With Leyton (Lucas and Peyton) "traveling the world" or some such nonsense to explain their departure on One Tree Hill, Naley (Nathan and Haley) will help fans cope with their loss by becoming the new rock, the stable couple the show can build around.

Right? Wrong.

According to E! Online's spoiler chat today, the upcoming Season Seven of One Tree Hill "starts off rocky for Haley and Nathan with a major sex and pregnancy scandal."

Yikes. Although it sounds like that may lead to some shots of James Lafferty shirtless at least. Hey, you gotta look for the silver lining wherever you can find it, right?

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