This is my second Fanfiction. I am a very straigtforeward writer. I will not demand reviews because, honestly, I write because I like to and because I hope other people like reading what I write. However, if you have any constructive advice or would just like to review I do appreciate it and I will try to update as often as possible. P.S. I do not own any of the characters of One Tree Hill.

In a small town in North Carolina there lived six people. Each was their own person and had their own lives, but for some reason they were always connected. It was their destiny and they were One Tree Hill.

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It's six a.m. and I know that I have to drag myself out of my beautiful comfortable bed, but I just can't stand to get up. I'm tired and I know that it's going to be another long day ahead.

Finally I pull myself out of bed and head for the shower. My morning ritual is always the same: shower, coffee, get dressed, do my make-up and wait for my wonderful best friend to arrive and take me to school. This is life in a small town. This is my life.

"Hey Hales," Lucas yells pulling me from my thoughts. I look out and see his car.

He smiles.

I can never understand how he looks so fresh in the morning when I feel like death warmed over. However, it wasn't him who was up until one a.m. writing their AP English paper and studying for today's AP Biology Exam. He was getting his beauty rest.

I grab my books and jog out to the car swinging myself into the front seat. Again he smiles.

"Good morning sunshine," he says.

I shrug and recline the seat in an attempt to get a few more minutes rest before we get to school. Lucas knows me too well and understands that this means I have no desire for conversation and thus silence ensues.

As Lucas parks the car he tries to wake me up, which is completely unnecessary because I honestly never got to sleep. I can't stop thinking about this daily routine that is my life. It just seems so mundane.

"Ha-ley, Ha -ley, are you with us?"

I look over to see Lucas staring at me and realize he must have been trying to talk to me for a while because he seems moderately annoyed.

"Sorry Lucas I just have a lot running through my head," I reply.

His expression suddenly changes from one of annoyance to one of concern. This makes me smile because I know no matter how many annoying little quirks either of us have we will always be there for each other. This is how its always been. The two of us against the world.

"Everything is fine," I quickly begin to reassure him. "It's just life stuff. I just can't stop wondering if this is the way my life's supposed to be and everything."

"Well if you ever have anything you want to talk about you know you can come to me right?" he questions.

"Yes," I answer simply knowing that this is something I just can't say to him.

It's not that I'm tired with my life because I enjoy everything I do, it's just that I'm tired. It may sound whiny but I'm under a lot of pressure. In my family there are eight of us and each one before me has succeeded at something, even if it was just driving my parents crazy like Taylor. They each found their niche and so when it was my turn I felt like there was nothing left for me to do -- and so I did everything. I'm president of Student Council, second in my class, head of the tutoring center, secretary of Honor Society, chairman of the Pep Rally committee and editor of both our school yearbook and paper. I am a regular over achiever.

I check my watch and realize its seven thirty and I only have five minutes to get to class so I scramble out of the car and rush ahead to where Lucas has already joined the throng of students rushing to get to class on time.

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The bell rings and I have just planted my but in the first row of first period, Sociology. This class is probably my least favorite of the day because of the others that are in it. Nathan Scott, Brooke Davis, Peyton Sawyer and Tim Smith all have graced us with their presence, most of whom came in late.

It's not that any of them are really evil beings, I have just never really talked to them and they don't seem to mind. Socially-- I'm kind of invisible to them. In middle school they were the popular group. They were mean and everyone knew not to mess with them. Especially me and Lucas. I never understood what I had done, but for Lucas it was because he was Nathan's illegitimate half brother that had done him in.

However, that was in the past. We were juniors in high school now and they were just another harmless click. The jokes had stopped years ago and we had all grown up a lot.

"Class can you all please sit down so we can begin," Mrs. Roy shrilly yelled over everyone's chatter. Slowly everyone made there way to where they belonged.

"Ok so I have been putting notes on the board and giving you quizzes for weeks, but none of you seem to be understanding what I'm trying to teach you about society," she continued. "So instead I have created an assignment - a very creative one on my part."

I could only imagine what kind of poster or report I would spend this weekend creating and I rolled my eyes.

"You will be partnered up with one student and you job is to understand."

Now this sounded interesting.

"Over the next two weeks you and your partner will integrate yourselves into each others lives. You will learn where they live, who there friends are, things about their family and lots of other personal information. The point of this whole experiment being to open your eyes to the different parts of society and to destroy the social conformities you students have chosen to follow."

"Hey bestest friend ever in the world."

I heard Lucas call from behind me.

"What do you want?"

"Now why is whenever your favorite person in the world wants to talk to you, he must want something?"

"Because he does."

"Ok, so I do this time, but this never happens."

"So what do you want?" I can't help but laugh at the pleading look on his face.

"Will you please help me with my math homework now because I have basketball practice this afternoon and I have to work at the café afterwards."

"Lucas of course I will help you, and by-the-way how has that basketball thing been going?"

"I guess good I mean me an Nathan haven't fought or anything. We aren't friends but I guess that's better then nothing."

"Well I'm glad its ok. It's neither of your faults that you dad is such a slut so I don't see any reason why you can't get along. I mean you're brothers for gods sake"

"Oh Haley," he laughs silently. "You were always one with words. Hey, how was first period?"

"We got this crazy ass assignment from Mrs. Roy where we have to get to know another student really well and I got Brooke Davis. I mean it's going to be kind of strange but I'm always up for getting to know new people."

"However Lucas Scott no more questions if we are going to get through this math homework of yours before the sun goes down."