Haley walked into Jake's house, and saw him feeding Jenny. He heard the door open and turned and smiled at Haley, "Hey," he said as he set Jenny down in her crib, "How was Peyton's?"

"Good," Haley said as she looked down at Jenny, "We had fun."

Jake rubbed Haley's shoulder, "That's good," he said and then sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

Haley let out a deep breath and sat down next to him on the couch, "Jake," she said as he took her hand, "You are the sweetest guy I've ever met."

"Thank you," he said genuinely.

"You still loved me even though I made a horrible mistake," Haley said as she turned off the TV, "I want you," she said almost in a whisper as she unbuttoned her blouse.

Jake watched her as she fumbled with the buttons, but got them all undone. He watched as she slowly took off the blouse and sat there in front of him half naked. "I can't do this Haley," Jake said softly as he looked down at the couch.

Haley could feel the stinging in her eyes, "Okay," she said with hurt in her voice. She buttoned her blouse up quickly and got up to leave.

"Haley," Jake said as he grabbed her forearm, "Please don't go."

"I've just been completely humiliated Jake," Haley said.

Jake sighed, "I want to have sex with you Haley, but last time I had sex with a girl I got her pregnant."

"That's why you use protection," Haley scoffed, "I'm sorry I even brought this up."

"Wait Haley," Jake said as he followed her outside, "I love you, okay? But do I really have to have sex with you to prove that? I mean, I had a pretty bad experience."

Haley shrugged, "I just thought it would make our relationship stronger," she said and then got into her car and drove away. Haley drove to Nathan's apartment, she knew that they weren't going to be hooking back up anytime soon, but she needed a male perspective on this and since she didn't know where Lucas was half the time she decided to turn to the other Scott brother.

Haley walked to his apartment and knocked on the door lightly. She waited a while and Nathan answered the door in basketball shorts and a new shirt that Brooke must've gotten him. "Haley," he said surprised at her presence, "What's up?"

"Can I talk to you?" She asked as she looked in his apartment. Nathan opened the door wider and let her come in, "It's about Jake."

Nathan grabbed a slice of pizza, "Um," he said and then took a bite of the pizza, "I'm not really the type of guy you can talk about girl stuff with," he joked.

Haley laughed softly, "It's just. Well, I wanted to sleep with him today..." Nathan looked at her oddly, "Don't worry I won't get into details or anything. But when I went to try and you know, he shot me down, and he said it was because of his bad experience," she said as she ripped at the polish on her nails, "And I'm thinking maybe he doesn't want to have sex with me because something is wrong with me."

Nathan sighed and sat down beside Haley, "Hales, nothing is wrong with you. You're a beautiful, smart, and caring girl. Maybe he just doesn't want to ruin a good thing."

"I don't know," Haley said with a shrug, "I just...want things to work out between me and him because I royally screwed everything that we had."

"Haley," he said softly, "Don't bring that up."

Haley's eyes shimmered with tears, "I'm sorry Nathan. I can't move on from you. I love you," she said as she closed her eyes to stop the tears from falling.

Nathan sat up from the couch and cleared his throat, "It's over between us Haley I thought you were okay with that."

"I thought I was too," Haley said as she threw her hands up, "But I come back to this apartment and I come back and see you and the only thing I truly want is for us to be together," she said with a muffled sniff, "Do you love me?"

"No," Nathan jabbed. He looked at the sheer pain that was placed on Haley's face. She looked around at the apartment and then back into Nathan's eyes. "I'm sorry," he said quietly as he crossed his arms.

Brooke walked out of the shower with a towel on, "Alright Scott, I'm all nice and clean time to get naughty and dirty," she said seductively as she walked towards the living room. She smiled at Nathan and then saw Haley sitting on the couch, "Hales," she said cheerfully, "What's going on?"

Haley put on a fake smile and laughed to herself, "Nothing really. I just was asking Nathan if he had any idea where Lucas was," she lied.

"He's probably at Peyton's," Brooke said as she shifted her weight to one side.

Haley got up from the couch and nodded, "Thanks," she said, "I guess I'll see you guys later."

"Bye Hales," Brooke said and gave her a little wave as she walked out the door. When the door closed Brooke looked at Nathan, "Was she crying?"

Nathan shrugged, "I don't know?"

Brooke sighed and looked up into her boyfriend's eyes, "So," she said as she smiled up at him, "What do you want to do with me all alone in your big apartment?"

Nathan kissed Brooke softly on the lips, "Well," he said as he picked her up and carried her to his bed room. He set her down on the bed and smiled at her, "I was thinking," he said as he kissed her cheek, "We can do whatever we want."

Brooke winked at Nathan, "Sounds like a plan."

Peyton sat on her bed as she drew and listened to music. Lucas sat at her computer, "Hey Peyton," he called back to her.

"Yeah?"

"How many people do you think watch you on your web cam?" He asked as he put a dark cloth over it and walked towards her bed.

"Um," Peyton said as she put down her drawing, "I bet a bunch of geeks and pedophiles do," she said with fake enthusiasm, "I'm so popular."

Lucas laughed, "Lucky you."

"What did you do all night while I was here with my friends?" Peyton asked as she brought her knees up to her chin.

Lucas sighed and rubbed his chin, "First, I got really drunk at this bar, and then I went out to a strip club, and then I got a bunch of hookers and brought them back to my place," he teased.

Peyton hit his arm playfully, "If you ever did that I would have to murder you."

Lucas kissed Peyton softly, letting the kiss linger, "I would never do that."

"I know," Peyton said smiling, "Because you know the consequences."

Lucas nodded his head vigorously, "You'd whoop my ass," he exclaimed.

"You're damn right," she said and kissed him again.

"Hey," Haley said quietly and caused the two to stop kissing.

Peyton smiled at her, "Hey you," she said as laid down beside Lucas, "How did things go with Jake?"

"Not so good," Haley said as she stood there like a statue.

Lucas looked at the two girls, "Wait? I'm lost."

Peyton looked at Lucas and rolled her eyes, "It's girl talk Luke of course you're lost."

Haley let out a stifled laughed, "He said that he had a bad experience before and that he didn't want to ruin our relationship or whatever," she said glumly.

"I think I know what you're talking about," Lucas piped in.

Peyton gave him a look and then smiled sympathetically at Haley, "It'll be okay Haley."

Haley looked at Lucas, "Can we have an hour or so to talk," she said as she made her way over to the bed.

"I see how it is," Lucas said pretending to be offended. He smiled and nodded his head, "Call me later," he said to Peyton and then walked out her bedroom, closing the door behind him.

Peyton patted a spot on her bed and Haley sat down. "Okay, what's up?" Peyton asked.

"I went to Nathan's apartment," Haley said, "And I told him that I still loved him.

"Why?"

"Because it's the truth," Haley said as she wiped her eyes, "I thought having sex with Jake would make me forget about Nathan, but being with Jake just makes me want to have him back more."

Peyton sighed and put her hand on Haley's back, "You love Jake."

"I thought I did," Haley said wiping her nose.

"You can't do this to Brooke and Nathan. They're in love," Peyton explained.

"Nathan and I were in love too," Haley exclaimed, "I looked him in the eye and told him I loved him, and I asked him if he loved me as well..."

"What did he say?"

Haley sighed, "He said he didn't," she sobbed. Haley laid her head down on Peyton's lap and cried. Peyton stroked Haley's hair motherly and sat there in silence.

Brooke and Nathan walked into school together, "So boyfriend," Brooke said with a smirk, "Are you going to tell me what Haley really wanted?"

Nathan sighed, "Do you really want to know?" He asked as he squinted.

"Yes," Brooke said as she held his hand.

Nathan took a deep breath, "She told me that she still loved me."

Brooke stopped dead in her tracks and her jaw dropped, "That selfish bitch!"

Nathan put his hand up to stop Brooke, "Brooke, I told her that I didn't love her so it's all okay."

"Do you love her?"

"No," Nathan said as he put his arm around Brooke.

Brooke released from his grip, "Tell me the truth Nathan," she said sternly.

"I just did," he exclaimed, "I love you, not her. I don't care if she loves me! I love you and I always will okay?"

"Don't yell at me Nathan," Brooke said.

Nathan crossed his arms, "I need you to trust me Brooke."

"I trust you."

"Then believe me when I say that I love you and not Haley," Nathan said genuinely as he pulled Brooke closer to him.

Brooke looked into Nathan's eyes, "I know you Nathan. I know the old you."

"The old me is gone," Nathan said as he kissed the top of Brooke's head.

Brooke kissed Nathan's cheek, "I'm sorry Nathan, I'm just afraid of losing you."

"You'll never lose me," Nathan said as he tapped Brooke's nose lightly. She giggled quietly and Nathan smiled, "See, we're two of a kind Brooke."

Brooke smiled as Nathan put his arm around her waist, "I know," she said as she touched the diamond "N" that was around her neck.

Haley sat in the tutoring center doing her math homework. She felt like such a dork for going to Nathan's place and telling him that she was in love with him. Haley knew that she had made a mistake, but she didn't see why Nathan couldn't forgive her. She was happy that Brooke had found someone she loved, but Haley was still jealous and angry. Haley saw Brooke coming towards her.

"Hey Brooke," she said quickly glancing at her.

Brooke stood there with her hands on her hips, "So what did you need when you came to Nathan's house on Saturday?"

"I already told you," Haley said as she set her pencil down, but still looked down at her paper, "I needed to find out where Lucas was."

"Bull shit," Brooke said sternly.

Haley looked up at Brooke, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Do you honestly think I'm stupid?"

"No," Haley said.

Brooke gave Haley a cold glare, "You ruined your chance with Nathan, so I really think you should stop trying to get him back by saying that you love him because it's not going to work."

Haley's jaw dropped, "How do you know about that?"

"A little birdie told me," Brooke said sarcastically, "How the hell do you think I found out? Nathan told me."

"Look," Haley said, "I was just really emotional."

Brooke stopped her, "Don't try and use that emotional shit on me sweetheart, just leave me and Nathan alone," she said coldly and then turned her heel and stormed away.

Peyton walked in minutes later and walked over to Haley's table, "Mind if I sit here?"

Haley shook her head, "No, go ahead."

"Are you okay?"

"No, Brooke just came in and threatened me," Haley sighed, "Nathan told her about my little visit."

"That sucks," Peyton said sympathetically, "But you honestly can't blame the girl. I mean, it's a competition. You're the ex girlfriend and she's the new one. Brooke loves Nathan and you love Nathan as well. There's definitely going to be some tension."

Haley put her head on the table, "This blows," she said.

Peyton patted Haley's head, "Don't worry. It'll all blow over in a couple of days."

Brooke walked into the gym and saw Peyton coming towards her, "Hey best friend," Brooke said in a cheery and happy voice.

Peyton smiled, "Hey bitch," she teased.

Brooke laughed, "Did Haley tell you about my little visit to the tutoring center this afternoon?"

"Yeah, she was scared shitless I think," Peyton said with a laugh.

"Mission accomplished."

Peyton sighed, "I'm just wondering if it will make her stop talking to Nathan?"

"Let's hope so," Brooke said as she stretched her arms, "Or I will definitely kick her ass."

Peyton laughed, "Yeah I know you will."

"You can't blame me," Brooke said as she pouted, "She's trying to get back something that she lost because of her stupid mistake."

Peyton shrugged, "True."

"Besides," Brooke said as she looked towards Nathan, "I love him," she said with a girly giggle.

Peyton put her arm around Brooke as they walked towards the squad, "Awe," she cooed, "My little Brooke is in love!"

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