Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing except the story idea. ALL rights, characters, and anything else you may recognize from the show or anywhere else goes to the owners/creators. One Tree Hill belongs to Mark Schwann and The CW.

Things different from the show that are in this story:

Nathen and Lucas switch lives and parents

Couples Involved Naley, Leyton, and maybe more.

Haley's POV

"And here he is ladies and gentlemen, Nathan Scott, reigning champ here at the River-Court. And attached-to-his-hip, his girlfriend Haley James," said our friend Mouth while he sat on the picnic table just off of the court.

"Hi to you too Mouth," Nathan retorted while I rolled my eyes at my friend's announcer tone, "And Mouth I've said it a million times and I'll say it again, Hales is not my girlfriend, she's just my best friend." 'And that's all we'll ever be,' I thought silently and sadly.

OK let me introduce myself, my name is Haley James and I'm secretly, hopelessly in love with my best friend, Nathan Scott. Yes, I know, how cliché, the nerdy, short, mousy brown haired, loser (Disclaimer-I do not think this personally it is just to establish her thought points.) hopelessly In love with their athletic, tall, raven-haired, blue eyed, hot best friend.

"Nate, I have a shift at the café soon, so I'm just gonna head over now." I told my best friend.

"Ok Hales, I'll drive you over."

"Don't worry about it Nate, I'll walk, just stay and play some basketball."

"Come on Hales, I don't want you to get hurt."

"Nate I'm sixteen, not five," I say as I walk away.

"HALES!" he called after me.

"Bye Scott."

(Entering Karen's Café)

"Hey Karen, I'm here for my shift," I told Karen as I enter the café.

"Haley you're early," Karen commented, "Let me guess getting away from the guys... and Nathan."

"Yeah Karen, apparently I'm just his best friend."

"Hales, just tell him how you feel, you know it's going to come up eventually why not now"

"You know this is kinda odd," I said to her and elaborated when I saw her confused look "I mean I'm getting relationship advice from the mother of the person I need relationship advice for."

Karen laughed. "Well Nathan is my son but you are like a daughter to me."

"Now this makes my crush on Nathan seem a whole lot creepier with you basically insinuating that we're like siblings."

"Oh hush, Haley, get to work."

I laughed to myself with a smile on my face. Karen has always been like a mother to me. I mean with 6 siblings it's kinda hard to get time alone with my mom. I think Karen knows me better than my own mother does.

"Haley, You left the court so quickly and I know that your shift didn't start 'till an hour after you left to court, what happened, I had something I wanted to tell you." Nathan questioned me as he entered the café.

"Nate, you know me, and you know that I'm an idiot when it comes to basketball and I wasn't in the mood to have you, Skills, Mouth, Junk, and Fergie making fun of me for confusing baskets or whatever with touchdowns."

"Hales, well you know me and that I would protect you from all that."

"You're right; I know you and the fact that you'd start it up."

"Wow, thanks for the vote of confidence, Hales."

"Anyway, what was it that you wanted to tell me?"

"Well, I was in the library studying-"

"Wait, you, Nathan Scott, were studying, man, what has the world come to."

"Haha, very funny Hales, back to what I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, I was in the library and Coach Durham called me into his office, I got some glares from King Lucas and his minions, And Coach Durham asked me to join the team, he said he saw me play down at the River-Court and thought I was good."

"Nate, that's great what did you say?" I questioned.

"I told him I'd think about it, I mean seeing Lucas and the rest of the team is one thing, playing on the same team as the is a whole different ball game."

"Well I for one think you would make a great addition to the team, come on you know you'd have support from me and the River-Court guys."

"OK, I'll think about it. I just don't think that I can do it, you know see Dan every game. I just don't want him to get to me."

"Just give it a chance Nate."

"Fine, you up for a game of mini-golf on the roof?"

"Oh, you know I am, but are you ready to get creamed."

"We'll see about that."