Haley James sat on the roof of Karen's Café with her two best friends, the infamous Scott boys; Lucas and Nathan.

"God I can't believe school starts tomorrow." Nathan Scott groaned, laying his head on Haley's shoulder.

"I know I'm so excited." Haley said wit a smile which elicited another groan from Nathan.

He slowly lifted his head up to look at his best friend. "Hales, you are such a geek." He told her shaking his head.

"Hey leave me alone. You get all happy when basketball season starts. Why can't I get excited about school?"

"Cause school is HORRIBLE." He told her.

"Whatever." Haley said with a huff, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Don't listen to him Hales. I'm excited too." Lucas said to his friend. A goofy grin plastered to his face.

"Thank you Luke."

"Oh shut up man. The only reason you're so excited is cause you get to see Brooke." Nathan said to his brother.

Lucas just continued smiling.

Nathan shook his head at his brother, turning to Haley he grabbed her hand and stood up. "Come one Hales let's leave Luke to his thoughts."

Haley nodded her head as Nathan helped her up. "So what do you want to do?" She asked as they headed toward the door that would take them back to Karen's Café.

"I don't know, let's take a walk." He suggested as he patted Lucas' shoulder.

Lucas smiled at his brother and best friend before pulling out his cell phone and dialing his girlfriends number.

Pier

"So tomorrow…" Haley said as she and Nathan walked along the pier.

Nathan glanced over at her and smiled. He took her hands into his bigger on. "It'll be okay Hales."

"How do you know? Don't you remember the way your family reacted when we told them?" She asked.

"Yeah they were a bit shocked."

"Shocked? Your mom fainted." She screeched.

Nathan pulled her onto a bench and pulled her into his arms. "Haley honey calm down, you know that the stress…"

"I know Nathan. I know." She said with a sigh.

"So you want to tell everyone tomorrow?" He asked as he played with her honey blonde hair.

"No. Friday. After practice."

"Okay." He said as he held her closer. After a moment of silence he spoke again. "Hales?"

"Hmm?"
"Are you going to tell them the truth?"

Haley stayed silent for a moment, contemplating the implications of telling her friends the truth. "No I don't want them to know. The only ones who'll know are us and Luke."

Nathan only nodded.

The two sat a few more minutes in silence before getting up and heading back home.