A new story. I figure since I have no inspiration for "Sacrifices of Love" anymore, I can start a new one. It's one of my favorities, and i already have 3 chapters written and betaed. Hope you guys enjoy it.
Summary: AU. He left her at the altar and she left Tree hill forever. Now 3 years later, she's forced to attend her best friend's wedding, and face him all over again, but there's no way she'll show up alone…NH, BL.
Disclaimer: Since everyone has been wondering, I do not own OTH or any of it's characters. Nor do i own the original storyline of the Wedding Date. Whew, i hope that cleared up everyone's confusion.
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"Haley! It's Brooke. I hope you're not still in bed, 'cause your plane leaves in 3 hours! I can't wait to see you, there's so much to talk about! Hopefully you get here before the party starts! We need to catch up majorly. I love you girly, See you tonight!"
Beeeeeeeeep.
"Hey Haley? It's Nathan. Nathan Scott. The plane is today, right? Just calling to make sure, and I guess I'll just meet you there? Don't be late. Well, see you in a little. Bye"
Beeeeeeeeep.
Haley groaned and dragged herself out of bed. As much as she didn't want to wake up today, she knew she had to. The inevitable, the day of her best friend's wedding, had arrived. She wouldn't miss it for the world, even if the last thing she wanted to do was face Chris "I'm god's gift to women" Keller.
Again.
For all she knew, she might not even run into him. But the wounds were still fresh even after 3 years. She would never forget the way she felt after she had been left at the aisle, stranded. Left in a gorgeous wedding dress, in a church filled with hundreds of people, in a wedding that had taken a whole 6 months to plan.
Left after 2 years of an endless, blissful romance, he had left without an explanation. All the romantic nights, the late dinners, endless kisses and deep conversations had been reduced to meaningless nothings.
But she was going to get over him, because she was sick of crying herself to sleep each night over the bastard. He was going to be envious as hell and he would realize exactly what he'd lost.
Because her sister was getting married. And Haley had a date. Well, a fake date, but a date nonetheless.
Why was she taking Nathan anyway? She had known him for all of about 3 days, at the most, and barely at that. They worked in the same office; well, that had to count for something right? It's not like he was going to turn out to be some serial killer; she was pretty sure she could trust him. They'd had some conversations, even though they were never meaningful. They just got on each other's nerves a lot, so she had no idea why he was going with her.
Oh yeah, the money. It was always about the money; get that in front of a guy and they're waspish, whipped. Well, either that or sex, and there was no way her virginal self was offering a guy she barely knew, sex.
Even though he was pretty hot. Gorgeous baby blues, with the hint of a good tan. She'd never seen his body, but she'd guess that it was a pretty nice one. And he sure knew how to dress nice, which was a huge plus. His voice was pretty sexy too; deep, in a sweet kind of way.
Chris Keller was sure to be jealous, and Haley was sure to make him regret ever leaving her.
And if he didn't, she had no idea what she was going to do.
………
Don't be late Haley mimicked in her head. She had been waiting for 10 minutes, and the jerk actually had the nerve to tell her not to be late. She looked at her watch impatiently tapping her foot.
Was she making a mistake? Was this a sign? What if it turned out to be a total disaster? Would people be able to tell they weren't really in love? What if they got their stories mixed up?
"Penny for your thoughts." Haley turned around to see a smirking Nathan Scott. "Have you been waiting long?"
"Yeah, for like 10 minutes!" Haley exclaimed. "How could you…"
"Actually, I believe you're 10 minutes early…" Nathan gestured to her watch.
Haley looked at her watch and, sure enough, it was noon, making him right on time.
"Humph. Whatever. The point is, I wasn't late."
Nathan raised his eyebrows. "Of course it is."
"Well, if could stop staring at me like that we could go check in." Haley whisked her hair and turned around walking toward the counter, leaving her stuff for Nathan to take care of.
"You don't expect me to carry all this do you?" He yelled after her.
She turned around, hands on her hips. "You better get used to it, you're supposed to be my fiancée."
"Fiancée?" he exclaimed. "I thought I was your boyfriend."
"Yeah, well I changed my mind. Tough luck." She rolled her eyes and turned back around resuming her walk toward check in.
Nathan ran after her, trying to catch up. "Uh, are you paying me extra for that?"
Haley sighed, exasperated. "Is money really all you think about? I'll throw an extra 100 in, happy?"
Nathan grinned. "Make it 200."
….
"Dang, you plan on showing up drunk to your sisters' party?" Nathan asked, referring to Haley's 5th glass of wine on the plane – and it hadn't even taken off yet.
"I'll drink how ever much I want to, okay? Why the hell do you care? Just sit there and do what you're getting paid for." Haley tipped her head back and closed her eyes.
"Should I know why I'm going as your date?" He asked her.
Haley answered him, her eyes still closed. "Not that it's any of your business but some jerk left me at the altar 3 years ago, and…"
"And you want to make him jealous." Nathan finished for her.
"Pretty much."
"So, am I allowed to kiss you?"
Haley jolted her eyes open and looked at him like he was insane. "Uh excuse me?"
"Well, if you need to make it believable…"
"Whatever. We'll do what I want to, as and when I want to; quit making suggestions." She finalized, leaning back into her seat again.
Nathan put his hands up in defeat, leaning back in hi chair as well. "Geez, spoiled much?"
"Plane 342 to Tree Hill, North Carolina is getting ready to take off. Please buckle your seatbelts and turn off all electronic devices. Thank you and enjoy your flight."
Haley sat up in her seat. "Oh my gosh."
Nathan looked over at her, buckling his seatbelt. "What's wrong?"
"I…I'm scared to d-death off take off…." Haley confessed, stammering. She hastily grabbed his hand, holding it as tightly as she could. Then, realizing what she had done, she quickly let it go. However, once the plane started moving, she grabbed it again, shutting her eyes closed and murmuring short words to herself.
Nathan stared at her, perplexed. What have I gotten myself into?
……….
"Are you crazy? That was one of the worst movies ever made."
"'A Walk to Remember'? You're the one out of your mind. You probably haven't even seen it."
"Actually, I have. A nagging ex-girlfriend kind of like you made me watch it. Twice, I might add."
"Are you saying I nag?"
"Precisely."
Haley smacked him in the arm. "You're such a jerk."
"I wasn't the one begging me for a fake date…"
"Don't you dare complete that sentence," Haley warned him.
"And deal with you? I wouldn't dare."
"…land in approximately 30 minutes in Tree Hill, NC. Please…"
Haley looked over at Nathan pleadingly, sticking her bottom lip out.
"What?" He chuckled. "Are you scared of landing too?"
She bit her lip. "Um, kind of?"
He rolled his eyes jokingly, and offered his hand, which she grabbed willingly, holding it with a death grip.
Nathan leaned over to her ear. "Don't you dare think I'm doing this for free," he whispered.
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x3 Sneha