It can't be you!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the characters you have never seen before.

Summary: Haley's world is turned upside down when her past becomes her present.

Pairings: Naley - Brucas - Jeyton.

Rating: PG-13 (that's just for mild swearing). Could get higher in later chapters. But I'll warn you before hand.

A.N: Hey I'm back. I know it kind of took me a while but anyway here it is.

Ok so in this story, Haley and Nathan didn't get married but they did sleep together. K.


It was two hours later when Peyton and Jake made an appearance back at the apartment. "It's not my fault. You tripped all by yourself." Peyton said laughing as she came through the front door followed by a disgruntled Jake.

"Are you insinuating that I'm clumsy, Sawyer?" Jake retorted, a smile appearing on his face. Peyton turned back to face him and pinched his cheek. "Now would I do a thing like that?" Jake answered in a smooth tone. "Yeah"

Haley came into the kitchen after hearing voices. "Hey, you guys are back early." Peyton turned to face her friend. "Yeah apparently New York isn't that fun." She said mocking Jakes earlier words. "What?" Jake asked innocently.

"Nathan called for you." Haley blurted out. Jake was stunned at Haley's sentence. "For me?" Jake asked pointing his finger at himself. "No the grim reaper. Yes you." She said a fake smile plastered on her face. "How did he know I was here?"

Haley grimaced; she had hoped he wouldn't ask any more questions relating to Nathan. "Oh he called you mobile. I didn't think you would mind if I answered it." Haley said apologetically. "Naw, its fine, don't worry about it." Jake replied. Peyton had told him everything that was going on earlier so he didn't push her.

"Haley, why did you answer it if you know it was Nathan?" Peyton asked not understanding why she would have willingly talked to Nathan after last night. "He was using Lucas' phone. I didn't know it was him." Haley said explaining herself while trying to hide the sadness of her voice from her friend.

Lucas watched as Nathan finally made an appearance in the hotel lobby. And Lucas could tell his little brother wasn't in the best off mood. "Did you talk to Jake?" Lucas asked as Nathan neared him. Lucas thought it was a safe topic.

"Nope" Nathan answered in a gruff tone, not making eye contact with Lucas. "I thought you were going to call him and see if he wanted to meet up." Lucas asked looking at Nathan with a confused expression. Lucas had given Nathan his cell so he could call him. With all the rushing the day the two brothers had left for New York, Nathan had forgotten his phone.

"I did call him." He said blankly. Lucas squinted his eyes in confusion. "Wait so no one answered?" Nathan took a seat beside Lucas. Nathan noted that the lobby in this hotel was really big. It had sofas lined against the walls and in the middle was the reception. Nathan also noted that the receptionist was checking him out. But Instead of his usual smirk he just rolled his eyes at the not-so-subtle blonde.

"Oh no someone answered." Nathan answered now pretending to admire the paintings on the walls. Lucas' jaw stiffened in frustration. Nathan wasn't giving him any answers. Well any good answers. "Nathan for crying out loud would you give me a straight answer. Who answered the phone?" Nathan didn't wait a millisecond before answering. "Haley... Haley answered Jake's phone."

Lucas had opened his mouth fully intending to give Nathan some encouraging words but shut it again when he didn't have a clue what to say.

"She... she was so ... cold to me.... God she can be such a bitch sometimes." Nathan was sitting hunched over with his hand running through his hair. "Cold. Kinda like you have been every time we have seen her." Lucas offered.

Nathan knew full well that what Lucas said was true... well most of it. Lucas didn't know about what happened outside the club, now that was anything but cold, Nathan thought silently before answering him. "Why are you taking her side in this?" Lucas just stared flatly at his brother. "Don't even go there I'm not taking sides in this, you two can work this out by yourselves. And don't call Haley a bitch because she as far away from bitch as you are from being a saint. I mean, if you thought she was a bitch why did you go out with her for so long."

Nathan knew he was being irrational. But then again he was always irrational when it came to Haley. "Whoa, ok Luke. Don't go all postal on me. I'm just saying that she wasn't exactly a bed of roses when I was talking to her." Nathan was trying to calm Lucas down a bit, which for once worked.

Nathan gave Lucas a weird look when he just started smiling uncontrollably. "What?" Nathan asked. "It's just funny, when you think of Haley you automatically think of bed." "Oh ha ha. Well aren't you a laugh a minute man."

Nathan rolled his eyes at his brothers' lame attempt at being funny. Well at least Nathan thought he was trying to be funny but when Nathan thought about it, Lucas had a point. When Nathan did think about Haley he only thought about the good times they shared. Like the times he would wake up early just to watch her sleep beside him. 'No, Nate she has a boyfriend. You need to snap yourself out of this. I need a distraction' He thought to himself.

"Hey Hale's, do you wanna come out tonight? Were going to see a movie." Peyton asked walking into Haley's room abandoning Jake who was engrossed in the basketball game he was watching. It was supposed to be just her and Jake but Peyton had asked him if she could invite Haley.

Haley looked up from her book to see Peyton flop down on her bed. "I can't. Got a date." She stated while memorizing her page number and closing her book. "Oohhh, so did you and Nate work it out then?" Haley's eyes darted to Peyton's. "What are you talking about? I'm going out with Simon, remember my boyfriend." Haley answered matter-of-factly. "Well what about Nathan?" Peyton asked sitting up on the bed to get a better look and Haley. "What about him? And there is nothing to work out." Haley answered bitterly.

After that Peyton didn't want to bug Haley so she left her alone. She went into the kitchen where Jake was watching TV. "Would you do me a favor?" Jake looked up at his new girlfriend and paused before replying. "Depends what it is?" Peyton sat down beside him and nuzzled her face between his head and his shoulder making herself comfortable. "Will you call Nathan and fish for info on the Haley topic?"

"Oh no no." Jake said standing up waving his hands around in front of him in protest. He had left Peyton by herself on the couch. Peyton stood up after a second and put her arms around Jake's neck. "Please Jake." Jake looked at her questionably. "Peyton I don't want to meddle. Let them work it out for themselves." Peyton let her arms drop to her sides. "Jake come on. Nathan is being an idiot and Haley is in denial... please Jake please." Jake rolled his eyes at the blonde in front of him. "Fine give me the phone." Peyton just smirked at her boyfriend. "I knew I could break you."


A.N: Hey guys, how ya all been. It has been a while since I last updated but I have school and homework and chemistry equations that I don't think is even possible to do. I also haven't had a lot of reviews so if no one is reading this story I think I'll just abandon it. So if you are reading this please review and tell me if you want me to continue.

I know there wasn't a lot of naley... well none actually, but I just wanted to get their feeling straight in this one but there will be naley in the next chapter.

Again please review. It does mean a lot and it encourages me to get another chapter updated.

LET: Hey thanks for the review. I hope you liked this chapter, there wasn't a lot of drama but the next chapter will be full of it. The past two weeks of school weren't too bad; cuz nearly everyday there has been Mass or assembly. And I got one day off last week (I pulled a sicky) and the next day I went to an open day with the school. Fun. Please keep reviewing. Sarah.