Hey i don't own any of the One Tree Hill cast or any lyris featured but i did write the two poems not that they're shakespeare or anything. Chap 2 soon!

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Chapter 1

Haley wiped off the counter and switched off the lights. Lucas drifted up the street towards something resembling the way things used to be.

And there she was, closing up the café as she'd done for a few years now. She was closing that café, wiping that counter, switching off those lights with the same tired but upbeat manor she'd been doing before she and Nathan had got together, before I'd joined the team, before me and Brooke, or me and Peyton. My best friend took off her apron and grabbed her jacket as she'd done when we were normal, before things changed.

Find me here
Speak to me
I want to feel you
I need to hear you
You are the light
That is leading me to the place where i find peace again

Lucas leaned against the door and tapped the back of his hand against the glass, he made Haley jump but when she saw who it was that smile shot across her face. The smile Lucas liked to think was for him, only when she saw him, her best friend. Sure she'd light up with love and affection when Nathan looked at her but that smile right there, he had always thought was for him and him alone.

She stepped out and locked the door behind her

'So what do I owe this pleasure?' Haley referred to the lack of Lucas lately.

'Come on I haven't been the only one getting all coupled up,' Lucas said smiling and watching her for any reaction.

'Yeah...so you decided where your melodrama's going?' Haley asked as they wandered in no particular direction.

You are the strength that keeps me walking
You are the hope that keeps me trusting
You are the life to my soul
You are my purpose
You are everything

'Not really it's a toss up between me becoming a cheerleader or declaring my love for you,' Lucas joked.

'Please like I don't already know your extra curricular activities,' Haley joined in; it felt good to be silly, instead of being part of the drama.

'Ha Ha, your wrong anyway I was gonna declare my love for ya,' Lucas kept it going as they made their way along the dock.

'Sorry your too late I'm in love with Brooke,' Haley joked which only made Lucas the tiniest bit frustrated with her for not being more open to the idea.

'That's it, Haley James you're going over this dock,' Lucas picked up Haley, his arms wrapped around her waist as he hoisted her up, not getting her anywhere near the edge of the dock because she wriggled and screamed with laughter so much he had to put her down.

And how can i stand here with you and not be moved by you
Would you tell me how could it be any better than this

Little jolts of laughter were given as they calmed down and couldn't help but be still, staring out over the ocean. Lucas leaned against a crate as Haley sat down on one.

'It's weird isn't it?' Lucas said looking down.

'What?' Haley looked kinda concerned and kinda puzzled.

'How everything's changed, how it used to be you and me, hanging out,' Lucas was searching for simplicity in a complicated world.

'You're forgetting Mouth, Fergie, you know the riverside gang,' Haley tried to lighten the atmosphere.

'Haley...I don't mean...'

'I know, things change but you know we won't, we survived me liking Nathan,' Haley didn't want Lucas upset.

'Did we...forget it,' Lucas kept his eyes on the ground. He really didn't want the complications; he wanted to go back to when before he joined the team.

Haley sat down next to her best friend and said, 'I get the feeling that being one of the most popular guys in town with enough girls to have an orgy and a real talent aren't enough for ya'.

Lucas looked up, 'I was happy, sure I wanted to beat down Dan and Nathan and show em how good I am, that he made a mistake leaving me and mom, that he was wrong and all I wanted was to prove it, this whole team thing...I don't need it, I get mine at the river court'.

'Come on, you were always hung up on Peyton and getting Brooke...you've defended that decision from the beginning, it's only when you hit a rough patch that you wanna bail, Lucas just...be happy, you and Nathan are civil, you've got a girlfriend and talent,' Haley wasn't up for the moping.

You calm the storms
You give me rest
You hold me in your hands
You won't let me fall

Lucas could tell Haley didn't want him feeling sorry for himself, 'You're right I've always wanted it, all of it, the spot, the girl...guess you always want what you can't have'.

'Or the grass is always greener on the other side,' Haley chipped in.

'Or you don't know what you got till it's gone,' Lucas was slipping again.

'I better get home,' Haley got up and smiled before leaving, 'see you tomorrow'.

'Yeah see ya...Haley' Lucas needed to know.

'Yeah Lucas I miss it to,' Haley almost whispered before she made her way home and left Lucas there thinking about her. Lucas sat there as the night thickened and Haley's scent was swept away by that stealing wind.

You steal my heart and you take my breath away
Would you take me in
Would you take me deeper now

I guess she's right, I have always wanted everything he had, all the chances, and opportunities. Nathan had everything handed to him, even Haley. He messes up and she still takes it. He's a good guy really, I'm just being broody. That's a good sign, means things are getting back to normal with basketball cancelled. The only thing separating me from my world is Brooke, Peyton and Nathan. Nah just joking. School tomorrow. I don't not want my girlfriend or Peyton or being on the team and civil to Nathan, its just I miss my old world sometimes. And I feel a hell of a lot better knowing she misses it to, even if only slightly.

'cause you're all i want
You are all i need
You are everything, everything