Nathan sat on the edge of the couch, hands folded over his face. If he had only opened his eyes when Lauren tried to kiss him, maybe he wouldn't be in this position. Each footstep he heard walk pass the door made him flinch, hoping it was her. But she never came back. She had walked out a little over 2 hours ago. He knew she was thinking things over, probably at Brooke and Julian's, but all he wanted was to hold her in their bed. Deciding she needed her space, he reluctantly went into the bedroom, and crawled into the cold empty bed.

Haley sat on Damien's couch, staring at the Heat, Spurs game playing on the TV.

"Here's your hot chocolate." Damien said, handing her the piping hot drink. He took the seat next to her and watched her sip the hot liquid.

"So, do you want to talk about what happened?" Damien asked, reaching out to place a hand on Haley's thigh.

Haley instinctively pulled away. "Not really."

He nodded and stood up. "Well maybe I could do something to take your mind off it."

"No, I'm fine. Coming here was a mistake. I should leave." Haley announced, quickly standing up.

She started towards the door but was stopped short when he grabbed hold of her arm.

"Where are you going?" He asked, leaning in.

"Um- I should go get some rest." She replied, shifting away from him.

Damien leaned in and whispered in her ear "You could rest here, with me."

Haley shivered in disgust and pulled from his gasp. "No, I just want to go home."

"I'm sorry sweetie, but I can't let you do that."

Damien pushed Haley towards the bed and straddled her waist. Tying the rope on both corners of the bed frame. Haley struggled to get lose but couldn't escape the tight rope.

"Let me go!" Haley yelled, kicking her legs.

Damien tucked her legs under his lap and placed his hands on her arms.

"I will make you feel better, I promise." He said, licking his lips while placing a strip of duct tape over her mouth.


Haley slowly opened her eyes, and was instantly aware of the pain. Her wrists burned from the rope and her lower body ached from the night before which was still a haze.

"Good morning sunshine." Damien said, strutting into the bedroom. "We had fun last night."

Suddenly, bursts of the night before came rushing into her head. She remembered him roughly touching her body as she pulled away from the rope. Her hands struggled to get lose but the rope was tied with such force against her wrists.

"Having visions from last night?" Damien said intruding her thoughts.

A tear slid down her cheek as he dug his face in the crook of her neck and inhaled the smell of her hair. The only thing getting her through this terrible situation was that Nathan was out there. She knew that he would look for her. No matter how many fights they got into or how they left things, she knew he loved her, and would look for her without rest.


Nathan rolled over his side of the bed and reached his hand across the sheets. Empty. He sighed and got out of bed. He knew he messed up, but now he was worried. It wasn't like Haley to stay out all night. He threw on a hoodie and a pair of shorts and left out the front door in search of his girl.

His first stop was Brooke's, he knew that she told her best friend everything so there was a good chance she was here.

He pounded on the door until a groggy Julian opened it.

"Hey Nathan, what's up?" He said, rubbing his eyes wearily.

"Did Haley stay here over night" Nathan asked, ignoring the shirtless Julian in front of him.

"No, Brooke and I stayed in last night, she never came over here."

Nathan sighed and jogged over to Peyton's condo.

He again, pounded on the door. This time a shirtless Lucas opening the door.

"Dude it's like the middle of the night." Lucas whines.

"Is Haley here?" Nathan asked immediately, short of patience.

"Uh no." Lucas asked confused.

Nathan cursed under his breath and took off for the stairs, leaving Lucas confused at the door.

He ran down to her favorite hut down by the beach and shoved open the curtains. Empty.

His heart sank to his stomach and he sank into the chair. He threw his hands over his face and cried. Haley was nowhere to be found because of him. He never meant to hurt her and now she's gone, possibly even hurt.

He got up, realizing he was no help to her crying. He dragged his feet along the sand until his foot got caught into something. Her sweater. He sank to his knees and clutched the sweater.

"HALEY!" He screamed. Yearning to see her safe again.


Her entire body hurt. Her head pounded and lower body ached. She missed Nathan so much. His warm touch and strong grasp. She never felt safer then when she was in his arms.

She felt his fingers on her neck, followed by his warm breath. She shivered in response, biting her lip to keep her from screaming because she knew she couldn't waste any more energy. The only piece of food she had that day was a piece of crusty bread that he rummaged from his cabinet, feeding it to her with his bare hands. She would have refused but she was so weak that the bread was the only thing that could keep her fighting for another day.

Haley knew that he was looking for her but he couldn't come soon enough.

Suddenly the front door was pushed open. She jumped in response, hoping that she was being rescued.

Faint voices were heard in the background, and she struggled to hear what they were saying.

"You kidnapped her!?"

"She presented herself to me, I had to take the opportunity!"

"That was never part of the plan! Are you trying to get us arrested!?"

"Nobody is ever going to find out. She will be dead by the time anybody finds her Lauren."

The door was then slammed shut as the tears began to fall from her eyes again.


Nathan pounded on every door he saw. Every person pushed him away, yelling at him for waking them up so early in the morning. Each time somebody pushed him away another part of him broke. His girl was missing. His girl could be in the hands of some prick and that made him sick to his stomach, which only gave him more motivation to find her. He had recruited Lucas and Julian to help look for her, which they were happy to do of course.

He suddenly saw a familiar face and ran toward it.

"Lauren!" Nathan shouted, sprinting to catch up to her while she was heading down the stairs.

"Uh, hey." She responded, obviously uncomfortable.

"Haley is missing. Please tell me you have seen her."

"Um no, sorry I haven't." She stuttered.

She quickly backed away and retreated down the stairs, which Nathan took note of.

Suddenly, it clicked. He pushed past Lucas and Julian and ran full force to room 253 to get his girl back.


Haley remained tied to the bed, arms and feet spread. She had lost the energy to fight back and gave up hope. Damien straddled her lap, biting her neck which only caused her pain instead of pleasure.

He pulled her shorts down again, like he had done many times before and lowered his head. There was no love or gentleness with the way he did it. Her lower body was torn and aching from the roughness.

Suddenly she heard a loud thump at the door.

Damien's head bobbed up in response.

The door thumped again.

"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR NOW." Said a voice from the outside.

She recognized the voice from anywhere. It was Nathan.

Damien jumped off the bed and into the kitchen to get a knife.

The door then flew open.

"HALEY."


I'm back! Im so sorry for the lack of updates guys. I really don't have any excuses besides I have been slammed with school work. I'm going to try and update more regularly again. Please review so I have the motivation to write again!