A/N: Ok, so a few important things to note about this story. It is a Haley/Nathan story. But there is also a Brooke/Lucas and Brooke/Julian storyline. I don't want to explain to much about that because it will give a major part of the story away! There isn't much of a Peyton presence sorry.

There will be flashbacks in this story, the flashbacks are in italics. Its going to be a little bit confusing in the beginning but not very.

The idea for this story just won't go away so I've decided to post it. Hopefully you guys will like it! I hope some of you who read Never Let Me Go will be reading this one too.

As always please review if you like it!

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or the characters. This is purely for fun.

Bring Me Back To Life

Chapter 1: The Reunion

Haley looked up at the sky, it was dark and humid, and she knew that soon it would be raining. This realisation did not make her steps falter, or make her seek comfort in one of the many bars or coffee shops that were around her. No, Haley just breathed in the smell of the air, the smell of the promise of rain to come and kept her steps evenly paced.

She turned a corner and stopped short as a couple came barrelling into her.

'Oh!' The girl squealed and stared wide-eyed at Haley. She extracted herself from the boy holding her. 'So sorry!' Haley shook her head and gave them-what she was sure was- a small sad smile. She stepped out of their way, and carried on walking, turning briefly only to see the guy wrap his one arm around the girls shoulders and place a kiss on top of her head. He then said something to her that made the girl laugh.

The image of the two involuntarily brought a memory to surface to Haley's mind.

'Brooke Davis, come here.' Haley watched as Brooke smiled and ran over to Lucas. He immediately took a hold of her hand and whispered something in her ear that made her giggle and then turn a shade of red. Haley smiled at the two and then looked behind her to where Nathan was putting the basketball in a bush. A few seconds later he looked up and noticed her watching him, he gave her a smile and Haley quickly looked away.

They always did this, every Saturday night, they would come to the River Court for a bit while the boys played some basketball and the girls decided on what their plans would be for the rest of the night.

'Hales,' a voice said from behind her and then a moment later an arm wrapped across her shoulders and she was looking up at Nathan. 'Come on, let's get going, those two are ahead of us.' Haley couldn't help but think how accurate those words were in that moment. She nodded and her and Nathan began walking, his arms still wrapped around her shoulders. For a moment Haley looked away from him and looked towards Brooke and Lucas who were a few metres in front of them. Lucas, like Nathan, had his arm wrapped around Brooke's shoulders, and Haley watched as he leaned down and placed a kiss on Brooke's head.

Haley abruptly stopped walking, and forcefully made herself think of something else. It was a Saturday night after all and she was walking the streets around Duke University meaning there were distractions all around her. She saw the glowing red sign of her favourite coffee shop and immediately made a move for it. Still forcing herself to think of anything but that, of anything but them.

'Brooke, do something.'

'What?!' Brooke exclaimed looking outraged. 'What am I supposed to do?'

'I don't know! But whatever it is, do it quickly!' Brooke glared and then felt hands push her a few steps forward.

'Oh, hi,' Brooke said awkwardly at the girl she had just stepped in front of.

'Brooke, great!' The girl replied happily. 'Can you tell me where Nathan is?'

'Uh,' Brooke hesitated, knowing Nathan was a few metres behind her busy hiding behind a crowd of people. 'No, sorry, I haven't seen him.' Brooke looked around her desperately trying to think of a valid reason to explain why A) she didn't know where Nathan was and B) for some alternative realistic reason that would send Amber walking in the opposite direction. Then her eyes landed, on a tall brown haired boy across the room, he seemed to know someone was watching him and turned to catch Brooke's eyes. His gaze strayed to the girl who Brooke was talking to and his eyes immediately grew. Brooke suppressed a laugh and ignored the frantic head shaking of the boy across the room from her.

'I do know that Julian was talking to him earlier,' Brooke pointed to where Julian was standing- looking stunned. 'Maybe he knows where he is?' Brooke lied innocently.

'Thanks!' Amber responded and immediately began walking over to Julian. Brooke smiled and then winked at Julian, who mouthed at her "You will pay for this." She laughed and backed away to go find Nathan- who had managed to make his way over to the kitchen.

'Ok, I bought you some time.' Brooke said to him and took the drink he was offering her. 'Why don't you just tell her you aren't interested?' Nathan scoffed and opened the bottle of water he was holding.

'Do you not think I have tried that, Brooke? Her motto,' Nathan paused for a second and made air quotes. 'Is persistence breaks down all barriers. She literally said that to me.' Brooke laughed and took a sip of her drink.

'So, what did you say to her?' Nathan asked curiously- he had noted the cheeky look that Brooke had on her face.

'I told her to go see if Julian knew where you were.' Nathan paused, checking to see that Brooke was serious, and the burst out laughing.

'Oh, man, that poor boy. Why are you making it so hard for him, Brooke?'

'Because that's the way I like it.' Brooke said and then winked at Nathan. His smile faltered for a moment.

'Brooke!' he admonished. She smiled widely at him and just shrugged.

As always, Brooke and Nathan (and these days Julian too) would go out to celebrate after the Duke Basketball team would win a game. Tonight's game had been particularly gruelling and Nathan couldn't help the exhaustion that was slowly seeping into him. He checked the time; he figured it was late enough for him to leave. Besides, Brooke and Julian were busy doing what Brooke and Julian did these days- flirt and play hard to get. He was also tired of having to sidestep Amber every so often. He quickly walked over to Brooke.

'Davis,' he said and she turned to him dazzling him with her smile. He knew Brooke was beautiful but somehow Julian got her to smile in a way Nathan hadn't seen in a long time, in a way that made her more than just beautiful but radiant too. 'I'm heading off.' Her smile immediately changed to a pout.

'Ah, Nate, but it's early.' Nathan cocked his head to his side.

'It's not that early, and besides I have practice tomorrow and tonight's game was a tough one.' Brooke nodded in understanding. Nate leaned downed and placed a small kiss on her cheek.

'Thanks for celebrating with me.'

'I wouldn't have it any other way.' Brooke replied happily. Nathan was her family and she was always there supporting him at his games and celebrating- or drowning sorrows- with him after. Nathan turned and gave Julian a stern look.

'You make sure she gets back to campus safely.' Nathan said to Julian, who nodded without a moments hesitation. Nathan normally wouldn't leave Brooke with a guy but he knew he could trust Julian.

'Good game, Dude.' Julian replied back. 'And I will.' Julian added nudging Brooke who huffed at the exchange.

'I can get myself back to campus, you know! I am not useless or helpless.' Both Nathan and Julian laughed, which seemed to irritate her more.

'Sure, you can,' Nathan began.

'But you just aren't going to.' Julian finished. Nathan left a moment later.

Nathan stepped out into a light drizzle, he stopped walking and looked up. He knew soon that this drizzle would turn into a full on downpour. He readjusted the jacket he was wearing and then continued on to his car. He had driven them to the party after the game and had made sure that he hadn't drunk anything but water the whole night- which he figured was part of the reason that he was ready to go home. He found that sometimes, alcohol helped pass the time at these parties. He got to his car, got in took a few moments to settle himself, which did not include wiping away the droplets that had stuck to his skin, and then reversed out. He was driving steadily, trying not to think about anything but the rain.

Nathan knew that the rain inevitably always stirred up emotions and memories, that he spent most of the time ignoring and pushing away. He stopped at a traffic light, and stared at the red light, involuntarily letting a memory resurface.

'Haley James!' Nathan groaned as a droplet hit his face. 'Will you please put the roof up?' Haley was currently driving them in her yellow SUV that had a retractable roof. She laughed.

'Nathan Scott,' she said and looked at him sideways. 'You can't tell me you're afraid of a little rain?' she turned back to the road but kept glancing at him.

'First off, this isn't going to be just a little bit of rain in a few minutes. And second, aren't you worried about your car getting soaked?' she laughed and came to a stop at a traffic light. It was twilight and no one else seemed to be on the road but them. Nathan glanced at the red glow of the light and then looked over at Haley. She was smiling at him and then she glanced towards the traffic light.

'Well?' he asked a moment later pressing her to respond to his earlier comment.

'No, I'm not worried about my car,' she sighed and then looked up letting a few drops of rain purposefully land on her face. 'I love the rain.' She turned back and watched Nathan as he watched the red light. 'Plus, I think you are overreacting. I don't think this is going to turn into anything but the light drizzle it is.' Nathan momentarily turned back to Haley.

'Oh, really?' He said. 'Are you sure?' he mocked and watched as the traffic light turned orange and then green, and at that exact same moment the sky opened up and the light rain turned into a steady downpour. It was as if Nathan had orchestrated it himself. Haley hadn't pulled off, she turned to Nathan, stunned.

'I told you, Hales.' Nathan said casually sitting back and folding his arms. His shirt was already soaked. He watched her, she had a serious expression on her face and then she began laughing. Uncontrollably. Nathan raised his eyebrows at her and then a moment later he was laughing with her. The rain kept coming and the traffic light had turned red again, and the two of them were still in the car, with the rain soaking into them and soaking in each other's laugher.

The green light of the traffic light caught Nathan's eye and brought him out of his memory. He tapped his fingers against his steering wheeling as he pulled off and made sure that his mind did not stray back to that memory. He would not let himself remember that moment in its entirety. What he had let himself remember was hard enough.

Nathan kept on driving, the rain was coming down in a steady blanket now, he turned a corner driving on muscle memory. Still tapping at the steering wheel. He turned another corner, and increased his speed slightly. The rain was hitting his car and it was loud- making enough noise to distract him. Without realising it, he increased his speed again and then turned another sharp corner. Subconsciously- even a bit consciously- he knew that the speed he was going at was the wrong speed for the sharp turn he had just taken in this weather. He knew that what he had just done was create the perfect situation for his car to start hydroplaning. And that is exactly what it did.

Nathan snapped out of his daze and sat up straighter, he attempted to brake but it wasn't working. There was a layer of water between his car and the road, removing the traction and preventing the wheels from responding to his actions. He watched as his car spun to the right and then the left. Slowly, his mind caught up to him and he knew what to do, he kept pressing the break gently and held his steering wheel in one direction. Hoping, that it would do the trick. He closed his eyes for a fraction of a second and then they flew open. He had registered this earlier without really taking it in, but he was coming up to an intersection and there was a figure currently crossing it. He gripped the steering wheel tighter, as if by doing so he could forcefully stop the car himself.

'Come on!' he shouted and as he did he slowly felt the car return to his control. He immediately straightened his car and pressed a bit firmer on the break, coming to stop, a mere inches away from the girl who had been crossing the street. Nathan breathed out.

'Fuck!' he said and then immediately undid his seatbelt and got out of the car. The girl had her hand on his car, and seemed to be taking a steadying breath. 'Fuck!' Nathan said again as he came to the front of the car. It was pouring and he had been soaked the instant he had stepped out the car.

'Are you ok?' Nathan rushed out, his voice was loud so he could be heard over the rain. He had stopped a few feet in front of the car and the girl. He took her in, she seemed physically ok. 'Are you ok?' he asked again, not moving any closer to her, she still had a hand on his car with her head down. Nathan couldn't quite make her out with all the rain, not to mention his heart was still racing and he was trying to steady himself. 'Fuck!' Nathan said once more and this time the girl did respond. She looked up and moved her hair out of her face. Nathan watched her as she did this and then his body turned an entirely different type of cold that had nothing to do with the rain that was beating away at him. He stopped breathing, his whole world had just come crashing down and he didn't know quite what to do. He didn't move and neither did she. The rain didn't cease and Nathan stood there unable to process the situation. Until out of the corner of his eye he saw the traffic light that was a few feet away from him, his car and her, turn red. He took one step forward.

'Haley,' he breathed out and she moved for the first time since she had frozen in terror, watching as a car had raced towards her. She let her hand drop from the car and brought her gaze to meet the eyes that she could feel were staring intently at her.

'Haley,' Nathan's voice was more forceful now. 'What the hell are you doing here?'

A/N: I hope this has intrigued some of you! Please review!