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This chapter probably isn't my best, but I wanted to have a chapter on Peyton's, Haley's, and Brooke's friendship. So that's what this chapter is. I hope you enjoy it….

Back In Your Life

After Haley left the club she went home and tried to get some sleep, but she couldn't be so lucky. She laid in her bed all night thinking about Nathan. She had a lot of questions on her mind. Did he know I was living here? Why didn't he keep in touch? Does he want be back? Is he dating someone else? Does he still love me? Do I still love him? She didn't even know what she wanted anymore. She worked so hard to move on, but the second she saw him again, all these feeling came flooding back to her. She wasn't even sure what the feelings were, or what to do with them. She knew she was upset that he didn't keep in touch, but she also hoped that they could get a second chance at being a couple. However, then his career would get in the way. I mean that's why they broke up in the first place, because they didn't want a long distance relationship, and if he was always on the road with basketball they would be back at square one again. 'maybe I just have to get it in my head that there will never be a me and Nathan again.' Haley thought to herself 'it would be too complicated.' Haley did know that eventually she would have to sit down with him and get some answers. But for the meantime she would have to get her mind off of everything, and the thing that usually helps is some girl time with Brooke and Peyton.

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The next day Haley, Peyton, and Brooke were at work. They all work together at Brooke's clothing store, Clothes Over Bros. Brooke was in charge of designing the clothes, Peyton drew the sketches, and Haley was in charge of advertising. Together as a team they have managed to do very well.

"So Tutorgirl, we're going out tonight right?" Brooke asked

"Yeah I just have to get my mind off some things and I figured you and Peyton could help me out." Haley responded.

"You know Hales you are going to have to talk about it eventually. Its not just going to go away." Brooke said in a concerned tone. Haley has been acting strange all day. Usually she was the one who would cheer everyone up and be bouncing off the walls, but today she just sat at her desk ignoring everything around her.

"I know Brooke, its just that I'm so confused, maybe we can talk about it later." Brooke nodded. Brooke knew what was going on, but she didn't want to push Haley to talk about it because it wasn't really her place. When Haley wanted to talk, she would. Brooke was almost positive this had to do with Nathan being in town. She remembered how Haley was a couple of years ago. She would practically sit by the phone waiting for him to call, which sometimes he did, but after awhile the calls stopped. She use to hate watching Haley sit around depressed and sad. It took a lot time and help from her friends, but Haley did let go of the past eventually. Everyone was so happy when Haley moved on, but the sad thing was she wasn't the same Haley they all knew in high school. She became this big partier who slept with random guys, and never let herself get emotionally attached with anyone. Her friends saw the change, but they figured that as long as she was happy they could deal with the new Haley. But now they hoped that with Nathan in town, they will get the old Haley back.

" So Hales what are we doing tonight?" Peyton said walking into Haley's office.

"Uhhm it doesn't really matter to me, I just want to go out." Haley replied.

"don't worry girls, I have the whole night planned." Brooke said.

"Oh boy, are we going to end up in jail later too?" Peyton joked.

"P. Sawyer that was a one time thing, and let me remind you that the whole stealing my clothes back was your idea." Brooke defended.

"Yeah and I had to sit in jail all night when I didn't even do anything." Haley said. They all laughed at the memory.

" So anyways, the plan is that we will all leave here around 5 o'clock, go home and get in comfy clothes, and then we will head out and have some fun. You probably wondering what we are doing, but sorry that is all the information I can give out right now." Brooke said with a wide grin. "But don't worry tonight is going to be a blast."

"Brooke I don't like surprise. So come on just tell us where we are going." Haley begged.

"Nope, my lips are sealed." and with that Brooke walked out of Haley's office.

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It was about 6 o'clock when the girls finally got ready and left the apartment. They all got into Brookes car, and started driving to there secret destination.

"Okay Brooke can you tell us where we are going now? I've been trying to come up with a possibility of what we could be doing all day, but I have nothing. All you told us was to put on some sweats, and not to wear white."

"Tutorgirl have some patients, you will find out when we get there." Brooke said keeping her eyes on the road.

"She's probably going to go drop us off somewhere and then go hang out with Luke." Peyton whispered to Haley.

" Peyton I heard that, and my life doesn't revolve around Luke you know." Brooke defended.

"Oh that's right because you guys aren't with each other all the time." Peyton said sarcastically.

"So what, you and Jake were all over each other last night. What's going on with that?" Brooke asked.

'I don't know I really like him, but I don't know how he feels."

"Peyton Jake definitely likes you, have you seen the way he looks at you? I don't even think he noticed anyone else in the room last night." Haley said.

"You know that guy you were with was the same way Hales, you have no room to talk." Brooke said.

"Yeah Hales who was that, he was gorgeous."

"His name was Mark. He seems really sweet, but he's not my type." Haley replied.

" Hales you say that about every guy who wants something to do with you."

"I do not!"

"Haley just admit you push away every guy that wants to have a relationship with you." Brooke stated truthfully

"that is not true, there was that one guy, Bobby, I think his name was. We went out for a long time." Haley defended.

"A long time? Haley a month is not a long time." Peyton said

"Whatever." Haley said defeated. She crossed her arms over her chest and stared out the window. Peyton and Brooke laughed at her childish behavior.

"Its not funny. And Brooke are we almost there?"

"As a matter a fact we are here now."

They all got out of the car, and Haley and Peyton took a look around them.

"You brought us to an arcade?" Haley questioned.

"Its not just any arcade, it has go-carts and laser tag too." Brooke answered

"Hence the reason not to wear white, I get it. This should be fun." Peyton said.

"you know what you're right, it'll be good to be a kid again." Haley said. She could really use some fun. "So what do you ladies want to get your ass kicked in first?" Haley asked. Haley laughed at the looks her two best friends were giving her.

"Oh it is on Hales." Peyton said.

"You are in for a rough night after that comment Tutorgirl" Brooke said.

The three best friends spent most of the night acting like a bunch of kids. They were all in need of a little fun. They haven't had a girls night out in a long time. They were always so busy with work and their love lives. So this little adventure was definitely needed. However, the night quickly came to and end and the three of them were ready to head back to the apartment.

"Wow Brooke that was so much fun." Haley stated with a big smile on her face.

"OMG I know. Did you see that little brat on the go-carts. He had the nerve to spin me out. I was so pissed." Peyton said.

"You, that little girl behind me kept bumping me the whole time. I told her to go around me, but she wouldn't." Brooke said

" Haha…How about laser tag, Brooke I swear you shot yourself like 20 times, I don't know how you managed to do that?" Haley questioned.

"Yeah I wasn't very good at that, I think I had my gun the wrong way." Brooke said, and her two friends laughed at her.

" We definitely have to do this again." Haley stated.

"we can make it like a once a month thing." Peyton agreed.

"I guess we could do that. So you ladies ready to go home?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah I'm so tired now, I feel like an old lady." Haley said.

"tell me about it. I think the last time I was this sore was when I was in cheerleading." Peyton agreed.

The girls piled into the car and headed home. The car ride was quiet and peaceful. Haley was looking out the back window thinking things over. This night helped her get a lot of things off her mind. She could always count on Peyton and Brooke to help her out. They always had the perfect way to get her worries off her mind. She was lucky to have two best friends like that. She figured she would just deal with everything tomorrow, that was until he cell phone started to ring. She got it out of her purse and noticed it was Nathan calling, she wasn't ready to talk to him yet. So she sighed sadly and hit the ignore button.

"You want to talk about it Tutorgirl?" Brooke asked. Brooke was driving and Peyton was passed out in the front seat.

"its just that I don't know what he wants." Haley didn't even have to say his name, she already knew that Brooke would know who she was talking about.

"Maybe you should talk to him." Brooke suggested.

"Yeah I probably should, but I don't even know what I want yet."

"Well if he suggests that you two get back together, would you?"

" I don't know, a part of me would, I mean when I saw him last night all these old feelings came rushing back to me. But then another part of me wouldn't because I don't want to get hurt again." Haley said sadly. "I mean he's in the NBA now, he wouldn't be around all the time, and that was pretty much the reason we broke up in the first place"

"Well Hales you both decided on breaking up, he probably has no idea he hurt you. Maybe you should tell him how you feel, you never know he might feel the same way." Brooke said

"I know. I was such a bitch last night. I just walked off with Mark. I couldn't help it though, I was scared and I didn't know what else to do. I was just so shocked he was there, I mean I had no idea he is living here now."

"You know what Hales, I think you should talk to him. You would probably find out that he feels the same way. He seemed hurt last night too. When you walked off, he came over by me and Luke and he didn't seem to happy. You should of seen the way he lit up when Luke told him you were at the club, he looked like he was just given a million bucks."

"You are right Brooke, I just don't know if I'm ready to talk to him yet. I still need to figure out what I want. I don't even know if I want to be with him or I just want closure. But Thanks." Haley said sincerely

"No problem Tutorgirl, you can talk to me whenever you want. And you talk to Nathan whenever your ready Okay." Haley nodded.

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When Haley got home she went straight to her room to go to bed. Before laying down she checked her phone and noticed that she had a couple messages.

"Hey Haley it's Mark. I just wanted to let you know that I had a good time last night. We should go out sometime. Well you have my number now, so give me a call."

Haley thought Mark was a nice guy, but she wanted to get things sorted out with Nathan first. Her friends were right, she always did push guys away because she always held onto the hope that Nathan would come back to her like he promised her seven years ago. Sure she moved on but she would never let herself get into a serious relationship. But now with Nathan living here she was really confused and didn't know what she wanted anymore. Did she want closure? Did she want him back? Her mind was on overdrive, she was so clueless to what she should do.

"Hey Hales, Its Nathan. Umm you probably ignored my call, which I don't blame you, but we really need to talk Haley. I should of told you I was moving L.A., but I just figured I would surprise you. Well anyways I wanted to know if you would meet me tomorrow at the dock on 74th street, lets say around 11. I would love it if you would come so we can catch up. So I guess I'll be there tomorrow at 11, if you come you come, if you don't then I guess I'll see you around. Well I guess that's it. Bye Hales, and again I would love if you could come tomorrow. I missed you a lot over the years"

Well there it is...I know there was no Naley...but the next chapter will be all about them!!

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