Brooke was lying on Peyton's bed later that night, unable to sleep. Every time she closed her eyes all she saw was Haley curled up in the fetal position crying, holding her stomach. She kept replaying the doctor's words in her head. "She lost the baby."

A tear rolled down her cheek at the thought that Haley had gone through so much, she just couldn't get a break.

"Get it out of your system now, Haley's going to need us the next few days. You can't be breaking down in front of her." Peyton whispered next to her in the darkness.

"I know. I just…god Peyton she just doesn't deserve this!" Brooke cried.

"I know." Peyton replied as tears began to flow down her cheeks. She too had been unable to sleep, thoughts stuck on her friend. "I know."

"Haley?" Nathan called as he and Lucas entered her hospital room.

"Hey." She said straining to smile.

"How you feeling?" Lucas asked pushing some stray strands of hair from her face.

"I'm a little sore but other than that…" She couldn't finish her sentence, she tried to swallow the bile in her throat.

"I know baby I know." Nathan said taking her hand in his and stroking it with his thumb.

"I just…I don't understand why all this bad stuff keeps happening to me." She choked out in a sob.

"I don't know either, you're such a great person." Lucas said taking her other hand in his, mimicking his brothers actions.

"You don't deserve all this pain baby, but you're a strong person, you can get through this." Her boyfriend said on the other side of her.

"And if you need it, we'll all be here to help you. You have a lot of friends and a loving family who'll be here when you need us. Don't ever forget that." Lucas added.

Haley could only nod.

"I'll give you two some privacy." Lucas said kissing Haley softly on her forehead before leaving the room.

Nathan watched his brother close the door behind him and then looked back at Haley, unable to say anything.

"What does this mean…for us?" Haley asked softly.

"What do you mean?" He asked, confused by her question.

"I mean the baby brought us together, without it will we still be as 'in love' as we said we were?"

Nathan just looked at her, confusion written all over his face. "I don't understand. Haley…I've been in love with you for a while now, before the rape, before the baby, nothing's going to change that, with or without the baby, I'll still love you." He confessed.

Haley nodded. "I love you too, I just, Nathan I don't know how to deal with this. I think I should be happy not to be carrying the baby of my rapist anymore, however, I was coming to consider it more like you're child. I loved the fact that we were together and in love and raising this baby together as though it were our own. I just don't know what to do."

"It's okay baby, we'll get through this together." He reassured her.

"Haley honey would you like some lunch?" Karen asked as she entered the girls' room two days later.

"No thank you Karen." Haley mumbled from underneath her blanket. Since she'd gotten home the day before she hadn't eaten or said much. She just laid in her bed all day, not even sleeping, just laying there.

"Honey I know you're sad and confused but, you need to eat something. You need to get out of bed, out of the house and into the real world. Go to school, hang out with your friends. Be Haley again." She told the young girl.

"Karen I don't know how to be Haley. I was getting so used to the idea of being a mother, I pushed aside how I'd gotten to that point and just focused on being a mother, not a rape victim. Now I'm Haley the rape victim who lost a baby." She explained to the older woman.

Karen shook her head as she came to sit besides her on the bed. "No, you're not. You're Haley James the girl who's been through more than she's deserved, but who can get through it and still be the incredible woman everyone knew she could be."

Haley slightly smiled. "I really hope I can get back to that." She told Karen.

"You can, and you know what the first step would be?" At Haley's questioning look Karen continued. "Joining me in the kitchen for lunch."

Haley nodded and smiled. "What are we having?"

"Well you'll just have to find out for yourself." Karen said standing up and leaving the room with a smile.

"So you want to do something tonight?" Nathan asked Haley later that evening after they'd had dinner with Lucas, Karen and Keith.

"I actually want to go by the river court and watch you guys play ball tonight." Haley said with a smile. "It's been a while since we've just hung out there." She reminded him.

"Sure, let me call the guys." He said pulling out his cell phone.

"And I'll call the girls."

Later that night at the River Court Haley sat on the picnic tables with Brooke, Bevin and Peyton watching the guys play a game of basketball.

"I miss this." Haley said as she laid on the table with her head propped up to watch the game.

Brooke smiled at her friend. "Me too." She answered patting her friends' hand.

"Go baby!" Peyton yelled as Jake shot a three pointer.

"I think we should cheer on our boys, what do you think?" Bevin said standing up, pulling Haley with her.

"Well then we need to cheer on ours." Peyton said grabbing Brooke's hand.

"That was fun." Nathan said later that night as he and Haley lay in bed together.

"Yeah it was like old times." She replied as she snuggled against his chest.

"You looked like you had fun with everyone." He mentioned.

"I did." She confessed nodding her head. "I don't know, it felt like old times tonight, like I was never raped, I never got pregnant and I never lost the baby." She told him. "I'm just worried about what it will be like when I go back to school, not pregnant."

Nathan nodded. "I know. Don't worry about it, we have the weekend to enjoy ourselves and then we'll take it day by day." He said running his hands through her hair.