lucas smiled wryly and then continued. "You know you remind me of someone I used to know. Oh yeah I know, you are exactly like Dan."
As soon as the words left Lucas' mouth Nathan's whole body froze. He felt paralyzed by the words of his brother. He knew what Dan did to Lucas and he knew exactly how he treated him. Nathan swore to himself that he would never become like his dad. Was it true? Was he really becoming more and more like Dan? This couldn't be true. Lucas didn't know what he was talking about. But the more he thought about his actions, especially towards his wife, the more he recognized some similarities between himself and Dan. But he wouldn't let this happen. He wouldn't let his dad's attitude rub off on him.
"You…" Nathan then began and stepped closer to Lucas but was then interrupted by the loud voice of Whitey. "Enough now! Either the two of you get your tempers under control, or you two idiots are going to watch the game from the bleachers. Do I make myself clear?" Nathan and Lucas didn't say anything and looked at each other with concerned looks. "I didn't hear anything!" stated Whitey. "Yeah" the two guys then said meekly. "Right. Now get your asses out of this locker room and win this game!"
The first half of the game was now over and the cheerleaders stood up to warm up the audience a bit. The audience needing cheering up because the Ravens weren't playing that well and the cause of that was mostly Nathan and Lucas. Although they said they wouldn't continue their fighting any further, it was still present in their actions.
Haley's mood wasn't so good either. She noticed the tension between the two brothers and she knew that she was the cause of it. She never wanted Lucas and Nathan to be fighting again; after all they had been doing so well together. It also didn't help that Nathan wouldn't look at her, again.
After the cheerleaders had finished their routine they returned to their previous spots. Unfortunately it happened that Rachel wasn't that far away from Haley.
"See? I told you, Nathan doesn't want to have anything to do with you anymore" Rachel said when she passed Haley and looked to Nathan, who didn't really recognize that. Haley stretched out her legs and then Rachel stumbled over her last few steps. She immediately turned around and stepped closer to Haley. "Oh you shouldn't have done that plumpy."
"Yeah, what are you going to do? Slap a pregnant girl?" Haley asked and stood up. "Hey girls, not again, okay?" Brooke suddenly stepped in. "Yeah maybe you're right Brookie. I mean, I don't want little Haley here to suffer from humiliation in front of all these people. I mean everyone here knows who would win if this 'fight' went any further."
"Don't make me smack that fake face of yours. So shut up bitch, because you don't know what you are talking about," Haley then said even louder. She didn't realize that a few people had started to watch the two girls. "Oh believe me Haley; I know exactly what I am talking about. And who do you think would help me? Brooke? Come on, do you think she would really shove herself in front of a pathetic plump girl like you? Or Lucas? Don't you think he's fed up with having to rescue you out of every situation you get yourself into? Oh yeah I know someone, your husband Nathan. Oh no wait, he doesn't even want to be your husband anymore, right? I mean he'd prefer to be with me, totally understandable don't you think?" Rachel's loud voice rumbled through the gym. A lot of people were now looking at them including most of the basketball team.
Haley felt the tears prickling in her eyes. The words that Rachel had just spoken really hurt her. She slowly started to believe what this bimbo said and she was so tired of it all. The only thing she wanted right now was to get away from everything.
"You know what? Maybe you are right. I don't know why I'm still here. My husband doesn't want me or our child and I'm only a burden to all of my friends. So take Nathan, but make sure that you don't get pregnant. And now you can have this!" Haley screamed and took her purse. She searched a few seconds before she found her birth control pills and threw them into Rachel's face. "Oh yeah, and you can have this, too because you are the wanted one." Haley continued and pulled her wedding band off and threw it at Rachel. The tears were now streaming down her face and her eyes were all red and puffy. She grabbed her stuff and rushed out of the gym. "Haley wait up," Brooke screamed, but Haley only abandoned her, because she wanted nothing more than to be left alone.
Nathan had been staring at Haley until she left. He couldn't believe that she had seriously taken her wedding ring off, in front of all these people. And what was she talking about, that he didn't want her or her son? Were his actions from earlier that harsh? He couldn't believe that he made her think such things. He had to go talk to her right now.
Nathan stood up from the bleachers and wanted to go, but a hand on his shoulder held him back. "What do you want to do?" Lucas' voice asked, but this time in a bit calmer voice than before. "What do you think? I need to talk to her; I've been the stupid ass long enough," Nathan replied.
Lucas only nodded and let his younger brother go. Before Nathan completely left the gym, he stopped one last time and smirked at Rachel. "Don't think anything dirty Rachel. I only want something back that didn't belong to you in the first place," Nathan said and held out his hand. The wide smirk that was on Rachel's face quickly vanished after she heard Nathan's words. "You'll regret this Nathan," Rachel scoffed.
"No, the only thing I'll regret is if I don't do anything, so would you mind?" Nathan clarified still holding out his hand. Rachel made a face but then gave Nathan what he wanted. He then quickly made his way out of the gym, even if this was a important game for the Ravens, his future with Haley was more important to him.