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Kaya17tj- I'm glad you like it so far, and I definitively want to put how NALEY got together in the first place.

Chapter 2- The Guilt of Lies

Brooke pulled the taxi driver outside, she really didn't want him to keep seeing that. In a way she also felt betrayed, but Nathan had been pulling away for a while. In a way, her suspcions had finally came true. She was sure that he had something going on with his secretary, but now everything was cleared up. She wanted so much to walk up to the girl and pull her hair out, but the boy next to her was her husband and she didn't want to make it any worse on him.

"That's why she never calls when she gets out late" Lucas said trying to regain his composture. He was breathless, he felt as if they had dropped a piano on top of him. How could she do that to him? The one woman he loved, the one who had been there for him since they were teens. She was the person who was there for him when things got tough, the one who always protected him.

He now understood why she had been so distant, why she never wanted him to visit her at work. Maybe it wasn't just one guy, maybe it was a bunch of them. Maybe she had one per night. Whatever it was, he couldn't believe she had stoop that low.

"I think we should go" Brooke said pulling him to the taxi, "come on, let's go get a coffee or something." As pissed of as she was, she had suspicions. But she could see that to Lucas Haley was everything, that he had never expected any of that to happen.

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"Here you go." Haley handed a shot of tequila to Nathan with a smile, then she turned to a guy who was calling out his order. She grabbed the things she needed and walked towards the guy. Who was a little to drunk for her liking, but that was her job. She had to poor drinks no matter how drunk the person was.

The guy grabbed the two beers and the to glasses; which contained martinis and looked at her. "If you stop flirting with that guy over there, you might actually get a tip." The guy pointed to Nathan then turned around and left.

Nathan could see the whole interaction, and even though he wanted to beat the guy down he didn't. He knew that would just draw attention to him, and that was the last thing he needed. He couldn't risk getting on the cover of some tabloid saying how Brooke Davis' husband was deffending a bar tender, even though Haley was way more then that to him. He simply set his glass down and waited for Haley to make her way back to him.

"Kind of an ass." The guy who took the empty spot that was left by the one who had taken the beers said looking at her. You could tell in his eyes that he felt bad for her. Sometimes being a bar tender meant sucking up to the customer, and that is just what Haley did.

She smiled and wiped the counter in front of him, "yeah, he was." She put the rag over her shoulder and smiled at the guy once more, "what can I getcha?"

He looked at her up and down, "well, for startes, your number. Then I'll take a beer."

Haley chuckled, she grabbed a beer and opened it. She placed it right in front of him, "here is your beer."

"What about the number?" The guys asked like he had never been turned down before, and this was definitively diflating his ego.

"I'm married" she said. Her expression was unreadable. Usually when a woman tells you she's married she smiles, and you can see that she's happy. But not her, she just looked lifeless. Like she just used the marriage as an excuse to get away form guys who tried to get things from her.

The guy turned around and left. If she didn't want to give him her number, then he wasn't going to push. There were plenty of beautiful woman there, and he wasn't going to let a simple girl kill his buzz.

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Brooke and Lucas walked into the small dinner. They didn't really know much about each other, but what they did know was enough to bring them together. Their spoused had been cheating on them with each other. How small could the world be?

After being led to the booth, they both sat on opposite ends.

"How are you feeling?" Brooke had been asking him the same question the whole way there. She had been terrified that what he saw would be the cause of them getting involved in an accident.

Lucas looked up at her from the menu, "better. I mean, it doesn't change the fact that she has been cheeting on me. But, in a way I guess I saw it coming. I was just to blind to see it."

"What do you mean?"

"She never called for me to pick her up, she always said she had a ride. Plus, on nights that she didn't work at the bar, she had to work late at the office. I always thought that it was cause she was the secretary, or assistant, whatever she is to one of the best lawyers in New York. But I guess. I guess this clears it all up." His voice cracked at each sentences, his eyes were full of hate and disappointment. He really thought he was dreaming.

"I know what you mean" Brooke said reaching for his hand. She held his hand in hers and lifted her head to face him. She didn't really like what she saw. She saw him braking in front of her, and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Although she had just met him, she felt a deep conection with him.

"What are you talking about?"

Brooke took a deep breath and began telling him. But just as she was about to begin speaking the waitress came to take their orders. Frustrated she order a coffee, she wasn't really hungry, she just wanted to get out of that bar.

Once the girl had taken their order she turned back to him. "Nathan was always working late. When I went to the office, she was always coming out of his. She was always there with him, no matter what it was he did. They were inseparable. But I just thought it was part of their jobs."

"But?.."

"But then the rumors started. Everytime I would go to the office I could hear people whisppering. I have a very good hearing, and when it comes to gossip I'm the queen. So. I would pretend that I was on my phone as I walked by them, but I was actually listening to what they said. I heard all types of things, but I never thought it woud be true. Now look at me." Tears had made their way down her eyes. She hated crying for him, he was not worth her tears.

"I'm sorry" Lucas said. He was sorry that it was his wife that had caused the beautiful girl in front of him so much pain. But he wasn't sorry that it was the reason they were there right now. The reason of Haley's affair brought him to that moment. The moment were he had someone to understand his pain.

Soon the girl came with their food and coffee, and they began digging in. While they eat they talked a little. But mostly they would say how hurt they were, and how much they wanted to confront their spouses at that moment.

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Nathan pulled his car to the curb at the corner of her house. That was the place were he always dropped her off. He didn't want Lucas to find out about them, so they would do the corner to keep it safe. He turned his car of and sat on his side to look at her. There wasn't much to see since the light was so dimmed, but he could still make out her face in the dar. "Why were you so quiet today?"

"I had a lot of work" she said. She knew that wasn't the true, but she couldn't tell him that she felt like the worse person on the planet for cheating on her husband.

"I don't buy it. Haley, talk to me."

"I have to go" she said taking off her seatbelt, "I'll see you tomorrow morning."

"Okay" Nathand leaned to her and gave her a quick kiss. It was sweet kiss, but quick none the less. "I love you."

Haley heard the words and jumped out the car, she couldn't believe he had said them. It had only been like three months since they had began their little fling, but already it was getting to be too much. Haley heard his car pull away and she walked towards her appartment, at that moment all she wanted was to be home.

She would have to be up by five the next morning, and she really didn't feel like thinking about Nathan's words. She unlocked the front door , then walked towards the stairs and up to the third floor. When she reached her door she unlocked it and walked in. Dropping the keys on a table next to the door and hanging her coat on the hook she proceeded to walk to her bedroom. She was exausted and all she wanted was to be in bed.

As she walked in the bedroom she saw Lucas sitting on the bed reading a book with the lamp on. This wasn't something new, but it was odd for him to be doing it at two in the morning. "Can't sleep?" She tried to joke with him, then walked to the bathroom to get ready.

Lucas waited for her patiently. The whole talk he had with Brooke had calmed him down. He really wanted to jump on her and beat the crap out of her for lying, but Brooke was right, violance wouldn't really help him. He waited for her to come out of the bathroom so he could ask her a few questions. He only wanted to know if she would at least tell him part of the truth, since he knew she wouldn't tell him the whole thing.

After about twenty minutes in the bathroom a showered Haley came out in her pijamas, she walked over to the bed and slid in on her side of the bed.

"How was your day?"

Haley grabbed some cream from her side table and started putting it on her arms and face, "crazy."

"Anything interesting?" He knew she would say no, that had been her answer for a while.

"Actually yes" she said, "this guy asked me for my number, and he didn't looked a little shocked when I was married. But he still left me alone. It was really weird."

"How'd you get home?"

"Annaliz gave me a ride, but she was in a hurry so I had to walk a few blocks to get here." She had grown so use to lying, that she felt nothing when the lies came out of her mouth. "How was your day?"

"Good, I got lots of clients. But it slowed down after I talked to you on the phone." He was telling the turth, but not all of it. He didn't mention that the reason it had been slow was because he was with another woman.

"Great, I hope you have a better night tomorrow." She leaned to him and kissed him on the cheek, then she turned to her side and went to bed.

Lucas put his book down and did the same thing she had just done, but right before he turned off the light he said, "I love you." When he didn't hear it back, he acted like she was asleep. But he knew that it was because she didn't really feel the same way anymore.

Haley preteneded to be asleep, but she really wanted to say the words back to him. As much as she wanted to she couldn't. She did love him, just not the way she use to. Everything was falling apart, and she was the only one to blame.

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"Brooke." Nathan walked into his bedroom and saw his wife sleeping. She looked so peaceful. The last thing he wanted was to wake her up. He knew that if he even touched the bed she would wake, and he really didn't want to wake her, since she looked like she had a long day.

Without thinking about it anymore he walked across the hall to the guest room. He pulled out some pijama pants he had in one of the drawers, and went to the bathroom to get ready for bed.

After a quick shower, brushing his teet, and even shaving, Nathan finally made it back to the room. But walking in he saw that it wasn't empty. No, there she was sitting on the bed waiting for him.

"Why are you sleeping here?" Her voice sounded hurt, and you could see her fighting the tears. She hated this, she hated to have to act like she didn't know about it.

Nathan walked over to her and sat right next to her, "you were sleeping, and I didn't want to wake you. I know you wake up with any little movement, so, I decided to sleep here." He poited to the bed they were sitting on.

"You can come back to bed if you want" she said.

"I'll be there in a minutes, just go back to bed" he said tucking her hair behind her ear.

He was good, and he knew it. He had actually become some sort of expert at the whole acting around her thing. He knew exactly how to maker her believe him, and in a way , he didn't care. He was no longer in love with her. But that didn't mean that he didn't hate hurting her. He hated everything about it, that's why he was planing the divorce. But he had to make sure Brooke would be able to handle it, he really didn't want to hurt her like that.

Brooke got up and walked back to her bedroom. She wanted to tell him so badly that she had seen him with Haley, the she knew all about the affair. But she promised Lucas that she would handle it all with care, and not explode at him. She walked back to the bed and laid there waiting for him. Hoping that he would actually do as he said.

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