Haley got back to English and sat quietly in her seat. She tried to come up with as many logical explanations for Brooke and Jake being together in a janitor's closet as she could, but they were coming few and far between. She didn't even notice as Lucas tried to get her attention.

"Haley? Hales, snap out of it?"

"What? Oh, sorry Luke. I was just thinking about something..."

"You? Haley James thinking? Hold on a second, my world's falling apart."

"Shut up." Haley laughed and punched him lightly on the arm. "Seriously though, have you noticed anything weird going on with Brooke lately?"

Lucas cleared his throat uncomfortably. "Umm, I haven't really talked to Brooke lately..."

Haley stared at Lucas for a few seconds before her eyes widened in realization. "Oh, Luke I'm so sorry. I totally forgot!"

The blonde smiled weakly. "Don't worry about it."

"Mr. Scott, Ms. James, do you two have something to share?" Their teacher looked at them disapprovingly.

"Sorry Mr. Jansen. It won't happen again." Haley said sedately. She blinked her eyes innocently at the balding man.

"Yes well... See that it doesn't."

Lucas smirked at her when Mr. Jansen turned back towards the blackboard. Haley smirked back and tried to turn her attention back to the lesson, but the image of Brooke and Jake emerging from the closet was at the forefront of her mind.

"Hey Nathan!"

"Jake." Nathan nodded at his teammate. "What's up?"

"Listen man, I can't make it to practice today."

"Whitey's gonna flip, you know how he's been since we got into the finals."

"Yeah... I need you to tell him for me."

"Me?" Jake nodded "Whitey already hates my guts man, he'll see right through me if I try to lie for you."

"So don't lie." Jake shrugged "Tell him my babysitter canceled and I had to go home to take care of Jenny."

"Can't you get Peyton to watch her for you?"

"Nah man, she's been fussy, I think she's getting sick..."

"Why can't you tell him?"

"I promised Peyton I'd go to Karen's with her for lunch and I gotta get home right after school."

"Alright man, see you at practice tomorrow?"

"If the little lady hasn't come down with something." Jake smiled. He started backing away from Nathan as Haley walked up to them. "Hey Haley."

"Yeah, hi." Haley said, not looking him in the eye. Jake shrugged and ran towards his next class.

"You alright?" Nathan asked his girlfriend as he draped his arm about her shoulders.

"Yeah." Haley answered, giving him a fake smile. "You were just talking to Jake, right?"

"Yeah." Nathan said, nodding to a few of his acquaintances as they walked through the hall. "Why?"

"Did you notice anything weird about him today?"

"Not really. He can't come to practice today, but that's 'cause he thinks Jenny's sick."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

The two continued to walk in silence until Tim showed up. "Hey man."

"Hey Tim." Nathan answered slapping Tim's back with his free hand.

Haley smiled distractedly at Tim and slipped out from under Nathan's arm. "I'll see you later, okay?"

Nathan nodded and gave her a chaste kiss on the lips. "You sure you're okay?"

Haley smiled, a real smile, "I'm fine. Get to class."

Nathan nodded and watched as Haley turned the corner. "So what's up man?"

"What's going on Jake?" Peyton asked as the two sat in a booth at Karen's Café. He had barely touched his food.

"Nothing really." Jake responded poking at his sandwich with a fork. "I think Jenny's coming down with something." Peyton nodded. "It's weird being a parent, you know? It's like, suddenly life before your child was so meaningless and selfish."

Peyton looked at Jake. "What brought all this on?"

"Nothing really." Jake said again, still poking at his food. "What's going on with you, Peyt? What's going on with you and Brooke?"

Peyton looked down at her half empty bowl of soup. "Things are complicated." Jake looked at her patiently. "I kissed Lucas... more like made out with him actually..."

"And she still had feelings for him?"

"Well yeah, they were still dating at the time..."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"So you want to go back to school?"

"Yeah." Peyton said, relieved.

The two teens stood up simultaneously and walked over to the counter where Karen was ringing up an order. "Are you two going?" They nodded. "I'll see you guys later, okay? And Jake you bring your little girl soon."

Jake smiled and nodded "Bye Karen."

Karen smiled back "Bye." She turned away to help another customer before she could say anything else.

"So..." Peyton started as they got back into her car. "You want me to come by tonight? To see Jenny?"

"Actually I think I'm gonna do some father/daughter stuff with her today."

Peyton nodded "Okay." She turned up the volume on her CD player and the two returned to school without saying a single word to each other.

"I'll see you later." Jake said as he grabbed his backpack from her car.

"Yeah." Peyton nodded. She sighed as he walked away; he was hiding something from her.