Title: Halo

Author: Psyc0gurl0

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the idea.

Summary: Haley James the famous singer was just sent to live with her family down in Tree Hill to try and get away from the fast paced NYC life. Her parents couldn't handle her anymore so they sent her to live with her cousin. In Tree Hill Haley meets a lot of strange, but fun people forcing her to change for better or worse. Hopefully at least a song will come out of it.

Couples: Naley, with some Brucas, and Jeyton.

Chapter 1: Obnoxious

It was obnoxious.

That was the only word for it. It was the only word that would describe it.

Obnoxious.

The entire thing.

It was obnoxious that I had to make the move in the first place and it was obnoxious that I was ridiculed to staying with my cousin. A cousin I had met a total of five times. Now here I was standing in front of said cousins house with two large black suitcases and a black leather purse which was hiding my stash.

Obnoxious.

"Haley!" my cousin exclaimed in earnest excitement.

"It's been too long!" Peyton Sawyer announced smiling happily at me.

I pulled a fake smile over my lips and returned the hug she was offering.

"It totally has!" I replied still smiling.

"How are you?" Peyton asked releasing me from a hug.

I turned to my uncle Larry and hugged him also.

"I'm fine." I replied shortly.

She nodded wondering if I was going to say more.

"So...is this all your stuff?" Larry asked gesturing to the bags.

I nodded and grabbed them both to carry into the house. I listened as Peyton chattered on about school, cheerleading, her friends, everything I didn't care about.

"Cool." I said once we got to the room I would be staying in. I dumped my bags on the floor and bed then turned to look at the skinny blonde.

"I really like your hair color." Peyton added trying to make conversation.

I smiled a tight smile, "so what do you do for fun around here?" I asked sitting on the bed.

"Um...well. There's a lot to do. You know, since it's Saturday we could go meet my friends."

"Sounds fun." I sarcastically replied.

She smiled that same tight smile.

"So...do you miss it?" she asked quietly sitting on my bed beside me. I took a deep breath in not wanting to answer.

"I'd prefer if we didn't talk about it." I whispered not wanting to talk about my music least of all with my cousin.

"Some of the people at school listen to your music...just to warn you." Peyton said looking at me sympathetically.

I stood up suddenly and walked towards the door.

"Let's leave. I mean, it's my first day in Tree Hill I don't want to spend it sitting around and discussing my failures. Let's go." I firmly said.

She nodded and got up and we walked out the door together and to Peyton's car. We didn't talk much the entire way, which was fine with me.

I watched the scenery as we drove past and I thought about all the differences from here and New York. It was pretty southern country but I preferred the tall skyscrapers of New York to large hills and sycamore trees.

"Here we are. Karen's Café. This is where everything happens. My best friends boyfriend's mom owns the place so we come here a lot."

I looked over at Peyton as she said this. She had an odd facial expression on when she explained about her best friend and the best friend's boyfriend.

"Right." I said raising an eyebrow at her.

"Let's go. You've got to be starved." Peyton smiled at me then proceeded to drag me into the café.

A blonde haired women was pouring coffee when she greeted us.

"Peyton! Is this your cousin, Haley?" the blonde women came over to us holding the coffee cup to the side.

She looked like a typical waitress., apron and coffee container.

"Is this Karen?" I asked looking back and forth between Peyton and the blonde.

The blonde laughed and shook her head, "no, my names Deb Scott. I'm a friend of Karen's. She actually isn't feeling well today so I'm covering for her."

"What's the matter with her?" I blurted out.

"Morning sickness. Poor thing." Deb answered shaking her head.

I nodded in understanding then turned back to Peyton who shrugged.

"Karen just found out she was pregnant a few days ago and she's been having a rough time dealing." Peyton sympathetically replied.

I nodded again looking back and forth between the blondes.

"Have you introduced her to Nathan yet? Or Brooke? Or Lucas?" Deb asked. "Or did you take her right over and visit Jenny and Jake?" Deb added smiling at Peyton who blushed.

I raised my eyebrow at the mention of Jenny and Jake. There seemed to be something with Jenny and Jake that Peyton wasn't sharing. Maybe they were the best friend and boyfriend.

"Nope. This was the first place. I thought some people would be here...I guess not." Peyton mumbled looking around the café.

"Do you know where they'd be?"

Deb gave her a 'you know where' look and whisked away to take someone's order and pour more coffee. Peyton and I recited our goodbyes and we left to go wherever Peyton thought her friends were.

"Usually I would just call them. But they aren't that hard to find. Everyone's totally into Basketball around here. Were they big in basketball at your old school?"

I shrugged.

"I don't know. I was always in and out of school, you know. I was more concentrated on my music career...but...you know how that turned out." I muttered angrily.

Peyton looked at me, "everyone knows how that turned out."

I shot a look at her not wanting to discuss it. It was true though, I was always all over the tabloids. That's how my parents first found out. It was only a matter of time before the paparazzi got down to Tree Hill and ruined my life here too.

"There's this place called the River Court the guys sometimes go to. They play basketball and stuff. It's pretty fun to watch." Peyton said as we drove past little houses.

"You watch basketball for fun?" I asked in astonishment.

"Yeah...we cheer for it. You know, you could try out for cheerleading. It's a lot of fun. Brooke and I are on it." Peyton cheerily announced.

I raised an eyebrow and a smirk went to my lips. "I'll think about it."

Peyton smiled. "Great. So let me tell you a little about everyone. There's Brooke whose my best friend. She dates Lucas Scott. Lucas's mom owns the café. They've been dating for, like, almost 6 months."

"Aw. That's cute."

"Yeah..."

"So who else is there? What about this Jake and Jenny and this Nathan guy?"

"Jake is my boyfriend, actually and Jenny is his daughter. Nathan is Lucas' brother. Well, not brother-brother. Like half-brother. You see in high school Dan Scott, which is Nathan's and Lucas' father got Karen pregnant. Then Dan went off to college and got Deb pregnant and they got together and had Nathan. But Karen was left alone to raise Lucas by herself cause Dan's a prick, you know?"

I stared at her for a few seconds then shook my head.

"What the hell town did I move to?" I murmured listening to Peyton laugh at my comment.

"You'll get used to it. Oh! And they're here, too. Awesome. Are you ready to meet my friends?"

I shrugged as we parked then stepped out of the car.

"As ready as I'll ever be, I guess."

"Great! My friend's will love you. By the way, Nathan's kinda a huge fan."

I laughed loudly as we started walking to a concrete court with about 6 guys playing basketball. I watched as a blonde nodded towards us and they stopped playing. They turned to watch Peyton and I walk across the grass approaching them.

"Is Nathan gay or something?" I asked as we walked.

Peyton laughed and was about to respond when a deep male voice did instead.

"You told Haley James I was gay, Peyton?"

I felt myself blush at what I saw.

(A/n: so...good or bad? it's my first OTH ff...)