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Summary: Nathan dumps Haley and she finds comfort in Jake. Jaley

Ch.1 – Come back to me

It was a sad day for Haley James. Nathan had just crushed her heart.

"Time off? How could this happen? He said he loved me!"

She thought as she slumped face first onto her bed letting all of the tears collect on her pillow. She loved Nathan so much, why would he leave her?

That week was the hardest week of her life. She was slumped into one of the biggest depressions of her life. She didn't talk very much anymore. Whenever she saw Nathan he would look depressed too but she would not be the weak one here, she would not be the one who came to him and begged for him to come back. "If he really loves me then he'll be the one to break our silence." She thought to herself.

Lucas was so worried about Haley that he made her come to practices and be with him all of the time, even if that meant seeing Nathan.

"But I'm not doing this out of my own free will Luke. Remember that. If I want to bail I'm going to."

"Okay Hales, but so long as you try it out. I'm just so worried about you, you're like a sister to me and I'd hate to see this breakup get the better of you."

"It won't! I won't let it get to me, I'm not letting it get to me."

"Whatever you say Hales." Lucas new that she was head-over-heels for Nathan and that he had hurt her badly but she just wouldn't admit it. He didn't want to see her hurting over a jerk like Nathan.

Haley went to a practice and found that she enjoyed herself. It was a way that she could just be free. No one there asking her how she was doing or how sorry they were, she could just watch her best friend play basketball and that had become enough for her.

It had been one week since Nathan and Haley's bitter breakup and still not a word between them. Nathan was beginning to regret leaving Haley. He had decided that after practice he would say he was sorry and ask if they could just be together again because it was killing him.

Unfortunately for Nathan, he got there too late. For now that it had already been a week since the breakup, Jake Jagielski thought he had waited long enough to ask out Haley. He had wanted to ask Haley out since he had become Luke's friend but was too afraid, then and Nathan beat him to it. But he had waited long enough, here was his shot.

"Hey Haley." Jake had approached Haley on the bleachers. He was very nervous when he talked to her, which made her feel more at ease.

"Hey Jake. How are you?"

"I'm fine, thanks, and you?"

"I'm okay and you know after a horrible breakup that isn't too bad now is it?"

"Not too bad at all." Jake let out a soft smile before getting to the reason he had talked to Haley in the first place

"Now… I know that you and me don't really talk and we don't know each other very well… and that you did just breakup with Nathan but…" he was so nervous. She knew now that he wanted to ask her out but she just had to give him time to get it out.

"I was hoping that maybe you would want to go with me to the party at Nathan's beach house after tomorrow's game. If it will bring back too painful of memories then you don't have to say yes." He was putting himself out there and Haley admired that in him.

"Jake… part of the process of getting over your ex is going out, being near him and getting used to it. So, my answer is yes, I would love to go to the party with you tomorrow night. In fact, I am honored that I will be your date for the evening."

Haley saw all of the doubts in his mind fade away as she said yes. He was very happy now and blurted out an "Okay. Great, well I'll see you tomorrow night then." She shouted back a "See you then," as he walked to the locker rooms.

Haley hadn't noticed the pair of eyes that watched as Jake left the bleachers satisfied with himself for a job well done. He looked at Jake walk past him not even realizing his connection with Haley.

"Hey Nathan!" He said this with a gleeful cheer as Nathan's eyes moved back to where Haley's were, locking in on each other.

He was too late. He had never felt like such a jackass but nonetheless, here he was, regretting every second he didn't tell Haley that he loved her and needed her.

During practice Nathan was fighting for Haley's attention but she didn't even glance at him. She only looked at Lucas and occasionally Jake to wave and smile. He was so mad; he couldn't let someone else have his Haley, even if he did breakup with her.

Practice was over and Haley decided to wait for Jake to hang out with him and get to know him a little better before their date. Lucas walked out of the locker room and realized that Haley wasn't talking to him or following him so he approached her.

"Hey Hales."

"Hey Luke." She smiled at him but her attention quickly turned back to the locker room door.

"Who are you waiting for?" At that moment Nathan walked out of the locker room and began to watch and listen to Haley and Lucas' conversation.

"I'm waiting for Jake actually. I decided that I should probably hang out with him before I go on a date with him so that I at least know him a little."

"So you and Jake huh?" Lucas was very happy for Haley. Not only was she getting back into the dating game, she was doing it with someone that he could trust.

"Yup. Me and Jake."

As Haley continued Nathan felt a rage and deep hate for Jake. Someone was taking his Haley. He knew that her heart would always belong to him and visa versa. But he knew that she needed her space to see how empty she would feel without him and then she would come back again. She would.

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