Chapter 2

Haley had just about had it with Nathan today. In the past month, there had been three break-ins in their apartment complex. No one knew who, when, why, or what was even taken, that was if anything was taken. Although, each break-in was different, the first one had most of their electronics stolen, the second had nothing missing, and the third place was just trashed. As a result, all the tenants were told to be extra careful and to make sure they always locked their doors, even while inside. To say they were on high alert was an understatement.She too was angry with him because no matter what day or time it was, she could barely reach him, reminding her of when they'd first met and at one point she could never reach him.

Nathan being two years older than Haley went into the Military when he was twenty, and was overseas for two years before he was sent back home to the states. As much as he loved being in new places, he could never forget about the girl that'd caught his eye during his first visit to Dallas, Texas. Haley.

Since the first day that he saw her, he was all hooked up in her beauty, her personality and immediately gave her his number. He even made her promise to call him. Back then the way most college students communicated was via instant messaging, so he of course gave her his information for that as well. After getting online and talking with him for hours that night, Haley easily decided their friendship could be harmless. Nevertheless, it was hard to keep their friendship together seeing as she'd just started college in Virginia and he was down in Georgia attending Jump School.

Neither knew where any of this would lead, but Haley always received an email from him, telling her the events of his day and everything he was thinking of. It never failed that in every email, he'd PS it with the same words, "When can I finally get a call from you Haley?" Haley always laughed at that statement because when they'd met, it was only for a brief moment and she'd barely spoken a word to him. She was not only shocked by his looks and the things he said to her, but she couldn't believe that he was saying all those things to her and had never blushed so hard in her life. Her response of "Haley" "yea" and "okay" were never enough to placate Nathan for long, and the first day she called him, she got his voicemail. She left him a simple message telling him how much she needed to hear his voice, and just wanted him to tell her that everything was okay proving that she did not have a good day.

Haley also didn't know much what to expect from him. She was just about to finish up her junior year in college, and he was already out of school and had a career in the military. She didn't think that she'd ever talk to him, until he unexpectedly called her back and told her how much he thought about her constantly. As sweet as he was Haley wasn't sure how they could really keep in touch since she didn't have a cell phone at the time. She had been using Brooke's phone but refused to monopolize her friends' property any longer. She immediately thought that 'they' couldn't work if something as simple as having a phone was preventing them from talking, but once again Nathan stepped in and changed that.

"You gotta pen?" he spoke quickly, given that he was supposed to be out the door with his team to spend the day in the field training.

With a confused look on her face, she retrieved a pen from her desk. "Yea, why?"

"Write this number down, but you gotta hurry because I gotta go," he insisted

He proceeded to give her a long line of numbers that had her extremely confused.

"What numbers are these Nathan?" she asked completely dumbfounded.

"This is the number for the calling card that I have. It still has about twenty-four hundred minutes on it, so anytime you can't use Brooke's phone, then use this and call me okay?"

Her eyes widened in absolute surprise. "Are you sure, Nate?"

"Yea, I'm sure. Anyway, I gotta go, oh and Haley, I love hearing you call me 'Nate'. Call me later, okay?"

She smiled when he said that and because of that day, she grew even fonder of Nathan Scott. She couldn't imagine the butterflies ever ending.

Finding each other had to be the work of someone much higher and powerful than them. After she finished college and he was back in the states, she had moved to Texas, someplace she loved to visit, and longed to live in. After learning that information, he chose to be stationed down in Fort Hood, which was just one hundred and fifty miles from Haley's new home in San Antonio. With their new living arrangements, every weekend, Nathan would make the nearly three-hour drive to see Haley and it was then that their relationship really began.

He had visited her a few times while she was in school, but nothing compared to coming home every Friday night from class and seeing him asleep on her couch simply awaiting her arrival.

They seemed to have what Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook had, an improbable romance. Something that you only get out of a great novel or fairytale, but they both knew that it was real. To make it even more real, while Haley was still in her third year of Medical School, on their third anniversary, Nathan finally proposed to Haley. Of course she said yes. She loved him as much as he loved her.

Waiting, to them, seemed long, though. They'd known each other for a little over four years, but they started counting from the day that they were both living in the same state and able to see each other week; when they felt like a strong, stable couple. She said yes to his proposal and afterwards, on their honeymoon, they conceived the beautiful boy they had today. It seemed this improbable romance was indeed probable after all. It seemed like a happily ever after.

So, although everything turned out alright, the thought of not being able to reach her husband gave Haley an awful feeling; one that she hated having, especially after last night's events.

After tucking Jay in like they always did, Nathan and Haley went to bed themselves. However, they were awaken in the middle of the night when a crash was heard from their young child's' room, followed by his cries. Of course the worried parents were in his room in no time, Haley quickly tending to the wailing baby, while Nathan trying to run down the intruder, but having no such luck. No trace of anyone.

And since last night, Haley had been nothing but on edge.

Only now were her nerves finally settled as she heard the front door unlock and watched as Nathan came in with a surprised look on his face. "What are you doing home?" he asked putting his empty lunch cooler that Haley had packed for him in the kitchen before properly kissing her hello.

"I skipped my last class today and came home early. I just…I don't know. I needed to see him." She then molded herself into his welcoming arms and rested her head on his chest, sighing contently. "I mean, aren't you worried Nathan, because I've been freaking out all day. And I have every right to be overdramatic about this! Someone broke into our son's room last night, not even our room Nathan, Jay's room!" she said not realizing that she had started to ramble.

Nathan held onto Haley tight, knowing that she needed to let out everything that she was feeling about last night. He wasn't that worried about her sudden rambling trail, being married to her for nearly two years now, he was absolutely used to it. He could even tell that she was almost done, when he saw the one thing that meant she was finally exhausted. Tears. He pulled her back and looked at her flushed face and began wiping the trail of tears that had made their way down her cheeks.

"Baby, I know you're scared about what happened last night, and honestly, so am I. As of right now there is nothing we can do but wait for the police to catch the creep. Jay can keep sleeping with us for as long as we're not comfortable with him sleeping in his own room," he said, yet noticed that she still was unsure. "Hey, I'm not going to let anything happen to you two okay? I promise," he added, trying to comfort her even more. "Now where's my big guy?"

Haley trailed into her own thoughts for quite a few minutes.

When Jay first arrived, the two parents were thrilled that he was a mid-summer baby. Being born in June, Haley was able to stay home with him most of the day, while Nathan worked since classes wouldn't start until mid-August. Once school did start, she managed to only have one weekly three hour night class on Tuesdays and her other three courses were online, with labs two hours everyday. They were very blessed to have Lucas and Brooke living in the same complex as them, and whenever Haley had her labs, Brooke would keep Jay for her and Nathan. Lucas on the other hand, had majored in psychology and was now a child psychologist, making a decent amount of money affording them the luxury of Brooke staying home with Drew, while she still worked on her slow, but up and coming fashion line.

For their schedules, Haley, who loved the schedule set up for Jay, had morning classes from eight-forty until two pm, three times a week and one Tuesday night class from four to seven. Nathan's schedule was pretty simple compared to hers. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays he had Jay in the morning and would drop him off to Brooke by nine-thirty, putting him at work from ten till six. When Haley had her night class on Tuesdays, Nathan would come home and shower before going to pick up Jay from Brooke and Lucas's and start dinner before Haley got home, hence his surprise in seeing her home before him.

She finally snapped back to reality when Nathan repeated his question.

"Haley, where is he?" he asked.

"Uh… what? Oh, he's asleep. I don't know what Brooke had him and Drew doing, but he was worn out by the time I got him tonight," she finally started explaining. "Although, since I skipped my class tonight, I was able to make your favorite for dinner tonight," she said, knowing that he would object. She loved doing small things that would mean the world to him and had made it a priority to do them as much as possible. Haley never wanted her husband to feel unappreciated for all his hard work and love he had for his family.

Nathan shook his head. "You know you don't have to make that, Hales. I mean you're allergic to lobster, and I surely don't want you to have a reaction from it, or have to cook something separate for yourself." For him, she always did things like that, just making him love her even more. But really for Nathan, just her being there for him, it was enough.

"Thank you Haley, you're such a great wife. I love you dearly, and plan to make this up to you," she answered in her best imitation of Nathan, completely mocking him.

Finally, letting go of his waist, she walked into their small but cozy kitchen and got out a plate and a bowl, making Nathan a plate of lobster and steamed vegetables. For herself, she poured a bowl of Captain Crunch.

This had Nathan laughing on the inside knowing that his wife had a love for the cereal. He'd thought it was weird when he first started dating her, but seeing her do all her little weird things nowadays, only made him love her more. Times like this made him feel sorry for every guy that ever screwed up a chance with Haley, and proved to him just how blessed he really was to have her.

A/N: SO? What did you think? I hope good thoughts. I just wanted to give you guys some input on Naley's past and let you know what's been going on. Now Chapter three does have a big event in it, but it won't be anything that drags along in the storyline. SO just in case I forget to put that there, keep it in mind. I hope you guys will review and tell others!