Disclaimer: I own nothing. Praise be to Mark and the CW.

Author Notes: Well, I am going to go back to 'Promise' but after that last chapter I think need to step back for a little while lol. So anyway here is the start of a new Baley story for everyone. This is a little slower than Promise but trust me it'll be worth it…I think lol…Thanks to the Fray for the title and the idea for this story. Oh yeah this takes place during Season 1 but a few things are different in this world as you will soon see.

You Found Me - Chapter One – This is how we start…

Haley was all alone in the tutoring center. It was a Thursday afternoon and since she had no life at all, she got to man the desk. Some days weren't so bad. She did get to help people and that made her feel like she mattered. Most of the time, it was the other way around. She felt like she was invisible. Ever since Lucas got on the team, Haley spent most of her time alone. So she hid in the tutoring center. This room was her little world. In this room she was strong. She never had to hide how she felt about anything in here. She could be anything that she wanted to be. She had lost track of how many hours she spent wishing she was someone else. Because being anyone else besides Haley James would be better. Some days, she would imagine herself as a teacher or a rock star or once she even pretended to be the head cheerleader. Haley laughed to herself. Like she could ever be a cheerleader. To be a cheerleader she would have to be look like a Peyton Sawyer. And since she wasn't tall, leggy, and blonde she never had to worry about being on the team. She would never admit it but she wanted to be a part of something. She had school and tutoring but that didn't really say anything about her. There were days that she could a voice or something powerful deep inside of her. And Haley didn't know how to get it out. All she really wanted was to find her thing. Just to find that one special something that made Haley more than a faceless nobody in the back of a crowd.

"That's enough of that…" Haley felt like crying but she didn't have a chance to go down that road. She heard the knob of the door turn. She looked over at the door and to her surprise; there was the captain of the Ravens cheer squad, Brooke Davis. Haley knew Brooke. Okay, knew was a strong word. But she had seen around school. She was the queen of the school and from what she had heard, she deserved the title. She was the first freshman ever to be put on the Varsity Cheer Squad. She had helped the squad win the Classic Cheer Competition for the last three years. And she had on the election for student council president for the last two years…without even running (she was a write in vote but she never took the job.).

Brooke Davis was the girl that every guy wanted to sleep with and the girl that every other girl hated. Her family had the biggest house in Tree Hill and had more money than Nathan Scott's family. She had on this amazing looking black leather jacket with a dark- red baby doll T-shirt underneath. Her jeans looked like she had been poured into them. They were this tight pair of dark blue jeans and these boots with heels so tall that she thought they were out of a fashion magazine. And to top it all off, she was carrying a purse that looked like it cost more than Haley's entire outfit and her car. She had never seen Brooke up close before and now that she was in the same room with her; Haley couldn't believe how pretty she was. Like America's Next Top Model pretty.

"Damn…stop staring..." Haley whispered.

"Hey, I am supposed to meet my new math tutor here. Her name is Haley or something …" Brooke said as she handed the placement form to Haley. Just standing in the same room with her made Haley feel like she was less than what she was. Almost as if she didn't deserve to be in the same room with her. Then she realized what Brooke said.

"Well that would be me, Haley something. " Haley muttered and walked over to the file cabinet. Well, that was awesome. She could have at least taken the time to learn her last name. For a second, Haley thought about given Brooke all the questions for the Honors Math class for that something crack. Then she remembered that Brooke was on a completely plane of existence than her. Why would she know her last name? Haley rolled her eyes. She couldn't even get upset right.

"Okay, looks like we have a lot of stuff to cover here…so I think we should try a practice test first to kind of gauge where you are at…" Haley flipping through the files looking for the practice tests and that was when she heard a cell phone buzz and Brooke groan.

"Never enough time for anything...Listen, I know this math stuff is like your thing…" Brooke said as she pulled out her phone and checked the text message she just got.

"Yeah, math is my thing. What's the point, Brooke?" Haley crossed her arms. She knew what was going to happen next. No matter who the student was, they always tried to bribe her. It never failed. Most the people that came through here were the popular kids or the jocks who never study. They just figured that Haley would roll right over. After all these people held the keys to the tower and who didn't want to be in the tower? Haley didn't. Maybe she didn't have a thing or maybe you couldn't pick out her in a crowd but she had her pride. So she stood there waiting for the queen of the entire school to make her offer.

"Well, I just have so much to do with the game tomorrow and practice before and the party after that and everything else…" Brooke started to say but before she could even finish Haley jumped in.

"I am not doing your homework." Haley said coldly.

"What are you talking about?" Brooke closed her phone and dropped her purse on the counter.

"You think just because you are rich and popular and captain of the squad that you can just waltz in here and get the Tutor Girl to do your work. If you want to do the work, I'll help you. But don't think I am going to do it for you." Haley took a deep breath and got ready for the onslaught of insults and name calling that were definitely going to follow. She had just told off the most powerful girl at Tree Hill High. There was no way that Brooke Davis was going let her live to tell the tale.

"Well, Tutor Girl, I was actually going to ask if we could get started after the game tomorrow. But now I am thinking that this was a waste of my goddamn time." Brooke grabbed her purse and started to walk toward the door. Once she got to the door she stop and looked Haley in the eyes. Haley noticed a hint of sadness in her eyes. She had never seen the always smiling cheer captain look this way.

"You don't know me. So don't judge me. I get enough of that from everyone else." Brooke turned and walked out of the tutoring center. Haley stood in shock as the cheerleader marched out of the tutor center. She couldn't believe that Brooke Davis didn't want her to do the work for her. And she had judged Brooke. Just based on what she saw and what she knew about the group that Brooke was in charge of. Haley felt like the biggest hypocrite in the world. She didn't even know Brooke. But she knew the only way to make things right with her was to get to know her. And to get to know her, Haley was going to have to hang out with the popular kids.

"This should be fun…"

To Be Continued…