A.N Just a very short chapter this time around. This was supposed to be the second last chapter but as I was writing it I decided that the story would flow better if the next events were divided into two chapters so this is the first part of it and once I have a chance to get it written and of course you guys have a chance to review and tell me what you think I'll post the second part. Some of you have probably been wondering what I have against Brooke while reading this story but the truth is I actually really like Brooke's character on the show and she is one of my favourites but a big part of fan fiction for me is to take what everyone thinks they know about a character and change it around. Let's face it Haley and Nathan haven't exactly been true to character in this story either. So all you Brooke fans out there please don't hate me for what I'm about to do.

Giving In To Desires

Chapter Fourteen.

Lucas didn't sleep much that night. Instead he lay awake replaying the scenes from earlier that day over and over in his mind. He could hardly believe everything that had happened in the last couple of days and wanted to know who was responsible.The only thing he wasn't sure about at the moment was whether he should thank them for opening his eyes to the truth or whether perhaps he should destroy them the way he himself felt destroyed.When he left school that day he had gone to the river court to try and sort things through in his own mind but he found it imposssible to concentrate on anything other than what he had found in his textbook. He kept seeing the image from that photo of Haley and Nathan every time he closed his eyes. It was almost like it had been emblazoned into his consciousness and he wasn't sure if he would ever be able to completely forget the look of rapture in Haley's eyes as she looked up at Nathan. That was the part that hurt him the most the obvious ecstasy she felt being in Nathan's presence. She had never looked at him that way in all the time they had been together. Maybe I was fooling myself all those times that I tried to convince myself that we had the perfect relationship. There's no such thing as fucking perfection.


Haley too was having difficulty sleeping despite the feel of Nathan's warm body pressed against her as she lay in bed. She could not seem to relax and fall asleep. Partially it was guilt that was keeping her awake, she felt terrible about the way she had hurt Lucas but there was also a definite uneasiness plaguing her but she could not work out what was responsible for that feeling. She should be relieved, she was no longer trying to live a lie and her blackmailer had been caught red-handed but she couldn't shake the feeling that something about it all just did not quite add up and she had the feeling that this saga was far from over. She felt movement behind her followed by Nathan's lips grazing against her shoulder blade.

"Hales what's going on? Why aren't you asleep?"

"I guess I just have too much on my mind."

"Are you worrying about Lucas?"

She turned to face him peering into his eyes through the darkness.

"Nathan I will always regret the way I treated Lucas and that I wasn't more honest with him but the truth is I'm actually glad that he knows. I should have admitted to myself a long time ago that my feelings for him had changed but I kept telling myself that he was the only one that I could possibly love and fooling myself into believing that what I felt for him was romantic rather than the friendship that it had truly become. I wouldn't even allow myself to see the truth let alone you and now everything is finally out in the open and I can finally be with you the way I should have been since we first realised our attraction to each other. I really think we have a chance to have something special and now we can finally explore our feelings for each other openly and honestly and see where they lead us." Haley was fairly certain she knew what her feelings for Nathan were but after what had happened with Lucas she wanted to take some time to truly see what she and Nathan had before making any huge declarations.

Nathan looked at her in shock for a moment before gathering her in his arms and pulling her close to his body.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to hear you say that."

"So now that you've got all that off your chest do you think maybe we can get some sleep?" he asked.

Looking into her eyes he could see that they were still clouded with worry and he knew that despite her long speech before that something else was still playing on her mind.

"Something else is worrying you Haley. What is it?"

"It's nothing. Don't worry." She lied unconvincingly.

"Haley" he said warningly.

"Ok fine" she said exasperatedly. "I'm still worried about this blackmail thing."

"But why? I've taken care of Mouth. He won't be bothering us again."

"That's just it. I'm not sure it was Mouth bothering us in the first place. I mean I know he was a part of it but I can't help but think that there's more to this story. I mean his reason for doing it didn't really ring true now did it?"

"I really don't know Hales. I barely know Mouth?"

"It just doesn't seem a very guy like thing to do. If you found out for example that Theresa was cheating on Tim would you start taking photos, writing notes and making threatening phone calls?"

"I guess you've got a point. Most guys that I know would either tell their friend straight up or confront the cheating girlfriend."

"Exactly" Haley said triumphantly "which is why I can't shake this feeling that there's something more going on here and it's not really over."

"Hales I understand what you mean but I don't think there's any point lying here worrying about it. We'll just have to wait and see what happens."

"I guess you're right" she agreed hesitantly still not sounding convinced but she snuggled into his arms anyway and eventually fell asleep wondering what the next day would hold in store for them.


It seemed that half of Tree Hill was struggling with insomnia that night because across town at the Davis residence Brooke too lay awake brooding on the day's events. Despite her best efforts earlier she had been unable to find Lucas anywhere and so the part of her plan where she comforted him after his discovery of Haley's infidelity had not come to fruition. Then she had been confronted with what to her had been conclusive proof that Haley and Nathan considered her to be a joke and to top it all off her co-conspirator in this whole mess (Mouth) had been caught out before he could implement the final stage of her revenge against Haley. All in all the only thing that had gone right that day was the fact that Mouth had had enough of a sense of self preservation to leave her role in this chain of events out of his confession. As she tossed and turned in her bed her mind kept playing a never ending video of all the things Haley had done to hurt her and over the top of it was a soundtrack of her mothers voice constantly effusing Haley's virtues while belittling her own daughters achievements just as enthusiastically. "Why can't you be more like Haley? Haley would never wear something like that. You shouldn't do it that way, Haley does it this way." The sound of her mother's voice was finally drowned out by the sound of her own hysterical laughter. Her laughter rang out even as tears cascaded down her face and picking up a picture from the pile beside her bed she lit a match and watched as Haley's face was consumed by the flames.The flames flickering motions were reflected in her eyes and they twinkled with joy as Haley's face became nothing more than a smouldering pile of ash on her floor. Her hysteria finally subsided and the images of Haley and everything she had done stopped playing in her mind. Smiling to herself she lay back down "Haley you've been a naughty, naughty girl and tomorrow you will finally be punished."

A.N Hmmm sounds like evil Brooke has something else up her sleeve doesn't it. Well I guess if you want to know what it is you had better review and give me some incentive to post the next chapter. I'm fairly sure with what I have planned you will find it worth the effort of clicking on that little blue button at the bottom left of your screen and telling me what you think. How soon I update is really up to you guys. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far.