Title: Connected (1/?)
Author: Aidan Paige
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I Own Nothing!
Distribution: Go a head; just let me know, LoL.
Summary: Guess. sort of like the title.
Pairing(s): Eventual Nathan/Haley, Lucas/Haley friendship.
Feedback: One word, please! Enjoy.I hope.
I've been friends with Lucas for so long that it's hard to picture myself without him. He's like my other half, a brother. Someone who actually cared for me when my family didn't even know I existed. I try to play it off, like being the youngest of seven kids is nothing, but the truth of it is its lonely. Having parents that had more children than they could take, by the time I came around they couldn't be bothered. It was harsh. Not a lot of people know about my life, the only one who even comes close to knowing anything about it is Lucas.
Glancing at the mirror I look at my reflection. I remember the first time when I met Lucas. Oddly enough what brought us together seems to be the same thing that is tearing us apart now. I highly doubt Nathan knows how much he played a part in Lucas and me becoming friends.
I can remember the day I met Lucas like it was yesterday. I had been 6 years old, and had managed to crawl out the back window of my house. Nobody had missed me, they were too busy looking after my older brother's drug problems and sorting out the twin's rivalry to deal the mistake Haley. I had run across the street to the park around the corner. I had been told never to go there, that it was a dangerous place to wonder around. I guess that's why I did. Nobody would come searching for me there. I also secretly hoped that my mom would come out of her drunken stupor and come looking for me, or that my dad would actually come home and take notice of my life.
I had come across a kid; he couldn't have much older than me. He was scrawny and I had seen him around my elementary school a couple times. He was playing basketball with an older man who I had assumed had been his father but later found out was Keith. They looked so happy, just goofing around and laughing when Lucas made a once in a while shot.
It amazed me that two people could get along so well. I had hid in the shadows for a while just staring at them, basking in their life for a few precious moments. I remembered coming to the realization that there could be family that got along, that cared for one another. In school I recalled Lucas always being alone, never really having a friend. Never in my life had I wanted a friend more, after all I never had any friends because my older sister and brothers seemed to always make fun of me and drive off potential friends. I don't know how long I had just stood there observing but suddenly I had been jolted out of my secret viewing by someone pushing me from behind.
Flashback.
"Move!" a boy I recognized as Nathan Scott pushed me so hard I had the wind knocked out of me. Glaring at him I started to reply but was cut off by a tall man next to him.
"Nathan don't be rude, save your breath for more important matters. Like the game."
The man really was rather intimidating, I figured he was the dad and I couldn't help but be repulsed by the way the older man looked at me, like I was nothing. It got me so mad; these people didn't even know me. I felt tears building up in my eyes. Why did everyone always judge me? It was either that or not even knowing I existed.
"Hey leave her alone!" A voice cried from behind me, saving me from making a fool out of myself.
Surprisingly enough it was the scrawny kid, the older man with him was standing right behind him well the kid marched up right next to me, and with all the force of someone twice his size pushed Nathan right back. I stared in amazement, nobody I knew pushed Nathan. Nathan always did the pushing, or tormenting, he was the popular bully. Nathan had looked surprised too. I don't think he had ever noticed the kid before.
"Who do you think you are!? Pushing someone you don't even know around! You're just a stupid coward!"
"Watch what you say you inbreed, I wouldn't even start to threaten my son." Nathan's father barked at the other kid.
The kid looked surprised and cowered under the older mans temper. That's when I stepped in and yelled, "At least I don't need my daddy stepping in to defend me, that's dumb!"
I could see both the older and younger Scott's faces turning red. "Just go away, you're not wanted, just leave us alone!"
Nathan charged at me looking like he might tackle me or something, sort of like a linebacker going for a goal. My eyes widen when suddenly the scrawny kid's father intervened, catching Nathan by the waist.
"Don't touch him Keith!"
"Just go away Dan; can't you see your stirring up enough trouble? You don't need the rest of the town becoming curious; I know "you" especially don't want that." I didn't understand the look that was exchanged between the two men, but even back than I knew it had some sort of importance.
"Come on son, and Keith, keep Lucas away from my boy." Dan said as he pulled Nathan away. I sighed in relief as they left, turning around I looked unsurely at the pair that was left behind.
The boy still glared in the direction Nathan and his dad had taken. Finally he turned to me. I looked at him unsure of myself, ready to bolt at any minute. He suddenly smiled at me shyly.
"You're Haley right?"
I couldn't help but be surprised, I thought nobody noticed me. I think my expression must have showed, because the next thing out of his mouth was, "You're the girl in Mr. Murries class; I've seen you around school. I'm Lucas by the way."
"Really?" I couldn't help the squeak the imitated from me.
"Yeah do you want to shot some hops with Keith and me? Maybe come over for my mommies cookies later?"
I glanced timidly from the boy the "Keith," looking for permission. I was inside really excited, my first friend. Keith nodded his head in approval.
End of Flashback.
I remember shooting hoops with them and not making a single shot. As I recalled though, Lucas didn't do that much better either. We had then gone over to Lucas's place and had met his mother, Karen. I remember looking at his mother and I couldn't help but think she was the most beautiful women in the World and that I had wanted to be just like her. I recall thinking to myself that she had such a sweet voice and she made really great cookies.
Lucas and I had been inseparable after that day. He gave me a family, and I gave him the sibling he never had. Karen accepted me into a house that loved me, not just depended on me to pick up after them and got off just trying to make my life miserable.
I didn't know than, but that was the first encounter Lucas had ever had with his father and brother. Nathan and Lucas had not known they were related yet. It's ironic that I was the one that brought Lucas's first memory of Dan and Nathan. It's weird how we all are connected.
End of Part 1.
Author: Aidan Paige
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I Own Nothing!
Distribution: Go a head; just let me know, LoL.
Summary: Guess. sort of like the title.
Pairing(s): Eventual Nathan/Haley, Lucas/Haley friendship.
Feedback: One word, please! Enjoy.I hope.
I've been friends with Lucas for so long that it's hard to picture myself without him. He's like my other half, a brother. Someone who actually cared for me when my family didn't even know I existed. I try to play it off, like being the youngest of seven kids is nothing, but the truth of it is its lonely. Having parents that had more children than they could take, by the time I came around they couldn't be bothered. It was harsh. Not a lot of people know about my life, the only one who even comes close to knowing anything about it is Lucas.
Glancing at the mirror I look at my reflection. I remember the first time when I met Lucas. Oddly enough what brought us together seems to be the same thing that is tearing us apart now. I highly doubt Nathan knows how much he played a part in Lucas and me becoming friends.
I can remember the day I met Lucas like it was yesterday. I had been 6 years old, and had managed to crawl out the back window of my house. Nobody had missed me, they were too busy looking after my older brother's drug problems and sorting out the twin's rivalry to deal the mistake Haley. I had run across the street to the park around the corner. I had been told never to go there, that it was a dangerous place to wonder around. I guess that's why I did. Nobody would come searching for me there. I also secretly hoped that my mom would come out of her drunken stupor and come looking for me, or that my dad would actually come home and take notice of my life.
I had come across a kid; he couldn't have much older than me. He was scrawny and I had seen him around my elementary school a couple times. He was playing basketball with an older man who I had assumed had been his father but later found out was Keith. They looked so happy, just goofing around and laughing when Lucas made a once in a while shot.
It amazed me that two people could get along so well. I had hid in the shadows for a while just staring at them, basking in their life for a few precious moments. I remembered coming to the realization that there could be family that got along, that cared for one another. In school I recalled Lucas always being alone, never really having a friend. Never in my life had I wanted a friend more, after all I never had any friends because my older sister and brothers seemed to always make fun of me and drive off potential friends. I don't know how long I had just stood there observing but suddenly I had been jolted out of my secret viewing by someone pushing me from behind.
Flashback.
"Move!" a boy I recognized as Nathan Scott pushed me so hard I had the wind knocked out of me. Glaring at him I started to reply but was cut off by a tall man next to him.
"Nathan don't be rude, save your breath for more important matters. Like the game."
The man really was rather intimidating, I figured he was the dad and I couldn't help but be repulsed by the way the older man looked at me, like I was nothing. It got me so mad; these people didn't even know me. I felt tears building up in my eyes. Why did everyone always judge me? It was either that or not even knowing I existed.
"Hey leave her alone!" A voice cried from behind me, saving me from making a fool out of myself.
Surprisingly enough it was the scrawny kid, the older man with him was standing right behind him well the kid marched up right next to me, and with all the force of someone twice his size pushed Nathan right back. I stared in amazement, nobody I knew pushed Nathan. Nathan always did the pushing, or tormenting, he was the popular bully. Nathan had looked surprised too. I don't think he had ever noticed the kid before.
"Who do you think you are!? Pushing someone you don't even know around! You're just a stupid coward!"
"Watch what you say you inbreed, I wouldn't even start to threaten my son." Nathan's father barked at the other kid.
The kid looked surprised and cowered under the older mans temper. That's when I stepped in and yelled, "At least I don't need my daddy stepping in to defend me, that's dumb!"
I could see both the older and younger Scott's faces turning red. "Just go away, you're not wanted, just leave us alone!"
Nathan charged at me looking like he might tackle me or something, sort of like a linebacker going for a goal. My eyes widen when suddenly the scrawny kid's father intervened, catching Nathan by the waist.
"Don't touch him Keith!"
"Just go away Dan; can't you see your stirring up enough trouble? You don't need the rest of the town becoming curious; I know "you" especially don't want that." I didn't understand the look that was exchanged between the two men, but even back than I knew it had some sort of importance.
"Come on son, and Keith, keep Lucas away from my boy." Dan said as he pulled Nathan away. I sighed in relief as they left, turning around I looked unsurely at the pair that was left behind.
The boy still glared in the direction Nathan and his dad had taken. Finally he turned to me. I looked at him unsure of myself, ready to bolt at any minute. He suddenly smiled at me shyly.
"You're Haley right?"
I couldn't help but be surprised, I thought nobody noticed me. I think my expression must have showed, because the next thing out of his mouth was, "You're the girl in Mr. Murries class; I've seen you around school. I'm Lucas by the way."
"Really?" I couldn't help the squeak the imitated from me.
"Yeah do you want to shot some hops with Keith and me? Maybe come over for my mommies cookies later?"
I glanced timidly from the boy the "Keith," looking for permission. I was inside really excited, my first friend. Keith nodded his head in approval.
End of Flashback.
I remember shooting hoops with them and not making a single shot. As I recalled though, Lucas didn't do that much better either. We had then gone over to Lucas's place and had met his mother, Karen. I remember looking at his mother and I couldn't help but think she was the most beautiful women in the World and that I had wanted to be just like her. I recall thinking to myself that she had such a sweet voice and she made really great cookies.
Lucas and I had been inseparable after that day. He gave me a family, and I gave him the sibling he never had. Karen accepted me into a house that loved me, not just depended on me to pick up after them and got off just trying to make my life miserable.
I didn't know than, but that was the first encounter Lucas had ever had with his father and brother. Nathan and Lucas had not known they were related yet. It's ironic that I was the one that brought Lucas's first memory of Dan and Nathan. It's weird how we all are connected.
End of Part 1.