I don't own anything

Chapter 1 Not so great return

I walked into the hall of our school. Everyone is pointing and laughing at me. I didn't think that I would be treated this bad from just returning from a rock tour. With every step I take it seems as I'm going nowhere. I stepped up to my locker and look to my right. Standing there is my best friend Luke, and on my left his little brother, and my husband, Nathan.

"Should of used your stag name." Was all that Nathan had to say to me. I know that it is my fault that he is hurting and that our marriage is in the bad condition it is in, but it is also his fault.

I stuffed all my books into my bag and walked off to find my friend Brooke. I would have never believed that I would be sharing a apartment if you told me that last year. She use to hate, but she is also the person that made me give Nathan another chance. As I step out the door I see her sitting on the bench. She hopped up quick when she saw me.

"Haley why are you crying?" she asked. I had no idea that I was crying. I should have known that thinking about my past with Nathan would bring tears to my eyes.

"Oh nothing." was all that I said, but I don't know if you could call my marriage nothing, though that was all it meant now, nothing. Brooke looked at me like she didn't believe me, but she let it slide.

"So what's up with Peyton? She has been giving me the cold shoulder ever since I returned." I said trying to brake the uncomfortable silence.

"Oh she has just had a bad year. I'll talk to her." and with that Brooke skipped off to find her.

I continued to walk to my first class, still being laughed at. I can not believe the people here. What is their problem with me? They don't even know me. As I walked into my first class I over heard these girls talking in the corner.

"Did you hear that Haley came back for Nathan?" A tall blonde girl said.

"Yeah to bad that he's paying that guy to come back and get her again." Said a short red hair.

"What?"

"Yeah apparently Nathan just married her to get in her pants. Then paid this guy to come and take her away, but the dumb ass came back thinking that the marriage actually meant something to Nathan."

"He didn't!"

"Yep, and the guy he paid was a fox. Poor Haley only got married so someone could get her in the sack."

I was about to walk over to those girls and tell them they're wrong, but out of the corner of my eye I see Nathan stand up.

Oh good he's going to tell them they are dead wrong, are at least that's what I thought he was going to say. Nathan walked over to me and bent down to whisper something in my ear.

"To bad they're right, now go fuck Chris Keller." Nathan walked out of the room. I turned around and started to walk home when Brooke stopped me. She was with Luke, just what I need right now.

"Wow, Haley, what's wrong, and don't say nothing." Brooke said letting go of Luke's arm. I told her the whole story about the girls and what Nathan said to me.

"Ah honey, he's just going through a ruff time. I'll talk to him then meet you at home in about five minutes." She said right before leaving me with Luke. Luke wrapped his arm around me and we walked to his car.

"I'll take you home." He said in a very soft voice. I hopped in and we drove off.

Brooke ran up to Nathan who was leaning against the wall. She slapped him across the face as hard as she could.

"What the hell was that for?!" Nathan yelled pissed.

"What the hell are you doing to Haley? Telling her that you only married her so you could sleep with her!" She yelled back in his face, "We both know that that's not the truth!" Nathan stood there looking at the ground like he was ashamed of himself. In a very soft voice he started to talk.

"I did love her. I tried to commit suicide when she left. I needed her to feel that pain."

"You did love her, Nathan we know you still do, and Nathan she has felt that pain even before you said those things." Brooke was getting madder with every word Nathan spoke.

I walked into the apartment and throw my bag down. I walked back to the bedroom and pulled out the annulment papers and signed them.

"Here give them to Nathan." I said as I gave them to Luke.