Firstly I would like to thank Heartsmash for the review, I was glad to get some feedback and a little relieved it was positive.

Chap 5 up now! Enjoy!

Life for Keith Scott was pretty damn good now, he was a newly appointed vice president of a successful dealership. It was always his dream to open a dealership, although the timing was never right and there was of course the financial aspect of things to take into account. Keith wasn't made of money, he had always wished he would get enough money to open a dealership but his big brother beat him to the punch. Of course he was sceptical of Dan's proposal, however he accepted it none the less.

How was he genuinely supposed to believe Dan didn't have motives for offering him a job? Dan was really pissed when he had slept with Deb, I mean who wouldn't be annoyed if your brother and wife had slept together. Even if Dan had a new perspective of life due to his recovery from the heart attack, it was hard to believe he would just forgive and forget.

Then there was Jules. She was a breath of fresh air in his life. He had put his heart on the line to Karen, he proposed to her and she shattered it into tiny little peaces. He thought it impossible to feel that way about someone again. However he knew he had begun to love Jules, she had filled the missing part in his life, unaware of the deception that Dan and Jules had planned. Keith dragged himself away from his thoughts to finish unpacking one of the remaining boxes. He caught a glimpse of a flashing red light on the table beside the door. He walked over to his phone to see that there was a message. He pressed the button and brought a smile to his face when he listened to her voice. "Hey Keith it Jules, sorry I didn't call last night but I got your message and I feel the same way. I love you Keith."

Haley opened the door to their apartment and lead Nathan over to the couch, she sat him down and sat down beside him clutching his hand as hard as she could. "You're not going to like this" she said looking directly in his eyes. Nathan looked in her eyes, seeing that she was visibly upset he gave her hand a reassuring tight squeeze "Hales whatever it is we'll work through it, nothing matters to me as long as we are okay" he replied. "Chris kissed me." Nathan knew that he was into Haley, he thought he would have had the decency to respect that they were married. Nathan felt the anger boil from beneath his skin.

"Nathan, I never wanted him, I love you. Sure he could give me a shot at my dream, but he could never give me what I really want and that is to be happy. You can give me that and you do everyday, I wake up knowing that you are still here for me. You'll never understand how much that will ever mean to me." Nathan was still pissed, however the fact that Haley was still here, still with him made it easier to take. He pulled her close to him and hugged her tightly before cupping her face and kissing her passionately. "Haley I do understand. You make me feel alive and I feel the same way you do." She looked deep into her husband's eyes and smiled at him before burying her head in his chest. "So does this mean I can pound on him a little" Nathan joked. Haley playfully hit him on the arm.

The transition Nathan had made in the past year was unbelievable. Last year he was this arrogant cocky athlete who wouldn't have thought twice about cheating on his girlfriend. He wouldn't acknowledge his brother, now they were finally getting along and being brothers. He was glad that Dan's influence on his relationship with Lucas didn't last long, he finally got to know his brother and although it never felt like it before he got a piece of his life that was missing. There was then of course Haley. This girl that made him want to be a better person just so that he wouldn't disappoint her, unlike when he was with Peyton, he put her first with everything.

"If someone had have told me last year that my life would change so much, I would have asked what they were drinking. But I'm glad it did and it's because of you Hales." He could see her grin become wider after the words had left his mouth, he looked down on her and gave her another kiss.

At the Café

Peyton lead Jake over to the table beside the window. Before she could say anything Karen had made her way over to the table "Jake this is a surprise. What are you doing back?" she asked. "Hey Ms Roe, my mom's kinda sick at the moment and my Dad needs a hand around the house so here I am" he replied. "Well it's good to see you, why don't you stop by the house later, I'm sure Lucas would like to see you." "Yeah I will" he said smiling at Karen.

J: So what's new here?

P: Me and Brooke are friends again, Dan Scott had a heart attack, Luke left to go to Charleston and came back, Karen opened a club, which I promote and uhhhhh oh yeah Nathan and Haley got married.

J: Not much then.

He laughed before receiving a playful punch on the arm from Peyton.

J: I can't believe they got married, their so young.

P: What does age have to do with anything if you're in love.

J: Yeah I guess. So we gonna talk about last night? The drugs?

P: It was stupid, I only did it that one time.

J: Why?

P: Why not?

This earned a stern look from Jake.

P: I dunno, everybody left me. My mom, my dad, Lucas, you.

J: Lucas came back, how are things with you two now?

P: I can't really explain it, we don't talk anymore.

J: Is that by choice?

P: He left Jake, without saying goodbye. I don't want to talk about it.

J: Maybe you should just get everything out in the open.

P: I'm not ready. Can we just order.

Lucas pulled into the drive way, he didn't want to go through with this but he knew he had to. "I don't want to hurt Brooke, we are finally talking again and I don't want to lose that" he thought to himself. "She has to know how I feel." With that he got out of the truck and made his way to her room. He knocked on the open door.

L: Hey

B: Hey

L: I have something I need to say.

B: I know and I know what you want to say.

L: Broo…

She cut him off by placing her hand up in front on his mouth.

B: I can't do it again Lucas, I'm sorry.

L: I don't understand.

B: You hurt me once and I'm not willing to let you in again. I don't want to feel that again. I overheard Felix and Anna talking about how you were in love with me again. I just can't, I'm sorry.

L: It's true, I do love you.

The chapter title is a lyric from Pete Murray's song So Beautiful