Nathan had remained quiet for a few days following the return from Hell's gates. He had stayed the same physically but if you truly saw into his soul he would never be the same man as he was for Haley. Haley was his, and only his. He lost alot of himself after Haley torn him apart. His soul had faded and it was lost somewhere in their past. He laid in the silence during the middle of the afternoon when Mouth had entered his apartment. He had remained in the same apartment from his high school days. He felt it was too hard to face the reality that her voice was never going to be heard within those walls. Some of her stuff still remained there but they would never replace her for him. His life had become a seriously sad state of affairs, even he would admit it.
"Man, where were you?" Mouth asked but soon looked at the picture of his sad friend.
Nathan cocked an eyebrow then realized his forgetful qualities. He set his head back on the arm of the couch and shut his eyes tight. "My fault Mouth. It's just...I've..." Nathan started as he took in the surroundings of his home. "I've been a little preoccupied lately."
Mouth nodded. "Mhmm." He took in the apartment as well. "No surprise there." He muttered to himself under his breath. "Come on man, you can't just sit here like the Glob. I know this is hard for you but don't you think that if she came back after six years then it would probably be for good reason."
"That's a possibity." Nathan streched out of his lazy position.
"Come on Nate. Nothing is ever completely lost." Mouth said heading over to the fridge for a water. Mouth flashed one to Nathan who returned with a nod as Mouth threw the water into his direction. "She's changed. She knows what happened and she feels horrible. She is willing to work at it to make things better."
"Yeah I guess that is a sign there." Nathan said opening his water and taking a swig back.
"Yeah she is. She already started to make amense." Mouth sincerly added.
"Brooke?" Nathan whip his mouth with the back of his hand while capping his water.
"Lucas actually..." Before Mouth realized how much of a blow it would cause to Nathan the words had already left his mouth.
Nathan's eyes became stern and darted as his friend's words then filled the room.
"Okay, so where were you?" Lucas asked as he became more interested in the rim of his coffee mug. He sat across from her and waited for her to open up her soul.
Haley watched him. He was closed and shallow. He was definately not his old self that she remembered so well. "With family for a while. Then went to school and just got away I guess."
"You made such a dramatic exit I would have thought you would have done at least one thing of interests to inquiring minds." Lucas spat out finally looking up straight into her eyes. They seemed watery or was his conscience playing with his mind.
Haley shrugged, trying her best to pretend that the knife stabbed into her heart hadn't been twisted another 90 degrees. "Since when have I ever done anything of that much interest?" She battered while his eyes looked back down to his coffee. "How about you? How have you been?"
Lucas curled his mouth and spoke. "Went to UNC and finished with my degree. But been kind of working for my mom lately." He avoided her eyes as he sensed her next question.
"So you finished with literature?" Haley assumed. Lucas shook his head disagreeing. Haley brought her brows together. "What happened?" She seemed to lean across the table to reach him.
He pursed his lips together. "Just lost it...I didn't love it anymore then I had."
"I'm sorry." Haley reached her hand across the table to him.
Lucas nodded and smirked his smile. "I guess you should."
Peyton stood infront of the famaliar grave. Her knees were softened when she settled into the grass. "Hi...sorry I haven't been here in a while. Just had some things going on." She tangled her fingers around the flowers that she knew that she loved. "The colours this time of year are beautiful." She settled the flowers up against the gravestone. "You know, I am so sorry for everything. I never meant for this to happen...somethings just got out of control and...I can only blame it on myself." Peyton took a deep breath right down to her toes. "I didn't deserve to have you in my life. I don't know how I could ever...why would I...I'm such a horrible person to have let this happen." Peyton rested her head in her hands and her tears fell. "Oh gosh..." She whipped her tears away after letting a few fall. "I would give anything to go back to my senior year before all of this happened. It was happy times then, even for me...My friend Haley is actually back in town too now. She left after a big falling out with the two infamous Scott brothers. I really hope she is able to face her past...she has been doing good so far. I'm trying to help her just like she did for me." Peyton let out a heavy sigh as she turned to a cross legged position for comfort. "She was there for me after...it all...she took me out of a dark place." Peyton paused for a moment. "You know how sorry I am. I don't think I will ever make it up to you or to anyone." Peyton cried openly. "I'm sorry..."
"Thanks." Peyton froze at the apologetic voice. It sent a chill down her spine. It was the same feeling she always got from his voice.
