Ok. This is my first story and I'm not really sure how this one will turn out or how ya'll are going to like it... so here it goes.

Where Is Your Heart?

Chapter 1: Nobody Knows

By: Chelsea

Rating: K+... Some bad language.

Summary: Peyton and Nathan are together (like in the beginning of the show). They continue to give each other second chances. When Nathan falls for Haley and she falls for him, they want to be together, but tragedy strikes and it tests their love.

Disclaimer: I do not in any way own One Tree Hill, its characters, its settings, or its plots. I did borrow the title of the story from a Kelly Clarkson song. The title of this chapter is borrowed from a P!nk song.

Chap.1...

Nobody Knows

Haley was half-way asleep when her alarm went off signaling that it was 6 am. She rolled over and the silky sheets felt soft on her body. She turned the alarm off and sat up. Ugghhh, not school, not again. She thought. It was Wednesday - and by Wednesday she got pretty tired of the same old routine. She only imagined how much worse it would get - it was only the 3rd week of school. She took a shower, brushed her teeth, blow-dried and brushed her hair, and got dressed. She walked out the door and started her walk to school.

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When she got to school there was still 30 minutes until the bell rang. She had skipped breakfast so she got to school earlier. She saw Luke sitting at a table reading a book. Typical.

"Hey Luke - whatcha reading?"

Luke looked up at his best friend. "Why do you want to know, not like your gonna read it."

Haley smiled and twisted, "True." She shook her head to get the hair out of her face and then added, "So, any new gossip?"

"Well, supposedly Nathan and Peyton had another one of their world-famous fights yesterday in the mall." he said in a very serious tone. They tended to do that a lot, pretend like it was life-altering to them, when actually they could care less.

"Uh-uh... did they break up?" Haley said with fake concern in her voice.

"Well, our sources haven't verified that yet." he said jokingly. "Why are you here so early?"

"I skipped breakfast. Why are you here so early?" she said returning the question.

"I'm always here this early." he said nonchalantly. Just then Nathan and Peyton came onto the campus holding hands. "So, bout the breakup thing - I'm taking it's a 'no'" Lucas said when he saw them walking up. Haley always felt so bad when they were together within eye shot of Lucas. He had a crush on Peyton since what? 7th Grade?

Haley decided to change the subject, "So, what are you doing today after school?" It was mid-August and their junior year had just begun 3 weeks ago. So, almost every day since the first day they went to the river court.

"I dunno." he said. "What do you wanna do?" he put a bookmark in his book and closed it, setting it down on the table.

"River court sound good?" After she said this she turned her head towards the direction of Nathan and Peyton. They were fighting, again. 3rd week of school and this has happened about 15 to 20 times.

"What whore did you sleep with now?!?!" They could hear Peyton yelling at Nathan.

"I don't know what you're talking about. I was at Tim's the whole night!" He yelled back. It was obvious to most people that he was lying because, well, he did it all the time.

"Sure you were. You really expect me to believe that?"

"Well, you should, considering you're my girlfriend!" he said with a sarcastic tone in his voice just to be rude.

"Well maybe I don't want to be your girlfriend anymore!!" She yelled marching off - her brown leather backpack over one shoulder.

"Ya know what Peyton? Call me when you're a little less PMS!" he yelled after her.

"That's sad." Haley whispered to Lucas. "If I'm ever in a relationship like that - slap me, no joke." she said seriously.

"Gladly." he said smiling. These fights always put him in a semi-good mood. They were just so funny. Just then Nathan looked towards Lucas.

"What are you looking at?" he directed at Lucas. Lucas smiled and shrugged it off. "I know you want her - but try not to show your amusement from our fights." He stormed off into the school.

"Can you believe I have to sit by that everyday in 3 periods." Haley said reflecting on her schedule. She got stuck in 3 classes with him - math, English, and history. Math, 1st period, she sat behind him. English, 3rd period, she sat next to him. History, which she shared with Peyton and Lucas as well, was 8th period, and she sat diagonal to him. Lucas smiled at her comment. She pulled out a notebook to study for a test. She studied and Lucas read the whole 15 minutes until the bell rang.

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Haley was one of the first people to arrive in math. She normally was. She glanced at the clock - she still had 2 minutes before the bell rang. Just goes to show how many people goof around between classes. She thought sarcastically. She got herself wrapped up in the problem written on the board for the remaining two minutes. Seconds before the bell rang, a swarm of blue Tree Hill Raven basketball letterman jackets entered the room. Nathan took his seat in front of Haley in the second row, she was in the third. He was so tall, she sometimes had trouble seeing over him.

Mrs. Sanders gave them simple instructions for a problem. Nathan twisted awkwardly backwards in the desk to see Haley. "Can I borrow a pencil?" he said with raised eyebrows.

"You didn't bring a pencil to math class?" she asked handing him a yellow pencil.

"No, why should I when I can get them from you?" he answered her sarcastically. They worked the problem for a couple of minutes. Haley had finished it easily, but she could see other people struggling - especially Nathan. Then, the teacher called on him for the answer. He knitted his eyebrows as though trying to figure out what he had just done on the piece of paper. "729 cubed?" he said questioningly. The teacher profoundly shook her head and asked Haley for the answer.

"63 squared" she said confidently. Mrs. Sanders praised her for the good work and wrote some notes on the board. Haley leaned over to see Nathan's paper. At least he tried to solve the problem. She could tell what he had done wrong easily, only because she knew how to do it correctly.

Nathan copied the notes - all he really wanted was to pass a class, he just wasn't smart enough for it. He wished that he could be as smart as someone like Haley James, but knew it couldn't happen. Mrs. Sanders handed out a quiz - a pop quiz. So if you didn't study, you fail, unless you are really smart. It took Nathan the whole rest of the period to finish the quiz. For him it had been really hard. He was one of 2 other students that barely finished. Haley, on the other hand, had finished within 20 minutes. The bell rang and Nathan quickly gathered his books. "Thanks for the pencil." You could hear a faint trace of disappointment in his voice. He knew that he failed the quiz.

"Your welcome." Haley said taking the pencil and exiting the room.

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Nathan had to got see Principal Turner after school. He entered the office and Coach Durham was sitting in a chair across from the desk. What they basically said was that either Nathan got a tutor and passed his classes, or he isn't able to play basketball anymore. They handed him a slip and told him to go and see the designated tutor.

Haley had stayed after school that day to put away some books and papers in the tutor center. She had cleared a table when there was a knock at the door and someone entered. Nathan. "Can I help you?" she said with a sarcastic tone in her voice.

Nathan had gone to see if Haley was there. He wanted to get it straightened out with no one else around. "Uh... yeah, you're supposed to tutor me."

"What are you talking about?" Haley said with a confused look on her face.

"It says so right here," he said handing her the slip of paper with her name on it. "Trust me, I wouldn't come and visit Pucas's friend by choice." he said with an evil smile.

She couldn't believe this. "No, you're gonna have to tell Principal Turner to assign you a new tutor." she said handing him the slip of paper back.

Nathan was upset by this. Turner and Whitey had told him that Haley was the best. "Come on Haley. They said you're the best - and I definitely need the best. Please." he said with that gorgeous crooked smile that most girls couldn't resist.

Haley saw right threw his act, "That smile doesn't work on me." she said confidently. She thought about it. He did sound sincere when he had said that. Then she remembered earlier that day in math, he had really tried to get the right answer, he had really struggled with it too. "On one condition," she said, "don't pull any of that lover boy charm on me, 'cause it won't work." She smiled and then the smile disappeared almost as fast as it had appeared. Lucas. "Change that to 2 conditions, nobody knows - especially Lucas." When Luke joined the team, Nathan had teased him, but it was starting to die down. And she hoped it stayed that way.

Nathan had smiled when she said the comment about his 'lover boy charm'. But when she said not to tell Lucas, he was a bit confused - but decided not to question it. He couldn't say something stupid and risk her backing out. "Ok."

"Then meet me tomorrow morning - 6:30 - at the peer." she said. She didn't want Lucas to see them at school.

"Whatever you say." He didn't necessarily like the time or the place, but once again, he wasn't about to screw things up.

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