Ok so I know I said more Leyton and Bake in this chapter but I got alotta requests for Naley so here it is. Enjoy!

The next day as school started, Brooke and Jake were at Brooke's locker talking as Lucas and Peyton walked down the hall hand in hand, fingers laced together. Brooke immediately forgetting her conversation with Jake ran up to Lucas and Peyton smiling clapping her hands. She hugged Peyton tightly and smiled.

"Hello to you too Brooke." Brooke laughed.

"Oh right hi! I see broody boy here finally made his move." Peyton looked down and blushed.

"Aw you guys are so cute together. Oh I so knew it." Peyton and Lucas looked at each other and laughed.

"What's so funny you guys?" Brooke asked of the two wondering what had been so funny.

"You know everything about our love lives but don't pay attention to your own." Lucas stated as Peyton nodded to Jake who was now talking with some players on the team.

"Oh that. That is well. ..complicated. But I'm working on it!" Brooke said as she recalled the events of last night with Jake and Jenny.

The rest of the day ran by smoothly for the gang. Jake and Brooke spent most of the day talking as Lucas and Peyton made there relationship known to the school.

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That night Nathan was sitting up trying to study when he heard tapping at his window. He opened his window to find Haley there, her face was red and he could tell she had been crying. He pulled her inside as she began sobbing against his chest. He tightly wrapped his arms around her holding her close.

"Hales what's going?"

"Its my mom." She said between sobs.

"What about her?" He asked. He hadn't seen Haley cry since they were five, and she fell off her bike.

"She's gone."

"Gone? What do you mean gone?" He asked as he started getting worried.

"She left. She packed her things and just left." He could feel her whole body shake as she sobbed into his chest.

"What? Why?" He asked. He always thought the James family was happy.

"I don't know. She just left. She said my dad could have us good for nothing kids, she could care less what happens to us." He felt her pull away from him as her sobs became less and she began to calm down.

"Oh Hales, never let yourself believe that ok? You're a good person with an amazing heart ok? That's what makes you who you are, and I wouldn't trade you for anyone." He said sincerely from the bottom of his heart.

"Thank you." She said barely above a whisper as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Come on, you should get some sleep."

"I can't go home Nate. I can't." She said as she took a step back to look at him.

"Its ok Hales, you can stay with me tonight." She nodded her head yes. He walked over to his dresser and pulled out an old t-shirt and boxers. "Here, you can change into these for tonight."

"Thanks Nate, for everything." She smiled as she took the clothes into the bathroom. She changed quickly and walked back out to Nathan who was dressed in sweat pants and no shirt. She put her other clothes down on the ground and started to grab a pillow from the bed and toss it on the floor.

"Hales what are you doing?" He asked as he motioned towards the pillow.

"I'm making up a bed for me to sleep in." He laughed picking the pillow up off the floor.

"Don't be silly Hales, your sleeping in the bed with me." He put the pillow back and laid back on the bed. She laid next to him and faced him.

"Thank you." She said as a single tear fell from her eye.

"Anything for you Hales." She smiled and rolled over to face the wall. He wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her body into his. She felt comfortable against him and quickly fell asleep. Nathan however couldn't sleep at all. He found himself too distracted by Haley, and just watching her sleep. He couldn't help but fall more in love with her than he already was. He just wanted to take away her pain but he knew that only time would heal her. He placed a soft kiss upon her head before falling asleep with his arms around her.

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The next morning Nathan woke up to Lucas shaking him.

"Luke, what the hell is going on?" Nathan asked barely awake.

"Why don't you tell me." Lucas stated as he noticed Haley dressed in Nathan's clothes and Nathan not wearing a shirt. Nathan's arm was still comfortably around Haley and she was fast asleep.

"Its not what you think, she needed a place to say. He mom left." Nathan said quietly as to not wake Haley.

"Oh man. Is she ok?" Lucas asked as a state of worry came over him.

"She will be fine. But I think I'm just gonna let her sleep in today. Ill stay with her." Nathan said. He knew Haley would need someone and he wanted to be there for her.

"Okay man, well Ill see you later then." With that Lucas left and Nathan went back to sleep still holding Haley in his arms.

Around one in the afternoon Haley woke up in an empty bed, and saw Nathan at his computer. He smiled as he saw her sit up in bed.

"Hey sleeping beauty, how are you feeling?" He asked as he sat at the edge of the bed.

"Better now. Thanks for letting me crash here." Haley said as she smiled flashing off her dimples.

"Anytime. Well I knew you had a rough night so I didn't bother waking you for school."

"Its alright, I probably wouldn't have wanted to go anyways." She said as she got up.

"Where are you going?" He asked.

"Well we are going to grab some food, because I'm starving." He laughed and stood up as he followed her downstairs.

So there it is. Hope you liked it! Review please!! So I was thinking of bringing in a character. ..Maybe Nikki back or Rachel. Tell me who you wanna see. ..and if there is anyone special you wanna see like Mouth or something. Well Ill try to update soon!