Chapter 5

Lucas takes her home that night around 6 in the morning so she had time to get ready for school. Her parents were out for that night and the morning so they never knew. Haley makes her breakfast then sits down to watch t.v. She hears a knock on the door. It's Peyton.

"Hey Haley."

"Hey."

"Look I know you hate me, but I'm sorry for the way I acted last night. You were right that was wrong what I did to Lucas and I'm going to tell Lucas everything."

"I won't tell him."

"Are you ok?" Peyton says feeling her head. "Cause you acted like you were going to last night."

"Yeah I know, but a lot happened on the way home that changed my mind." Haley says walking over to her couch and sitting down.

"Haley what happened?"

"Peyton last night when I rode with Tim home he tried to rape me."

"OMG Haley."

"Yeah pretty sad huh. I trusted him to just take me home and drop me off."

"This is all my fault Haley I am sorry."

"Yeah well sorry doesn't stop me from shaking Peyton."

Peyton looks down sadly.

"I'm so scared. I'm so scared he's going to do it again. It could have gone so far Peyton. What if I never escaped."

"It's all over now Haley."

"I hope it is."

"Yeah. You better run upstairs and change we got 15 minutes to get to the school."

Haley runs upstairs and changes and they go to school.

Haley walks into the school just hoping she wouldn't run into Tim. She walks to her locker and sees Lucas at his locker. Haley opens her locker and gets her Chemistry book out.

"Hey Hales." Lucas says grabbing his bookbag up from the floor and walking over to her.

"Hey."

"So have you talked to Nathan about all this yet?"

"No and I'm not going to."

"Why not?"

"Just let this be our little secret. I mean it's really not a big deal."

"But Haley this is bigger than you think."

"Thanks Lucas. I mean really thanks for caring, but I'm a big girl now. I now how to make my own decisions." Haley walks away.

Lucas just watches her walk down the hall and thinks about everything they have been through. How much of his life she has been a part of, but why was she so shady to him? Why all of a sudden did she just not care about what happened that night when she made it so dramatic last night?

Ohwell he thinks to himself as he walks to class.

Haley walks into chemistry and finds Nathan not there. She sits down as normal, but soon spots Peyton at the door waving her to come to her. The bell hadn't rung yet so she figured she would.

"What do you want Peyton? The bells about to ring."

"OMG Nathan and Tim had this huge fight just a while ago in the hall."

"Why?"

"I think because of what Tim did to you."

"Well how did he find out?"

"Don't look at me I hate the guy."

"Well Lucas hates him to so he wouldn't have told him."

"Tim probably told one of his buddy's and they told Nathan."

"Yeah probably. Was Nathan hurt."

"He had a busted lip, but not as bad as Tim looked."

"Let's go see Nathan."

"Peyton class is about to start."

"Live a little Haley. I am the queen of skipping. I will get you back in class with a excuse the teachers always fall for."

"I was in guidance." They say in unison.

"Hurry come on." Peyton says taking off down the hall.

They walk down by the nurses office and peeks in. There sat Nathan with a ice pack on his lip and Tim on the other side of the room with a busted lip, a black eye and some scrapes on his cheek.

"Dang Nathan got him good." Peyton says to Haley. "Call him out here."

"Then the nurse will catch us skipping."

"My dad knows her their like bestfreinds. She loves me she won't care."

"Ok."

They walk in.

"Hey Peyton how's your dad?"

"He's on the boat right now he comes in next week."

"That's good."

"Yeah it is."

They walk over to Nathan.

"Nathan what happened?"

"Stupid Tim told Jake about what he did to you so I went after him."

"Nathan it was no big deal."

"Haley he tried to rape you. I consider that a big deal."

"Do you want to get out of here or what?"

"Are you seriously asking me if I want to skip with you?"

"Yeah."

"Yeah sure."

"Ok." Haley takes his hand. "Bye Peyt."

"Bye."

Peyton gets back to class as Haley and Nathan go cruising in his car.

"This is great Nathan."

"Yeah I know."

"Being a rebel is kinda fun."

Nathan laughs.

"So where are we going?"

"I don't care where do you want to go?" Nathan ask turning his head to her.

"Umm... let's go to your place and swim."

"Why always my place? Let me take you somewhere nice."

"No let's just go to your place."

"Ok it's your skip day I guess."

Haley and Nathan go back to his place and swim wand watch tv. They hang out till about 6 then he takes her home.

Haley walks in the front room and finds her parents sitting on the couch watching the door as she walks in.

"Hey." Haley says scared of why they are just sitting there staring.

"So where have you been? Your all wet." Haley's dad asks.

"Oh me and Peyt got in her pool."

"Oh really and this was after school." Haley's mom say exaggerating the after.

"Yeah."

"Then Haley why did we just get a call that said you weren't in 4th,5th,6th,or 7th?"

"I was? Why would they say I wasn't?"

"Maybe cause you weren't Haley why are you lying to me about skipping with Nathan that is not like you."

"I'm not mom."

"Yes you are cause I went down my the café and Deb said the principle said the same thing about Nathan."

"This is so unbelievable." Haley says starting to walk away.

"Wait there's more Haley James so stop. Me and your dad have been talking about setting you up with some rules. We have been letting you get away with to much."

"Your kidding me right."

"No."

"As of today you are grounded from Nathan for 2 weeks."

"You can't keep me away from him."

"Oh we can't. Well now on for the next 2 weeks we will be picking you up from school or you take the bus."

"UGH!" Haley screams running up the steps and to her room.

She gets online and IM's Nathan

TreeHillGirl06:Hey Nate.

BballJock23: Hey.

TreeHillGirl06: Guess what??

BballJock23: What?

TreeHillGirl06: My parents found out that I skipped so I am grounded from you for 2 weeks.

BballJock23: No way are u serious?

TreeHillGirl06: Yeah so they will be picking me up from school now and I cant go out with you anymore not even with Peyt cause they think she will take me to you.

BballJock23: Peyt hates me y would she take me to you?

TreeHillGirl06: They don't know that. but hey we can still se each other in school. They can't not let me go to school cause of you.

BballJock23: Yup.

TreeHillGirl06: Better get off b4 my parents come up and see me talking to you so bye and I love you.

BballJock23: Love u too night.

Haley signs off and walks over to her bed and lays down and falls to sleep.

The next day she gets up, gets ready, and finds Peyton down stairs with her parents.

"Haley Peyton will not be taking you to school either."

"Mom come on."

"Nope."

"Ok well I guess I will just go." Peyton says leaving.

Soon after Haley's mom takes her to school. She walks around the corner to her locker and goes to Nathan right away and hugs him.

"Nathan 2 weeks."

"2 weeks! I thought it was just a couple of days."

"Yeah I know."

"But Hales valentine days is tomorrow."

"Yeah well I guess you will be spending it alone this year cause my parents aren't going to let me go out."

"We'll see about that. Now let's get to class."

After school Haley walks outside and finds her mo sitting right in front of the school waiting for her. She gets in the car and they leave.

"Mom tomorrow valentines day. Are you seriously not going to let me and Nathan be together on that day?"

"I don't know yet. I will talk it over with your dad."

"Why is everything gotta be ok with dad? Huh mom? Can you not make decisions on your own?"

Haley's mom doesn't say a word. Her mom was very quiet. She never really yelled at her a lot, cause she never really had to. Haley was always the straight A student who never got in trouble. So she really didn't know how to react to her skipping.

As soon as Haley got home she ran upstairs, went to her room, and slammed the door behind her. She got out her books and started to do her homework. That was something that seem to relax her. She hears a knock on her door.

"Who is it?"

"It's me Lucas."

She opens the door.

"Oh she let's you up."

"Yeah well my mom came to talk to your mom and she told her it was important that I talked to you after your mom told me you couldn't have company."

"Oh ok."

"Haley was has gotten into you. Skipping? How in the world did you get that in your head?"

"I don't know."

"No, I know. Nathan. Right?"

"No not right. Cause I did this on my own."

"But he was with you wasn't he."

"Yes, but it was all my idea."

"Whatever Haley I am sick of you lying to me over him. I am sick of you trying to protect him even if that means getting you in trouble. And I'm sick of you acting like you love him when you don't.

"How do you know that I think I'm in love with him?"

"I see you falling head over heels to see him, I see you lying for him, I see you being all over him all the time. Haley that's not you."

"Who knows who I am anymore Lucas. Yes I am changing, but I didn't think that was a bad thing."

"It is when your turning into the person you promised me you wouldn't be." Lucas says as he walks out the door.

"Yeah Lucas you think that solves everything don't you. Just walk away when things get rough. I wish you would learn to admit when your scared."

Lucas stops.

"What do you mean?"

"Your scared of losing me, your bestfriend, to Nathan."

"Bout time you figured it out."

He walks away again.