Chapter 1

She groaned involuntarily as she got out the car, why did they even bother registering in school, it wasn't like they were going to stay long anyway.

'It ain't gonna be that bad you'll see.' Her brother put a hand on her shoulder.

'Yeah' it had become their little ritual of some sort. He would assure her that everything was going to be okay and she would agree with him but they both knew how empty those words were.

'Maybe after this we should try home school.' She didn't even try to disguise the resentment that was dripping off her tone. Riley pulled her tight against him, he hated the constant moves but he knew it was especially tougher on Harley. At a loss of what to say he pulled her with him off the parking lot and into the main entrance of Tree Hill high.

'Here we go again.' They both said at the same time and then burst out laughing easing all the tension and nerves that had wound them up really tight.

First classes were always the worst for her, people starred at you when you walked in, you became the centre of attention, and she didn't like being the centre of attention. So she was prepared for the stares, rude comments and all that when she got into her first class – math class.

'We got ourselves fresh meat and pretty fine fresh meat too.' Some guy from the back piped up, when the teacher introduced her. She only just managed to refrain from rolling her eyes. They never did disappoint did they, the ones that sat at the back? He could have not said anything and let her just get on with it but he just had to say something. The class laughed at his comment.

'Alright Miss Taylor, find a seat and let's begin the class shall we?' another difficult thing about being a new student. When you were told to find a seat everybody stared at you wanting to see who'd pick to sit next to. As for the ones with the empty seats next to them, some of them scowled at you when you even looked in their direction, especially the girls. So she didn't look at any of them, she simply walked to the back of the class, sitting next to the black guy at the back.

'Sorry about him, he's just thee class idiot.' He pointed to the class clown from before.

'It's aiyte; I've seen my fair share of idiots.' She smiled at him. Well at least she had found an ally.

'So looks like you and me have got the same name.'

'Mr. Taylor, something you wanna share with the class?' the teacher shouted before she could figure out what it is he had said

'No sir!'

When lunch time arrived, her brother was nowhere to be seen, no surprises there. She would have thought that he would at least have the decency to hang with her the first day. Knowing him right now she would probably find him with the cheerleaders, or the high school jocks. She looked around trying to find somewhere to sit till she spotted a bench by the corner, right next to the pillar overlooking everything else. She plugged her earphones in and turned her volume to the blast. This was going to be a long day.

She began scanning the crowd seeing as she was bored senseless and had nothing else to do. It was a typical high school really. Everyone was part of a click and those who were in relationships took the lunch hour as an opportunity to suck each other's faces off. She identified the cheerleaders first. Wasn't hard to do – the really short skirts, skimpy tops and the constant reapplication of makeup and lip gloss was kind of a dead giveaway. Then there were the school jocks, although she couldn't exactly tell which sport which group played and she didn't really care. Then there were the geeks, they were all glasses and massive books on their tables. She didn't really care about the other clicks. She had learned a long time ago that the jocks, cheerleaders and the geeks told you all you needed to know about a school. Identifying them basically gave you the down low on everything on all schools. She turned her attention to the cheerleaders. They were always fun to watch – a way of amusing oneself when you were bored, and right now she was bored. Her attention was drawn to the curly blonde and the dimpled brunet. They were saying something or the other and all the other cheerleaders were giving them their undivided attention. The brunette seemed to be shouting shaking her head, her black locks flailing wildly. Looks like she had found the boss lady. The blonde put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. She huffed and stomped her foot and briskly walked off towards where a group of boys were sat down. Harley chuckled, she couldn't believe that she had actually stomped her feet, who did that nowadays? Maybe this place wasn't going to be so bad after all, there was a drama queen and where there was a drama queen there was drama, and boy did she love drama!

Her eyes were still wondering, trying to find 'Dimples' when something caught the corner of her eye. Was that her brother? She couldn't believe it... he had been here for only a few hours and there he was flirting with Goldilocks, and she was actually laughing and flirting back! Unbelievable, he had abandoned her for Goldilocks. She didn't even know why she was surprised; he had always loved his women.

She jumped when her right earphone was suddenly yanked out of her ear.

'What's a guy gotta do to get your attention?' it was the guy from her first class, something Taylor; she never really got his first name.

'Skills Taylor.' He offered his hand for her to shake.

'Skills?' her eyebrows rose up high as she took his hand.

'I'm a very skilful kinda guy.' This time she chuckled, she couldn't help it, he was quiet funny.

'Name's Harley.'

'What, like a bike?'

'Yep, exactly like a bike.' She had heard all the jokes concerning her name.

'And you were making fun of my name, yet you were named after a bike.' She looked at him not knowing how exactly to react, what exactly was she supposed to say?

'Chill man, I'm just playing' witchu. Frankly I think it's a beautiful name, unique, and beautiful.' He smiled at her and she smiled back.

'Thank you.' She said simply. I mean what else could she say?

'So what's a fine sister like you sitting here all by yourself for?'

'This fine sister is new, she only been here a few hours, so she don't really know nobody yet.' She imitated his accent which made him laugh.

'Well now you know me, which means you won't be sitting alone again ever again.'

'Sure.' She didn't believe him, not even one iota. It was easy for him to say that now, but the minute his friends appeared, he'd disappear, she had seen it all before and she was used to it.

'Hey sis.' It was her brother, towering above her, shooting daggers at Skills. He had his arm around Goldilocks

'¿Seguro dont residuos en cualquier momento.' She said to him in Spanish, he sure didn't waste any time.

'sis en venir, no lo que usted piensa.' It wasn't what she was thinking he replied. Riley knew that she was a bit peeved off with him for leaving her alone on their first day.

'This is Peyton Sawyer, Peyton this is my sister, Harley.'



'Hie.' Peyton smiled at her and Harley just frowned at her, and looked at her brother. What the hell was he doing? A cheerleader?

'Are you gonna introduce me to your friend?'

'Skills, this is my brother Riley.'

'Skills?' her brother frowned at him, 'what kind of name is that?'

'Doesn't be rude Ry.' She reprimanded him. She frowned at him telling him exactly what she would do to him if he took this in the direction that he wanted to.

'It's Antwon actually!' skills said smartly. Riley looked back at him and back at his sister.

'Ma bad man, didn't mean no harm' He said apologetically

'We all good, and welcome to Tree hill high.' After that they both started discussing basket ball leaving her and Peyton sitting in a really uncomfortable silence.

Peyton starred at the girl in front of her. She seemed almost hostile towards her, a total opposite to her brother. Was it because she was new or was it because she was like that by nature? She opened her mouth to say something to say something by closed it again, what was the point? This was more like Haylie's turf; she didn't deal well with awkward situations.

'So a bunch of us are going to the cafe for coffee later, after school wanna come?' she finally said awkwardly. Haylie would be proud. Harley just starred at her. Great just another cheerleader who pretended to be friends with you so that she could hook up with your brother! Just what she needed!

'No thanks, I don't drink coffee.' she said ignoring the shocked look that her brother threw her. Yeah so she was a caffeine addict but she wasn't going to be used. If Goldilocks wanted to get with Ry, then she'd have to find another way.

Peyton shrugged her shoulders; nobody could blame her for not trying. She had tried. She excused herself and went to find Brooke.

She found her with Lucas, Nathan and Haylie

'Hey, was that the new guy I saw you with?' she asked detangling herself from Lucas who nodded at her.

'Yeah.' She knew by the way that Brooke was looking at her that she wanted details. But there weren't any, they had met during art class and they had just clicked. Brooke sighed as Peyton didn't reveal anything, typical Sawyer, always hugged everything to her chest.

'Well whatever, anyway he is super cute.' She shrieked as she clutched her hands in front of her in excitement.

'Hey.' Lucas protested making them all laugh.

'Oh don't worry Broody, I know I'm taken.' She kissed him on the cheek. 'But Peyton is not.' She said jokingly but there was a hint of something that Peyton couldn't read in her voice.

'Brooke the guy has only been here for a couple of hours and already you got him paired up with Sawyer.' Nathan reprimanded.

'What? She is the only one single out of all of us, it wouldn't hurt would it?' and besides she didn't like the fact that Peyton was single, it wasn't good. The sooner she got her with someone the better it would be for all of them.

Lucas starred at Brooke from underneath his eyelashes. He knew what she was thinking and he didn't blame her, it was his fault that she didn't trust him and was insecure when it came to Peyton. He turned his gaze to Peyton. She was watching the new guy. Was she interested? It shouldn't matter but somewhere somehow it did. The thought of her being interested in someone else gave her a tight feeling in his chest. He shoved it to the back of his mind and locked it in a box where it belonged. He wasn't going to go there ever again. He loved Brooke now. That established he pulled her close to him and planted a big smack on her surprised lips, invoking a cry from Haylie who shouted at them to get a room.

author's note: this is my very first fanftiction so be kind. i love LP but i also love BL so as i couldnt write both i thot i could create another character. r&r