This is set in the second season, and Haley and Nathan have gotten divorced because she thought he was cheating on her. They still go to tree hill high with everyone. Everything that's happened has still happened, but Lucas has just come back.

Pairings: Laley, Naley, could end up either.

Lucas: Hales! I'm back! How's everything with you, Nathan, etc?

Haley: Yeah, we got divorced. Why would you care anyway?

Lucas: Because I'm your best friend! God! Why wouldn't I care Hales? I thought everything was going great between you guys.

Haley: Well not everything is rainbows and sunshine Luke. Life's a bitch.

Lucas: Hales...? Are you ok?

Haley: Meet the new me. Cynical, sarcsatic, and an overall closed off person. Call me Peyton.

Lucas: I thought Peyton was your other best friend.

Haley: She is. She calls me the same thing. Anyway, I have to go back to my apartment. See you later.

"Hales! Haley, please talk to me!" Nathan pounded on the door of Haley's room above the cafe, where she was now living.

Haley smirked upstairs. She could hear him.

"Haley! Haley! Come on! I didn't cheat on you!"

Haley smiled again. She ripped a piece of the paper off. Her marriage document. Every time he came crawling back, a little piece of their marriage was ruined. She looked at the unsigned divorce papers in the corner. Haley smiled grimly. Her world was crashing down. She reminded herself of her new motto: It's not always sunshine and rainbows.

Haley walked up to the mirror. And looked at the tattoo of the sun on her cheek. She had gotten it this past summer, right after she and Nathan had gotten divorced. It reminded her of the falseness of life, how you always got screwed over. It's not always sunshine and rainbows, she told herself.

When she was little, her mother always used to tell her: Look on the bright side of life. there's always a silver lining in every cloud. Haley laughed silently to herself. Some lining.

the banging on the door brought her back to reality. "HALEY JAMES SCOTT!" Nathan yelled.

Haley smiled sarcastically and answered the door. This took Nathan by surprise. "Get out. " she said and slammed the door. He didn't answer back and a single tear rolled down her cheek.

"Haley!" a voice yelled outside the door early the next morning.

Haley got up, prepared to yell at Nathan again. Instead, she saw Lucas.

"What are you doing here?" she asked. Instead of saying anything, he grabbed her and kissed her. They kissed for a minute passionately, but then she pulled away.

"You cocky jerk," she said. "I know," he replied. She pulled him into another kiss.

Nathan came upstairs. Karen had given him a key. He opened the door and saw Haley and Lucas making out on the couch. He stood there for a minute.

"Haley," he said formally. "Nathan!" she gasped. Lucas stood up.

"Hales, I'll call you later or see you later." Lucas walked out the door.

Nathan just looked at her. "Why would you do that Hales? It' s Lucas. "

"I know," she replied. "No more Ms. Innocent, right?"

Nathan just looked at her.

"You did this to me," she whispered. "And I'm not going back. " His response was to grab her and kissed her. He tasted some blood on her lips.

He looked at her. "You hate the roughness," he said. She looked at him.

"You were rougher."

"I'm sorry," he said.

"I hate you," she replied. She opened the door for him and pushed him out. She picked up the phone.

"Luke? I could really use a FRIEND right now, can you come over? Great.. Bye, see you in a few." Haley hung up the phone and took a shaky breath. What was she doing? This was Luke. Then the doorbell rang.

"Hey Luke," she said. Luke kissed her and they made out for a few minutes before she pushed him into her bedroom and shut the door.

From downstairs Nathan could hear them. He took a shaky breath and willed himself not to cry.