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Next day

"Lucas, wake up," Haley whispered brushing a long strand of hair from his face.

Lucas groaned and pressed the pillow against his head.

"Hey sleepy head," Haley said pulling the pillow out of his arms.

"What do you want?" Luke groaned feeling real drowsy.

"It's four in the afternoon, you never showed up for school," Haley said surprised.

Lucas's eyes shot open. "What?"

"Are you feeling alright?" she asked worried.

"Yeah, I'm just really tired," he groaned. "I must have feel asleep last night and never set my alarm," Lucas said surprised. "I wonder why my mom never woke me up."

"She's still at the Café working with Debb, she never came home last night to wake you up," explained Haley. "Guess she expected her seventeen year old son could get up on his own."

"Ha ha," mocked Lucas sarcastically. "It's not like I missed much. I don't even know why I should bother with school anymore if I only have a few months left."

"Lucas, don't say that," concerned Haley. "That was just one doctor's opinion. You can have the surgery, there has to be other options too. We just have to look into it."

Lucas rolled on his back and sat up. "You mean like how we planned to go to the doctors yesterday and you stood me up?" reminded Lucas bitterly.

"I went, I was just late, I came here to apologize but you were to busy humping Brooke," Haley cracked.

Lucas rolled his eyes. "Yeah like you don't screw around with Nathan whenever you can."

Haley's face dropped with the name of her husband. She was still extremely hurt by what him and Brooke did. School had been horrible, especially when she saw Nathan and Brooke together. She still couldn't believe they did what they did to her and Lucas. It was killing her not to tell Lucas but she knew it would just hurt him more.

"What really happened to you Hales?" Lucas said a bit concerned by her sad face. He leaned up against the backboard of his bed and stared her down.

"Had a little fight with Nathan," Haley told. She wasn't completely lying.

"Yeah, what about?" Luke questioned.

"I really don't want to talk about it," avoided Hales. "I am sorry about yesterday though."

Lucas sighed and opened his arm.

Haley sat on the bed and let Luke wrap her in his embrace. "You know I could never stay mad at you for long Hales."

She rested her head to his and laid there for a while.

Meanwhile…

"Is Nathan here?" Brooke asked Debb at the front door of her home.

"He's upstairs Brooke," greeted Debb. "I don't think he's in the greatest of moods however, he's been in the dumps all day for some reason. Maybe you can cheer him up some."

"Oh I bet I could," Brooke said sarcastically under her breath.

"Huh?" Debb asked not hearing Brooke completely.

"Aww nothing," muttered Brooke. She didn't need the entire town knowing about their mistake. Debb was a gossip too; she would be making a huge mistake by telling her.

Debb nodded and led her to the stairs. "Need anything just yell."

Brooke thanked her and walked up the stairs to Nathan's room. After spending a moment to take in a breath she knocked softly on the door. Inside she could hear faint music. It sounded soft, a calm melody.

"Mom, leave me alone," Nathan yelled from inside after hearing the knocking on his door.

Brooke didn't hesitate in opening the door and inviting herself in.

Nathan welcomed her with a glare from his bed. "Thought you were my mom."

"Sorry to disappoint you," Brooke joked.

Nathan smiled slightly. He really looked like crap. His hair was a bushy mess, his eyes were red and puffy most likely from crying and his shirt had an array of sauce stains.

"How ya doing?" Brooke asked knowing the answer already

"I feel like a piece of shit," Nathan admitted.

"How many messages did you leave?" Brooke asked casually.

"About a million," Nathan admitted. She won't reply to any of them.

"I tried talking to her at school but she ignored me too," Brooke said sadly. Haley was her best friend and she felt horrible for betraying her the way she did.

"What do you suggest we do?" Nathan questioned.

"I think she needs some time to herself," Brooke answered. "Give her some time she'll probably come around some and hear us out."

"I doubt it, if I was her I wouldn't want to hear any of it," Nathan admitted. "I mean what kind of husband sleeps with his wife's best friend.

"The same kind of person who sleeps with her boyfriends' brother and her best friends' husband," Brooke said guiltily.

Nathan nodded. He hadn't thought of Lucas yet. He had to agree they weren't the closest but it was still his brother. He hated what he did. Lucas had to be too upset to go to school today too.

"How mad is he?" Nathan regretted asking

"I don't think Haley told Lucas," Brooke thanked her lucky stars.

Nathan sat up in bed and looked up at Brooke. "Why didn't she rat you out?"

"Beats me," Brooke said. "She probably didn't want to hurt him."

"You going to tell him?" wondered Nathan.

"I'm not sure," said a guilty Brooke. "I don't want to lose him."

"You mean any more than I wanted to lose Haley," snapped a jealous Nathan.

"I'm sorry Nathan, maybe you should have thought of that before you kept kissing me," Brooke snapped back defensively.

"Look who is talking, you're the one who kept sticking your tongue down my throat," yelled Nathan.

Brooke sighed. "We shouldn't be fighting each other, we are both equally at fault and you know that.

Nathan leaned back against his bed and sighed. He knew Brooke was right, he just needed someone to blame so he wouldn't feel so guilty.

"Keep trying Nate," Brooke insisted. "I know you really love Haley."

"I do but that still doesn't change the strong feelings I've been feeling for you lately," he added.

Brooke huffed and looked at Nathan sadly. "Nathan you and me both know that this can never happen."

"Why not?" Nathan asked looking down at his hands.

"For the obvious reasons," Brooke scolded. "You're still married and I'm dating you're brother."

"That didn't stop you before," mumbled Nathan.

"Yeah and I was wrong to lead you on to thinking this could work," Brooke apologized. "I shouldn't have slept with you in the first place because it was completely wrong."

"Why?" asked Nate. "Why should we both have to worry about everyone else? I mean what ever happened to making your self happy for once. I mean Haley and Lucas are no angels and they have done their wrong."

"Yeah, but they never stooped quite as low as we have," Brooke insisted. "I love you Nathan, but it's not the same way I love Lucas. Lucas is my soul mate and Haley is yours. We may have ruined things for ourselves already but I'm not ready to give up on them yet. I guess what I'm trying to say is that we have to stop what were doing to them. It's over between us Nate."

Nathan never looked up as she left his room.

Brooke left in the same fashion she came and headed to Luke's house.

Nathan let Brooke leave knowing it was over between them. It just wasn't the right time for their relationship. Maybe the future would bring more opportunities but for now he had to stop hiding from Haley and face his real feelings for her. He had to forgive her for her past and hopefully she could find it in herself to forgive him too. They had a marriage to work on!

Meanwhile…

Haley started to doze in Luke's arms. He could tell she had a rough day and decided not to wake her. He gently moved his arm and let her head rest on the pillows. He covered her up with his quilt and quietly got up from his bed.

Lucas then managed to make it to the bathroom before his bowels exploded with urine. He pissed and made his way to the sink where he stared at his reflection in the cabinet mirror. His skin had lost some of its color in the past days. He assumed it was caused by all the worrying. It could be due to his home prescription of drugs too but he would never admit it.

With a cold splash of water to his face he left the bathroom and went back into his room. Haley was still peacefully sleeping; she slept sound enough where he didn't worry of her awaking for his next action.

Quietly he knelled on the floor and reached under his bed for the little paper baggie containing his new form of relief. The drugs he bought from the dealer really did calm his nerves. He had slept a full night without waking up in intervals. He liked feeling refreshed for once.

Quickly he reached inside the paper bag and removed the zip lock baggie inside containing the pills. He grabbed two white pills in his hand and carefully hid the bag back underneath his bed. He looked up at Haley and sighed. He wanted to tell her but he knew she would never understand his reasoning for taking them.

Lucas stood and squeezed the two pills in his palm. He left his room and walked down the corridor of his hallway and into his kitchen to get some water. Before he got to the sink he jumped when hearing a car door slam in his driveway. In reflex he downed the pills in his throat and swallowed them dry. He couldn't take the chance of his mother spotting him popping pills.

"Broody, where are you?" he heard the voice coming from his bedroom. He sighed some knowing it was just Brooke. She had come in through his bedroom door.

"I'm in the kitchen Brooke," he shouted . He assumed Brooke had already awakened Haley with her yelling.

Brooke popped her head out of his door and stared down the hallway at him.

Haley stirred on the bed and opened her eyes to Brooke. Brooke was one sight she didn't prefer to wake up to.

"Hello Haley," Brooke greeted before walking down the hallway to Lucas.

Haley replied with a snort. She stood up from the bed and moments later followed Brooke out the bedroom in search for Lucas. She gained an eyesight when she walked into the kitchen.

Lucas blushed as Haley walked in on him and Brooke locking lips.

"Why didn't you wake me when I fell asleep Luke?" Haley asked having no regard for Brooke.

"You looked tired so I figured I'd let you sleep some," answered Lucas. "How was you're nap?"

"Good but I wanted to talk to you about some things before you left with her tonight." Haley said nastily.

Brooke's eyes widened with Haley's faint threat.

"Sorry," Lucas apologized. "Stay the night tonight and we can talk some. It's been a long time since you spent the night."

Haley smiled with his offer and nodded in acceptance.

Brooke laughed. "Hopefully I can get him home to you."

Lucas scrunched his nose and smiled. "Eww, what ya planning?" he teased.

"Well if you get dressed quickly I can show you," Brooke promised. "I expected you to be out of you're pajamas already being that it's six in the afternoon. Which reminds me. Why weren't you at school today Mr. Skipper."

"I never set the alarm and apparently I slept the day away," he grinned while laughing some.

"Apparently sleepy head," Brooke laughed.

Haley rolled her eyes at the flirting. Brooke was wasting her time and she deemed her as a major annoyance.

"I'll get ready," Lucas said kissing Brooke's cheek and walking to his bedroom.

"Hurry back," Brooke teased some more.

Haley leaned against the counter in a stuck up fashion and rolled her eyes again.

Brooke stood there awkwardly not knowing what to say to Haley. She could tell she was far from the forgiving stage.

"So how are you doing?" Brooke asked trying to break the ice.

"I was doing fine until some cheating bitch slept with my husband," Haley snapped.

Brooke took that as a warning to shut up.

Haley and Brooke both stood in silence until Lucas returned.

Lucas dressed nicely in a pair of black slacks and a nice black silk shirt. His hair was brushed nicely and Haley could smell the faint smell of Axe body spray on his neck.

"I'm ready beautiful," Lucas greeted Brooke with another sweet kiss.

Haley frowned at Brooke knowing that Lucas would be crushed if he found out what her and Nathan did. He was already going through enough.

Brooke locked arms with Lucas and smiled happily.

"Catch ya tonight Hales," Lucas promised. "I should be back at around 10, rent a few movies and we can stay up late like we used to."

"Ok," she agreed.

"Goodbye Haley," Brooke hesitated in saying. She didn't want Lucas to catch onto their hostility though.

Haley never returned the greeting. She just watched as Lucas escorted Brooke to the front door. Her own stomach knotted then. It wasn't because she had watched Brooke walk out with Lucas but because Nathan now stood at the doorway with them. She wanted to cry as Lucas casually stepped aside and let his brother inside.

Oh what the night had in plan for them all!

NEXT CHAPTER RECAP…

Something terrible happens when Brooke and Lucas go to dinner and Naley have their own heated argument back at the house.