I Remember You
Authors Note: Hey guys. I'm having major writers block it's not even funny. Plus with what my brother did… ugh. Anyways, I'm reposting the story again. I edited some parts but it's still the same. Just the whole grammar/spelling stuff. Be cool and review!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything! Grrr… In my dreams, I own James Lafferty. He owns my heart. :D
Summary: Haley lives in California. Nathan lives in Tree Hill. When they were 13, Nathan went to California for summer vacation. He met Haley and fell in love. He promised her to come back. She waited for 3 summers but there was no Nathan. Then something happened that made her go to Tree Hill and when she got there she saw Nathan with her cousin, Rachel. Will Nathan remember Haley? Or will she just be his summer love once upon a time?
Chapter 1
Hi, my name is Haley James. I'm thirteen, well almost. I'm turning thirteen next month, July. My mom is Lydia James and my dad is Jimmy James. I can say that I'm an ordinary girl, but I'm really short. I stand 5'3½", pretty short right? I am the youngest of seven children, Quinn, Vivian, Jeremy, the twins Brian and Caleb, Taylor and then me. My brothers and sisters are away though, some are married, like Quinn, Jeremy and Vivian, some are in college or in school, like Brian and Caleb, and one is running away, like Taylor. But enough about them, this is about me. I have brown hair, it's not natural just in case you ask, I have a petite body and my all time favorites, I have boobs and a butt. Yayuh! At least they make up for my height.
She wrote on her diary on her first day of the summer. This is going to be fun she thought. After she closed her diary, as if on cue, her mom called her.
"Haley James! Get your cute butt down here!" she heard her mom calling from downstairs.
"I'll be there in a sec!" she yelled back, while going out of her room. Every year she and her parents would go to Tree Hill for vacation. But this year, was kind of different. This time there were people next door that were worth visiting. At least to her parents.
"Yes mom?" she said, breathless, stepping in the kitchen where her mom was getting everything ready.
"Haley it's about time. The neighbors are about to come here." Lydia said. Haley rolled her eyes and groaned.
"Why did we invite them anyway?"
"Because we are nice people, now go help me in setting up the table and cook lunch." she said pinching Haley's nose and going to the stove.
"Okay" she said and helped her mom fix everything. After almost an hour of cooking and banter between the family, the doorbell finally rang.
"Haley-bub will you get that?" Lydia said. She repeated it again when she didn't hear Haley answer.
"Fine mom!" she said, walking ever so slowly to the door, like she didn't want the people outside to come in. She looked back at her mom and saw the stern look she gave her. So, with her shoulders slumped, she opened the door revealing the most beautiful blue eyes she has ever seen.
"Hi, we're your neighbors!" said the woman behind the boy with blue eyes. Haley snapped out of her reverie and looked to the woman behind him.
"Hi, you guys must be the Scott's?" she asked, unsure if that was the name of this family.
"Yes, smart girl you got here Jimmy" said the older guy behind him, startling Haley. She didn't even notice that her dad was standing behind her, till he said so. Noticing that she hadn't even moved and inch, she started to do so and let the people in. She looked up and saw the blue eyed boy staring at her.
Gosh. What am I going to do?
It's summer.
He sighed, smiling. He loved summer. He looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a custom made jersey. SCOTT, it said at the back. That's right. He's Nathan Scott. Son the famous Dan Scott. Although he only turned thirteen this past September, he didn't look like it. He stood almost six feet tall already.
He may love summer but he did miss home whenever he was away.
He lived in Tree Hill with his parents Dan and Deb Scott. He loved playing basketball, a lot. He has ever since he held a ball. He missed his broody cousin, Lucas and even his cheery girlfriend Brooke. Also her musically gifted cousin Jake and his artist girlfriend Peyton.
But he didn't want to think about them while he was away. Him and his parents were about to go to their neighbor's house to have dinner with them. As far as he knew, they lived here in California and they had a daughter with them. I hope she's hot, he thought.
"Nathan, let's go. We don't want to keep the neighbors waiting!" he heard his Dad say on the other side of the door. Here we go. Another boring dinner, he thought. His Dad called him gain and he answered.
"I'm here, I'm here. Gosh, it's not like we're going to drive there, they just live next door." He said jokingly. Apparently, his dad didn't think so.
Thud
"Ouch dad!" Nathan exclaimed, rubbing the back of his head.
"That's for being rude. Now let's go." Dan said and they made their way next door.
When they got there, Dan nudged Nathan to ring the doorbell. He did and he saw the most beautiful girl he's ever seen in his entire life. He blinked twice to see if she was real and she was. She had the most gorgeous chocolate eyes, he couldn't look away. In the background, he could hear his parents talking but his attention wasn't on them. It was like everything vanished and he just saw her.
His Dad pat him on his shoulder and snapped him back to reality. The girl led them inside the house. He wanted to punch himself when he saw her look away. Crap. She noticed.
The two teenagers felt a connection the first time they saw each other. They didn't even notice the world. So the Scott's went inside the James' residence. They all sat down in the living room, and talked about everything. The dad's talked about business and basketball. The mom's talked about their kids and cooking. While the two teenagers were just quiet. Haley couldn't help the silence so she decided to speak up first.
"Hi, my name's Haley." She put out her hand for Nathan to shake.
"Nathan." he said trying to avoid any eye contact because he knows once he starts looking at her, he could never look away. He shook her hand and took it back right away.
Haley found it funny that he did that. Is he really that shy? She thought. She looked at him and he wouldn't even look at her.
"Don't be scared of me Nathan, I'm not going to bite." Haley said chuckling.
'Yeah Nathan, you're never shy around girls. Why should this one be any different?' he thought.
"I'm not scared; it just feels awkward, with our family here." He said.
She looked at her family and his. "Yeah. You're right. Do you want to go somewhere?"
Nathan looked at Haley and thought about it for a moment. Then he said, "Sure"
The two teenagers went to the beach, which was right across the street. Nathan still tried not to look at Haley. The way the wind was blowing her hair. And how the sun illuminates the soft contours of her face. Well, that just shows you how hard he's trying.
Haley on the other hand, would just look and then look away. She thought he still had the most beautiful blue eyes she'd ever seen. He was tall for his age, assuming they were the same age.
They walked on the sand and took in their surroundings. They decided to sit down on the sand and talk about each other.
"So. How long have you been living here?" Nathan asked. Haley looked at Nathan then turned her gaze to the ocean.
"My whole life. My siblings and I were all born and raised here." She said. Nathan noticed the peacefulness in her voice and in her face. She looked so pretty.
"Really, that's cool." he said. There was a moment of silence and then Haley asked Nathan a question.
"So where do you live?"
"I live in Tree Hill, North Carolina." Nathan proudly said.
"Wow, I have family there." she told him.
"Really. Cool." he said, finally looking at her. Wrong move. He couldn't seem to look away again.
"So, what else do we talk about?" she said when she realized that Nathan was blatantly staring at her.
"I don't know." he shrugged. "It's your turn since I was the one who started the conversation."
"What do you mean you started it?" she asked, wide eyed. "I started it, in my house remember?"
"That doesn't count; I was talking about here in the beach."
"Well, that's unfair." She said crossing her arms on her chest and pouting her lips. He saw her
do this and he chuckled. He thought she looked really cute.
"What are you laughing at?" Haley asked
"Nothing, you just look really cute when you're mad." He smirked. Haley felt herself blush at his words. 'He thought I was cute?'
"Ugh, please don't play with me" she said brushing the thought out of her head, and pushing him.
"No I wasn't. So, tell me about yourself." he said.
"Why?" ,
"Because I said so." he said smirking. "Just joking, I mean if we're going to be neighbors, we might as well know each other right?"
"Yeah, I guess." she said.
"So." Nathan asked, when Haley didn't speak.
"So what?"
"Tell me about yourself." he said, with eagerness.
"Oh. Well, I'm turning 14 this July."
"Cool, advanced happy birthday." he said, smiling.
"Thanks. What about you?" she said, blushing again.
"I turned 14 last September."
"Ok." she said. Then she noticed him staring at her. "Why are you staring at me?"
"I wasn't." he said, dismissively. "Anyway, you think we should go back?"
"Yeah, I don't want them to send the SEARCH AND REASCUE SQUAD to find us." She laughed and he laughed in return. They joked with each other till they reached home.
"So did you kids have fun?" Deb said. Nathan was taken off guard. Why do they want ot know so much? he thought. SO he lied.
"Not really. She was pissing me off." Nathan said, almost kicking himself when he said it.
"Ugh! I think that was you." she said not believing Nathan's sudden change of attitude.
"I think they're doing well. Don't you think?" Jimmy said to the others and they just nodded and laughed.
"Alright, food's ready!" Lydia said, so everyone gathered around the table for lunch.
Haley was mad at Nathan. 'Was that all a play? God, this guy's a jerk.' Nathan sensed she was mad at him. He's mad at himself too because he did that.
He mouthed 'sorry' to Haley but Haley wouldn't even look back at him. 'What a way to a girl's heart Nate!' he thought.
The dinner ended and everyone went home. Haley was still mad at Nathan though, because of what happened earlier. She went up to her room and heard a sound.
If I lay here,
If I just lay here,
Would you lie with me and,
Just forget the world.
She answered her phone and was shocked on who was on the other line.
"How did you get my number?" she asked.
"My parents magically had it. They gave it to me when we got home." he said. Haley groaned. Her parents, the matchmakers. If only they knew what Nathan did to her.
"Oh, well… delete this number because I don't want you calling here." She said then she hung up the phone.
A few seconds later her phone rang again.
"Didn't I tell you not to call me?" She hung up again. A few seconds later, the phone rang once more.
"What is your problem?" she yelled.
"Whoa, sorry Haley, someone's in a PMS mode." someone said on the other line whose voice is not like Nathan's.
"Oh, Rachel, sorry bout that. Why'd you call?" she said, realizing it was her cousin.
"Uh, nothing. Why were you like that?"
"Uh, nothing, just some crazy guy."
"Oooh, a guy? Haley has a boyfriend!" Rachel sing songed.
"Oh, please I'm too young. I'm not like you Rach-ho! Oh, wait, you don't have boyfriends, you have flings and one night stands!"
Rachel didn't mind the comment. It was true.
"Well at least guys like me!" she said, teasing Haley. Rachel and Haley are cousins. Rachel's Dad and Haley's mom are siblings. Rachel lives in Tree Hill. She is a slut and everyone hates her but she's nice to Haley. She doesn't know why, but she just is. She can never seem to get mad at her.
"Sorry. Anyway, why'd you call?"
"Well, I was going to talk to you about this guy but never mind. You have a bigger issue. Ha-ha." She said then hung up.
Her phone rang once more. This time she looked at her phone to see who was calling. She recognized the number.
Nathan called Haley once more. And this time when she answered, he didn't let her speak.
"Look, I'm sorry for what I did earlier. I'm just not used to being nice to people and I was nice to you." he said. "I'm really sorry."
"But that doesn't mean you could just go do that to everyone." she spat.
"I know, I know. I'm sorry. Friends?" he asked. Haley smiled a little. She could imagine him pout on the other line.
"Fine."
"Okay. Great. Thanks." he said. "Uhmm, are you doing anything tomorrow?"
Haley thought about it for a minute and said, "Nope."
"You want to go to the beach again?" Nathan asked, hoping he could make what he did right.
"Okay."
"I'll pick you up at like 1. Is that fine?"
"Sure."
"I'll see you tomorrow then. Bye Haley." Nathan said.
"You too. Bye." she said, smiling. Both kids, after hanging up, smiled and went to a very nice sleep.