Thanks to Mark and company for creating these characters. So obviously i do not own anything

Prologue

It was early Monday morning and Haley James was casually leaning against a post, waiting for her best friend Lucas to get to school. Meeting each other at school had become a tradition for the two of them, they had been doing it since they were 9. It was part way through their junior year at Tree Hill High, and this was the first time this year Lucas had been late. Haley was beginning to get worried about him, she knew that their relationship had been tense the past couple weeks, but she still wished he would talk to her. The multiyear friendship became strained when Haley, started tutoring Lucas's brother and enemy Nathan Scott. It was no secret that Nathan and Lucas despised each other, and Lucas took it as a personal insult that Haley was tutoring Nathan.

Nathan and Haley's relationship turned from just tutoring to friendship in the couple weeks they had been spending time together. They understood each other, Nathan let down his guard around her. Haley saw Lucas walking towards her, "Hey, what's that plans for tonight?" "Um, I'm actually going out for dinner with Nathan" she told him quietly. Haley knew that, that revelation was going to bother Lucas, and she wasn't surprised. Luckily for Haley the bell rang and she rushed off to her first class, English, in which she shared with Nathan.

Chapter 1:

Haley woke up that morning with a pounding headache, after the disaster that was the dinner last night with Nathan, Haley really didn't want to do anything. Lucas had been right all along, Nathan was a bad guy, and he showed his true colors last night. She didn't even want to think again about that night. As much as Haley just wanted to stay home and pretend last night didn't happen, Haley James was pathologically unable to skip school. So Haley pulled herself out of bed, showered and dressed for school.

Lucas was waiting for Haley in their usual spot. Haley smiled and walked up to her best friend, the one person in this school she could depend on.

"Hey buddy" Lucas called to her as she walked over to him.

"Hey, I'm so sorry about the whole Nathan thing, it is over now, I promise" Haley told Lucas.

But before Lucas could say anything, Nathan walked over.

"Haley, I need to talk to you about last night."

"I don't want to talk to you, Nathan."

"Haley, please let me explain and make it up to you, please" Nathan begged.

"No, you screwed up any chance you had last night" Haley said.

"Please Hales, give me one more chance" Nathan begged again.

Lucas sensed that Haley needed to do this alone, so he went to a table where he could still see them but they had some privacy.

"Why should I?" Haley asked Nathan bluntly.

"I made a mistake, I want to be with you. Haley I like you, a lot. And last night when I denied you in front of my friends, that was me thinking I wasn't good enough to be seen with you, I'm sorry."

"You should have thought of that last night, I though you were a good guy, Nathan. I really did but you proved me wrong" Haley said and she started walking away.

Nathan reached out and grabbed her hand and pulled her back to him. Nathan leaned in and kissed her. Almost instantly, Haley pulled away from Nathan.

"You shouldn't have done that, Nathan" she said.

"I wanted to."

All Haley said was "yeah" and then she was kissing him again. In front of Lucas, in front of everyone else. Haley didn't care, she wanted to keep on kissing Nathan.