A/N: Oh wow, thank you guys so much for the amazing reviews. It means so much to know you all enjoy the story! I'm sorry that this chapter took like 3 days to be posted, but I just started school 2 days ago and let's just say it's been hectic. But I have a 3 day weekend so I can't wait to see what you guys think of this chapter so I can type up the next one! Well here's chapter 10!

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"You did WHAT?" she yelped in surprise.

"Why don't you talk to her," he questioned.

"Oh my…." She spoke in disbelief as she saw the boy push the girl up against the wall.

"It was only break up sex…" she blushed and looked away.

"What in the HELL is going on here?" Whitey yelled throughout the gym.

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24 hours earlier

Haley sighed as she walked into school that Friday morning. For one she had just broke up with Nathan two days before and second the thought of seeing him around was harder than anything she had to deal with. So instead of staying in the quad like everyone else she decided to hide out in the tutor center. Walking down the quiet hall way she couldn't help but to think about the other night when she made the past two years disappear.

As she stepped into the room she was startled when someone spoke her name. Turning she saw Nathan at a table. Shaking her head she tried to leave until he stopped her.

"You can't even look at me now?" He whispered. Haley could hear the hurt laced in his voice and she immediately felt bad that was until she recalled the past two years.

"What NOW you can look at me? What do you want Nathan?"

"I want to talk to you. Is that such a bad thing?" His voice was getting louder as he began to get upset. Haley rolled her eyes and stepped away from him.

"What you're not afraid of someone hearing you? You do know we're at school right? Anyone can walk in at any moment. We wouldn't want that to happen now would we?" Haley spat out and turned away from Nathan. He stared after her in disbelief as he had never seen this side of her before. Walking behind her he grabbed her hand to stop what she was doing.

"Why are you doing this?" He whispered. Haley shook her head. She really couldn't be here right now. She was afraid if she was left alone with him that she would be right back to where she was before. It's not like her feelings went away after two days. She still loves Nathan and it pains her to be away from him, but if they were ever going to be something than she had to let go. If not she would just remain a secret for the rest of her life.

"Because I have to," She whispered before taking her hand back and moving around the table away from him. Haley sighed when he didn't follow her and was happy when he remained on the other side of the table because right then a certain red head walked right through the door.

Rachel smirked when she found Nathan, but she could instantly tell something wasn't right. The atmosphere in the room was heavy and she could feel the tension radiating off the two occupants of the room. "I'm sorry did I interrupt something?" She spoke honestly. By the way the two stood quiet she knew something was definitely going on between the two, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She watched as Nathan sighed in frustration and stormed out of the room without a word.

"What was that all about?" Rachel asked now intrigued to find out. If she was going to find out something about the boy she might as well start with the one person he's always with. She found out from Carrie that Nathan had been seeing Haley for extra help in school for the past two years and she immediately knew that if there was anyone who knew about Nathan it was definitely the petite girl in front of her. Rachel was on her own now, now that Jake was back. Carrie had to watch what she did from now on because she didn't want Jake to start getting suspicious.

"Uhh, nothing." Haley replied putting her bag on the table and removing a book from it. Rachel's brow hitched up when she saw the bag and couldn't help but to think she had seen it before. Shrugging her shoulders she took a seat across from Haley. Now that she had her alone she would start asking the questions. "That didn't seem like nothing."

Haley huffed at being interrupted while she was reading, but figured that Rachel wasn't going away. Putting the book aside Haley sat up in her seat and gave Rachel the attention she wanted, in hopes of getting rid of the girl. "It was just about a grade," Haley made up and was pleased with Rachel's satisfied smile.

Rachel nodded her head in understanding, "maybe he really does suck at school," she thought but decided to interrogate the small girl further.

"Oh…so um Haley, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind me talking with you. I was just hoping that maybe we could get to know more about each other."

"Why?"Haley asked hesitantly, knowing that something must be seriously up with the red head.

"Well we are going to be working together to get my grades up," Rachel came up with an excuse on the spot and waited for Haley to answer.

"I guess," Haley gave out with a sigh. She really didn't care to know anything about the girl, especially after the small performance she was 'lucky' to witness between her and Nathan.

"So what's wrong Haley you seem…depressed? Is it boy problems?" Rachel feigned interest but couldn't help but to ask, considering just the other day Haley seemed a bit more…friendlier. Haley raised an eye brow and scoffed at the girl. Haley couldn't help but to give a dark laugh at the girl…if only she knew.

"No, if you must know. I just have a lot on my plate right now." Haley smiled grimly at the girl and looked back at her book before opening it up.

"Hmm, that's funny." Rachel interrupted again.

"What is?" Haley gave up on reading and met the girl in an intense stare down.

"That's the same excuse you gave Nathan the other day when you couldn't tutor him. What's even funnier is that you claim to have so much to do right now and yet you're sitting here reading a book. What I don't get is if what you're saying is so true then how do you have the time to sit down and enjoy that book?" Rachel smirked motioning to the book in Haley's hand.

Haley had to give it to the girl, she definitely wasn't stupid, but the bitch was starting to piss her off. Haley looked to the older girl in front of her and gave a sarcastic smile.

"You've got me figured out don't you, Rachel." She let out sarcastically. Rachel widened her eyes in disbelief and smiled.

"I know you Haley James…" She smirked and folded her hands on the table. Haley gave a small laugh; she couldn't believe the audacity of the girl.

"Really?" Haley spoke in disbelief, challenging the girl to speak.

"Yup, you're the kind of person that everyone loves…well your friends and family at least. You're sweet, kind and in some weird way you could actually be hot, if you didn't hide your body in baggy clothing. But no matter how sweet and kind you are in school you're nothing but a geek, but for some sick reason you don't care. That's what I don't get about you. You walk around with your head in the books instead of gawking at the elite crowd like every other nerd. You don't want to be like them, you are perfectly happy with where you are in the social latter of this school."

Haley stared at the girl unsure of how she could know so much. Haley broke their eye contact and fidgeted in her seat wondering if the girl knew much more than she was dishing out now.

"But…you're a tutor. And as much as these kids make fun of you, you still help them." Rachel whispered the last part before seeing that Haley was uncomfortable. "The jocks and the cheerleaders…they're the ones that come to you when they need help. And without so much of a second guess you help them. Why?" Rachel challenged making sure she had eye contact with Haley.

Haley was strong and she wasn't going to let some girl break down her resolve in a matter a minutes so instead she gained whatever confidence she had left and spoke, "because although they put up a false pretense with everyone else there's always someone better behind each and every one of them. You may think I'm doing it to get on their good graces, but in reality I do it because it's what I love to do. I help people no matter who they are." Haley spoke honestly and felt better when Rachel just stared at her.

"Is that why you keep on tutoring Nathan?"

"Excuse me?" Haley replied. At the mention of Nathan's name she couldn't help but to feel defeated, but she wasn't going to let this girl get to her.

"I heard that you have been tutoring him for the past two years, but whenever you're in the halls he doesn't even acknowledge your existence. How does that make you feel?"

Haley sighed holding herself together to make sure she didn't lose her composure in front of the red head. The last thing she needed now was to break down in tears in front of the girl.

"Nathan is his own person and like I said there's always someone else behind the façade you all put up." She spoke confidently and ended the conversation by putting up her book and opening it to the page she was on. Rachel stood up from the table and walked to the door. She made it to the frame before she turned around once more to look at the small girl.

"You know Haley, you confuse me…actually this whole school confuses me. I know I'm new around here, but if I wasn't told who was who before I got here I probably wouldn't have believed it if they told me you were a loser." She spoke honestly and smiled at the young girl. Haley looked up in confusion at what the girl had just said. "You don't look like a geek to me. Yeah maybe the clothes, but the face…definitely not. I've never met a geek with a lip ring before." She gave a small laugh. "There's something else there, I just… I can't put my finger on it, but you're different." She whispered before leaving the small girl in the classroom by herself. Haley looked on where the girl had just stood and she couldn't help but to be confused. She didn't understand why this girl had such an effect on her.

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"Alright everyone gather around," Brooke yelled outside the gym trying to gather everyone's attention. It was the end of the day and the team and squad gathered around her in the quad. She stood on one of the benches and looked down at her clip board. Everyone gave her their complete attention and waited for her to speak. "Um, ok so tonight we will be leaving for Charlotte and I have the room assignments here courtesy of coach." She smiled toward Whitey. Haley smiled as she watched her sister speak in front of everyone. She was worried when Brooke had come to her early in the year and told her that Carrie made her organize and plan out all the activities for the year. It was a lot of work for a freshman to handle the yearly schedule, but she was proud of her little sister.

She smiled when some of the guys cheered and laughed when they suddenly stopped when Whitey threw a glare in their direction. He smiled for her to continue and Brooke nodded.

"Okay, I know were gonna have a great time in Charlotte but before we get to that we have to discuss what is going to happen afterwards. This trip alone is going to cause most of the funds to be gone so alone with the Boy Toy auction isn't going to be enough."

"What does the mean?" Carrie questioned worried.

"It means that The Boy Toy auction won't raise us enough money."

"So? I made you the freaking manager here to fix this kind of shit!" She yelled at the freshman. Haley rolled her eyes at the girl and nudged her sister from behind to finish.

"And I did, not only will we be holding the auction but we are also having a dance to raise the money." She smiled. Everyone cheered but stopped when Carrie held up her hand.

"A dance? That's the best you could come up with." Carrie spat out. Lucas glared at her while Nathan interrupted.

"I'm sure it will be great Brooke, what kind of dance?" He spoke knowing that Carrie would tear the girl down.

"Well I was thinking a regular dance would be stupid because we have enough of those and in order to show how unique the elite may be," she let out sarcastically, "I was thinking we could have a masquerade ball." She waited anxiously for everyone to respond and watched as Carrie's scowl changed to a smile.

"That's actually not a bad idea." Carrie smiled showing the girl she approved.

"Great, so guys get your tuxes ready and ladies start shopping for gowns. Also if you have any questions about this you can see me or my sister." Brooke pointed toward Haley and everyone nodded. Haley wasn't exactly accepted by them, but when it had to do with things that would be helping them out the ties between everyone vanished.

"Why would we discuss things with that loser?" Carrie questioned although the others decided to stay quiet. Brooke glared at the girl and shook her hair.

"Because unlike you she's a hard worker and second she's the one that gave me the idea to help your sorry ass. If it wasn't for her, the squad and team would be in debt." Brooke spat out and smiled toward her sister. After Haley had broken up with Nathan, Brooke made it a point to not hide the fact that Haley was her sister. She didn't want to put her older sister in that position again.

Carrie's eyes widened and she nodded her head. She couldn't say anything about what had just happened if not she would be stuck planning everything and that's the last thing she wanted to be doing in her senior year.

"Woot! Yeah tutor girl!" Vegas laughed and put his hand in the air toward Haley. Haley looked at the boy in shock and gave him a high five. The team cheered for the two sisters as they all gathered into the small bus. Once everyone was inside the bus Brooke turned to her sister.

"Let's go tutor girl," She smiled teasing her sister. Haley laughed and got into the bus. Haley couldn't believe she was actually getting on to the team's bus about to go to Charlotte for the Winter Classic. She was surprised yesterday when her sister practically begged her to go with her. Brooke was in charge of the entire team's schedule and she was about to blow a casket at how much work she had to do. So to ease her mind Haley told Brooke she would go and help her. Her little sister wanted so badly to be on the squad for some reason and if this management guaranteed her a spot on the team soon than who was she to say no. So here she was sitting in the same bus as the entire elite crowd. This should be fun.

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Nathan's eyes were glued to the front of the bus the entire ride and Lucas couldn't help to shake his head at his brother. It was late and everyone was asleep besides the coach. He had to make sure there was no funny business going on.

"Why don't you talk to her?" He questioned getting his brother's attention. Nathan sighed and turned toward Lucas.

"Dude I've tried but she won't listen. I honestly don't know what to do."Nathan whispered so that they didn't wake up anyone, but he turned to his brother when he heard him laugh softly.

"You are making this so hard…just tell everyone. That's what she wants. She doesn't want to be your secret anymore." Lucas spoke as if it wasn't obvious enough. Nathan shook his head and turned in his seat and decided to stare out the window.

It was about 11:30 when the bus finally pulled up to the hotel and Whitey blew his whistle to wake everyone up. Haley and Brooke stood side by side as everyone shuffled off the bus. Whitey came out of the lobby with the keys to the rooms in his hand and passing them to Brooke as he began to help some of the boys unload the bags and distribute them.

"Okay everyone room assignments." Brooke gathered everyone's attention and motioned for Haley to read the names off the clip board.

"Um, Rachel, Carrie, and Peyton…"Brooke handed the key to them and they left, "Theresa, Bevin, Shelley…"

"Vegas, Damien, Tim…" she paused seeing the names and continued. "Lucas, Nathan, Jake." She finished and handed the clipboard back to Brooke.

"Wait where's Damien?" Vegas asked when the boy was nowhere to be seen.

"The damn knuckle head said he would meet us here," Whitey yelled out and grabbed his key from Brooke before making his way into the hotel lobby.

Haley and Brooke grabbed their bags before moving into hotel. As they stepped foot in the elevator Brooke turned back to her sister. "Thanks for coming with me Hales; I would still be out there freezing my ass off giving room assignments if you wouldn't have come."

"It's no problem Brooke. I'm here for you no matter how hard the situation is."She gave a small laugh.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about Nathan. You know there's nothing I could do to make him stay behind." Brooke gave out.

"Hey it's fine, besides I'm in his scene right now. So if anyone should have stayed it should have been me." Haley finished before the doors opened. They made their way down the hall and walked into their room.

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Haley woke up when she heard a door slam shut. Moving off her bed she rubbed her eyes and looked toward the bathroom door when it swung open.

"Rise and Shine sleepy head," Brooke chirped excitedly. "Team breakfast is in an hour so move that cute ass of yours." Brooke smiled as she grabbed her bag walking out the door. Haley huffed at having to wake up so early and moved to take a shower and get ready to meet her sister down stairs.

"Where the hell am I?" Haley mumbled to herself as she walked down the hall. Looking side by side at the walls to figure out where the elevator had left her. She was shocked however when a hand grasped around her arm and pulled her to the side of the hall. Looking up she sighed in relief when she saw it was Nathan.

"Damn it Nathan don't do that," She scolded him and swatted at his chest. She was half scared to death and was relieved that it wasn't some ax murder out to get her. Nathan smiled down at the petite girl and happily embraced her when she clung on to him trying to calm down. Haley noticed that in her frightened stupor she had clung to the boy and now had her arms wrapped around his waist. She shivered at the way his hands gripped her waist as he held on to her. Looking up her breath caught in her throat at the way his blue eyes intensely looked down at her. He moved his hand from her waist and brushed a strand of her hair away from her face.

"Hales…" he whispered but was cut off when her lips crashed onto his. Nathan was surprised for a moment and couldn't believe what was going on when he kissed her back. Haley tip toed so she could kiss him more thoroughly and moving her hands from his waist she twined them around his neck to bring him closer. Nathan lifted her slightly before turning them completely around pushing the petite girl against the wall.

Rachel stopped in her place when she saw what was happening right in front of her. "Oh my…" she spoke in disbelief when she saw the boy push the girl against the wall. Her eyes widened and she couldn't believe what was happening.

Nathan kissed her softly and caressed her cheek as he traced the seam of her lips. Haley complied with his wishes and gasped at the contact. They kissed furiously as they battled for dominance and Haley couldn't find away to pry her lips from his once they urge for air burned at her throat. Pulling away slowly Haley looked away embarrassed. Nathan kissed her cheek and whispered slowly in her ear. "I love you," He kissed her again and began to leave small kisses on her face and began his journey down the column of her neck.

Rachel's eyes widened at the confession and left the hall afraid to find anything else out. She felt as though she was over stepping her boundaries by staying in the hall.

Haley moaned out Nathan's name and he took the key out of his pocket before pushing them right through the door.

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"Where the hell is Haley?" Brooke mumbled as she sat at their table. She was sitting across from Peyton who although wasn't completely happy with her decided that they needed to stick together for Haley's sake.

"Are you sure you told her we would be here?" Peyton questioned taking a sip of her coffee. Brooke nodded and looked back to the entrance.

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Haley fixed her clothing before moving outside of the door.

"That's it, huh?" Nathan spoke from the door frame while he put his shirt over his head. Haley turned around swiftly and met him for a long intense stare.

"Nathan…" She whispered backing away from him afraid that she may fall right back into that haze she did an hour ago.

"I get it…were done." He looked away from her when she nodded her head again. Nathan stared after her as she walked down the hall and turned when she glanced once more at him before leaving.

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Brooke sighed in relief when she saw Haley walk into the hall where they were having the team breakfast. Haley quickly moved around the tables and sat down next to Brooke and Peyton.

"Sorry, what did I miss?" She asked taking a bite out of the bagel Brooke got for her. Peyton and Brooke looked at each other before they all saw a late Nathan Scott running into the hall. Brooke looked back and forth between the two and then back at Haley when she noticed the hickey on her collarbone.

"No," Peyton laughed and hit Haley playfully as Brooke's eyes widened in shock.

"No what?" Haley brushed off.

"You and Nathan were both gone for the first half of the breakfast and now you both come in right after one another." Peyton wiggled her eyebrows and Brooke rolled her eyes.

"Stop, my sister would never…" Brooke started but gasped when she saw Haley blushed. "You dirty little slut!" Brooke didn't laugh along with Peyton. "Please tell me you didn't?" Brooke asked her eyes closed afraid of what her sister's answer would be.

"It was only break up sex…" she blushed and looked away. Brooke's eyes widened again and she slapped Peyton's arm when all she could do was laugh.

"So how was it?"Peyton asked her friend laughing at the way she sighed happily.

"Amazing," Haley blushed and continued telling the story to Peyton. Brooke looked on speechless before speaking.

"You are an idiot Haley." Brooke shook her head in disappointment.

"Excuse me?" Haley questioned surprised at her sister's behavior.

"You had sex with him? You're supposed to be getting over him not jumping into his bed."

"Brooke I'm a big girl I know what I'm doing."

"Apparently not…I swear sometimes I think I'm the older one. You don't do that Haley. Now you're going to be all sad and what not once the feeling wears off."

"But you're not older than me. Look I came here for you, that doesn't mean you can tell me what I should and shouldn't do. Please Brooke just leave it alone." Haley rolled her eyes and turned back to Peyton. She knows that she should have never slept with Nathan and that it would only lead to problems, but if this was going to be the last time she was with him then she didn't want to regret it.

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Everyone was now in the gym and the game was about to begin. The team all huddled around and waited for Whitey to talk but his yelp all caught them off guard.

"What in the HELL is going on here?" Whitey yelled throughout the gym. Everyone turned to what he was looking at and all were in shock to see Damien West. He walked out of the other team's locker room and smirked over to the Ravens as he showed off his Oak Lake uniform.

"Did anyone know about this?"Whitey shouted to his team and they all shook their heads. Sighing Whitey shook his head. "Alright boys this is going to be harder than we thought. West knows all of the plays and now we have to put in Smith." Everyone groaned in disappointment and Tim just shrugged. "Okay now Nathan this is your team and I know you will lead them in the right direction. Let's do this, Ravens on three."

"One…Two…Three…RAVENS!" The team cheered and the game begun.

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The game was close but in the end the Ravens pulled through. With Nathan leading them they couldn't be beat. Damien was pissed and he stormed off of course saying it wasn't over, but the high the team felt right now trumped anything that he said. The boys were hugging everyone and Haley was surprised when they even came around to hug her. She had a feeling that their hostility that had been pointed at her was more of Damien's doing.

Carrie watched as Haley smiled at all of the team players and she shrieked pissed off when she hugged Nathan. She stepped between the two and they looked at her like she was crazy. Everyone stopped to see what was going on and the three now had the entire gym's attention.

"Why don't you just go and fuck her now?" Carrie yelled at Nathan pushing against his torso. His eyes widened and he looked at her incredulously. Jake grabbed her arm and tugged her away from his best friend.

"What the fuck are you doing?" He yelled pissed that his supposed girlfriend was shouting at his girlfriend about another girl as if she were Nathan's girlfriend.

"Get off of me we are over!" She shrieked yanking her arm from Jake and looked back at Nathan and Haley, "You two were together before right?"

Nathan sighed as he heard the rest of the team whispering in surprise. He looked down at Haley and nodded his head.

"Thanks Rach…"Carrie turned to her cousin and was a bit confused when the red head shook and bowed her head in disappointment.

"Dude you were banging your tutor?" Vegas questioned loudly and Haley shut her eyes in embarrassment. Nathan worded sorry to Haley, but was surprised when he didn't receive third degree when his team mates just hollered and whistled. They all began to pat Nathan on the back and continued to celebrate not paying any mind to Carrie's outburst.

Haley shut her eyes and let a tear fall as she walked away. Brooke shook her head and grabbed Haley's hand while she motioned to Peyton to follow them. Nathan looked away from his friends and tried to look for Haley and was confused when she just walked away.