Chasing Dreams

A/N-This is an idea that came to me about a week ago, I'm in my second year of high school and I have looking at home much my friendships have changed and such. I'm so obsessed with TV that I begin relating things that have happened to TV shows, and then I had this idea, tell me what you think, don't be afraid to tell me what you think even if it's not the nicest. Review please. Check out my profile it will give you idea where this going. At least couples wise; some strong opinions here. I'm Canadian so some of the ways the school works might be a little messed up because I don't know for sure how it works in the states. So be nice about that and feel free to correct me and I'll try to fix it if it's not too late.

Summary- Peyton, Brooke, Serena, and Nathan have been best friends since Nathan first moved to town, now facing their last year of junior high before entering high school, things are about to change. Lucas and Haley are loners who have been friends forever, what is going to happen to their friendship when the whole grade's dynamics are rocked over the end of a life-long friendship.

Quick Background- Lucas and Nathan are half brothers like they are in the show. The family situation is exactly the same. Everyone's family situations are the same. There are three junior highs in Tree Hill and two high schools. Two of the junior highs and one of the high schools are public and the other schools are catholic. The characters personalities may seem a bit off but I think that's it's not all that unrealistic that they could have been that different before high school. Hopefully I can explain most of it in text because I like it better that way but I may have some more background information at the beginning of some of the chapters.

Disclaimer- I don't own any of the characters that were created by the writers of One Tree Hill, however I own plenty of the characters that I created myself for this story.

Chapter One- We're Back

Brooke Davis had spent the entire summer with her best friends, Peyton Sawyer, who she had known since the first grade when they decided to be friends because they have the same birth month, Serena Hart, a friend that she had made the year her and Peyton were not in the same class who she then introduced to Peyton and they had become the 'Terrific Three' as they were called by most, and lastly Nathan Scott, a boy who had moved to their town last year and had dated one of Peyton's friends and became best friends with Peyton along the way and had made his way into their tight group of friends. There group was one of the many cliques that had been formed in their small school over the years, there was the popular group of course, and who was made up of, Alexis Mackenzie, Kady O'Grady, Shawn Harris, Kendra Falcon, Eric Down, and Carter McCrae. There was also the 'Bad Apples' Dustin Horsley, Dylan King, Chris Dixon, and Danielle Berry. There was 'Annoying Preps' twins, Kylie and Kaitlyn Harper, Tara Pike, and Megan Moore, and lastly the 'Loners' Zach Holt, Andrea Layden, Haley James, Randi Barber, Mike Worth and Lucas Scott. Brooke, Peyton, Serena, and Nathan didn't really fit into any of those groups they were their own group, they seemed to be liked by all, students and teachers. They all of them somewhat of over-achievers, receiving some of the best marks in all of their classes and receiving many of the awards offered at the end of the year.

Peyton Sawyer was the artistic one of the group, always listening to the best music and was an incredibly gifted artist. She was tall with shoulder length, curly, blonde hair. Brooke Davis, the academic, an athletic who had been in gymnastics as long as could remember and was planning on becoming a cheerleader in high school. Brooke had a gymnast's body; she had mid-back straight brown hair. Serena Hart, the all-around student, participating in everything from school sports to student council. Serena was the most classically beautiful out of the group; she had perfect skin with amazing blonde hair that never seemed wrong, no matter what she was doing. Nathan Scott, the athlete who doesn't always use all of his skills to his advantage. Refusing to play basketball because that is all his father wants him to do. The anger he holds towards his father causes him to act out in any ways. Nathan had been popular since his arrival at Daniel Johnston Junior High in the seventh grade. Nathan was easily the best looking guy in the eighth grade, with perfect brown hair and amazing blue eyes. He was immediately chased by the most popular girl in their grade, Alexis Mackenzie, and then followed by Kady O'Grady who he had a seven month relationship with. Kady was friends with Peyton through their parents. Peyton hung out with Kady and Nathan through the time they had dated and Peyton and Nathan had grown close. After Kady and Nathan had broken up, Nathan joined Peyton's group of friends, they were inseparable now. Their tight-knit group had not seen each other for a week because everyone except Serena had been at summer camps and they all were super excited for the new school year and to see each other and all of their other friends.

Brooke walked up the front steps to a familiar door and knocked. Peyton answered the door, "Brooke, I'm ready, just hold on one second while I grab my backpack," she said quickly as she yanked the door open and leaving it open allowing her best friend to walk in.

"Okay, Peyton, but we have to hurry so we can meet Nathan and Serena at school," Brooke said impatiently.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Peyton said as she walked out the door and the two friends made their way to the first day of school of the eighth grade. As soon as the pair reached the front courtyard of the school they saw their other best friends, Nathan and Serena waiting at their usual table. They had claimed that table under the trees the first day of the seventh grade and everyone knew they could be found there.

"Nate, Serenee!" Brooke yelled as she attacked both of her friends from the behind. Peyton being the calmer of the two casually walked up and waved.

"Brooke," Serena exclaimed, "calm down for two seconds, it has only been one week since you last saw us."

"I know, but I missed you guys," Brooke said more calmly but you still could hear the excitement in her voice. "Nate, you haven't said anything," Brooke said, "how was basketball camp?"

"It was okay, but now my dad thinks I should play on the school team and I don't want to," Nathan said, "so now I'm wishing I hadn't gone, you know?"

"Stand up to your dad," Peyton exclaimed, she hated that Nathan never had the nerve to say anything to his dad about how he felt.

"You know, he would never listen, he would just start going on about how we moved here so I could carry on the Scott tradition of being a basketball star in Tree Hill," Nathan said quietly, he hated talking about his dad, no one understands how brutal he was about basketball, "he should make stupid Lucas play basketball, go be a dad to him and leave me alone." Lucas Scott was Nathan's half brother, Lucas' mom was his dad's high school girlfriend that he had gotten pregnant and then left for college and then getting Nathan's mom pregnant only four months later. Lucas and Nathan were in the same grade but they pretended that there was nothing special between them.

"Ugh, shut up about your stupid dad and that loner brother of yours," Brooke said, bitchily, "let's go to see if we are in the same class, we better be" Brooke's parent were one of the most influential families in their school and they had talked to the principal and asked for the group of friends to be put in the same class. The group of friends linked arms and walked into the school together.

"Hi, Natie," Kady O'Grady said sweetly as she walked with her friends. She glared at Peyton, when Nathan and Kady had broken up over the summer, she assumed that Peyton had stolen her boyfriend from her and wanted some revenge. She had spread it around town that Peyton had stolen Nathan from her and basically that innocent Peyton was not so innocent. Tree Hill was a same enough town with the right amount of connections that if you told the right people anyone that is anyone would know your gossip within days.

"Hi," Nathan said without emotion, he knew that all of the gossip that had been floating around town about him and Peyton had been started by Kady and he didn't want anymore drama, so he was trying to ignore the pretty popular Kady.

"What is with the chilliness towards Kady," Serena asked innocently, "I thought your break up was your idea.

"I hate her because she told everyone that Peyton and me were a couple and we as so not," Nathan replied shortly.

"Okay, don't have to get all catty like a stupid girl."

"Sorry, but I hate that everyone knows everyone's business," Nathan said with disgust.

"Hah, I like knowing people's business, its kind of fun," Brooke said, evilly, "As long as it's not that bad."

"Brooke," Peyton said, "that is why you sometimes had a reputation of being a bitch."

"People, don't think I'm a bitch," Brooke said, "Everyone likes us, that's our selling point as a group, the nice ones who will be friends with anyone."

"Shut up, Brooke," Peyton said, "you are so conniving."

"Whatever, goldilocks," Brooke said using one of many nicknames for her best friend, "I hope we are in Mr. S's class."

"Oh my god," Peyton replied, "me too." Both Peyton and Brooke had a great relationship with there seventh grade math teacher. Before coming into the class, Mr. Simpson thought that the pair were quiet, goodie goods. He quickly learnt that they were suck ups who loved to joke and talk in class, but when it was time to work they were over-achievers and received the best marks in his class.

"I don't care," Serena said quietly, she hated being in is class, Brooke and Peyton always seem so close in his class and she felt left out. Brooke and Peyton had been friends for such along time that sometime she felt like a bit of a third wheel.

"What's so great about Mr. S," Nathan asked.

"Oh, you'll see," Brooke replied, looking at the list and seeing that the foursome was all in Mr. Simpson's class, "we are in his class." The group walked in and picked desk in the back corner all together. The group sat there just talking about everything they had done in the past summer when Serena began to look around the room.

"Is there only one class this year?" Serena asked no one in particular. She had noticed that the room was filling up with everyone in their grade, the popular group had chosen the front of the room, the bad apples had chosen the area next her group, the loners spread throughout the room, and the annoying preps sitting together at the front shrieking over there summer vacations.

"Oh yeah, it looks like its going to be all of us this year," Nathan said also observing the filled classroom.

"Attention class," Mr. Simpson said in a clear voice, "As you probably have noticed, we all are in one big class this year, it is due to teacher cut backs, and so I'm afraid to tell you that Mrs. Chase will not be joining us this year. "I'm glad to see some of my star students again this year," Mr. S said looking at Brooke and Peyton. "So how was everyone's summers?"

A/N- So what do you think? Review please, the bad, the good, and the ugly. If it's not the nicest can you please try and include some suggestions to fix it or make better. Feel free to message or email, but I really appreciate reviews, more reviews more frequent updates. I promise I will update but it might not be right away because I have exams like right now and I should be studying and all so, but I only have two so I have another eight days off, so I will update on those days or at least some of them.

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Lauren