Hey, Sorry this chapter took so long! Its kinda sort, but I'll UD soon. So many papers for college and thanksgiving monopolized my time! Oh, by the way, I still don't own One Tree Hill or its characters.

I still really don't know where I'm going with the couples or how long Hayden and Chloe are gunna stay around…anymore input is welcome! I'm leaning towards LB with alittle Chloe/Lucas for drama and mmmaaayyybeee some Haley/Peyton with some Hayden/Peyton too. Probably lots of Haley/Lucas friendship. Oh man, I totally forgot about Nathan! Maybe I'll have to rethink these.

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Lucas could not believe what he just heard. His heart was pounding a mile a minute, he couldn't control his breathing, and he couldn't quite place what feelings were swirling around inside of him. Was it anger? Pain? Confusion? None or all of the above? Needless to say this new information threw Lucas for quite a loop.

"Oh my god" was all Peyton could manage out as she image of one of her best friend alone and hurting fabricated itself in her mind.

"Jeez Chloe, when will you learn how to keep your damn mouth shut?" Hayden remarked angrily at his normal put together sister who now seemed on the brink of tears.

"Anyway you guys would just…I dunno…forget about what you just heard?" she asked hopefully, sighing at the blank stares she was receiving. "Guess not."

"How long was this going on? Why didn't she tell me?" Lucas asked, not to anyone in particular, mostly to himself. Although Chloe did take it upon herself to answer him.

"It started when she was in middle school…never really got bad until freshman year though" she began, trying to keep the details to a minimum, "That's when she moved in with me, until the divorce was final a couple months before me and Hayden moved." She turned at looked at Lucas, putting her hand on his forearm gently. "She didn't want to worry you Lucas, and she didn't want you getting hurt…she knew you'd go after him. If it helps any, she didn't tell me either, I went to pick her up one night and found her in her room…" she paused for a moment, taking a deep breath "lets just say you could tell something bad had just happened to her…so I took her home, cleaned her up and had to explain to mom and Hayden what happened so she could stay."

"I gotta get out of here" Peyton said quietly before heading for the door, never looking back.

"She'll be okay" Brooke said, mostly to Hayden who was watching the Blonde hurry away. "Its just hard to hear…that someone you care about had to go through that. More that then the fact that she didn't feel like she could tell you…" she smiled softly at the feeling of Luke wrapping his arms around her gently and let her self fall into the hug that they both so desperately needed at the moment. "You'll get your answers soon enough Broody" she said to him softly as the four of them walked out of the club together, unaware of Karen's watchful stare.

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"I cannot believe in the day or so we've been here we've caused this much drama…" Chloe said softly to her brother on the way to there motel.

"We? WE?" he began, turning slightly to stare directly at his sister "You Chloe. Its all you…I cannot believe you…What is it about this town that brings out the worst in some people?" he said harshly before returning his eyes back to the road.

"Chill out Hayden. Its not like I did it on purpose." she shot back, she didn't get upset, she got mad, that was her thing. "And don't even pretend to be Mr. Innocent over there…I saw you dancing with Haley…what the hell was that? I thought you finally overcame your stupid little crush on her!"

"I did!" he yelled as they pulled into a parking spot. "Its not her I have my eye on." He said with a small smile as he stepped out of the car and into the hotel room.

"What? Who is it?" Chloe asked quickly, the anger suddenly gone at the chance to know the latest gossip

"That's for me to know, and you" he looked at her "Not to."

"Oh that was so lame…" Chloe said before flopping down on the bed. She knew she screwed up bad, but for one reason or another, she wasn't sorry about it.

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Haley James could not believe what had just happened. As she stood in the middle of her kitchen, images of the club came flooding back to her. The hurt look on Lucas's face, the shocked one on Brooke's, but one face stood out to her, the satisfied, not sorry look on Chloe's face…and for the life of her she couldn't figure it out. But she knew that wasn't her biggest concern. Her friends were going to ask questions sooner or later, and she'd bet on the first one.

"Try the Truth James." she said to herself, "they deserve that much." She sat down on the couch, pulling her knees up to her chest when she heard the sound of a car pulling into her driveway.