"Well this will get you there." Holly shrugged. "I mean I hated suffering because some asshole chose me to get his jollies. It wasn't my fault so why should I have to suffer? During the high, I don't suffer. I get to be happy again."

"It really helps?" Haley asked, the thought of happiness enticing her.

"Works for me." Holly told her softly as she lit the end of the joint before inhaling and offering it to Haley.

"I…" Haley paused after taking the joint in between her fingers. She watched the end of the joint burn, white smoke filtering into the air then glanced up to Holly who had just exhaled more white smoke, further polluting the air. "I'm sorry Hol. I can't do this."

"It's okay Haley. I wasn't trying to pressure you into it or anything. You wanted to know my secret. There it is." Holly smiled comfortingly as she took the drug back, took another hit and extinguished the end against the porch.

"Thanks. I just…It's not me." Haley sighed, watching as Holy went about hiding her stash in the wall.

"Haley. It's okay. I get it. I just hope it doesn't change our friendship or what you think of me."

"No. No not at all. If it helps you through this crap we're dealt then I'm happy for you. It would just go against everything I've ever thought and said if I were to use it…But now that I do know I know I can easily trip you out. This could be fun on my part." Haley smiled, lightening the mood.

"Oh thanks." Holly laughed as the two headed back inside.

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"You ready to guys ready?" Lucas called as he entered the girls' apartment. It had been a torturous couple of days for Haley who had holed herself in the apartment and refused to talk to anyone but Holly, and even that was minimal. So, Brooke had decided that the gang needed to get her out of the apartment. It was a beautiful, almost too warm for May afternoon so Brooke decided to go out to the beach for some fun in the sun.

"Yep." Haley answered him, void of emotion and decked out in a pair of cuffed jean capris and a loose fitting t-shirt as she passed him and made her way to his car.

"She doesn't want to go?" Lucas guessed once Brooke appeared wearing more beach appropriate clothing.

"How'd you guess? It couldn't be the jeans." Brooke muttered. "She'll have fun. She just doesn't know it yet."

"I hope so." Lucas sighed, pulling the door closed and then locking it as the two left the apartment.

"Hey girlie." Peyton greeted as Haley, Brooke and Lucas approached her and Nathan, who had set up chairs and an umbrella on the beach.

Haley grumbled what sounded like a return hello and Nathan stood up from his chair to greet his wife.

"That bad huh?" Nathan quipped as he pulled Haley into a hug.

"I do not want to be here." She sighed into her husband's chest. The lines were still blurred between the two. Not enemies but not officially a 'married' couple again yet either. They were just estranged, both waiting for Haley to recuperate before making any progress on their own relationship.

"Try it for like an hour. If you're not having any fun I'll take you back to the apartment regardless of what Brooke says." Nathan bargained.

"Really?"

"I promise." Nathan assured as Haley left his embrace.

"Thank you." She told him sincerely before the moment was interrupted by Brooke.

"Let's get our fun in the sun started!"

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"Fun in the sun my ass." Haley muttered to herself as she sat curled up in one of the beach chairs under the umbrella. She had been sitting reading a magazine by herself at first after turning down a game of football, Frisbee, and bocce ball. Now she sat watching as Nathan and Lucas were throwing around the football with some other guys on the beach while Brooke and Peyton lay out in the sun, leaving Haley bored and pouting.

Looking around at each of her friends individually she could see how happy they were and frankly she was jealous. She wanted to be enjoying the sun and tossing around the ball but she couldn't bring herself to do it, her mind wasn't right. Wanting to leave, but not wanting to break up all the fun her friends were having she discreetly pulled out her cell phone and called herself a cab.

"Brooke. I'll be home later, I'm just not feeling it today. Thanks though." Haley told Brooke quickly as she saw her cab pull into the parking lot.

"What? Haley where are you going?" Brooke asked, her attention now on her roommate as she sat up from her previous laying position.

"Just to Holly's. I just didn't want to worry anyone."

"You called a cab? Didn't Nathan say he'd take you home if you wanted to leave?"

"Yea, but he's having fun here, so…I'll just see you later tonight." Haley spoke sullenly and left before anything else could be said.

…

"Hey. The offer still stand?" Haley greeted, her voice void of emotion as she stood solidly on Holly's doorstep.

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Airplane II: The sequel is playing on the television

"I am so confused." Holly giggled as the movie continued.

"No, I think it's simple. Unger was, um... Well Dunn was over Unger and… no, wait…" Haley tried to replay the scene in her mind. "Yea, I really don't know what they meant… But why were they under everyone?"

Steve McCroskey: Jacobs, I want to know absolutely everything that's happened up till now.
Jacobs: Well, let's see. First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and they bought Mercedes Benzes. And Prince Charles started wearing all of Lady Di's clothes. I couldn't believe it.

Both girls burst into a fit of laughter at Jacobs' answer.

"I think I love him." Holly announced as Jacobs continued to filter through the screen.

"Holly, he's dead." Haley explained solemnly.

"He's what? But... Jacobs?" Holly's voice cracked.

"Well not the character but the actor, Stephen Stucker, he's dead." Haley answered before breaking out in laughter again.

"That…made…no sense!" Holly said between giggles.

"Oh it did too!"

"No, it really didn't."

"It did, whatever, shush, I'm trying to watch the movie." Haley concluded, her voice harsh.

Buck Murdock: We'd better get to the tower, Lieutenant.
Lt. Pervis: We have no tower, sir.
Buck Murdock: No tower?
Lt. Pervis: Just a bridge, sir.
Buck Murdock: Why the hell aren't I notified about these things?

"I wish I had a tower…" Holly announced after the scene.

"You're so weird."

"You know you want one too."

"Actually, I could really go for some sort of sustenance…I dunno, what do you have?" Haley asked feeling hungry.

"I don't know, let's go look….I can't find the pause button." Holly whined before Haley took the remote from her and paused the movie.

"Well, that was easy." Haley laughed as she and Holly made their way into the kitchen.

XoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoX

"Haley. Haley wake up!" Holly whined, she was currently on the floor of her living room, pinned between the couch and Haley.

"What?" Haley groaned without opening her eyes.

"Get up, I'm stuck."

"Oh, sorry." Haley laughed as she rolled away from Holly.

"How you feeling?" Holly asked as she stood up and grabbed for a brownie they had made during their second food break.

"Pretty good." Haley smiled.

"Okay well here, eat a couple of these to keep that feeling and then we should get you home. Nathan's probably freaking out." Holly explained as Haley ate the 'special' brownie.

"Thank god we're like the same size." Haley sighed as she looked at herself in Holly's mirror, dressed in Holly's clothes.

"Dude, we're like the same person. And, and our names both start with H….Oh my god, we're H-squared!" Holly cried excitedly.

"H²….yes!" Haley laughed, Holly soon joining her.

"Okay, we haveta go." Holly dragged. "Wait, here. Take these for now."

"And put them?" Haley asked as she took two joints from Holly.

"I don't know. Um, here." Holly said as she took the joints back and unscrewed a pen, removing the interior and replacing it with the drug.

"You're a freakin genius!" Haley exclaimed as she placed the pen in her purse.

"Well, I am one part of H²." Holly laughed as the two started the walk to Haley's apartment.

XoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoX

"What do you mean she never came home?" Nathan asked Brooke angrily.

"I haven't seen her since she left the beach. I assume she's still with Holly. I mean when I got in last night she wasn't here and the apartment was how we left it." Brooke explained.

"She's not answering her cell." Nathan sighed, closing his cell phone. It was then that Haley and Holly entered the apartment, their arms linked, to two very worried sets of eyes.

"Uh oh." The two girls said at the same time before looking at each other and bursting into laughter.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill in any sense including the characters, nor do I own Airplane II: The Sequel, or Stephen Stucker.

A/N: First; The timeline is screwy. So to recap timeline wise. Nathan had yet to forgive Haley when she was raped. Then the trial happens a little after one month. And now it's suddenly May. I know it makes no sense, but this is a fiction, annnd who goes to the beach any earlier than May? (unless your in like the more Southern states) Though I'm sure the people of N.C could very well have the weather to go, I actually know nothing about the weather down there, save that they get hit with hurricanes and it doesn't get as cold as here in Canada. So… just, work with me here. lol.

Second; This chapter was re-written due to all of your amazing replies to the last cliffhanger. Initially I wrote the cliffy then started this chapter with the girls watching Airplane 2. But due to the responses I got about Haley taking the drugs I wanted to add more depth and inner turmoil to Haley and her pain before I had her accept the stuff. I have a whole storyline branching from the drugs that I do want to use so I didn't want to have Haley refuse them and Holly completely.

That being said, I'm not going to give away if Haley becomes addicted and completely out of character or if she gets caught, etc. That will all be handled in the forth coming chapters, which are for the most part written and ready to post. I just have to go through and add or subtract from what's written and then pray for a steady net connection to get it to you guys. (By next week my net issues should be resolved)

Also, anyone who hasn't seen nor heard of Airplane or Airplane 2: The Sequel I highly encourage you to go out and find a copy. They're old movies from, I'll guess the 70's... The movies are hilarious. Total spoofs. They played the second one on the family channel last December and I've loved them since...I actually found the second for sale and bought it...I have yet to find the first in a store...

Thank you all SO much for all the amazing replies. That last chapter sure brought you guys to click on that "Submit Reply" button. I loved it!

Thank you again! And keep it up!

Much Love

-Debbie