A/N: Chapter title comes from Made Of Scars by Stone Sour. More family interaction will come later on. I'm just slowly getting into introducing everyone. Enjoy.

Five Vicodin Chased With A Shot Of Clarity – Made Of Scars

Haley stayed in her new bedroom alone for most of the day. She unpacked what few belongings she had. After she was unpacked she just sat on her bed and strummed on the guitar that had been in the closet.

She looked around the room. The plain white walls would look better once she painted them. She would paint the walls red and all the woodwork would be black. Her gaze stopped at the dresser. She hung her pictures up on the mirror. There were pictures of her, Rachel, and Chase. Her favorite picture was of her, Rachel, Chase, and Chris. She was leaning against Rachel in the picture. Chris had his arm around her waist and Chase was knelt down in front of her looking up at her. They were happy then. All of them. The three of them were only fifteen at the time. Chris was sixteen.

She stopped on another picture. It was from when she was four. She was sitting on Dan's lap. She had dark hair in the picture. She was smiling and full of innocence. Nathan and Lucas were sitting on either side of them. It was taken the day she left.

Dan knelt down in front of his four-year-old daughter. "Haley I need you to be a good girl for your mommy okay?" Once Haley nodded her head he continued. "You and mommy are going to go away for awhile. I'll come see you when you get to your new house okay?"

"But I want to stay with you daddy." She threw her little arms around her dad's neck and clung to him as a tight as a four-year-old can.

"I know you do sweetie but you have to go with your mommy." He stood up and handed Haley over to Lydia, tears in his eyes. He kept telling himself it would all work out.

Haley walked down the stairs of the house, slowly. She wasn't used to being able to walk around and not worry about being hit. Every little noise always made her jump. Today was no exception. She stopped at the bottom of the stairs. There were three new people in the house.

"Haley darling come here please." The voice of Deb pulled her from her thoughts. She obliged and walked into the living room. She stayed close to the entrance so she could have an easy exit. "This is your aunt Karen, your uncle Keith, and your cousin Lily."

"Hi Hawey." A little brunette girl who was about three stood in front of Haley. She had the same light brown hair Haley had at her age. Her eyes were an amazing blue. She was definitely a Scott.

"Hi.." She wasn't sure what to say to the little girl. The only child she knew was Chris' little sister, Kaitlyn. The little girl slipped her hand into Haley's and gently pulled her to a chair. Haley reluctantly sat down. Once she was seated Lily crawled into her lap.

Everyone was amazed at how well Haley was handling the small child. No one expected her to be so relaxed with a child. They watched as Haley picked up a book off the floor and read it to Lily. Who would have thought that the one person Haley would talk to would be the youngest one in the family?

Karen stood up and motioned for Deb to follow her. "Well we're going to go start dinner. Why don't you boys go work on your homework." Nathan was about to protest when he caught the look his aunt was giving him. In all honestly Nathan was scared of her. She was a wonderfully sweet woman but she had a temper.

With the boys and the two women out of the room Keith looked over at his daughter. "Lily why don't you and I go get you cleaned up?"

"Will you finish the story later?" She looked up at Haley with so much innocence. Haley smiled at her and nodded. "Thank you." She smiled at Haley before going with her father out of the room.

Haley was left alone in the room with Dan. It was awkward to say the least. He tried to start a conversation but she couldn't respond. There was still a little uncomfortable. The whole night went on like that. Everyone tried to talk to her but the only one she would talk to was Lily.

FVCWASOC

The sound of "Note To Self" woke Haley up. She reached for her cell phone and sat up as she answered it. "I miss you so much."

"I miss you too babe. How are you?"

"Miserable. I need you."

"I wish I could be there babe. So how is the new family?"

"I don't know. I haven't really talked to them. I don't want to. I want you Rach. I can't talk to people I don't know. How am I supposed to live with them?" Haley wiped her tears away. Rachel was the only person she would cry around. She cried in front of Chase before but she hasn't done it since that beating. "How's Chase?" She regretted asking but she had to know.

"He's miserable babe. He misses you."

"I miss him too." Chase was the closest thing to a good solid male lead in her life. The bad thing about that was he was her age. He took care of her though. Anytime she got beat he would be there to tend to her injuries. If she got kicked out of the house for the week he would let her crash with him. He was the only thing to family she had ever had besides Rachel.

"I'll call you tomorrow okay babe?"

"Okay." The line was quiet for a moment. "I love you Rachel."

"I love you too Haley." It was difficult for the girls to do this. They had been best friends since kindergarten. They had never been away from each other for more than a week. They both hung up and Haley wiped away her tears. There was no more evidence that she had been crying.

Haley put her phone on the nightstand and picked up a picture. It was similar to the one of her and Rachel but this one had a guy in the picture. Haley was cuddled up in his lap while Rachel was stroking her hair. She was half asleep in the picture. She remembered that night perfectly. It was one of the few nights she had been free. She was living with Chase at the time.

She missed being able to hang out with her friends. They were all she had ever had. She never really had a family. She knew that her father never knew where she was or what was going on. She never blamed him for anything. She couldn't be happy being here though. She didn't know this man, his wife, or their sons. The only family she ever knew was Chase and Rachel.

Chase was every male lead in her life. He pulled the father role off a time or two. He acted like a very protective older brother. And most of all he was one of her best friends. He was only a few months older than her. He was mature though. His parents kicked him out of the house when he was fourteen. He had been living on his own since then.

Rachel was every female role she needed. She gave her motherly advice, sisterly advice, and friend advice. Rachel was left alone a lot of the time. Her parents only had her so they would have someone to leave everything to when they died. Her father wanted someone to take over the family business.

She ran a finger over the picture and remembered her last day with Chase. She missed him so much.

Haley laid her head on his chest. She had stayed the night with him. She had nowhere else to go and it was easier then going to a temporary foster home. "I'm going to miss you Chase."

"I'm going to miss you too Haley." He absentmindedly twirled her hair around his finger. "I can move down there with you." Haley shook her head. "Why not?"

"Rachel needs you. I can take care of myself." She sighed. "Rachel acts tough but she needs someone to stay with her."

Haley sighed and put the picture down. She didn't need to do this to herself. She didn't need to get depressed again. She had to be stronger than that. She was stronger than that. She promised Rachel and Chase that she would at least try to get along here. She would try to be happy here. She had to try. She had to try for them.