Author's Note: Chapter ten is here! I know I just updated yesturday and that I haven't updated Red High Heels in awhile, but I'm kind of in a rut with that story lately, so I decided to just step back and maybe think about it a little more. Oh, but as for your reads that suggested a Deleted Scene story for that fiction I will be doing that sometime in the near future.

Some of you, well actually quite a few of you, wrote that you weren't to happy with Haley and some even said you hated her because of last chapter. Which I personally will always love Haley, but as a writer having you guys say that about how I'm protraying her made me feel rather good about my writing skills. How odd is that? I just feel that if you hate a character in one chapter because of one thing and like them in another I'm doing my job as a writer to protray each thing well. Does that make sense? If not, oh well. I love your reviews and how you guys feel about this story. It's great!

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Summary: Nathan and Haley were once madly in love and then reality set it. Now they are nothing more than friends who's faces always grace the tabloids. Then Nathan gets engaged and Haley has been invited to the week vacation the loving couple is throwing for friends and family. How is Haley ever going to survive and is it just her wishful thinking or is Nathan actually looking at her with those old eyes again?

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Chapter Ten; It's All Out There

"'Music's Angel Doesn't Look To Be Too Heavenly Anymore.'" Haley read aloud at the her and Brooke's dining room table as she took a drink of the glass of water she was drinking. "It's been almost a month, can they at least find something else to talk about?"

Brooke walked into the dining room with a piece of toast and a cup of coffee and took a seat across the table from Haley, "Because it's probably going to turn into the whole Jennifer and Angelina thing. People will pick sides and they might even make t-shirts. I know I'll be buying the 'Team James' in bulk if they do."

"Thanks Brooke, that made me feel a whole lot better." Haley mumbled, taking another drink and opening up to the full story. Once she had found it she began reading. "It seems that pop sensation, Haley James, had other ideas when she went to her friend, Nathan Scott's, wedding week. This picture was taken at the airport before Haley seemed to disappear rather quickly. Neither party is commenting at this time on the whole insentient, but we'll definitely be keeping you posted."

"I personally thought that picture of you two was extremely cute. You should get it framed." Brooke pointed out, flipping through her own fashion magazine. Haley sent another set of daggers toward the girl as she sat at the dining room table just munching at her toast. "And don't look at me like that. I'm just trying to make light of the whole issue."

Haley leaned back against her chair and gave a tired sigh, "I know. It's just that this definitely isn't helping me figure things out at all. Every time I even turn on the damn television to a Hollywood access channel this is plaster all over it. I just want it to go away."

"Do you?" Brooke asked, seriously. "Or do you just want everyone to see how you were right to do what you did? Because face it Haley, what you did was wrong. Even though I'm personally supporting you through this whole thing that doesn't mean the rest of society will. As much as I hate to admit it, they're cheering for Janis right now. Okay, maybe not cheering, but definitely have some pity for her."

As much as Haley wanted to admit it she knew her friend was right, she needed to just grow the hell up and say what she did was wrong, because it was. She hadn't actually talked to Nathan since leaving in the airport, but from what she heard in the news and from friends was that he was strictly focusing on basketball and nothing else.

"Look Hales, I love you and you just need to calm down. This will all blow over, okay? You just need to stop worrying, okay?" Brooke said in a sympathetic voice. "Want me to make you something to eat for breakfast? You haven't been eating a lot lately."

Haley slowly stood up from the table and shook her head. "No, lately I can't even think about food first thing in the morning without being completely nauseated. I'm going to lay down for a little bit before I head to the studio."

Brooke barely heard a word after nauseated, but she wasn't going to say anything to her friend. Not now. Instead she just nodded as she watched her leave the dining room. Once Haley was out of the room Brooke sighed with a mumble, "I think you're about to have bigger problems, buddy."

"Check it out, man." Nathan sat on the seat next to the window of the airplane as he and the rest of his team flew to Los Angeles for a game against The Lakers. He had his headphones on and didn't even hear the person slide in next to him until he felt the magazine drop onto his lap.

He slid the headphones off his ears and looked over at his teammate, "Sorry man, I'm not exactly into the gossip columns."

"I think you'll be into this one." The man pointed out, "Especially since you and that hot singer are in it. Again."

"Come on, man." Nathan shook his head. "Aren't you tired of reading stuff about other people's personal lives. I know I'm almost sick of hearing different things about myself."

"Hey, relax Nate, all I'm saying is that you might want to read it. Janis actually had something to say in this one." His teammate pointed out a quote that had been enlarged in the center of the page. "And if it's any consolation, I definitely understand why you did it; look at that fine piece of-"

"Alright, Trevor, move along." Nathan cut him off as the man stood up with a laugh, walking back to his original seat on the plane. Nathan looked back down at the magazine, his curiosity getting the best of him. It was the same picture that had been plastered over almost every magazine since about a week after he got back from Hawaii. He and Haley were in the middle of kissing at the airport and someone flashed the picture.

Nathan read the whole article, finally getting to Janis' quote. He took in a deep breath as he read what she had to say; "As far as I'm concerned I'm better off without him. That homewrecker can have him and I hope they're miserably happy together."

Nathan tossed the magazine to the seat next to him and just continued to listen to his music again as he stared out the window. The past month had been hell, he was asked to comment about the 'scandal' everywhere he went. He usually just ignored it and went on with his business, but it was beginning to wear on him slightly. Now it seemed to no matter how good he played in a game all anyone wanted to talk about was him and Haley.

What was even worse was that she wasn't there with him. She hadn't even tried to call in the past month. He had wanted to call her, but Lucas said to give her time and he had, but that just didn't seem to be cutting it anymore. He had grown almost bitter toward her without even seeing her. Of course, he saw her in magazines and television, but not in person.

"To hell with love." He mumbled to himself, turning up his music a bit louder.

"Wow, hot date?" Haley asked, walking into Brooke's room as she stood in front of her full length mirror gazing at her own reflection wearing a denim mini skirt with a black strapless top that seemed to be somewhat baggy in the middle and then tighten at the waist. Her heels were also black, along with her jewelry.

"Lucas is coming into town. He has the week off and wants to see Nathan's game and of course me, so I told him we could go to the game and then see what happens." Brooke smiled, doing the final touch ups of her hair and make-up.

"Nathan - um - Nathan has a game here tonight?" Haley asked, clearing her throat slightly as she leaned up against the doorframe of Brooke's room.

"Yeah, do you want to come?" Brooke asked, turning around to face her friend.

"Oh, no. I don't exactly think that's a good idea." Haley shook her head, looking down at her hands that seemed to fidget against her stomach.

Brooke watched her for a second, "You're just going to avoid him like the plague? You know what, Hales, I love you. I really do, but what you're doing here is completely and utterly wrong. You pulled at this guy's heart enough for him to call off the wedding and then you completely bail on him the day after never to talk to him again? Not only is it rude, but you left him there hanging."

"You don't understand, Brooke. I-"

"No Haley, I do understand." Brooke bit back. "I understand that you're in love with him, but because of what the damn media and what everyone else might say you stay away from him. Avoid him like there is nothing between you two. You're hurting and so is he, but you don't seem to give a rat's ass about him or how he feels."

"I do!" Haley screamed.

"Then prove it!" Brooke yelled back. "Because as far as I'm concerned you are acting like the bitch the tabloids are putting you out to be. This isn't you Haley-"

"This whole thing isn't me, Brooke." Haley cut her off, almost on the verge of tears. "I don't even understand why I did it. Why I went. I knew this was only going to screw things up, little did I know it was going to completely screw things up. I just figured I'd come home and be completely devastated, I didn't actually think I would ruin lives in the process. I've become the worst of myself and I don't even know what to do about it."

Brooke watched her friend as the tears started to pour down her redden cheeks, "You know what I think?"

"I think you made that pretty clear; you agree with everything the tabloids say." Haley fought back through her tears. "Don't need to repeat it."

"No. I don't believe what the tabloids are saying. In fact, I know they aren't true. You're a good person, Hales, an amazing person." Brooke walked over to her friend and pulled her into a hug. "As far as I'm concerned your only true mistake was getting on the plane ride home. You're a bigger person than that. You could have stayed and fought along side Nathan. He would have loved you for it, no matter what the outcome was. You're human, you're going to make mistakes, but you're not going to fix those mistakes by hiding at home waiting for it all to blow over."

"You're right." Haley sighed softly.

Brooke took a few steps back, "Who cares what the media thinks? Don't let them bring you down, I bet half the people reading that garbage have done things as bad, if not worse, than what you and Nathan did. They'll get over it and move on, but if you don't fix this thing between you and Nathan than you'll never get over it or move on. You'll be stuck in the 'what if' portion of life and that's definitely no way to leave."

Haley didn't say anything, just bit down on her bottom lip with a slow nod.

"No go get ready and dry your eyes. Lucas is going to be here in thirty minutes and you have to look stunning if you plan on having him forgive you tonight." Brooke pointed out.

"Nathan Scott takes it up for the three." The announcer came over a microphone. "And he gets it! He is definitely on fire tonight."

"Of course, the crowd is more in a frenzy about who is sitting court side tonight than they are about the game, Jim." A man said as the camera moved to where Haley was sitting with Brooke and Lucas. "Not only is Nathan's half brother, Lucas Scott, here with his new girlfriend, fashion icon Brooke Davis, but the rumors of a fired romance between Nathan Scott and Haley James must be somewhat on the money, because there she is sitting right next to Brooke Davis and she seems to be enjoying herself."

"Very true, Mike. Very true, but back to game coverage." The man continued on talking about different tactics and players as the game went on. Finally the end of the fourth quarter came and The Knicks had won against The Lakers. Both teams headed off toward the respected locker rooms as Haley watched Nathan, who seemed to be avoiding her with his eyes the entire night.

As the crowds piled out of the stadium Haley did her best to avoid paparazzi as Brooke, Lucas, and her stood around waiting for Nathan to come out. Finally security got involved and made the men with the cameras leave the stadium. Haley gave a weak smile as a thanks and then looked back toward Brooke and Lucas.

"Um, if it's alright, do you think I could talk to him alone first?" Haley asked.

Brooke and Lucas both gave an understand nod as Brooke reached out and hugged her friend before saying they'd wait for her by the doors of the stadium. Haley nodded as she felt the butterflies in her stomach build immensely from the nerves of what Nathan was bound to say. She knew it wouldn't be good, if he said anything to her at all. She had done him wrong and she deserved what he said. She had been a coward at the very least and she was sorry for that.

As her mind sped through all the thoughts of what could possible happen a tall familiar figure finally came out of the locker room she had been waiting outside of for so long. He didn't see her at first and when he did he just kept walking. Haley walked a little faster to go after him, "Nathan please."

Nathan finally stopped and whipped around to look at her. "Please, what Haley? As far as I'm concerned I have nothing to say to you."

"Don't do that, Nathan." Haley said in a pleading tone. "For what I did I deserve whatever it is you're going to say to me, but please just say something. Don't walk away and act like nothing happened."

"Why not? That's what you did, isn't it?" Nathan fought back.

"I was scared and-"

"And you think I wasn't?" Nathan yelled. "I was terrified, but I was willing to go through all that because I thought that you'd be right there with me. I thought we'd be together at the end of it, but then you just up and left like you couldn't take it anymore. If I would have know that's what us was worth to you I would have never done it in the first place."

"It's worth so much, Nathan. What I did was stupid and I can never say I'm sorry enough for that, but you just need to know that I want everything that you want." Haley begged. "I was just a coward for a lack of better term and it was foolish of me to leave you stranded like that. I think I was mostly just scared of what I felt for you. Afraid to rely on you again the way I used to. I had learned to become so independent and I didn't want to think I was becoming dependent on someone."

"Well I guess you don't have to worry about that now, do you?" Nathan replied with a cold stare.

Haley could fell the tears coming up in her eyes as she stared at how indifferent he seemed to be about the whole situation. "I knew you wouldn't be so kind about this, but I didn't expect you to be so cold."

"Yeah, well I didn't expect you to just up and leave when things got a little rough, but I guess that's your speciality, isn't it Haley?" Nathan started to turn and leave Haley standing there on the empty and dim court.

"Wait, Nathan." Haley said suddenly, stopping Nathan in his tracks. Haley's voice than dropped down almost into a whisper, "I'm - I'm pregnant."