Smiling to herself, Haley James, sat back to enjoy the sun. Closing her eyes Haley thought about her life. She had a pretty good one. She and her twin brother, Lucas, both attended Tree Hill High and they were like the king and queen of the school. She was head cheerleader and had a ton of friends. However, she was only close with Peyton Sawyer and Brooke Davis. She had known the girls since kindergarten and they were the only ones who knew the real Haley James. Sure to everybody at school she was confident, beautiful, and smart. However, Peyton and Brooke both knew that she was full of insecurities just like everybody else.
Her brother was a star basketball player on the varsity team along with his friends since childhood Jake Jagawlski, Tim Smith, and her arch nemesis Nathan Scott. She didn't know what it was about him but every since grade school she and Nathan argued over everything. Sighing she settled further back in the lounge chair and promptly fell asleep.
Something cold was dripping on her stomach. Waking up out of a blissful dream Haley looked up in to the face of the devil himself, Nathan Scott. Jumping out of the chair Haley screamed, "What the hell are you doing." Laughing Nathan took a step back licking his ice cream cone. "I was just making sure you were still alive. Now that I see you are I'll be going," Nathan turned around and started walking back towards the house.
Looking down at herself Haley saw that he had dripped chocolate ice cream all over her. Seeing red she took off after him flinging herself at his back knocking them both into the pool. He came up sputtering his ice cream cone floating next to him. "I can't believe you just did that," he yelled at her as she started swimming for the ladder. Looking over her shoulder she replied, "You looked hot; I wanted to cool you off. Now that I see you're cooled off I'll be going."
Haley was an excellent swimmer but she was no match for Nathan who was a good head taller than she and a lot stronger. Catching up to her, she felt his hand on her head as he pushed her under. Flailing widely Haley tried connecting with his soft spot however he deflected her blows. Giving up she went limp and floated to the top when Nathan let her go. "Haley?" Nathan poked her. "Hales?" Turning her over he didn't hear her breathing. "Haley? Come on if you're faking knock it off you're starting to scare me," tucking her under his arm he hauled them both out of the water. Laying her next to the pool he realized she wasn't breathing. "Damn it. Lucas is going to kill me for drowning you." Moving over her he went to give her mouth to mouth. As his mouth touched hers she opened her eyes and scored one into his soft spot.
Groaning Nathan flopped onto the ground. "Ow, you bitch. That hurt," he screamed. Sitting up she responded, "Well next time don't try drowning me."
"What are you two fighting about now?" Lucas James asked as he and Brooke came out to the pool.
Sitting up Nathan responded, "Your evil sister just knocked me in my knads." Rolling her eyes she looked up at Luke, "He deserved it, he tried drowning me."
Stopping in front of the two Lucas put his hands on his hips, "And why did you try to drown her?" he asked. "She knocked me into the pool." "Yeah, but he dripped ice cream on me first," Haley whined like a five-year old. Exasperated Lucas threw his hands up in the air," I'm so tired of playing referee with you two. "Taking his shirt off Lucas dove into the pool and started swimming laps.
Standing up Haley looked down at Nathan, "next time you see me just don't bother coming near me. This game we play is getting rather old and I'm getting rather tired of it," and with that Haley turned and stalked into the house.
Standing also Nathan muttered, "I kind of like our game." Turning towards Lucas he yelled, "Yo, I'm going to get going I'll see you later for the party." Turning around to Brooke, Nathan waved and said, "In case he didn't hear me can you tell him I'll see you later." Giving a little wave Brooke nodded her head, going back to her sunbathing.
Walking through the house he came across Haley standing in the kitchen, with her back towards him. "Hey, Hales I'll see you later for the party." Jumping Haley whipped around dropping the letter she was reading. Noticing the tear stains Nathan stepped closer, "Haley what's wrong." Backing away from him Haley stuttered, "Oh, uh, nothing. Nothing's wrong. Um..yeah I'll see you later," turning she fled for the stairs and the sanctuary of her room.
Confused Nathan picked up the letter Haley had been reading and began to read.