Chapter 1
Haley James was an intellegent, inderpendant teenager with light brown hair, big brown eyes, average height and a curvy figure. Haley was the youngest of 7 children and had moved to Tree Hill from Seattle with her parents, Lydia and Jimmi James. They had moved to Tree Hill because her parents had decided they had enough money to move and run a family buisness. Together, the 3 of them decided they were going to open a club in Tree Hill because of their love of music and Tree Hill because Haley was best friends with Lucas Scott lived there with his mother, who owns a business there too. Lucas' mother, Karen Roe, knew all about the move but her and Haley had decided not to tell him and just surprise him. So here she stood, in a pair of demin shorts, black wifebeater and a pair of black converses that stopped at her ankles, staring at her new house, well mansion, watching the hired men take boxes from the delivery trucks and take them inside. As she stood, she let her mind become clouded with thoughts about Tree Hill and the future.
' So, it's 3 weks until you start Tree Hill High and the only person you know that goes there is Luke, but he doesn't know you're here. The club opens 2 weeks on Saturday, which is tomorrow. You now live in a huge mansion which you'll probably have to yourself most of the time because your parents are away. Life sure does sound great at the minute(!) ' Haley was dragged away from her thoughts as she heard cheers and clapping coming from her new next door neighbours garden. The cheers were accompanied by the sound of a ball bouncing. ' Great, the new neighbours play ball! I wonder if their any good at it. ' Haley looked towards her neighbours mansion just in time to see a basket ball come flying towards her. She quickly brought her hands up and caught the ball with ease before starting to walk up the drive. As soon as she reached the top, she saw a group of 3 guys and 2 girls. The girls were sunbathing while watching the guys play and the guys were busy looking in the bushes for the ball. Haley aimed the ball at the hoop and, even with the distance, it went in the net and suddenly she had 5 pairs of eyes in her. " There's your ball back." she said while looking at the group. 1 of them lookd really familiar to her, he had blonde hair and blue eyes that seemed so familiar... " Lucas Scott?!" Haley asked looking at him slightly confused.
" Hales? Is that you? " He said while walking closer towards her, then suddenly pulling her into a big bear hug and kissed the top of her head. Haley returned the hug, but noticed the others looked really confused. " What are you doing here? "
" Well, I live here now Luke. " Lucas' smile was huge now.
" You moved here? To Tree Hill? " Haley simply nodded her head. Lucas looked gobsmacked. " Where?" Haley laughed.
" Next door, actually." Haley pointed to the mansion on her left and Lucas looked at it.
" Wow, thats huge! It's even bigger than this place! " They both laughed.
" So Luke, who are these people staring at me? " Haley asked while looking at them. A girl with medium length, blonde curly hair got up out of her chair, walked up towards Haley and held out her hand. Haley took it.
" I'm Peyton Sawyer, nice to meet you." Haley smiled softly at Peyton.
" I'm Haley James, nice to meet you too. Cool top by the way! " Haley said while pointing to Peyton's top that had 'KoRn' on it. Peyton smiled her thank you as the other girl got up and stood where Peyton was was and extended her hand. Haley took it and smiled softly at the girl with dark brown hair.
" Haley James, I'm Brooke Davis. Good to meet you." Haley let out a small chuckle at Brooke's behaviour.
" Good to meet you too." Haley turned to Lucas and the other 2 guys. 1 had dark brown/ black hair, blue eyes just like Lucas and was tall, masculine and easy on the eye. She put her hand out on front of him and lookes him straight in the eyes and smiled at him. " Let me guess, you're Nathan, right?" The boy took her hand and shook it, smiling back at her.
" Yeah, nice shot before. You're Luke's best bud from Seattle aren't you?" Haley let out a small laugh and nodded her head.
" Thanks and yeah. " She turned her attention to the one she hadn't said hello to and as soon as she saw him, she knew who it was. " Tim, right? " Tim nodded. " I've heard some stories about you man. " Haley said as she smiled and shook his hand. All the group laughed. Lucas came up next to Haley.
" So, why have you moved to Tree Hill? And how many of you are there? " Everyone except Haley looked confused by the second question. " She's the youngest of 7! " Haley let out a little laugh at his outburst and was soon joined by the others.