Stayed up super late just to update. How amazing am I? Haha, actually you guys are amazing. Thanks for the love. This was my favorite chapter to write, so let me know what you think!

Nathan held Haley's hand as they walked into a teen club, located a few miles from their cabins. Brooke had found out about the place from a local ad, and begged her friends to go. Nathan and Haley were reluctant at first because they didn't know if it would be sketchy or what not, but as they walked in, they were happy with the scene. There were a bunch of teens around their age, and the music was great.

Nathan immediately felt Haley dragging him to the dance floor, and he tried his best to stand still.

"Babe, I really don't like dancing." Nathan replied.

Haley turned around and gave Nathan a puppy dog face. "Please, Nathan? For me?" She asked as she rapidly batted her eyelashes.

Nathan took a deep breath, and smiled. "Fine, but only because you look really hot right now, and I have a huge crush on you." He stated.

Haley smiled satisfactorily and leaned on her tippy toes to give Nathan a long kiss. 'Thanks you're the best!"

Nathan chuckled and let Haley drag him to the dance floor, where Usher's song "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' was playing loudly through the speakers.

Nathan was awkwardly swaying back and forth and shuffling his feet, while Haley was dancing all over him.

"Dance babe!" Haley encouraged.

Nathan looked at his feet and blushed, "I don't know how."

Haley giggled, "Are you serious?"

Nathan pretended to look hurt, "Hey! Don't laugh at me!"

Haley bit her lip, and smiled, 'Okay, I'll teach you. It's easy."

"Okay." Nathan smiled.

Haley turned around so that her back was touching his chest. "Put your hands on my hips." She advised, and Nathan did what he was told.

"Now just move to the beat, and sway with me." She guided.

It took a few songs for Nathan to really get into it, but he learned to loosen up, and he really enjoyed it.

Haley grinded her hips against Nathan, and he leaned in closer to kiss her neck.

A slower song came on, and Haley turned around as she wrapped her arms around her boyfriends neck.

"See, this is easy. You're doing great." Haley complimented him.

Nathan smiled, "That's because I have the best dance partner."

Haley reciprocated with a bright smile, and a long, passionate kiss.

"Listen to the song." Haley smiled.

Nathan glanced toward the DJ and laughed. "It's our song." He said referring to the Gavin DeGraw song that was playing.

Haley looked into his eyes, and gently sang along with the lyrics.

"And when I kiss your soul, body be free..."

"Haley James, it is my Bachelorette Party, and you're moping around like a depressed puppy! Now drink up, put on a smile, or I'm kicking you out!" Brooke slurred as she took another tequila shot at the bar.

Haley managed to give Brooke a small smile, but went back to rest her head in her hands. The entire night, Haley couldn't get her mind off of Nathan. The wedding was in two days, and she still had no date. She didn't know why she lied to Nathan about bringing a date, but she didn't know what else to do. It had been three days since the dinner, and she still hasn't seen or talked to Nathan. Ever since that night, Haley couldn't stop thinking about his words. Her and Brooke managed to listen to Lucas and Nathan's conversation, and she still didn't know what to feel or think about it. She heard Nathan say that he still had feelings for her, but he wanted to get over her. So what did that mean? Haley realized she felt the same way as Nathan did; she was completely conflicted. A part of her wanted to get back together with Nathan, but she knew that it wouldn't work. She hated the awkward tension between the two of them, and she desperately wanted to work things out with him. If being friends with Nathan, was all she could get, then she would have to deal with it. Being friends with him, was a lot better than not having him in her life at all, right? For the past five years, she was never able to forget him, so pretending he didn't exist was impossible. Haley needed to get over him, but so far nothing has worked. Maybe the date would be a good idea... as soon as she could find one, preferably a guy who was tall, muscular, had dark hair, beautiful blue eyes-

Haley was stirred from her deep thoughts as she felt Brooke place a shot glass in her hands.

"Stop thinking about him, and drink!" Brooke advised.

Haley let out a small chuckle. Maybe a little alcohol was what she needed. It would heal her temporary pain. "Eh, what the hell!" Haley smiled and tilted her head back as she swallowed the alcohol. She felt the liquid burning through her esophagus, and it felt damn good. "Hit me again!' She shouted at the bartender. Tonight was Brooke's bachelorrette party, and a bunch of her friends gathered at Tric to have a good time. Haley had been in a depression for three days, so she figured that tonight- she was going to live a little.

The bartender handed Haley another shot, and Haley graciously accepted it, as she drowned back to clear drink.

"You go girl!" Brooke cheered as she watched Haley drown another shot.

Haley smiled. She was always the 'good girl'. Tonight, it felt right to loosen up, and she was going to enjoy herself.

"This is the worst Bachelor party ever." Nathan huffed as he slammed the x-box controller on the coffee table.

Lucas chuckled and grabbed another piece of pizza. "Sorry guys, Brooke had strict rules."

"Dude, it's your last free night as a man. You should be at a strip club, or getting wasted, or something." Nathan advised.

"Geez, you act like I'm dying!" Lucas chuckled.

Nathan rolled his eyes, "You practically are. Marriage is a waste. Why would you want to be with someone forever? There are millions of hot girls waiting to hook up, minus all the relationship crap."

Lucas sighed, "That's not my life style. I'm not into one night stands. I'm excited to settle down and spend the rest of my life with Brooke. I love her."

"Pussy." Nathan muttered.

Jake Jagelski laughed, "I kind of agree with Luke, Nate. I'd much rather be with someone I love for the rest of my life, then a string of meaningless one night stands."

"Easy for you to say. You've never gotten your heart broken." Nathan mumbled.

Lucas's life long friend, Mouth McFadden, patted Nathan on the back. "Hey, I feel you man. I've gotten my heartbroken a bunch of times. It sucks."

Nathan smiled sadly, "How'd you deal with it?"

Mouth shrugged, "It gets better over time."

"It's been five years." Nathan sighed deeply.

Mouth's eyes widened, "Wow, that's a long time."

"Hey, I have a question, dawg." Antwon, 'skills' Taylor, asked.

"Yeah?" Nathan answered.

"You say you never want to get married, but picture this. Your standing at the alter, and you see Haley walking down the aisle in a beautiful white dress. Would you want to get married then? " Skills asked.

Nathan's heart skipped at the thought. He had dreamed of that thought, at least a thousand times.

"Yeah. I would." Nathan answered honestly.

"Well then, there's your answer." Skills smiled.

Before Nathan could ask what he meant, he heard someone say "Okay, now this party really sucks!"

Lucas's other friend, Fergie then added "You're acting like a bunch of sissies. I bet the girls are having more fun than us."

"What number shot is this?" Peyton asked Haley who took another shot of tequila.

Haley laughed drunkenly. "I lost track after seven."

"Seven! God, Haley! That's a lot!"

Haley smiled and put her index finger over her lips, "Shh, don't tell anyone!"

"That's it Haley, you're not allowed to drink any more!" Peyton scolded.

"You're not my mom!" Haley slurred, and raised her hand to call over the bartender.

Peyton gave the bartender a stern glare, and he nodded. "I think your friend is right, lady. You're wasted."

Haley scoffed, "I'm not! I'm just a little tipsy!" She said as she fumbled off of the bar stool.

Peyton rolled her eyes, "Come on drunkie."

Haley huffed, and crossed her arms over her chest. "If you won't let me get another drink, I'll ask someone else to get one for me." She said as she stormed off.

Peyton tried to grab Haley's arm, but she was too fast, as she watched her get lost in a sea of people.

Haley knew she shouldn't drink any more but she was having too much fun to care. She saw a bunch of desperate men sitting in the corner of the bar, and figured they might be able to buy her another drink.

One of the men blew a whistle, causing Haley to blush.

"How you doing, hottie?" Another guy drawled out.

Haley bit her lip, and tried to tell herself to walk away. These guys looked like trouble, but she was drunk, and clearly wasn't in the right mind set.

"You think one of you guys want to buy be a drink?" She asked as she batted her eye lashes.

One of the guys smirked a sleazy smile, and he was starring straight at Haley's chest.

"I'll buy you a drink, if you do something for me in return." He answered.

Haley was beginning to feel uncomfortable under the mans gaze, but she wanted more liquor, so she went along with the act. "Okay." She slurred.

The man smirked and walked to the ordered Haley a Vodka on the Rocks.

"Here you go." He said as he handed Haley the glass. "My name's Joe by the way."

Haley smiled gratefully. "Thanks Joe. I'm Hales."

"Hales?" He asked with a quirked eyebrow.

Haley giggled, "Oh no that's my nickname. My real name is Haley Bob."

Joe looked at Haley like she had five heads, but he didn't care if she was crazy. He usually found that the crazy drunk girls, were better in bed. He smirked at the thought.

"Okay Hales, what do you say we get out of here?" Joe smirked.

Haley took a long chug of her beverage and looked at Joe. He was wearing a v-neck navy blue shirt, that revealed his dark chest hair, and his hair was beginning to thin. He looked to be in his late thirties.

"Where are we going?" She asked innocently.

"We should go outside and get some air."

"Okay." Haley smiled and followed Joe out through the back door.

Nathan, Lucas, and the rest of the guys at the Bachelor Party decided to head down to Tric, and party with the girls. It would be a lot better than sitting around, eating pizza, and playing x-box.

The minute Nathan walked into Tric, his eyes swept across the bar, attempting to locate Haley. He searched everywhere for her, but couldn't find her anywhere, so he just assumed she was in the bathroom.

He laughed when he saw Brooke and her friends dancing crazily on the dance floor, but he noticed Peyton, who was pregnant, standing in the corner looking around the bar frantically, so he decided to go over to her.

"Hey Peyt, everything okay?" Nathan asked.

Peyton looked up with a mixture of worry and pain in her eyes.

"Thank god you're here!" She exclaimed.

"Why what's wrong?" Nathan asked in a high pitched tone.

"Haley's missing!" She cried.

Nathan's heart sank in his chest. "Wh-what do you mean?" He asked in a panicked voice.

"I don't know where she is!" Peyton screamed as she tried to call Haley's phone, but it went straight to voicemail.

"What the hell happened?" Nathan asked with concern laced in his voice.

"She was at the bar, and she got drunk, so I told her to stop drinking, but she walked away from me, and the last time I saw her, she was near a group of creepy guys. I haven't seen her since!" She explained.

Nathan felt his fists tighten and his jaw clench. "Shit!" He muttered.

"You have to help me!" Peyton cried.

Nathan took a deep breath in attempt to calm his rapidly beating heart.

"Okay, okay, just calm down." He said as he ran his hand over his face. "Do you see any of the guys she was with?"

Peyton shook her head, "No, I don't know what they looked like, but they were bad, Nate. They were hitting on her, and she was drunk-"

Nathan felt his blood starting to boil, and he wanted to punch someone. "Dammit! We need to find her!"

Peyton ran a hand through her curly blonde hair, "Okay, I'll ask Brooke if she's seen her, you go check the back or something."

Nathan nodded, "Okay, let me know if you find her." With that, the two separated, and Nathan went out the back door to try and find Haley.

It was dark, so he looked to the right and left, but still couldn't see. He was about to go back inside when he heard a scream. Nathan's head instantly snapped to the right where he saw a large man attempting to pick up a smaller figure.

Haley screamed out in desperation as she felt Joe trying to pick her up. "Come on Haley, I'm taking you back to my place. You promised to give me something in return."

Haley tried desperately to wiggle from his tight grasp, but he was too strong. "Let go of me!" She screamed,

Joe laughed viciously, "Come on baby, you know you want me."

"I don't!" She screamed and tried to kick him, but her senses were slowly fading.

"I see you like it rough." Joe chuckled, and ran his rough hands over Haley's body.

Haley let out another scream, but Joe put his hands over her mouth. "Save the screams for the bedroom." He smirked.

In the corner of her eye, she noticed a figure running towards her. At first she thought it was her imagination, but then she heard the figure screaming.

"Let go of her!" Nathan screamed.

Joe stopped like a deer caught in headlights, and gulped. "Who the hell are you?"

Nathan had no time to think so he said the first thing that came to his mind. "I'm her boyfriend."

Haley looked up at Nathan, and smiled. She may be drunk, but she wasn't stupid. Nathan just saved her life.

"Well your girlfriend's a slut!" Joe spat.

"Don't fucking talk about her like that!" Nathan screamed as he felt his hands ball into a tight fist.

"What are you going to do about it, punk?" Joe teased bitterly.

Nathan clenched his jaw, and before he could think twice, he drew back his fist and punched the guy straight in the eye.

"Get the hell of off me!" Joe screamed as he shoved Nathan against a wall.

"Haley! Run!" Nathan cried.

Haley was speechless as she watched the men fight. She had no idea what to do. "Nathan!" She screamed, as Joe punched him in the jaw.

Nathan saw Haley's eyes, and knew she was scared, so with all the strength he could muster, he pushed Joe off of him, and ran towards Haley. In one swift motion, he picked Haley up, and threw her over his shoulder. He ran straight towards his car, and quickly placed Haley in the back seat. Nathan looked behind him, and noticed that Joe was running to the car, so he jumped in the drivers seat and sped off down the road.

"How are you doing, Hales?" Nathan asked as he twisted his neck and checked on Haley.

Haley was clutching her stomach and suddenly her face turned green.

"I think I'm gonna be si-" Before she could finish her sentence, Haley puked all over Nathan's backseat. "I;m sorry!" She coughed.

Nathan sighed, "It's fine. Are you okay? Do you want me to stop driving?"

Haley shook her head. "It's okay, is that guy still chasing us?"

Nathan took a calming breath, "No, we lost him a while ago. I'm taking you back to my hotel Haley. You can't be alone tonight."

Haley just nodded. Her inhibitions were still foggy, and she was still wasted. "You're my hero Nathan." She slurred.

Nathan took a deep breath and tried not to smile. He kept telling himself she was drunk and didn't know what she was saying. When they got back to the hotel, Nathan carried Haley over to his bed and gently laid her across it. He looked at her outfit and frowned. She was wearing a tight black dress, and he knew she shouldn;t sleep in it.

"Come on Hales, I need to get you dressed." Nathan advised. "I'm going to give you a pair of my boxers and a shirt, okay? I just need you to take off your dress."

"Are we having sex?" Haley giggled.

Nathan almost laughed, "No, you need to sleep. You're going to have a nasty hangover tomorrow."

"I want to have sex with you Nathan." Haley said bluntly.

Nathan gulped, "No Haley."

"Why not? Am I ugly?" She cried.

Nathan sat down next to Haley on the bed, "No, you're not."

"Then why don't you want to sleep with me?"

"Because you're drunk." Nathan pointed out.

"So? I still want you." She said in a groggy tone.

"Believe me Hales, I want you more than you'll ever know, but not tonight, okay? You're drunk and I don't want to take advantage of you."

"You're the sweetest guy ever." Haley slurred.

Nathan just shrugged, "I just want to make sure you're safe."

"Do you still love me? Because I still love you." Haley mumbled.

Nathan sighed, this was the first time Haley ever said those words that he had been dying to hear forever, but he knew they weren't true. He didn't want to get his hopes up.

"Hales, you're drunk. Get some sleep, okay?"

Haley giggled as she wipped her dress off, revealing her black laced bra, and matching underwear.

Nathan's mouth went dry at the sight, but he quickly shook his head and gave Haley his clothes. "Put these on." He advised.

Haley laughed and threw her hands in the air, "You do it for me."

Nathan exhaled slowly and nervously slipped Haley's arms through his white t-shirt. He laid her back on the bed, and slightly lifted her in the air so he could slip on a pair of boxers for her.

"Good night Haley." He sighed, and was about to walk away but he felt Haley grab on to his arm, so he turned back to look at her.

"Thank you." She whispered.

Nathan bit his lip, "It's no problem."

Without thinking, Haley sprang up and wrapped her arms around Nathan's neck, pulling him in for a passionate kiss. Nathan was taken back at first, but he couldn't bring himself to pull away. Haley had the softest lips. He could taste the alcohol on her breath so he snapped out of his trance. "I'm sorry. We can't do this now. You're drunk, and I don't want you to regret anything" He sighed.

Haley just simply nodded, and rolled over. "Thank you Nathan, I love you." She slurred and closed her eyes, and immediately drifted off to a deep slumber.

Haley's eyes slowly opened, revealing the bright sunlight. She let out a loud groan. It felt like there was a one thousand pound elephant sitting on her head. She was about to crawl back under her covers, when she suddenly realized she wasn't in her bed.

"Oh my god!" She screamed. "Where the hell am I?" She thought. She quickly thought back to last night, but she was too drunk to remember anything. The last thing she remembered was asking that guy Joe for a drink...

Haley's eyes widened, and she glanced at herself. She wasn't naked, which was a good sign, but she was wearing a long white t-shirt and a pair of boxers. Who's clothes are these? She thought again.

She bit her lip, and rubbed her eyes. Maybe it was just a dream? Haley wasn't the type to just go home and sleep with a random stranger. She'd only been with one guy before, and it was Nathan.

At that thought, Nathan suddenly walked out of the bathroom, with nothing but a towel around his neck, and a pair of blue basketball shorts. Haley tried her best not to stare, but it was pretty impossible. He looked like a greek god. His body was perfectly chiseled, and every muscle was defined, and the fact that he just got out of the shower, and little beads of water was dripping down his chest...

"Hey you're up." Nathan said as he noticed Haley starring at him with wide eyes.

Haley blushed, but quickly started to freak out again. "Why- what- when- how-?" She stuttered.

Nathan smiled and walked closer to Haley, "Okay, before you freak out, let me explain."

"Did we-?" She asked in a panicked tone, causing Nathan to chuckle.

"No, we didn't. Just let me explain, okay?"

Haley nodded, and watched as Nathan walked over to the small kitchen in his hotel suite, and he walked back and handed her two advils and a glass of water. "You might want to take these. It'll help with the hangover."

Haley groaned, but smiled slightly. "Thanks."

'So do you remember anything from last night?" Nathan asked with a knot in his stomach. He wasn't sure if he wanted her to remember or not.

Haley shook her head, "No."

"Okay so the reason why you're in my hotel room is because you got wasted and some creepy guy tried taking you, but I found you just in time, punched the guy, and took you home. I don't know where you live, and I know you couldn't be alone because you were really sick, and I was worried about you." Nathan explained.

Haley began to relax a little bit, and she couldn't explain the warm feeling in her chest that she got when Nathan said he saved her and was worried about her.

"So anyway, I put you on my bed, but you looked uncomfortable, so I gave you my clothes to sleep in."

Haley bit her lip at the question running through her mind, "How did I get dressed?"

"Oh um well you kind of flung your dress off..."

"Oh my god!' Haley shrieked with embarrassment.

Nathan laughed, "Yeah so I helped you get dressed, but don't worry. You still had on your... underwear." He said as he tried not to think about it, even though he barely slept because that image was playing back in his brain.

Haley hung her head in shame and she tried to hide her blush. "Oh god. I'm so sorry!"

Nathan smiled, "It's fine."

"What else happened?" She asked, even thought she dreaded the answer.

Nathan gulped. He figured he shouldn't tell her about the 'I love you' or the kiss.

"Um you kind of jumped me." He laughed.

Haley put her hands over her mouth. 'Oh my god! This is so embarrassing!" She uttered.

Nathan shrugged, "It's fine, you were dunk I understand, although you were pretty upset about it at the time."

Haley groaned loudly. "Ughhh!"

Nathan only smiled, "You asked if I thought you were ugly because I didn't want to sleep with you."

Haley blushed, "What did you say?"

"I said that you're definitely not ugly, and I couldn't sleep with you because you were drunk, and I would never, ever take advantage of you, or anyone else, like that." He explained truthfully.

Haley smiled widely, "Thank you."

"It's no problem."

"Where did you sleep last night?" Haley asked nervously.

Nathan pointed to the couch across from the television in the small living room.

"You slept on the couch?" Haley asked. "Nathan, you shouldn't have done that!"

Nathan shrugged, 'I didn't want to make you uncomfortable."

"Yeah, but you should have put me on it instead."

"You were drunk. I couldn't let you do that. I barely even slept though. I was worried that you would choke on your vomit or something."

Haley ran her hand across her face, "Did I puke?"

"In my car... yeah."

Haley frowned, "I'm so sorry! I'm such an idiot.."

"No it's okay. Don't worry about it."

"I feel horrible about this Nathan."

"Don't. I told you, it's really okay." He smiled.

"I never drink like that! I can't believe some guy tried taking me home! I never do that!" Haley cried.

"Yeah, Peyton was freaking out when I got to Tric. We split up, and I eventually found you screaming and punching some guy."

Haley's eyes widened at the mention of Peyton, 'Oh my god! Peyton! They must be freaking out-"

Nathan placed a calming hand on Haley's shoulder, and tried to deny the sparks he felt at the contact. "It's okay, I already called her last night and explained everything. She's not worried anymore,but you should probably call her and tell her your okay."

Haley looked at her hands shyly, "Did anything else happen?"

Nathan felt his heart start to race at the memory of the kiss, and her revelation. "No." He lied.

Haley looked into Nathan's eyes, and could instantly tell there was something he wasn't telling her.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

Nathan looked away from her deep brown eyes, and sighed. He knew he should tell her about the kiss, because it was better to tell the truth. There was no way he would tell her that she said she loved him though. That was a can of worms that he did not want to open. Besides... it's not like she would remember. Right?

"Umm.." He stuttered, "Listen... don't freak out, but you kind of kissed me last night."

Haley's stomach twisted in a tight knot, and she blushed profusely. She then buried her face in her pillow and groaned. "Nathan- I'm so sorry!" She began.

Nathan just shook his head and smiled. "Haley, it didn't bother me. Don't worry about it okay? I'm not going to lie though, I kind of kissed you back for like a second, but I knew it was wrong so I pulled away, and then you basically passed out."

Haley blushed as she desperately tried to remember last night, but it was a complete haze.

"Are you mad?" Nathan asked shyly.

Haley smiled and pulled Nathan in for an unexpected hug. "No. I'm so happy that you saved me. I don't know what I would do with out you, Nathan."

Nathan felt his heart beating through his chest, and he swallowed the lump in his throat.

Haley pulled away from the tight hug, and looked into his warm blue eyes. "Thank you so much. I wish I could remember what happened last night, but all I know is that you saved me and you're amazing."

Nathan blushed slightly. "It's no problem. I was glad to help."

Haley dragged her lip through her teeth, and smiled shyly. "I'm sorry again."

"It's okay."

"I really can't thank you enough! You're an amazing friend." Haley exclaimed.

Nathan sighed, as he tried to ignore the aching in his heart. "That's what friends are for, right?" He said in his best 'happy' voice he could muster.

Haley's heart shattered. She wished Nathan would have said he cared about her more than a friend, but she knew that ship had sailed a long time ago. So instead of showing him how she really felt, she just put on a fake smile, and nodded. She was getting good at the whole 'fake happiness' kind of thing. After all, she has been doing it for five years.

AHHHH! I hate to toot my own horn, but this chapter is one of my best work! (Considering I was up late writing)

Thoughts? What do you want or think will happen next?

Tune in in 2 weeks to find out!

*title was a lyric from Luke Bryan's song 'Drunk On You'

I thought it fit perfectly