This Is Not Chapter 5 for your little eyes. Please do enjoy.

Italics are Haley's thoughts.

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Popularity is a funny thing, no matter who you are, it affects you. If you're the nerd in the corner, then the popular kids probably pick on you. If you're the loner who just happens to hate the popular kids because their always happy or because you are a popular kid and well you do love it. If you're not popular then the world probably is against you in high school but what if it all changed? What if you then became popular? What would the outcome be? You would have to wait for that one day to come and when it does, it will behold your future.

As the days pass, I start to adjust to my life of loneliness. I can't say I like it but, I suppose it's better to have it now than be let down later. I prefer being on my own, then no-one relies on me and I have only me to blame for my mistakes. It's always going to be me, myself and I. You know it isn't that bad, I get more of my homework done at lunch because I don't have anyone to talk to. Then I go home at night and I get out my guitar and I sing for hours on end and sometimes I dance. I like to dance, even though I know you never guessed it right? Hayley James the dancer well it's true my parents had me in dance classes from a young age. I have hobbies like singing and dancing that no one knows about, even Lucas didn't know about them. It feels good to have something that you can just keep to yourself that no matter what those things will never be taken from you because they simply don't know.

Sometimes at night when I try go to sleep, I do cry but that's expected at this stage. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll be normal again and he'll be out of my head forever. I wonder how he is? Actually I know how he is, all happy pappy with Peyton and Brooke, going to late night parties, he has awesome friends, awesome parties and he is awesome. Well that's the way he would refer to himself. I just hate him so much, he left me for those people who only hang around with him because he is on a basketball team, talk about stereotyping. I wonder if I joined the cheerleaders would I be popular? Would I have all those fake friends around me?

At the same time Lucas lay in his bed thinking of the recent events which had happened. He still hadn't spoke to Haley and to be honest he didn't want to, he was happy with his new lifestyle. Why should he speak to her? She was the one to fall out with him, she should be the one to talk to him.

Even though Lucas knew this was a lie everything he was telling himself, he had to keep saying it. He knew he had been the worst friend ever but he couldn't stand thinking about it. Instead he put it to the back of his mind and he blamed Haley. It was Haley's fault that they weren't friends. It was Haley's fault why he had never joined the team before. It was Haley who had kept him back all those years. Haley was a dead weight to him now, she was nothing. In his head he knew he was wrong but this is what kept Lucas going, this is what kept him from tearing himself apart.

He knew he was the lousy friend. The one who ditched Haley to be with his new "friends." He was the one who lied to his best friend. Why did he do it? He wasn't really sure himself but he thought it was because he wanted him and Haley to be better known around school but not once did he ask Haley to come out with him and the team. It was about him, it was always about Lucas. Everyone always looked after Lucas but Haley she always looked after herself. She always got by and then Lucas knew that Haley would be just fine without him, she would probably be better off. She could build herself back up he knew she could do it. She would be fine wouldn't she?

He didn't need Hayley anymore, Haley was mostly the one who needed him. She needed the comfort and a friend. Lucas didn't need her anymore he had so much more in his life for him he had the "perfect life." In that life Haley James would no longer be, she would lead her own life with her own friends.

This was it, the end to a beautiful friendship, neither of them wanting to fight for their dear old companion and instead they back away into their own worlds. As they did so, the grew further and further apart. The bond was broken and the friends were done. Their love for each other (as friends) had banished, no more friends forever.

END VOICEOVER

So when that day comes do you want to see what your future holds? The future you have longed for: to be popular, to have people know you and want you. Do you want to have that life? Would you still want it if you could have it and your best friend would be the expense you pay? That is where the fine line shows between friendship and acquaintances. If you decide to say no then friendship will be forever and if you say yes, then good luck to you as your life starts to crumble under your feet.

So there you go. I know it's kind of boring but I'm just showing how their feeling about it and how it's over.

What Next?

Do they decide to fight for their friendship?

Who or what should I say, does Haley see as she walks through the halls of Tree Hill High?