Chapter 2

Haley looked at her watch from her fetal position on the floor. "Shit!" she cursed to herself. She was half an hour late. She was supposed to pick up Lucas from the airport as he visiting from New York. She grabbed her jacket from the chair and stepped out into the bitter cold.

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Lucas Scott glanced at his watch and cursed to himself. He scanned the airport again but to no avail. Horrible thoughts filled his head, thoughts of something terrible happening to Haley. "No, Lucas! She is fine. She's probably just late," he reassured himself.

Just then he spied a mop of beautiful brown hair flying towards him. It was Haley and she muttered an apology to him. He hugged her tightly, thanking G*d that she was alright. When he pulled away he could see that her eyes were puffy, swollen and red- rimmed and there were tearstains on her cheeks. "You look horrible, Hales" he said as a way of greeting.

"Thanks, you look great. Getting engaged does a lot for you" she replied.

Lucas smiled as thoughts of Brooke came to mind. He had proposed to her a couple of weeks ago, and she had said yes. He was so in love with her and he fingered his engagement ring absentmindedly. He looked at Haley again. "What's wrong, Haley?" he asked again. He led her to a nearby chair and hugged her as she let out a strangled sob. She began to tell him what had brought her into this mess.