Author's Note: So this is new for me. It's a fic based on Hailey. Surprise, surprise. It's a little bit of an AU and it takes place during season three.

He had no idea where he was going. He didn't know where she lived. It had been so long since he had been in Tree Hill and even then, he wasn't there long. He didn't know how he was going to find her but he had a feeling that he would. They hadn't talked on the phone in weeks and know he was just showing up. He would even settle for finding Lucas. At least he could tell him where she was.

She hadn't seen him in over a year and they hadn't talked in weeks, yet, there he was. She couldn't believe it. She just stood there shocked for a few seconds not believing what her eyes were trying to tell her. She blinked a few times, as if to see if her eyes were deceiving her.

"Haley? Hello! Earth to Haley! Are you ok?" It was Brooke trying to get her attention. Haley was too hypnotized by the strangely familiar stranger to snap out of it. As suddenly as he appeared, he went away. She was about to answer Brooke and say that nothing was wrong, when, she heard a voice from behind her.

"Why if it isn't little Haley Elizabeth James." She knew that heavy Australian accent anywhere.

"Joseph Anthony Parker!" she screamed before turning around and leaping in his arms.

Brooke and Peyton, who was also with them, watched from where they were standing.

"Looks like Tutor Girl got over Nathan," Brooke slyly commented.

"Yeah. Looks like. Listen I'll meet you at Karen's. I don't think I can stand here and watch… that," Peyton gestured over to Haley and the extremely gorgeous looking stranger that were now laughing like they had been friends forever. What they didn't know, was that they had.

Haley didn't move to Tree Hill until she was about fourteen. Before that, she lived in a town about three hours south. They had met when they were about five because their mothers were close. They continued on with their friendship long after their mothers grew apart. They knew each other inside and out and were both devastated when they discovered that Haley had to move. That was two years ago, though, and they were still the best of friends. He had met Lucas only a few times but they had gotten along great.

They spent a few minutes talking about how each other looked great, the fact that he was staying all summer, and how they hadn't seen each other in over a year until Haley realized that Brooke had been standing about ten feet away eyeing him with the look she used when she saw something she wanted. Haley quickly pulled him over to introduce the two so she could just get it over with. If she didn't do it, she was sure that Brooke would end up embarrassing her. She just hoped that she didn't bring up Nathan. Haley had told Joseph everything about Nathan. Frankly, in Joseph's eyes, Nathan had caused Haley pain. That meant that Joseph wanted to cause Nathan pain. He was extremely protective over her and the fact that press 230 sort of helped in a fight. He grew up as a farm boy, working hard outside labor since he was six. He could easily take on Nathan and probably the rest of the team while he was at it. She made a mental note to talk to Joseph about it.

"Hey there," Brooke said in her I-want-that-one voice. Haley had to admit that Joseph was extremely attractive. With his deep blue eyes and careless dirty blond hair added onto his well sculpted body, he definitely turned some heads. Once he had been asked to model by a real modeling agent! Haley and some of her old friends were still giving him a hard time about that one.

"Brooke! This is my Joey!" Haley practically shouted. She had so much crap running through her head but she still couldn't confine her extreme excitement to finally see her "long lost" best friend.

"Actually, it's Joe," he said, scoring obvious bonus points with Brooke with his strong accent. Haley knew that she was the only one who was "allowed" to call him Joey and that was only because they had known each other when he carried the nick name as a kindergartener. He didn't mind when Haley called him Joey but if anyone else did, he went off. His friends and family and even Haley's family had all developed the habit of calling him Joe. He liked it better that way.

"Well, Joe, I'm Brooke." Brooke sure wasn't going to give up on this one. She didn't have the heart to tell her that she wasn't his type but she would soon figure it out. Since Brooke was one of those people with a really good heart once you got to know her, they would probably end up being good friends.

"Nice to meet you," he replied politely as he had been taught to do so while growing up.

"Well, we'll see you later Brooke," Haley said, hurrying off, practically pulling Joey by the arm.

When they got out of ear shot of Brooke, he leaned over and practically whispered in her ear, "What a whore!" The two of them just laughed and kept walking and talking, no particular destination in mind.

This was definitely going to be an interesting summer in Tree Hill.

Sweets555: Does Joey sound familiar? I wanted to name him Lucas except that would be kind of dumb seeing as there's already a Lucas in the story. Maybe I'll even throw in the other guys ;)(everybody else can ignore this since it wont make sense)