"Hey, there you are. I thought the two of you killed eachother", Lucas joked as Haley appeared from Nathan's room the next morning. He had watched Haley go in the afternoon before and heard the yelling that was emanating from the room, but he never saw her come back out.

"Haha very funny", Haley said coming to stand next to the hungry man who was suprisingly cooking today.

"So I take it the two of you made up?"

"Well... not really. We're no longer avoiding each other, but we're still not tight either."

"Aw, well you guys will get there, just need some time. You want some breakfast?", Lucas asked, flipping over a now golden brown french toast.

"Nope, I gotta get going. Brooke and Peyton are gona kill me. They probably think I'm lying in a gutter somewhere. How about a rain check?", the blonde suggested, yawning and stretching out her arms.

"Yeah, I'll hold you to it."

"Alright well, I should get going. I'll catch ya later Luke."

Haley smiled and gave him a small hug.

"And tell Nathan I'll see him later. He's sleeping and I don't want to disturb him."

"Will do", Lucas smiled, waving as Haley made her way out of the beach house and into her car.

"Tutorgirl! There you are! We have been worried sick, where've you been?", Brooke shrieked as Haley entered through the front door.

"Sorry Brooke, I was at Lucas', needed to talk to Nahtan, ended up staying the night."

Brooke sighed dramatically and put her hands on her hips.

"Do you not know how to use a cellphone? There is such a thing as calling you know."

Rolling her eyes, Haley pushed past the brunette, walking into the kitchen to grab a bottle of gatorade and made her way in the living room towards the couch.

"Hey, we are not finished here", Brooke said following Haley into the living area.

"What's going on?" Peyton's face appeared from the doorway, now coming to stand in the middle of the room.

"P.Sawyer, tutorgirl has returned", Brooke informed, pointing towards a now spread out Haley.

"Geez, okay Brooke, I forgot to call", Haley admitted closing her eyes in an attempt at relaxation. To her displeasure Brooke began talking again.

"Where have you been this whole time?"

"I went to talk to Nathan remember? I told you that I was gong to talk to him."

"Yeah, but you didn't say you were going to be there the whole day plus night", Brooke put in, giving Haley an expectant look. Peyton who had been watching the whole interaction was now seated in the love seat, smiling in amusement.

"I didn't know", Haley replied shortly.

Brooke shook her head and folded her arms.

"Well did you atleast get make up sex?"

"Brooke!", Peyton called incredously at the brown-haired girl. She could not believe she asked that--but then again, this was Brooke Davis.

"What? Something had to of happened, she was gone the whole night."

Grinning Haley shook her head.

"Nothing happened Brooke. We just talked and fell asleep together, that's it."

Brooke's mouth became agap as she looked unbelievably at Haley's face.

"I cannot believe you guys didn't even have sex. What planet are you from?"

Haley ignored the girl's comment, rolling over and placing her hands under her head in place of a pillow.

"I think we should let her sleep, she looks really tired Brooke", Peyton said, standing up and walking towards her.

"But she said she fell asleep with him so she shouldn't be tired which means she's lying and something did happen", Brooke rambled on as Peyton pulled her up and pushed her out of the living room, nodding.

"Sure."

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Haley awoke to find herself on the couch as the days events flooded back into her mind. She remembered Brooke pestering her before she fell asleep and she chuckled at her motheryly friend. Looking towards the window, she could see the sun's rays going down over the mountains. Getting up, she trudged into the kitchen. Brooke had her nose buried in a magazine and Peyton was drawing a picture as they both ate the apparent dinner that was in front of them.

"Haley hey", Peyton said looking up and smiling. Haley raised her hand, heading for the food.

"There's some roasted chicken and mashed potatoes. Grab a plate and come here and have a seat."

Haley did just that and sat down opposite of Peyton and Brooke.

"So Haley, ready to admit you had sex now?", Brooke asked not looking away from her magazine.

"We didn't have sex Brooke", she replied, sighing in annoyance.

"You expect me to believe you spent the whole night over there not to mention came home tired and you didn't have sex?"

"That's right."

"Then what happened?"

"Yeah did you guys get back together?", Peyton asked.

"Not exactly."

-Flashback-

As the early rays of the morning slowly poured into the darkended room, engulfing tiny spots into light minute by minute, Haley popped open her eyes in attempt to block the sun from hitting her face. She snuck a glance at Nathan and seeing as how he didn't seem to be awake, she gently lifted her body off of his chest as to not wake his sleeping figure beside her.

"What's wrong?"

Well, she tried.

Turning around she looked into Nathan's sleepy face, smiling slightly.

"Nothing, just thought I'd sit up for a bit." Nodding his head, he preceeded to close his eyes when Haley's voice called out his name.

"Nathan?" He glanced at her and could tell by the look she was sporting that something was on her mind.

"Yeah?"

"What are we?" She asked nervously, biting her lip and and looking down at her hands.

She didn't hear anything come from him for awhile so she looked back at his face to see him deep in thought.

"I-I don't know", he finally answered, looking at her in confusion.

"Friends maybe?"

"Maybe."

"What... what about the way we were?" Nathan shook his head sadly.

"I-I can't Haley--atleast not right now..."

Nodding her head in understanding, Haley looked towards the window staring at the beautiful sunrise appearing from over the mountains.

"Maybe one day though." Haley turned at the sound of his voice and was somewhat relieved at his declaration. She wished they could so desperately go back to the way things were without all the crap, but she knew that it could not just happen and it would if anything take time to get back to that point agian. Laying her head back down on the pillow, she turned to give Nathan another glance and found he was dozing off to sleep and she smiled... a possible chance was better than no chance at all.

-End of Flashback-

"Well that sucks!", Brooke said, shutting the magazine.

"Yeah, are you okay Haley?"

Haley smiled at Peyton's sympathy and nodded.

"I'm fine, not anything I didn't deserve."

"What are you talking about tutorgirl? You're the best and if this 'Nathan Scoott' can't see that then he isn't worth it anyway", Brooke retorted, giving her friend a genuine smile.

"Thanks guys, but I'm fine really. So moving on, what are you're plans for tonight?"

"Well actually Tree Hill is having their annual Carolina Carnival and we thought it'd fun if the three of us went together", Peyton said, looking at the blonde's reaction.

"Yeah tutorgirl, you could even bring Nathan or Lucas if you want."

"Oh totally, I bet Lucas would love to come, speaking of that I think I'll give him a call right now." Peyton stood up and headed out of the kitchen to retrieve her cellphone.

"Well hell, it looks like I'm gona have to find me a hot stud to even it up", Brooke stated nodding her head in affirmative. Haley playfully rolled her eyes at the brunette.

"Whatever you say Brooke."

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