Author's Note: Okay, this chapter is Rated R for some serious adult content...sorry, it just goes along with the story and it'll all make sense later. Not just sex for the sake of sex. So if you can't handle it, don't want to read it or you're too young to understand it...then please skip this chapter. You have been warned!!!

Haley took a sip of iced tea and looked out the open window staring up at the moon. When she was a little girl, she had often went out on nights when it was full and had hours long conversations with the man she thought was up there. It all seemed so silly now but it had been innocent then. Nothing was innocent anymore. Her life had forever been altered ever since her mother's boyfriend had sexually assaulted her. The physical wounds had healed but the pain inflicted on her mentally and emotionally would take years, perhaps a lifetime to go away. There had been the hearing where Ricky's court appointed attorney had entered a "not guilty" plea. In any event, there would surely be more proceedings to come as the man was being held in county jail on $25,000 bail. It had been difficult to get up there and tell her story and just as frightening to look in his face. He had stared her down the whole time, his eyes dark and pure evil. If hadn't been for the support of Nathan, Haley feared she would have long backed down. But he was there as always, her main and only source of strength as her mother, worn and strung out from substance abuse, sat steadfast in Ricky's corner. For the first time in her life, Karen wasn't even there. The cafe had temporarily shut down due to her acceptance at a cooking seminar in Florence, Italy and it was becoming harder and harder to contact aunts, uncles, cousins and the few other family members she knew of. Sad and depressed, the young girl felt helpless and alone.

"Hales, is everything alright?"

"No", Haley sighed honestly. "But when is it ever?"

"You'll be okay", Nathan said.

"Right now 'okay' seems such a long way off. I'll take just surviving."

"I saw him today when we were in court, the way he was looking at you. It made me sick. I don't even know the guy but I know what he did and it's not right. I hate him for it. I hate him for hurting you."

"Me too. But what hurts more is my mom. You saw her. Her stare was so...blank. It wasn't the look of a mother, the woman that gave birth to me. I can't believe her. You know, Karen has always been like a second mom to me. She's really been there for me but now she's gone and it's like I don't have anything. God, I feel so alone, like everything is so messed up. I don't know what to do. I feel like this is all my fault."

"Nothing is your fault."

"Then why do I feel so shitty? Why am I all alone?"

"You're not."

"Feels that way."

"It's not fair that you had to go through all this. I hate to see you in pain, Hales.", Nathan whispered as he reached out to touch her arm.

Haley shuddered at the feel of him and closed her eyes. She looked so beautiful, so innocent. He couldn't help but want to protect her...touch her...take it all away. Losing himself, he kissed the place on her shoulder where his hand had once rested. There was no resistance, not even a flinch. His kisses trailed north to the soft spot on her neck, her cheek and forehead. Finally she opened her eyes staring at him for answers, but he had no long term resolution. All he could do was give her right now. Haley had waited for this very moment almost her whole life and now it was here. Nathan Daniel Scott was kissing her. Softly and passionately with want and need and maybe love. A small moan escaped her mouth right into his as their tongues tentatively explored each other. His hands caressed her back as hers found his hair, her slender fingers gently massaging his scalp. Lying back on the floor he gently pulled her on top of him, never breaking the kiss or their moment. Haley shivered as his hands made their way up her bare thighs to the panties hidden beneath her Snoopy nightshirt. Without words they communicated and she knew what he wanted. She dared not protest when he slipped it over her head, exposing her bra and underwear. A lifetime of inexperience did not hinder her instinct as it guided her to run her hands over his smooth, hardened torso. Her fingers were hooked in the waistband of his sweat pants and he arched his back allowing her to remove them altogether. She emitted a tiny gasp as he was lying there completely nude.

Pushing up on his elbows, Nathan unhooked the back clasp of her bra, discarding it as her breasts were now in full view. She moaned as his tongue flicked at her nipples, stopping only to suck them. The pleasure was intense and wonderful so unlike the harshness and pain of what Ricky had done. Nathan's hands slid down the length of her body over her flat stomach to her underwear, which he methodically peeled from her body. They were both naked and there was no shame or apprehension. It just simply felt right. Maneuvering them so that he was on top, Nathan started at the top of her head and kissed his way down. The tender nips of her young breasts being grazed by his teeth, his tongue drawing an imaginary trail that went lower and lower. Placing his hands on both of her knees, he spread them apart showcasing her virginal womanhood. Little Haley James so young and naïve but at the same time all woman. The look, the smell and eventually the taste intoxicated him like a powerful drug. She had never known such a feeling of pure bliss as he placed butterfly kisses all around her most private areas. With his finger he spread the tender folds apart, massaging the button of her sensuality as he licked and kissed her to her first orgasm. Her whimpers and moans only heightened his arousal but he could feel her body tensing beneath him.

"It's okay, Haley. Just feel, baby. Let it go. Let everything go. Please don't hold back."

His words and the super intense feeling between her legs was enough for her mind to tell her body to release. She did to his delight but he wasn't done yet. Pausing only briefly to retrieve a condom, he slid it over his massive and throbbing manhood. Putting the tip at her opening, he held her tightly as he slid into her warm, sweet tunnel. Both gasped at initial insertion and he muffled her cries with his kiss.

"It hurts", she breathed as moved slowly in and out.

"Do you want me to stop?"

She shook her head no and rubbed circles on his sweaty back. He made love to her, slow and gentle, in and out, each time sliding deeper inside. When it was over and he had reached his climax, his kissed her breasts one last time and held her as her entire body trembled. Only then when the cloud of ecstasy had long surpassed did he realize the severity of their, mainly his, actions.