Haley James lives in Seattle, Washington. She used to live in Tree Hill, NC but she moved to WA when she was 16. Her father got a new job for Boeing, and one day he took his whole family with him. She went on to graduate high school and decided to attend the University of Washington. She is majoring in Business and she will be graduating this year after taking a year off, due to her parents passing away from a car accident. In Tree Hill, Haley is best friends with Lucas Scott. They still talk on the phone and visit each other at times. Haley's other passion, besides doing her best in school is singing. She is amazing at it. She has not been in a serious relationship since high school, and her high school relationship was not that serious.
Nathan Scott lives in Seattle, Washington. He used to live in Tree Hill, NC. He never really got along with his parents. He has a half brother named Lucas. They are friends, but they are not close friends so they don't speak often. Only at family gatherings or what not. He is in the NBA and plays for the Seattle Sonics. Nathan was a party boy. He was always at NBA parties, surrounded by groupies and paparazzi. He was pretty famous, and was a Seattle basketball hero. He had his own shoe deal, commercials, and ads. Nathan had it all, or so he thought. He had never been in a serious relationship. He just "dated", and he didn't really care much about the girls he dated. Sometimes his agent Clay would set him up with other celebrities, but those never lasted.
Nathan and Haley went to Tree Hill High together. Nathan does not really know or remember Haley because she was not in the popular crowd. Haley knows who Nathan is, she knows what he does and knows what he looks like, but she does not care. She never really liked him in high school because he was a jerk. This story is of what happens between Haley and Nathan when they meet again (even though Nathan thinks its for the first time).
Haley lived with two roommates, Marissa and Jacklyn. She sometimes went to a bar in downtown Seattle called Spacers, where she often performed cover songs. She loved it there because it was a low key sit down bar. On this particular night, she was just beginning to sing her cover of "Cryin'" by Aerosmith, it would also be her last song of the night because she was about to go home.
Nathan lived in Mercer Island, which was about 20 minutes from Seattle. He lived in a big house in a gated community near a couple other NBA players. On this day he was pretty bored. He had nothing to do because he was on off season and he lived by himself. He did not go out alone often, but today was different. He ended up at a small bar called Spacers. He just needed a drink and he wanted to get away from his house for a little bit. He secretly hoped nobody would recognize him, so he wore a baseball cap, jeans and a tshirt. The bouncer quickly recognized him and asked him if he wanted a VIP booth.
"No thanks, I'm cool just hanging out at the bar and drinking some beers" he said.
"Alright Mr. Scott, enjoy your night", the bouncer said.
"Hey, thanks man I think I will", Nathan responded.
Nathan walked over to the bar and sat down. He had a great view of the stage, and on that stage was a woman singing "Cryin'" by Aerosmith. He was so mesmerized by her voice that he almost did not remember where he was.
"Sir, sir... sir? What can I get you?" the bartender was asking annoyed.
"oh, oh I'm sorry man can I get a Corona?" Nathan snapped out of his trance.
"She's an amazing singer isn't she?" the bartender smirked.
"Yeah, she really is! Does she sing here often?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah, mostly on weekends but today she said she was bored and needed to get out of the house, but I love it when she comes because she does a great job" said the bartender.
"Thats awesome". Nathan replied. He got his beer and he went to sit closer at a small table near the side of the stage. He wanted to talk to her, he wanted to know her name. He wanted to know everything about her. Except, he did not know how he would approach her. He had never had this feeling before. This feeling of nervousness. It was so strange to him. The last time he could remember feeling this way was when he was in middle school and he liked some girl. When this mysterious woman finished singing she walked off the stage to loud cheering. She was walking off stage and walking near his table. He did not know what to do so he stood up kind of in front of her blocking her way. This startled Haley a bit, so she stopped right in her tracks.
"Hey, um you sounded great" Nathan mustered out.
"Um, oh uh thanks" She smiled at him.
"yeah, um do you want to have a drink with me?" Nathan asked?
"I dont usually drink with strangers, do I know you from somewhere?" Haley asked. He looked familiar but she didnt remember from where. Then she knew who he was, and she got annoyed.
"No, because I think I would remember someone as beautiful as you" Nathan said.
Haley burst out laughing. "Is that your best pick up line hometown hero".
"I thought you didnt know me?" He said.
"I thought I didnt either but, then I remembered". Haley smirked.
" I just want to buy you a drink for that awesome performance, if that's alright?" he said sweetly.
Haley thought for a second, but before she could respond three girls came up to Nathan.
"Hey are you Nathan Scott"? Said one of the girls
"Yeah, um yea hi" he said still looking at Haley
"oh my gosh, we knew it! You are so hot. Can we take a picture please" said the tallest girl.
"yeah sure" he responded.
One of the girls went up to Haley and said "Can you take a picture of us please".
"sure sweetie, lets get you in with this hometown hero" she said smiling.
"Im not a hometown hero" Nathan said rolling his eyes
"you can be my hero any day" said one of the girls. Haley took the pictures and gave the girls their camera.
One of the girls had her arm around him still and was rubbing her hand on his chest, which he was trying to take off. She then started to whisper in his ear. All Nathan wanted to do was talk to the beautiful singing woman but she rolled her eyes and walked away. He didn't even know what the one girl was saying. She was telling him something about going home with her, but he didn't care. He wanted to leave with the mysterious woman who he didn't even know what her name was. He was able to get the girl off of him, but by that time the woman he so desperately wanted to talk to was now long gone. More people were starting to approach him and asking him for pictures, which he couldn't turn away because he didn't like denying his fans.