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Charity wondered aimlessly through Tyler's crowded house. She was feeling angry and reckless and that was not a good combination on her. She couldn't believe that Derek had pretty much admitted to cheating on her. She knew that once the alcohol in her system wore off she would be devastated, but for now she was just pissed.

"Hey, I've been looking for you. Are you okay?" Logan asked as he picked his way over to her. Charity felt badly for playing with Logan's feelings. She knew, very well, that he'd had a crush on her since she'd arrived in Tree Hill. If she were smart she would have dated him instead of Derek. Logan never would have treated her the way Derek had. He was a classic 'nice guy'.

"No, not really." She admitted softly. She shook her head as Logan opened his arms to her. She knew that if she let him hug her that she would start crying and she was trying not to do that.

"Do you want to go and sit down somewhere? Do you want me to find Lauren?" Logan asked. Charity simply nodded. She followed Logan up the stairs and down a hallway. He held open a door for her.

"Why don't you just grab us some drinks. Don't worry about Lauren." Charity instructed as she entered the dark room. Logan nodded and headed back down the stairs.

"Charity?" Tyler asked as she fumbled for the lights. Turning them on, she found herself in Tyler's room, with Tyler lying on his bed.

"What were you doing in here, in the dark?" Charity asked, sitting down on the edge of his bed.

"Just thinking. What are you doing, hiding out in my room?" Tyler asked in amusement.

"It's been a rough night." Charity said softly. Tyler nodded in commiseration. She assumed that he had witnessed the debacle that was the end of her relationship with Derek.

"If you need anything, let me know." Tyler offered, heading towards the door.

"Do you care if I crash here tonight? If I go home with Lauren, she'll want to 'talk about it'." Charity asked, rolling her eyes.

"Sure, no problem. I'll let Lauren know." Tyler said with a smile as he pulled the door shut behind him. Sighing, Charity let herself fall backwards onto Tyler's bed. She quickly grew bored as she waited for Logan. Walking around the room, she spotted Tyler's cd collection and began flipping through it.

"Sorry it took so long, Tyler caught me on the stairs." Logan said as he brought her cup over to her. She smiled as she took her drink from him.

"That's cool. Thanks, Logan, for everything tonight. I'm sorry about earlier, I just really wanted to piss Derek off and you were the first guy I saw." Charity explained, shrugging as she spoke.

"Yeah, I figured. I saw him with that blonde girl at a party last week in Bear Creek, but I didn't want to be the bearer of bad news." Logan told her, not quite meeting her eye. Charity closed her eyes for a moment to regain her composure. She wanted to yell and scream and ask why Logan hadn't told her, but it was over and done, and she saw no reason to lose another relationship tonight.

"It's cool, don't sweat it. Listen, I'm really tired, I think I'm just gonna get some sleep." She said, faking a yawn. Logan nodded and left the room. As soon as she heard the door click shut, she let her shoulders sag and let the tears fall. She crawled into Tyler's bed and bawled.

She must have fallen asleep at some point, because the next thing Charity knew, Tyler was carefully laying down beside her. It was like her body was suddenly filled with electricity. She was tingling from head to toe, totally aware of exactly how close his body was to hers. Before she could stop herself she'd turned to face him. Within seconds her lips were on his. Tyler groaned as he quickly pulled away from her.

"Charity, stop." Tyler said weakly. Charity ignored him and pressed her lips to his again. Again, he pushed her away.

"Stop. I'm with Lauren." Tyler said a little more forcibly this time. Charity felt like she couldn't breathe. No, there was no way she was hearing this correctly. She couldn't believe that Lauren had taken Tyler back after everything they'd done. Nor could she believe that she'd kissed Tyler twice while he was dating her sister.

"Oh my god, not again" Charity muttered as she turned away from Tyler. She laid very still for a moment, collecting herself, before she got out of bed and headed straight out the door. She stumbled down the stairs and out Tyler's front door. She was glad it wasn't a long walk home, but then again, she wasn't looking forward to seeing Lauren any time soon either.