Second Chapter!!!

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"What's wrong Nate? Not happy to see me?"

Nathan looked into his cold eyes and anger began to run through him. "How'd you get in here?"

"Oh Nathan," He scolded, "Didn't your father ever tell you to always lock the front door?"

"No, the only thing he ever taught me is to never trust him."

Dan clicked his tongue, "You should be nicer to me, Nathan. You're under my roof."

"It's not your house, Dan. Remember?" Nathan stated.

Dan let out a laugh, "Don't worry, Nathan. With your mom gone, it won't take long for me to reclaim my house…and you."

"I don't belong to you, and I never will." Nathan spat angrily.

"You can't change fate, Nathan. I'm your father, I'm supposed to help you."

"Help me? When have you ever helped me?"

Dan took a step closer to him tauntingly, "For starters, I'll help you by telling you that that game you played was horrible. How are you ever going to impress any scouts by tripping all the time?"

Nathan came up with an excuse quickly, "I slipped, that's all."

"Scouts don't care if you slip. You mess up, you mess up. That's it. And I saw you with Haley after the game. Don't let her get in the way with your basket ball. Don't make the mistakes I did."

"Trust me, you don't have to worry about that."

Dan laughed again and took another step towards his son, "You're more like me then you think."

Nathan felt the anger boiling up. "I'll never be like you!!" He growled and launched himself at his father.

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"And that's why I think you're the luckiest guy in the world." Tim finally finished his rant.

"Because I'm dating Brooke?" Lucas asked as he walked up the steps to Nathan's front door.

Tim opened up the door, it was never locked, "Dude, she's hot!"

Lucas shook his head as he walked into the house Nathan was living in by himself. He could hear Nathan's play station from his room and smiled. Nathan was really bored.

"Did you hear that?" Tim asked as he looked over at Lucas.

Lucas listened and he could hear it, yelling. "Ya, I hear it."

Tim pulled out his cellphone and started recording a video.

"What are you doing?" Lucas whispered hoarsely to him.

"I want to get a good shot if it's an alien. It could be worth millions."

Lucas rolled his eyes, Tim was so weird. Lucas ignored Tim and led him to Nathan's room.

Tim pushed passed Lucas to get a good shot of Nathan attacking Dan. Lucas watched in horror at the anger on his brother's face. He had a crazy look in his eye as he tackled his father.

As Nathan went to tackle Dan, things didn't turn out as planned. Dan caught Nathan easily and held Nathan back. When Nathan fought against his father's grasp, Dan gave one punch to his son's face.

"Nathan!" Lucas yelled, but Dan had already pinned Nathan against the wall with his hand around his neck.

"Stop! Dan!" Lucas yelled as he tried to pry Dan's hand's off Nathan's neck. At the same time, Nathan was kicking at his father to try and get free.

Lucas managed to pry one hand away as Nathan got lighter, running out of air. "You're going to kill him!"

Dan finally let go and glared at Nathan, his face dark and edged, "Don't mess up again."

And with that warning, Dan was gone and out the door.

"Nathan." Lucas bent down by his coughing brother, "Are you okay?"

Nathan's voice was hoarse as he yelled, "Get out!"

"What?"

"Get out!" He yelled again, "Get out of my house!!"

Lucas did as he was told and dragged Tim out of Nathan's room and out of the house.

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"Hey, Lucas!" Haley called her friend in the computer lab on Monday. "Did you hear abut the Tim thing?"

Lucas became nervous, "What thing?"

"He has a video on one of these websites. Apparently it's really popular." She stated.

"I thought you didn't like that kind of stuff."

Haley smiled, "I know, but you can't blame me for being curious."

He went to her side as she entered the sight and looked for the video. The one she clicked on was called "Family Fight."

Haley played the video and it loaded as it played, high-speed. Lucas' face went hot as he saw that crazed look in his brother's face again.

"Nathan…" Haley whispered as she watched him tackle his father. Then she gasped when Dan punched Nathan. And when Nathan was being choked, Haley started shaking.

When the video ended with Dan's threat, she turned off the computer and got up.

"Haley, wait." Lucas called after her.

She turned around angrily, "What, Lucas? Are you going to tell me what the hell you were thinking when you decided not to tell me. No wonder he wasn't returning my calls."

"Haley, I'm sorry. I thought he was going to tell you."

He went to her side and hugged her, "Is he alright at least?"

He sighed, "I don't know, I haven't seen him since then."

"Well, we have to find him."

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Haley could barely recognize him as she searched the halls of Tree Hill High. She had found him outside walking by himself. Haley had barely recognized when she saw him, it was the way he walked that was familiar. She would know that walk from anywhere.

He was so different today because he was wearing a grey sweater, with the hood pulled up. As soon as she saw him Haley ran to him.

"Nathan." She said in a concerned tone, but he just pulled his hood down more.

"Nathan, we need to talk." She tried again, but he kept his face down so she couldn't see it.

"What's wrong, Haley?" He asked, his voice was hoarse and rough.

"Oh Nathan, your voice." She whispered.

"I have a cold." He lied to her.

Haley pulled the hood down suddenly, too sudden for Nathan to conceal his face again. She gasped as she saw the black eye.

"Nathan," She whispered as she touched his face as lightly as she could.

He pulled away, "I ran into a door." He lied again.

"Nathan," she began again, "I saw the video."

"I don't know what you're talking about." He mumbled, lying for one last time.

She glared, "Nathan, stop lying."

He didn't say anything, so she added, "Show me your neck."

"Haley…"

"Show me your neck." She repeated, with more fierce.

Nathan sighed as he pulled down the neck of his sweater to reveal bruises of hands. It was obvious he was choked by someone with very large hands. In other words, Dan Scott.

"Oh. My. God." Was all she could say before he hugged her. She hugged him back.

"Nathan, are you okay?"

He shook his head, which was on her shoulder.

"Nathan, please talk to me."

Nathan looked down at her and she saw the sadness in his eyes, no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

"It's okay, Nathan. It's going to be alright."

He shook his head again, "No, Haley, it's not going to be okay. Dan always finds a way to get to me."

She thought for a moment, "Nathan, why don't you stay with Brooke and I."

"What?" Nathan asked, not understanding. "Live with two girls?"

"Just until you can get the locks changed on your house."

He looked down, "I'm not sure Hailey…"

"Nathan, please. This way, I'll be able to keep an eye on you and we can spend time together."

He nodded in agreement, finally smiling, "If that's what you want."

She smiled, feeling a little better. "It is."

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"Okay, this is weird." Brooke mumbled, motioning towards the half-naked boy on her couch.

"Brooke, I know this is sudden," Haley explained, "but it's just until Nathan has his locks changed."

Brooke shook her head, "Tutor-girl, I'm not stupid. I know the real reason why you want him to stay here."

"And what's that?"

Brooke sighed, "You're buying time to figure out how to deal with Dan."

Haley didn't say anything, she couldn't deny it because it was 100% true. Brooke rolled her eyes and walked away, obviously bored with the conversation. Haley ignored Brooke's reaction and went to Nathan, looking very uncomfortable on their couch.

"Are you okay with this?" She asked I'm.

He chuckled, "I think I can manage sleeping on your couch. It's not like I'm intimidated by women or anything."

Haley giggled and kissed him lightly. Then she walked towards her room to go to bed. She was surprised to feel a hand grab her wrist.

When she turned, Nathan's face was pleading, "Stay with me tonight."

Haley was going to say no, but that look in his eyes made her say yes. He was just so sad, so torn. Ever since his mom had left town, he'd been acting very distant and upset.

"Okay," She crawled into the blankets with him, "But you have to tell me what's going on with you."

"Haley, I wouldn't know where to start." He looked at the ground, obviously dreading this conversation.

Haley's answer shocked him.

"Start with why your mom is gone."

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Chapter 2 done!! PLEASE REVIEW!! I LOVE reviews so much!