Lucas stepped back and observed the practice that was taking place before him. He watched Lacy miss another shot. She seemed tired and clumsy, this was unlike her. He knew that something was wrong. Whitey blew his whistle to signal that practice was over. He was about to call Lacy over but Lucas ran up to him to tell him that he would talk with her.

"Lacy!" Lucas yelled. Lacy froze where she was and turned slowly toward him.

"Hey Luke."

"Are you alright?" He asked in a concerned voice.

"Fine why do you ask." She asked getting nervous

"You weren't yourself during practice that's all."

"I had a bad day OK! We have all had our bad day! Let me have mine!" Lacy said getting defensive. Lucas stepped back.

"That's fine. Just get your act together before the next practice."

"Or what? You going to kick me off the team?"

"No, I just want to avoid the wrath of Whitey."

"Lucas I'm fine, I have to go." Lacy walked away from him. She stopped to wipe the sweat off her face. Without thinking she lifted her shirt to wipe her face like she had many times before. Lucas watched her. He noticed the bruise on her back but before he could say anything she was gone.

Lacy changed out of her clothes. She winced when she pulled her shirt over her head. She looked down and noticed the bruise on her ribs and stomach. Putting on clean clothes and running a brush through her hair she walked out and ran into Logan.

"A little play after practice." He hissed pinning her against a wall.

"What?" She asked tired

"Talking with Lucas."

"It was nothing, you're paranoid." She replied trying to get away from him.

"You bitch!" He slammed her against a wall. Before he could hit her Lacy felt him pull away from her.

"Get off her!" She heard a voice say. Lacy slide down wall with her eyes closed crying. She looked up to see Nathan punching Logan in the face. Logan stumbled up touching his swollen lip.

"This isn't over Lacy." Logan said pointing at her.

"Get out of here!" Nathan yelled to him. Logan glared at him and walked out into the rain. Nathan walked over to Lacy who was now standing.

"Don't touch me." Lacy said when Nathan tried to give her a hug.

"Lacy…"

"No you saw nothing, you understand."

"But…"

"No you saw nothing!" Lacy grabbed her bags and walked out into the rain.

Nathan lay on his bed with Haley by his side.

"I don't know what to do?" Nathan said explaining the situation to Haley.

"You find her help."

"She doesn't want help though." Nathan said running his fingers through his hair.

"She's scared, let me talk to her."

"No I don't think that a good idea." Nathan sighed.

"Listen I have to get home. Brooke needs help with some homework and other things and I promised her I would help but if you need anything…"

"I will call." Nathan said finishing her sentence. Haley smiled at him.

"She will figure it out Nate." Haley said kissing Nathan before she left. He listened to the rain outside his window hoping that Lacy was safe.

"Peyton! I brought dinner home." Jake yelled when he entered the house. He listened for a response but heard nothing. He set the pizza down.

"Peyton." He said in a singsong voice.

"Don't bother me right now!" He heard Peyton yell.

"You know Peyton, one thing I love about you is that you make me feel loved, you really do." Jake said as he walked into her room. He saw Peyton looking at her computer screen. He walked over to her and kissed her head.

"Looking at porn again." He joked.

"No" She said

Jake looked over her shoulder and saw that she was reading an email from her dad.

"He is going to be gone for another four months." Peyton said sitting back in her chair. Jake walked behind her and hugged her.

"It's OK Peyton." She turned around to face him.

"I know it is." She said touching his face

Haley walked into the apartment to see Brooke studying.

"You were right."

"About what." Brooke said not paying attention

"Logan beats Lacy." Brooke stopped what she was doing and looked up at Haley

"Tell me you are kidding."

Haley sat on the couch and put her head in her hands

"I wish I was. Nathan walked in on it."

"For once this is one thing I did not want to be right about." Brooke said

"She is the nicest girl and she finds an ass like him."

"I am going beat his ass next time I see him" Brooke said getting angry

"You can't let him know that you know until Lacy turns him in. I'm afraid that he will actually kill her."

"Poor Lacy, she must be so scared." Haley shook her head and Brooke let out a sigh. They sat in silence listening to the rain.

Lacy struggled to walk home. The rain was pouring down and the wind was blowing. She wished that she had driven her car. She felt a hand slap over her mouth. She tried to fight her way free but it was useless. Her feet dragged on the ground as she was pulled to a seclude area. She was thrown to the wet ground; she looked up to see Logan hovering before her. Within seconds he was beating her and throwing her around. She cried hoping that someone would drive by. He yelled that she did this to herself and that she would never talk to anyone again. Lacy's whole body went numb from pain. Logan got off her, kicked her in the side and went to walk away.

"Were over, you useless bitch. See you around." He turned away from her and disappearing in the darkness. Lacy struggled to get to her feet. She was wet, cold and covered in bruises and blood. She needed help and there was only one place that she could go.

Nathan sat in his living room watching TV. He heard the doorbell ring. Turning the TV down he got up and walked to the door. He opened it to see Lacy standing there beaten up and crying.

"I need help." She cried

Nathan opened his arms and Lacy walked into his warm embrace. He walked her into the house and held her as she cried on his shoulder. After she calmed down a little Nathan walked her upstairs to his bedroom, he pulled out warm clothes for her to put on and showed her the bathroom. He called her parents to let her know that she was with him. Lacy looked at herself in the mirror, her face was covered in cuts and bruises along with the rest of her body. She hugged herself smelling Nathan's hoodie. For the first time in a while she felt safe and calm. She walked out of the bathroom and back into Nathan's bedroom.

"What happened?" He asked. She sat down next to him.

"I don't know. I thought that he was a nice guy then all of a sudden he is this monster that gets some kind of pleasure beating me. He raped me once and beat me all the time. Tonight was the last night, he said we were over but I still want to report him and to top it off Dan was threatening to quit the team." Lacy explained.

"I am so sorry about Dan and Logan and everything." Nathan said hugging her again.

"It's not your fault. I should have stopped it but I was scared." Nathan nodded understanding. They talked until Lacy fell asleep, Nathan tucked her in and left the room. He went into the quest bedroom to go to bed.

A/N: That was the last chapter of Lacy getting beaten. I was getting tired writing it and you were probably getting tired reading it. No, Lacy and Nathan are not going to get together. She just needed a friend that she could trust. Next chapter….Lacy will report Logan with Nathan's help. Brooke decides that Lacy needs some time to relax with the girls. REVIEW PLEASE!