Title: Oh, the Tangled Web We Weave

Title: Oh, the Tangled Web We Weave.

Author: Cait aka LifeLongCharade.

Summary: A lie. Webster's dictionary defines a lie as an untrue statement spoken with the intent to deceive. A lie, either small or large, a white lie or a mortal sin, can have disastrous consequences. And the James twins are about to find out the hard way. A/U Naley.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my ideas and my characters.

A/N: Okay, so I know I haven't updated NWNM in a really long time but I've been having some family drama lately and my computer, which had the entire story written out, was destroyed. So the product of this insanely busy summer is this new story called Oh, the Tangled Web We Weave. This story will be updated more frequently than NWNM b/c I'm still in the process of retyping but anyway enjoy!

2nd A/N: Hey guys. It's me Caitybates18 user name switched to LifeLongCharade. Well I've made a few changes to this story. The main one being that Jake is Haley's twin not Tim. I know that's a major change but it's better for my overall storyline. So enjoy!

New York, New York

"Tim, I'm going to go get some air," Haley shouted over the pounding music.

"Want some company?" Tim shouted back, still attempting to grind against a tall, busty blonde.

"No, I'll be right back," she said making her way through the sea of sweaty bodies.

She let out a long sigh as she sunk down onto the curb and slid off her killer four inch heels.

"Smoke?" the bouncer next to her offered politely.

"Thanks," she smiled back taking the cigarette and allowing it to be lit.

She raised it to her nose and inhaled the scent deeply. She wasn't actually going to smoke it. No, she found that a disgusting habit and they were horrible on your lungs.

They just reminded her of home, of her father. Who reminded her of her mother and her brother. And of course him, Nathan Scott, Tree Hill's resident Golden Boy. Her- No, she was not going to go there. She hadn't been in Tree Hill in five years. That was all in the past.

Her future was here, in New York with her best friend Tim. Who had always been her goofy, lovable sidekick.

She had been surprised when he had informed her that he, too, had been accepted to LaGuardia. It was one of the most prestigious schools in New York.

None of their friends knew that Tim could sing, but he had surprised them with a kick ass singing voice and an amazing round on the drums.

Now they were both about to graduate from LaGuardia High School, and they would be on their way to Julliard in the fall.

Her life was good; she didn't need to dwell in the past.

But she did miss them, and there wasn't a day that went by when she didn't think about them.

Her extremely over protective older brother Jake. With his tousled light brown hair and big, kind brown eyes, identical to her own.

The Rivercourt boys, Junk, Fergie, Mouth and Skills. Just thinking of them made her laugh.

And of course, there was her Nathan. He was her best friend, and she had always had a bit of a crush on him.

That was until he had come to visit her last year, and things had gotten a little out of hand. God, what had she been thinking! She had let her hormones get the best of her, and now she hadn't spoken to her best friend or her brother in almost a year.

Well, that was mostly her fault, but what could she do now? To much time had past, and she was certain that neither one of them would even want to forgive her.

She took one last sniff of the untouched cigarette, before flinging it away and slipping on her heels.

That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa!
That's what you get when you let your heart win. Whoa...
I drowned out all my sense with the sound of its beating.
And that's what you get when you let your heart win. Who
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She glanced down at her ringing phone, her eyes widening at the name on the screen.

"Jakey?" she answered, a smile gracing her lips. That same smile quickly vanished as she listened to the boy on the other side of the phone.

"Oh my go-" she trailed of, her eyes filling with tears as her hand came up to cover her mouth.

"Um, I'll be there as soon as I can," she sniffed.

Feeling a warm hand on her shoulder, she turned to see Tim, concern evident on his face.

"I love you," she whispered as a silent promise, before hanging up her phone.

"Tim," she sobbed launching her self into the taller boy's arms. He let her cry on his shoulder for a while before she pulled back to look him in the eye.

"So, you up for a road trip to Tree Hill?"

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Tree Hill, North Carolina

The boy squared his shoulders, lifted the ball and pushed. He closed his eyes, saying a quick prayer, and he waited. The whole game, the whole season, all of the hard work, the sweat, the late night practices, everything depended on this shot.

Swishh….

That was all he heard. The roar of the crowd was deafening, but in his world it was silent. He stared at the hoop in disbelief.

He was vaguely aware of his girlfriend jumping into his arms, but he was still stuck on that shot.

He had just own the game, the playoff game.

"Hell yeah, Jake!," his best friend Nathan Scott complimented with a slap on the back.

"Hit the showers boys," his coach Whitey called, finally breaking him out of his thoughts.

He quickly kissed his girlfriend, "Wait for me?" he winked as he jogged off.

Peyton giggled softly and winked back.

When he was completely out of sight she jumped up clapping her hands, doing a slight happy dance.

Hey, it wasn't every day your boyfriend made the winning shot, getting his team into the championship game.

She giggled slowly before she remembered what had been plaguing her thoughts all night.

With that familiar feeling of dread creeping back into her stomach, she slowly sunk down to the gym floor.

Tonight with just a few simple words, she was going to ruin her boyfriend's life.

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It was barely midnight and the party was already in full swing.

When he and Peyton walked in it was as if everyone had been expecting them.

Jake James always loved to be the man of the party.

His life was great. He and his best friend Nathan ruled Tree Hill high School, he had a gorgeous girlfriend, great friends, an awesome mom, and he had Haley.

Well, actually he wasn't to sure if he had Haley anymore. But this was not the time or place to be thinking of that.

He quickly shook those thoughts out of his head, and slung an arm around Peyton's shoulder.

They met up with their friends and partied for a little bit, before Peyton leaned into him and whispered, "How 'bout we go back to your house for a while?"

Those words and her shy smile had Jake jetting out the door and to his house next door in record time.

They stumbled through the front door already in a steamy make-out secession. They barely made it to the couch before clothes began flying in every direction.

"Fuck!" Jake growled hearing the persistent knocking on the door.

"Who would be here this late?" Peyton asked while pulling on his shirt.

"It's probably Nathan," Jake mumbled while roughly yanking on his pants.

"Nathan you better have one damn good reason for being such a coc-" Jake steamed before stopping abruptly, seeing the police officer on the other side of the door.

"Um, are you Mr. James?" the officer questioned.

"Yeah," Jake stated wearily.

"Well I hate to be the one to inform you but there's been an accident." She frowned looking into the young boy's eyes.

Jake felt as if he couldn't breathe, he couldn't speak. He just listened to the cop before quietly shutting the door.

He walked into the next room and took a seat on the couch next to Peyton.

"Jake what's wrong?" she asked reaching out to comfort him.

He flinched away before quickly jumping up. Grabbing a bottle of vodka and his jacket he headed for the door.

"I'll be back later." And then he was gone.

"But I needed to talk to you," Peyton whispered to the closed door.

He ended up sitting on the concrete pavement in the middle of the Rivercourt.

That was when he finally let the tears come.

After taking quite a few healthy swigs of liquid courage, he picked up his phone and fumbled through the contacts. When he finally found the one he was looking for he pressed send and waited.

The minute she said his name it set him off again. He managed to calm himself down long enough to tell her what was wrong.

"I need you" he whispered brokenly.

She promised to come and he knew she would, because she loved him, she said so herself.

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A/N: So, how was it? I have a thing for writing A/U stories. If you haven't figured out yet Haley and Jake James are twins. Haley's been away at school, and hasn't been in Tree Hill for about five years. Now she' headed back b/c her brother needs her. This story will be a Naley, Brucas, Jeyton, Skevin, Tim/ Gigi whatever that is Tigi? Or Gim?

-Cait :)