A/N: So this is it. My very first fan fiction in ENGLISH, I'm so nervous, cause I don't know how much I made mistakes while writing, but I hope that you can somehow figure out what I mean. So I would like to have some reviews, so I know what I need to be watching while writing the upcoming chapters. But here is this. BTW this story's title I got from Kate Voegeles amaizing song Wish You Were, you should listen that one.

Summary: Haley transfers from Stanford to Duke and there she meets again her best friend Lucas. She meets also Nathan, who Lucas has accepted as his brother. But Haley's not as willing to forgive him, for making her best friend's life living hell for several years, and Nathan's attitude isn't really helping the situation. Pairing: Naley, Brucas, Jeyton

Prologue

Haley James was humming quietly at the tutor centre while she was packing her schoolbag. The lyrics of Elsewhere went blank in her head. Her latest tutoring session went horribly; the guy she was tutoring was typical jock who thought he was centre of the whole world. That particular jock was also one of the stupidest tutees Haley had ever had. And the fact that every other minute he was making lame as comment about Haley's relationship with Lucas; apparently in the holy world of jocks, girl and boy can't be only friends. Haley was trying to ignore those comments for an hour, and try to beat some sense in his head. Haley was getting so lost in her own thoughts that she accidentally dropped the books she was holding.

"Oh shoot", Haley muttered under her breath and picked up the books. When she got up from the floor and under the table she was facing the person she least expected to appear in the tutor centre: Nathan Scott. Haley stared at him for a couple of seconds before she came to her senses and decided not to look like an idiot.

"Can I help you?" Haley and put a strand of her hair behind her ear. Nathan chuckled a little. This was going to be easy.

"Well I hope so", Nathan said, but still Haley looked confused and started to put some papers in to the shelf where they belonged, "you're my tutor", Nathan cleared and now it was Haley's time to chuckle: "Yeah Right", she tried to get past Nathan, but he was shutting the doorway, "you're kind of on my way", Haley said but Nathan didn't listen. Or not.

"Look I really need your help", Nathan said and looked deep in to Haley's brown eyes trying to get some kind of a connection, but Haley just rolled her eyes, "What? Don't you believe me?"

"Ooh… it's not that. I know you need help", Haley sighed and continued, "I just can't believe that you would come to me for help" Haley tried to occupy herself by continuing the paper works she had already finished.

"Why not?" Nathan asked playing dump, but Haley was getting way too frustrated to care. This guy cannot be serious.

"Well for starters I'm best friends with Lucas"

"Then I guess that you need some help too", Nathan said and flashed his so famous trademark Scott smirk, while he was still making sure that Haley wasn't getting thru the door. Damn that girl is tiny Nathan thought while Haley was telling him other reasons why she couldn't tutor him.

"Do I need to go on?" Haley asked getting little red already. She gathered her things that she had apparently dropped while she was talking. She looked Nathan expectantly.

"You were saying?" Nathan smirked again and Haley brushed past him. Haley muttered something about self centred jocks under her breath while she was making her way to her locker. God I hate Nathan Scott.

"But mom…" Haley cried out. This couldn't be happening. She was not going to do this. But somehow she knew that she didn't have any other choice. Haley paced around her room kicking some of her things that had lost their way on the floor. Haley listen her mother only with half ear. She had already heard everything that she needed to. So many thoughts and emotions were running on her mind right now. God how could they. Haley heard her mom apologize about a 100th time but she was having other thoughts in her mind; Haley noticed an old basketball at the corner of her room. She remembered vaguely how she got that ball from the guys on her 11th birthday. It was kind of ironic that they gave her a basketball considering that she had almost flunked PE, because she wasn't really a sport person. Lucas, Mouth, Skills, Junk and Fergie her best friends were always trying to get her play but when they realized that Haley had no skills in any kind of sports they decided to give it up.

"…and money for gas. So are you sure you remember everything?" Haley's mom asked from her youngest daughter, who was now sitting on her bed just staring blindly her teddy bear Mr. Waffles. "Haley-Bob?"

Haley dried one tear from corner of her eye before she answered.

"Yeah mom… I'm still here, OK well… I'll call you, bye", Haley said and put the phone next to her on the bed. She just sat there for 5 minutes before she went to her closet and took some of her clothes and placed them on her bed, next she took dark blue suitcase under her bed and with a quick sob she started to pack her clothes. Everything was going to change.

"Pass the ball!"

"Luke up here."

"Come on… that was a foul!"

"In which universe?"

"Jeez I don't know, maybe in the one where I kick your ass?"

"Yeah right"

"Come on guys let's just play"

The boys were so wrapped around their game and argument that they didn't hear or see when Haley parked her full loaded car near the River court where they were playing. Since nobody had seen her yet Haley decided to look around; she just wanted to remember everything the way it was. Sun was setting and painting the sky different shade of orange. Haley made her way tot the table where Mouth sat and watched other boys play basketball.

"Hi Mouth", Haley said quietly. Mouths face lit up when he heard the familiar voice, but his face fell when he saw the sad expression on Haley's face. Haley sat right next to Mouth who was now looking her eyes filled with concern.

"Haley", Mouth started carefully, "are you alright?"

"No, I'm not"

"Haley?" Lucas's voice broke the silence between Haley and Mouth.

"Luke, I really need to talk to you… alone", Haley said when Lucas was close enough to hear her voice that was only little louder than whisper. Now also Lucas looked concerned. He had never seen Haley like this. He turned to look Junk, Fergie and Skills, who all nodded understandingly.

"OK", Lucas said and followed Haley closer to her car.

"Haley what's going on?" Lucas asked pointing at her full loaded car. Haley couldn't look at his eyes.

"I'm leaving", she said simply.

"Where? How long? To see Quinn? Vivian? Did you finally locate Taylor?" Lucas asked all in one breathe. Haley gave him a little smile.

"California, permanently", Haley answered quietly and finally looked Lucas in the eye. Her own were shimmering with tears. Lucas looked confused.

"What? Why?"

"Mom called me today and said that they had finally found a great place where they wanted to stay, apparently they got tired of travelling around and decided that it was time to move away from here and now we are moving next to my aunt Cindy", Haley said and tears started to fall from her eyes. Lucas was lost with words, and instead of saying anything he hugged Haley and she started to sob on his chest. Lucas couldn't understand. Haley's parents were never home, because they knew that Haley could take care of herself. Instead of being home they had bought an RV and now they were driving across the country. Of course they had asked Haley if she was ok with them gone most of the time. Haley just wanted her parents to be happy and she said she was ok with it, she really was ok with it sometimes she just missed them.

"But you don't have go, you can stay with me and my mom, I'm sure she wouldn't mind"

"It's no use Luke, they really want me with them", Haley sniffed on Lucas's sweaty t-shirt.

"But…"

"Please Luke", Haley pleaded.

"What about school?"

"You do know that Tree Hill High isn't the only High School in America?" Haley answered with an amused tone and matching smile was also creeping on her lips.

"Haha… aren't you a comedian", Lucas fake laughed but then get serious again. "But honestly Hales"

"Well my parents have informed here about the situation and made arrangements in San Francisco and now it's all set", Haley answered getting serious again. Lucas nodded and now looked sad along with Haley who wasn't crying anymore. "I really should get going, I've got a long road trip ahead."

"Wait! You're going to drive there?" Lucas asked surprised, "but it's gonna take like forever to get there and you are driving alone"

"Yep, mom said that I could come by plane, but I just want a little time to be by myself and think things thru before I get to the madness", Haley said little happier tone, but in her eyes you could still see that she was sad.

"OK I let you go in one condition; you're calling me everyday, got it? Every single day and I don't care if you are sick or something, because I need to know that my best friend is ok", Lucas said and Haley's face lit up. "Deal?"

"Deal", Haley said and hugged Lucas just one more time before she got back in to her car.

"What about the guys? Aren't you gonna say good bye to them?"

"I can't Luke, I don't wanna cry anymore, so please would you just tell them that I'm gonna miss them and call them as soon as I'm in California?", Haley said with a pleading tone and sat in her car.

"Of course", Lucas said understandingly and gave Haley one more quick hug thru her car's window.

"Bye Luke"

A/N: So?