Chapter 1
My name is Haley James Scott. I've recently turned 25 years old. When I was sixteen, I married Nathan Scott. Although we had our share of ups and downs, we always rose from it all. I have a son whose 9 years old and a daughter who's 3 years old.
My son, my daughter and I currently reside in Tree Hill city. I'm a teacher at Tree Hill high school. I have a best friend, Lucas Scott, who's not only my best friend but my brother in law. He has been by my side since we were little. I have another best friend, Brooke Davis, who's been more like a sister to me. She's always been there for my children and I as well as our other best friend, Peyton Scott.
I have a husband, Nathan Scott, or should I say, I had a husband. Now this is where my story starts…
You see three years ago, I was a full time teacher at Tree Hill high school and my husband was a professional basketball player. Every month would leave home for a week or two to go play. One month in particular, he came home and told my son and me that he was leaving for three months this time. It came as a huge shock to me. I knew that sometimes two weeks would have to turn into three weeks, maybe even four but never multiple months at once. At the time, I didn't really think anything of it; I trusted my husband and I knew that he had been working so very hard to get to where he was. I was not going to get in the way of that, he was my husband I wanted to stand by him with his goals and dreams.
About two weeks into the three month span, I found out I was pregnant. I was more then thrilled. Nathan and I had been talking about adding to our family and now it was finally happening. I didn't want to tell him the news over the phone, so I asked my mother in law to watch my son and I flew over to Charlotte to see my husband. You see from the moment that plane landed in Charlotte, my life and the life of my son and unborn child, changed forever.
