Love Lost Chapter 1, an one tree hill fanfic

Summary- (Sequel to Twin Camp) One summer can bring many things. For Haley and Nathan was love, for Brooke and Lucas was finally being together, and for Jake and Peyton the end. The summer that changed their lives was long gone. Now they're all going to college and living their lives. Distance had killed what they had, but not their love. Old friends, flings, and tragedies, it's just a small part of what's to come.

Love Lost

Chapter One

Ooo

The summer that changed their lives was long gone, and they all had to look forward. What's next? College, the place where they were all going now. It had been a year ago that they had all met and spent the time together. They had become friends, and even if they had things to get through, in the end they were made it.

Jake looked at his last bag and zipped it. He looked around his room and there was nothing else. Well, of course his furniture was all there, but that was about it. He walked around and remembered all the memories he had in the room. It was his place, the place where he did whatever he wanted. The place he had his first kiss with Peyton, the place where his sister would sleep when she was scared. Memories, they would never fade away.

In the room next to him his sister was having a little more trouble. It wasn't that she had too many things to pack, but that everything in her room meant something to her. She couldn't leave things behind, but there were things she couldn't take with her. For example the chair in the corner, the one her brother would sit on most nights after the whole Damian thing until she was a sleep. That chair meant something to her, but she couldn't take it.

She put a photo album that Brooke had sent her. There was no reason why she sent it, but only because she wanted Haley to have the memories of the summer. As she put it in her bag a picture fell out, all she could see was the corner of the pictures so she pulled it out. She saw the smiles on both the people on the picture and hoped that she could go back to that time. Nathan and her smiling sitting on the swinging chair outside the cabin. She remembered that day, and she also remembered how hard it had been to say bye to him.

Flashback-

Her brother had left her bag in her room so she could unpack, that was one of the many reasons she loved him. She never had to do much Jake would do most of the hard work. She opened the bag and began to take out her clothes. She separated the dirty from clean, and began to put everything in its place.

Walking over to her bathroom to put her things away her phone began to ring. She ran to the bed and jumped on it answering, landing on her stomach.

"Hello" she said, happy to hear his voice.

"Hey, you. Are you home?"

"Yes" she said. Haley walked over to the bathroom and continued to put things away.

Nathan could hear her doing things. "I miss you."

"Nate-"

"I know. I won't say it again." He changed the subject, "have you cried?"

Haley shook her head, even though he couldn't see her. "Nope, and I have to say it's hard."

"I know, but at least you have Jake."

"Yeah."

"Hey. I have to go, my mom got home and said that we have to leave our rooms clean. I guess they're selling the house and some people are going to come see it."

"Okay" she said, "I love you."

"Love ya, too. No more crying."

"Promise" Haley said.

With that the line went dead and she went back to doing what she had been doing. She missed Nathan. She missed having him near her and just being there. Sometimes they didn't do anything, but just knowing that he was there made her smile and happy. She walked back in her room and laid on the bed staring at the ceiling. Was life really as hard as people always said it was, or do people just make it hard?

Flashback over-

Tonight he would be arriving to his new home, well something like it. His father had sent him to a summer training camp before he went to school. Dan Scott thought it would give Nathan an advantage if he worked more than other guys on the team. Nathan hated that his father would dictate his life for him, but that was the last time it would be done. Starting tomorrow he would be attending school, and his father would not be there to tell him how many hours a day he needed to be training, or how bad he sucked.

He threw the ball and scored. Training was hard work. The whole summer he had no time to even think. But he would often go back to what he had done the previous summer, the walks he had with her, just staring out to the city below them at their spot, holding her close as she slept, and just being there when she was scared of little sounds.

A whistle awoke him from his trail of thoughts. He did as the rest of the guys did and ran to the coach. Listening to every word the older man said.

"You guys did great. I hope to see you all playing some college basketball. I'm proud of you boys."

A few 'thanks coach' were murmured and the older man continued.

"Now go get your things and go. You get to be free."

The guys all laughed and walked towards the showers. It had been a summer of training, and a lot of it at that. Their schedules where crazy, starting at five in the morning and finishing at ten, sometimes even eleven at night.

"You ready?" Tony asked Nathan, as they walked out of the locker room.

Nathan smiled and nodded, "more than you think."

"I'm gonna miss you, man."

"I'll miss you too, Tony." They did a fist bump and continued to walk. It was finally over they would get to live their lives now.

"Are you gonna see the letter girl?" he asked, walking towards their room. Tony had seen many letters Nathan had received, and he had also seen Nathan put them away without reading them.

Nathan shook his head slightly, "I'm not sure."

"If I ever find her, then I'm jumping on that train" he said, "Just saying. The girl smells good."

Nathan laughed and hit the guy on the back of the head. "Back off."

"So you do like her?" he joked.

Nathan couldn't answer. How was he supposed to answer that? He hit Tony one more time and told him that they should hurry. He really wanted to get to Duke and finally be free.

Haley had just gotten dressed. She was ready to go. Today they would begin their journey to the rest of their lives. She with her brother and Lucas would be driving together. Haley was both happy and sad for the next step. She looked out the window and remembered meeting with her psychologist after camp.

She had been going since her attack, as she liked to call it. Her parents made her go, they thought it would be good for her to talk about it. Since she wasn't talking to them, they sent her to a specialist.

Flashback-

She sat on the white couch like she had done before. Two times a week, every week. The only time she had off from it, was when she was at camp.

Haley held her hands together and stared at the older lady sitting in front of her. Dr. Stroup was a nice lady. She was about forty or so, and her hair was short and brown. There wasn't much to her.

"How was your summer?" she asked, "Your parents said you came back different."

Haley hated that she had to tell things to a stranger, but the woman had a way to get things out of her, even when she didn't want to say them. Nodding she smiled. "I'm happy."

"Happy, how?"

Haley smiled again. "I had fun. There was people I related to, people who became my friends."

The woman took notes and looked at the young girl again, "did any of them become more than friends."

Haley froze at the question. Dr. Stroup was good, she somehow managed to know about Haley without even being there. "What do you mean?"

"Haley, you know you can't answer questions with questions." She saw the younger girl nod and continued, "Did you meet anyone special?"

"I met lots of people."

"A boy?"

There was no way of hiding it, she knew about it and Haley had to tell the truth. She slowly nodded and looked up at the woman, "His name is Nathan."

"What happened?"

Haley explained how he was there for her, and how things just escalated. She told the doctor everything there was to know. There were a few things she didn't want to say, but somehow they all made it out of her mouth. She smiled every time she thought of him and the things they did, and just wished he was there for the doctor to meet.

Flashback interrupted-

"Haley" he said, waving his hand. "Hales."

Haley snapped out and looked at her brother, "What?"

"It's time to go." He saw her nod, and he pointed to her bag, "is that your bag?"

Haley nodded and Jake took it. Haley took one last look at her room. This was part of her past, now came her future, and the experience that came from it.

"Hales!" Jake yelled, "let's go."

"I'm coming" she yelled back, running down the hall and down the stairs. "Lucas!" she yelled, running to her best friend and hugging him. She saw him pretty much every day, but that didn't mean she couldn't hug him.

"You ready for our road trip?" Lucas asked.

"You know it" Haley said, "Shut gun!"

Both guys looked at each other and huffed. This was going to be a long trip.

Nathan walked in the house where he had been directed to go. Looking around it looked just like a frat house, which was the last thing he wanted. Maybe before he would have gone for it, the parties, the girls, the drinking, but now he was a different man. She had changed him. She had made him be better, and all it took was one summer.

One of the guys said welcome and told him where his room was. Nathan walked over to the room and set his things on the bed. It was big. There were three beds and each one of the beds had a night stand with a lamp. There was also a table, which he didn't understand why it would be in a room. Still, he liked it.

He sat on the bed and looked around again. The fact that he would be sharing a room with two other guys was weird. But seen all the beds made him remember camp, when they separated the beds and all ended up having a double bed. He remember thinking it was the worse thing to be stuck with Haley next to him, but in the end that had been the best thing to ever happen to him. Best and worse since he had also lost her.

Flashback-

"Hey, you" he answered, seen her name on the screen.

"Hey."

He could hear the sadness in her tone. "What's the matter?" he asked worried. She had been so happy the past two months, why was she sad today? All he wanted was to be there with her, and to see her and hold her.

Haley shook her head and pursed her lips to hold in the tear. "Nothing."

"Haley" he warned.

"Are you happy?" she asked, "with me, I mean. Are you happy with me, with this whole long distance thing."

"Haley, what happened?" he asked, worried. Why was she suddenly so worried about his happiness?

"This isn't healthy, Nathan."

"What are you talking about?"

"Us" she yelled, "this."

"Are you… Are you breaking up with me?" He hated to ask the question, but he needed to know. He could hear her cry. He wanted to be there for her, and if it was up to him he would move there, but he couldn't.

His best option was to talk to her this way, but not being able to hug her, to kiss her, to just smell her, all those little things were killing him. More now than ever, when she cried and was lost and confused.

"I love you" she said, "you have to know that. But-"

"Don't" he interrupted. "I know where this is going. And if you think it's the way to go, then fine… Just know that I'll always love you, and that I'm still here if you need me."

"Bye" she sobbed, "I love you."

"You can't just say that and expect things to go away, Haley!... Haley… Haley?" he looked at his phone and saw that she had hung up a while ago. He said all those things and she heard none of it. In a way he was glad, but he also wanted her to know that she had hurt him.

The trip was long, and they had already made one stop. As every stop came they switched seats and drivers. Now Haley sat on the back seat, alone. Lucas and Jake would often talk about basketball, and not understanding any of it she had nothing to contribute to the conversation.

Flashback-

"Did you have fun?"

Haley smiled and nodded. "We went to a party."

She was talking about Halloween, which had been a few days before the session she was now in. Haley hated that the Doctor would ask her about everything about her life, but that was the way she would be able to help. You can't help or get help if you don't tell them anything.

"How is Nathan?"

Haley shrugged, "I haven't talked to him."

"Why is that?"

Nosey, Haley thought. "His father likes to keep him working out. It's complicated."

Dr. Stroup nodded and took notes, "have you told your parents?"

"About Nathan?"

Shaking her head she asked again, "Damian."

The name made her feel weird and scared. Just knowing that Damian still went to her school scared her, but to have her doctor ask about him was worse. Haley had done everything in her power to not bump into him. She would take the long way from class to class, and sometimes even waited for Jake or Lucas to walk with her.

She shook her head. "I can't" she said, a soft painful whisper.

Question to question, and answer to answer. The session went by and it was time to go. The doctor only had a few things to say to Haley, and then she would be on her way. They had talked more about her and Nathan, and how hard and difficult it was getting to be so far apart. They also talked about Damian, and how Haley needed to face her fear.

"Alright, I need you to tell your parents about Damian by next session. And Haley" she looked at the young girl on the white couch, "this thing with Nathan is not helping. You need to break it off, or it will get worse."

Haley let a few tears run down her cheeks. Her doctor was right, but she still didn't want to let go. He was the only person who was there for her, and the only person she had been able to trust after her attack.

Flashback interrupted-

"Hales. Haley. Haley…. Are you there?" Lucas asked. The girl sitting in the middle seat in the back was completely zoned out.

"Haley!" Jake yelled.

She let out a loud scream and jumped. "What!" she yelled swatting Jake's arm.

Lucas laughed at the way they acted, and looked back to his friend. "Have you talked to Brooke?"

"What happened, Luke?"

Lucas didn't want to talk about. He hadn't talked about it since it happened. All they knew was that Brooke and he broke up. He said something about taking a break, and maybe if they were meant to be, then they would eventually be together.

"Have you talked to Nathan?" Lucas asked. He knew she hated to talk about it, just as much as he hated to talk about his relationship with Brooke. It was the perfect way to get her to stop.

"Nice" Jake said to his friend and fist bumped.

"Have you talked to Peyton?" Haley asked, rudely.

Suddenly the car got very quiet, and no one knew what to say. Jake and Peyton barely said hi to each other all year long, so for Haley to throw the question was low. Let's just say it wasn't her best moment.

Lucas looked at her and smiled, turning to Jake he began to talk. "She's going to NYU."

"Really?" Haley asked, "I thought she was going to Duke."

Lucas shook his head, "she took the scholarship." He turned to look at Jake, who was driving. "She still loves you, man. She said she's sorry, and if she could take it all back she would, but it's done."

"Yeah, it's done" Jake repeated.

"She picked New York for you. She doesn't want to hurt you, so she went away to forget you."

Haley felt horrible for Lucas. He was truly sad that his sister would be far. Since they were little they all talked about going to school together, and because of one summer Peyton was out.

Nathan is broken from his train of thoughts when he feels his phone vibrate. He pulls out and sees the picture of his sister, her smile big and her cute dimples on her cheeks. He smiles and waits for her to speak, and laughs that neither one of them actually talks.

"Brooke"

"Hey!" she exclaims, "are you here?"

Nathan nods his head and looks at his bags on the bed. He probably should get to unpacking, but that's the last thing he wants to do after his little flashback. "Yeah. Why?"

"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out to lunch. I'm starving"

He laughed, "Yeah, I'll pick you up."

"You have the key, right?"

"Yes" he said, "I'll be there in a minute, please be ready to go."

Brooke laughed, "ha ha" she deadpanned, "shut up and get here."

"I love you, too" he said, then he hung up the call and grabbed his wallet.

He was excited to see his sister. It had been the first summer they spent apart. Every year they went to the camp together, but this year she didn't go and he was sent to a basketball training camp. Nathan didn't hate the fact that he had to go to basketball camp, he hated that Dan pushed him to do so. He loved basketball, but when Dan got involved Nathan felt like it was a tool Dan used to control him.

The whole way to her dorm he thought about the way his life had turned out. He never expected to be here, to be there alone. After the summer he had before he expected to have her there, to have her along his side no matter what happened.

Brooke talked to him about her summer the whole way to the restaurant. She told him about her going to places with her friends, and all the clothes she got on her trips to the mall. She also told him about the house, and how they no longer had it. Her parents bought a smaller house, since both their kids would be moving out.

"Oh, and all your things are in a storage" she said.

"Seriously?"

Brooke nodded, "except the trophies. Dad made sure they had a place in his office."

"Wait" he said, looking at her while parked. "He has an office, but can't give us a room?"

"That's right."

"He's an ass."

"That's right" she said once more.

They walked in the small restaurant laughing, it was amusing knowing that their father was a complete ass. They had grown up with it, and as kids it sucked, but over the years they got over it, and now they just laughed.

The hostess sat them and handed them menus, soon the waitress came and asked if they were ready. She took the drink orders and soon returned. Brooke and Nathan were ready to order and did so, all they had left was to wait for their food.

Raising her glass Brooke made a toast, "to a good year."

"To a good year" he repeated, and they clinked their glasses.

Soon enough their food was brought and they started to eat. It wasn't anything fancy, just hamburger and fries. They were both big fans of burgers. It's something that happens when you don't get many home cooked meals.

Nathan put his burger down and smiled at his sister. "Have you talked to her?"

"You mean Haley?"

He nodded.

"Have you talked to him?" she asked, the same way. If he could ask about Haley, than she could ask about Lucas.

"Okay" he said, "I get it. But-"

"Nate, it's over. Haley had a hard time with it, just like you did. You have the proof."

He nodded, "How about we don't talk about them. I mean, to each other. You don't ask about Luke, and I won't ask about Haley."

"Deal" she said, and popped a fry in her mouth.

They continued to eat and smile at each other. Deep down they both wanted to know about the other's ex, but a deal is a deal. Besides, they had a whole New Year and new people to meet. Maybe by the end of their first year they wouldn't even think about Haley and Lucas.

She was almost done. There were only a few things left for her to be completely done. She pulled a box from the small box and set it on her desk. The next thing was a picture. She remembered the day it was taken. It was sunny outside and they were just talking out by the pool behind her house. Her brother was smiling as was she.

Peyton hated that she would never get that back. Jake was holding her close with a smile on his face, and Haley was right between Jake and Lucas. Peyton hoped that they would some day get back to that, but she knew that after all she had done it would be impossible. She had done horrible things, and Jake would never forgive her. Lucas was her brother, so of course he was there for her every step of the way, but he still reminded her of the stupidity she had done. Then there was Haley. She would talk to Peyton, but it was not like before. Peyton knew she screw up, but it was done.

She puts the picture on the table next to her bed and lets the tears slide down her face. She can't take it back. Now she's in New York alone, and may be alone forever. Resting her head on her pillow she crawls into a ball and just lets her emotions out, something that had a long time coming.

They had just arrived, and everything looked to be so big. It was all so different from high school, but it was part of growing up. The guys took her things to what would be her room, to help her. Haley was still a girl, and let's just say she learned to pack from Brooke.

"What did you bring?" Lucas asked, taking a box up to her room.

Haley walked right behind him with a smaller box, "They're important things."

"Like what?"

"Things" she said. "I just don't like to forget."

"We can see that" Jake said, walking in the room with another big box. "That's the last one" he told his sister.

"Thanks" Haley said, walking towards Lucas and hugging him, after a kiss on the cheek she moved on to her brother. She did the same thing she did to Lucas to Jake. "I'll see you guys soon."

"Don't forget to call" Jake warned, "I want to know everything you're up to, and I want to meet your roommate."

Haley nodded. Her brother had become extremely over protective after the whole Damian fiasco. He had actually toned it down last summer when she was with Nathan, but after he found out about the break up he was back to protecting her.

"Bye" Lucas said, pulling Jake. If he didn't make Jake leave the guy might just make a bed on the floor next to his sister to protect her.

She watched them both walk out and began to unpack, looking at all the things she had brought. She could see the other half of the room ready. The girl who would be sharing a room with her was very girly, most of her things were pink, something Haley hated. She shrugged it off and began to unpack her belongings.

After dropping Haley off at her new room both guys went to check in to theirs. Looking at the house they thought it was strange that they would be living in some sort of fraternity house, since neither of them ever signed up or even thought about it. They walked in and asked one of the guys in the house, who told them that it was a house for all basketball, and football players.

Realizing that it might not be a bad idea for them to live in a house with other basketball players, they both went to find which room was theirs. The house was really big. There was a total of three floors. The rooms all had a paper or two tapped to the door indicating who would be sleeping in that room.

As they walked they read every door they realized how big the house really was. The first floor had the kitchen, a living room, a massive dinning room, a game room, and a television room, which was basically a room with lots of couches and a big television. The second floor had rooms, lots and lots of doors. It was weirdly shaped, too. You went up the stairs and there was a semi long hall with five doors, three on your left and two on the far right, before the first door on the right there was another hall toward your right, if you went down the hall you saw two rooms on your left and three on your right. At the end of the hall there was a big brown door. The door lead to another stair case that went down, and one that went up.

"This house is confusing" Jake said, looking around amazed.

"But nice" Lucas added.

They continued to walk and reading the doors. The finally found theirs. It was the last one on the left side before the big brown door. Lucas looked at Jake and they both looked at the brown door. There was something about the door that made them both want to see what was behind it. As they opened it they heard someone yell to stop.

"What?" Lucas asked, worried.

"You're not supposed to go upstairs" the tall blond boy said.

"Why?" Jake asked. The fact that the boy was not letting him go see made him want to do it even more.

"That's the junior's and senior's floor. They really don't like it when we visit."

Both Lucas and Jake mumbled and okay and shrugged. Then they both moved on and walked towards the room that had their name. There were two papers taped, one for Jake, and one for Lucas. The boy smiled at them and told them which door was the bathroom, which was the one right across from them, and the other bathroom was at the end of the first hall.

The boys said thank you for telling them about the bathrooms and walked to their room. They had only one bag. Of course they had more in the car, but they had only brought one in, just in case it was the wrong place.

Inside the room it looked pretty normal. Three beds, three bed side tables, three desks, and one table with four chairs. They didn't really understand what the point of the table was, but it was nice to have it. Both guys threw their bags on one of the empty beds and wondered who the other person they would be with would be.

"Hopefully it's not a douche" Lucas said.

Jake laughed at his friend, "I'm sure he is, after all, he plays basketball."

"What is that mean" Lucas faked to be hurt by the comment.

"Let's just get our things" he said, walking out the door.

Lucas followed him. They both needed their rest, it was late and they had been driving for hours.

Seen that she had all done, Haley shoved he bag in the closet. There were a few things left in the suit case, but she really wasn't in the mood to get them today. She couldn't believe she was actually done, and she had done it all by herself.

She pulled out her phone from her pocket to call her brother, but when she unlocked it the picture file was open. The first picture to pop up was one of her and Nathan. The picture was taken the last day of camp, the day they would be going home. You could see the sadness in both their eyes, but you could also see that they cared for each other. The way he held her close and Haley snuggled to him, just looking at it you knew they were in love.

Haley couldn't believe that it had been over a year since the picture had been taken. She missed him, and she really didn't want things to be over, she had tried to tell him that. Every day she would call him, email, text, write on his facebook, even wrote letters, but he never answered any of them. She was aware that he was hurting, she was, too. But she just hoped that Nathan would at least text her to say he was okay, or even just a smiley face, or a frowny one, anything would be better than not knowing how he felt. She wrote letters to him every day since December, finally giving up before she came. The last one was sent over a week ago.

She was broken from her thoughts when she hears the door opening, revealing a short blond, blue eyed girl. She was really pretty.

"Hey" the girl said, peppy.

Haley smiled back, "hey."

"I'm Julie"

"Haley."

"Nice to meet you, Haley. Where are you from?"

"North Carolina" Haley says, taking a seat on her bed.

The girl laughs softly, "what part?"

"Oh" Haley said, realizing it would probably be obvious where she was from. "Tree Hill."

"Small town girl" Julie said. "I'm from Charlotte. I wish I was from a small town, people are really close, aren't they?"

Haley nodded, "Yeah."

Julie wanted to be friends with Haley, but the girl didn't say much. She was very private and only answered what was asked, never giving Julie more than she would ask for. "I see you're all unpacked."

"Not quite" Haley told her, "I just didn't want to look at the other things."

"Picture of a boyfriend?" she asked, walking over to a box she had on the floor. Julie picked it up and set it on her bed, and began to dig through it.

"Ex" Haley said.

"I know what that's like. I liked this guy for over two years, then last year he came back to school saying he had a girlfriend, but it was long distance. Which let me tell you is pretty lame of an excuse. Anyways, he finally agreed to go on a date with me in like January. We became friends, but I wanted more. When I asked him what was holding him back, he said he loved someone else. He loved a girl he met over the summer, and he wasn't sure he would be able to move on."

"Did he?" Haley asked.

The girl shook her head, "the only thing he ever gave me was a kiss. On the cheek" she added. "But I won't give up."

"Good for you."

"I know" Julie said, pulling a picture from her box and pins it on the wall. "I just wish he would forget the girl."

Haley's eyes were about to pop out of her head. She couldn't believe it. Was it possible that the world was really that small? The picture was of Julie and a boy. A very tall and handsome boy, a boy Haley had gotten to know over the summer, the same boy she had a picture with on her phone. Yes, it was none other than Nathan Scott himself.

"Are you okay?" Julie asked.

Right as Haley began to nod to answer her phone started ringing. She pulled it out again and was grateful for Brooke's bad timing. She answered the call and Brooke began to talk extremely excited on the other side.

"Calm down" Haley said. "Yeah… Umm" she looked around, "it's 203…. I'll be waiting" with that she hung up and turned to Julie.

Haley didn't know what to say to the girl. Not only was Nathan on the picture, but Haley was the reason Julie was never able to get what she wanted from Nathan. And the way the girl told her about Nathan still being in love with her didn't help.

Nathan walked to his room. It was almost dinner time, and he still hadn't unpacked. He didn't have his mom pushing him to do so, but he just felt that he needed to do it. He walked down the halls of the weirdly shaped house and walked in his room. He was shocked to see that the other two beds were taken, but even more shocked at who had taken them.

"Nate?"

"Lucas?" Nathan asked, "and Jake?" it was all very confusing. He didn't even know they would be attending the school. He had seen the names on the door, but it was their last names he never expected to be them.

"Dude, I can't believe this" Lucas said, walking up to him and greeting him.

"I know" Nathan said, "weird."

"This is going to be awesome" Jake jumped in, also greeting Nathan. "Dude, not only do we get to be roommates, we get to be teammates."

"I didn't know you guys were coming here" Nathan admitted.

"Now you do" Lucas said. He still couldn't believe that it was Nathan. He would be the other guy in their room.

Nathan looked at both boys and remembered the summer. If Jake was there, than Haley must be there, too, Jake would never leave her. Was there a chance that he would see her, that they could somehow find the love they had lost.

"Is… Umm…. Is she here?"

Both Lucas and Jake shared a look, then they Lucas said that they should go eat something. Neither guy wanted to talk about Haley with Nathan. They had been there with her and for her when the break up had taken place, and even though Haley had to do it, it killed her.

"Let's go eat" Lucas said.

"yeah" Jake agreed, "I'm starving."

Nathan looked at them strangely but agreed. It was obvious that the guys didn't want to talk to him about her, which led him to believe that maybe she wasn't at Duke after all.

Brooke knocked on the door and jumped on Haley once the door was opened. She didn't even see the blond girl who had opened it. It had been too long since she had seen Haley. Even though they only became friends over the summer, during the year the still kept in contact, and now were best friends.

"I can't believe you're here" Brooke yelled.

Haley pulled away from the hug and smiled, "I know, this is so cool."

"Brooke?"

"Julie?" Brooke asked.

"You two know each other?" Haley asked, but she knew the answer to that.

"How is Nathan" Julie asked, she hadn't seen him over the summer. Nathan might not like her, but she still considered him a friend.

Brooke nodded and turned to Haley, "he misses you" she said.

"Brooke" Haley said, "don't-"

"I know. I won't talk about him and you won't talk about… you know who."

Both girls nodded and hugged again. They would be able to spend the whole year together, and this time in person, not over media types.

Julie just looked at them, it was weird to see the girls be so close and different. And also to see that they shared a conversation without even using names. She needed to find out who they were talking about.

A/N- Okay. So I know I said I would do a sequel to this story, so here it is. I will try to update fast, but there are no promises, the fastest would be once a week, probably Sundays. I really hope you guys like it and don't forget to check out my other stories. I'm trying to have one new story and one sequel running at the time, that way I can work on others and have chapters done when I decided to upload them.

Don't forget to tell me what you think.