"How could you?" a whisper filled the silent room. Haley leant against the door frame as it was the only thing strong enough to keep her frail body up. Her face was still and unreadable and at this time she felt numb, all the pain she had felt, the tears she had cried were like a distant memory to her. Haley was looking in to the eyes of, who she thought was, her true love you know 'the one'. He had promised never to break her heart again and her she was broken hearted.
"What are you talking about, Haley, what happened to you?" Damian said apprehensively.
"Damian, you know what I'm talking about and I have had enough lies, I just want to know the truth please." She said this slowly and carefully meaning every word that came out of her mouth. She was now staring intently into Damian's eyes, she was trying hard to hide her emotions by looking as blank as possible but her poker face cracked when she felt a stray tear that she didn't even know she had fall down her cheek.
"Haley ... I" Damian spoke softly as he reached out to touch her cheek and wiped the tear away but before Haley could even think she flinched and took a step back. "How did you find out?"
"You left in your jacket upstairs and it started ringing, me thinking nothing of it answered your phone, care to guess who it was." Haley answered plainly as she saw the look of surprise on his face. "Tell me the truth"
Damian sighed heavily, sat down and signalled for Haley to do the same on the couch opposite. She sat as far away from him as possible.
"It was 3 months ago when you went to visit your parents, when they were renewing their vows and Rachel came over and she ....you know, came on to me. I mean she kissed me and then...." Damian tried to explain.
"Oh I can't believe I'm hearing this, let me guess, the next thing that was going to come out was 'one thing lead to another'. You said that you had a case at work and that if you could do it then that would be all you needed. You would be on top, we would be made and you would have your dream." Haley stood up and started pacing up and down, making Damian very nervous.
"That is what happened, Haley; one thing did lead to another and the next thing I know was that she was calling me 2 months later telling me that she's pregnant but I'm...I'm not even sure if it's even mine. Hales, baby I know I should have told you sooner but I didn't want to risk losing you or hurting you like this because you don't deserve to have a broken heart over something stupid that I did."Damian continued to pitifully explain as he himself stood up.
"What, did you say that she's pregnant?" Haley looked at him disbelievingly. "The fact that your not sure if the baby's yours is supposed to make everything better?!" Haley could feel herself slipping back to reality, all her emotions had been so cloudy but at that moment they became so clear, she could feel her heart breaking all over again and didn't know if she could take it. She also didn't know who this man was, the man she had loved for 4 years had cheated on her and betrayed her trust.
"Get ...... Out" Haley was trying to stay as calm as possible and keep all her emotions in check.
"What...Haley I'm not going anywhere, we are going to forget that this ever happened, alright? We are to good together to let it go over this stupid mistake, that kid is not mine, Haley I know this is hurting you but don't you think you're over reacting, this is my home to." Damian said holding on to Haley's face placing his fore-head on hers.
"I'm over reacting, you know what, and you've just helped me make my decision about us. We're over and I'm going, I'm leaving you and your sorry ass." Haley gritted through her teeth after which she turned to leave but turned around to face him.
"You would forget your baby, just to stay with me?" Haley questioned. Damian answered her by nodding his head and letting a cheeky, small smile form across his lips.
"Just checking and by the way what do you think that says about what kind of man you are?" Haley ran her hands through her hair and continued to walk away and this time she didn't look back. She packed her bags, got in her car and drove, she didn't know exactly where she was going all she knew was that she felt free for the first time in a long time and she liked it. She could feel the breeze in her hair and the sun shining on her face. It's times like these where she is really glad that bought that convertible.
She drove all over for what seemed like40 minutes but in reality it had been hours and eventually ended up in front of her sister's house. She hadn't realised that she had driven from Charlotte to Tree Hill.
Haley got out of the car and collected her stuff not bothering to check how she looked because at that moment in time she just didn't care. She took a deep breath, walked up the drive way trying to gather every bit of confidence she could find and knocked on the door.
"Hey" Brooke said while smiling at the person behind the door but that soon changed when she noticed her little sister crying on her doorstep. "Haley, what's wrong?"
"Can you please not say 'I told you so'?" That was all Brooke needed to hear to know what was going on. Haley couldn't control herself anymore the tears just came pouring down.
"Of course, Honey."Brooke embraced her and brought her in side."Put your bags down right there and I'll make you a coffee, alright? It will all be okay Baby J." Haley just nodded and then watched her sister walk through to the kitchen. Haley placed her bags on the floor and looked up when she heard some one coming down the stairs.
"Oh hey Luke" Haley said awkwardly with a small smile, suddenly feeling conscious about how she looked.
"Hey Hales." Lucas greeted knowing full well why Haley was there.
Haley went in the same direction that her sister had gone in and found her with her back turned looking out the window.
"Brooke?" Haley asked timidly. Brooke turned around and pointed at Haley's hot beverage.
"There's your drink."All Haley could do was nod. "What happened Haley?"
"Long story short, Damian slept with Rachel when we went for Mom and Dad's second wedding, she's pregnant now and he was going to just forget about her and the baby, he thought that would make it all better. I didn't want to believe it any of it, but i can't forget this. We can't move on after he's screwed this all up again. I can't do this time. "Haley stood behind the counter while she held tightly on to her cup and was trying to stop the new batch of tears that were threatening to fall.
"Haley, I ..."Brooke started.
"I know, Brooke this time it's for real, I tricked myself into thinking he was someone else, someone that I loved or someone I thought I loved."She couldn't hold them in anymore so she let her tears fall as she did this her sister embraced her and did so tightly.
"Haley, you're so much better than him, you deserve better."Brooke was so glad that she finally getting through to her sister, she hated seeing Haley like this but if this was what it took for her to get over that smug son of a bitch then she would welcome it with open arms.
"Why don't you go upstairs, take your bags and get settled in the guest room, okay sweetie?" Brooke suggested.
"Yea, that's a good idea, thank you Brooke." Haley said sincerely.
"Don't mention it, that's what sisters are for." Brooke sighed after Haley walked out of the kitchen and Lucas walked in.
"Is she okay?" Lucas said with his arms out wide inviting his wife in for a hug. Brooke accepted the invitation.
"She's going to be fine especially now she's kicked Damian to the curb. Oh did Kayla get to sleep okay?"
"Yep as soon as she hit the bed she was out like a light" Lucas thought carefully about what he was going to say next. "Baby, I don't to mean to overstep the mark but aren't you going to tell her that your family are coming here tomorrow, I think that's something she should know so she can brace herself."
Brooke looked into Lucas' eyes searching for help on how to handle this and she found her answer. She pecked her husband on the lips and made her way up to Haley's room. She walked to the room being careful of making any noise; she didn't want to wake her daughter up. She knocked on the closed door and opened it when she heard Haley say come in.
"Feeling any better?" Brooke said with a sympathetic smile as she sat on the edge of the bed.
"I don't know about that but I do know that I'm going to be okay because I have you." Haley smiled at Brooke.
"I have something to tell you ... Mom, Dad, Peyton, Jake and Jenny are coming here tomorrow for Kayla's birthday."Brooke told her and wondered what Haley's response would be.
"Oh urm..."Haley had wanted more time before she had to face them but fortune obviously wasn't on her side.
"You need your family right now otherwise you wouldn't have come here Haley you have to realised you hurt us all a lot when you chose him over us but you realised your mistake and I get that your sorry, better late than never, I just hope every one else sees it the way that I do."She noticed that Brooke was getting ready to leave.
"Brooke, how come I wasn't invited to your little get together tomorrow?"
"... ... because I got tired of you making excuses for not coming just because Damian didn't want to and having to tell every one yet Baby J wasn't coming again." Brooke answered. "Goodnight Haley."
As Brooke left the room Haley crashed on to the bed and let everything sink in. She lost her boyfriend earlier that afternoon but she had just realised that she had lost her family a long time ago and she had no idea how she was going to make it up to them. How could she have been so stupid as to choose a guy that obviously didn't love her over her family who loved and would do anything for her, except let her be with Damian. His name made her feel sick to her stomach, Haley had never realised before that it was true love is actually blind and also a pain in the ass. She just wanted to be loved and she thought if a guy like Damian loved her then that would prove that she was special, all it did was prove that she was naive and to brainless to realise when she was being used.