Chapter 32 anyone? (HeHeHe!) Here it is!

General POV

"She's gonna hate me." Nathan said aloud as he rubbed his eyes in frustration.

"Same here." Lucas said leaning against the wall.

"Why would she hate you! She's my girlfriend!" Nathan said raising his voice.

"And she's my best friend Nathan!" Lucas said doing the same.

"Your best friend!" He said in a dry laugh. "What about Haley?"

"What about her?"

"Why is it that you always happen to be 'best friends' with my girlfriends?"

"Why is it that you always have to be such an ass about everything?"

Nathan was about to respond when Mercedes walked out of the nurses office with her wrist wrapped.

"You're so lucky that you didn't hurt my writing hand." She said without looking at them.

She didn't even stop in front of them she just kept walking.

"Baby I'm sorry. You ok?" Nathan asked following her.

"Fine. It just hurts." She said picking up her pace and never looking at Nathan.

"Baby wait!" He said walking faster to cath up to her.

"Come on Mercedes, stop." Lucas said running and stopping in front of her.

She stopped walking and stood in between then.

"You guys are a real class act, you know that?" She said angrily.

"Look, I know your upset, and I'm sorry about what happened to you-" Nathan said getting closer to her.

"God Nathan! This isn't about me! It's about you!" She said cutting him off and pulling away. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them they saw the tears that were beginning to form in them. "Nathan, you're my boyfriend and I love you. Lucas you're my best friend and I really care about you too. But until the both of you can figure out how to ok with each other again... don't talk to me." She said storming off.

Nathan and Lucas looked at her as she left and then looked at each other for a second before leaving in separate directions.

Mercedes POV

I walked out of the gym and into the parking lot, and found Jake leaning against my car. I smiled and walked up to him.

"Hey you ok?" He asked as I approached.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks for waiting so long." I answered getting my keys out of my purse and unlocking the doors.

"Oh, don't worry about it." He sais opening the door for me.

"Jake can you drive? I would but my wrist still hurts a little. Please?" I said jingling the keys in front of him.

He smiled and took them. He walked with me to the passengers door and opened it. He got in the drivers seat and started the car. He was about to pull out when Nathan stopped in front of the car. He walked over to the passengers seat and signaled me to pull my window down. I did and waited for him to say something.

"What the hell is this!" He said looking at Jake.

"He's taking me home Nathan." I put up my bandaged wrist. "I got hurt at practice." I said rolling up the windows. He put his hand on the window to stop it from going up anymore.

"Baby... will you just listen for a second?" I stopped and listened to what he had to say. "I'm sorry ok? I'm sorry about what happened. I don't know what came over me." He said quietly.

"You've gotta stop this Nathan. This whole thing with you and Lucas, it's gotta stop."

"Well... it's not like I can just trust him again Z."

"Maybe not, but you could at least give him a chance to explain things to you."

"And what if I don't? Is that it? Are we done?"

"Yeah, I guess we are." I whispered looking him in the eyes.

"You've got to be kidding me! It doesn't even matter to you that I love you!"

"I love you too Nathan! You know I do. But... if I can't have both of you in my life then I don't want either one of you at all."

I removed him hand and put the window up the rest of the way. I looked at Jake who was just watching and looking at me.

"Let's go Jake."

"Ok."

He pulled out of the parking lot and I looked in my side view mirror to see Nathan standing still, with his head down.

"You want me to take you home?" Jake asked looking over at me

"I thought we were going to your house?"

"Well... we don't have too. We could always do it some other time."

"No, it's ok. I don't really feel like going home."

"Alright. Listen... I'm sorry about what's going on with you and Nathan."

"Yeah, me too." I whispered.

Not another word was said for the rest of the drive.

General POV

Lucas had left the school and called Haley on his way to the river court. He told her that he would be there later than expected. She asked him what was wrong and he told her that he would explain everything to her later. She agreed and they decided to meet afterward. After his confrontation with Mercedes he needed to clear his head, and he figured that the best way was to get all his feelings out on the court. After shooting hoops for a while he stopped when he heard a car pull up. To his surprise it was Nathan...

Haley was sitting in her room listening to music when she heard the doorbell ring.

"Must be Lucas." She said to herself.

She ran down the stairs and opened the door, only to find Chris behind it.

"Chris what are you doing here?" She asked stepping aside to let him in.

"I need to talk to you." He said coming in and turning to face her.

"Ok, what's up?" She asked leading him into the livingroom.

"Are your parents home?"

"No, their away at my Aunt's for a few weeks."

"Oh."

She could tell that something was up. He was nervous she could tell. She'd never seen him like this.

"What's going on Chris?" She asked a little scared of what would come out of his mouth.

"I love you Haley." He whispered...

Jake pulled up to his house and got out. He opened Mercedes' door and handed her her key's back. They walked up the walkway together and he opened the door, they walked in and headed into the living room.

"Mom!" Jake yelled out.

"In here!" A female voice came from the kitchen.

Jake led Mercedes into the kitchen.

"Hey sweetie." A woman said as they entered.

"Hey mom. This is my friend Mercedes."

"Nice to meet you Mrs. Jagielski" Mercedes said waving.

His mother walked over to her and took her hand fortunately it was the one that wasn't bandaged.

"Please, call me Tara." She said smiling. "She's beautiful Jake, you're good at picking girls."

"Mom!" he said blushing. "She's not my girlfriend. We're friends. Besides... she's dating Nathan Scott."

"Right, Dan's boy."

"Yeah. Well... we didn't want to interrupt. I'm gonna take her upstairs, ok?"

"Alright. I'll talk to you later son. And hopefully I'll be seeing you more often Mercedes" She said hugging her.

"Count on it Tara." Mercedes said hugging her back.

Jake led Mercedes upstairs and into what looked like a nursery. He walked to the crib and she followed. She looked inside and found a beautiful little girl playing with the hanging animals above her crib.

"Mercedes... this is Jenny... my daughter."...

That was it! What will happen next you ask. Only I know. But if you'd like to know then leave me a review. ;) Thanks to OTH-Mrs. Broody and Newyorkchicka for your last reviews! You guys rock. I know I say that a lot but I hope you guys know that I really mean it. Oh! And just to clear up a few things... I am really committed to this story. Thanks:)