Summary: Nathan Scott has the perfect life, he lives in New York City with his brother and best friend and is attending NYU. One night he has a dream about a girl he's never met before and he is determined to find her. When he does he has to convince her that they could be something real.

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House: Candy canes? Are you mocking me?

Chapter 1: Adonis and Aphrodite

Nathan Scott stood in the middle of yet another party. He didn't know half of the people there but, hell, he didn't care. This was what his life was like, an endless supply of parties and girls. He, his brother Lucas and his best friend Jake ruled the campus, everyone knew who they were. They were practically NYU royalty.

Nathan filled up his red plastic cup from the keg in the kitchen and went back out to where Lucas was talking to some girls. "Hey Nate," Lucas yelled, "come here!" Nathan made his way over to where his brother was standing, "Nate, I want you to meet some people."

Nathan looked at the girls standing in front of him. Tonight just got a lot more interesting, he thought. He flashed the infamous Scott smirk and the girls practically swooned.

People didn't refer to Nathan Scott as Adonis for no reason. He had looks to kill and he knew that, he used it to his advantage all the time. He had dark raven hair which in the sun looked like a dark brown. He had the most amazing blue eyes you would ever see and the perfect body. He could get anyone he wanted, anytime he wanted.

"I'm Nathan Scott," he said to the girls and they all smiled back, "but you probably already knew that."

Of course they did, what was the point in pretending they didn't. "I'm Rachel," the red head girl said back. She'll do for tonight, I hope she's not the clingy type.

The rest of the night was spent drinking and playing hard to get with the Rachel girl. He knew her type. She was the kind that would sleep with anyone to prove she could get anyone. He knew it would be a blow to her ego when he dumped her in the morning. Not that he cared. He never cared.

Nathan sat on the couch in the living room when Rachel walked over to him. "There you are," she said in her high pitched voice. Nathan inwardly cringed at the sound. "Here I am," he said back.

"I was looking for you."

"You found me."

"So," she said sitting down extra close to him, "I was thinking, maybe you'd want to leave early and, go back to my room, my roommates not gonna be there."

He smirked back at her, "I say, that's a smart idea," he stood up with her behind him and they walked to her dorm.

The second they got to her room she was all over him. He was used to it. It was almost like a game to him. A game of make believe.

Make believe that he was really happy with this life. He had gotten really good at pretending this was what he liked. He slept with random girls all the time and broke their hearts, he pretended like he wanted the life of a player. At first he did, but eventually it got old.

Every night was the same for him, like all of the girls were faceless, he never really knew anyone.

Sometimes he wondered if he would meet that girl that was going to turn his world around. That one girl that would be his kick in the ass to start something real.

Rachel was pulling him towards her and kissing him. He kissed her back but felt nothing. He knew in the morning he would forget all about her.

After sleeping with her he laid in her bed with her next to him. She was sleeping so he knew this would be the perfect time for him to leave. He got dressed and slipped his shoes back on.

He didn't bother with a note with some lame excuse, what was he going to say? 'Yeah, I'm an ass and was only using you. Sorry.' Normally he would leave a note saying this was fun, lets do it again which really meant, 'you weren't that great, don't expect a call from me.'

Nathan made his way back to his room and through his door. He collapsed on the bed and looked over at the clock near his bed. 3:23. Seamed about right. He knew he had classes tomorrow but, he didn't care.

Tomorrow would be spent in his room sleeping off his hang over.

Soon Nathan fell into a deep sleep.

Nathan stood at the three point line bouncing the ball in his hands. He twirled it in his hands before shooting it towards the basket. He closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the ball going through the hoop. He opened his eyes with a smirk as he saw the girl standing before him. She caught the ball as it bounced near her.

She passed the ball over to him and he said, "what's your name?"

"What's yours?"

"You don't already know?"

"Should I?"

"Most people do."

"You seem pretty confident with yourself." She walked closer to him and he began to get more nervous in her presence. That never happened to him.

She was beautiful, and Nathan Scott never called a girl beautiful, but she was. She had blonde hair with layers in it. But it wasn't the typical fake blonde he saw most of the time. She had honey blonde hair and brown eyes.

She wasn't tall, maybe 5'4 or 5'5. He liked being able to tower over her as she stood before him. "I see why they call you Adonis."

"Does that make you Aphrodite?"

"You know about Aphrodite."

"She was the goddess of Love and Beauty. You've got the beauty part down." He noticed as she blushed at his words and he wanted to be the only one to have that affect on her.

She smiled and took the ball from his hands. "So, I guess you're pretty good at this basketball thing."

"Pretty good? I'm the best."

"You really do have an ego."

"Yeah I kinda do don't I?" She smirked at him and tossed the ball back in his direction. He caught it in his hands and looked back at her. She smiled and gestured to the hoop, "let's see what you're made of Scott."

"So you do know who I am."

"I never said I didn't."

"You still haven't told me your name."

"Maybe you have to earn it."

He smiled and shot the ball towards the hoop again and it went through. "What does that earn me?" he asked as he went to get the ball. "Nothing yet, that could've been a lucky shot."

He shot it again and it went through. He looked back at her and she shook her head, "nope."

He shook his head and grabbed the ball from her hands. "What's it gonna take?"

"I don't know, it depends on whether or not I think you're really worth it."

"So I can't just tell you I am?"

"No, because of course you'd say that."

"And why is that?"

"Cause you want to know my name that badly."

"Now you're pretty sure of yourself."

"No."

"No?"

"No, you've been trying to impress me with you're skills at the game. So I know you want to know my name. But I'm not telling."

"Why?"

"It's like a game for me, you struggling to get what you want, it's kinda fun to watch."

He walked closer to her and dropped the ball by their feet. "For every shot I make you give me a letter in your name."

"Alright, you wanna play with me? Game on Scott."

He smirked as he picked up the ball again. She walked up to the top of the bleachers and watched him. She watched him shoot the ball and watched as it bounced off the rim and back to him. She shook her head and laughed, "nice miss."

He shook his head and grabbed the ball again. He twirled the ball in his hands and shot it at the hoop and again, it missed. He didn't know what was wrong with him, normally this would be a simple shot to make. She was making him nervous and knowing he was trying for the chance to know who she was, was putting more weight on his shoulders.

He shot the ball again and again it missed. "Come on Nathan," she said and he felt a shiver go down his spine at the sound of his name from her lips, "I thought you wanted to know my name."

She walked back down the bleachers and back on to the court. She caught the ball as it bounced off the wall towards them. She walked over to where he was standing and dropped the ball.

She put her hands on his chest and leaned up towards his lips, his mouth was now centimeters away from hers. She pressed her lips to his and he let out a sigh against her mouth. She pulled away, "H," she said and kissed him again.

"What?"

"You wanted a letter from my name, even though you missed all three times, I'm giving them to you anyway. E."

He smirked as he captured her lips again. She pulled away, "keep in mind these aren't in order," she said.

"Do you enjoy torturing me?"

"It is kinda fun." She kissed him again and then pulled away, "A."

She smiled at him and was about to kiss him again when there was a loud buzzing sound from the score board.

Nathan's eyes shot open and his hand automatically went to his the off button on his alarm clock. He groaned and rolled over onto his stomach and put his face in his pillow.

The girl from his dream was still in his head and he could still see what she looked like. He wondered if she was real. Was there a possibility that she was an actual person? He wanted to be able to find whoever she was, he knew, somewhere inside him, he knew she was real.

He let out a frustrated sigh and said, "damn it," into his pillow.

"What?" Lucas asked tiredly from his bed.

"Nothing."

"Obviously it wasn't nothing. What's goin on?"

"I was just having a really good dream."

"I don't want to know."

"Not one of those kinds perv. There was just this girl and, it seemed so real."

"Speaking of girls, how was the red head?"

"It was, it was whatever."

"Not that great, huh?"

"I'm just not that into it. So did you find any girl last night."

"I did as a matter of fact. Her name is Brooke Davis, she's gorgeous. Wait until you see her."

"What she look like?"

"She's got dark brown hair, and dark eyes, she's got dimples."

"It's not her," Nathan mumbled to himself.

"What? What's not her."

"Nothing."

"You're being really weird, did somebody slip you something last night?"

"You're funny."

"I know, but seriously, what's up with you."

"Just thinking about the girl from my dream."

"Why it was a dream, she's probably not real."

"Yeah I know."

"Oh, we're goin out tonight, Chase wants to introduce us to his new girlfriend."

"Ok, whatever."

Nathan rolled back onto his stomach and rested his head on his pillow. The girl in his dream seemed so real, there was no way she wasn't. He needed to find her. He would drive himself crazy if he didn't.

There's the first chapter, let me know what you think so far! Thanks and please review!

Em