Chap- No one's perfect

" That's not how I expected them to react," Haley said handing Nathan a dish she just washed so he could dry.

" Yea it was weird if only everything we told them they reacted like that." Nathan laughed.

" Anyways you never did tell me what Abby's emergency was. So why was she in such a panic?" Haley asked having no idea what Nathan was about to tell her.

" Well, she missed me. That's what she calls an emergency. But she...well hit on me and then we...well..." Nathan paused for too long which made Haley realize what he was trying to say. Tears formed in Haley eyes and ran from the room with Nathan yelling after her, "Haley, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." But it was too late; she was already out of the room.

" Nice going." Nathan said sarcastically to himself. His cell phone rang and he answered it coldly, "Hello."

" Mr. Scott, its Stuart Handling; your lawyer. About custody of Brianna Scott, it doesn't look good for you. Considering you have a history of drinking and a previous failed marriage..."

" But she cheated on me doesn't that count for anything?" Nathan angrily yelled into the phone.

" It does help your case but just a little bit. And since she's the mother that helps her more than cheating hurts her."

" So, there's nothing you can do. My daughter just gets taken away from me. You can't let that happen at times she is the only thing I live for. You can't let Abby get custody of her."

" I'm sorry Mr.Scott. I'm doing all that I can. Unless you can find something we can use against her, then Brianna would most likely go to Mrs. Abigail."

" Jake are you here." Nathan hollered opening the front door to the Jagalski house.

" Nathan is that you?" Jenny asked turning to corner into the kitchen, where Nathan was standing.

" Yea, is your dad here?"

" No, him and mom went someplace for the day. They said they'd be home around eight."

" Can you tell him to call my cell phone when he gets home." Nathan asked.

" Yea OK." Jenny said but Nathan was already out the door.

" Good thing Ryan was at Karen's for the day!" Brooke said entering her house with Ryan in her arms, "When Haley got here I ran out the door without even thinking."

" Yea because a toddler her all day would have been a little bad." Lucas laughed.

" All right as much as I'd like to stand here and talk about bad stuff that could have happened, all day; I'm tired so I'm going to head to bed."

" OK I love you." Lucas said and kissed her forehead.

" Love you too," Brooke said and then walked over to Ryan who was in his playpen, " I love you too buddy."

" Hey Jake," Nathan said answering his cell phone.

" Hey, wow are you like psychic? How'd you know it was me?" Jake asked.

"Dude, its called caller ID. But I got bigger issues, and you're the only one that can help."

"Oh wow. What's up man?"

"You know how me and Abby are getting a divorce?"
"Yea...so why do you need my help?"

"She's going to get custody of Brie, and I don't know what to do. The lawyer said I have to find something on her but what if there isn't something."

"There has to be something. No one's perfect. She definitely has a hidden past or something. I have some friends that work for the police: I met the while trying to get custody of Jenny: But I'll talk to them don't worry man, I'll get you custody of Brie."

"Thanks. You really don't know how much this means to me."

"All right I'll call them now and I'll call you later."

"All right." Nathan said and hung up. He hoped Jake was as successful on his mission as he sounded. For Nathan it was one problem down one to go! He had talk to Haley.

"Brooke hey I heard you called me." Peyton said through the phone.

"Yea you missed a lot of stuff today. Where were you?"

"Me and Jake went to a hotel this morning and spent the day there, just the two of us. But why did you need me? Jenny said it sounded urgent."

"Well, I went to the hospital and..."

"Oh my gosh! Are you all right? What happened?" Peyton interrupted her and bombarded her with questions. Brooke explained all the events that had happened that day and told Peyton about her new diet and rules.

"Oh my gosh, Brooke I'm sorry I wasn't there."

"P. Jagalski, it's OK. I'm all right. You had no idea that it was going to happen." Brooke laughed at her friend's sympathy.

"Don't make fun of me. OK? I was worried." Peyton whined.

"Whatever I have to go. You woke me up, you bitch." Brooke joked.

"Sorry."

They hung up and Brooke went back to sleep while Peyton checked on her kids before she too headed to bed.

"Haley. I can explain what happened." Nathan said entering her room.

"Nathan, don't explain. I don't want to hear it. I'm sick of your explanations."

"Know what? If you're pissed off at me, do you remember when you cheated on me. Now you know how I felt."

"I kissed a guy. You slept with Abby."

"Don't blame this on me. If you hadn't have kissed Chris we would still be happily married and I would have never met Abby."

"Are you saying this is my fault?" Haley yelled.

"Yea, that's exactly what I'm saying. You ruined my life and I guess your own too. What you don't get is that your actions effect more people than you think."

"I only affected you and myself."

"No, you affected Lucas, Brooke, Peyton, Jake, need I go on?"

"No you don't. You did what you intended to do. You made me feel horrible. Now since you succeeded in your mission. Can you please leave my room." Haley said softly. Nathan walked towards the door, looked back at her and then left the room.

While they were talking they were oblivious to the fact that their two kids that had their ears against the door listening to their every word.

The second Nathan went out the door Haley broke down. She cried and cried and cried. She cried for her mistakes, for the people they affected, for people's mistakes that had effected her and for unknown reasons. She made her way to the adjacent bathroom and locked the door. She looked in the mirror and saw how miserable she looked. She thought of the last time that she was happy that didn't lead to sadness. She realized that that was before she moved back to Tree Hill.

If she wanted to ever be happy again she knew what she had to do. She had to leave Tree Hill for good.

OK that's going to be my last update for a little while. I have one last vacation for the summer. I'm going to the beach! I'm leaving Saturday and will be back the following Saturday. I hope you like that chapter and please give me lots of great reviews. Thanks!

-Michelle-