As soon as Nathan arrived to his room, he slammed the door behind him and locked it, after that he removed his shirt and shoes and threw himself on the velvety material of the bed, drawing in a large breath.
He felt like the definition of scum, after the humiliating loss, which he was positive wasn't going to be let go of easily. He saw Peyton as he walked out of the gym, feeling excited, he walked up to her and told her things would be different; he fully intended to treat Peyton better.
But then she surprised him with the fact that her mother had died on a day like today, Nathan couldn't help but feel ashamed and then downright heartbroken as she announced she didn't come for him, on cue, Lucas walked out and she moved towards him. The truth was out in the open, she was ditching him for Lucas, Nathan couldn't even bring himself to talk anymore, instead he walked home, tiptoeing to his room and just sat in silence for what seemed to be hours, though had to be shorter.
A knock on his door snapped him out of his thoughts, he tried to ignore it, pretend he was asleep or even wasn't there, but the person persisted. Groaning, Nathan stood up to open up and was met with the curly haired blonde.
"Peyton?" his voice was laced with shock.
She fidgeted slightly; her voice distressed "Nathan, we need to talk"
"Okay" he nodded, letting her into the room, his eyes not leaving her face as though if he blinked she would disappear.
"We belong together" she brashly and hastily announced, and Nathan let out a shaky laugh "you are what I want, do you want me?"
Nathan nodded, feeling a tug that was unnatural towards her, a way he had never felt before.
"I do, Peyton" he answered sincerely "I will change, I promise"
"Good, because that is the only way you will keep me"
He was in front of her in two steps, hands cradling her face softly; he pressed his lips to hers. Nathan slowly opened his eyes, and he gasped inaudibly, Peyton was gone and in her place stood Haley, a halo surrounding her, she was absolutely breathtaking, nothing had changed about her, yet, everything had changed, her brown hair framed her face as she smiled dazzlingly. She touched his hands, and electricity coursed through his body, but he couldn't move away. They stared into each other's eyes for a couple of seconds, he was lost in her loving hazel ones, as she tugged on his hand, like a beautiful siren lulling him to his imminent death.
"Do you want me?"
"Yes" muttered Nathan with a fixed expression.
"Could you lose me? Could you lose your Haley?" she whispered menacingly.
Nathan felt his heart beat faster at the words 'your Haley', but he choked out a "no" his throat going dry.
Haley moved closer to his ear, and softly declared "you will"
"I can't, please" Nathan begged, still confused at the sudden hold Haley had on him.
"You don't deserve me" her face broke into a frightening Cheshire smile and she backed away.
"Hales, wait, I can change" he almost screamed, running forward, trying to grab onto her as her graceful form faded into thin air.
Nathan jolted awake, sheen of sweat covering his body, he struggled a few seconds to breath probably.
Your Haley.
The voice rang in his ears, Nathan had dreamt of zombies feasting on him, of being naked in front of the entire student body, of being chased by sharks on land. But this dream terrorized him to his very core. His heart hammered against his chest, and he didn't have any ideas on why. Could you lose your Haley? With trembling hands, Nathan reached for his phone, quickly dialing her number.
"Hello" answered the sweet voice
"Hales"
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Always and forever and in between
FanfictionNathan Scott; royalty of tree hill high school and Haley James; tutor and valedictorian, had nothing in common, except for one thing. They are deeply and insanely in love with each other. A deeper look at Naley and how they came to be, with scenes w...