Hey guys! This is my first story ever. Give me some feed back and I'll upload more! The main pairing is Nathan and Haley, one of my favorite couples. Future pairings to be decided. I don't own anything from One Tree Hill, sadly. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1:
In every second we see the world around us, it's changing. How can you see something so definite when the world around you stops? In moments leading to others there has always been something different about meeting the love of your life. The sounds, the world, what you see in the moment… All these things and it only takes one, one singular person to change how the future turns out, your future. And it all begins with that world stopping moment, when two eyes locked, there was no sound, nothing moved, and all they could see was each other.
13 hours earlier
"Would you hurry your ass up, I don't want to be late Tutor Girl!" Brooke whined from the bottom of the stairs.
Haley had heard nothing but whining and bitching ever since they had started loading the boxes into the van. She groaned as she lifted another one of Brooke's heavy suitcases, and marched down the stairs as fast she could. In normal circumstances it was usually her telling Brooke to hurry her ass up but she didn't mind, her excitement just seemed to get the best of her which probably explained why she was getting Brooke's things instead of the other way around. They were finally going to college, together, and nothing could possibly put her in a bad mood. She slowly set down the last suitcase and smiled at her best friend in the whole world, Lucas Scott, who was currently loading everything into his vehicle along with his stuff as well. They were all going to NYC, something that was a dream of theirs ever since they were in middle school, and as Haley stood their staring at her house, she thought about how they all got here.
Haley James, Lucas Scott, and Brooke Davis had known each other since Kindergarten, an accident in which, some little boy tripped Haley by accident, falling himself and colliding into another little girl that had just walked in to the room. Long story short they had been inseparable from each other since. Now just out of high school, Haley looked at Brooke and Lucas and giggled to herself, watching a heated exchange about Brooke's mass amount of stuff and the little car that they could put it all in. Brooke Davis was the popular girl in high school, always a favorite with the guys and an image for girls, captain of the cheerleading squad, class president, and a talent behind a sowing machine, but there was more to her, something only her close friends could see. As Lucas had always said, she was going to change the world someday, he just didn't know when. Lucas Scott was as Brooke called him Broody, he was a loner, yet was a star basketball player, his love for literature and good taste in music was something that had kept Haley and him close, same interests and understanding of the world. Haley James was the smartest person to come out of Tree Hill high school, she loved to sing (only her close friends knew that) and she loved the quieter homey feeling of life.
That was probably what made the three so great together, she was mellow, Brooke was a bundle of energy, and Lucas was in between. She shook her head as she watched Brooke's hand ball into a fist.
"Tigger, leave Luke alone, I'll just put the rest in my car, he does only have so much room." She said while walking up and putting her arm around her other best friend.
"It's just not fair, he barely has anything why can't I put the rest of my stuff in there, and it is only a few bags." She pouted at Luke as he rolled his eyes.
"I want to put some more stuff in my car Brooke, give Haley the rest, besides if you want me to unpack the rest when we get there then stop complaining." He glared, shaking his head at her.
"Fine! But only because I don't want to unpack this shit." She looked at them and grinned.
"Tigger, you are unbelievable."
"You know you both love me!" She skipped off towards the house.
"Why do we put up with her in the first place…?" Luke looked at Haley as she was shaking her head smiling.
"Because, without Brooke, our whole lives would be boring." She laughed at his deadpanned expression.
"Good point, help me get the last of these bags, will you?"
Finally finished with loading up their stuff, Haley, Brooke and Lucas looked around at their two houses side by side and their parents chatting getting ready to say goodbye. Haley smiled as she saw her mom and dad standing there acting goofy. Of course they would, she thought, Lydia James and Jimmy James were the goofiest people anyone would know.
"I'm going to miss you mom, I love you so much…." Haley hugged her mother tight, the woman who she trusted her secrets with, who would always be there for her, especially when she fought with her sisters Taylor and Quinn. She let go of her mother and knew how hard this would be to say goodbye to her family, she quickly ran into her dad's waiting arms smiling as a couple tears fell from her eyes.
"We will miss you baby girl, be good and remember no boys…"
"Daddy, I'll be fine, and I doubt that last request with Brooke around." She mumbled as Brooke stuck her tongue out at her hugging Lydia as she did so.
"Haley-bop don't forget to call us and tell us when you get there okay? Brooke you make sure she gets settled in the big city, you two are like my daughters and I worry." Lydia smiled putting her arms around Brooke and Haley. Brooke had moved in with the James' after her mother and father just abandoned her on her own when she was 16 years old, leaving for their own selfish reasons, it wasn't something they brought up a lot.
"Don't worry Momma J, we will, you can blame Lucas if we don't." Brooke grinned.
"Hey I heard that!" Luke looked over from a very emotional hug with his mother Karen Scott and his Uncle Keith/Dad, his mother remarried and Lucas agreed to sign over adoption papers making Keith his father. Nobody knew what happened to his real father, all he knew was that he remarried and had his wife pregnant 4 months later from separating from his mother after high school, his mom didn't talk about it. Of course Haley knew he didn't care, he often did question and wonder what his half-brother would be like but then would shrug it off smiling and saying he lucked out.
"He better or he will get his butt beat." Karen said looking at her son.
"Don't worry I'll take care of Thing 1 and Thing 2."
"Hey!" Both girls glared.
"Well, you guys better hit the road, long drive a head of you and you don't want to miss orientation." Keith said while looking at his watch as they said there final goodbyes.
"Bye everyone we love you!" All three of them shouted from their designated cars. Haley smiled while looking down the road, this was the beginning, to what she didn't know, but the beginning.
They soon arrived in the big city, finding the drive to get to the school hard with traffic but soon finding themselves in the freshman parking lot unloading into their new dorms. Haley had lucked out and requested Brooke to be her roommate and somehow managed to get them in the same room. Lucas was in the same building but had never met his roommate before now, he only knew that his name was Antwon Taylor and he lived close to where Lucas lived in Tree Hill. Haley looked around loving the feel of the city around her, it felt different, loud noises, busy streets, and new people. Haley and Brooke finally got everything unloaded and found themselves on the third floor of a six floor building, Lucas was on the fifth getting his stuff ready now and probably meeting his new roommate.
"AAHHHH!" They heard screaming going past their door, this was definitely going to be a new experience, Haley thought.
"So are you excited for orientation?" Brooke smiled. She was currently rearranging her closet.
"Oh you know, it should be fun, meet new people, and getting to see the campus better, so yeah." She fumbled with trying to make her bed.
"Not to mention the amount of hot guys here, this is New York City, there is a bundle of yummy men to pick from, no more goody goody this year Tutor Girl." Brooke grinned while opening another large bag full of clothes. Haley was about to respond but the dorm across the hall started blaring extremely loud music. Haley looked over and noticed a girl with wavy blonde hair sticking up band posters in the room.
"Hey!" She yelled over the music, the girl looked over and quickly jumped off the bed turning the music down.
"Hi, can I help you?" She had the same brooding face as Lucas did when he listened to music like that.
"I'm Haley James, I live across the hall good music by the way." She smiled sticking her hand out making the blond girl smile.
"I'm Peyton, Peyton Sawyer. It's nice to meet someone with good music taste finally, what's your major?"
"English Education, with a minor in Music. What about you?"
"Oh I am technically a Music major, but I want to own my own recording label someday." Haley smiled at her.
"That's pretty cool. What…" Before she could respond Brooke bounced in the room sticking her hand out grinning.
"Brooke Davis, soon to be fashion designer and Haley's roommate."
"Hi, Peyton. Nice to meet you." She laughed as Brooke bounced back over to Haley's side.
"You'll have to forgive her, she is nothing but energy." Haley shook her head.
"You two know each other before coming here?"
"Yep, I've known Hales my whole life. So it kind of worked asking to dorm together."
"Cool." Peyton smiled.
"Well, we should get back to unpacking don't be a stranger stop by and hang out whenever you want." Haley smiled as she and Brooke left the room to their own.
After finishing unpacking they finally got themselves around for orientation, they both agreed that they would check on Lucas later tonight and meet his roomie. Haley got separated from Brooke when she walked into orientation, being split into her major's department and putting on her name tag she took a deep breath. Soon she found Luke in her group and sighed relief though, luckily he was just as antisocial as her and they both talked about their floors.
"So how is the new roomie?"
"Skillz, as he prefers to be called is one awesome dude, he plays basketball too, and thank god I thought I was going to be stuck with some illiterate football jock." He smirked.
"Awe sounds like you have a crush." She laughed as he pinched her arm.
"Very funny, you're just jealous because that means you can't have me." He stuck his tongue out at her as he sat down in the big audience of people, waiting for her to sit down but Haley had zoned out.
What really happened was the instantaneous moment of two people's eyes locking and the world slowing around them. He had beautiful dark blue eyes, dark raven hair cut short, and was fit looking, he looked like a walking Greek god and she couldn't pull her eyes away. He had the softest smile on his face and although she had sat next to Lucas, he wasn't looking away. She found her heart racing, hearing nothing and not seeing the people around her. He waved at her and gave her a soft nod before looking away from her, she didn't know what just happened and she was still staring at the back of his head as he talked to someone sitting next to him but she knew one thing, she wanted to know who he was.
