~Hey guys, so I know I just posted last night, and this is coming out way sooner than anyone would have thought. But today has been a tough day for me, I lost my best friend 2 years ago today. He always was my rock, my best friend, my Lucas to his Haley. So I wrote this chapter tonight in honor of him and everything he has ever done for me. Just as a warning, its not the longest chapter and it doesn't have a whole lot of Naley in it, but there is some. It is mainly a little snippet of the Lucas/Haley friendship. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I did to write it. I needed to do something today for him and this seemed like just the way to do so.~

Chapter 6- Somewhere Only We Know

It was now mid-day on Sunday, their group had all met up at Tric the night before and danced and drank and had as much fun as they could. Luckily for Nathan and Haley, dancing close was normal at the club and didn't get questioned every time they would be almost too close on the dance floor. Drinks were served, dances were taken, games were played, and fun was had.

They had all slept in till almost noon and had agreed to meet up at the café around 1PM so that they could all have a big homemade breakfast and hopefully lose the crappy feelings they all woke up to. After meeting up and eating that morning, they had all gone their separate ways. Nathan to go visit Dan who was hounding him to come see him since he moved out. Peyton and Jake to Peyton's house to go see her dad who was back in town for about a week. Brooke had gone home, well Haley and Jake's house since being at her own was like witnessing war between her feuding parents, to draw some more clothing designs. And Lucas and Haley had gone to their spot, just like they did almost every Sunday afternoon.

There they were, perched up on the roof of the café and just watching over their little hometown. Around them was a mini golf course that they had built all on their own over the past few years. Everyone knew that they would go up to the roof every so often but none of them had any idea how much time those two actually spent up there together or that they had created their own hide away equipped with their own personal golf course on top. Well, Karen knew, but they had no choice but to tell her, it was her café, but she kept their secret well and never let anyone up there but them.

Haley and Lucas had been the best of friends since either of them can remember. It was always the two of them against the world. Brooke, Peyton, Nathan, and Jake were all considered best friends as well to the two of them, but there was always a different bond between Lucas and Haley. They had connected through books, through school, teasing Nathan as kids, and going off in their own little imaginary worlds together where no one could get in to.

Today had been a day just like every other Sunday, except today Haley had something weighing on her mind that was eating away at her to tell her best friend. She hated keeping secrets in general, but keeping something from your best friend was way worse to Haley. As much as she loved Nathan and being with him, and their little game to trick their friends, Haley was having a hard time not talking to Lucas about everything that was going through her mind.

As they sat up on the roof in silence, just enjoying being in each other's company, Haley finally had to speak up.

"Luke, I have to tell you something. And with the fact that you are my best friend, I feel I need to be honest with you for the sake of full friendship disclosure." She said as she took a deep breath and turned to face him.

"Ohhh Kay…" he said with a bit of reserve, not knowing where this was going at all.

"I know this is going to come as a surprise to you, it did to me too, but like you always say, you can't help who you like…" she looked down, trying to get the nerve to say more.

Lucas began to grow a bit worried, he didn't like what he was hearing and she had barely said anything at all yet.

"Haley, what is it? You can tell me."

She looked back up into his eyes, "I have been seeing someone Luke, and it is someone that I don't think you will agree with me to be with or anything of the sort. But I do really like him and I am being careful." So she wasn't completely honest, she didn't give him a name, but it was the best she could do with being honest with her best friend and still keeping up game with Nathan, which she was finding to be far too much fun.

Lucas took a deep breath and turned his head back out to look at the town as he processed her words.

Haley took a deep breath as well, trying to figure out what was going on in Lucas's head. He hadn't said anything and she needed him to. After about two minutes of silence, just as she was about to speak again, he turned back to her.

He studied her worried expression for another minute before he finally spoke.

"Can I ask who it is…?" He asked hesitantly.

She shook her head no at his question.

He let out an, almost frustrated, sigh. He didn't think he would get a name out of her, not by the way she explained their relationship.

"Are you happy, Hales?" he asked her as he looked back up at her to meet her eyes.

This time she nodded and smiled. By the way she smiled, he knew he was being honest with him. Haley was almost always an open book to him, rather by the words she said or the expressions written all over her face or in her eyes. Lucas knew her better than almost anyone in the world.

He took another moment before he spoke again, this time with his broody little half smile he does, "As long as you are happy, Haley, that's all I care about."

She smiled wide at him and leaned forward, engulfing her best friend in a bone crushing hug. One of which he returned happily.

Once they pulled away, he put on a serious expression and said in a very stern tone, "If this guy, whoever he is, ever hurts you, you better tell me because I will kick his ass into next Tuesday. You understand me, Hales?"

She smiled at him and took his hand gently in hers and gave it a squeeze, "I will, Lucas. I promise."

He squeezed her hand back and smiled at her.

"Can you at least tell me about him, without naming names?" He asked her, actually very curious about a guy who no one seemed to know about yet.

She laughed and nodded, "He is very handsome. He is upper sweet yet he doesn't let many people see that side of him. He will do anything for the people he loves and protect them no matter what. He knows how to make me smile and make me feel like I am the only girl in the world when we are together. He calls me beautiful and makes sure I know I am, all the time."

She told all of this to Luke, just letting it all out, happy to be able to talk to her best friend about Nathan without Lucas actually knowing it was Nathan they were discussing. She hoped that maybe talking him up like this would help them out once they finally did let the truth be known to their friends. It wasn't much to tell but her last statement would happen to be the one thing that he picked up on the most and the one thing that would stick in his mind, he just didn't know it yet.

"Hales, you are beautiful. You always have been and you get even more beautiful as we grow up." He smiled at her, complimenting his best friend.

She smiled at him, greatful. "Thanks Luke, but you don't have to say that stuff to me. It probably makes you feel a bit awkward." She laughed at the face he made at her and then he laughed too.

"I love you, Hales. No matter what, it's you and me against the world, best friends through thick and thin." He said as he nudged her playfully with a genuine smile on his face.

"I love you too, Luke, you really are my best friend. I wouldn't know what to do without you." She grinned at him.

She stood up then and walked over to the wall and grabbed two putters, "What do you say to one game before the sun goes down?" She said with smirk.

"Sounds good, Hales. Just be ready to lose!" He said with a joking smile as he took one of the putters from her.

"HA! Yeah, like that could ever happen!" She said with a sarcastic laugh and made her way over to the first hole, setting her ball down and swinging her putter making a hole-in-one.

He smirked that Scott smirk he and his brother had and went up next to her shaking his head, "And so it begins!" He said as he set his ball down getting ready to swing.

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Later that night when Haley had finally gotten home after her evening with Lucas, she had gone straight up to her room, to shower and get ready for bed so she could be well rested for school the next day.

When she walked into her room she nearly jumped out of her skin. The last thing she had expected to see when she entered her room was Nathan, passed out on her bed.

"Ahhh!" She yelled at the shock of seeing him on her bed.

"What? What is it?!" He said as he shot up from her bed at her almost scream, looking around to see if there was a problem.

She quickly put her hand over her rapidly beating heart and her other hand to put a finger to her lips and shushing him.

Just as she did that, Jake came running out of his room kiddy-corner to hers.

"What is it, Hales? Everything ok?" He asked, worried something had happened to her when he heard her slight scream.

She stepped out of her room almost closing the door.

"Yeah, everything is fine. Sorry you had to run out here Jakey. I just saw a really big spider as soon as I turned on my light and it spooked me. I killed it, don't worry." She rushed the words out, hoping it wasn't obvious she had just lied to his face.

He took a deep breath of relief. "Oh good, don't scare me like that again, Hales. I almost came out here with my bat."

She laughed at him and patted his shoulder, "I promise I won't scream again unless I'm being attacked or can't kill the bug myself next time, make it worth your while." She winked at him and laughed. "Now I'm off to shower, you might want to go away now."

"Ew, yeah, I'm going back to bed. Night Haley-bob." He smiled at her and kissed her cheek goodnight giving her a small hug.

"Goodnight night Jakey." She returned his hug and then went back into her room closing the door tight and locking it.

When she turned back around she noticed Nathan was completely passed out again. She decided not to bother him yet and just take her shower as she intended to.

After her long, relaxing shower, she dried off and put on some short black cotton Ravens cheer shorts and a spaghetti strap tank top before throwing her hair up in a messy and damp bun. She exited her bathroom to see Nathan still crashed on her bed, in the same position as when she came back in almost 45 minutes prior.

She made her way over towards him and softly said his name, "Nathan, babe wake up. You have to move." When he didn't move she tried another way and just pushed him. The hard push causing him to groan and slowly open his eyes. "There you are, Sleeping Beauty." She teased him as she sat up.

"What time is it?" He asked in a groggy groaning voice.

She almost laughed at his voice, it was sexy that was for sure. "It's 9:47, babe. How long have you been here?"

He groaned again and took a deep breath. "Since about 7:20… Dan pissed me off on our run so I sprinted ahead taking a detour to lose him and then ran straight here. I saw you were still gone so I just came up here and fell asleep, my body is so tired and sore, Hales. He is such an ass…" He trailed off, she knew he was talking about Dan and knew when not to push him.

She felt bad for him, she has always seen how hard Dan pushed Nathan but now that Dan and Karen had officially gotten their divorce and Dan was forced to move out of the house, Dan was being that much harder on Nathan with basketball and training. She could see it every day, but looking at him now, she knew Dan had hit a new low and she hated seeing how tired and upset Nathan looked right now as he sat on her bed, elbows on his knees and head in his hands.

"Well, let's get you out of those clothes and get some sleep, what do you say?" She said as she went to stand in front of him as he pulled his head from his hands and placed them on her hips as he looked up tiredly into her eyes.

"You're not going to tell me go home?" He asked her with hesitance.

"No babe," She said as she took his face gently in her hands, looking down into his beautiful blue eyes. "You are not going anywhere but under those sheets, right next to me tonight." She leaned down and kissed his lips softly and rested her forehead against hers. "Let's get some sleep."

He smiled up at her and pulled back from her as he stood up and moved to take his shirt off and his shoes and socks. He then watched her pull her sheets back on both sides before sliding in them. He joined her a few seconds later and she reached over on her night stand and turned off the light. Next thing she knew he was pulling her against him and holding her close, cuddling up to her like it was the only way for him to breath. She didn't mind, being this close to Nathan made her giddy. It was a feeling she knew she could get used to and fast if she didn't watch her heart.

In that moment, he had known she was special and important to him, but her sincerity right now with him, made him fall in love with her. He had known he loved her, but never let himself believe it. But in this exact moment, he knew it was all too true and he was a goner. Nathan Scott was in love with Haley James and probably always would be.

He softly kissed the side of her neck as they said goodnight and drifted away. They lay there wrapped up in each other and fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. Both were more content and happy with one another than either had even been in their lives. All they needed was each other and they knew they could get through anything. As long as they were together, nothing else mattered.

~ There it is guys! I hope you enjoyed it! I even cried a little bit while writing it. I appreciate all you readers, so much! Please review! Good stuff, bad stuff, I don't care, I accept it all. Just for your knowledge, the title is in reference to the song, Somewhere Only We Know by Keane, it was the song me and my best friend used to have as ours and I think with the friendship between Lucas/ Haley, it seemed appropriate. I hope you liked the Naley- light chapter. Thank you all for reading! Love, Dee!~