Hi everyone, this is my second fan fic and it is definitely different from my other one. I know that this may not seem like a Laley fic, at first but don't worry it will become one later on. I am just going to take my time setting up the storyline. Please review, I would love all the feedback I could get, and if you have any suggestions feel free to voice them and I will take them into consideration. Enjoy!
Background: I thought that I would fill you in on the background of this story. It takes place about a year in the future, Lucas, Haley, and everyone are Juniors. Haley and Nathan are still together and going strong (for now). Jake and Peyton have just recently started going out and everything has been resolved between Lucas, Peyton, and Brooke. They all hang out together. Lucas and Nathan have come to truce. They are by no means the best of friends, but they try to get along, mainly for Haley's sake. One more thing, this does have a good amount of Alex's POV but it will also have Haley's and Lucas's later on in the story.
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except for Alex Loften- she is my made up character.
Chapter 1
"Room 316, room 316..." Alexandra (Alex) Loften muttered to herself as she walked the the hall of Tree Hill High. This was JUST wonderful. It was her first day of school and she was already 5 minutes late to class because some jerk had misdirected her... twice. She was hopelessly lost and looking down at her schedule, praying to find something familiar. Unfortunately she was so busy looking down that she didn't see the person walking toward her until she rammed right into him. The next she knew, books were flying everywhere and she was nearly knocked down to the ground. Alex immediately tried to regain her balance and kneeled down to pick up the books.
"Oh god, I am soo sorry." she replied embarrassed.
"That's ok, I wasn't really looking where I was going either." said an easygoing male voice. "Here." He kneeled down to hand her one of her fallen books, and it was then that she found herself staring into the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. "uhh, thanks, i'm such a klutz." Alex replied. "Don't worry about it." answered the blue eyed gorgeous guy. "You must be new here, right?"
"What threw me off?" Alex asked good naturely.
"Umm, the fact that you're actually looking at your schedule and you have a very confused look on your face." He handed her the book and stood up, brushing off his jeans. "Lucas Scott, nice to meet you." He extended out his hand. Oh, so the gorgeous guy had a name, very cool. She realized that she hadn't replied, Great first impression, Alex, she berated herself. What's next? Spill something on him? She shook her head.
"Alex." she finally answered, shaking his hand.
"It's nice to meet you Alex, welcome to Tree Hill. So what class are you looking for?"
"Advanced English."
"Oh, Haley's in that class, that's perfect. Don't worry, she'll be nice to you." Lucas said with a grin.
"Your girlfriend?" She tried not to let her disappointment show. Of course he has a girlfriend, look at him. Her mind screamed at her. Oh well, he seems like a nice guy and I could use all the new friends I can get.
Lucas looked pretty surprised as he answered, "No, just a good friend. Come on." He took her down the hall a little further before exclaiming: "Here we are, room 316."
"Thanks so much for the help." Alex answered. She than proceeded to turn the knob to get into class, when to her surprise it wouldn't budge. Chalk up yet another embarassing moment in front of Lucas. She thought. She gave him an embarassed smile and said. "Well this is turning out to be a rather... interesting day."
Lucas smiled back, while trying his best not to smirk. This girl is something else. He thought. "Mr. Eaden usually locks the door when the bell rings." He explained. He quickly rapped on the door and a minute later Alex saw a tall, grey haired, middle age guy open the door.
"Ah, Mr. Scott. I appreciate you trying to be on time today, but I think you're a few hours too early." he said as he opened the door further to allow the two of them access inside.
"Funny, Mr. Eaden, but I'm not here for me." He gestured at Alex. "This is Alex..."
"Loften" Alex replied.
"And she's new here. She just got a little lost this morning."
"Ah, I see. Well Mr. Scott, thank you for the introduction. Class, this is Alex Loften, she's new here. Miss. Loften why don't you tell the class a bit about yourself, and I suggest that you get to class now Mr. Scott."
"Okay, then. bye Alex." Lucas said as he started out the door. Alex gave him a disbelieving stare as he walked out the door and then finally turned to face the students.
Great, wonderful, could this possibly get any worse? She wanted to turn tail and run. She had never been much of a public speaker and now everyone was looking at her waiting for her to talk about herself. Just perfect.
"Umm, ok.. Hi, my name is Alexandra, but everyone back home calls me Alex. She heard someone ask where she was from and decided to answer, "I'm from Tampa Bay, FL and I just moved to Tree Hill. Obviously." She muttered under her breath, unfortunately for her, she hadn't said that quiet enough and the class burst out into giggles.
By now, all Alex wanted to do was sit down and shrink into the floor, but Mr. Eaden wasn't quite done with her yet.
"What do you like to do outside of school?' he asked.
" I like snorkeling." she replied. "And I love to go horse back riding on the beach." She heard the class murmur and thankfully Mr. Eaden decided to end the torture session. "Well welcome to Tree Hill, Miss Loften. You may go and take an empty next to Mr. Jalefski." Alex figured she must have had a blank look on her face because he then said. " Mr. Jalefski, please raise your hand, so Miss Loften knows who you are."
A dark haired guy in the third row raised his hand and Alex walked over and put her backpack down next to him. And for the second time of that day did she meet a gorgeous guy with incredible blue eyes, this one just happened to have brown hair. She sat down and tried concentrate on the lecture so she wouldn't be too far behind. Toward the end of class, Mr. Eaden stopped lecturing and allowed the class to work on the homework for the following day. The guy in the seat next to Alex stuck out his hand and said "Hi, we were never fully introduced. I'm Jake." She took his hand. "Nice to meet you Jake. I had a feeling that you're name couldn't really be Jalefski. And even if it was, I would never remember it." she said jokingly. A few minutes later, the bell rang signaling the end of class. Alex grabbed her stuff and as she started walking toward the door, she heard. "Miss. Loften, if you and Miss James would be so kind as to wait after class for a moment." Alex walked up to his desk, followed by a very attractive brunette. "Miss James, I was wondering if you would be so kind as to help Miss Loften acclimate to her new surroundings here and catch her up on the class so she will not be behind."
"Sure, Mr. Eaden, no problem." came the girl's reply.
"Wonderful, see you two tomorrow. You are dismissed."
Alex and the other girl walked out of the room. "So you survived Mr. Eaden's class. I think that means you're going to make it here. I'm Haley by the way."
Yea, I guess," Alex answered back. "Wait a minute, you're Haley?"
"Wow, I didn't know my reputation preceeded me in Florida." Haley said with a laugh.
"No, I met one of your friends today. Lucas Scott?" Haley had completely forgotten about Lucas's surprise arrival in class earlier. "He told me, that you'd be nice to me." Alex replied with a half smile.
"Oh he did, did he?" Haley smirked. "Well it's a good thing for you that he was right."
Suddenly all of Alex's fears about coming to Tree HIll disappeared. So far everyone she had met seemed very sincere and nice. Well, I survived my first class. One down, five to go. Maybe living here won't be so bad after all.
Author's Note: Well, what did you think? Good, bad? Should I continue?
Background: I thought that I would fill you in on the background of this story. It takes place about a year in the future, Lucas, Haley, and everyone are Juniors. Haley and Nathan are still together and going strong (for now). Jake and Peyton have just recently started going out and everything has been resolved between Lucas, Peyton, and Brooke. They all hang out together. Lucas and Nathan have come to truce. They are by no means the best of friends, but they try to get along, mainly for Haley's sake. One more thing, this does have a good amount of Alex's POV but it will also have Haley's and Lucas's later on in the story.
Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except for Alex Loften- she is my made up character.
Chapter 1
"Room 316, room 316..." Alexandra (Alex) Loften muttered to herself as she walked the the hall of Tree Hill High. This was JUST wonderful. It was her first day of school and she was already 5 minutes late to class because some jerk had misdirected her... twice. She was hopelessly lost and looking down at her schedule, praying to find something familiar. Unfortunately she was so busy looking down that she didn't see the person walking toward her until she rammed right into him. The next she knew, books were flying everywhere and she was nearly knocked down to the ground. Alex immediately tried to regain her balance and kneeled down to pick up the books.
"Oh god, I am soo sorry." she replied embarrassed.
"That's ok, I wasn't really looking where I was going either." said an easygoing male voice. "Here." He kneeled down to hand her one of her fallen books, and it was then that she found herself staring into the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. "uhh, thanks, i'm such a klutz." Alex replied. "Don't worry about it." answered the blue eyed gorgeous guy. "You must be new here, right?"
"What threw me off?" Alex asked good naturely.
"Umm, the fact that you're actually looking at your schedule and you have a very confused look on your face." He handed her the book and stood up, brushing off his jeans. "Lucas Scott, nice to meet you." He extended out his hand. Oh, so the gorgeous guy had a name, very cool. She realized that she hadn't replied, Great first impression, Alex, she berated herself. What's next? Spill something on him? She shook her head.
"Alex." she finally answered, shaking his hand.
"It's nice to meet you Alex, welcome to Tree Hill. So what class are you looking for?"
"Advanced English."
"Oh, Haley's in that class, that's perfect. Don't worry, she'll be nice to you." Lucas said with a grin.
"Your girlfriend?" She tried not to let her disappointment show. Of course he has a girlfriend, look at him. Her mind screamed at her. Oh well, he seems like a nice guy and I could use all the new friends I can get.
Lucas looked pretty surprised as he answered, "No, just a good friend. Come on." He took her down the hall a little further before exclaiming: "Here we are, room 316."
"Thanks so much for the help." Alex answered. She than proceeded to turn the knob to get into class, when to her surprise it wouldn't budge. Chalk up yet another embarassing moment in front of Lucas. She thought. She gave him an embarassed smile and said. "Well this is turning out to be a rather... interesting day."
Lucas smiled back, while trying his best not to smirk. This girl is something else. He thought. "Mr. Eaden usually locks the door when the bell rings." He explained. He quickly rapped on the door and a minute later Alex saw a tall, grey haired, middle age guy open the door.
"Ah, Mr. Scott. I appreciate you trying to be on time today, but I think you're a few hours too early." he said as he opened the door further to allow the two of them access inside.
"Funny, Mr. Eaden, but I'm not here for me." He gestured at Alex. "This is Alex..."
"Loften" Alex replied.
"And she's new here. She just got a little lost this morning."
"Ah, I see. Well Mr. Scott, thank you for the introduction. Class, this is Alex Loften, she's new here. Miss. Loften why don't you tell the class a bit about yourself, and I suggest that you get to class now Mr. Scott."
"Okay, then. bye Alex." Lucas said as he started out the door. Alex gave him a disbelieving stare as he walked out the door and then finally turned to face the students.
Great, wonderful, could this possibly get any worse? She wanted to turn tail and run. She had never been much of a public speaker and now everyone was looking at her waiting for her to talk about herself. Just perfect.
"Umm, ok.. Hi, my name is Alexandra, but everyone back home calls me Alex. She heard someone ask where she was from and decided to answer, "I'm from Tampa Bay, FL and I just moved to Tree Hill. Obviously." She muttered under her breath, unfortunately for her, she hadn't said that quiet enough and the class burst out into giggles.
By now, all Alex wanted to do was sit down and shrink into the floor, but Mr. Eaden wasn't quite done with her yet.
"What do you like to do outside of school?' he asked.
" I like snorkeling." she replied. "And I love to go horse back riding on the beach." She heard the class murmur and thankfully Mr. Eaden decided to end the torture session. "Well welcome to Tree Hill, Miss Loften. You may go and take an empty next to Mr. Jalefski." Alex figured she must have had a blank look on her face because he then said. " Mr. Jalefski, please raise your hand, so Miss Loften knows who you are."
A dark haired guy in the third row raised his hand and Alex walked over and put her backpack down next to him. And for the second time of that day did she meet a gorgeous guy with incredible blue eyes, this one just happened to have brown hair. She sat down and tried concentrate on the lecture so she wouldn't be too far behind. Toward the end of class, Mr. Eaden stopped lecturing and allowed the class to work on the homework for the following day. The guy in the seat next to Alex stuck out his hand and said "Hi, we were never fully introduced. I'm Jake." She took his hand. "Nice to meet you Jake. I had a feeling that you're name couldn't really be Jalefski. And even if it was, I would never remember it." she said jokingly. A few minutes later, the bell rang signaling the end of class. Alex grabbed her stuff and as she started walking toward the door, she heard. "Miss. Loften, if you and Miss James would be so kind as to wait after class for a moment." Alex walked up to his desk, followed by a very attractive brunette. "Miss James, I was wondering if you would be so kind as to help Miss Loften acclimate to her new surroundings here and catch her up on the class so she will not be behind."
"Sure, Mr. Eaden, no problem." came the girl's reply.
"Wonderful, see you two tomorrow. You are dismissed."
Alex and the other girl walked out of the room. "So you survived Mr. Eaden's class. I think that means you're going to make it here. I'm Haley by the way."
Yea, I guess," Alex answered back. "Wait a minute, you're Haley?"
"Wow, I didn't know my reputation preceeded me in Florida." Haley said with a laugh.
"No, I met one of your friends today. Lucas Scott?" Haley had completely forgotten about Lucas's surprise arrival in class earlier. "He told me, that you'd be nice to me." Alex replied with a half smile.
"Oh he did, did he?" Haley smirked. "Well it's a good thing for you that he was right."
Suddenly all of Alex's fears about coming to Tree HIll disappeared. So far everyone she had met seemed very sincere and nice. Well, I survived my first class. One down, five to go. Maybe living here won't be so bad after all.
Author's Note: Well, what did you think? Good, bad? Should I continue?