A/N: So here is the moment you've all been waiting for…I see that a lot of people we're a bit upset with me in the last chapter because it was too short and I didn't do much with it. And I apologize. Also I kinda noticed that people got confused on the whole NAthan thing. Lucas just thought he did because HAley was suppose to be at his house tutoring but now she's home crying and blah blah blah...so he just assumed that's all. so again I apologize for any confusion there. When I was writing that chapter it was like at 3 in the morning so you could imagine how dead my brain was by then…so hopefully this next chapter will make up for it…now it's a pretty long chapter…I think it's the longest one I've made so I hope you won't get too bored with it. I know many of you have been waiting for this moment to arrive and now that it's here I hope you won't be too disappointed. Anyway thanks again for all the amazing reviews and helping me reach my goal of 100. Well anyway enough of my babble chapter 14 is up! ENJOY!
Chapter 14
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen, I'm Mouth Mcmafadden. Today is the first game of the season for our very own Tree Hill Ravens. And boy the crowd is already going wild as we start this off facing Pickerington. This year for the first time we have two captains leading the Ravens to victory, Lucas Scott and Nathan Lee. These two have played amazingly throughout the years they've been on the team. With these two guys on the team, I don't think Pickerington has a chance. We now start the game off with the Raven's co-captain Nathan Lee getting the jump ball and passing it to Jake, who was covered by atleast two guys resulting to a turnover for the Ravens. Lucas our other co-captain was clearly wide open at that time, why Nathan didn't pass it to him is beyond me. Hopefully things will start to look up soon."
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"Hey Tutorgirl, we missed you all day. Glad you finally showed up though." Brooke smiled as Haley walked into the gymnasium.
"Thanks…" was all Haley could think of saying at the moment. After what happened last night, school was the last place she wanted to be. She knew how angry Lucas was and knew for a fact that he would make a scene today. So Haley decided to stay at home. Nathan was also another factor to why she stayed home. He was the last person she wanted to see. She didn't want him to see her break down like she did for the second time, but it happened and all she wanted to do was forget about it all and seeing Nathan would just bring back the terrible memories again. She knew it wasn't his fault but every time she was around him the memories of her past kept coming back to her and she just couldn't bare it anymore. She felt terrible leaving him like that last night with no explanation but she just had to get away as quickly as possible before her memories caught up with her once again.
"Hey you okay there buddy?" Peyton put a comforting hand on Haley's back noticing that Haley didn't seem like herself.
"Uhmm… yeah I'm just not really in the talking mood." Haley responded.
"Okay…" Both girls wanted to ask her what was wrong and why Lucas was acting the way he was today, but decided to leave it alone for now.
"You know Tutorgirl if you're not feeling well, you don't have to be here…" Brooke suggested concerned about her friend.
"No it's fine, I said I would be here right? So… I'm here…" Haley sighed. She actually preferred to stay home that day but she didn't want to let Brooke and Peyton down and she wanted to be there for Lucas and Nathan as they play the first game of the season. Plus she didn't really have any choice to the matter when her dad practically dragged her out of the house, to the game hoping it'll cheer her up a bit.
Neither Brooke or Peyton wanted to argue with Haley or start something so they just let it go...for now.
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"There is thirty seconds before second quarter ends and the Ravens are still down by fifteen points and things seem to be heating up between our two co-captains. If these two don't start working together as a team, the Ravens will end up losing the first game of the season… And now let's take a break and hope Coach Durham has a good plan for the last half of the game." Mouth took his headpiece off as he heads towards the concession stand.
"Now what the hell is going on between you two knuckleheads!" Whitey yelled referring to the two captains. "Whatever it is that you two idiots are fighting about, leave it outside of the court. We don't need you two buffoons ruining our first game of the season. Now if you two can't get along this season I may as well rip those C's out of your jersey now! Now do I make myself clear or do I have to bench you both the rest of the game!" Whitey looked at the two, who we're having a glaring contest and waited for a response.
Flashback
"Hey boyfriend" a grinning Brooke walked through the hallway towards Lucas for a hug but was quickly rejected as he walked right passed Brooke with much fire in his eyes. Brooke looked around a bit pissed getting rejected by her own boyfriend and noticed a crowd following behind. She decided to join the crowd and followed Lucas with a glare as she saw him head right for Nathan.
As soon as Lucas had entered school premises, all he wanted to do was make him pay. He opened the front doors and immediately got the attention of everyone that was around. No one has ever seen Lucas Scott this angry, actually they never seen Lucas angry at all, so to everyone's curiosity they decided to follow him wondering what he was so peeved about. Everyone made way for Lucas as he marched through the hall. Since no one has seen him like this before, no one dared to even come close to him terrified of what he would do to them if they did, especially now that he even walked right passed Brooke Davis as if she didn't exist. He walked up to Nathan, who was at the time at his locker joined by Peyton, Jake and Tim.
"Hey Lee!" Lucas yelled which obviously got Nathan's attention. Nathan had no time to react when Lucas instantly grabbed the collar his shirt and slammed his body against the locker.
"Yo! What the hell is your problem?" Nathan pushed him off but Lucas quickly recovered and pushed him back.
"You are my problem!" Lucas continued yelling as the big crowd surrounded them.
"Baby! Stop that. What's wrong?" Brooke tried to hold Lucas back but failed.
"What the hell did you do to her huh?" Lucas had so much anger boiling inside of him that he just wanted to punch him right there. But he wanted to know what had happened first.
"What the hell are you talking about! Did what to -"
"HALEY! Dammit!" Lucas slammed his hand against the locker beside Nathan's head.
"I didn't do anything!" Nathan yelled back.
"Hey guys chill out…" Jake said trying to come between the two before another punch is thrown.
"You know what…I trusted you… You said you wouldn't hurt her…" Lucas said pointing at Nathan shaking a bit from all the anger inside of him.
"And I…" before Nathan could finish Lucas interrupted again.
"You're suppose to be my bestfriend…You we're like a f---ing brother to me! Now all I want to do is punch your face in!" his voice started to rise again.
Nathan put his hands in front in defense trying to calm Lucas down. "Look Luke whatever you think-"
"So now you're denying it!"
"I'm not denying anything! For the last time I didn't do anything!"
"Listen you mother f---er! If you ever come close to my little sister again I will not be held responsible to what I do to you." Lucas pointed his shaky finger at Nathan once more as a warning before storming off. Everyone looked at one another confused at the event that just occurred.
End Flashback
"Well!" Whitney yelled once more.
"Got it coach…" Nathan glared at Lucas.
"Whatever…" Lucas said meeting Nathan's glare.
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"I hate that this is happening between them." Haley said sitting down at halftime.
"What exactly happened Haley?" Brooke asked.
"It's complicated…" Haley said trying to avoid explaining the whole thing.
"Look Hales we're here for you…Now according to Lucas, Nathan did something to you. We just want to help." Peyton put her arm around Haley's shoulder which Brooke followed.
"Nathan didn't do anything. It's all me. It's my fault and it's my problem. He just got caught up in it" Haley just wanted to leave things at that but she couldn't help it if her friends were so persistent.
"You can't do everything on your own Haley. Sometimes talking about it helps." Brooke held her tighter trying to give more comfort.
"I know you guys just want to help but there's nothing you could do. Everything is just too complicated and I don't want to talk about it. I have to get over this myself. So please just let it be." Haley broke hold of Peyton's and Brooke's grasp as she stood up and started to walk away but to her shock she saw a small figure of a woman that is a spitting image of her standing right in front of her. Haley's eyes grew at the scene she was in. What is she doing here? She quickly panicked to herself as she stared at the eyes of the woman.
"Mom!" Haley looked around in disbelief hoping to herself that this was just all a dream and that she would wake up at any moment. "Wha…What the hell are you doing here!" she stepped back a bit from the shock.
"Haley, honey, I heard that you weren't doing so well here so I decided to drop by and see if there was something I could do…" the eyes of Karen started to fill up with worry as she stared at her daughter.
"Who the hell told you that! And the best thing you could've done was stay away. You-" Before Haley could finish a tall slightly built man started to walk towards them. She glanced at him and couldn't help but feel more weight on her as she started to feel a faint coming on. She tried to keep her posture for the moment as she glared at the man who had his usual dirty smirk on his face.
"What is he doing here!" Haley pointed at Dan as he walked closer to them. All the commotion that was going on finally got the attention of the entire gymnasium
"Well…well…well… How is my step-daughter doing? Haley-poop was it?" His smirk grew bigger.
"Look Haley listen…" Karen tried to reach out for her daughter but Haley pulled away.
"No! Tell me what…" before Haley could get another word in, she saw the next person that walked down the gym behind Dan. The sight of his face, his matching smirk sent pins and needles down her spine. The vision of the guy standing right behind Dan made her speechless as tears start to fall down from her eyes.
"Haley please…" Karen's eyes started to well up in tears as she saw Haley's face.
"Oh god…" Haley quickly turned around and ran out of the gym as fast as she could with Nathan at her heels
"Haley…" Karen was about to go after her but Andy stepped down from the bleachers and stopped her.
"Let Lucas handle this." Andy signaled to Lucas and Lucas nodded and left the gym to go after Haley. Karen cried into Andy's arms as he held her close.
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"What the hell do you think you're doing!" Lucas yelled out as Nathan was about to enter the girl's washroom.
"What the hell do you think? Haley is in there and she needs…"
"She needs you to stay the hell away from her!" Lucas pushed Nathan.
"Look I've been tolerating your attitude all day. Now I'm gonna go in there whether you like it or not!" Nathan pushed back.
"The hell you are!" Lucas couldn't hold in his anger any longer as he threw a punch at Nathan's left cheek. Nathan rubbed it before throwing in a punch back. The two guys continued fighting as Peyton and Brooke walked out.
"Guys stop it!" Brooke yelled out as she and Peyton tried to break the two apart but failing. "Peyt, get Tim and Jake. I'm gonna go check on Haley." Peyton nodded and left as Brooke entered the girl's washroom.
Brooke could easily determine which stall Haley was in as she heard the sobs echo around the room.
"Hales?" Brooke opened the door and saw the fragile girl curled up crying to herself.
"Honey? Is there anything I can do?" Brooke squatted down and put a hand on the back of Haley's back and rubbed it hoping it would help a little.
"I can't…" Haley mumbled through her tears.
"Can't what?" Brooke started to brush Haley's hair with her fingers.
"Oh god Brooke…My worse nightmare has come true…" Haley confessed.
"Hales what's wrong?" Brooke kept trying to give her as much comfort as she could.
"I can't…" Haley cried some more as she continued to hold her head down.
"Okay…uhmmm I'm gonna go get Lucas okay?" Brooke hugged Haley one more time and stood up and walked out of the washroom.
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"Hey guys come on break it up!" Peyton called out as Jake and Tim finally came out to stop the two. Jake held on to Nathan as Tim pushed Lucas back.
"You don't deserve her you piece of sh-t!" Lucas yelled out as he tried to go at it with Nathan again. But as little Tim was, he was pretty strong.
"Well you don't deserve to be her f---ing brother!" Nathan yelled back.
"Guys c'mon there are other things we have to worry about here…" Jake said trying to calm down the two, but just got ignored as Nathan and Lucas broke off their holds and went at it again with each other.
"Guys stop it!" Peyton called out again as Jake and Tim struggled to split them apart again.
"You piece of sh-t!" Lucas yelled back as he put Nathan in a headlock.
"C'mon break it up you two!" Tim called out trying to get a hold of Lucas but found it hard the second time around.
Nathan ran towards the walls slamming Lucas' back against it. "F---ing son of a b-tch!" Nathan got out of the hold and gave Lucas another punch to the face.
"Guys! Will you stop it!" Brooke yelled out as Tim and Jake finally got hold of the two again. "Can't you see fighting isn't helping Haley at all? You two idiots we're two busy fighting that you forgot about that girl in there crying her eyes out!" Brooke yelled some more disappointed and upset of how the two we're acting.
"But-" Nathan and Lucas said at the same time pointing at each other.
"You guys are acting like a bunch of three year olds! Now listen, Haley really needs us right now and what she doesn't need are you two beating the hell out of each other. Luke she's really beaten down in there. I think right now she needs her big brother to talk to her." Lucas nodded calming down a bit trying to get his composure back before walking in the girl's washroom. Nathan was about to follow him in but Brooke stopped him.
"She needs me Brooke…" Nathan pleaded trying to get passed her.
"I know Nate, but just give them some time okay? I really think Lucas can get through to her…" Brooke kept her hands on his chest stopping him from getting in. Nathan sighed and just nodded as he sat on the ground near the girl's washroom and waited until it was his turn to come in.
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Lucas walked in and couldn't help feeling weird as he glanced around the girl's washroom. He heard Haley's loud sobs coming from one of the stalls and opened it revealing the same small curled up figure that Brooke had seen earlier. Lucas sat down beside and cradled her into his arms.
"Hey baby sis…What's with all the tears?" Lucas brought her face up as his blues met with her dark tear-filled browns.
"What's with the black eye?" Haley tried to get the attention off of her.
"C'mon Hales…This isn't about me. You know you can't keep this thing bottled up. Now tell your big bro what's going on with you." Lucas gave Haley a small smile.
"I can't Luke…It's too hard…" Haley pushed herself away for a bit and continued crying.
"I know it's hard but it's the only way you'll get through this. You know you can tell me everything. Remember the time when I broke that vase in the living room and I was so scared to tell mom about knowing I would get into trouble?" Haley nodded. "Well you told me that keeping it inside will make it worse for me. So I told mom and it made me feel so much better, even though I got grounded and all." Lucas chuckled a bit but got nothing from Haley.
"That was different Luke. We we're eight and this is far from breaking any vase." Haley said finally getting a little more composure.
"Yeah I know but the point was that when we keep secrets bottled up inside it will slowly kill you inside. I mean look at you Hales. Ever since you came back you've been a total wreck, especially these last few days…"
"Lucas you don't understand…" Haley looked down again as the tears slowed down a bit.
"Then make me understand…let me in Hales…" Lucas pleaded with her wanting to help her so badly. "What is it about mom that got you so…like this…?"
"It's not mom Luke…Well… not completely…" Haley said finally starting to open up.
"Then what, or who? Is it Dan? Chris?" Upon hearing those names, Haley felt her face go pale. "Hales…what did they do to you?"
"I…I can't…" Haley broke out in tears again as Lucas held her close.
"Haley please…tell me…"
"It's Chris okay." Haley broke out of his arms sitting up, tears still streaming down her eyes. "He…He…uhmm…took advantage of me…" Haley finally admitted after struggling a bit with the words.
"He what!" Lucas exclaimed.
"He raped me okay!"
"I'm gonna kill that son of a b-itch!" Lucas called out.
"Luke…" Haley looked at him with much hurt in her eyes.
"Does mom know?" he asked.
"No…But Dan does…" She responded.
"What! How?" he asked again.
"He caught us after he uhmmm…" Haley couldn't continue…
"That motherf-"
"Luke please you can't tell this to anyone…" Haley interrupted pleading with her brother to hold on to secrecy.
"I promise, but what did Dan do when he uhmm yeah…" Lucas knew this was hurting her to talk about it but he also knew it would help her a bit knowing she finally let someone in.
"He told me to forget about it… He said that if I tell mom about it anyway that she wouldn't believe me…so he said he'd let me come back here so I will never have to see them again if I never speak about that incident again…" she confessed.
"That bastard." He wanted nothing more but to barge back into that gym and give Dan and Chris Ricke a beat down, but helping Haley through this was more important.
"The thing I don't get Luke is why they would be here… Who told them to come here in the first place! And how did mom know what was going on with me!" Haley asked as Lucas just shrugged.
"That doesn't matter now Haley…Now we have to worry about what we're going to say in front of everyone…"
"I can't face them now Luke…please…I'm not ready for this…" Haley pleaded with tears still welling up her eyes.
"Okay but you know we can't stay in this room forever. I feel weird enough as it is." Lucas chuckled making Haley smile a bit.
"I know I just need some more time…" she said.
"Okay…We'll sit here think of a strategy and then we'll go okay?" Haley nodded as she gave her brother a hug.
"Thanks Luke…You know I love you right?" she looked up at him and gave him a small smile.
"I know…I love you too baby sis…" Lucas smiled back as he pulled her back in for another hug.
A/N: So there it is! Please tell me what you think! It's good to finally let that out... Thanks for being patient with me…lol... hopefully you'll continue to read even though you know the big secret now. But anyways Thanks again and hope you stay with me til the end, which by the way I'm still revising on how I will end this...if you have any suggestion they could really help a lot...so for the next chapter it may take awhile so for now get those darn reviews up! and again thanks and give me a lot of reviews! good or bad! but preferrably good!
AngelLuva: Yeah it's the whole brotherly protectiveness loving thing to do. Can't really blame Lucas but yeah sucks for Nathan. Here's the long update! but not the whole story cuz if I give you the whole story then there won't be any more updates. and plus I just thought of new ideas for this story so I'll keep it as long as I can. so be patient!
mary-023: Yeah it sucks for Lucas and Nathan but it'll suck with them for awhile. You gotta have some drama right? anyway Haley and Nathan should be fine for now but I don't think you'll be reading two much fluff between then. I don't know haven't decided.
Silent Me: Oh geeze I never knew my story could actually kill someone. So heres the damn update now don't go jumping off any bridges okay? Anyway hope you like it keep reviewing! just dont go crazy!
shatteredheartsbrokenlies: So here's more for you! I just hope you don't get bored reading it! and here's the secret to be out in the open since you guys pushed me into it. So hope it's not too disappointing.
Missy: So did you guess right! I don't think you did! You must've been shocked huh? admit it...
JeniRose: Yeah it seems like a lot of people are dying for my updates.. I'm flattered but I don't want to be held accountable for any corpse found in some ditch somewhere so here's the update for you! Haley didn't really have the time to explaing to Lucas about the whole Nathan thing in this chapter but she will come next chapter. But don't expect things to be happily ever after by then.
babyxbxgurl: No it isn't Nathan...Lucas just assumed something happened. But he didn't do anything wrong. So just chill with those caplocks. but on the other hand I kinda like them. shows a lot of excitement just don't be threatening to kill yourself if I don't update right away like the rest of these guys cuz those capslock can be deadly...
So there you go...I actually commented on some of your reviews...and if I seem a bit... wacko? (wow haven't used that word in awhile) well it only means cuz I'm typing at 3 oclock in the morning once again. So if you want me to respond back write something more than just great review and can't wait! y'know...anyway these are pretty random so if I've missed anyone I completely apologized. So don't go killing yourselves til next chapter okay! thank you! love you all! okay... I really need some sleep now...