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Haley collected her things from the beach as the rest of her friends caught up to her
Brooke watched Haley grab all her things, "Where do you think your going?"
Haley stopped, making eye contact with her friend, "I'm leaving Brooke, I'm going home, I'll see you there"
"Hales, don't go," Lucas pleaded "Come on, just have some fun"
"Fun? How can I have some fun when my confusing husband makes life so difficult?" Haley shouted looking directly at Nathan
"Look Haley-" Nathan began
"I don't want to hear it," she cut him off.
"I'm sick and tired of your mind games Nathan. You kill me with telling me that we're done and that I should forget about you but then when I talk to a guy, not even as flirting or to be a potential boyfriend, you go ballistic. I don't know what you want from me anymore" Haley sounded defeated and hurt
Nathan as well as the others could hear and see the defeat in Haley's voice and actions. Maybe it had finally pushed her over the top.
"I love you so much, Nathan, but I'm not going to continue to fight for someone who doesn't want to fight for our love. At this point, I don't even know what your feelings are anymore. I hate this, Nathan, but maybe you were right, maybe loves not enough." A tear rolled down her cheek, she didn't want that to happen but at the moment, she didn't have much choice.
Brooke hugged her friend and helped Haley gather their things. "We're going home, we'll have a girls night in" Brooke smiled at her friend
"Luke, you can come too, you're just about my most favorite guy out there" Haley smiled at her best friend who walked up to her and hugged her.
"I'll be there, you count on it" he winked at her.
The three girls made their way to Brooke's car, knowing that a good day had just been ruined. The sun seemed to go away and the waves had gotten louder.
Lucas and Nathan drove home in silence. Lucas looked over at his brother who was staring down at the chain around his neck.
"What you thinking about?" Lucas asked his little brother
Nathan looked at Lucas and sighed, "Did you see the look man, she's really given up on us"
"Well can you blame her? Nate man, you told her to move on, you told her to forget about you and your marriage, you had to have known that those words were going to kill her" Lucas looked straight ahead at the traffic before him
"I know, I'm an idiot but I guess I didn't expect her to move on so fast"
Lucas felt bad for his brother, "Man I don't think she was moving on, she was just talking to some guys who walked up to her. But Nate, you got so jealous from seeing her speak to another guy, could you honestly handle seeing her with another guy other then yourself?"
Nathan looked at his brother with saddened eyes, Lucas was right; he couldn't see Haley with anyone but himself
"You need to help me man, I need to get Haley back"
Lucas looked over at his brother with confusion, "You know if you would have come to this conclusion about two weeks ago, we wouldn't be in this situation"
"Yea I know, but are you going to help me or what?" asked Nathan
"Of course I'm going to help you bro"
"Thanks man" Nathan stuck out his fist for his brother to hit
The girls sat on the couch talking with Lucas and pigging out on junk food
"Any guy would kill to be me right now" he stated throwing a popcorn kernel into his mouth
"Well then I guess you should count your blessings" Haley said sarcastically
"Hales, I don't mean to get into this topic but are you okay?" his eyes were full of concern for his friend
"Yea, I'm okay. I just wish he wasn't so confusing. You know guys, I love him so much and I want nothing more then to be with him again but he changes his mind like he changes his socks and I can't deal with that because at this very moment, I don't think Nathan knows what he wants exactly, so I think that we both need to take some time apart and do what he said, move on and then if we're meant to be, it'll happen again."
Haley was full of determination. She was tired of always having the rug pulled from underneath her. It had been 5 months since she had returned home from the tour and in those 5 months, Nathan had made her life a living hell but avoiding her, telling her he hated her, telling her to move on and then growing jealous when someone tried to talk to her.
"So what you're saying is that you want Nathan to fight for you?" Peyton asked
"No, it doesn't work. When I fight for him, he's not willing to fight back and now the tables are turned. He came up with the idea of moving on, and although I have no intention of moving on, I just think being alone is what I need right now" Haley declared
Brooke smiled at her friend's strength, "You're so strong, it's inspiring"
"I learned a lot these past few months," she smiled at Brooke giving her a thankful wink
Lucas also smiled at Haley, he was proud of her for being so determined and strong but this made his job way harder now. How on earth was he going to help his brother when Haley's new decision was his brothers' idea. Damn Nathan, Lucas thought.