Author's Note: Thanks a bunch again for all the replies. I want to thanks all of you for still reading this. I'm gonna keep this short, so just enjoy.

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"I don't know how much longer I can do this."

It had been almost a month since Haley and Nathan had made up. To Peyton it seemed like they were all over each other more than they used to be. She wasn't sure if it was because they actually were doing it more often, or if it was because she knew what was really going on. Either way, she was about to go insane. Brooke was taking everything a lot calmer because she tried not to think about it as much. If she did, she would be as crazy as Peyton, and everyone could just barely tolerate that. She was becoming snapping with Haley as well as Nathan, and Haley was getting pretty close to calling her on it. It seemed that the only good thing that had come out of this whole thing is a new friend. Turns out that Tim and Lacy are perfect for each other. Everyone thought they were just the cutest things in the world.

"Well, you better work harder," Brooke commented, applying the strawberry flavored gloss to her lips. "Cause you are already starting to push Hales away."

"I am not," Peyton argued, coming up behind her and hitting her in the arm, causing the gloss to miss her lips a little. Brooke glared at her in the mirror before continuing. "Have I?"

"I'd have to agree with Brooke," Lacy said, flushing the toilet and coming out of the stall. "Which, you know, stop and marvel at the concept."

"Officially offended by that."

"Sorry," she replied, turning on the tap and cupping some water into her hands to drink. "Good, I haven't thrown up since I was three. Do you think I'd win if I sued this place for food poisoning."

"Probably not," Brooke answered, clicking the cap on her lip-gloss and pulling out her eyeliner. "Besides, I'm not sick, I think you're just allergic to the lobster."

"That's a good point." She reached over and grabbed the lip-gloss that Brooke was done using and began applying it. Peyton watched them with a pissed off look.

"Hello?" she called, waving her arms in the arm to get their attention. They both stopped their movements and turned to look at her. "Remember me, the person who we were talking about?"

"Drama queen," Brooke mumbled, turning back to the mirror to finish her eyeliner. Lacy was a little more sympathetic. She dropped the lip-gloss back in Brooke's purse and gave Peyton her full attention.

"So, you think I'm really starting to push Hales away?"

"Yeah, you are," Lacy nodded. Peyton's face fell. Pushing Haley away was the last thing she wanted to do. She loved Haley, that's what this whole thing was all about. If she didn't love Haley, then she wouldn't be so worried about hurting her.

"I don't want to," Peyton told her. She sighed and pulled herself up onto the counter. This whole thing was going horribly wrong. When she had decided to keep this a secret, she just figured it would be hard to watch them together, but she would eventually get over it. So far, not so good.

"Well, that's what you're doing," Brooke offered, finally done with her makeup. She closed her purse and dropped in on the floor before jumping up to join the blonde on the counter.

"That's what secrets do to relationships," Lacy informed them. She knew she wasn't really in the place to be lecturing about keeping secrets since she hadn't told Tim that she had sleep with Nathan the same night she sleep with him. She had fought with herself over it, finally deciding that she technically didn't do anything wrong since she wasn't with him yet, so there was no point in throwing gas on a forest fire.

"You're one to talk," Peyton snapped at her. She regretted it as soon as it was out of her mouth. She shook her, throwing Lacy an apologetic look. "I'm sorry. You see what this is doing to me? I'm snapping at my friends."

"I've noticed," Brooke sighed, reaching over and brushing a few lose strains of hair out of Peyton's face. "And pretty soon Haley's going to notice that something is wrong. And we both know that you can never lie to her face."

"I know," Peyton sighed, dropping her head. "She can read me like a book. She's even better than Jake." Before Brooke or Lacy could comment, the door of the bathroom opened and Haley walked in. She looked confused when she saw them sitting on the counter.

"Whoa, group hang time," she laughed, moving over to join them. "What's up?"

"Nothing," Brooke answered quickly, a little too quickly for Haley's liking. She watched as Peyton shot Brooke a glare. She knew something was up. "I mean, we were just talking about how things were going with Tim and Lacy."

"Really?" Haley asked, turning to look at Lacy. Lacy narrowed her eyes at Brooke, not happy that she gave her all that heat. Realizing that Haley was waiting for an answer, she smile sweetly at her, hoping that since they hadn't known each other for that long, she wouldn't be able to tell she was lying.

"Uh, yeah," she stuttered, not doing well under her intense gaze. "They were saying that they couldn't believe Tim kept a girl friend for a whole month." Brooke gave her thumbs up, thinking that it was definitely something they would say.

"That's rude and mean," Haley commented, thinking it over. She looked at Peyton first, then at Brooke. "Sounds about right." She shrugged. "Okay."

"So," Brooke started, trying to get the subject changed before Haley questioned them again. "What are you doing in here? I thought you said you didn't need to pee."

"I don't," Haley answered, excitement dripping into her voice. Peyton's stomach hardened at the sound. She knew that voice; it was especially reserved for Nathan centric news. She talked like that for the whole first week they went out.

"Kay, but you do know this is a bathroom, right?"

"Actually, it's a washroom," Haley smirked at Brooke, who stuck her tongue out at her. She smacked her knee before continuing. "Guess what Nathan just told me?"

"What?" Peyton asked, trying her harder not to let her voice crack. She knew that if she didn't participate in this conversation it would be weird and Haley would no doubt call her on it. Haley's smile widened and she began to jump up and down.

"He said that he had something very important to ask me tomorrow night."

"And..."

"Come on," Haley exclaimed, clapping her hands together in excitement. "You know what that means. I think he's finally going to ask me to move in with him tomorrow night." The pain looked that crossed Peyton's face went unnoticed by Haley.

"Are you sure?" Brooke asked. If Haley had been paying any attention at all, she would have clearly heard the panic in Brooke's voice, but luckily for Brooke, she wasn't.

"Yeah." Haley nodded her head frantically. "He said that he had something important to ask and he said that he had something special planned. That can only mean one thing, right?" She looked at all three girls, expectantly.

"Sounds like it," Lacy answered, after she decided that Brooke and Peyton weren't going to say anything. She tried to give Haley a convincing smile, but if came out flat. Haley looked at them all in confusion.

"I thought you'd be happy for me," she stated, hurt laced in her voice. Hearing the tone in her voice, Brooke quickly snapped out of her daze. She plastered a fake smile on her face and jumped off the counter to crush Haley in a hug.

"I'm so happy for you, Hales," she told her. She couldn't believe she was letting this happen. She knew that keeping this from Haley was a bad idea, but she didn't' say anything because Peyton didn't want her to. It was one thing when if they were just dating, but them moving in together? That's going to far.

"Thanks, Brookie," Haley cheered, not catching the fakeness in her voice. She was so excited about moving in with Nathan. Things had been going so good for them lately. The entire month they had been back together, they hadn't gotten in a single fight. That was a record for them.

"No problem," Brooke replied. She shot Peyton a glare, telling her that she had to do something about this before Haley moved in with Nathan. Peyton nodded her head slowly, indicating that she agreed. Brooke let out a breath and pulled back from Haley's embrace. "I'm so happy for you, sweetie." She kissed her on the forehead. "I've taught you well."

"You sure have."

"Well, let's not keep the boys waiting any longer," Lacy suggested, noticing the silent conversation that was had been Brooke and Peyton. She knew that Peyton needed to talk to Haley.

"Wouldn't want them to get tired," Brooke agreed, reaching down to grab her purse on the floor. "You know what happened last time we stayed in the bathroom too long. I don't think we want to get kicked out of this restaurant too."

"This is the only one left," Lacy joked. Brooke laughed and they walked to the door. Haley moved to follow, but stopped when she felt Peyton grab her arm. She turned around and looked at her strangely.

"I need to talk to you." Haley's wandered to Lacy and Brooke's retreating backs and back at Peyton's pleading eyes.

"Can't it wait?" she asked. She found it a little weird that the blonde wanted to have a heart to heart with her in the washroom of a fancy restaurant. She heard the door close, signaling that the other two girls had already left.

"It really can't." Peyton knew she couldn't do this. She couldn't tell Haley what Nathan used to do to her, and certainly not in a washroom, but she couldn't just stand by and watch as Haley ruined her life.

"Okay," Haley answered, unsurely. She wasn't sure what was up with Peyton lately. She noticed that she was hanging out with her less and less and when they were together, it was always in a group. Even then she would either ignore her all together or snap at her. She was really starting to miss her best friend.

"I know you want to get back out there," Peyton began, ringing her hands together nervously. She had no idea how Haley was going to react to what she was going to say. "So, I'll just make this quick."

"What's up, Pey?" Haley asked, moving passed Peyton to stand on the other side of her. Peyton followed her movements. "You've been acting really weird around me lately. What's going on with you?"

Peyton shook her head. They were right, she was pushing Haley away and she knew it. She ran a hand through her hair in frustration. God, Nathan was just screwing everything up. For a split second, Peyton considered just spilling her guts and telling Haley everything. It would make everything so much easier for her. The thought leaves as quickly as it came and she's back to normal. She closes her eyes, not being able to stand Haley's stare.

"Pey, come on," Haley urged, getting more worried by her silence. "You're scaring me. What's wrong?" It was no or never time.

"Don't do it," Peyton states. At Haley's confused look, she knew she needed to say more. "Say no."

"What?" Haley questions. "Say no? Pey, I already had the drug talk with Karen."

"When he asks you to move in with him," Peyton clarified, her voice so low Haley almost didn't hear it. "Say no." Haley took a step back, trying to absorb what Peyton had just told her.

"Why would I do that?" Haley was shocked at what Peyton had asked her to do. Was she actually being serious or just joking around?

"Please," Peyton begged. "Just trust me when I tell you it's a bad idea."

"Where is this coming from?"

"Nowhere, I just...I just...I know things...about..." Peyton brought her hands to her temple, rubbing it with her thumbs. She had to get her nerves in check before she out right told her everything about Nathan and his whores. "I'm just trying to look out for you. I just don't want you to get hurt."

"How would I get hurt if I moved in with Nathan?"

"I can't, I can't tell you," Peyton finally answered. She sighed, dropping her hands and taking a step towards Haley. "Look, Hales, I know things, but I can't tell you. You just have to trust me on this. I'm telling you that moving in with him is a bad idea."

"How would you know?" Haley asked, defensively. She didn't understand any of this. Five minutes ago she was on top of the world and now her best friend was trying to ruin it all.

"I just do." This wasn't going like it was supposed to go. Haley wasn't supposed to get mad at her. But it didn't surprise her; everything in her life was going down the crapper at this point. Losing her best friend seemed to go with what was going on.

"What do you know?

"I can't tell you," Peyton sighed. This whole thing would be so much easier if she could. Haley rolled her eyes at the blonde. "God, I wish I could, but I can't. If I could all of this would be..."

"Whatever, Peyton," Haley cut her off with a wave of her hand. She was used to her friend hiding things from her. She always did this; she would lie to her then expect her to trust her. She was sick of it. "I'm sick of you hiding things from me."

"I..."

"I'm going back out there to join my boyfriend and my friends." She glared at Peyton as she walked passed her. She opened up the door, but turned back to say something else. "When you feel like telling me the truth, give me a call." She gave Peyton one last chance to say something. When she bowed her head, Haley sighed and walked the rest of the way out the door.

"Shit!" Peyton swore. She couldn't believe she had just messed things up so badly. Now Haley was probably going to move in with Nathan just to spite her. She ran a hand through her hair. She knew that she couldn't let this happen, it was not an option. Time was up. If she was ever going to tell Haley, it had to be now.

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That's all for today. I hope you liked it. I guess there was a little bit of drama, but it's all coming in the next few chapters, I promise. Anyway, please tell me what you guys think. I need replies; I eat them for breakfast so please contribute to feeding me, will ya.