A/N: I know this doesn't explain much but in the next chapter I'll go back to the girls and what happened during the summer.

Chapter two: Missing her

"Crap!" Nathan was almost yelling, shaking the phone and wanting to break it. He had been calling her like a thousands time. He was sure she knew it was him. Always the machine, but he could swear, he sensed, she was at home.

Three months in hell. That was his summer's summary. He had been down and thought the world had ended when the judge said he had to live with one of his parents. That he shouldn't be emancipated. He had to make a choice. The Devil himself, Mr "I´ll make you sweat for you own well, now that I'll train the Ravens" and Mrs "I sleep with anyone but my husband. Please, tell everyone"

He hated them. He hated the decision. And he hated himself for his choice.

When he thought nothing could be worse Haley had dumped him. She hadn't told him why, not really. She had said a lot of stupid things. "We have no future" " I need to be alone" "You need to focus on basketball and your family". But he had seen in her eyes, in her tears she was hiding something. Almost two months and he hadn't got a clue.

"I miss you. I miss you so much" he said to the dead phone.

He found himself wishing Lucas's was in Tree Hill. He could have spoken to Haley; given him a clue, something. But no such luck. When they were finally getting along, going somewhere his brother had acted like a chicken and ran away leaving him to clean the whole Scott mess. And it was a real mess. And Lucas had only made it worse by leaving. Dan was really mad at this, although he would never admit it. He never took well the news that he was leaving, walking away and running away now that he was getting to torture him too. That was Dan's English for bonding, Nathan said to himself angry. Dan had rumbled about how irresponsible Karen was letting her son go with a no one like Keith. That had been before his uncle had the brilliant idea of fuck his mother. How sweet. How clever. As if things had been so easy. After that Dan took as a personal statement from Lucas that he still wanted to live with is uncle. Of course he never spoke about it to anyone. But he was really angry. He was taking it on everyone. The worst thing was not only he couldn't torture Lucas anymore but he also couldn't torture Keith anymore...and with Deb he could only fight legally. That left Nathan as the lucky winner.

And his mother...he could barely look at her at that point.

Furious he slapped the phone and he dialed her number again. The machine again.

"I know you are there Haley...I know two months had passed but I still need you. I need to talk to you. Call me please. Just tell me anything...even just hello "

He tried not to sound desperate but he didn't succeed completely at that. A sound in his back surprised him. His father had entered the house. ´Best choice I've ever made : to live with him´. Dan approached him. He looked calmed and he put in his tone and obviously fake concern.

"That's pathetic. How is my little girl doing today? "

"Great as every day I can spend you, dad"

He furiously left the phone and headed to his room. They could force him to live with him but he didn't have to stay in the same room with him, listening to his insults.

"Too much to take, Nate?. You should be training not whining about a stupid girl that never deserved you in the first place"

He changed his mind. He couldn't stay in the same house. He had to leave. At least for a while.

"Where are you going?"

"Doesn't matter. Not here. That's all I'm saying. Try to enjoy yourself I'll buy you a dog to yell at...may be you can have party or something...wait your family left you and you've got no friends, so guess just you and the dog. "

"Actually there is a party we are going to attend. Guess who I bumped into today?"

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-TBC-