Disclaimer: One tree hill and it's characters belongs to Mark Schwahn and the WB. Only Isabel belongs to me.

A/N: Hello everyone thank you all for reviewing! ((: And all the advice on the shippings. But I'm gonna keep who ends up with who, a mystery. And just write as I do. At first, I didn't even plan on Jake/Haley story line, but it just happened. Haha. Anyway, WE SHALL SEE WHAT HAPPENS, yeah? (: By the way, if ya'll want an image of Isabel, I've pictured her to look like Kristen Bell, from Veronica Mars. If some of you guys have been wondering, I kinda decided not to really include Keith in the story.

Summary: My own version of 'lifetime piling up'. Contains spoilers if you haven't seen season 2. This is basically about how things would've been if Dan had married Karen instead of Deb.

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Nathan awoke to hear a crashing coming from his kitchen. "For God's sake Deb! Have you lost your mind?" His father shouted. 'Strange,' Nathan thought, 'dad's probably the most calm and reserved man around. What's he doing shouting in the middle of the night?'

Silently, he got out of bed and crept downstairs towards their kitchen. "The two of you've been over for so long! Why are you still hanging on? Haven't I done enough for you?" Gerald's voice cracked at the end.

"Look, Gerald, I'm trying! I'm really trying!" Deb shrieked, flinging a few pans of the stove. "God! Where are my pills?!"

"I'm not giving you any pills Deb! This is where I draw the line."

"Fine! Draw your stupid line. I don't need you! I'm taking Nathan and going!"

"You go where you want to go, but you're not dragging Nathan into this!"

"Oh please, he's not even your real son!"

It got deathly quiet in the kitchen, and Nathan felt his whole world turn upside down. He stepped into the kitchen, "what do you mean, I'm not his real son?"

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"So maybe I really like you! What's so wrong about that?" Felix demanded.

Brooke glared at him, "what's wrong is, we had an agreement! This was just about sex, remember? I am not your girlfriend! We are not exclusive! I don't love you, Felix!"

"Yeah, that's pretty clear from the way you look at Nathan Scott! You're so desperate for him Brooke."

Brooke was appalled, "I am not! There's a difference between lust and love and I don't love anybody!"

"Maybe that's cos you're just scared of letting someone in after your best friend screwed you over."

Brooke slapped him, "do me a favour buddy, and don't pretend you know anything about me. We're not friends, we're not friends with benefits, we're nothing! You are nothing to me, you understand that?"

Then she stalked off, as only Brooke Davis can.

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-flashback-

"Nathan. I can't see you anymore."

"What? Why? Weren't we having so much fun together?"

She looked him in the eyes, "look, Nathan, I just can't okay? Don't make this any harder than it already is." Isabel turned her back and walked away from him.

Nathan sighed, his head torn with confusion, his eyes nearly brimming with tears. They'd only been out a few times, but he had had such strong feelings for her. He felt close to her, as if there was a bond between them, an unspoken bond, that he didn't know how to put into words.

'Why, why, why?' he asked himself, 'did we move to fast? What did I do wrong?!'

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"I like you, I really do... But, you're just not the girl for me, y'know?" Jake tried to explain, as nicely as he possibly could. "I mean, yeah. We could have something... But what I have with her, I can't fight it y'know? I'm sorry that I'm such a loser. Anyway, it wouldn't be fair for me to lead you on this way. So, friends?" He smiled, offering his hand and feeling like a jerk.

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A/N: well, that's done:D so so so! WHO IS JAKE CHOOSING? Peyton or haley? Vote in your reviews please! (: sorry that this one's a short chapter. Hahaha. email me at narinenia at yahoo. Com if you want (: I love you guys so much! It's your reviews that make me wanna continue and keep writing! (: