Okay, so I'm thinking after this chapter, there's only going to be about one or two more. Not too sure, but I'm aiming for one. This is just a continuation from the last chapter. Enjoy!

Haley slammed the front door shut behind her as she ran out of the house. She didn't know where she was going, or whom she was going to, but she just needed to get out of there. Being with Nathan was so suffocating to her now. Every time she spoke to him, she felt even guiltier than before. By all means, she wanted to be with him. But she wasn't sure if she could give herself the opportunity to hurt him again, or to take away the pain she had already caused.

It was stupid. She looked ridiculous running away...and out of her own house too. That must have been against some kind of rule. It reminded her of some sort of lame movie...except there was no rain. She looked up at the sky half expecting to see droplets start to fall. Luckily, she saw nothing but darkness. Good, at least cliché-ness wouldn't ruin her moment of ungodly sorrow.

Usually, when she was having a hard time with things and felt the need to wallow in her own self-pity, she'd go to Nathan. Right about now, that sounded like a pretty foolish idea. Nathan was probably still at her house. Either that or he had gone home, not bothering to deal with her. He could have so much better than her. He deserved so much better.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The urge to throw up was getting stronger, especially with the running/crying combination she had going on. Still, she didn't know why she kept running. It wasn't like she had anywhere to go. Maddie lived too far away to walk. Or well, run. She wasn't that close with anybody else, and yes, Nathan was still not an option. As if those whole two minutes would have made a difference.

A shadow lingered in the distance and she stopped abruptly, squinting her eyes to try and see whom it might be. Great, now she was going to get mugged too. Go ahead, it's not like it'll make my day any worse. I'm already screwed to begin with.

And as if someone in the heavens above had heard her say that rain would be cliché, out stepped Lucas. She should have knocked on wood, because right now, this 'movie' was getting cheesier by the second.

"Lucas! What are you doing here?" She didn't know why she was whispering, but it wasn't a sweet whisper. It was more like a 'I'm going to claw your face off like a cat if you come any closer' whisper.

She just didn't understand why he wasn't getting the point. Not to mention it was dark, and late...and the only people out at this time of night were usually horny guys looking for an innocent piece of meat jump. Oh but wait, that described Lucas to a tee. Didn't make it any better, though. It just managed to piss her off more. "Well, what the hell do you want?"

"I needed to talk to you."

Haley clenched her fists at her sides. Damn him. "I have nothing to say to you."

Lucas took a step forward, which made Haley take a step back. The closeness was just not settling well with her. She didn't even want to be in the same town as him let alone in front of him. "We have to talk about what happened."

"No!" She screamed, looking around and then back at him before quieting her voice down. "No. We don't have to talk about anything, okay?"

"Don't be like this."

"What do you mean, don't be like this? Don't you get it, Luke? You ruined everything! And the worst part is, you knew you were doing it the whole time, yet you kept pushing it."

"I didn't mean for things to get like this, Hales. It wasn't supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be you and me. And then he came along and screwed it all up."

"No, Lucas." She said through gritted teeth. "You screwed it all up."

"More like f ucked it all up." They both turned around to see Nathan walking towards them. "Screwed it up seems like such a miniscule word to use for this situation. I'd say f ucked it up pretty much sums up what he did."

"Oh piss off, Nathan. This is between Haley and I."

"See genius, that's where you're wrong." He took a step closer until he was right in front of him. They were both face to face. Dangerously close. "It was never between you and Haley. It was between you and me."

And for once, Lucas didn't know what to say- mainly because, he knew Nathan was right. He wouldn't admit that of course, but he knew it. He had always liked Haley, but when she had gotten together with Nathan, his feelings towards her skyrocketed...partially to protect her from Nathan's future actions, and partially out of jealousy towards their blossoming relationship.

Yet, Nathan had something from Haley that he never would. He had her heart, and her love. And that's what caused more rage to grow inside of Lucas. He knew that he could never have what they shared. That even if Haley and Nathan did break up, there would always be an emptiness inside of her that he could never fill. That no guy for that matter could fill. It was reserved for Nathan. And it killed Lucas inside to know that.

"Yeah well from what I've heard, it was between you and Brooke too. I'm sure Haley doesn't know about that one yet. Maybe you should enlighten her." He responded with a sly grin on his face. This was what he wanted all along. Nathan was finally going to get what he deserved.

"What does he mean, Nathan?" Haley stepped in front of him, her eyes prying for answers.

He felt like a deer caught in headlights. This wasn't how he planned on telling her. She sounded so hurt already and he didn't even explain what had happened yet. He looked over at Lucas, the sly grin still etched onto his face, his arms crossed over his chest. He was laughing in his head, knowing that he was about to hurt Haley worse than he ever could. Nathan felt sick to his stomach.

"Look, Haley. It was stupid. I was upset, and she was there. She saw what happened between you and Lucas and was just as mad. I didn't mean to hurt you. I just..it was a mistake."

She stared at him for a moment, her mouth slightly open, trying to register all that was happening in her head. Without warning, she raised her hand and slapped him clear across the face. He brought his hand up to where she had just made contact with his skin and stared at the ground. He knew he deserved it.

"All of this time." She whispered, tears already starting to fall down her face. "All of this time, you made me feel like I was the bad guy." He didn't answer her. He just stared into her eyes, watching the tears slide down at an even quicker pace. "You slept with her?"

In a perfect world, he would say no. That he didn't sleep with her and that he stopped things before they could have went too far. But this wasn't Utopia. This wasn't a sinless, perfect world, and things never went the way they were planned out to. She tried to push out the fact that the answer would be yes, but she already knew it was true. He didn't even really have to answer the question. In a way, she just wanted to hear him say it. She wanted him to admit what he had done.

He nodded, averting his eyes from her face. "So you put me through all this hell, when you knew I was drunk. You knew I had no control over what I did." He just stared at her, and her voice took on an angrier tone. "You weren't drunk, Nathan!"

"I know that. Things got out of control-"

"No, I don't want to hear it!" She pushed his chest roughly and he stumbled backwards a bit. "You f ucking bastard! I hate you!" She pushed him again, balling her hands into fists and punching him in the chest. "I hate you so much." It came out as a whisper as she sobbed loudly into his chest.

How was it possible to love someone so much and hate them at the same time? And why on earth was she practically hugging him when she wanted to rip his head off? She confused herself when she was upset, and she didn't like it.

Quickly, she forced herself to pull away from him. Looking up at him, a twinge of guilt ran through her, but she quickly dismissed it. "What we had is over. I hope you're happy."

And again, he let her walk away.