Prologue:
Knock Knock. Haley stood at her best friend Lucas Scott's doorway, in the pouring rain, hoping he would answer the door, not his uncle Keith. Tears were running down her face her makeup was completely ruined.
Lucas stood on the other side of the door, he looked through the peep hole and saw a girl standing on the doorstep, he knew that he knew her, but most of the girls he knew didn't let themselves cry for nothing. 'Haley.' he finally came to realize. 'Oh god it is haley.' As soon as he figured that out he opened the door as fast as he could. She immediately buried her head inside his chest. They didn't say anything, just stood there.
Keith walked toward them. "Luke, hey who was at the door-" Then he noticed the other person. Haley backed off from Lucas. "Haley?" he said shocked. "what's going on? What happened?"
"I just need to take a shower." She replied.
Both guys looked unbelievably confused, but they knew something was wrong, and as long as she was here, the more chance she had of telling them.
Haley went upstairs. Luke followed her. "Here." he said, as he gave her his robe, her clothes were drenched, "I'll get you some sweats after you get out."
"Thanks Luke, and thanks for doing this without question." She replied.
"I want to know, but you are major mess and I want to help you out." He replied.
"I just need to wash it off of me." She replied, then locked the door behind her in the washroom.
'What is that supposed to mean' Lucas thought.
"I called her mom, told her everything we know, she can stay here the night if she wants to." Keith said as Lucas came downstairs.
"Thanks Keith, I'll tell you what I know once she talks to me. All I know now is that she wants to 'wash it off of her' but I have no idea what it is."
"I think this might be bigger than we are taking it, she might have had something really terrible happen to her." Keith said worried.
"Yeah that's what I'm scared of." He replied.
"Are you two done talking about me?" Haley said as she walked down the stairs in the robe.
"Sorry, oh Hales, the sweats and t-shirt are right there." He pointed to the couch.
"Thanks." She replied.
After she came back downstairs she sat down on the couch with Lucas. "I know you don't want me to pry, but what happened Haley, it might be worse than you think."
"I just needed to wash him off of me."
"Now it's him, not it?" He pried.
"Yes. Him." She said, "but give me some time then I'll talk to you."
"Yeah OK, I'm gonna go get us some popcorn, and we will curl up and watch movies like we always used to." He said.
Keith who had heard the conversation pulled Lucas aside. "I don't mean to sound mean, but are you stupid Luke?"
"What?"
"I heard, she said 'HIM'."
"OK Keith, are you insane?"
"Lucas, who is Haley dating?" Keith said with a hint of sarcasm.
His eyes widened. "Crap." He exclaimed then walked out to Haley.
"Did Nathan hurt you?" He asked her.
"Lucas I don't want to talk about it." She replied coldly.
"What did he do?" He asked sincerely.
"He was using me as a way to get to you, at first when I first became his tutor I suspected it, but then he became different around me, he became sweet. Then he, he, he."
"He used you for sex?"
She burst in tears. He hugged her, but in his mind thoughts of 'I'm going to kill him,' and 'How can I kill him with the most pain' ran through his head.
"But don't do anything OK Lucas, I have to deal with this myself." She said.
"Haley, this is what best friends are for, to be there for each other and protect each other." Lucas replied.
"Yeah but I can't just let him get away with it." Lucas said.
"Until he brings you into it, this is my business. OK? But he most likely will bring you into it so you won't need to wait long." Haley said hopefully.
Nathan Scott sat on his bed at home, he heard his parents arguing downstairs, but everything had been a blur, he never meant to hurt Haley, he loved Haley, but it wasn't fair, why had Tim and the guys decided to hide out and tape everything, he definitely would have killed them if he knew. But he couldn't get her back now, now his stupid parties and friends had ruined everything he had with her.
"Nathan?" It was his mom.
"Hey Mom." He replied.
"What's wrong, I know something is wrong when you came home today you weren't yourself, that's what me and your dad were arguing about he thinks I should have left him alone without even trying to get a story out of you." She looked at his face and knew he was torn up inside. "Do you want to talk?"
"Not right now, maybe later." He said.
"OK," she gave him a kiss on the forehead and left him to himself.
Chapter 1 - (exactly one year later)
"Of all of my daughters Haley, why was it that I never figured you to be the one to give me this much grief. None of your other sisters were this messed up during their senior year of high school. How could you get yourself pregnant."
"Mom, I know, I told you I was sorry, I couldn't help it, what do you want me to do move out?" She said worried. "I know he is always crying and I can't get him settled but Ryan is my son, what do you want me to do?"
"I don't want you to leave, but I can't handle things like this, why can't you get the father to help out?"
"He wanted me to get rid of the baby, he won't do a thing." haley replied too loud because baby Ryan woke up. "Sorry." She said to her mom, but she had already walked out.
Haley calmed her little boy down, he was three months old, for the last year Nathan had not done anything for her, or after the baby was born, him either. She came up with an idea, she knew it would have to be well planned, but she couldn't do this anymore.
Haley had it all planned, she called a cab after her parents had gone to bed. She drove with Ryan to Nathan's house. She looked up to his window, she saw his shadow doing chin ups. "Please stay here," She said the the cab driver.
"Yes Ma'am." he replied.
She got out, took Ryan and all his belongings and walked up to the door. She rang the doorbell, looked up at his window again, his shadow was gone, and a few seconds later it appeared through the frosted style window next to her.
"Haley?" He said shocked. "what are you doing here, and with it."
"Him Nathan, Him! Ryan! Him!" She said loudly. "I have taken care of him for a year now, my life can't possibly be called a life for this last year. It's your turn, he is your child too. I can't do this alone. God Nathan."
"I told you to get rid of it, I don't want a baby."
"You think I freaking did Nathan? I didn't. girls don't just choose if they are parents, so here, it is your turn." She handed him Ryan's carrier and set down all of the baby's things, then she ran for the cab.
Nathan knew what she was doing he carefully set down the baby and ran after her, but when he got there, the cab was gone.
"Nathan what is going on?" His mom asked when her and his dad came to the door. She looked down at the baby. "Explain."
"Haley left him, she says he is mine, she just left." he said.
"What? she just left, isn't that illegal or something, just leaving the baby?" Dan yelled angrily.
"Not if he is the father." Deb said unhappily at her husband because he had made the baby fuss. She picked him up and rocked him, Ryan almost immediately became quiet. "Dan go into the basement and get Nathan's old cradle."
"We aren't letting that baby stay here are we?" he said.
"Yes, this is Nathan's son-"
"It could be his son, how do we know that girl wasn't with other guys, we should get a paternity test, and if it isn't his child he doesn't have to take care of it, and if it is his child, he can put it up for adoption."
"Well whatever gets decided as the solution won't be done tonight, get the cradle" She commanded. "Nathan, I'm going to keep him in my room tonight, you don't know the first thing about babies, if he has a problem, your father can sleep in one of the spare rooms." She said after Dan walked away.
"OK mom." He said, still confused, but glad his mom was helping. "I can go to a clinic tomorrow."
"Whatever you choose." She replied then she walked inside. Nathan did the same after grabbing Ryan's things.
"OH, and what is his name?" Deb asked.
"She said Ryan, his birth certificate is here, yeah, Ryan James." He said reading the paper. "Oh, look, father unknown." He said when he read it, 'how could Haley do this to me, what am I going to do?' he thought.
Knock Knock. Haley stood at her best friend Lucas Scott's doorway, in the pouring rain, hoping he would answer the door, not his uncle Keith. Tears were running down her face her makeup was completely ruined.
Lucas stood on the other side of the door, he looked through the peep hole and saw a girl standing on the doorstep, he knew that he knew her, but most of the girls he knew didn't let themselves cry for nothing. 'Haley.' he finally came to realize. 'Oh god it is haley.' As soon as he figured that out he opened the door as fast as he could. She immediately buried her head inside his chest. They didn't say anything, just stood there.
Keith walked toward them. "Luke, hey who was at the door-" Then he noticed the other person. Haley backed off from Lucas. "Haley?" he said shocked. "what's going on? What happened?"
"I just need to take a shower." She replied.
Both guys looked unbelievably confused, but they knew something was wrong, and as long as she was here, the more chance she had of telling them.
Haley went upstairs. Luke followed her. "Here." he said, as he gave her his robe, her clothes were drenched, "I'll get you some sweats after you get out."
"Thanks Luke, and thanks for doing this without question." She replied.
"I want to know, but you are major mess and I want to help you out." He replied.
"I just need to wash it off of me." She replied, then locked the door behind her in the washroom.
'What is that supposed to mean' Lucas thought.
"I called her mom, told her everything we know, she can stay here the night if she wants to." Keith said as Lucas came downstairs.
"Thanks Keith, I'll tell you what I know once she talks to me. All I know now is that she wants to 'wash it off of her' but I have no idea what it is."
"I think this might be bigger than we are taking it, she might have had something really terrible happen to her." Keith said worried.
"Yeah that's what I'm scared of." He replied.
"Are you two done talking about me?" Haley said as she walked down the stairs in the robe.
"Sorry, oh Hales, the sweats and t-shirt are right there." He pointed to the couch.
"Thanks." She replied.
After she came back downstairs she sat down on the couch with Lucas. "I know you don't want me to pry, but what happened Haley, it might be worse than you think."
"I just needed to wash him off of me."
"Now it's him, not it?" He pried.
"Yes. Him." She said, "but give me some time then I'll talk to you."
"Yeah OK, I'm gonna go get us some popcorn, and we will curl up and watch movies like we always used to." He said.
Keith who had heard the conversation pulled Lucas aside. "I don't mean to sound mean, but are you stupid Luke?"
"What?"
"I heard, she said 'HIM'."
"OK Keith, are you insane?"
"Lucas, who is Haley dating?" Keith said with a hint of sarcasm.
His eyes widened. "Crap." He exclaimed then walked out to Haley.
"Did Nathan hurt you?" He asked her.
"Lucas I don't want to talk about it." She replied coldly.
"What did he do?" He asked sincerely.
"He was using me as a way to get to you, at first when I first became his tutor I suspected it, but then he became different around me, he became sweet. Then he, he, he."
"He used you for sex?"
She burst in tears. He hugged her, but in his mind thoughts of 'I'm going to kill him,' and 'How can I kill him with the most pain' ran through his head.
"But don't do anything OK Lucas, I have to deal with this myself." She said.
"Haley, this is what best friends are for, to be there for each other and protect each other." Lucas replied.
"Yeah but I can't just let him get away with it." Lucas said.
"Until he brings you into it, this is my business. OK? But he most likely will bring you into it so you won't need to wait long." Haley said hopefully.
Nathan Scott sat on his bed at home, he heard his parents arguing downstairs, but everything had been a blur, he never meant to hurt Haley, he loved Haley, but it wasn't fair, why had Tim and the guys decided to hide out and tape everything, he definitely would have killed them if he knew. But he couldn't get her back now, now his stupid parties and friends had ruined everything he had with her.
"Nathan?" It was his mom.
"Hey Mom." He replied.
"What's wrong, I know something is wrong when you came home today you weren't yourself, that's what me and your dad were arguing about he thinks I should have left him alone without even trying to get a story out of you." She looked at his face and knew he was torn up inside. "Do you want to talk?"
"Not right now, maybe later." He said.
"OK," she gave him a kiss on the forehead and left him to himself.
Chapter 1 - (exactly one year later)
"Of all of my daughters Haley, why was it that I never figured you to be the one to give me this much grief. None of your other sisters were this messed up during their senior year of high school. How could you get yourself pregnant."
"Mom, I know, I told you I was sorry, I couldn't help it, what do you want me to do move out?" She said worried. "I know he is always crying and I can't get him settled but Ryan is my son, what do you want me to do?"
"I don't want you to leave, but I can't handle things like this, why can't you get the father to help out?"
"He wanted me to get rid of the baby, he won't do a thing." haley replied too loud because baby Ryan woke up. "Sorry." She said to her mom, but she had already walked out.
Haley calmed her little boy down, he was three months old, for the last year Nathan had not done anything for her, or after the baby was born, him either. She came up with an idea, she knew it would have to be well planned, but she couldn't do this anymore.
Haley had it all planned, she called a cab after her parents had gone to bed. She drove with Ryan to Nathan's house. She looked up to his window, she saw his shadow doing chin ups. "Please stay here," She said the the cab driver.
"Yes Ma'am." he replied.
She got out, took Ryan and all his belongings and walked up to the door. She rang the doorbell, looked up at his window again, his shadow was gone, and a few seconds later it appeared through the frosted style window next to her.
"Haley?" He said shocked. "what are you doing here, and with it."
"Him Nathan, Him! Ryan! Him!" She said loudly. "I have taken care of him for a year now, my life can't possibly be called a life for this last year. It's your turn, he is your child too. I can't do this alone. God Nathan."
"I told you to get rid of it, I don't want a baby."
"You think I freaking did Nathan? I didn't. girls don't just choose if they are parents, so here, it is your turn." She handed him Ryan's carrier and set down all of the baby's things, then she ran for the cab.
Nathan knew what she was doing he carefully set down the baby and ran after her, but when he got there, the cab was gone.
"Nathan what is going on?" His mom asked when her and his dad came to the door. She looked down at the baby. "Explain."
"Haley left him, she says he is mine, she just left." he said.
"What? she just left, isn't that illegal or something, just leaving the baby?" Dan yelled angrily.
"Not if he is the father." Deb said unhappily at her husband because he had made the baby fuss. She picked him up and rocked him, Ryan almost immediately became quiet. "Dan go into the basement and get Nathan's old cradle."
"We aren't letting that baby stay here are we?" he said.
"Yes, this is Nathan's son-"
"It could be his son, how do we know that girl wasn't with other guys, we should get a paternity test, and if it isn't his child he doesn't have to take care of it, and if it is his child, he can put it up for adoption."
"Well whatever gets decided as the solution won't be done tonight, get the cradle" She commanded. "Nathan, I'm going to keep him in my room tonight, you don't know the first thing about babies, if he has a problem, your father can sleep in one of the spare rooms." She said after Dan walked away.
"OK mom." He said, still confused, but glad his mom was helping. "I can go to a clinic tomorrow."
"Whatever you choose." She replied then she walked inside. Nathan did the same after grabbing Ryan's things.
"OH, and what is his name?" Deb asked.
"She said Ryan, his birth certificate is here, yeah, Ryan James." He said reading the paper. "Oh, look, father unknown." He said when he read it, 'how could Haley do this to me, what am I going to do?' he thought.