Summary: Tragedies strike the town of Tree Hill and deeply effect two main
characters. Will they be torn away from each other by their families, or
will their love grow stronger throughout the hostilities?
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be unfortunately.
"So, that's why Andrew Jackson made the Cherokee Indians travel the Trail of Tears."
"Wow, I'm impressed. You've really been improving, Nathan. I have to say, I really think these sessions are starting to pay off, don't you agree?"
Nathan glanced up from his history paper to gaze into Haley's chocolate brown eyes. God was she beautiful.
"Oh I definitely agree, Miss Haley. I think the more time I spend with you, the more you rub off on me." he grinned.
Haley blushed violently. "Oh, I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing, Nathan."
Nathan reached for her hand. "Don't be modest, Haley. You are an amazing person."
"Really?" She pushed back a tress of hair behind her ears. "You think so?"
Nathan leaned in closely. Haley could feel his hot breath on her lips. "I know so."
Haley closed her eyes and brought her lips closer to his.
RING RING RING
"Damn it!"
Haley groaned as she flapped her hand on the dreaded alarm clock. It was 4:00 in the morning on a Saturday. Why did good dreams always have to be ruined by unwanted wake up calls? She flipped back on her backside and put a pillow over her head, desperately trying to obtain the memory of the dream and replay it back over in her head.
"Come on, come on!" she pleaded with her memory, but it was useless.
Sighing with frustration and anger, Haley threw the covers onto her left side and swung her body off the bed. She shivered as her small feet felt the cold hard wooden floor beneath them. Rubbing her eyes, she made found her way to the open door of her bathroom.
"God, what a beauty queen I am. How could someone like Nathan Scott like someone as homely looking as me?" She mumbled to herself as she stared back at her reflection wearily.
"He doesn't. He's just having fun messing around with your prudent little head. God, Haley, get with the program, Nathan doesn't like you, Lucas didn't and doesn't even like you! Get over yourself!" her reflection replied.
Haley shook her head, "Wow, way too early in the morning to be thinking about things like this!"
"God, I will have to get over myself.I have a little brother or sister on the way, I need to stop being so self centered." She thought to herself and she swore she saw her reflection wink at her.
She yawned and creeped back to her bed and slowly drifted back to sleep, hoping for the wonderful dream to engulf her again.
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Later that Morning
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"Lucas, honey, will you wipe that table off for me real quick? I have to make a phone call."
Lucas gave his mother the evil eye, but then laughed. "Of course Ma, anything for you."
Karen's eyes sparkled with laughter as she picked up the phone and dialed Keith's number.
"Keith? Hi it's me. Why don't you come down and keep me company, unless you are working today..Great, ok, see you in a bit."
Lucas stared over at Karen, still wiping the same table. "What was that about?"
"Oh nothing.. I just asked Keith to head over for a cup of coffee, that's all. Oh, good morning Haley."
The café door shut with a crisp snap. Haley looked horrendous. Her hair was scraggily around her shoulders, it was evident that she had not brushed it. Her eyes had blue heavy bags under them, and her cheeks were pale. She looked so exhausted.
"Morning, Karen, Lucas." She sighed wearily as she stepped behind the counter.
"Hal, what's up?" Lucas asked concerned.
"What? Oh, you mean, why do I look like I woke up in a dumpster today? I had a really good dream and I happened to wake up during it at four o'clock in the morning.I didn't exactly get back to sleep that easily."
Lucas grinned and put his arm around her, "This dream didn't have anything to do with.um.me hooking up with Peyton, did it?"
Haley pushed him away. "No, and why would that be a really good dream for me? to see my best friend hook up with some depressed and lonely cheerleader? Of course it wouldn't be about you, wither..you make my life a living hell!" she joked.
Lucas feigned a look of deep pain. "Haley. How could you? Me? Make your life a living hell? Never!"
She rolled her eyes. Lucas tapped her gently on the shoulder and smiled.
"Oh God, I don't think I can stand the anticipation! The baby should be coming any day now!" Haley exclaimed.
Lucas looked at her =, then her tummy. "Hal, you're not pregnant are you?"
"No silly, her mother!" Karen laughed. "By the way, how is she doing? Did she enjoy the baby shower that we threw for her?"
"Of course she loved the baby shower! And she's doing great, just a couple more weeks or two. I can't wait! Having a baby brother or sister will be good practice for when I want a little one."
"Just make sure you don't go jumping to have one just yet." Karen warned.
Lucas and Haley laughed.
The door opened in the coffee shop. Lucas's face fell when he saw who it was.
"Nathan. What are you doing here?" Haley asked.
Nathan, who was wearing his usual get-up that consisted of his letterman jacket and blue jeans, looked devastated. He was out pf breath. "Haley, I need to talk to you, it's urgent!"
Lucas stepped in front of Haley. "Why do you have to see her? Do you need help on your homework? Because if you do, too bad, she's off duty at the moment." He growled.
"Lucas, back off will you? Who ever made you my boss? Yes, Nathan, in fact, let's go somewhere more private to talk." Haley glanced at Lucas with anger in her eyes. Lucas glared right back at her, then at Nathan.
"So, what is it?" Haley asked Nathan when they were both outside.
Nathan didn't say anything, he just stared down at his blue Nikes.
"Well? Nathan, are you going to tell me?"
"I.Haley.there is something you need to know. I'm so so sorry." He said slowly.
"Nathan..what's going on, you look terrible, where have you just been?." Haley pushed on.
Nathan paused. "Haley, I just came from high street right across from the school. There was an accident, Haley. A bad one. It was a head on collision, this one car was driving on the correct side of the double lines, but then another car came swerving out of control and crossed the double line."
Haley gasped. "Oh god! Were they ok? I mean the drivers?"
Nathan's eyes dropped to his feet again. "No Haley, the drivers weren't alright. In fact, one was killed and one wasn't pronounced dead at the scene, but he didn't look too good. Haley.."
"So how did it happen? Was it a drunk driver that crossed the lines? Was he the idiot who was killed?"
Nathan's eyes welled up with tears. "No Haley the driver who crossed the double lines wasn't drunk..she was in labor."
Haley looked confused. "She was in labor? Oh god, who was it? Do we know both the drivers? Wait, the woman was killed? And the baby? That's horrible, I hope the man is-"
"Haley! Listen to me. The man who was rushed to the hospital is my Uncle Keith! And the woman..Haley the woman was.."
Haley's eyes widened. She understood why now. She understood why he was telling her this, she knew and she didn't want to know any more.
"No.NO! No, I don't believe it.I don't believe it!"
"Haley, your mother was the one who-"
"I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IT, DAMNIT! Leave me alone!" Haley pushed Nathan hard and sped off for the school.
"HALEY!" Nathan shouted after her.
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Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be unfortunately.
"So, that's why Andrew Jackson made the Cherokee Indians travel the Trail of Tears."
"Wow, I'm impressed. You've really been improving, Nathan. I have to say, I really think these sessions are starting to pay off, don't you agree?"
Nathan glanced up from his history paper to gaze into Haley's chocolate brown eyes. God was she beautiful.
"Oh I definitely agree, Miss Haley. I think the more time I spend with you, the more you rub off on me." he grinned.
Haley blushed violently. "Oh, I don't know if that's necessarily a good thing, Nathan."
Nathan reached for her hand. "Don't be modest, Haley. You are an amazing person."
"Really?" She pushed back a tress of hair behind her ears. "You think so?"
Nathan leaned in closely. Haley could feel his hot breath on her lips. "I know so."
Haley closed her eyes and brought her lips closer to his.
RING RING RING
"Damn it!"
Haley groaned as she flapped her hand on the dreaded alarm clock. It was 4:00 in the morning on a Saturday. Why did good dreams always have to be ruined by unwanted wake up calls? She flipped back on her backside and put a pillow over her head, desperately trying to obtain the memory of the dream and replay it back over in her head.
"Come on, come on!" she pleaded with her memory, but it was useless.
Sighing with frustration and anger, Haley threw the covers onto her left side and swung her body off the bed. She shivered as her small feet felt the cold hard wooden floor beneath them. Rubbing her eyes, she made found her way to the open door of her bathroom.
"God, what a beauty queen I am. How could someone like Nathan Scott like someone as homely looking as me?" She mumbled to herself as she stared back at her reflection wearily.
"He doesn't. He's just having fun messing around with your prudent little head. God, Haley, get with the program, Nathan doesn't like you, Lucas didn't and doesn't even like you! Get over yourself!" her reflection replied.
Haley shook her head, "Wow, way too early in the morning to be thinking about things like this!"
"God, I will have to get over myself.I have a little brother or sister on the way, I need to stop being so self centered." She thought to herself and she swore she saw her reflection wink at her.
She yawned and creeped back to her bed and slowly drifted back to sleep, hoping for the wonderful dream to engulf her again.
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Later that Morning
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"Lucas, honey, will you wipe that table off for me real quick? I have to make a phone call."
Lucas gave his mother the evil eye, but then laughed. "Of course Ma, anything for you."
Karen's eyes sparkled with laughter as she picked up the phone and dialed Keith's number.
"Keith? Hi it's me. Why don't you come down and keep me company, unless you are working today..Great, ok, see you in a bit."
Lucas stared over at Karen, still wiping the same table. "What was that about?"
"Oh nothing.. I just asked Keith to head over for a cup of coffee, that's all. Oh, good morning Haley."
The café door shut with a crisp snap. Haley looked horrendous. Her hair was scraggily around her shoulders, it was evident that she had not brushed it. Her eyes had blue heavy bags under them, and her cheeks were pale. She looked so exhausted.
"Morning, Karen, Lucas." She sighed wearily as she stepped behind the counter.
"Hal, what's up?" Lucas asked concerned.
"What? Oh, you mean, why do I look like I woke up in a dumpster today? I had a really good dream and I happened to wake up during it at four o'clock in the morning.I didn't exactly get back to sleep that easily."
Lucas grinned and put his arm around her, "This dream didn't have anything to do with.um.me hooking up with Peyton, did it?"
Haley pushed him away. "No, and why would that be a really good dream for me? to see my best friend hook up with some depressed and lonely cheerleader? Of course it wouldn't be about you, wither..you make my life a living hell!" she joked.
Lucas feigned a look of deep pain. "Haley. How could you? Me? Make your life a living hell? Never!"
She rolled her eyes. Lucas tapped her gently on the shoulder and smiled.
"Oh God, I don't think I can stand the anticipation! The baby should be coming any day now!" Haley exclaimed.
Lucas looked at her =, then her tummy. "Hal, you're not pregnant are you?"
"No silly, her mother!" Karen laughed. "By the way, how is she doing? Did she enjoy the baby shower that we threw for her?"
"Of course she loved the baby shower! And she's doing great, just a couple more weeks or two. I can't wait! Having a baby brother or sister will be good practice for when I want a little one."
"Just make sure you don't go jumping to have one just yet." Karen warned.
Lucas and Haley laughed.
The door opened in the coffee shop. Lucas's face fell when he saw who it was.
"Nathan. What are you doing here?" Haley asked.
Nathan, who was wearing his usual get-up that consisted of his letterman jacket and blue jeans, looked devastated. He was out pf breath. "Haley, I need to talk to you, it's urgent!"
Lucas stepped in front of Haley. "Why do you have to see her? Do you need help on your homework? Because if you do, too bad, she's off duty at the moment." He growled.
"Lucas, back off will you? Who ever made you my boss? Yes, Nathan, in fact, let's go somewhere more private to talk." Haley glanced at Lucas with anger in her eyes. Lucas glared right back at her, then at Nathan.
"So, what is it?" Haley asked Nathan when they were both outside.
Nathan didn't say anything, he just stared down at his blue Nikes.
"Well? Nathan, are you going to tell me?"
"I.Haley.there is something you need to know. I'm so so sorry." He said slowly.
"Nathan..what's going on, you look terrible, where have you just been?." Haley pushed on.
Nathan paused. "Haley, I just came from high street right across from the school. There was an accident, Haley. A bad one. It was a head on collision, this one car was driving on the correct side of the double lines, but then another car came swerving out of control and crossed the double line."
Haley gasped. "Oh god! Were they ok? I mean the drivers?"
Nathan's eyes dropped to his feet again. "No Haley, the drivers weren't alright. In fact, one was killed and one wasn't pronounced dead at the scene, but he didn't look too good. Haley.."
"So how did it happen? Was it a drunk driver that crossed the lines? Was he the idiot who was killed?"
Nathan's eyes welled up with tears. "No Haley the driver who crossed the double lines wasn't drunk..she was in labor."
Haley looked confused. "She was in labor? Oh god, who was it? Do we know both the drivers? Wait, the woman was killed? And the baby? That's horrible, I hope the man is-"
"Haley! Listen to me. The man who was rushed to the hospital is my Uncle Keith! And the woman..Haley the woman was.."
Haley's eyes widened. She understood why now. She understood why he was telling her this, she knew and she didn't want to know any more.
"No.NO! No, I don't believe it.I don't believe it!"
"Haley, your mother was the one who-"
"I SAID I DON'T BELIEVE IT, DAMNIT! Leave me alone!" Haley pushed Nathan hard and sped off for the school.
"HALEY!" Nathan shouted after her.
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