Okay, so last week I was in a hotel room with my four best friends and its my birthday.. And everyone's asleep so I of course start thinking, and I come up with a better idea for this OTH story, because well, I want to make the Bevin and Nathan story better. So I'm doing this from the beginning and deleting the old one. It'll go from when they first became friends, first kisses, everything else I missed when we skipped ahead four years. This is basically my take on season 5. They will still have a kid, I just think this is a better idea. And I'm in a very Christmasy mood, so it will start on Christmas Eve, 2007, basically 6 months after the gang left. Enjoy and review. Hope you're not too mad at me for completely changing this.

My Escape

Chapter One- Merry Christmas

Bevin Mirskey walked down the cool streets of Tree Hill as excited as she could possibly be. In exactly 30 minutes it would be Christmas, and she was going to spend the holiday with the love of her life, who she had barely got to see at all in the past 6 months. They had a weekend a month, but that wasn't much considering they were use to seeing each other everyday.

Arriving at the Rivercourt brought a smile to her face. It was kind of bittersweet, the last place her group of friends had said goodbye. She could still see the spray painted names pretty clearly, thought they were starting to fade. She could remember the night so well, it was the best, and hardest night of her life. Telling her friends she was going to Harvard. Her, the ditzy blonde cheerleader everyone was convinced would follow Skills to UNC and become a cheerleader, was going to law school, and Harvard of all places.

Sitting on the picnic table, thinking about all of the old times caused her mind to go back to last Christmas. Everything was so perfect. Brooke and Lucas were together, and so were Jake and Peyton, she remember them, and the rest of the group pushing tables together at Karen's after hours, and just sitting around drinking hot chocolate and eating random foods, just talking, exchanging gifts, until Karen kicked them out and told them to go spend the holiday with their families, but what she didn't realize was that back then, they were each others family. Who would have thought that one year would change things so drastically.

A loud ringing from her purse brought her back to reality, she answered it quickly as soon as she saw the name that was blinking.

"Hey baby!" she squealed, "tell me you'll be here soon, an I mean with in the next 25 minutes" she said very excitedly.

"I got some bad news.." she heard her boyfriend on the other line mumble.

"What is it.." she questioned growing a little scared.

"I'm not gonna make it home for Christmas" he finally told her, knowing what it would do to her.

"Why not? I thought you said you were already on the road this morning.." she asked clearly confused.

"I know.." he said in a nervous tone, "but the roads are kind of bad" he lied.

"Skills, its North Carolina at Christmas, you make it seem like it actually snows" she huffed pouting although he couldn't see her.

"I'd be there if I could baby, you know I would" he promised, which brought a smile to her face.

"I know.. I just miss you is all" she sighed pushing strands of her blonde hair behind her ear.

"I miss you too" he rushed out of his mouth, making it seem like he needed to go.

"But you'll be here New Years right? I heard everyone's gonna be back for this party at Tric, you can't miss it" she begged, after all, he had already promised.

"I don't know.." he sighed, "I gotta go baby" he quickly said, and Bevin could swear she heard music, but he wasn't quick to hang up.

"Antwon come onnnn! We're doing body shots, and you know its no fun without you" she heard a peppy voice giggle in the background.

Bevin's jaw nearly hit the ground as she heard this, she may have been a little bit on the ditzy side, but she wasn't stupid.

"Who the hell was that" she demanded quickly before he could make up an excuse.

"It was nobody baby.." he tried, but there was no denying this.

"Nobody?" she laughed, nearly choking on her tears, "well, tell nobody that she can fucking have you, Antwon ," she growled, "you ditched me on Christmas to hang out with those slutty cheerleaders! Christmas, when I could have been with my fucking family, but I said 'no daddy, I can't go to Paris with you and mom because I want to spend Christmas with my boyfriend' but you, you ditch me in a second for a piece of ass!" she screamed, unsure if he was still even there, "next time you have a bad game, have one of your bitches comfort you because I'm THROUGH!" she finished, throwing her phone viscously into the tree next to the table before letting the hot tears roll down her nearly frozen face.

Behind her a stunned looking Nathan Scott stood, unsure of what he should do. So he did nothing for a few minutes, watching her bury her face in her hands and cry. But he couldn't just watch her be miserable without at least trying to help her.

"Bevin?" he questioned, walking around to the front of the table to see her face, though she wouldn't show it to him.

Quickly she peaked through her fingers, reveling her teary hazel eyes. She looked at him for a second as if she was confused at why he was there, but then again, most people did come home for Christmas, so she swiftly wiped the tears away with her sweater before offering him her fakest smile.

"Hey" she smiled quietly, as if that didn't give away that something was very wrong. The typical Bevin would have already jumped on him, hugging him and prying into his personal life.

"You okay?" he asked curiously, though he knew the answer to it, and he also knew the answer she'd tell him.

She nodded slowly smiling another small smile, "I'm fine" she shrugged lying her ass off. But he wasn't buying it, he quickly got up and picked up the broken phone off the ground and sat it beside her.

"That doesn't seem fine to me.." he shrugged sitting next to her, watching her look up at him almost embarrassed before opening her mouth to say something.

"You heard huh?" she questioned tilting her head.

"Only the last part.." he promised watching her look to the ground.

"Yeah, we'll that's pretty much all you needed to know to get that its over huh?" she said with a forced laugh. Nathan nodded, feeling so sorry for a girl he barely even knew anymore, even though at one point, way back when, she had been one of his best friends.

"what happened?" he finally asked after moments of silence, watching her expression change from hurt to confused.

"Honestly?" she questioned watching him nod a bit, "life" she admitted, trying to smile.

He looked at her a little confused, "what do you mean?"

"Life happened. Do you remember 6 months ago, we were all standing here, Brooke said things would always be the same, nothing would change, we'd all still be friends?" she asked, going on when she saw him nod. "Those words were all just wishful thinking. Because the moment we stepped off this court, things were different" she explained, "just none of us wanted to admit it. We all wanted to go live our lives, and come back here and have everything be the same as when we left it.. But it'll never be like that. And I guess it takes something like this to make you realize that no can ever stay who they were in high school." she said with a sad smile, watching the almost shocked look come over his face.

"Wow.." he nodded, trying to take in all that she had said.

She laughed lightly shaking her head, "yeah I know, shocker, Bevin said something that actually made sense.." she said rolling her eyes.

"its not that.." he said trying to defend himself, but there was no defending this, he was completely shocked by how deep she actually was.

"Yeah sure.." she smirked, "but, enough about me, what are you doing here?" she questioned trying to change the subject.

"Well, its Christmas Bevin.. I'm here to see my family" he explained as if it were the dumbest question ever, all she could do was roll her eyes.

"Not in Tree Hill, dumbass" she laughed, "at the Rivercourt, its 5 minutes until Christmas" she told him, "why are you not with your family?" she asked, watching him shrug a little.

"Haley and I had a little fight" he admitted, normally he wouldn't but for some reason, he knew he could trust her, he always could.

"Sorry.." she mumbled not prying like she usually did, maybe she finally knew what it was like to not want to talk about every detail of your life. But then again, this time, he did want to tell her about it.

"Don't be, I think you've had a worse night than I have" he admitted.

"Well, just sitting here isn't going to fix your problem.." she smiled knowingly, "what happened?"

"life" he told her, watching her give him a curious look, "just like you said, we expected things not to change.. What happens after high school you know. But then we moved so I could go to college and play for Whitey and Luke.. Things just changed" he admitted.

"That doesn't really explain tonight's fight" she told him, now wanting to know exactly what had happened, maybe she hadn't changed too much.

"She doesn't want me to play college ball" he finally told her, "she thinks it'll be a waste.."

"but its your dream" she said knowingly.

"she might be right though, I mean, why play college ball if I'll never play pro?" he questioned, "I mean, we have a 7 month old.. We can't afford to chase childhood dreams"

He watched as Bevin shook her head, almost angrily, as she started to talk.

"She chased hers though" she told him in a stern voice, "I know, before you had a baby. But she risked everything she had to go on tour, and I know it's a sore spot, but if she can risk hurting you, and losing everyone who loves her, why can't she support you on something you've been dreaming about since you were 4?"

He thought about it for a few minutes, knowing that she was right. But everything with Haley was so confusing at the moment anyways.

"its different now though.. We're not in high school anymore" he said looking to the ground.

Bevin just rolled her eyes and starting talking again, "you know one of the one things I was sure of when we graduated?" she questioned.

"What.." he sighed, knowing it was going to be something to make him think, he needed to get use to this whole new smart Bevin.

"That you would be great" she said, "you were the one person, besides Brooke, who I knew for sure that when we came back for our high school reunion in 10 years, I knew would have these amazing stories to tell" she told him.

"Why me?" he questioned, "and to be fair, Brooke doesn't count because her career took off in high school" he added, which made her smile.

"Why you.. Lets see, because in kindergarten, there was a day when we had to dress up as what we wanted to be when we grew up" she told him, "you were a Lakers uniform" she said, "and I know, the team may have changed over the years, but your dream seemed like the most realistic, I mean, I dressed up as a Barbie" she laughed, but then stopped and gave him a look, warning him not to say anything about that.

"So you knew I'd be successful because of something I did in kindergarten?" he questioned, raising an eyebrow. She shook her head, once again rolling her eyes.

"Then in 5th grade, Mr Tolken asked us to write a story about our dream job, you wrote yours on the NBA. Then in 8th grade, you wrote a 2000 word essay on the worlds greatest basketball players"

"Actually, I bought that online" he told her, smirking, "how do you remember all of this?"

"I have a really good memory" she laughed, "I could tell you a lot of stuff I bet you don't remember"

"Like what?" he asked, very intrigued.

"like, in 3rd grade, you had a huge crush on me" she laughed, smirking at him.

"Hey, I remember that" he smiled, "but if I do recall, you're the one that kissed me on the playground trying to kiss me in preschool" he teased.

"what about spin the bottle at Brooke's 10th birthday party" she laughed, "you pretended to have a cold when the bottle landed on Haley, but then when I landed on you, you suggested 7 minutes in heaven" she now couldn't help but laugh.

"Wow, I forgot all about that.." he smiled, he remembered that Haley also threw her cake at him later that day too.

"Things sure have changed since then" she said still trying to stop laughing, "I mean, you're married with a baby to the girl you wouldn't kiss almost 9 years ago"

"Something's didn't change though" he said covering his eyes with his hands.

"Like what?" she questioned, looking at him funny.

"This" he smiled, showing her his flipped up eyelids, feeling her slap him in the chest.

"That's disgusting" she laughed.

"And that's what never changes, you still find me disgusting" he said smiling a goofy grin.

"another thing that hasn't changed, you still know how to cheer me up" she smiled, knowing that as soon as she got home, she'd be in tears again, but for now, it was nice to just be with an old friend.

"yeah, well, what can I say.. I'm a real charmer" he joked, "but really.. Skills is an idiot, I really thought he was better than that" he told her sincerely.

"Yeah, me too" she shrugged, "I guess nothings ever what it really seems huh" she frowned.

"I guess not" he agreed, and that was just an understatement.

She nodded looking down at her watch, "its almost 2, we should really go" she said, shocked at how late it already was.

"Yeah, I'll walk you" he offered standing up, she just smiled and followed him off of the court, walking with him through the streets of Tree Hill, it almost felt like it did when they were just kids. Finally reaching her empty mansion, she started walking towards the door, only to turn back to say one last thing.

"Hey Nate" she smiled, watching him look up from the sidewalk, "Merry Christmas" she said before turning to walk back inside.

"You too Bevie Bear" he said mumbled too quietly for her to hear the nickname he'd given her so many years ago. Watching her close the door, he walked back towards his moms, wondering why with her, he finally felt like himself again.

NEXT: Haley is upset when Nathan refuses to give up basketball. Bevin joins the Scott's for Christmas, causing awkwardness all around the table!

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