Chapter 7

Nathan sat at the bar, gulping down drink after drink. Lucas had gone up to him after his second drink.

"Don't do this man, don't drink away the pain," Lucas told him.

"I don't get it Luke, I kiss her and tell her that I love you and she walks out on me? She tells me that she'll sign the divorce papers? What the hell man?" Nathan said as he downed his third shot.

"Nate don't you see. She's doing it cause she loves you!" Lucas shouted.

"Loves me enough to divorce me?" Nathan asked coldly.

"God Nathan! She's agreeing to the divorce because she thinks that's what you want. She loves you enough to let you go so that she can see you be happy. Nate no offence man but ever since the day she came back you haven't given her the time of day, you've served her with divorce papers and have always been so cold towards her. When someone serves you with divorce papers and tells you to move on, that doesn't really mean that they love you unless you're Dan Scott and you have a weird way of showing your love. Is that it Nate? Are the next Dan Scott? Who shows they're love by hurting the ones they love?" Lucas asked his brother.

"Of course not, I love Haley more then anything or anyone, I just…God! I'm scared okay? I'm scared that things will get messed and I'll get hurt again." Nathan confessed as he put his head down trying to hide the fear from his brother.

"Nathan she left money, fame all for you and she's been fighting harder then ever to get you back. There comes a time where a person can only give out there heart so much until it's crushed so much where there's nothing left to give. She's just as worried as you are Nate, she didn't want to hurt you and she doesn't want to get hurt anymore. You two have a lot of talking to do without brining up the past. No more throwing Chris or the tour or the accident in her face, just drop it and be done with it. Tell her that you love her, tell that you need her, go show her, go be with her! Do it before it's too late and you regret it for the rest of your life."

Nathan looked at his brother, for once Lucas was actually making sense.

Nathan paid the bartender for the drink and quickly took out his car keys. "I don't think so buddy," Lucas told him. "I'm driving you there."

Nathan was about to argue but he didn't bother. He was more focused on getting to Haley then anything else.

Brooke watched as the boys walked quickly towards her. Lucas smiled at her which signaled that they were going to Haley. Brooke grabbed her purse, excused herself from the crowd and quickly followed behind the boys.

As they rolled up to the apartment that the girls shared Brooke noticed the darkness. "I think she's asleep," Brooke said disappointed.

Nathan looked at her, "Not for long!"

He ran over to the side of the building and took some rocks into his hand and began to throw them at the window.

Haley tossed as she heard the noise; she got up and rubbed her eyes that were still puffy and swollen from the crying. She got up and turned the lamp on.

"Oh, the light is on! She heard it! Let's just hope she comes outside," cried out Brooke in excitement.

Haley slipped her fluffy slippers on her feet and dragged herself into the living room area. She looked around, adjusting her vision to the light. There was no sign of Brooke.

"Throw more Nathan!" Brooke shouted.

He did as he was told. Nathan began throwing more rocks at the balcony window.

"Come on Haley," whispered Brooke.

Haley heard the noise again. "What the hell?" she said as she slid open the curtains and opened the door of the balcony. She walked outside, gasping at the sudden coolness of the air. She walked towards the railing but nearly got hit in the face with a rock. She had ducked just in time. "Hey you could have killed someone with-" she began to say until she noticed Nathan throwing rocks at the window.

"Nathan?" she asked shocked.

"Haley I need you to hear me out!" he shouted.

"Nathan please…" Haley began to say but was interrupted by the loud noise of thunder. She looked up as rain drops began to fall down.

"Oh how romantic, this is so Naley," Brooke squealed as Lucas chuckled.

"No Haley, you're going to now how I feel and how I've been feeling because if I don't I might regret this and I don't know if I can live my life without you."

The rain began to pour down hard but nothing was going to stop Nathan. "Listen Haley, I know I've been a complete ass to you since you've been back but the truth is that I'm scared. I'm scared of getting hurt again. I'm scared that I'm not enough for you. I love you, I love you more then anything in this world, I've never stopped. I'm so sorry for putting you through this all and I'm sorry about the divorce papers. The truth is, thinking about life without you in it just makes me crazy. I want you in my life, I want you to be my wife and I want us to be together again and start fresh. We've had great time together Haley and I know that we can have more. I asked you to marry me because I want to spend my life with you; I still want that more then anything. Please Hales, just meet me half way here, let's start over and forget about the past and think about the future. Just you, me and our life together. That's all that matters, just the two of us. So what do you say?" the soaked hottie asked as he squinted his eyes to meet the eyes of his love.

Haley wiped the tear from her eyes. "I'm sorry Nathan," she told him as she turned away and went back into the apartment.

Nathan put his head down, letting the tears burn his eyes. He couldn't believe it, it was actually done between them and this time it was his entire fault.