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Rating: K to T
You Can Come To Me
Chapter 2
When you're down and you feel so lonely
Turn around you can come to me
When you're down baby I will be the only
Come to me
Haley stood on the roof of Karen's café, staring at the empty slate of asphalt that once used to be so warm and inviting but now felt so cold. She heard the click of the door and she didn't have to turn around to know who it was. He was the only one that came up here. "It's all gone," she said softly, sadness in her voice, tears forming in her eyes again. "I cleaned it all up and put it away. It didn't feel right playing without you and I don't come up here much anymore. It was like a bad reminder that you were gone and weren't coming back…" Lucas responded with a pained expression as he too looked at the empty space. "I'm back now," she replied softly. "But for how long," he answered with slight anger and annoyance in his voice. She quickly looked up at him, surprised at his tone, "For good. I quit the tour so I could go back to Nathan, but he doesn't want me back…" Haley began to cry again as she buried her head in her hands. Lucas walked over and wrapped his arms around her. "God, I screwed everything up so much…" she managed to get out, "I screwed up my whole life. I screwed up with Nathan, with you, all my friends…" "I'll always be here for you Hales," Lucas replied. Haley wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest, inhaling his scent, "Thanks Luke. It was so much simpler when it was just the two of us, you know?" He stroked her hair, "Yeah, I know."
You can just be yourself
'Cause I don't want nobody else
All of your secrets are safe with me
For the kind of love you can trust
For more than just a crush
Baby, won't you just come to me?
"You're my best friend Luke, and I will always love you," Haley sniffled as she snuggled into him. Haley had always loved him, both in platonic and romantic ways. She hated keeping this big secret from him but she feared his reaction if she told him, feared that he would reject her because he didn't feel that way and it would end up ruining their friendship. She had ruined enough relationships for a lifetime in just a few short months. She couldn't lose him, he was the only real friend she had left.
She had always felt so safe in his arms, loved, cherished. She had never felt that way with anybody else. Sure, she had felt some of it with Nathan, but it wasn't the same. With Nathan it was always fights and conditions of worth and reprimands. With Luke it was simple acceptance for who you were, without judgment, no matter if he understood your reasons or not.
"I'll always love you too Hales," he whispered as he hugged her tighter to him.
Let me be the one
Telling you it's alright
Sharin' the smiles and tears you cry
Let me be the one
Lovin' you when you're weak
For all the strength you need
You can come to me