Hey everyone I'm back with chapter seven. Thank you all so much for the reviews, please keep them coming. :) Anyways, hope you enjoy the next chapter. :)

Chapter 7

Nathan, Brooke, Lucas, Peyton and Jake spend the rest of the night drinking coffee and hanging out in the small bedroom.

Early on Jake and Peyton got a few pillows and went to sit against the wall leaning on each other. Halfway through the night, they both fell asleep.

Lucas and Brooke snuggled up in one of the armchairs they had gotten from the living room and stayed awake almost the whole night.

By 7 am only Nathan was awake. He was still sitting on a chair close to Haley leaning on his knees with his elbows. He hadn't taken his eyes off of her. So many thoughts were running through his head.

He knew the first time he saw her that she was beautiful, gorgeous even. And the constant bickering just made her look sexier in his eyes. He had never even given a second to the thought that maybe their friends were right about them. Maybe the line between love and hate was as thin as they had said. Or maybe there was no line in their case at all.

Nathan had never been so concerned about anyone before and looking at her sleeping body, just thinking what might've happened, got his blood boiling. Right there staring at her small, sleeping form and a bruised lip, he swore to find the person responsible and make him regret the day he was born.

Haley moved in her sleep, causing the blanket to move. Nathan quickly got up and pulled the blanket back wanting to keep her warm but also in some way to shield her from the outside world.

Still holding the blanket, he looked at her deeply and placed a strand of hair behind her ear. He stroked Haley's cheek lightly, just wanting to feel her soft skin on his fingers.

Haley's eyelids fluttered and she opened her eyes slowly. Nathan was surprised that the single action made her wake up.

The first thing she saw was a pair of worried blue eyes few inches from hers. For few seconds she stared at him with a small innocent smile. Then reality checked in and her face turned into confused one when she saw where she was and who else was in the room.

"What's going on?" she whispered. Nathan sighed softly, stroked her cheek with his thumb again and looked at her one more time before turning around to wake up Lucas.

"Hey Luke. She's awake." He whispered and shook Lucas a bit.

"What?" he mumbled. He turned to look at Haley who had her eyes open. He got up and woke up Brooke in the process.

"Haley, how do you feel?" Lucas asked worried.

"She's awake?" Brooke mumbled and woke up Jake and Peyton. Few seconds later they were all around the bed looking at Haley.

"Ok, will someone tell me what's going on?" Haley asked starting to get worried. "What the hell is going on?"

"What do you remember?" Brooke asked softly.

"I remember getting ready with you two..." she said looking at Peyton and Brooke. "...and Nathan taking us to a party and hanging out with you there."

"Do you remember dancing with us?" Brooke asked.

"And being mean to about 10 dumb, frat guys who tried to hit on you?" Peyton asked smiling.

"Yeah, I kinda remember." Haley said smiling a bit.

"Do you remember anything after that?" Brooke asked.

"Like getting a refill?" Peyton continued.

"No, not really. I kinda remember being in the kitchen but that's all." She said. Peyton and Brooke turned to look at each other.

"What the hell's going on?" Haley asked. Everyone looked somewhere else. Nobody wanted to be the one to break the news. And in the process break her heart.

"Look, guys. I'm not stupid. Something must've happened if I wake up in Nathan's bed without remembering anything and all of you around me."

"Haley, hon..." Brooke started.

"Just spit it out." Haley said.

"Someone roofied your drink last night, Hales." Lucas said with a broken voice. Haley turned to look at him in shock.

"What?" she asked with a pale face while sitting up.

"We lost you for 10 minutes and during that time someone had messed up with your drink and..." Peyton quieted down.

"And what?" Haley asked her voice high.

"And taken you to the basement." Brooke said quietly. Haley slumped back on the bed and stared at the group without saying anything.

"Did he… umh, did he-?" she started but got cut off by Brooke.

"We got there before anything happened." Brooke said.

"We found you passed out on the couch. The back door was open and he was gone." Peyton said.

"So, he didn't..." Haley whispered.

"No, we got there on time." Peyton said.

"We called Luke. He, Nathan and Jake came to pick us up." Brooke finished. Haley still looked worried and Brooke continued.

"We called the poisoning information center and they said that you might not remember all but as long as you take these few days easy and drink lots of water, you'll be fine." Brooke said. Haley nodded her head a bit.

She stayed quiet for the longest time going through everything in her head, analysing every little detail like she always did, until she broke the heavy silence in the room.

"Thanks to everyone for taking care of me. Now guys if you excuse me, I'd like to talk to Peyton and Brooke alone." She said looking at the guys.

"What, why?" Lucas asked confused. He didn't want to leave Haley's side.

"Just for few minutes, Luke." Haley said. Lucas, Jake and Nathan left. Haley turned to look at the two tired girls.

"I need you to be honest with me." Haley said looking at them seriously.

"Yeah, of course."

"What was I wearing when you found me?" she asked. She needed to know in which condition she was when they found her.

"Haley-" Brooke started.

"I need to know." she said with a pleading voice.

"You were shirtless but you still had your bra on." Peyton said.

"Bra, good." Haley said. "And what about my pants?"

"You had your jeans on…" Brooke started in a quiet voice.

"But?" Haley asked sensing there was one.

"But they were unzipped." Peyton said quietly.

"But I was still wearing them?" Haley wanted to be sure.

"Yeah, he hadn't taken them off." Brooke assured.

"He could've just put them back on. How can you be sure?" Haley asked.

"He left in a hurry because he forgot his shirt there. I doubt he would've bothered to put your jeans on. Besides, you were gone for like 15 minutes tops." Brooke explained.

"Makes sense." Haley said. "Thanks for saving me, girls." she said and took their hands into hers.

"Can we come in!" Lucas yelled behind the door.

"Yeah, come on i-." Haley said. Before she could even finish, the guys were back in the room. Everyone looked at Haley not saying anything.

"So..." Haley started. The silence was killing her. "Who wants to play poker?" she asked forcing a smile. She wanted to change the topic quickly.

"I'll get the cards." Nathan said leaving to get the deck of cards.

"I'll get the chips." Lucas said.

"I'll get you your water." Jake said.

"And we'll look pretty next to you." Brooke said pointing at her and Peyton while grinning.

"Fold." Nathan said and threw his cards in front of him.

"Yay, I win." Haley said happily while gathering the chips to her lap. She was doing her best to keep herself occupied so she didn't have to think about the previous night.

"My deal." Brooke said and dealt the cards. Jake and Peyton were cooking in the kitchen while the rest were around Haley's bed playing Texas Hold Em'.

"So, you have a pretty big game on Monday? Raise to 10." Haley said and placed the chips.

"Yeah... Call." Lucas said.

"We gotta win every game from now on to continue the season. Call." Nathan said.

"Yes, I understand how the concept works. I am the manager after all." Haley said and smirked a little to show that she wasn't being sarcastic or bitchy.

"Anyways, we're playing against Verona." Nathan said and called.

"They're pretty good, right?" Haley asked.

"Yeah, they're good. Very good." Nathan said.

"You play at home?" Haley asked.

"No, it's their home game. But it's not too far away so you won't have to stand the team in the bus for too long." Nathan said with a smile. Lucas coughed and glared at Nathan.

"Or you could stay here and get better." Nathan said quickly. Haley rolled her eyes at Lucas.

"I'm perfectly fine, Lucas." Haley said forcing a smile. "I'll raise again." She said.

"Fold." Lucas said and threw his cards on the table.

"Me too." Nathan said and threw them quickly away. Haley looked at them suspiciously.

"You've both folded the past 3 times. In fact, I don't think I've lost a game since we started." She said.

"Good luck?" Nathan suggested. Haley narrowed her eyes in suspicion and quickly turned Nathan's cards around. Nathan looked uncomfortably at the two aces. Haley huffed annoyed.

"Two aces! Now, why would you fold with two aces?" Haley asked sarcastically. "You're both letting me win!" she said.

"You're in trouble." Brooke sing songed to herself while shuffling the cards with a smirk.

"Hales, we want you to take it easy and have fun. There's no point in getting you worked up. You know how you get when you're losing." Lucas said.

"What's the point of playing if you let me win?" she asked pouting. Lucas threw his arm around her.

"Hales, we all know you love winning. So just today, thee shall win every game thee play." He said smiling. Haley looked at him with a small smile.

"Even Monopoly?" she asked with a small smile.

"Even Monopoly." He said smiling.

"Even basketball?" she asked.

"Haley, honey. You will never win at basketball." Lucas said and dodged before she could hit him. "Kidding, kidding." Lucas said and held up his hands in surrender.

"I'm not that bad at basketball." Haley muttered.

"Of course not, honey." Brooke said. "Your free throws are awesome." She continued trying not to burst out laughing.

"Hey! Granny style is perfectly fine!" she defended herself while Nathan started to laugh.

"Of course it is, honey." Brooke said and looked at her carefully. Even though they were joking and having fun, Brooke couldn't help but feel guilty for what had happened to her.

"Food!" Jake yelled from the kitchen. Haley clapped her hands enthusiastically, threw the covers to the side and started to get up from the bed. Nathan and Lucas immediately pushed her back.

"What are you doing?" Lucas asked panicking.

"Getting some food." Haley said.

"You're not getting up." Nathan said like it was the most obvious thing. Haley turned to look at Brooke for back up but she just shrugged her shoulders.

"It's 3 pm and I haven't even gotten out of bed yet."

"And that's the way it should stay." Lucas said.

"I can get up from the bed, Lucas." Haley said annoyed.

"You have to take it easy for couple of days." Nathan said.

"I'm just going to get something to eat, it's not rock climbing." She said annoyed and got up from the bed ignoring the brothers' complains. She got on her legs and started to stretch her legs. She had been lying for so long that her legs were practically numb.

She lifted her left knee against her chest slowly and then did the same to the right one. Nathan swallowed when the movement made Haley's ass look exceptionally good.

Lucas followed Nathan's gaze and turned to glare at Nathan when he saw what he was looking at. Lucas coughed lightly and Nathan turned to look at him with that deer-in-headlights look. Nathan quickly swallowed again and took a hold of Haley's arm.

"Yeah, let's go to eat." He said and started to drag her towards the door.

"What? But I wasn't done with stretching yet." Haley said. Nathan just mumbled something about the food getting cold. Brooke turned to look at Lucas with a grin when they were out of the room.

"What?" he asked a bit annoyed.

"I'm so winning that bet." She said grinning. Lucas rolled his eyes and left the room with Brooke.

"Here's more water for you." Lucas said handing Haley a glass of water.

"Lucas, this is the 9th glass in the past 2 hours. If I drink any more, I'll grow a pair of fins and you can just call me Nemo. And then I will slap you so hard that you are the one trying to find home." Haley said annoyed. It was about 6 pm and they were all hanging out in the living room.

"You're supposed to drink lots of water."

"And I have. Now, if you don't take that glass out of my face in three seconds I will not only throw the water but also the glass at you, got it?" she asked sweetly. Lucas took the glass to the kitchen without saying anything.

"Thank you." Haley said.

"Hales, I'm just trying to look after you." Lucas said.

"I know and I thank you but please don't treat me like a kid." Haley said. "I can get my own goddamn water!"

"Ok, ok, just calm down." Lucas said.

"I will if you stop bringing me water and treating me like I'm 6 months old!" she said annoyed. "Now get your ass here on the couch and try and beat me in NBA Live 2006." She said smiling a bit. Lucas smiled and sat down next to Haley. Peyton handed him the controller.

"And don't even think about losing on purpose." Haley said.

"Of course not." Lucas said with an innocent voice right when he 'accidentally' shot the ball through his own basket.

"Because if you do, I'll tell everyone your middle name." Haley said sweetly. Lucas paused the game and turned to look at her.

"You wouldn't!" he said.

"What's his middle name?" Nathan asked curiously. Lucas and Haley were still staring at each other.

"Don't you dare." Lucas said.

"Just say it." Nathan said. Haley and Lucas both ignored him.

"It's up to you, Luke. Bring your best game or everyone will know it." she said. "It starts with E." She said when Lucas didn't say anything.

"Fine! Prepare to lose, you lil' witch." He said with a small smile.

"That's my boy." She said smiling and they continued the game.

"Wait, I wanna know the name." Nathan said and turned to look at Brooke. When she didn't say anything Nathan waved his hand in front of her face. She finally snapped out of her daze and looked at him.

"Sorry, what was that?" she asked confused. Haley turned to look at her.

"Do you know Lucas' middle name?" Nathan asked.

"What?" Brooke asked confused.

"Do you know Lucas' middle name?"

"No, I don't." She said slowly while looking outside the window. Haley frowned and handed the controller to Nathan.

"Play for me for a while." She said without taking her eyes off of Brooke. "Can I talk to you for a second, Brooke?" she said.

"Sure." She said and got up. Haley nodded her head at Peyton to signal her to follow them. They went in Nathan's bedroom. Haley closed the door when Peyton and Brooke were inside.

"What's wrong?" Brooke asked.

"You wanna tell me?" Haley asked. "You've been acting strange all day. You've been more quiet than normally and don't think I don't see you staring at me from time to time. Something's bothering you and I wanna know what."

"I'm just a bit tired." Brooke said weakly.

"Yeah I bet but that's not all, is it?" Haley asked.

"I've just been so concerned about you." Brooke said trying to swallow back her tears.

"I'm fine. Thanks to you I'm ok." She said. Brooke looked at her with desperate eyes.

"Thanks to me you got roofied!" she cried. Haley took a firm hold of her shoulders.

"No! That was not your fault!"

"I feel so guilty, Hales. I made you go to that stupid party! I made you wear that top! I promised to look after you and I didn't! This is all my fault!"

"Zip it, B. Davis. And P. Sawyer, ears open. Now I want you both to listen to me carefully because I'm only gonna say this once." Haley started.

"I went to that party because I wanted to go. I wore that top because I wanted to. You didn't force me to do anything, Brooke. And you both should know that it doesn't matter what any of us wears, we still look hot." She said and got a smile out of them both.

"I could've worn Nathan's sweats and the asshole still might've done that. I don't want to hear any apologies from either of you because you didn't do anything wrong. Au contraire, you saved me. Without you he would've raped me." Haley said looking at the two.

"Now I'm gonna thank you for saving me and I want you both to say 'you're welcome'. And that's the last we will talk about this."

"But-"

"No buts." Haley said and looked at the two intensively. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." They both said. There was a short silence.

"Hales, it's okay to feel upset about the whole thing. I mean, you almost got... you know." Brooke said and Haley swallowed at the thought of what might have happened. She forced a smile before starting to talk again.

"I'm fine, Brooke. Nothing happened. I'm perfect." She assured herself more than them.

"But-"

"Issue closed." She said slowly looking at them seriously.

"Do you think you're taking this a bit too lightly?" Peyton asked quietly.

"What do you mean?" she asked even though she knew what she meant.

"It's like it doesn't bother you at all. You don't have to pretend that everything is alright, Hales. We're here for you." Brooke said. Haley forced a smile.

"I just don't think I should spend any time wallowing." She said. "Now, let's forget this and get back there." She said linking arms with both of the girls and starting to drag them back to the living room.

"Luke, you ready for round 2?" Haley asked cheerfully while running towards the couch. She took the controller from Nathan and started to play. Brooke looked at Peyton with a worried look. They knew that Haley wasn't fine with what had happened.

"Oh, and another 3-pointer!" Lucas celebrated.

"I think I liked you better when you let me win."

"So, are you sure you will be fine?" Lucas asked from Haley. It was almost 10 pm and him, Brooke, Jake and Peyton were starting to leave.

"What did I answer the first six times?" Haley asked her hands on her hips.

"Yes." Lucas answered sheepishly.

"Correct. And what did I threaten to do if you asked me one more time?"

"To find a fucking baseball bat, swing it at my head before breaking it in half and feeding the pieces to me." Lucas quoted Haley who was smirking.

"And what did I do when you asked me again?" she asked bored.

"You started to get Nathan's baseball bat but he got to it first." He said.

"Again, correct." She said and paused to glare at Nathan who was still protecting the bat. Lucas also looked at him and mouthed 'thank you' to him. Nathan nodded his head at him with a smirk. Haley saw Nathan giving him the look and turned to quickly glare at Lucas.

"So, taking this all into consideration, I'd advise you to really think if you want to ask me that question again." She said with a small smile.

"I'm just-" he started.

"Looking after me, I know." Haley finished. "I'm fine, Lucas. I'm great so please don't worry cause you're driving me nuts." She said forcing a smile. Physically she might've been fine but emotionally she was far away from it. Lucas sighed and hugged her.

"Alright, just take it easy and call me if you need anything." He mumbled.

"Yep." Haley said and patted Lucas on the back while hugging him. "I'm fine, Lucas. It's all good." She said reassuringly.

"Try to get some sleep." Lucas said and turned to look at Nathan. He gave him a take-care-of her-look and Nathan nodded in understanding.

"Alright, we're gonna go now." Brooke said smiling and looked at Haley with a worried look.

"Please do." Haley said and winked to let her know she was fine. "Bye everyone." She said and closed the door. "Finally!" she said leaning on the door.

"Couldn't wait to get rid of them?" Nathan asked starting to clean the table.

"I love Lucas to death but god! I can take care of myself." She said.

"You're his best friend. It's only natural for him to look after you." Nathan said.

"Yeah, I guess. I just hope he would take it down a notch." Haley muttered and started to clean the dishes.

"So, you wanna watch a movie or play PlayStation or something?" Nathan asked after a while and took a clean plate from Haley and dried it. Haley looked at him surprised while rubbing the sponge on a dirty plate.

"Wow, must be a record." She said smirking and started to count with her fingers. "You didn't insult me, you didn't tell me to clean your shit or cook something and you actually smiled." She ended with a grin.

"What can I say? I guess I'm in a good mood." He said smirking while drying the last plate.

"Alright, let's see what you've got." She said, dried her hands and walked up to his DVD collection. She knelt down on the floor.

"Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap..." she muttered while looking at the DVD's. "You watch crappy movies, Scott." Haley said smirking.

"Crappy?" Nathan asked and knelt down next to her. "Scarface is not crappy. Godfather is not crappy." He said.

"I've never seen Godfather." Haley said. Nathan dropped the remote control that he had just picked up from the floor.

"You're kidding." He said looking at her with his mouth open a bit.

"Nope."

"We're so watching it. I love Godfather." He said. "How can you have not seen it?" he wondered out loud. "Figures that you're more of a 'Bring it on' and 'Legally Blonde' type of girl." He said smirking.

"Yes, because I am a typical high school cheerleader." She said sarcastically. "In case you haven't realized from my 4.0 GPA, the fact that I'm a tutor and that I'm ranked first in my class; I'm a geek."

"Ok, geek. Maybe 'Bring it on' isn't your type of movie. So, what kind of movies do you like?" He asked.

"Actually, I love 'Bring it on', but you know…" She said putting the DVD in the player with a small smile.

"Here we go." Nathan said using the remote control to start the movie.

"Oh, is that Marlon Brando?" Haley said snuggling on the couch while watching the movie. "He is so cool." She said. "Oh, and what a badass!"

"Do you always talk when you watch a movie?" Nathan asked smiling.

"Sorry, I'll try to be quiet." She said.

"No, I didn't mean it like that. It's kinda cute." He said. They both fell quiet at the word 'cute'. It was a whole different thing for Nathan to not insult her, but now he was actually complimenting her.

The silence was broken soon by Haley.

"Is that a horse's head?"

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