Where it all began..
I am Hayley James, and this is my story how I fell in love with my best friend's brother. Tomorrow is my wedding day to the man who captured my heart all those years go in my junior year of high school, the one and only Nathan Scott. There has been ups and downs but here we are about to become man and wife with our best friends at our side Lucas and Brooke.
First day of junior year:
"So Luke will I see you in a Ravens team this year or are you going to let big bad Nathan stop you again?" I teased; Lucas Scott is my best friend since the age of five when we met on the playground. Lucas' brother Nathan is the big man at school being the top scorer for the basketball team he thinks he rules the school, so when Lucas was going tried out for the team last year Nathan hazed him to stop him after all they are enemies and no one wants to play together with someone they hate. See they both have the same dad, Dan Scott he got Lucas' mum Karen pregnant in their senior year of high school but left her to go to college leaving her alone with no one but Keith Scott his brother to help her raise Lucas who turn out to be more of father to Lucas then Dan will ever be. But anyway when he went to college he met Deb, Nathan's mum and got her pregnant just three months after. Dan then injured his knee so he decided stay with Deb and move back to Tree Hill to meet a very pissed off Karen.
"Do you know what I might, I love playing basketball on the river court but I want people around here to see I'm as good as Dan and Nathan, but I'm worry I won't be good enough Hales" Luke said with a sigh as we walk into the Tree hill high school heading off to get our schedules.
"Luke I don't really say this often because it sounds strange but you are a great guy I'm lucky that you're my best friend and you are good enough to prove everyone that thinks Dan left you because you weren't good enough wrong. So go sign up for the try outs and stop moping around." I told him with a bright smile on my face, hopefully this year will we have more classes then last year were we only had one class together so it would be nice to see him during school. We strolled into our homeroom five minutes before the bell went and took our seats to start of the first day of the year.
As the time for homeroom to end drew closer, the door to the classroom open with a loud bang to reveal Nathan Scott, late as expected. Maybe it just because I'm nerd but surely everyone wants to be on time on the first day. Also why is it that all the boys want to be him and all the girls want to be with me? Well apart from Lucas and I. See Nathan always has this annoying smirk on his face that has all the girls falling for him in blink of an eye, even my twelve year old cousin thinks he such an amazing hot person. But I know different after last year with Lucas, thinking about Lucas I could see him tense up at the sight of Nathan strolling past him like he was a piece of crap on the bottom of his shoes. As Nathan stroll to the back of the room to find his usual seat all the female eyes were on him even Miss Kelly. She is a teacher for god sake surely she sees how inappropriate it is to flirt with a student, well obviously not as she bats her eyelashes at him. I never understood why girls do that, I just see it as giving a signal to a boy that they are desperate and would do nearly anything to be with them. Again there's Nathan flirting himself out of trouble again, like last year with our old principle Ms Cole Nathan flirted his way out of trouble after being caught hazing Lucas but once again he just received a warning not to do it again. However I would feel sorry for his girlfriend Rachel Gatina but I don't. See she as bad as him thinking she owns the place, since we turn thirteen she been known as the school slut, guess that why Nathan fell for her and most of the male population in school. But even being whore doesn't keep Nathan faithful, however here she is as usual always forgiven him and takes him back like he wouldn't do it again. You might be wondering why I am harsh about Rachel but she doesn't deserve any sympathy as she basically been queen bitch to me ever since she found out about Nathan and Lucas been brothers, and me being Lucas best friend or supposedly girlfriend according to her deserve to be treated like crap, also me being a nerd doesn't really help the situation.
As Lucas and I walk out of homeroom; I said "come on then let's swap schedules and stop looking so angry you know Nathan always gets out of trouble there no point getting angry about it."
"Fine whatever and I'm not angry about it I just wish someone wouldn't fall for all his crap!" Lucas basically shouted it at me.
"Hey don't shout at me it isn't my fault that he is an arse and look we got five classes together. However I am off to the tutor centre to see if we got any new tutors, bye Luke".
As I walk off in the opposite way towards the tutor centre, I have to stop to the sight before me. Is that Nathan Scott walking into the tutoring centre, I know he wouldn't sign up to be a tutor basketball is too important to do anything else, oh and the fact his grades are too poor to become a tutor. So why the hell is he walking in there?
I start to walk again towards the tutor centre; Nathan can't be behind already we haven't even had a class yet. Nathan is just standing there looking at his cell phone most probably texting some slut, I decide the best thing to do is cough the less I have to talk to him the better. As he turns around I can't help but notice his beautiful blue eyes, as we stand there just looking at each other for god knows how long. What I'm doing staring at him like he some God I'm Lucas's best friend I have to hate him. Don't I?
"Err...umm...hi are you Haley James?" Nathan said making me come out of my shock state.
"Yes I am can I help you with something?" I say in barley a whisper if there was anyone else in here, I'll doubt he would have heard me.
"You're my tutor, look before you say no because of him. I had to make a deal with Whitey and principle Turner that as long as my grades are or stay above a C+ I can stay on the team. And apparently you're the best there is, so can you help me?" The way he said 'him' with so much bitter made me realise that no matter how handsome he is, he the one hurt my best friend so much that Lucas doesn't think he good enough when in reality he properly worth of 1,000 of the Nathan Scott the playboy of Tree Hill.
"Look I can't help you and on top of that I won't help you. But I can help you find another tutor to help you." I said as I turn away I need to stop looking at him before I lost mind and say yes to him .
"What because of your boyfriend or whatever he is?" Was there a hint of jealous in his voice as he said it? Oh shut up Haley why would Nathan Scott get jealous over the fact you have a boyfriend? Not that you have one but the beside the point, oh god now i'm rambling inside of my own head.
"Hold on Lucas is not my boyfriend, he my best friend, why is that all your people think that?" I said rising my voice a little bit, god how can he get me so frustated so quickly.
"Ok doesn't bother me, I just need you...to help me with school" I could see he had that annoying smirk on his face through the window. What I would do to wipe that smirk off of his face!
"Well I can't help you as I said but Blair seems to be free to be able to tutor you" I said looking at the tutoring schedule.
"Look Haley..." as he grab my shoulder I could feel sparks run down my arm and him being stronger than me I had to turn around to look at him, "I don't want Blair, I need you to help me not some second best." I could see in the bluest eyes that he felt those sparks to though he did remove his hand from shoulder. But then I idea came to my head that I could help Lucas if I tutor him, as long as Nathan agree with my deal I was about to purpose to him.
As I toss and turn in my bed later that night I couldn't stop but think of the conversation I had with Nathan earlier.
"First of all you can wipe that smirk off your face it getting you nowhere with me, second if I help you, you have to promise to let Lucas play on the team because if you want to win that state championship for once you'll need him and third Lucas can't find out" I breath, I really hope he agree to the terms then maybe Lucas could really have the chance he needs to show everyone he is good enough.
"I don't really have a choice do I? Look fine so I'll see you tomorrow here then for our tutoring session" that when this beautiful smile grace his face not a smirk well at least he holding up to one of the terms.
"Oh wait not here too risky tomorrow at six at the docks don't be late." Nathan just nodded his head and left the centre, I have only been here over an hour and all ready I have more drama then the previous school year.
I never seen someone so desperate for my help, Nathan Scott might actually be a decent person underneath all that popularity and BS. Or I might be losing my mind as it is two am and I haven't even had a minute sleep? I think it more likely to be the latter; after all if he was a nice guy he wouldn't have done all that stuff to Lucas last year. Oh god Lucas!
I arrive at the dock ten minutes before we were meant to meet what a surprise of course he wouldn't be earlier; oh well at least I can finish my coffee without those handsome blue eyes looking at me and me getting completely and utterly lost in them. As I finish my coffee I look at my watch and see it he already ten minutes late, great I knew he couldn't take this seriously why did I even bother. I start to get up when I see him walking towards me with two cups of coffee and crackerjack box.
"Breakfast of champions" Nathan said with that beautiful smile and those intense blue eyes looking straight into my chocolate brown ones. It wasn't till he cough that I realise I hadn't said anything.
"You're late" I squeak, I really need to get over his boyish charms, Nathan start to rip open the crackerjack box.
"Oh let this be a cheat sheet" oh god his infuriating smirk is back, Nathan pull out this toy bracelet out and he look back up at me. "It's for you".
"Nathan...eugh" I didn't even stand a chance of stopping him when he lightly grab my wrist and slid it on and thee those bloody sparks again. SOmeone help me!
"Oh come on, don't say I never gave you anything," the way he said that my heart flip up and down, god what happen to me? I sound like a love sick twelve year old.
"Do you see this book? Because this book is me, I am math." I lift up the math book to page 23, yet did I know that 23 would become an important number in my life.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Nathan sounds so confused even that cute, oh god help me now I sound like I should be in a chick flick.
"It means you can work your whole "I'm Nathan Scott Mr Big Shot. Scoring my touchdowns" on someone else because I..."
"I don't even play football." Nathan laugh, does it look like I care about sports may be I don't care because I'm only just passing gym the only class I will never get an A+ in.
"Whatever. The point is at the end of the day, all your bluster and BS don't mean anything to math because math doesn't care, and neither do I." I snapped, he so infuriating!
"Does English care? Cause I suck at that too." Maybe I shouldn't have done that deal with Nathan after all Lucas can look after himself however I never turn back on my word.
"Please don't waste my time. I'm already taking a huge chance on you because my instincts are screaming that you're full of... let's just get started, okay?"
Half way through my phone start ringing, LUCAS appeared on the screen. I can't ignore can I? Nathan gave me a weird look to why I'm not answering my cell phone. Right I'll just answer it and make up some excuse why I'm not at Karen's Cafe for breakfast.
"Hi Luke" I squeak as I answer great now Nathan is silently laughing at me could this day get any worse.
"Hey Hales, where are you? I thought we were meant to meet for breakfast" he sounded rather happy this earlier.
"Oh sorry I must have forgot to tell you I have a tutoring session this morning with Natalie, she just really need my help and she couldn't have second best"; If I have to make excuse to my best friend I'm going to at least have a laugh at Nathan's expense.
"Ok well I got some news to tell you but it can wait till I see you at school bye Hales". I put my phone way when Nathan reach over and touch my wrist gently.
"I'm sorry you have to lied to Luc...him" he sounded so sincere.
"You know it doesn't have to be like that between you two, at the end of the day you are brothers even though you both hate it both of you can't change it" I said softly if they could get along then I wouldn't have to lie to Lucas about Nathan.
"Look I rather not talk about it ok? Can we just finish this I have to go pick up Rachel", Nathan snapped at me. I just nodded my head and for next thirty minutes we sat in silence apart from Nathan asking a few questions.
As I was putting away my books in my locker Lucas strolls up to his locker on the other side with is that...Brooke Davis. When I turn my head to left there Rachel all over Nathan but he look as if he was in a different world till he lift his face towards my direction and a small smile appear and he mouth 'I'm sorry'. I smile back till Rachel starts looking to see what had Nathan's attention; I need to get out of here and fast so as quickly as possible I slam my locker and walk as fast as possible to the tutor centre. Not that I realise I had gain both attention from the Scott brothers.
This all has to be a bad dream, doesn't it? I was fine will my drama free life but then enter Nathan Scott and now look I'm skipping school to get away from it all! Me Haley-Dork-James is skipping school! Also what the hell was Lucas doing with Brooke Davis? I know she never done anything to me or him but she hasn't exactly ever made as very welcome. Well till now...
