"Lucas? What are you doing here?" Haley walked over to her bed where Lucas was seated and sat down next to him, but he quickly got up and walked to the window, his back facing her.

"Who gave you a ride home?" He asked, not bothering to face her. He felt that if he did, he'd rip her head off. By all means, that was the last thing he wanted.

"A friend from school." She replied nonchalantly, taking off her jacket and placing it next to her. She didn't exactly want to see him at the moment. After all, she was still mad at him for what went down the other night at the party.

"Don't bull shit me, Haley." Came his icy reply.

Haley gulped, looking over in his direction. He knew. "What do you mean?"

"I saw you with him!" He turned around and walked over to her. "You think you can just lie to me like that? You think that I'm stupid?"

Haley shook her head quickly, her eyes clouding over with tears. She had never seen Lucas like this before, and it scared her.

"God damn it Haley, why the fuck were you with him?!"

Haley tried to regain her bearings. He had some nerve to come into her house..when her parents weren't home mind you, sit up in her room, wait for her, and then yell at her? Hell no, he wanted a fight, and she was going to fight back.

"So now you're spying on me?" She asked, her eyes wide in amazement. "I cannot believe you're even here after what you did the other night!"

"DON'T change the subject!" He paced around the room, running his hands through his hair. "I'm going to ask you again, Haley. What were you doing with him?" His voice quieted down to a growl like sound.

"He gave me a ride home. Nothing happened."

Lucas shook his head and laughed sarcastically. "That's a bunch of sh!t, and you wanna know why? Because I saw you kissing him, alright? I saw you!"

Haley couldn't believe this. He was yelling..at her? Shouldn't it have been the other way around? "It's none of your damn business!" She screamed, walking over to him, their faces were mere inches apart. Oh yeah, they were both seething. "You know what Lucas, you have nerve. After what you pulled the other night, you don't even deserve to be FIGHTING with me at the moment! I shouldn't even be bothering to look at you!"

Lucas bit his lip. It took everything he had not to punch the wall in. He balled his fists up until his fingernails broke the skin of his palms. "How could you do this to me?" He looked at her disgustedly. "And with him.."

Haley looked down at the ground. "I didn't do anything."

Out of the corner of his eye, Lucas saw a shirt hanging from the closet doorknob. He trudged over to it, picking it up and shoving it in her face. "What is this, then? What, are you fucking him now too?"

Haley pulled the black ravens shirt with the name SCOTT written on the back from Lucas' hand. She quickly threw it to the ground. "That's here because you left me the other night! You went with your whores and left me alone at his house! He took care of me, Lucas!"

"Yeah, and fucked you on the side, right?"

Haley let out a heavy breath and bit her lip. "I want you out of my house." When Lucas didn't move, she cracked. "NOW! Get the fuck out of my house!"

"Don't come crawling to me when you get hurt." Lucas looked her over one last time and slammed the door shut.

Haley screamed, picking up a glass vase and heaving it at the door. What the hell was she going to do now? Her best friend hated her. It seemed like one of those stupid soap operas. Or like a sleazy talk show.

To be honest, she didn't expect Lucas to find out this way. She didn't expect him to find out at all. And the way he reacted, she knew he would have hit her if he didn't restrain himself. It made her even more upset. Now instead of being totally pissed, she just felt plain awful.

She had to get out. She didn't want to be in her room after what had just happened. It would remind her too much of Lucas, and right now she hated him.

She pulled on her jacket and ran out of the house, walking to the one place she knew she had to go to. She didn't care how long it took to get there, or how much her feet would hurt after she arrived. All she knew was she had to see him.

An hour later, she stood face to face with the gigantic beach house. She rang the doorbell, hoping that he might be there. She got her wish.

"Haley?" Nathan asked, a bit surprised. She looked disheveled, helpless, and a downright mess.

"Lucas...he knows." Her voice cracked as she broke down into tears.

Haley broke down into tears as she launched herself into Nathan's arms. She couldn't help but keep thinking that this wasn't supposed to happen. None of this was supposed to be reality.

Nathan looked down at her and pulled her away from him, his hands resting on her shoulders. "Whoa, whoa, calm down." He watched as another tear rolled down Haley's cheek and he wiped it away, tucking a strand of disheveled hair behind her ear. "What happened?"

She sniffled and cleared her throat, running her hand over her eyes in an attempt to stop the tears from falling. "Lucas saw us..in the car earlier." She looked down at the ground and shuffled her feet. "He saw us kissing, Nathan. He was so mad."

Nathan lifted her chin up so that he was eye level with her. "I'm so sorry."

"It's all my fault, if I didn't accept that ride from you then none of this would have ever happened.."

He stopped her abruptly, forcing her to look at him once again. "Haley, look at me." She raised her head and stared into his eyes, but quickly looked away. She couldn't do it. "You did nothing wrong, alright?"

"I wish I could believe you." She whispered softly, wrapping her arms around herself in an attempt to stop shaking.

"You can't blame the way he reacted on yourself, Haley. It's not going to do any good."

"I feel like I betrayed him." She turned around and sat down on the front step, and Nathan sat next to her. "Nathan, You should have seen the way he acted. He was so mad, I thought he was going to hit me."

"He's lucky he didn't or I would have kicked his ass."

Haley smiled and nudged his shoulder. "He found the shirt you let me borrow the other night. He accused me of sleeping with you..then it all just escalated from there and I told him to get out."

"Figures he'd say that. He's always so quick to judge me."

"Well he was even quicker to judge me." She leaned her head on his shoulder. "God, I don't know if I'm more pissed or upset."

Nathan sighed and looked down at her. "Do you want me to talk to him?"

As fast as lightning, Haley's head bolted up. "NO. noo you don't want to do that." She shook her head and got up. "I wouldn't even go and talk to him right now. So I certainly don't want you going over there." She walked around to the back of the house and onto the beach with Nathan in tow.

"He's making it sound like it's such a big deal."

Haley stopped and turned around. "It is a big deal, Nathan. I barely even know you and he catches me kissing you in a car. God knows what else he thinks, but I'm sure it's not good."

"If it was any other guy he wouldn't give a shit."

"That's the thing. You aren't just any other guy. You two have history together..he hates you. You're the last person he'd ever want me to see."

"You're acting like he owns you though, and he doesn't."

"He's my best friend." She whispered, her eyes filling up with tears once again. "He's my best friend and I ruined it because of a fling."

"So you're saying you regret what happened between us."

"I don't know." She let out a heavy breath and sat down in the sand, picking up a handful and letting it fall back to the ground. "It was just a kiss."

"Was it?" He asked, sitting down next to her.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, what if it meant something more?" His hopeful eyes searched her face for a response.

She went to open her mouth, fully ready to say something else, but she couldn't. "It can't."

"But what if it did?"

"Nathan, I barely know you." Her response was weak.

"That's not what I asked." He kneeled in front of her. "Look me in the eye and tell me it didn't mean anything."

She stared down at the ground, not able to look at him. If she were to see those deep, blue eyes, she'd spill her whole soul out. "It didn't mean anything."

"That's a lie." He got up and stood in front of her. "You know that's a lie."

"We were caught up in the moment. It shouldn't have happened. It can't happen anymore!" She got up and walked over to the water, hoping he wouldn't follow her.

"If it didn't mean anything, then why are you here?"

Haley kept herself facing away from him, letting tears fall down her cheeks. She wanted to tell him the truth so badly. She longed for him to know how she really felt, that after the short amount of time she'd known him for, she wanted to be with him. "I needed to see you." She said softly.

He walked next to her, watching the small waves crash over their feet. They were getting soaked. "Then why don't you tell me the truth?"

She looked out at the water and bit her lip, her eyes squinting, trying desperately to stop the tears from spilling over. "Because the truth would just throw everything even more off balance."

Nathan edged closer to her, cupping her face in his hands, forcing her with all his might to look at him. "Please don't lie to me."

She placed her hands over his, rubbing her thumbs in gentle circles. "We can't do this. I can't feel like this towards you."

"But you do."

Haley nodded her head. "Yes, I do."

Without any further words, Nathan leaned in and kissed her. Haley responded back, letting the kiss take her over. She couldn't manage to pull away. She knew she had to, but the feeling she got every time she felt his lips on hers were enough to send her flying through the sky. She wanted to have that feeling for as long as she could.

"It's not right." She murmured against his lips, trying to focus on the main reason why she came here..to end things before they progressed too far.

"Yes it is." He breathed heavily, trailing kisses down her neck.

Her eyes went to the heavens, I'm so sorry, Lucas. she thought to herself, before bringing Nathan's mouth back to her own. I'm so sorry that this feels so right.