Hope you like my new story. I'm still writing the other ones, but this one just came to me.

I do not own any of these characters.


Haley awoke that morning feeling like hell. She really didn't want to go to school especially with what happened 2 days earlier. Haley reluctantly pulled herself out of bed, showered and got dressed, she then studied her face in the mirror. She gingerly touched the bruises and cuts on her face, and winced in pain when her finger hit a particularly sensitive spot. She opted against applying makeup to spare herself the pain, and it would be good for Grant to see what he did to her. Grant was her boyfriend, at least he used to be. Grant had screwed that up when he attacked and raped her the other day. Haley had never felt so bad, but she intended on burying it, not letting anyone know that something was bothering her. She couldn't tell anyone, it was too embarrassing. She grabbed a bagel on her way out the door and drove herself to school.

Before getting out of the car, she plastered a fake smile on her face, and ignored the pain from the bruises on her face. Her friend Lindsay was waiting outside. Her smile faded when she saw the bruises on Haley's face.

"Hales what happened?" Lindsay asked worried.

"I fell down the stairs at home the other days" she lied.

"Oh, are you okay?" she asked still worried.

"I'll be fine Linds" she reassured her friend. Haley then took her arm and steered Lindsay away from Grant who was sitting at their regular table. She sent Grant a pointed glare as she walked by.

The day went by slowly for Haley. By the end of the day, she was sick of people constantly asking her what happened to her face. She used the falling down the stairs excuse so many times that day, that she almost started to believe it herself. She met Lindsay out by her car, Lindsay still looked worried. Haley did her best to reassure her friend, but it was hard to reassure someone when you felt like she did. Haley's life was falling apart around her, and she couldn't do anything about it. Her parents weren't home yet when she got there. Haley decided to take a shower before her parents got home, she still felt dirty from what Grant did to her. She knew her parents were worried about her, they freaked out when they saw her face. She shuddered remembering how they reacted.

Flashback

Lydia and Jimmy James walked in the front only to find their daughter crying in the bathroom.

"Haley? Haley what's wrong?" Lydia asked concerned.

"Sweetie, what happened to your face?" Jimmy asked.

"It's okay. I- I just fell down the stairs. I'm okay." she tried to reassure her parents. It was hard to reassure someone when your were crying.

"Are you sure, that looks really painful baby." Lydia said stroking Haley's ravaged face.

End of flashback

She was laying in bed reading when her phone started ringing. She glanced at the caller ID, and couldn't believe that Grant was calling her. Angrily she threw the phone across the room. Didn't Grant realize that they were over. His actions had changed her life for the worse. Haley hated Grant, and she never wanted to see or hear from him again. Haley phone rang again, so she went to retrieve it from the other side of the room. Haley glanced at the collar ID, and saw that it was Brooke.

"Hey" she said trying to put some happy into her voice.

"Hey best friend" Brooke said happily.

"Hey Brooke" Haley said.

"Haley, what's wrong?" Brooke asked, she knew Haley better than anyone, and could tell when something was bothering her. Brooke wished she could go to Charlotte right now to help Haley through whatever was bothering her, but she couldn't. It was a couple hour drive from Tree Hill to Charlotte, and she couldn't just up and leave.

"Can I tell you something Brooke?" she asked. She needed to tell someone about what happened, and her best friend seemed like a good bet.

"Of course, what's wrong?" Brooke asked.

"Grant attacked me. He beat me and raped me, because I refused to have sex with him." she explained.

"Oh my God, Haley" Brooke said horrified.

"I know. I cant believe that it happened. I need to get away from him, I need to get away from this place. Everything in Charlotte reminds me of what happened." she cried.

"It's okay Hales. If you want you can come and live with me. My parents are never home, you can go to Tree Hill High School, and we can hang out together all the time. And you can get over what happened with Grant." she said growing more excited the longer she went on.

"You know, that's a great idea. I'll talk to my parents tonight Brooke, and I'll call you after I ask them" she said growing a little excited." For the first time in a couple days she felt like things might be okay.

Her parents came home, and seen Haley sitting in the living room. Her face looked awful, and she looked like she was in pain.

"Mom, dad, I want to talk to you about something." she said.

"What's up, sweetie?" Jimmy asked.

" I want to move in with Brooke" she said.

"Move in with Brooke? In Tree Hill? Why?" Lydia asked alarmed.

"I just need to get away. I broke up with Grant. I miss Brooke. There are many reasons that I need to get away. I cant be happy here anymore." she pleaded.

"Does Brooke know about this little plan of yours?" Jimmy asked

"Um yeah, she was the one who suggested it" she told them.

"Okay, if this is what you need to do. We will accept your decision." Jimmy told her.

Haley leaned over and hugged both of her parents.

Haley packed most of her things that night. She went to school that day, and immediately ran up and hugged Lindsay.

"Hey good morning Haley. You seem better today." she noted.

"Yeah. My face still looks horrible, but I'm happier. Linds there's something I need to tell you something." she confessed.

"Okay you can tell me anything Hales." she reassured her friend.

"I'm moving in with Brooke, in Tree Hill." she told her.

"What? When are leaving?" Lindsay asked.

"Tonight. Right after school." she said quietly.

"Why?" Lindsay asked shocked.

"I need to get away. My break up with Grant, and everything else that happened. I need to go away." she tried to explain to Lindsay.

"Ok. I'm gonna miss you Hales." she said crying.

"I'm gonna miss you too Linds" she told her friend.

Together they walked into the school. Haley was trying her best to be happy, but this place still brought back all the pain of her relationship with Grant. It didn't help that Grant was always around. He sat with them at lunch, he was in most of her classes. Haley tried her best to exist with him, but it was hard. The day went by without much happening. She hugged Lindsay once more before leaving.

Haley drove home, and her parents were waiting for her. Her mom and dad helped her load up her car, and they hugged her. Her mom was crying and she hugged her daughter goodbye. They knew it wasn't forever, and she was only a couple hours away. But they were going to miss their youngest daughter. Haley got in her car, and drove away. She hoped that the move, would make that ache in her heart subside. Just like the bruises on her face, it would take a while for her ability to trust people, and the ache in her heart to subside. Sometimes it didn't feel like she would ever be able to trust another boy again. She drove down the highway, she hoped her troubles would stay behind in Charlotte, as she began her new life in Tree Hill.