Haley rolled over on her bed and sighed. It had been so quiet last night. Brooke was at Lucas's, and Nathan hadn't spent the night. It was so nice for it to be quiet again.

Chris crept up the stairs to Brooke and Haley's apartment and entered silently. He entered to find Haley sound asleep in her bed, a huge space right next to her. He fought the urge to climb in but didn't win, and climbed right in. Haley didn't budge a centimeter and continued sleeping.

Nathan climbed up Haley's stairs. He had brought her breakfast and hoped she would like it. He walked down the hall and into Haley's room…but what he saw made him drop the coffee and donuts and stare with his mouth wide open. There was Chris Keller IN Haley's bed.

"Oh my god!" Nathan yelled. "Haley, what are you doing!"

"What…Chris? Nathan? What are you doing here?" Haley asked, sitting up and casting a confused look in Chris's direction.

"Well I WAS bringing you breakfast" Nathan spat. "But since I got to see you and Keller in bed, I guess that went to a waste"

"What are you doing here, Chris?" Haley asked in a sleepy daze.

"Haley, did you forget last night?" Chris asked.

"Last night? There was no last night!" Haley screeched. "I don't know where he came from, Nathan, I swear"

"I don't know what to believe anymore, Haley" Nathan said, looking like his heart had been crunched into a million pieces. "You say you love me, you wanna work on our marriage, but then I come visit you and find you in bed with another GUY? And not just any guy, the same one that destroyed our marriage in the first place!"

"Wow, I'm good" Chris commented.

"GET YOUR ASS OUT OF MY BED; I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE!" Haley screamed. "Nathan, I don't know how he got in and why he's in my bed but I swear to god nothing happened"

"Why was he talking about last night?" Nathan asked. "Actually, you know what, never mind. I deserve an explanation, but I will get one when I don't have front center seats to my wife and Chris Keller in BED…two weeks before our vow renewal" Nathan stomped out of the apartment.

"Chris, I swear to god I'm going to kill you!" Haley screamed. "There was no last night, and you know it! Why are you here and why cant you leave me alone?" Haley's voice was breaking.

"Haley, I love you"

"Chris, that's bullshit. There might have been something there-once upon a time, a long time ago…now I'm with Nathan and I'll be with him forever. I don't understand you, Chris! If you love me, you'd care about my happiness. And if you care about my happiness, then you wouldn't destroy what makes me happy, and that's me and Nathan!" now Haley was shaking with suppressed sobs and Chris looked at her and blinked. Suddenly it all cleared. What he was doing. What he had caused. What he had destroyed.


Brooke giggled and wriggled loose of Lucas's grip.

"Broody, you have me in a death grip"

"You're warm" Lucas murmured into her neck, kissing it softly.

"That tickles!"

"I know"

"Lucas…stop" Brooke giggled. "I'm so ticklish"

"Fine, fine" Lucas kissed her. "You are SO beautiful"

"Really?"

"Really"

"How do you know that?" Brooke asked.

"Because I do"

"Ok" Brooke laughed. "Good answer"

"What, was I supposed to go deeper?" Lucas asked, looking in her eyes.

"Yeah! You were supposed to be like 'my love…reflected…in your eyes…makes you so beautiful' and then sigh dramatically and then ravish me" Brooke giggled.

"I'll do the last part"

"Lucas!"

"My love…reflect-"

"Smart aleck" Brooke said, smacking him.

"I love you" Lucas laughed.

"Love you too" Brooke rolled her eyes.


"Nathan! Nathan listen to me!" Brooke grabbed Nathan's arm. "Don't storm out of here like this. Listen to her! You know the type of person Chris is and the type of things he would do. The door was unlocked. He could've snuck in. Nathan, hear your wife out"

"Ex-wife"

"Nate, don't say stuff like that" Lucas said. "I have full trust in Haley and I'm confident she didn't have anything to do with it…dude, just listen to her!"

"I won't do it! She cheated once, she's gonna cheat again"

"She loves you Nathan and she didn't cheat on you with Chris! She left for her music" Brooke insisted. "Nathan…just go talk to her…please"

"No! This is the second time this has happened! Do you know what it's like to lose the one person who you think is the world to you? The one person who you cant live without? The one person who sends your heart and stomach and head reeling in opposite directions? The one person who if you touch your heart drops to your stomach? Haley's that one person for me, Brooke, and I can't stand seeing her with another guy, whether or not she did anything! I love her more than words can explain…I lost her once and it broke my heart into a million pieces. I thought I had her back but I guess not! If taking her back means going through what I went through when she left, I can't do it, Brooke, I can't! I'm through with this…my heart has had all it can take" Nathan heard a rustle and turned around.

"Nathan…hi" Haley said.

"Haley…"

"Can we talk?"


"Lucas?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah?"

"Do you think we'll be together forever?"

"Of course"

"You really believe that?"

"I really believe that"

"How come?"

"Because if you ever left, I'd be nothing"

"Really?"

"Really…I love you, Brooke Penelope Davis"

"I love you too, Lucas Eugene Scott"

"I see a lot of loving is going on over here"

"Rachel? What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to let you know that" Rachel paused, tears filling her eyes. "I helped Chris come to Haley's…I gave him the idea…I wanted to destroy Nathan and Haley and hope that you guys would get doubtful and breakup"

"Rachel…why would you do something like that?" Brooke gasped.

"Because I…I don't know what's wrong with me" Rachel sat down on the bench. "I need help, Brooke"

"Why?"

"I tried to kill myself today"

"Rachel!"

"Rachel, get in the house. Brooke, call 911" Lucas said. "We need to call an ambulance"

"Why? All she did was try" Brooke turned to Lucas with a confused look.

"No she didn't just try" Lucas pointed to the pill dust on Rachel's shirt. "Looks to me like" Lucas pulled a packet of sleeping pills out of Rachel's pocket before she could stop him. "She swallowed a bunch of sleeping pills"

"Oh god…" Brooke opened her cell phone and dialed 911.

A/N: Dun dun dun! Right? I thought I'd shake some stuff up…review!