"So." Nathan started as him and Haley laid in bed together enjoying their happiness. "Why else do you love me, soon-to-be Mrs. Scott?"

"God, I can't wait to finally become Mrs. Scott. To finally become your wife."

"And I can't wait to become your husband. Now answer the question." Nathan commanded in a playful tone.

"Well, let's see. You're funny and you're good at basketball. It also helps that you're hot." Haley told him with a serious face, with no sign of joking.

"You think you're funny, don't ya?" Nathan asked as a smile started to form on Haley's face. "Well I guess I'm just going to have to do something about that, aren't I?"

"Oh, no. I know what you are thinking, Nathan Scott and if you expect on getting some tonight you will forget the idea that is stirring in your head and just lay back down." Haley warned as Nathan sat up and turned to face her, while rising on his knees.

"That's okay. I can live with that. Plus, I know that you can't resist me." Nathan stated as he straddled her and prepared for his next move, cracking his knuckles in order to get ready.

"Oh really, you don't think that I can resist you? Try me."

"I will." He said with a laugh as he started to tickle her.

"Nate. Nate." Haley got out between laughs. "Stop that tickles." She said between more laughter.

"If I stop, will you answer my question, with the truth? No more funny business."

"Says that guy that just tickled his fiancé. I'll tell you why, but I don't really know why it matters. All that matters is that I love you with my whole heart. I love everything about you, no matter what."

"I love you, too." He told her as he leaned down to give her a short, passionate kiss. "But I still want to know why you love me, because sometimes I feel like you could do so much better than me. That you deserve better than me." Nathan said as he rolled off of Haley in order to lay next to her and hold her in his arms.

"Why would you ever think that?" Haley questioned as Nathan turned his head away from her intent stare. "Nathan, look at me." she commanded. "You are by far one of the best things that has ever happened to me, next to Brooke you are the person I count on the most in life. I don't know what I would do without you. You are like my other half. Did you know that when I was out in California, every single guy that would ask me out I compared to you? Even Chris. So don't let me ever hear you say that you don't think that you are enough for me because I have no idea what I would do without you in my life. Okay?"

"Okay, I just..."

"No, no I just." Haley cut him off. "You want to know why else I love you so much and want to spend the rest of my life with you? It's because when I wake up in the morning your face is the first one I want to see and it's the last thing I want to see before I go to sleep at night. It's because you are one of the most loyal people I know. No matter what you always stand by your family and friends and you are the first person to jump to their defense in their time of need. It's because no matter what, I know that I am going to spend the rest of my life with you. And it's because of the fact that you get jealous if another guy so much as looks in my direction. Even if that guy is 17 years old." Haley said trying to hold in her laugh as she said her last thing.

"It's not funny. He knows that you are dating me, but he flirts with you anyways, that's why I'm so grateful that this camp is over tomorrow, then I won't have to see him until basketball season starts back up."

"And here I was thinking that you wanted this camp to be over so you could spend all your time with me. Guess I was wrong."

"Honey, you know that I want to spend all my time with you. Otherwise why would I have asked you to spend the rest of your life with me? You are the one thing that I want around me all the time, every day, of every week, of every month, of every year, for the rest of my life.'

"Who knew you were such the romantic?" Haley asked with a laugh. "And you know that Mac is only flirting with me to get a rise out of you? Not that it matters, because it could be Matt Damon hitting on me and I would still only have eyes for you. I love you and only you."

"You know, somehow you always know the words to make me feel better. I love you so much." Nathan told her before he kissed her.

"I love you more." Haley replied when they broke apart.

"Not possible." Nathan said, before kissing her again, and dragging her so that her body was draped over his.

"You know that we should probably go back over to my place before Brooke sends out a search party to look for us." Haley told him when she broke off from their heated make-out session, but remained laying on top of him.

"Aww, baby. Do we have to? Can't we just stay here a little longer?" Nathan begged as he held her tighter and sunk further down in his bed.

"Yes, Nate. We do. Plus, don't you want to tell everyone the great news? I know I do." Haley said, trying to pull out of his grasp to sit up and pull him off the bed, only to have Nathan hold her even tighter.

"Of course I do, Hales. But, if we go back over to your place, I'm gonna have to share you with everyone because they are going to want to congratulate you and you know I don't share very well. Now see if we stay here, it's just you and me. I get you all to myself. Only I get to hold you and embrace you. And I don't want to share you just yet." Nathan said as he gave Haley the sad puppy dogface, that he was hoping she wouldn't be able to resist.

"Now as romantic as that sounds and as sad as your face is, I really want to tell everyone. Please, Nathan. Can we please go tell them? I promise to make it worth your time." Haley flirted in order to distract Nathan enough to get out of his embrace and get herself off the bed before he had time to notice.

"Okay, but I'm holding you to that promise." Nathan said, giving in.

"I'm glad you are finally starting to see things my way." Haley joked as she dragged Nathan up off the bed. "I have just the way to thank you when we come back here tonight."

"Oh really? What exactly do you have in mind?" he asked with a smirk on his face as they walked out the front door of his apartment and the two steps to where Brooke and Haley live.

"That's for me to know and you to find out when we are alone tonight." she replied with a smirk that mimicked his own as she opened the door. "We're back!!!" Haley yelled as her and Nathan walked through the front door of the apartment."

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I know what you all are thinking right now. Holy crap! She actually updated her story. I know, it's been awhile, and I'm sorry for that I just couldn't find the inspiration to write. Now I could sit here and give you reason after reason for why I haven't updated, but I know that most of you aren't interested. Mainly the reasons for why I have updated is because I got like this amazing brain storm and was like this would work perfectly right where I left off, so good news you guys got a new chapter! As soon as finals are over I'm going to really try to sit down and finish this story, so wish me luck. Okay, so now the real reason why I finally updated. A few days ago we lost an amazing writer, Ophelia, some of you know her as Naley23Addict. Her death came as a total shock to me. Although I didn't know her personally, her stories really touched me. When I would find one of them updated it would make my day. So this one is for her, may she rest in peace. Please review and keep Ophelia's family in your thoughts.