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Chapter 4

The guys looked at the girls that were in front of them. It was the question neither of them wanted to answer, partially because they didn't know the answer themselves, but also because they knew that whatever answer they gave them, it would just continue to remind the girls of how much they hate them.

Nathan stared at Haley, trying to dodge the question all together. She looked at him with those eyes of hers that he loved so much; she was the picture of a broken girl. Those chocolate brown eyes that usually twinkled in any type of lightening were now dull and he was to blame for that. She had a tear stained face and she looked hurt and confused. Nathan took a deep breath, he knew that she deserved an answer but he wasn't sure how to give her one.

As Nathan began to spoke, she lifted her head and looked him right in the eye and waited for her answer. "I was really drunk that night it happened and she came onto me but I didn't want to do anything with her. She was whispering things in my ear and she just grabbed my face and turned my head to face her and when I did, it just, it just happened, but it didn't mean anything to me."

"A kiss always means something Nathan," she told him. "I guess I'm the one who's sorry for tying you down and keeping you from the life that you've wanted."

"Haley-" he began to say, he didn't want her to ever think that he wasn't happy with their life together.

"No, there's nothing more left to say," she quietly told him.

"Yes there is," he interrupted. "I love you Haley. I meant every word I said to you that day when I said 'I do'. I will always love you and I want to spend my life with you. You're the only one I want."

"Could have fooled me," she replied saddened.

Nathan sighed, "I'm so sorry Hales."

Haley couldn't bear this anymore. "Please just go, get your stuff, do whatever you have to do but in an hour I want you gone."

As Haley walked out he grabbed onto her arm causing her to turn around. "Don't," she softly said. "This is not the end for us! I'm not going anywhere and I will fight for you or I'll die trying," he reassured her, hoping she took his words seriously.

With those words in her head, she grabbed her things and left a broken Nathan standing alone in the middle of their kitchen. They were both broken.

Haley slipped into her car and put her head against the steering wheel and cried, she cried hard. She didn't know what more to do, she was hurting so bad and the pain was being caused by the man she loved the most. She wondered why this was happening to her and why she just couldn't be happy. She let the tears roll down her face and she tried to wipe them away, but they continued to fall.

"Brooke it doesn't matter," Lucas said trying to solve his problems.

Brooke couldn't believe her ears, "Like hell it doesn't, it matters to me! You slept with another woman who isn't me, you're wife."

"But it didn't mean anything to me."

Brooke began to lose her temper, "Lucas, if a kiss means something, making love to another woman certainly means something more."

"I didn't make LOVE to her, it was a mistake," he told her.

"Whatever, call it what you want. I'm tired of hearing excuses, I want you out of here, I'm spending the night at Haley's, by tomorrow morning I want you and your stuff out of here."

"Brooke," Lucas began to say. "Lucas, I mean it, I have nothing more to say to you and I never will. Now you can go screw whatever skank you want." With that said, she took her bag and headed for her car. She had just received a text message from Haley telling her to meet at Garden restaurant.

Nathan and Lucas packed their things and met up at Karen's old house where Karen allowed both of them to sleep

"Any luck?" she asked concerned

Lucas sighed, "Mom it's really serious, Brooke's about ready to file for a divorce."

"I don't believe that," Karen said knowing that the love her son and daughter-in-law shared was great.

"Well you should because she told me that she wants me out by tomorrow morning and that I can go screw whoever I want because it wouldn't matter to her anymore."

Karen rubbed her son's shoulders, "Honey I'm so sorry."

"What about you Nate?" Lucas asked while looking over at his brother

Nathan made no eye contact, he just stared straight, "You should have seen the way she looked at me, and she didn't even want me touching her it was like I'm some monster. She hasn't told me directly to move out but she did tell me to get some stuff so I guess to her a little at a time is pretty much moving me out."

Lucas put his head in his hands and mumbled, "What the hell did we ever do to screw our lives up so much."

"Well you slept with a complete stranger and you kissed a complete stranger," she said pointing at both boys as they shot their heads up and gave her a warning look.

"Okay, I'm gonna go now," she said, knowing that she had just made them feel even worse.

"This really sucks man," Nathan said to his brother. "You're telling me," Lucas agreed.

The girls both got out of their trucks and made eye contact with one another. They slowly walked to one another, noticing the expressions plastered on each others faces weren't good. To fill the gap between them, they both ran alittle to reach the other quicker. Brooke threw her arms over her best friend and both women began to cry in each others arms for a few minutes.

Haley then pulled away and wiped Brooke's tears as Brooke did the same for her.

"We're going to be okay," Haley told her. "Yea we are," Brooke said, giving her friend a weak smile.

"Why is it that the people we love always have to find a way to hurt us?" Haley asked.

"Beats me...let's go get some food," Brooke said once she felt her stomach rumbling.

Haley threw her arm over Brooke's shoulder and both girls walked into the restaurant.