A/N: I am so sorry this has taken SO long to update. I've been having some major drama in my life in which this will be my first mostly ful day at home in a very long time. I've also been having trouble connecting chapters I alsready have written, like this chapter for instance. I have part of the next two chapters written and then full chapters after them. If that made sense? I'm just going through the amazing repies right now, I think someone had a question so I'm tracking back to find it. So as I look for the question. I want to thank everyone who's replied! You guys are amazing!

Oh here it is: The question was "are you ever gonna make haley explain the whole story to someone?" I am in the process of writing the trial against Billy, this should be chapter 19. I've been trying to find information on how a case involving rape woud proceed but have come up empty handed, so I have no clue what happens when someone is attacked. But for dramatic purposes I have been writing Haley's description and her emotions as she telling the court room what happen.

Thank you again for the amazing replies! I love you guys for it!

Keep it up!

-Debbie

"How weird is it that I've lived here forever and have never actually been in here." Holly asked as she approached Haley in the tutoring centre of T.H.H.

"Holly. Hey!" Haley greeted. "We're done in like 5 minutes if you feel like sticking around?"

"Awesome. Oh my god, so don't look or anything but there's a really hot guy totally watching us." Holly whispered to Haley who was now standing next to her. Haley turned around to see Nathan watching them with interest to the girl talking with his wife. "I said don't look!"

"I should so introduce us." Haley smirked, grabbing Holly's hand and walking them over to where Nathan was sitting, his homework sprawled across the table, his interest perked when Haley began making her way to him. "Ah, first how is it coming?"

"I still see no need for trinomials." Nathan sighed in frustration.

"Okay, work on it until I finish up here and then you can quit and we can go elsewhere. Holly this is Nathan, Nathan Holly." Haley introduced the two.

"Hey." Nathan nodded, his mind focused now on after school.

"Oh hi. Thanks Haley." Holly replied sarcastically.

"Sorry, it was too easy. Hey, you any good at math?"

"Yea. Unfortunately I'm gifted in that subject."

"Ha, me too. Um do you think you could help Nathan while I finish up? I got behind in filing the records here. You don't have to…"

"Whatever I can do to help." Holly agreed before sitting down to help her friends husband while said friend went back to filing.

"So you're from Haley's group counseling?" Nathan asked as the brunette looked over his work.

"Uh, yea. She's the only one there I can actually have a decent conversation with." Holly chuckled.

"Yea, she's pretty easy going. Um, how's she doing there?" Nathan asked while lowering his voice.

"She's okay. Like any newbie really. But she's adjusting, not everyone can walk into a room and immediately trust everyone in it."

"I never thought of it like that. I'm glad she has a friend there though."

"Hey, don't worry about her when she's at the meetings. If she's going to feel safe anywhere it's going to be there. No one judges and everyone can relate, there's only so much you and her friends can say and do before she thinks it's bullshit."

"Hey, you guys ready?" Haley asked, interrupting the two.

"Yep, and hey, you got everything right. Good job." Holly smiled, handing Nathan his worksheet.

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"You know. It's nice to see what the normal high school students do around here." Holly commented while walking beside Haley, who was between Holly and Nathan.

"Is it any different from what you do?" Haley laughed, watching as Nathan tried to catch a drip from his ice cream cone.

"Um, no. Not really." Holly chuckled, joining in with Haley.

"You are so weird."

"Oh and look who's talking." Nathan taunted.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Haley gasped, feigning hurt.

"Ah, don't fight it James. Doesn't look good on you." Holly chirped.

"Right, mental note to not be with the two of you at the same time unless I want to be made fun of. Like what is this, beat on Haley day?"

"Oh, so then you didn't get the bulletin." Holly laughed as Nathan put his arm around Haley and gave her a light squeeze.

"Oh you guys are just too funny. Yeah, yeah, laugh it up." Haley told them, her voice containing traces of sarcasm.

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"So are all the girls in your group that happy?" Nathan asked after Holly had left.

"I don't know. You're not really happy in group per say." Haley answered him as she settled on the couch in the apartment, Nathan following suit. "So what do you think?"

"Think about what?"

"Holly."

"She's nice." Nathan replied simply.

"Good…You know, her parents are AWOL too." Haley told him, a brief silence following.

"I'm sorry you're parents aren't here." Nathan broke the silence softly.

"It's not your fault."

"I know. But it's bugging you."

"Maybe they don't even know. You and Brooke have called them a few times and left messages but maybe they never got them you know?" Haley confessed what she had been hoping.

"Hales…"

"I just wish they were here sometimes." She sighed as Nathan wrapped his arms around her, allowing her head to rest on his chest.