Okay… so this is another short chapter… I hope you like it! I think you should all thank my sister! I had the chapter ready a few hours ago but was being weird... so my sister found a way to post the chapter in a different way. YEAY! So I hope you enjoy the chapter!!!!

For All You're Worth

Chapter 35

"What is it baby?"

"K-K-yyl-e," she choked out as she continued to cry.

"Oh honey," she hugged her even tighter. "He's not worth your tears."

"He is," she managed to say.

"Shh, it's okay. You have friends to get you through this..."

Friends? What friends? The ones she drove away?

Haley remembered as she continued to let the tears fall. She was lying on her side on her bed and wouldn't get up.

"Mr. Thompson, could I maybe stay here and just work on my homework?" Haley questioned once every student left. She didn't have anyone to sit with now that Kyle broke up with her and her friends were not speaking to her.

She heard a knock on the door. It was already open, why would anyone knock?

"Do you mind?" Nathan walked to her bed and sat next to her.

She shook her head, "Not at all." She sat up and hugged him, burying her head in his chest.

He started to stroke her hair.

"The third time."

"That…?" Nathan asked confused.

"That you've seen me cry."

Oh, believe me, I've seen more than that, Nathan looked to where the camera was.

They remained like they were for a few silent minutes.

"Do you want to break-up?" Nathan questioned.

Haley backed away from his embrace. "You want to break-up with me?"

"Not at all," he shook his head. "I just don't want you to be in pain because of me. To cause you all this trouble, you know?"

"I don't want to break-up. You actually make things a lot better," she tried to smile. "And you're all I've got. If you leave me, it will be just like before; only without my friends calling me back," she confessed.

"Like before meaning what?"

"When Kyle broke-up with me," she said. "I had no one since I drove my friends away. So I was completely alone until my friends forgave me. But this is the second time around I've done this to them; lied to them, and just pushed them away. They're not going to forgive me now. They can't."

He wiped away a tear that had just rolled down her tear-stained face. "Are you afraid to be alone, Haley?"

She nodded. "I'm sorry about yesterday," she said after a few seconds. "How I acted when you only tried to help."

"Don't be, I completely understand," Nathan assured her.

Haley looked down at her lap.

"Come with me-"

"Nathan, I can't," she cut in.

"Why?" he asked confused.

"I can't," she stopped, "I can't be too dependent on you."

He paused. "On me?"

"On anyone," she admitted.

"How come?"

"I just don't want to get my heart broken again."

He grew increasingly silent.

"It would be better if you left," Haley looked back at her lap. "Thanks for coming though; at least I know I still have you. Right?"

He nodded. "Yeah, don't ever doubt that, okay?"

She looked up and hugged him. "You have no idea how much that means to me," she whispered.

She truly was a mess. She didn't want to be alone but she couldn't ever be dependent on anyone. She couldn't help but drive people away when she felt they were getting too close. He knew that. He understood that it was all because of Kyle; or really because of him.

"I think I'm just not meant to be happy," she closed her eyes.

"Don't say that," his heart almost broke at her words.

"It's true."

"No, it's not. You'll see- it will all be fine."

He knocked on the door and sighed not believing he was actually going to do this.

A few short moments afterwards the door opened "Nathan?"

"Hi Miss Roe. I was wondering if I could maybe speak with Lucas."

"You can try," Karen smiled. "Here, come in."

Nathan stepped in and looked around at Lucas' tiny house. Wow, Dan really did screw them over.

"It's the first door on the right."

"Thanks," Nathan started towards Lucas' room and knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

Nathan opened the door.

"Get out," Lucas said as soon as he saw who it was.

"I'm not here to hit you, or even to fight. It's concerning Haley," he walked in and closed the door after him. "I know that you might feel betrayed with her not telling you, but she's scared. You have to understand that. She was afraid of this happening; that you guys will get mad at her and that she'll lose you like she did before. This whole thing reminds her of when Kyle broke-up with her."

"So?"

"Don't act like you don't care, man. Because we both know that's bull. Do you know what she said to me today?"

"What?"

"That she wasn't meant to be happy."

"We're not mad at her for going out with you, although that is some incredibly bad judgment. We're just tired of her lying and hiding things from us."

"Look, just talk to her. I hate seeing her crying as much as you do. Hear her out. She really needs you, you have no idea."

With this Nathan turned around and left.

"You seem really depressed," Aundrea passed Haley's desk in their French class. "Too bad I had nothing to do with it."

"What do you care, as long as I'm miserable, right?"

"Being responsible for it would definitely be a bonus."

She turned to her notebook and started to draw random black lines. It killed her to have Peyton ignoring her during their first period together. She'd gladly skip school that day; but she wasn't one to skip.

"Haley, there's someone here for you!" Lydia called from downstairs.

"Send him up," she called back.

She heard footsteps and was expecting to see Nathan walk through her doorway and was very surprised when she saw Lucas.

"Lucas."

"Can we talk?"

She nodded as she stayed in her chair near the desk and he walked to sit on her bed.

He signaled for her to come sit next to him.

"So you're not here to argue?"

"No."

"And you won't yell like Peyton?"

"I won't yell like Peyton," he half-smiled.

Haley got up and sat next to Lucas.

"I understand why you didn't tell us; after Nathan explained it all."

"Nathan?" Haley questioned confused.

"Yeah, he came over yesterday to talk to me about you."

"He did?"

"Yeah," Lucas laughed. "Look Haley, I don't want you hurting but I'm just tired of the lies. What did you think was going to happen when we found out? We can't be best friends if you won't tell me things like this," he repeated what Aundrea had told him.

Haley nodded. "I understand, and I'm sorry. I didn't want to ruin the friendship we had just fixed, you know?"

"Yeah, but the truth is better."

"Admit that you would freak if I'd tell you."

"Of course but at least I wouldn't feel betrayed like I did now."

Haley nodded.

"Come here buddy," he hugged her. "So we're okay if A you let me hit him when he says or does anything horrible, B you'll be careful and C you give me updates."

Haley giggled, "Okay."

"So tell me how things are with him."

Haley shrugged. "Good. I really don't know how he puts up with me because at first I wouldn't stop talking about Kyle or thinking of him. But he helped me get over him. Well not completely but I'm better about it. And he hasn't kissed me yet, so I know that probably makes you feel better."

"It sure does," Lucas smirked as Haley laughed.

Peyton opened the door.

"Don't slam the door, at least not yet," Haley said quickly holding her hand to the door. "I'm sorry about everything and I don't know if you could forgive me after I lied and hid something this big from you. I really wish I haven't but I can't do anything about it now. If you don't believe me about Nathan being different then it doesn't matter. But I swear that he is. I didn't mean to be a bad friend or anything; I was scared of telling you guys because I didn't know how you'd react. And especially after forgiving me for pushing you guys away, I'm so sorry you really have no idea…"

Peyton started to laugh as Haley fell silent. "You talk too much Haley, and very fast too. I forgave you a few hours ago after thinking about it for a long time."

"Really?"

"Yeah," she smiled.

"But you seemed really mad when we were talking, or fighting, in my room."

"You know me, freaking out about everything. It was just a shock. I was mad but I don't want to lose you."

"Oh thank God! I don't want to lose you either," she hugged Peyton tightly.

"As long as you fill me in with the whole Nathan situation and don't lie in the future we're good," she smirked.

"Do you have time now?" Haley stepped back after she hugged Peyton.

"Come on in, James," Peyton laughed.

"Why thank you, Sawyer," Haley giggled.

The second she saw Nathan walk through her door she jumped on him with a hug; her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

Nathan laughed and put his arms around her. She leaned back and looked at him with a smile.

"You're the greatest. They're not mad at me anymore and it's all because of you. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

"How is it because of me?"

"Because you went to talk to Lucas."

"No I didn't."

"Stop lying, I know you did. You don't have to be modest."

Nathan laughed. "Well I talked to Lucas but not to Peyton. Last time I went to talk to her it was about a year ago and she slapped me. It's safe to say I'm scared of her."

Haley giggled, "Well I talked to her and apparently Mouth wasn't mad at me at all."

"I'm glad it all worked out."

"You know what?"

"What?"

"Maybe I am meant to be happy," she smiled.

A/N: review please!