Every Turn Brings a New Life
The hospital room was quiet with only the ticking clock and the nervous breathing of a certain basketball star making any sounds. Nathan was anxiously watching as the doctor inspected his knee. He really didn't need this right now! This was his rooky year in the NBA and already he was getting injured, it was just his luck! Well on reflection he was quite lucky, from his ability at basketball taking him from his high school team to Duke and now to the Knicks without much hassle, killer good looks and effortless charm he had quite a package if only his dad could stop being an ass everything would be perfect.
The sound of the doctors voice broke him from his reflection of his life and family "I am sorry Nathan" the doctor said "I am afraid you're out for the season" Those words brought Nathans life crashing down around him. Overdramatic maybe but at that moment that is how Nathan felt
"You've gotta be kidding me isn't there anything you can do you're a doctor you have to fix this" the quite that had once occurred in the hospital room was completely destroyed by Nathan's yelling.
"I am truly sorry Nathan if there was anything I could do you know I would but the injury is just too bad you are gonna have to rest it for the rest of the season for it to have any chance of recovery"
"Well this is just fucking great! What am I supposed to do for the rest of the season?" Nathan shouted standing up only to wince as the impact on his knee became too much and he had to sit back down again.
"I suggest that you go back home reconnect with your family maybe, I am sure you haven't seen them I along time, and make sure you do some rehab on that knee." And with that the doctor left leaving Nathan to contemplate his fate.
Nathan sat for a moment considering his options he couldn't go home; he would never hear the end of it from his father about keeping his knees in shape. After his failed attempt to make it big in college and the NBA thanks to a knee injury Dan Scott was obsessed with making sure that every part of Nathan especially his knees were fit and healthy and showed no signs of weakness. So that was decided he couldn't go home. So where could he go? Right on cue felt stepped in with a vibration of his phone. Nathan picked it up to find that it was his half-brother Lucas calling. He and Lucas had never got on before the age of 18, Nathan was the son that Dan had chosen and Lucas was the one rejected. They had never got to know each other before leaving high school but with
them both living in the same town it was hard to ignore each other and the legacy Dan Scott had created in the town. They had though gone to different schools Lucas had gone to Tree Hill High whereas Nathan had gone to Tree Hill Academy the private school close by. Both the schools and the brothers had a rivalry when it came to basketball with Nathan never missing an opportunity to remind Lucas he was the reject "bastard" son. But when both brothers had been accepted to Duke on basketball scholarships having to share a court and to their dismay a room the two had finally been able to bond and start to see the good in each other.
"Hey little bro" Lucas said cheerfully "I was watching the game and I saw what happened are you all right man?" Nathan sighed he knew he was going to get all this sympathy crap from everyone eventually so he might as well get it out the way
"Yeah I'm not so good Luke the doctors put me out for the season, can you believe that! That's like 7-8 months of no basketball!"
"Dude I am sorry, what are you gonna do?"
"Well the doctor suggested that I go home but he doesn't know my home life so I don't think that's an option, have you got any ideas?"
"Actually I do, you know what with my HCM I can't play and my book is already out so I have had more time on my hands so I got a job at my old high school as the basketball coach, me and my friend Skills are working with them and we could use and extra pair of hands why don't you come down u can work on your rehab here and help us with the basketball, what do you say?"
Nathan thought about the offer for a second going to Tree Hill would mean that he would be near his parents but he could always get away from them at Lucas' or his new job. "Ok" he declared "I'm in"
"That's great Nate we will set up flights and stuff soon and you can stay at mine I am sure my other roommate won't mind"
Nathan&Haley
Haley slowly opened her eyes as her alarm went off next to her right ear, hitting the snooze button she gradually got out of bed one limb at a time. Great another school day she thought as walked towards the bathroom as she shut the door and locked it she turned on the shower and quickly stripped off and got in. The water was scalding hot just the way her roommate like but not her
she liked it a little cooler "LUKE" she yelled "TURN THE WATER DOWN NEXT TIME I DON'T WANT TO BURN THE SKIN OFF MY BODY!!" After her little rant she quickly changed into a smart trousers and white blouse put on her makeup and left the bathroom. By the time she had reached downstairs Lucas had made breakfast and was almost finished eating his.
"You running late?" he asked "you seem to be dashing around searching for things."
"Kinda I said I would help one of my students go through the homework he didn't understand before school so I have to get there earlier, he has a tutor but he still doesn't get it"
"So the tutors have gone downhill since you left Hales" Lucas said laughing at his own comment
"Wow Lucas your sense of humor hasn't improved any since I have been away at Stanford" she replied with an unamused look on her face
"Well speaking of going away AND coming back there is something I needed to tell you that I meant to speak to you about a couple of weeks ago but I forgot see.." Lucas was interrupted by Haley as she grabbed her jacket from behind him on the chair he was sitting on and took the keys that were right by him on the table
"Luke can this wait until after school cause now I really am running late" without an answer Haley headed to the door and with a only to stopped to shout "SEE YOU AT SCHOOL LUCAS" as the door shut right behind her and Lucas heard her car speed off towards the high school
"Oh she's gonna get a surprise later" he mumbled to himself
Nathan&Haley
As the bell signaled the end of another class Haley breathed a sigh of relief. Not that she didn't like teaching, she loved it infact but sometimes some of her students made her want to take the book they kept saying they didn't understand for the 23rd time and hit them over the head with it. Shaking that thought out of her head Haley got up and walked towards the teachers' lounge, she didn't go there very often and when she did she didn't stay for very long. Many of the teachers there were staff members when she went to school there 4 years ago and spending time with them was just well… weird. So her main
hang out was Lucas office but unfortunately for her it wasn't supplied with a coffee maker so she just had to brave the teachers' lounge for her caffeine fix.
After leaving the staff room Haley quickly made her way towards the safety of Lucas' office. Upon entering she saw Lucas feet up on his desk with the paper spread out in front so she couldn't see his face she quickly shut the door and turn to him.
"Hey sorry if I am invading your personal time or anything but I just wanted to get out of the staff room you don't know how creepy it is in there. Well actually maybe you do but never mind, anyway was there something you needed to tell me this morning?" while saying all of the this Haley had walked forward towards and around the desk to see Lucas face as she bent down and pulled the paper down with her she was startled as the eyes she gazed into while blue were not Lucas but where of a dark haired man who she thought looked a little familiar "Oh God I am so sorry do I have the right office, yes I must do because that's a picture of me and Lucas unless you have a picture of me and Lucas which would just be a little strange well actually a lot strange I was looking for him in fact not a strange person but Lucas seeing as this his office I expected you to be him as normally the person whose office it is sits in their own chair so do you know where he is?" As Haley rambled Nathan had been able to get a good look at her she was he decided one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen in his life. Her short dark brown hair and her brown doe eyes transfixed him so much that he didn't realize she had stopped talking until she waved her hand in front of his face and asked him if he was ok. Not knowing what she had actually said before the hand waving he did the only thing he could logically think of doing. He introduced himself.
"Hi, I am Nathan Scott, Lucas' brother and you are" He smirked the last part and obviously checked her out. This usually worked for girls but this one seemed less than impressed.
"Well first off I am not interested and second I am Haley James, Lucas' best friend and third what are you doing sitting in Lucas chair don't you two hate each other? Nathan opened his mouth to protest but was cut off as Lucas entered and started speaking while looking down at the objects in his hand unaware that Haley was in the room.
"Okay so the cafeteria food was no good but I had to get something for us so I we've got a chicken mayo sandwich or another chicken and mayo sandwich pick
your poison" as he said the last part as realized that Haley was there too. "Oh ey Hales I didn't see you there" then he muttered "with my brother"
"Yeah about that last part" Haley stated "What the heck Lucas I thought you hated him, hell I thought you told me WE were supposed to hate him?"
"Yeah about that" Lucas said looking down at the floor looking like he was getting a telling off from a teacher (which technically he was) sandwiches completely forgotten "well you were away at Stanford and Brooke was at NYU and so I didn't have anybody to talk to and me and Nate had to share a court and room together and so we ended up bonding and becoming proper brothers and now he's here to help me whip the Ravens into shape."
"And you couldn't have told me this when we called you know 'hey Hales yeah everything's great I am sharing a room with my brother who's been my mortal enemy for as long as I can remember and I think we are starting to get along!!'" Haley ranted her voice getting louder with every word
"We did sort of drift apart when we went to college and when we did see each other Nathan wasn't exactly at the forefront of my thoughts" Lucas mumbled this with his head still down towards the floor to afraid to look at angry Haley which always scared the crap out of him.
"But what about all the name calling and the treating you like crap every time he or Dan saw you, you just forgave all that!" Haley practically screamed
"Ummm I hate to break up this Kodak moment but guys know I am still here right?" Nathan questioned looking the least bit uncomfortable but sitting back as watching back and enjoying the show. The smirk that he wore on his face was immediately wiped off as Haley whipped round to face him again anger blazing though her eyes.
"Was I talking to you?" she questioned "don't you have a basketball game to go to or someone else's life to ruin" she practically spat out the last part. She had been there when Nathan and his father had ignored and bullied Lucas even from afar. She also saw how Lucas took with grace and tried not to let it get him down although she knew that inside it really did bother him that his dad and brother were so cruel to him.
At this last sentence Nathan suddenly became quite angry, who did this woman think she was judging him before she had even really talked to him, she didn't even know him. Although her angry facing looking up at him made him flashback to when he was bullying Lucas there was a girl who was always next
to him, this girl, making that exact same face. All of a sudden Nathan became very guilty, he couldn't explain exactly why but for some reason he believed he owed this woman an apology. "Look I am sorry for what went down with me and Lucas before" Nathan explained "but we have decided to put the past behind us, I am trying to be a different guy and hope especially since we will be spending more time together that you and me could do the same" He looked at her waiting for her to either laugh in his face or become more angry. Surprisingly neither of those things happened. Her face seemed to relax but the fire that was there when she was angry was still in her eyes making her so Nathan thought really sexy.
"Ok I will put the past behind us but just so you know I am doing this for Lucas not for you" as she said this the bell rang to signal the next class. At this Haley turned to face Lucas and said "well I guess I better get going I will see you at lunch right" Lucas nodded as she turned back to face Nathan "I guess I will see you to" and with that she turned and left the office. As Nathan watched her go his eyes fell towards her lower half Haley James he realized had a serious ass, this was going to be an interesting few months.