The perspective's shift from Nathan to Haley during the scenes! Just be aware!
I'm standing at the alter watching the perfection of my soon-to-be-wife walk down the aisle. The sight of her shocked me a bit; she was more beautiful than I expected. Her eyes began to fill with tears as she neared me, this brought tears to my eyes. In this moment she was absolutely perfect.
But suddenly her silhouette began to fade away. I squinted my eyes to make sure that what I was seeing was right; she was disappearing.
"HALEY!" I screamed desperately as she began to fade more.
"HALEY!" I whaled as I see her faint smile occupy her lips.
"You made this happen," she cried as the perfection was quickly dissipating.
"I'm sorry," I cried.
"You made this happen," she continued.
"I didn't mean for this to happen…" and I drop to my knees.
"It's too late" and poof, she's gone.
"So it starts as you two perfectly content and happy then she just starts fading?" Lucas asked the scared Nathan.
"Yeah… it felt so real"
"What do you think this means?" Lucas asked as he took a sip of his coffee.
"I don't really know, but I'm terrified something bad is going to happen"
"Look man, the wedding is in two days, everything should be fine"
"I really hope so, have you talked to Brooke recently about Peyton?"
"She says that she's not planning on anything Nate, so don't worry too much"
"I can't help it."
"Well, on a lighter note, where is the birthday girl?"
"She's having brunch with Quinn and Taylor"
"What'd you get her this year?" Lucas asked talking about her present.
I smiled at the question and walked towards a cabinet in the kitchen.
"This." I tell him happily as I hand Lucas a bracelet engraved with 'Nathan and Haley, Always and Forever'
"Nate… this is perfect" Lucas says in awe.
"You think she'll like it?"
"She'll love it, but one question."
"What?"
"Why in the kitchen cabinet…?"
"HAHA, well Haley rarely cooks nowadays… so I knew she wouldn't find it there" I laughed.
"Ahh, makes sense… and another pregunta!" Lucas exclaimed.
"Yes?"
"Are you ready for your bachelor party?"
"Do we have to have one?" I whined to Luke.
"What do you mean do we have to?! Of course we do! Let's not forget that you are only 16 and are going to be committed to Haley "always and forever"" Lucas said mockingly.
"It's just… that dream freaked me out, I just want to stay home with Haley"
"You do know that Taylor and Quinn are planning a bachelorette party for her, right?"
"What?! No, I did not know that they were! Where? What time?!" I was seriously taken by shock.
"In this house apparently."
"Well great." I said knowing I have to go through with celebrating my last day as a "single" man.
"Don't be too excited." Lucas said sarcastically.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HALEY BOB, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!" Quinn and Taylor sang in a very off tune way as the plate of eggs benedict comes to the table.
The waiter is just laughing as he sets down the plate with the olives arranged "HB HB!"
"Why two?" I asked my crazy sisters.
""Happy Birthday Haley Bob!" duh little sister!" Taylor teased.
"And you're supposedly rank 1 in your class." Quinn added.
"Whatever, thanks for the extra olives." I retorted.
"Well, aren't you excited for the party today?"
"Party?" I asked confused as I begin to break the yolk to my poached egg.
"Your bachelorette party silly!" Quinn giggled.
"Uhh… no? Who said we were having one?"
"Me and Tay said."
"Tay and I" I corrected.
"Doesn't matter, we're having one and it's going to be the most memorable day of your life!"
"Shouldn't that spot be my wedding day?"
"Well that isn't until tomorrow so your party can have the title for 12 hours!" Taylor said enthusiastically,
I couldn't help but shake my head when talking to my sisters.
"You can't be serious…" I asked my sisters when they told me about the stripper.
"Why? Don't be a fun sucker Hales!" Taylor whined to me.
"We are having a perfectly good time without the stripper, see" I retorted as all the girls around me are laughing and having a good time.
"But this will make things even funner!"
"Oh no no no, Nathan will be furious with me!"
"He won't care Hales! And we all know that it's just you worrying about the stripper." Brooke ratted her out.
"Shush!" I said embarrassed.
"Nate is probably at some strip club with the guys right now! Live a little Hales, we only turn 17 once" Peyton said as she approached the group.
I took a long look at Peyton and smiled.
"Call the stripper"
"LUKE. Why the hell did you bring me to a strip club?!" I said as I covered my eyes.
"Don't be such a wuss, we all know you wanna see the cakes on the girl eyeing you" Tim said to me.
"What girl?" I said as I see the small, but very busty girl smile at me from the pole.
"God, she's hot…" Tim said with his mouth wide open.
I couldn't help but laugh at his reaction to the girl who freakishly resembled Haley.
"Don't you think she kind of looks like Hales?" I asked Lucas as he tried to get us some drinks with his fake ID's.
"Really Nate? We're at a strip club filled with attractive women and all you have to say is "wow she looks like Haley," you are crazy" Lucas laughed as he got comfortable in his seat.
"What can I say? I'm getting married to the love of my life" I said with truth.
"Cute." Tim blurted.
"Thanks"
"Not you, the stripper!"
'It's gettin' hot in here! So take off all yo clothes!' Blasted through the house as the firefighter began to 'entertain' us.
"I hate you guys!" I said happily to Brooke because she remembered the story I told her about having a firemen fetish.
"Oh you love us!" Brooke said as she screamed for the attractive stripper.
I shook my head as my cheeks burned from embarrassment.
"Well we're off! It's getting late and you have some beauty rest to start on" Peyton said to me.
"I'm glad you came Peyt,"
"Peyt aye? Don't think we'll be best friends soon but I'm glad I came too, Hales" she said laughing at this ridiculous conversation.
"Bye!"
She was the last of the crazy herd to leave. Quinn and Taylor were already snoring upstairs and not surprisingly I couldn't sleep until Nathan got home.
I sat inside of our bed with all of the lights off and I stared at the blank ceiling. I couldn't believe I was getting married tomorrow. Everything seemed so unreal a few months back but now, it was becoming reality. Tomorrow at 3PM, Nathan Scott will officially be my husband. Just the thought of finally being a 'Scott' made me smile wide.
I know from the time I started staring at the ceiling and the moment Nathan got home I dozed off a bit because I ended up under our blankets but I woke from the noise of the front door opening/closing.
"Hales?" I heard him say my name but I was too tired to reply.
He walked into the room slowly making sure not to be too loud.
"What time is it?" I asked him as I squinted from the light coming from outside of the room.
"It's only 1AM."
"Oh, well welcome home, come get in bed" I smiled at him as my eyes began to shut.
"Don't mind if I do" he said taking his pants and shirt off.
"How was your last day single?"
"Strange… and you?"
"Eventful" I chuckled.
"See any strippers?" he teased.
"Yes, but none as gorgeous as you" I said as I put his big arm around me.
"That's promising" he laughed.
"Well we should get sleep, we have a big day ahead of us tomorrow."
"I can't wait, I don't think I'll be able to sleep."
"Well then you'll just have to watch me sleep all night then because I'm exhausted" I said as I buried my face into his chest.
"Goodnight love, but before you sleep" he said as he started to put something cold around my wrist.
"What is it?" I said not moving from my place due to exhaustion.
"You'll see it in the morning, just get some sleep." And he kissed me on my forehead.
I woke up from the best sleep I've had in years but waking up to Nathan being gone made my happiness fade quickly. I looked down at my wrist and felt the foreign object. It was whatever Nathan was putting around my wrist last night. And it was absolutely beautiful. The gold was light and the tiny diamonds that were shining brought warmth to my heart. I fiddled with the bracelet and suddenly felt the engraving on the back of the gold plate. 'Nathan and Haley, Always and Forever' It was perfection. The sadness I felt a few minutes ago quickly changed back to happiness at the thoughtful gift from Nathan. But another thing that made me happy was the realization that today was my wedding day.
"Haley Bob, rise and shine!" my mom chanted to me as she entered my room.
"Oh, good! You're up, I see that you're excited about today!"
"Of course," I smiled at her.
"I cannot believe my baby girl is the first to be leaving my nest" she told as she sat at the foot of the bed.
"We can just call off the wedding if that makes you feel better" I teased.
"oh heavens no! this is the day all of Tree Hill has been waiting for since you two could walk!"
"Don't exaggerate…"
"I'm not…well our schedule starts at 10AM so I'm ready when you are sweetie, today is your day"
"Thanks mama, I really appreciate you allowing me to get married to Nathan"
"If it was anyone else but Nate you do know I would never in a billion years allow this at your age"
"I know" I smiled at her knowingly.
"You better" she said as she pointed at me then hugged me tight.
1:00PM
"God I am so freaking nervous" I admitted to Brooke as I frantically fixed my black tie.
"Don't sweat too much point guard, you'll start looking like a dirty gym sock" she said as she helped fix my tie.
"Just two hours and she's mine forever"
"She was always yours, marriage doesn't change that" Brooke said as she started fixing Lucas' tie.
"You know, she's right! It was always Naley" Lucas teased.
"Have you seen her yet, she hasn't contacted me all day." I said beginning to get nervous.
"I'm sure she's just getting ready, don't freak out too much" Brooke scolded me.
"Can we call her? I want to hear her voice."
"Fine, do as you please."
I began to dial Haley's number and just when I was about to press talk I get an incoming call from her.
"I was just about to call you!"
"I had a feeling" she laughed on the other line as I heard her holding back tears.
"What's wrong? Why are you crying?" I asked worriedly.
"N-nothing, I'm just so in love with you" she said as she sniffled.
"Baby I love you too, now don't cry, you're probably messing your makeup up"
She gave a short laugh. "No, I didn't get my makeup done yet. I wanted to let out all the tears before then, that's why I called" she teased.
"I missed you, not hearing the sound of your voice scared me."
"Just two more hours" she said excitedly.
"Yes, 1 hour and 47 minutes to be exact"
"I'll see you then Mr. Scott"
"This is the last time I'll be calling you as a single man, goodbye Ms. James" I said in a fake-formal tone.
"Bye honey"
3PM
"It's show time" Lucas said to me as I was about to go to the alter.
I was shaking with excitement; I was about to get married to Haley.
The traditional "Here Comes the Bride" starts playing on the organ of the church and the doors open to reveal Lucas and Brooke standing side-by-side. To say the anticipation was killing me was an understatement. Haley's sister Quinn walked down with Clay and Taylor with Robert. Haley was coming next.
I swallowed my nervousness and was trying to ready myself for Haley's entrance. As I see her silhouette occupy the doorway a smile quickly takes over my prior-nervous laughter. I hear the photographer snapping away as she gets nearer and nearer with Uncle Jimmy latched onto her. Her waves framed her face, her makeup not too harsh, and her starry eyes just created a perfect scene. To my surprise, my eyes began to water at her beautiful sight. She smiled at the sight of my tearing up and this only made me laugh.
As she was readying to get onto the alter with me she mouthed out an "I love you" as she looked back at her crying father giving his baby away.
She finally got onto the alter with me and my hands quickly found a place in her grasp.
"Love is a miraculous gift, and a wedding is a celebration of that magic, and that's what we're here to do today. We are gathered together to be overjoyed for and with Nathan and Haley, who are so wonderfully suited to one another that it's a pure delight for the rest of us to see how incredibly happy two people can be."
The happiness I got from realizing my dream didn't come true was inexplicable. This was it, we were getting married.
"When we think of love we sometimes talk about people who deserve one another. Not only do Haley and Nathan deserve one another, but they are a perfect match, a pair, a fit, two peas in a pod; and their marriage, far from being something they have had to work hard to achieve, was pure inevitability. They were given to one another and fell so deeply in love that they had no choice."
"We're here to celebrate, to honor, to laugh, to dance, and to be glad because the inevitable has happened. Love is alive and well in the land. Nathan and Haley are here to prove it, and we are here to celebrate with them."
After all of the opening prayers and initial tears, it was time for the wedding vows. Fortunately, I finished mine before the wedding.
"Haley Bob James, where do I start with you?" that got a laugh out of everyone, including Haley.
"We've been attached at the hip since birth. And for anyone who doesn't know, we have the wedding dated for today because it is the day that falls between our birth dates. Hales here has always had a special place in my heart. When we were younger I always knew that we'd be best friends forever, she always stood up to my bullies yet she was always the first person to insult me; ironic huh?"
"To make a long explanation short, Haley was my destiny. I'm so fortunate to have had her as a part of my whole life and today I will seal the deal and make her a part of my life forever." People were laughing and 'aww'-ing at my last line… I didn't want to be too cheesy.
"And your words for Nathan," the minister instructed Haley.
I could see her getting nervous because she's doing that thing where she looks at her feet and fiddles with her fingers. I grab her hands and make her look at me, and she smiles at me noticing her nervousness.
"You see everyone, Nathan is the love of my life. It's as simple as that. The journey we've had is a, crazy one, but it was worth it. Many of you may be looking down at us at getting married at just the ripe age of 16. Well I have something to say to all of you… I'm 17 now." Everyone started laughing at her remark, she was a clever one.
"But in all seriousness, it's always been Haley Waley and Nate the Great. I spent years of my life being in denial about my feelings towards Nathan because I was too embarrassed to face my own emotions, but I'm standing here in front of you all to say how much I love Nathan and how incredibly lucky I am to have found the right guy the first time around. Nathan Royal Scott is my one-in-a-million, he is my laughter, he is my soul, he is my always and forever"
"Do you, Haley Bob James, take Nathan Royal Scott, to be to be your husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part?"
"I do." She smiled at me cutely.
"Do you, Nathan Royal Scott, take Haley Bob James, to be to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do you part?"
"I do."
"By the power vested in me by the State of North Carolina, I now pronounce you Haley James and Nathan Scott, husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
I grabbed her pretty little face and planted the most passionate kiss I could. She was all mine.
"I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Scott!" the church filled with applause and excitement.
"What did they choose as their first dance song?" Brooke asked Lucas curiously.
"You'll see" he smiled at her.
There is no combination of words I could put on the back of a postcard
No song that I could sing, but I can try for your heart
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things
Like a, shoebox of photographs
With sepia-toned loving
Love is the answer,
At least for most of the questions in my heart
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy and
Sometimes life can be deceiving
I'll tell you one thing, it's always better when we're together
Mmm, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together
"This is so adorable!" Peyton said in an enthusiastic way.
"Haley chose the song, she didn't want something too corny so she just a song with a much more whimsical tone." Lucas explained as they watched the couple laughing at each other happily as they did a choreographed dance.
"Your attempt is cute baby but you're so bad at dancing" Haley teased as she grabbed onto me to make me look less of a fool.
"Doing this for you." I admitted, I was a sucky dancer.
"And I love you for it" she said as she hugged me as the song ended.
"I love you always and forever Haley James Scott" and I kissed her nose as I held her close to me.
A/N: The lyrics are from the song 'Better Together' by Jack Johnson if you guys wanted to take a listen or were curious. Hope you thoroughly enjoyed the wedding chapter! The reception is in the next chapter! I wanted to break it up in two chapters instead of blurting it all out in this chapter. Please review! Feedback is much appreciated :D Love, Camille