It was the first day of high school and Haley James felt quite lost. Tree Hill High was a huge place and there was zillions of students swarming all over the school.
Haley had come to Tree Hill Hill from an elite private school in Colorado. Her father got transferred to the North Carolina branch of Philips Electronics during the summer vacation.
She was the youngest of six children in the James family. Her parents, Jimmy and Lydia James were apparently stuck in their hippie years and were forever embarrassing their children to no end. Haley was the only child left at home as all of her siblings had grown up and left home.
Haley looked at her timetable and noticed that homeroom was the first place she had to go to. Luckily a map of the school was attached to her timetable, so it wasn't too hard for her to find the location of her homeroom. She walked straight to the classroom where her homeroom was allocated for the entire academic year.
All eyes were on when she walked into the room. She looked at everyone, and then looked at her homeroom teacher. That must be Miss Derrick.
Miss Derrick smiled at her and said "Hello and welcome. You must be?"
"James. Haley James"
"Haley, welcome to Tree Hill High. According to my records, you transferred here from St Augustine's Academy in Colorado. I hope your high school years here will be memorable. Oh and I'm Miss Derrick."
"Thanks Miss Derrick"
Haley then proceeded to an empty seat and sat down. She looked around and noticed a brunette with dimples next to her.
"Hey I'm Brooke Davis. I have a really good feeling that you and I are gonna be best friends! Stick with me and you'll be fine."
"Thanks Brooke. I'm Haley James. I'll need a local girl to show me around town!
"Then you've come to the right person! I'll introduce you to my friends"
When the bell rang for first break, Haley and Brooke went to the main quad. There was a couple of kids sitting at a table.
"GUYS! I have new girl here I'd like to introduce you guys" Brooke yelled.
A boy with scrawny haircut said "Brooke, did you really have to be that loud?!" Brooke ignored him and turned to Haley.
"Rude boy here is Jake Jagielski".
Jake rolled his eyes and said "That's Brooke for you." Haley smiled and gave a questioning look to Brooke.
"OH! Sorry! Everybody, this is Haley James from Colorado."
There was a chorus of hello's from the table. Brooke said "Haley, you see Goldilocks over there? That's Peyton Sawyer, my long time best friend. See that brooding boy? Lucas Scott. Skinny scrawny dude is Marvin McFadden but we all call him Mouth...don't ask me why."
Brooke introduced everyone else as Skills, Bevin, Junk, Fergie and Rachel.
They all sat down at the table and started eating their lunches. Haley felt like she fit right in the group. Suddenly she noticed a tall boy walking past her. He had raven coloured hair, beautiful blue eyes and a really cute smirk. Haley nudged Brooke in the ribs.
"OW! What was that for Haley?"
"Sorry, but I was just wondering who is that boy with girls all over him?"
"That's Nathan Scott. Little brother of Lucas. Tree Hill High's star basketball player."
Lucas gave Brooke a death glare. Haley wondered what was the story behind that. She reckoned she'd find out one day.
Brooke sighed and said "Anyways Haley, I'd advise you to stay away from Nathan. He's the world's biggest ass and he takes after his father, Dan Scott. He's a real player from what you can see, and he seems to think he's God's gift to all girls in Tree Hill."
"Oh okay. I was just wondering who he was."
Haley then looked at Nathan, and she thought there was something about him... that she couldn't put her finger on it. Every time she looked at him, she got a weird feeling in her stomach. She had never felt that way, and it scared her but she had a good feeling about it.
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A/N: This is my second attempt with Naley fanfic :) My first one, 'Outback Love' is still under progress - I've had some serious writers block, thus causing me to be stuck on the second chapter LOL.
R&R will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading!