A/N: I am in no way associated with One Tree Hill or the WB network, and I own nothing but this fic. There is going to be Naley with some Brucas and Leyton drama as well. I'm not sure right now how anything is going to turn out, but you can review me along the way if you have any ideas. Enjoy!

"I just, I don't know if he's the right guy for me." Brooke said to Peyton as they walked down the hall together.

"Well, maybe you guys shouldn't be together then." An honest Peyton told her.

Brooke gave Peyton a puzzled look. It was obvious to Peyton that Brooke and Lucas were not meant to be together, even though it had been that way for about a week now.

"I don't know Peyton, it's just, when we're together I feel like it's right. But then when we're not together, sometimes I feel like I shouldn't be with him because we just aren't meant for each other."

"Brooke, come on, you of all people should be able to tell when something is right or not. And if you don't feel 100 sure that Lucas is the one, then he isn't." Peyton was convinced, and had been for some time now that Lucas was better suited for her own self. They just seemed to click when they were together. But now that Brooke had been spending more time with him, Luc almost seemed to ignore Peyton completely.

"I don't know. Maybe I should talk to Lucas about us today. Because I want to know what he thinks too."

"Yeah, maybe. But just to let you know Brooke, if he avoids the subject, it's because he's a little dismayed that you already know how he's feeling." Peyton was of course making this up. She knew that Lucas often tried to avoid talking about relationships because of how sensitive he was and he was always afraid he was going to lose someone. But Brooke had thought Peyton was kidding.

"Haha, yeah, thanks Peyton." Brooke said as she walked off to chemistry.

In photography, a nervous Haley James was sitting talking to her layout partner, Lucas.

"Do you think I should ask him?" She asked Luc.

"Ask who?" he responded confused.

"Nathan!" She practically yelled all the way around the room.

"Oh, Nathan. Well I don't know Haley, I mean if you really like him then, yeah I guess maybe you should ask him."

"Hmm. Well let me ask you this, would it make you feel weird if he said yes and we were dating all of the sudden?" She asked him, aware of her friends' feelings.

"No, no. It wouldn't make me feel weird, that's ridiculous." Lucas half- joked.

"Lucas, you're barely comfortable with the fact that I tutor him."

"Haley, you are a beautiful girl, and you're the smartest one I know. I just don't want to see you get hurt, is all."

"Aw, Luc." Haley smiled at her friend. The simplicity of his worries was enough to make her happy for a day.

"Well, I think there's something behind all that jock image. Well, despite the fact that he hides from his friends everytime he's with me outside of tutoring." Haley told Lucas, a bit sarcastically.

Lucas flashed her that same sweet smile that he did everyday when he saw her.

"I mean the fact is Luc, he asked me to go to the record store with him after tutoring yesterday. He asked me, to go." Haley was beaming at just the thought of the question.

"Haley, stop. He probably just didn't want to go alone. But I bet if you had seen any of his friends there he would have told you to pretend like you weren't with him." Lucas spoke before he thought on that one.

Haley looked at him with anger and hurt in her eyes.

"What are you trying to say? That I'm not good enough for Nathan? That Nathan is using me? Are you trying to say that Nathan isn't right for me?" Haley questioned Lucas with deep thought.

"No, Haley, I'm trying to say that you're too good for Nathan. I mean what kind of guy hides from his friends to avoid the humiliation of being seen with you?" Haley was still not buying it, and Lucas was only making it worse for himself.

"Ohh, I get it. So you think I'm humiliating? Humiliating to be seen with? God, why can't you just, just not pester me about the guys I like for once? I mean for once not take the role of my dad and tell me who's right for me and who isn't. I'm old enough to make those decisions on my own Luc. I am." Haley let him have it, she was tired of him always being so protective of her.

"Look, Haley, I'm sorry." Lucas tried to apologize.

"Just, stay away from me right now Lucas. Because right now, I'm sure as hell gonna keep my distance from you."

There you go, Chapter 1. It's short I know, but I'm still introducing the plot. Keep reading, hope you liked it!