I do not own One Tree Hill. As much as I would like to it's just not possible.

SUMMARY: Haley James moves to Tree Hill to live with Lucas. But Haley is hiding a secret that is going to both save her and tear her apart.

I was lying beneath the ancient oak that stood in the school grounds. I don't want to be here, not after what had happened. What am I meant to do now? Am I just meant to pretend that everything is alright? That I know how to cope?

"Hayley!" a male voice called me out of my daydreaming.

"Hey Luke," I called back, smiling.

He smiled back. Thinking that it was good to see her smile again. She hadn't smiled a proper smile since the accident.

"TUTOR GIRL!" my other best friend called as she walked over to me with a group of people tagging along behind her. There was a blond girl with a band T-shirt on for some band that I had never heard of. Holding her hand was a guy with floppy hair, but looking as exhausted as I felt, and behind them was a guy with jet black hair and gorgeous blue eyes.

"Hey Tigger, how ya been?" I replied smiling. It was always good to see Brooke because she managed to put a smile on my face no matter what. I then realised that Brooke had been talking about her thorough dislike for some girl called Rachel.

"Hey Brooke, you know I love you, but are you going to introduce us to your friend or are you going to continue bitching about Rachel?" the blond girl asked, "I'm Peyton, since Brooke here is too rude to introduce us, and this is my boyfriend Jake and behind us is Nathan, Lucas's half-brother"

So the cute guys name is Nathan. It suits him. Hayley shut up you can't think a guy is cute on your first day, especially Luke's brother.

"Nice to meet you guys. I'm Haley."

"Yea I figured that it wasn't actually Tutor Girl," the guy called Nathan laughed, "So how come Brooke calls you that?"

I raised my eyebrows at him, "'Cause I was a tutor at my old school before –"

"So what are you guys doing this weekend?" Lucas interrupted. Everyone but Brooke looked at him weirdly for interrupting but played along with it.

"Well, I think that we should do something together, to help Hayley with the new town... OH MY GOODIE!" Brooke exclaimed.

"Oh my goodie?" I laughed

"Shush Tutor Girl. We could all meet up for lunch at Karen's, then the boys can go down to the River Court and us girls can go shopping!"

"Um.. Brooke, I can't. You know why I can't." I said nervously, hoping that she wouldn't make me explain. I couldn't do it. Not yet.

"Haaaleeey. Pleeeease?"

"NO! I CAN"T! Just drop it okay" I yelled, getting up and running off. I couldn't believe her. How could she do that to me. Put me on the spot like that. She was one of the few people that knew and she still did that to me.

I heard someone running behind me calling my name. I didn't want to talking to anyone but the voice was male so it wasn't Brooke. It was probably Lucas. He's the only other one that knows, considering.

"Haley."

I turned around and saw it wasn't Lucas but his brother Nathan. Shit. I couldn't tell him anything no matter how much I wanted to.

"Look if you're here to convince me to go tomorrow I can't... and before you ask, no I can't tell you why. Brooke should know better than to have done that to me." I said trying to be polite in my very frustrated state.

"Okay. But I wasn't going to try and convince you to come tomorrow. I was just going to ask is you were ok. And if you need someone to talk to I'd be happy to listen." He said with a smile on his face. He then handed me a piece of paper with a number scrawled upon it. "If you need to talk to someone, give me a ring, okay?"

I smiled, touched at the gesture. "Sure. Thanks." I looked at my timetable just as the bell rang. "Do you know where the Gym is? I haven't quite figured out the school yet."

"You have Gym now? Great! Me too! C'mon I'll escort you to our class M'Lady" he said, the last part in a fake British accent, trying to make me laugh. It worked.

"That was the worst British accent I have ever heard and that includes Brookes." I laughed. "But thank you sir that would be highly appreciated" I said in my own, very bad, British accent.

"Ha you say mine is the worst you've ever heard? Have you listened to yourself?" he wheezed in between fits of laughter.

"Hey" I said punching him lightly on the arm. I was happy. He was making me laugh. Something I hadn't done in a while. And he was keeping my mind off of the dreadful lesson I was about to walk into. I hate Gym. Especially now.

A/N: Please review. This is my first FanFiction :)