Here it is, guys! This story is like my little side one from Dirty Little Secret, it'll only be about 10-15 chapters I think. I didn't want to drag it out because it's a story line that has been seen many times and I'm just taking my own shot at it. I hope you all enjoy!

Summary: "I'm sorry, this was a mistake." The last words he said to her. And she agreed with him, didn't she? It was a mistake. Just one last hurrah before going off to college. That one mistake as a silly teenager girl changed her life forever. Now she has to face him again and deal with the aftermath of their actions five years later.

Disclaimer: I own nothing unfortunately.

Prologue

August 23, 2007

Haley James surveyed the Scott's beach house when she walked into the mansion with her best friend, Brooke Davis. As usual, the extravagantly decorated place was packed to the brim with rowdy teenagers, all of which were well on their way to being wasted.

In typical Brooke and Haley fashion, they had come late to the party. It had started about an hour earlier, but they knew they hadn't missed anything yet. No party ever really got started before Brooke and Haley showed up. They were the popular best friends that every girl strived to hang out with and every guy wanted to score. The satisfied smile on Brooke's face as she looked around at the partygoers made it clear to an outsider that the brunette beauty lived for popularity and partying. The gorgeous blonde beside her looked happy, but one could tell it was more at the opportunity to spend time with her best friends. She was clearly not as invested in popularity. That's not to say Haley didn't love her life though. It was truly fantastic. She had her best friends and pretty much anything she could ever ask for.

Brooke was obviously scanning the room for a potential hook up for the night. It was no secret around school that of the two best friends, Brooke was the easy one. Haley was a bookworm. She tutored other kids in her spare time and although she had experienced a lot of male attention, she wasn't all that interested in it. Sure, Haley had had her fair share of relationships and hook ups but at the core she was just innocent little Haley James.

Shrugging an arm around her best friend's shoulders, Haley took in a surreal breath. "Are you ready for this, Brookie?"

Brooke copied Haley's action and pulled her friend closer. "Last high school party we'll ever attend? Hell yeah I'm ready! Then tomorrow afternoon you and I are on a direct flight to California where we'll get to spend the next four years together."

Haley smiled excitedly. She couldn't wait to start that next chapter of her life. The day her acceptance letter to Stanford came in the mail had been the best day of her life. Getting a full ride to the school she dreamed of going to all her life had made her the happiest girl on earth. When she found out that her best friend had also by some crazy chance gotten into the prestigious school as well, she had become even happier and a permanent smile had been etched across her face ever since. She still didn't know how Brooke had gotten accepted, school was never her thing. Those late night study sessions between the two girls must have paid off though and Brooke's parents had no problem footing her bill for college knowing that Haley would be there with her.

Brooke's parents adored her. Sometimes the two girls often joked that Victoria and Ted Davis loved Haley more than their own daughter. Haley had been an incredible influence over their daughter through their lives and wouldn't trust anyone else to be with her in college.

"Brooke! Haley!" someone's yelling voice broke them out of their trance. They both waved kindly at all the people that turned to greet them with excitement. They really were practically two celebrities in this town.

Peyton Sawyer's curly blonde hair could be seen bouncing through the crowd and soon popped up right in front of their faces. "Finally you guys are here! I've been going insane hanging out with just Luke and Nate."

"Come on , the Scott brothers aren't that bad," Brooke said. It was amazing that she could actually say it with a smile on her face, considering less than a year ago Brooke wouldn't even speak of Lucas. He had cheated on her with some random girl and it took Brooke almost six months to start talking to him again after they broke up.

"Yeah, I know. They're both already drunk off their asses though. I've been waiting for you two to get here so we can have our own fun one last time. I don't know what I'm going to do without you guys."

All three of the girls frowned, with Peyton's quite a bit more visible. They had been friends since freshman year, along with Lucas and Nathan coming around more frequently in sophomore. It hurt all three of them to have to split up when Peyton went to Savannah's College of Art and Design. She was a gifted artist though and Savannah was the place to go for her.

"Okay, let's not get sad now," Haley reprimanded them. "We'll still see each other on holidays and summer. We're always going to be the best of friends; I know we don't have to worry about that."

Peyton and Brooke nodded in agreement. Haley was the smart one of the group and if she said they'd always be friends, then the other two knew it was fact. They all moved into have a quick, group hug before pulling away smiling.

"Come on, let's go have the time of our lives at our last high school party!" Brooke exclaimed and bystanders close to them all began cheering in agreement.

Brooke led her two friends further into the house, towards the kitchen where she knew all the booze was likely to be set up. She also figured that Nathan and Lucas would be holding court in there to be as close as possible to the alcohol and all the girls needing refills on their drinks. The two brothers were known to be players and a party like this was where they thrived. Any given night, they could have at least three or four different girls practically begging the boys to end the night with them.

As expected, the fraternal twins were in the kitchen standing next to the beer keg in the corner. For twins, they looked nothing alike. Lucas was blonde with a muscular build and often sported a brooding look. Nathan had raven black hair with an Adonis like build. The two things the brothers shared was an intense love for basketball and their piercing blue eyes that made all the girls fall at their feet.

The boys spotted the three girls as soon as they walked in and sent them beaming smiles, making it more than obvious that Peyton wasn't lying when she said they were wasted. Lucas was the one to bring attention to the newly arrived girls when he yelled their names unnecessarily loud. Almost immediately they watched as random guys locked their gazes on them and started towards Brooke and Haley, and some also set on picking up Peyton.

"They don't want any of you losers!" Nathan chuckled loudly as he yelled at all the guys approaching his friends. To make sure they got the message loud and clear, Nathan shot menacing glares out across the room at every guy around. He was extremely amused that they all instantly backed off. Nathan Scott always got what he wanted.

Nathan beckoned for the three girls to come over to him and Luke to which they did happily. He greeted Brooke and Haley with a quick hug as did Lucas and handed them both their favourite type of drink.

"Thanks, Nathan," Haley said sweetly when he passed the cup to her. He smiled back at her and nodded. Brooke did the same and he gave the same response to her.

Nathan and Lucas Scott had only been friends with Brooke, Haley, and Peyton for two years, but the group of five was quite close knit. They partied together all the time and hung with just their group sometimes. They were by no means a group of best friends, but very close friends for sure. The group came to be when Lucas and Brooke started dating and they all kind of fell together after that. Unlike his brother, Nathan had never made a move on any of his girl friends. He was a play boy, but he wouldn't dare use someone he actually cared about like that. It was no problem for him and Peyton because they had always had a brother-sister type relationship. Nathan and Haley was a different story though. She was the nicest girl he had ever met. Just genuinely kind and sweet and always actually listened to what he had to say. He enjoyed her company and it didn't help that you'd have to be blind to not realize how gorgeous she was. He didn't want to jeopardize their friendship though so he never hooked up with her.

"Looks like there's a bonfire outside," Brooke observed. "Let's go check it out."

The girls took off their shoes and noticed that the large fire warmed the sand beneath their feet. It crackled and popped as the wood burned and lit up the faces of the five friends. They had gotten out to the fire and saw that no one else was around anymore and took seats close together.

"To tonight, our very last party as highschoolers," Brooke said as she held up her cup. Everyone did the same and nodded in agreement. They each had small smiles on their faces.

"To starting the next stage of our lives in college," Haley went next.

"To having the time of our lives the next four years and always having four amazing friends to share stories with," Peyton followed up.

"To finding what we love to do," Lucas spoke up in a hoarse voice.

"To having the craziest sex we could ever imagine!" Nathan smirked, obviously still completely wasted.

Everyone groaned and shook their heads. Nathan was often the goofball of the group, never taking anything seriously. So even when they were trying to be sentimental on their last night together, leave it to the raven haired boy to ruin their little moment.

"Relax guys, I'm kidding," he laughed. Holding up his cup again, everyone did as well. "To not holding back and always going after what we desire," he said seriously and took a long swig of his drink.

The four other friends smiled wider and took long drinks as well. Those five toasts were going to be their words to live by for the next four years in college. They may be splitting up, but the memory of tonight would always stay with each of them no matter what.

"Now let's go back inside and party as hard as we fucking can!" Lucas exclaimed. He stood up and assumed he was leading his friends back into the beach house. Peyton and Brooke followed immediately and as Haley began to as well, Nathan clasped his hand around her arm gently.

"Take a walk with me for a minute," he more so stated than asked. She found herself silently nodding and turning to go the opposite direction.

Brooke noticed that her best friend wasn't by her side and turned back. She saw Nathan saying something to her but didn't really care if she was interrupting. Brooke Davis took precedence over whatever Nathan was saying. "You coming or what, Hales?"

"I'll be there in a few minutes," Haley called back. She knew Brooke might not be happy that she was being ditched, but she would deal with it. It was their last high school party and she wanted to spend some of it with each of her friends, not just Brooke, who she would see every day for the next four years anyway.

They started walking slowly along the sand and soon Haley felt the ocean water beneath her feet. She hadn't been out to the beach in a while, she had forgotten what it felt like to walk along the shoreline, but doing it now and feeling Nathan's arm around her waist had excited butterflies floating around her stomach. They may have also had something to do with the amount of alcohol she had consumed in such a short period of time already though.

Nathan stopped walking without a word and faced Haley. He smiled goofily at her and his piercing eyes bored into her deep brown ones. Slowly, Nathan leaned in and covered her lips with his. Everything after that was a complete blur.

Nathan pulled away just as slowly and looked at her questioningly. Within seconds, Haley had reattached their lips fiercely. At some point they had lost their clothes and were lying down on the sand. The normally sensible Haley didn't even give a thought to how annoying it was going to be trying to get all the sand off her body. They were both completely caught up in each other. When Nathan finally joined them, their coupling was incredibly fast, both wanting nothing but to go over the edge together.

She had wanted this for so long. Nathan was one of her good friends and for as long as she could remember she had been attracted to him. She never had the courage to say anything though, and it was now finally happening for them. So what if they were going to college on opposite sides of the county, they might be able to make something work, right? Her mind came back to the events at hand when she felt pleasure rip through her body. Nathan jerked a few times in her before they both ceased their movements. Nathan was lying completely on top of her, trying to catch his breath.

Haley ran her hands up and down his back, enjoying the feel of all his weight pressing against her bare chest. She cleared her dry throat, wracking her brain for something to say. "Nathan..."

Nathan's groan cut her off. He buried his head against her shoulder for a moment before he moved himself off her completely and stood up. Nathan silently gathered his scattered clothes and put them on. Haley remained lying on the sand, her eyes now reflecting a look of confusion. He looked down at her for a moment, until he couldn't bare it anymore and looked off into the swirling ocean. "I'm sorry, Haley. I'm still drunk and shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry, this was a mistake," he let out and quickly walked back towards the beach house.

Haley lay still in shock for a moment. She shook it off as best she could and threw her clothes on hastily. He was right. They both just made a stupid mistake. They were drunk and it was the last night they'd see each other for a while. It was a stupid way of saying good bye or have one last hurrah and now Haley had nothing left to say. She didn't care that all her things were still inside; all she wanted to do was go home and then leave for California tomorrow morning without a second glance.