Hey Marit...I hope I didn't ruin the story...but don't worry, that's more of a storyline for later. It'll be ok, I think! haha

SO...these chapters seem to be harder and harder to write, because I'm dealing with stuff that Mark wrote, and therefore have to work around that, and I have a hard time meshing anything I write with something else someone writes...so, it'll just have to be the way it is. This chapter is kinda dull too...sorry. I'll try and weave in some drama later that won't kill the story, hopefully

By the way, shorter chapters until Saturday (including today)...I had an exam today, and I have one on Thursday and Friday too, there might not even be another chapter tomorrow cause I'll be pretty busy. Sorry! I know, I've been so good lately!

"Now I'm coming down

Hitting ground, breaking open

Twisted around the sweet sound

Of the liesyou told when you were broken"

She dialed home for the second time that day, but this time someone actually picked up.

"Hello?" It was Nathan, and she practically fell off the bed she was so happy.

"Nathan!" She couldn't control her excitement, and she wasn't going to pretend she could.

"Oh, it's my fugitive wife." It sounded almost like he was informing other people in the room, did he have someone over?

"Nathan…" She felt kind of hurt.

"Haley, you left without even waking me up." It was evident that neither was very happy with the other's actions.

"Nathan, do you even remember last night?"

"Yeah…I do…"

"When did I leave? How did you get home?"

"You left late, and Tim drove everybody home…"

"You let Tim drive? Nathan! You know better than that, Tim was almost as trashed as you!"

"Hales…"

"No Nathan, you have some things to work out, ok?"

"I have things to work out? You're skipping school to go to New York with Chris!"

"It's not about that. Chris is 21, and has a girlfriend, so just stop being defensive!"

"We were married and that didn't exactly stop him," Nathan replied coldly.

"Nathan, what are you talking about?"

"Haley, just stop lying, alright?…I know he kissed you, I know you kissed him…"

"What?" It had happened, but how had he found out?

"You know Tim's brother works at the recording studio, he was leaving for the day when you came in. I'm not stupid Haley," he replied.

Ok, so she honestly had no idea Tim's brother worked there, or why Nathan hadn't said anything about it before Tric. "It meant nothing Nathan, you know that."

"I do, huh?" he replied dryly. "Just go follow your dreams Haley, but don't think I'm gonna pretend to care anymore." He hung up on her, and she was crushed. She wasn't sure if it was right of her to leave anymore, but it was too late. She'd been stupid, she'd made the decision, and there was no turning back.

"Hey Haley!" Why did Chris have to be so annoying cheery lately. Why was she the miserable, depressed musician one now?

"Hey Chris," she replied bitterly.

"You, ok?" He actually sounded concerned, damn him, she thought.

"Can we just talk about it later?" She turned from annoyed to pissed off pretty fast, after all she could almost blame all her marital problems on him. If he had never been around she wouldn't be having problems with Nathan.

"Yeah, sure," he replied, somewhat defeated. "I found an apartment." His big news was somewhat squashed by her miserable attitude. "So you can stay there if you want, I'll just stay with Jules. It's in the same building, but two floors up."

"Yeah, whatever," she replied. She was miserable and was kind of hoping everyone around her would be miserable too.

"Is it alright if I come by around 11?" He was kind of timid about pushing her into doing anything that day, but they had to start working on the stuff for the meeting on Wednesday.

"Yeah, sure…I'll meet you in the lobby," she replied with a sigh.

They both hung up, and Chris looked over at Julianna, "It's gonna be a long day."