Author's Note: Well, hello all! Thanks to all of you who have review, you know who you are. It means a lot to me that you all like my story. Just so you know, I try to take into consideration all of your ideas and if I can work it in somewhere, I'll do it. Also, just for the record, this is NOT a Naley! I will never, ever write one of those. There isn't really any pairing in this fic, despite what may happen in this chapter. Anyway...here you go...

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"Come on, Tigger," Haley called when she came out of the bathroom to find that Brooke was still in bed. "It's really time to get up now. Don't you want to shower before we head out again?" She heard Brooke moan, but it was muffled because she was face down in her pillow.

"No," was the final answer Haley received. Shaking her head, she stalked over to Brooke's bed. She grabbed a hold of the girl's pillow.

"Well, I would appreciate it." She pulled the pillow out from underneath the sleeping girl. She heard Brooke whining and smirked. She hit her over the head with the pillow. "Get your lazy ass out of this bed." Brooke turned over on her side, her back facing Haley.

"Five more minutes," she mumbled, creating a pillow with her arms. Haley shook her head and pulled the covers off the cheerleader. Brooke let out a cry of protest.

"I took your pillow and your covers," Haley informed her. "You know what's next. Do you want me to get the water?" Brooke shook her head slightly, but made no movement to get up. "Tigger, let's go!"

"Please, Tutor Girl," Brooke begged. "Just five more minutes and I'll get up. I promise." Haley thought about it and rolled her eyes. She threw the pillow on top of the girl's head and put the covers back on her.

"Fine," she gave in. "I'm going to get us some breakfast. You can sleep till then, but then you have to get up and get showered." She walked around the bed to get her shoes on. She could see Brooke had a big smile on her face.

"I love you, Haley," she cheered. Haley smiled at her and grabbed her coat. She took some money that Brooke had left on the nightstand and slipped it in her pocket.

"I'll be back in a few," Haley said to her friend, but got no response because Brooke was already fast asleep again. She sighed and walked out the door. She hoped it wasn't going to be like this for the rest of their lives, Haley trying to get Brooke to do something and Brooke whining to get out of it. Probably. Something hit Haley as she walked across the parking lot to get to the Denny's across the street. She was going to be spending the rest of her life with Brooke. While, maybe not the rest of her life, but probably at least a good year or two with her. Who would have thought that Haley 'Tutor Girl' James and Brooke 'Tigger' Davis would be starting a new life together? Not her for sure. She smiled as she thought of how Luke would react to this news. He probably wouldn't believe it. She was so lost in the thought that she didn't see the person standing in front of her until it was too late.

"Oh, God, I'm sorry," she mumbled to the guy she bumped into. When he turned around she couldn't believe her eyes. "Luke?"

"Hales?" he said, just as shocked as she was. "What are you doing in here?" He was here with Keith, helping him get settle for his first week. She looked around the restaurant.

"They do serve food here right?" she asked, trying to avoid the question. She cursed herself at her efforts. There was no point, she sucked at this. He shook his head.

"I mean here, here," he tried to clarify. "In Charleston?" Haley searched her brain for something to say, but came up with nothing. He was going to find out sooner or later, might as well be sooner. She sighed and pulled him out of the ordering line. He saw the look on her face. "Hales, what's going on?"

"I left Tree Hill," she stated, deciding it was best not to drag this out. Her heart nearly broke when she saw the look on his face. "I'm so sorry, Luke."

"Left?" he repeated. She nodded. "As in never going back?" Again she nodded.

"Yeah, pretty much," she answered, lowering her head. She couldn't stand the sad look in his eyes. "I had to get out of there. Start everything over, it's for the best."

"How could leaving me be for the best?" he demanded. "How can you just up and leave your best friend like that? And your family? What about my mom, Haley? She loves you so much."

"I know," she tells him. "I said goodbye to her last night. She was the only one that I told I was leaving." She took his hands in hers. "She accepted it, Luke. Why can't you?"

"Why do you think, Hales?" he asked rhetorically. "Maybe because you're my best friend? Or maybe it's because I love you so much? I don't know. I'm just crazy like that."

"Luke, come on..."

"No, Haley." He pulled his hands out of her grip. "I won't come on. You can't just drop a bomb like this on me and expect me to just accept the fact that my best friend is leaving me!"

"Well, you know what, Luke?" Haley yelled back at him. "You're just going to have to accept it! There's nothing you can say that's going to make me go back there. So you can either accept it and get a phone call every once in a while or you can be a big baby about it and never hear from me again!" She turned around to leave, but stopped when she felt Luke grab her arm. She slowly turned around to face him. He had a sorry look on his face.

"Look, I'm sorry," he said softly. "I overrated. This just sort of came out of left field, you know? You seemed so happy. What happened?" She closed her eyes. She didn't know what to tell him. She was sure if she told him the truth he would flip out and go beat up Nathan, which actually didn't seem like such a bad thing at the moment. She frowned. Might as well just tell him everything.

"If I tell you, do you promise not to go and kill anybody?" Lucas balled up his fists, knowing by the tone of her voice that this had something to do with his little brother. Haley saw how he was reacting. "Lucas?"

"I promise," he said, through clenched teeth.

"I found Nathan in bed with some blonde chick," she began. She was about to continue when Luke sprang forward.

"I'll kill him." She put her hands on his chest.

"You promised."

"I lied," he stated, still struggling against her. He looked down into her eyes and saw the pleading in them. Reluctantly he gave it up. "Can I at least beat him up when I get back?" Haley thought about it and smiled.

"I guess that would be all right." Luke could hear the sadness still in her voice and it broke his heart. He hated to see his best friend in any sort of pain. He opened up his arms for her and she eagerly sought their comfort. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head against his chest. He rested his chin on the top of her head.

"It's okay, sweetie," he whispered to her. She closed her eyes, dreading the next part. He felt her tense up right away.

"There's more," she said, barely audible as her face was buried in his chest.

"Of course there is," he mumbled. If he was willing to admit it to himself, he already knew what she was going to say. He held on to her tighter.

"I'm pregnant." Luke shut his eyes at her words. There was a mixture of anger, worry and jealousy. He was angry at Nathan for ruining Haley's life, he was worried that this would destroy Haley and he was jealous because...well, he wasn't really sure why he was jealous.

"Does he know?" Haley, not trusting her own voice, nodded. The anger in Lucas began to rise. "Let me guess, he followed in daddy dearest's foot steps?"

"If that means that he doesn't want anything to do with it, then..." Luke shook his head and just held her tighter. Haley started to cry. "Why doesn't he love me? I thought he did. He told me!"

"He's an idiot, Hales," he told her. "If he can't see what an amazingly beautiful person you are, inside and out, then he's an idiot."

"You really think so?"

"Definitely." Luke pulled back and cupped her cheek, wiping away the stray tears with his thumb. "You, Haley James, are the most amazing person on the face of this planet. You deserve to be happy. Even if that means leaving Tree Hill."

"You mean you're okay with me leaving?" she asked in surprise. He smiled and pressed his lips to her forehead softly.

"All I ever want is for you to be happy," he told her. She broke out into a teary smile and hugged him again.

"I love you," she confessed. "You are by far the best Scott brother. I always thought so. Even before all of this happened."

"Well, anyone could see that," he teased her. She giggled and pulled away to look him in the eyes. "Are you sure this is what's best? Leaving everything behind?"

"I have to do this, Lucas," she replied in a determined voice. Luke nodded, deciding that he wasn't going to be able to change her mind.

"I love you, Hales," he said. "Forever and for always." She didn't know what came over her or what she was thinking, but she didn't care. She reached up and kissed him. Sure, they had kissed before, but this time was different. They could both feel it. After a minute passed, Haley pulled away. Luke had a shocked look on his face as he brought a hand up to touch his lips.

"Goodbye, Luke," she whispered before turning and walking out of the restaurant and out of his life forever.

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