Playing With Matches and Get Burned

Chapter Five of Pictures of You

By: Cadium Kaye

All Nathan could think about was Haley, the whore and her stupid boy toy. So he was going to the insightful Scott.

He knocked on the door that lead to Lucas' room. He knew that his brother was always there for him. In the year they had known each other they truly became brothers. He knocked again when no one answered.

"Lucas, I know you're in there! Open the god damn door!" Nathan yelled as he now pounded the door.

And with that Lucas gave up trying to sleep and opened the door. "Nate, Man what do you want?" Lucas asked groggily.

"It's Haley, man; she got some guy's number last night at the café." Nathan stated on the verge of tears, but he quickly pushed them back with the help of the liquid courage he held in his hands.

It took Lucas about an hour to calm down his little brother. He was able to convince him that because he wasn't in the restaurant that he really didn't know what the guy wrote on the paper. Finally Nathan left and Lucas could call Brooke.

"Hey Babe, it's Lucas. Yea, I need to know if Haley told you about some guy at the café yesterday. She's where! What's wrong! Nathan just left, he was over here for about an hour talking about the 'whore and her boy toy.' She's not home yet! God call her on her cell and tell her to come home. Yea I'm serious! Because we need to talk to her! Bye."

Oh god, what is she doing? Lucas said to himself.

Haley felt her cell phone vibrate in her bag. She jumped at the opportunity to end the date in heart beat. She grabbed it out of her bag. Haley went to open it when Jack grabbed Haley's cell phone out of her hand.

"Did I say that you could interrupt our date?" His voice became frightening and forceful.

"Jack I think you should take me home. Please Jack." Haley tried to be brave, and not tear up, but her efforts were defeated.

"I haven't had any real fun on our date yet, I think now would be a perfect time for me to take you back to the car. Don't you?" Jack asked through a bitter laugh. Haley wondered what had happened to the nice gentle man she met in the café last night.

"Jack please. I just want to go home. Please Jack." She begged.

"I don't think so baby doll." Once again laughing at the situation

"Help! Some one help me! Please? Haley yelled trying desperately to save herself from the awful man she was with. She knew though that he was so much stronger than her. Her small body would never be enough to fight him off. Not in a million years. She knew what was about to happen to her.

"Don't talk! Don't yell! OK! I just want you to keep you precious mouth shut! Got it!" Jack yelled into her ear. She did as told not wanting to make the situation worse.

He forcefully threw her in the back seat of his car. Jack went and put himself on top of her and when down to kiss her. Haley started to kick and squirm away from him.

Jack didn't like that Haley wasn't behaving well; he grabbed on to her neck and gave it a firm squeeze. "Baby doll I don't want to hurt you, I just want to have a little fun. So I suggest that you calm down or I'll do what I have to, to get it!" He once again Jack firmly squeezed Haley's neck.

That's when it started. He forced himself on to her. Jack pulled Haley's dress of her, and started to touch her in that places she only wanted Nathan to touch. He wasn't even being gentle. Jack was hurting her.

Lucas jumped out of his mom's car, and ran up the stairs to Brooke and Haley's apartment. He needed to talk to her, to tell her how much Nathan loved her.

He opened the door to see Brooke just sitting on the couch. "Brooke, is Haley here yet?"

"She didn't answer it Luke. She always answers the phone. I'm worried about her." Brooke never turned around to face him, so Lucas decided to go to her.

"I'm sure everything is fine Brooke. Maybe she's just having a good time." Though he doubted it.

"No she would have been having a horrible time. All she would think about is Nathan. Something's wrong Luke." She started to tear up.

"Brooke she's fine, well just wait till she come home. OK?" But Lucas agreed with her something was defiantly wrong. The worst part was he could tell that Brooke knew he was unsure of himself.

When he was done having his 'fun' Jack just got up and when to the driver's seat and started the ignition. All Haley could do was put her cloths back on and even that took everything in her. And just like that that were back at her apartment.

"Good night baby doll." Jack said as he unlocked the doors. Haley clumsily got out of the car and closed the door. Jack sped off. All she could do was fall to the pavement and cry.

Brooke and Lucas sat on the couch, both staring blackly at the wall. Then they heard a car door slam and a car speed off. As quick as their feet would take them, they ran to the porch. Just in time to see the head lights drive off in the distance and Haley helplessly kneeling in the gravel parking lot, sobbing so hard it looked like she was having a seizure.

"Oh my god, Lucas! Ok, I want you to go to the car and start it. Just wait for us ok?" But before Lucas could protest Brooke was sprinting to Haley's side.

"Haley, Haley it's ok I'm here. It's ok. Shhh" Brooke tried to soothe her

"I kept saying no Brooke, I kept saying no." Haley tried to say.

"I know, I know. Come on, Lucas is going to drive us to the hospital." Brooke tried to lift her hurting friend. Haley's eyes met with hers, Brooke could tell Haley didn't want to be around any guys at all. "It's ok Haley I felt the same way."