Where did you go?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of One Tree Hill
Summary: AU. Haley James is a conservative 16 year old girl, who's best friends with Lucas Roe and Brooke Davis. What happens when Nathan Scott invades her world, but is exactly the opposite of what she had assumed him to be. She falls for him, but when she finally works up the courage to tell him, will it be to late.
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16 year old Haley James was pulling on her hoodie, as she heard the last few lines of her favorite Gwen Stefani song blaring outside her window. Her best friend Brooke was there to pick her up to go back to school shopping, something she hated, and Brooke loved.
"Oh Brookie poo, you never cease to amuse me" she giggled to her self as she ran down the stairs, tripping down the last three.
"HALEY JAMES YOU LOOK SMOKIN!!!!" screamed a high pitched shrill voice, as Haley shut her front door.
"Yea, Brooke, you do realize that I'm wearing jeans and a T-shirt right?" Haley replied
"Of course I do Haley, I'm not an idiot, and don't you dare roll your eyes… it's not nice" Brooke pouted
"K, whatever sorry, what were you saying" Haley apologized as she jumped into Brooke's convertible's front seat.
" Just that you're hot!"
"Yea thanks… you too" Haley said. She knew what she was supposed to say, they had this conversation everyday.
"I know, I just like to hear you say it!!" Brooke laughed
Haley couldn't help but smile at her friend, she was just so carefree…everything that Haley wanted to be.
" Anyways Hales, they opened this new store at the mall, and it's huge, but I don't remember what it's called."
"Lemme guess, it sells lingerie, and clothes that look like they should be lingerie."
"Actually no, although we could go to one of those too if you want" she winked "but seriously, it's like this store that has really nice clothes, for like, little kids, us, and old ladies"
"yea well we'll see how nice I think they are when we get in there." Haley responded a little skeptically, as her and Brooke parked the car and walked into the store.
When she got inside, she was actually surprised to find that the clothes were… actually nice, things that she would wear.
"Brooke!" Haley exclaimed," you actually picked a store I would like!
" Yea," Brooke replied quietly, "I figured one time in 8 years it wouldn't kill me to let you shop in a store you might actually like"
"Awww, Broookie!" Haley laughed as she hugged her best friend
" Yea, yea, whatever, let's just get this over with"
"Omg, I'm shocked! Brooke Davis not wanting to shop?" Haley gasped in fake surprise
"Don't get used to it blondie" Brooke answered as her and Haley started grabbing things off of the racks, trying to find something suitable.
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"Mom, seriously why did you have to bring me shopping with you, couldn't have called that friend of yours or something?" 16 year-old Nathan Scott asked his mom.
"Nathan, it's not like you have anything better to do, we just got here, it's not like you know anyone who's going to see you shopping in the ladies section" Deb Scott replied as she dumped three more suits onto the 5 that Nathan was carrying, "and her names Karen honey."
"Oh, that reminds me, we're having supper at her café tonight, and you're going to meet her son, Lucas… he's your age." She continued
"And why haven't you mentioned him before mom, we've been here 4 days, and I haven't met anyone, I could have at least had someone to play ball with if nothing else" Nathan responded, getting a little bit angry because he'd spent the last four days… alone… with his mom, cause that's the way that every 16 year old wants to spend their last week of summer.
"Oh, Nathan it's just four days." Deb continued as she piled more clothes on Nathan's arms. "Cheer up, you'll meet him tonight, now lets go so I can try on these rad clothes"
Nathan groaned, not only did he have to wait while she tried on 10 different pant suits and 23 dresses, but now he had to listen to her try and talk what she called "hip."
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"Ugh! Brooke, why aren't any of these shirts fitting properly!!" Haley whined as swung open her dresses room door, and ran into something really hard. "Ow" she said pointedly as she looked up. "you aren't Brooke." She said slowly her eyes, locked in a gaze with a pair of icy blue ones.
"err yea.. definitely not." Blue eyes answered not breaking their stare.
"HALEY! Look, I found you a different bra!" Brooke screamed as she walked into the dressing room. A blush crept up Haley's cheeks as she tore her eyes away to look at Brooke.
"Haley, getting it on in the dressing room… I never knew you were so horny!" Brooke laughed as Haley's eyes practically bulged out of her head. When Haley finally got the courage to look at Blue Eyes, he was still looking at her, except this time he had a cocky smirk on his face.
"We were just leaving" Haley simply stated as she ran out of the dressing grabbing Brooke's hand and dragging Brooke behind her.
"See ya later BoyToy!" Brooke called looking back as Haley continued to pull her away.
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Nathan and his mom walk into Karen's Café later on that night and were greeted by Karen and her son Lucas.
"Deb!" Karen exclaimed "I haven't seen you in almost ten years! What took you so long to come back home!"
"Oh you know, L.A. was just so far away , and with Dan, Nathan and the dealership, we just never really got around to coming home, it's not like our parents live here anymore either." Deb answered
While the two women caught up on old time Lucas took the opportunity to introduce himself to Nathan.
"Hey man, Lucas" he said as he outstretched his hand
"Yea, Nathan" he answered shaking Lucas' hand
"So I heard that you're quite the basketball star" Lucas started as he and Nathan sat themselves down in a booth.
"Oh really? Who'd you hear that from?" Nathan asked
"Just word on the street. The whole town's talking. It's the first time we've ever had people come in just to play basketball and then go home. And you're the gossip's juicy subject since you're the famous Tree Hill Dan Scott's son"
"Huh, looks like I already have a reputation to live up to" Nathan answered solemnly
"and 'gossip's juicy subject' man, do you talk like that on a regular basis?"
"Shut up, I'm just quoting my girlfriend" Lucas defended
"Easy there buddy" Nathan laughed. "So you have a girlfriend?"
"Yea, her names Brooke, I guess you'll meet her tomorrow when school starts. She's great. You'll get to meet my best friend Haley too, but I'm not sure how much of her you'll see, all her classes are A.P."
"What makes you think that I couldn't be in any A.P. classes?" Nathan asked a little offended.
"Sorry, but you aren't are you?"
"Yea actually I am."
"Lets hear your schedule, maybe do have some classes with her" Lucas said slightly shocked.
"A.P. English, A.P. Calculus, A.P History, Phys. Ed. and A.P. Chem"
"Shit" was all the speechless Lucas could say
"Yea," Nathan replied smirking "I'm not exactly stupid."
Karen and Deb looked at their boys, watching them talk like they had been friends forever, and smiled.
"I think our boys will be great friends." Karen said quietly looking at Deb, "Just like their fathers used to be"
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"HALEY!" Lydia James, Haley's mom called, "Lucas is here to pick you up for school!"
"Yea I'm coming!" Haley answered down the stairs
"Watch your step hon." Lydia said calmly as Haley reached the third stair and nearly tripped. "Don't want you missing your first day of school" she said smiling.
"Don't even joke about that, Love you" Haley said as she ran out the front door to Lucas' car.
The first day of school was a big thing for Haley. It was her favorite day of the year, besides Christmas and her Birthday. She was smart, and she actually liked the challenges, unlike most students.
"Let's hit the road Lukie!" She bounced, "can't be late for the first day of school:"
"Hales, we have half an hour to get there, I doubt we're going to be late."
They spent the rest of the ride to school in a comfortable silence. Haley was almost bursting with anticipation. She bounced happily into her first class, on to stop and find that someone was sitting in her usual seat. It was always the same people in A.P., so everyone just kind of sat in the same spot. Haley walked over to the guy in her seat and tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around she was met with a pair of familiar icy blue eyes.
"Hey"
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So yea, this chapter was just basically just to kinda set up the background. All of the interesting stuff will come later. Should I keep going?
J