"Haley wait up" she turns around to see her boyfriend standing there smiling down at her
"what's up"
"your dad called off practice to hang out with Gavin so I thought I would spend time with my lovely girlfriend"
"ok tell me when you find her" he chuckled
"funny Haley funny"
"I know I am"
"ok you hungry"
"you paying"
"sure"
"ok lets go to that really expensive Chinese place on the docks"
"I was thinking McDonalds"
"cheap"
McDonalds
Haley and Nathan are sitting down eating cheeseburgers and big Mac
"so you heard about that trip your dad planning"
"nope should I"
"he just wants the team to play a friendly against your old school in LA I just figured you or Brooke convinced him"
"no I haven't even heard the idea till now"
"so LA is cool right you don't talk about it unlike Brooke"
"yea " Nathan didn't completely believe her but he would let it go
Haley's home
"dad you home"
"in the kitchen Haley"
"dad what this I hear about a trip" Haley walked into see her dad and Gavin
"oh your uncle Gavin thought it would be good to have a trip up to LA for a week let the boys work out at the proper stadium and them the cheerleaders heard about it and invited them self and I can't leave you and Brooke alone so your coming as well"
"dad I'm not going I can't go back there I won't"
"Haley I know it tough but you cant keep running soon enough the past will catch up to you and hurt you worse then it will if you hit it straight on" her dad left the room leaving Gavin and Haley
"he's right it exactly what I'm doing her facing my demons"
"go screw a whore"
"ok my bedroom or yours or how about the couch"
"your sick you know that"
"so I been told bye" walks out to leave Haley ready to break down she couldn't go back there not to her past it was to hard she wanted to forget about it and on top of that Nathan was going on the trip to he couldn't see her past he was the only person she didn't want to hurt expect Brooke or her dad but she already hurt them the day her mother died
Haley ran upstairs to cry she rang Nathan and asked him to come over
"Haley" Nathan ran over to her and just held her
"Nathan I'm so sorry"
"about what"
"you know I love you and I'm doing this so I don't hurt you"
"doing what"
"breaking up with you"
"what" Nathan raised his voice
"I'm sorry but I don't want to hurt you"
"and breaking up with me does that"
"it just that when we get to LA I can't do this with you"
"can't do what Haley please tell me"
"I can't I'm sorry"
"you keep telling me your sorry but about what"
"I think you should go"
"Haley I'm not leaving you"
"please go"
"no"
"Nathan go"
"Haley I am not leaving you until you tell me what your sorry for"
"you want to know" he nodded " really you can't take it back"
Haley went over to her desk and took out a picture it was of here mother and her
"that my mom she pretty"
"yea"
"she died a couple of month's before we came to tree hill"
"I'm sorry how did she die"
"fire"
"oh Haley" Nathan walked up to her and put his arm around her
"no I don't need you pity ok I'm a bad person I let everyone down I'm selfish I don't even deserved to live"
"Haley don't talk like that"
"it's true Nathan you think you know who I am but you have no idea"
"Haley I love you what ever you've done don't push me away please" Nathan voice was pleading her but she couldn't this would work out for the best it might hurt but she needed to forget about how much she loves him she needed to keep telling herself it was for the best
"I love you too but Nathan this is for the best"
"no hale I won't"
"you have to"
"leave please"
Nathan was completely lost the girl he wanted to spend the rest of his life with doesn't want to be with him
Nathan left her room in a daze
Tree hill high next day
Haley avoided Nathan and Nathan avoided Haley whenever Brooke was with the group which consisted of herself Brooke Lucas Peyton and Jake and Tim with his random girls and her Nathan but he wasn't her Nathan anymore she seen him with a couple of cheerleaders she thought he loved her it didn't take him long to find another girl right
"Haley you coming to practice dads talking about the trip"
"Brooke I don't really want to back ok not to the person I was!
"Haley your not that person anymore and besides it wasn't your fault it was marks"
"Brooke"
"no Haley you always defending him look at what he turned you into and with him out of the way look at you and Nathan" Brooke look around to find Nathan and when she spotted him he was with the cheerleaders "wait what is Nathan doing and how come your not bothered"
"we broke up"
"what"
"we going back to LA it better he thinks I'm a bitch then a -"
" Haley you are a great person I mean when guys mess me around you there kicking the crap out of them no guy would ever hurt me after bobby green ok" Haley smiled " man you sure mess his face up"
"no guys will ever hurt you Brooke as long as I'm around" Brooke laughed but knew Haley was serious
"isn't it weird that I'm the oldest yet you're the one who looks out for me"
"nah your the weak one"
"hay" Brooke smack Haley with jakes jersey Haley threw water on Brooke
"oh you are so dead"
"bring it on"
Haley and Brooke were running down the corridor of the school until they father came out with a couple of players which had Nathan in
"inside girls we have a lot to talk about the trip"
"ok" Haley couldn't bring herself to look at Nathan
"so as you all may know that I am from LA" Nathan drown out what the coach was saying and sat staring at Haley "the school board say there cannot afford accommodation so it looks like we can't go" there was a chorus of awe "but then my good friend Gavin said we could live in his very large house for the week and if it's ok with your parents we leave on Saturday" the were a chorus of cheers "well looks like everyone's happy" not everyone Haley wasn't not only does she have to back to la but to the place that started it all what was she going to do
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