Back at her house Haley was freaking out. The shock had worn off.
"He...We're...No more Naley.."
Haley couldn't fathom what had made him react that way. Why he got so angry. She had never seen him that angry. Just when you thought you knew a person. But then again she knew that. Maybe she was meant to be forever alone. She seems to run off every guy thats ever liked her. Maybe something was wrong with her.
"Haley..."
She looked up at her friend and shook her head. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. She jumped up. Maybe it was him!
"I'll get it!"
She ran over to the door. When she threw it open she was surprised at who was on the other side.
"Well hello Haley. It's been a long time.."
Meanwhile at the store the guys were discussing the events of the night.
"I don't know. This wasn't Nathan's mad mad."
"He looked pretty mad to me.."
Jake and Luke shook their heads at the other guys.
"No this was more of his upset mad. I mean yeah he was mad, but he also felt betrayed.."
"But she didn't tell anyone! She never talked about it after her vow of silence for three months!"
"I think he feels like she should've told him. Like she shouldn't of kept something like that from him."
"He's impossible. Shes kept it from everyone who wasn't there."
The guys just shook their heads. They didn't know what he was thinking. Luke and Jake understood why she didn't tell him, but their friend seemed to not understand. But then again maybe it was more than that. Maybe it all lead back to the Chris thing, or even the birth control thing. Who knew?
Nathan was walking around town. He knew he over reacted. But he just couldn't bring himself to understand why she didn't tell him.
He knew it was because of the trust issues he has with her ever since the Chris thing, then there was that whole birth control thing. He just didn't know what to do anymore.
Before he realized it he was standing across the street from her house. He saw this car pull up and a guy get out.
He saw her open the door and stare at the guy in surprise before jumping into his open arms.
In that istant he knew he made the right choice.
"Oh my God, Logan ! I've missed you sooo much."
"I've missed you too babygirl. Now why do you look like you've been crying?"
Haley sighed.
"Come on in, you've got a lot to catch up on."
"It can't be that bad, it's only Tree Hill."
"Oh trust me. Alot has happened since that summer."
"Really? Oh yeah where's Chris?"
"Yeah...about that.."
He gave her a confused look. He wasn't quite understanding. Tree Hill was a nice quiet town with nice people. What could be so bad?
"Come over here."
He walked over to where she was sitting.
"so first off, Chris cheated on me with Tay. A few weekes later I went to this party, almost got raped, Brooke& Pety got beaten, Three new guys showed up, we became friends with said guys, I started dagting one of the guys, Chris came back, wanted me to go on tour with him, I kissed Chris, after he left I went on birth control, Nathan found out about both things, he got mad, we made up, he got me a promise ring, he over heard me talking about the rape thing,so he found out, then got mad so we broke up, and then you arrived."
He was shocked.
"So alot has been going on. Wow."
The girls just nodded.
"Come here Hales."
It was that moment that the guys decided to walk in.
"Um Haley? Mind explaining what the hell is going on?" Jaked said.
"Logan? Is that you?" Luke and Skills said at the same time.
"Yeah, oh my god. Where's Nate..? Wait..." He said looking to Haley, understanding came across his face, "Where is Nathan? Oh when I get my hands on him!"
"Logan, no. I love him. Besides how do you know Luke, Jake and Nate?"
"When I moved I went to school with them, then they moved. But they didn't tell me they were coming back here. If they had I would've came with them."
"Just for us?" Peyton asked excitedly
"Just for you guys." He said.
"We knew you loved us Logie-pop!" Brooke exclaimed.
Logan just groaned.
"Awe at least she didn't call you Logie-bear-sunshinkins...oh..wait.." Haley said smiling evilly before the three girls ran away laughing.
Logan just shook his head and looked at the guys and shrugged his shoulders in a 'what can you do' way.
"Logan how do you know these poeple?"
"Haley is my cousin, Peyton is my sister."
"What?" The guys asked confused.
"They didn't tell you they were related did they?" Jake and Luke shook their heads. "Figures, they forget sometimes because they swore to be best friends before family because family isn't as trustworthy, because family has a habit of leaving. Which is what made it so hard to leave here. But I had to."
The two who hadn't lived here their whole lives were pretty confused.
"Why did you have to?"
All the guys sighed.
"This town is full of secrets that need to stay buried because when they come out the foundation of everything we've built will break. We will crumble. Fall apart. And no one will know what to do to make us better. Because this time a lie is better than the truth, because the truth can kill and the lie is easier to trust. We have came so far and we've buried it so far because it's better that way because even when it scratches at the surface we start to fall, we become a shell worried that everyone will find out what really happened that night. But they won't because we've buried that secret and no one will find out. Because life is better, easier that way." He said before walking away to find the girls.
To say that Luke and Jake were beyond confused would be an understatement.
"That's his way of saying don't worry about it. You don't need to know why he had to leave. and you'll never find out."
" But-"
"Just don't try to dig that up. He was telling the truth. It needs to stay buried,"
"Okayyy, well we should go. Let them catch up and junk."
"Yeah, let's go play ball."
As the guys were walking they saw Nathan sititng on a bench.
"Yo Nate!"Jake called
Nate looked up
"What do you want guys?"
"We just left Haley's house."
"She's a whore."
Woah, okay a little to far dude. Geesh. I would say something but that would ruin the story, so onward.
They guys were shocked, no, more than shocked. Yeah they knew Nate was pissed, well beyond, but really? A Whore?
"I saw this guy at her house, and she jumped into his arms."
"Nate, that's her-"
"Naw, man, let him think what wants." Skills said. If Nathan wanted to think that sweet innocent Haley was a whore, that was on him.
And there they left him. The groups were already starting to pull apart when they should be clinging together, because that secret? Yeah, she isn't going to stay buried for much longer. She's gonna come back, and she's gonna want some answers. Like, perhaps, where is her dad?