Hey everyone, I'm back with an update! Thank you so much for all the awesome and kind reviews! You guys rock!

So, how was everyone's New Years Eve? I had a party which was mostly fun and successful. I've just got one thing I wanna say to the blonde bitch who puked on my floor twice: the next time I'll see you, I'll bitch-slap you so hard you won't get up, whore. And the same goes for the asshole who drank red wine and was too retard to not spill it all over my fucking apartment. Happy new year everyone:)

Anyways! On with the story. Don't forget to review.

Chapter 4

Brooke, Peyton and Haley didn't speak anything during the drive back from the grocery store. Haley was still in shock of the article and the pictures she saw. Brooke and Peyton just didn't know what to say.

When they pulled over to the Smith driveway, Haley got out slowly. She started to take the groceries out but Peyton stopped her.

"We got these." Haley nodded and went inside without saying anything. Peyton turned to look at Brooke.

"What the hell do we do?" Peyton whispered.

"First we take care of these bags and then we tell Tim." Brooke said and got two bags out. Peyton took the other two.

"Are you sure that's a good idea? They don't really get along." Peyton asked while opening the front door.

"He's her brother. He needs to know." Brooke whispered while walking towards the kitchen. They unloaded the bags and went outside to find the guys. They were cooling down in the pool after the game.

"Hey, did you get everything?" Tim asked.

"Yeah, we got everything." Peyton said and looked at Brooke.

"What's wrong?" Tim asked when he saw the looks on their faces.

"Where's Haley?" Nathan asked. Brooke sighed and turned to look at Tim again.

"You should go talk to her." Brooke said quietly. Tim got out of the pool quickly.

"What happened?" he asked while wrapping his towel around him. Brooke and Peyton looked at each other.

"What happened!" he asked a bit louder.

"Chris Keller was seen with another new girl." Peyton said.

"What!" Tim asked.

"It was on the cover of Us and she saw it at the store." Brooke said. "There were pictures and everything." Brooke finished quietly.

"Shit... How did she take it?" Tim asked concerned.

"She said she's fine and it's ok, 'peachy' was the exact word she used, but you can tell she's not ok." Brooke said.

"Ok, I gotta go." He said and left. Brooke, Peyton, Jake, Lucas and Nathan looked at each other.

"What should we do?" Lucas asked.

"Maybe we should leave, give them some privacy." Jake suggested.

"We can't just leave them alone." Nathan argued.

"There's nothing we can do." Peyton said.

"Yeah, I agree." Lucas said and got up from the pool.

"So, you're all just gonna leave?" Nathan asked upset.

"Nate, we can't help her. She barely knows us, she doesn't want any advice from us." Lucas said. Nathan huffed in annoyance but got out of the pool too.

"See you guys later." He said and started to walk towards his own yard.

"Bye." They all yelled while making their way to their cars.

knock knock

"Hales, can I come in?" Tim asked. When he didn't hear anything, he opened the door to her room a little bit and peaked in. Haley was laying on her bed her back towards Tim.

"Haley?" Tim asked again. Haley still didn't answer. Tim went to sit on the bed and put his hand lightly on top of Haley's shoulder.

"Hey, you ok?" he whispered and looked at her face. Haley had her eyes closed and she was hugging her teddy bear fiercely. Haley opened her eyes and looked at Tim. She didn't say anything because if she did, she knew she would start crying. So she just nodded her head.

"I heard about the article... And I'm really sorry. Is there anything I can do?" Tim asked quietly. Haley kept her eyes closed but shook her head. It killed him to see her like that. He and Haley had gotten closer in the past week and it hurt him to know that she was hurting.

"I'm so sorry, Hales. So sorry." Tim said. Haley opened her eyes.

"Thanks, Timmy." Haley said and smiled weakly. Tim smiled back.

"Just this once, I'll let you call me that." Tim said. Haley chuckled.

"Ooh, I guess my ex should screw more girls more often." She said joking.

"Knowing him, he probably will." Tim said smiling. Haley smiled. Only she and Tim could make jokes about something like that so soon. No one ever understood their sense of humor.

"Thanks, Timmy." Haley said and smiled a genuine smile at him.

"So, you're ok?" Tim asked. Haley's smiled faded a bit.

"No, I'm not ok. Not even close." Haley said and sat up. She sighed deeply. "But I'm not gonna dwell on it anymore." She said.

"Good." He said.

"It's time to move on to the next phase." Haley said.

"Which is?"

"Anger." She said and got up. "And that includes writing angry songs about that cheating bastard-of-an ex-boyfriend. So, if you'll excuse me." She said and started to walk out of the room with her guitar and notepad. Tim smirked and followed her.

"I'm gonna go play NBA Live 2005 downstairs. Call me if you need anything, stupid." Tim said grinning.

"I'll be outside, loser." She said grinning too. Haley went to sit on the swing on the porch. She took a deep breath and let all the angry thoughts off Chris Keller take over.

After Brooke and the others had left, Nathan had gone back inside only to find the house empty and boring. He went back outside and played some ball by himself on the court hoping for Tim to come back outside with some good news about Haley.

Haley... She had been on his mind ever since the night he met her. There was just something about her... But he knew nothing could ever happen between them. Why the hell would Haley James be interested in him? He was a regular nobody and she was a rock star.

Nathan was in the middle of playing when he heard something. He grabbed the ball and listened harder. He could definitely hear music. He looked over the fence and saw Haley sitting on the porch playing her guitar. Nathan jumped over the fence and started to walk towards her. On his way there he wondered whether to disturb her or not. He decided to just find Tim and hang out with him.

"Hey, Nathan." Haley said when he noticed him.

"Hey." He said quietly and looked at her concerned. She didn't look sad but he could see that she looked tired. "You ok?" he asked.

"Just peachy. Writing a song." She said. "Wanna hear?" she asked.

"Umh, sure?" Nathan said not really knowing what to do or say.

"Sit down." She said and made room for Nathan to sit next to her. Haley cleared her throat and started to sing softly.

"I trusted you and cared for you

I loved you, did all for you"

Then her voice grew angrier.

"Well I guess that meant shit!

Cause you cheated, you dick!"

I so don't fucking care

what the hell you wanna say!

I hope you whine and cry

before you slowly suffer and die.

I hate you so frigging much

you motherfucking bi-atch

So here is all I want to say:

stay the fuck out of my way!" Haley finished the song angrily. Then she turned to look at Nathan with a sweet smile.

"So, how was it?" she asked cheerfully.

"Very good! Very emotional!" Nathan answered quickly while clapping his hands furiously. In reality, he was scared. When Haley had started the angry part, there was something in her eyes that frightened him. Haley grinned at him and put the guitar away.

"So, where's Brooke and the rest of the group?" Haley asked.

"They left." Nathan said.

"What? Why?" Haley asked.

"Wanted to give you some privacy."

"Oh, well that's nice but totally unnecessary." Haley said. "Or do I look upset to you?" Haley asked. Nathan swallowed. Just a minute ago she had been telling the world to piss off.

"No, of course not." He said quickly.

"Good." Haley said and smiled. They both were silent for a while.

"You know Haley, you shouldn't be sad because of some fucker like Chris." Nathan said. Haley turned to look at him surprised. "He doesn't deserve to make you sad or angry because of him. And he definitely doesn't deserve a song from you." Nathan said.

"I know." Haley said smiling a little. "It's just my way of coping, you know. When you're pissed off, worried or sad you play basketball, right?" Haley asked.

"Or beat Tim up."

"Me too." Haley said laughing. "But if Tim's not around, I just sing. It's soothing."

"Know the feeling..." Nathan said while looking at the basketball in his hands.

"How long have you played?"

"My dad decided to make me a basketball player about... 4 months before I was born." Nathan joked but Haley could tell that he wasn't kidding.

"Why then?"

"It was the day he found out I was a boy." Nathan said.

"Your dad sounds like a very... nice guy." Haley finished laughing.

"Yeah, nice is just the word for it." Nathan said sarcastically. "So, how did you get into the whole music business?" Nathan asked changing the subject.

"I was 14 years old when my manager spotted me at my junior high school's musical. Eight months later I had my first album done." Haley said looking at her hands.

"That must've been tough."

"Yeah, you could say so." Haley whispered while remembering all the sleepless nights she used to have when she was writing or recording songs, doing photo shoots and gigs, sitting in a tour bus... Anything but hang out with her friends and family.

"When did you start basketball?" Haley asked.

"Since I could walk." Nathan said. Haley laughed at that. "I'm not kidding." Haley's smile faded.

"I played high school varsity on my eight grade."

"How's that possible?"

"After the regular season's over and the playoffs start, eight-graders are allowed to play too. On freshman year I was the captain."

"Ever win state?"

"Not yet. Which makes my dad really happy as you can imagine."

"That sucks. But hey, there's always senior year." Haley said while thinking about how she would never experience it.

"Yeah, the hopes are pretty high this year. And so is the pressure." Nathan said.

"Know the feeling." Haley muttered. They sat in silence while staring at the backyard.

"Why do you and Tim hate each other so much?" Nathan suddenly asked.

"We don't hate each other." Haley said.

"Well, you fight like cats and dogs."

"Yeah, I know." Haley said and sighed. "Nothing specific happened, you know. It just did." Haley said looking at him. Nathan didn't quite believe so he raised his eyebrows.

"Ok, so something did happen. And it's all my fault." Haley said and sighed. "Few years ago, I-"

"What are you doing here?" Haley and Nathan turned to look at the Tim who was standing behind with a suspicious look on his face.

"Nothing." Haley said and got up. "I gotta call mom. See you guys later." She was about to go inside when she turned to look at Nathan. "Thanks, Nathan. You know, for everything." She said and smiled.

"Anytime." He said back. Haley nodded and went inside. Tim turned to look at Nathan.

"What the hell was that about?"

"Nothing." Nathan said and started to walk towards his basketball court. When Tim wasn't following he turned to loo at him. "You coming or what?"

Tim looked at him for a moment and then sighed.

"Yeah, coming." He mumbled and followed Nathan.

As always.

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-Fes-