So I know I shouldn't be starting a new story but hey, i'm bored of work lol. Basic plot line IS Luke and Nate have grown up together, Peyton and Haley are best friends- soon all of them will be heading off to the same college, but with the summer ahead of them will things change when they all collide? Totally a Naley story but with big leyton OR chreyton.. not sure. And twists along the way- I do love the twists. So, if you think it's worth continuing, let me know and I shall, but if it's not worth it, i'll still be around with my other stories!

Lucas Scott sighed and drummed his fingers on the linen tablecloth. He glanced around the room, absolutely no hot girls in an entire room. Maaaan he was bored. This was the fifth event his father had forced him to attend in the last month and it sounded exactly the same as the last four. He cracked his neck and then his knuckles which earned him a disgusted look from the woman sitting next to him. He rolled his eyes and sniggered, maybe he was drunker than he'd thought, better slow down, he'd hate to embarrass daddy. On his other side his younger brother sat straight backed listening intently to his father's speech. Lucas sighed again and nudged his brother. Nathan ignored him and continued to look interested in whatever crap his dad was spewing. He nudged him harder, Nathan growled slightly and inclined his head.

"What?" He muttered.

"Dude, how long before you think we can get the hell out of here?"

"Luke we've only been here an hour, shut up and listen."

"But i'm so ready to go man, come on let's go hit some decent bars!"

"Shut up," Nathan muttered warningly.

"Nah Nate come on, i'm so bored, let's get out of here."

"Dude shut up, this is dad's big night."

"It's always dads big night man," he shifted in his seat and loosened his tie. It had been this way for as long as he could remember. His father was the senator of North Carolina and Lucas and Nathan had spent almost their entire life in the spotlight. Nathan had dealt with it brilliantly, good natured hard working, a basketball champion and basically the star of his school. Lucas however had been pretty much the opposite from the word go. He'd never tried in school, got in fights, argued with teachers, was basically an ass and had narrowly avoided being arrested on several occasions. It didn't help that he was extremely good looking- it made him arrogant, self centred and drew all sorts of bad influences- especially girls who led him completely astray.

Both of them were headed to college at the end of the summer and to Nathan's extreme annoyance his older brother was following him- if only to spend the next four years driving him mad.

Lucas was the bane of Nathan's life, he messed up and blamed Nathan, he slept with girls he knew Nathan was into and got bored with them so fast Nathan didn't even have a chance to introduce himself. He lied, cheated and made Nathan's life as awkward as possible. When Lucas got caught misbehaving either Nathan had to defend him or take the fall- somehow Lucas got away with things no-one else could. Not that their father ever cut him any slack- he was the only person who knew exactly who Lucas was and how he behaved.

And now here he was sitting in a stuffy hall listening to his father brag about how great he was. He glanced at the door marked exit and then caught the eye of one of the catering staff- helloo. The first hottie of the evening- he kinked an eyebrow at her, she smirked back. He leant backwards;

"Yo Nate-"

"Luke if you don't shut up i'm gonna take you outside and do it for you, Dad's already glared at us twice."

"He hasn't even noticed where we're sitting Nate- let it go, daddy's never gonna notice us."

Nathan growled under his breath, "what do you want Lucas."

"There's a hot chick at nine o'clock, check her out- entertainment for the night."

"I thought you were seeing some girl called Tiffany."

"That was last week man, she left town with some guitarist."

Nathan sniggered;"you're moving on nice an easy then."

"Yep," Lucas began easing himself out of his chair, "in a bit lil brother."

"Lucas!" Nathan sighed as he watched his older brother clamber down the steps from the main table and casually stroll over to the girl, before swinging an arm over her shoulder and disappearing out back. "Man if I get in shit for this i'm gonna kill him," he said angrily under his breath. He didn't want anything to get in the way of his dreams and his brother was trying absolutely everything to drag him down. Some days he wished he didn't know his brother.

------A+F-----

Peyton wiped down her last table and moved to switch the open sign to closed, as she turned back into the café the door pinged open-

"Sorry we-re closed- heyyy Haley James, what's going on?" Her best friend Haley James breezed in and began ranting the moment the door closed.

"Hey, so I have less than zero funds in my account for that Mat Kearney gig next Tuesday, I can't spend another night listening to my parents fight about what kind of R-V they buy plus my older sister went totally awol AGAIN and decided that a strip bar down in Texas is her life's calling- could my family drive me any crazier?! I swear one day i'm gonna walk out and never go back."

"Ok," Peyton grinned and ignored her friend's threat, "i'm thinking you had a bad day?" She pulled out a chair and pushed her best friend into it before switching the main lights off and putting two mugs of coffee on the table.

"Urgh," Haley buried her head in her hands, her dark brown hair cascading over her face, "I just need to get out of there and stay away- i'm about to cut off my ears to avoid listening to one more discussion of red and white paint work being better than camouflage!"

"Relax Hales, take a sip of my brilliantly machine made coffee and take a breath. You only have the rest of July and August and then we can get the hell out of here and never come back."

Haley James and Peyton Sawyer had met in fourth grade when Peyton came to Haley's rescue one day in the girl's bathroom- some girls were picking on Haley. Peyton had promptly trodden on all their toes, flushed one of their lunches down the toilet and told them all fiercely that she'd set her dad on them if they ever touched Haley again. In return Haley had lent Peyton every book on her shelves and they had spent every waking minute in Haley's tree house discussing the finer points of Ballet Shoes and as the years went by, The Great Gatsby, Sense and Sensibility and The Cider House Rules. The plan was to go to Stanford, Peyton to study Art and Art History and Haley English Literature and then to move to New York and stay there. Tree Hill was far too small for their dreams.

"How was Jake's cough when you left him?" Peyton's boyfriend of a year and a half was holed up at home under many blankets feeling very sorry for himself about a bad cold.

Peyton rolled her eyes, "he's being such a man about it- it's only a little bit of cold. Honestly men."

"At least you've got a nice man to complain about," Haley said softly. Peyton squeezed her friends shoulder sympathetically.

"It isn't like you to get down about stuff Hales, what's up?"

"Ahh, just feeling a bit lonely you know I really wish I had someone just to- ohh ignore me i'm talking rubbish, let's talk about that gig."

Peyton chuckled, "I thought you just said you couldn't afford it."

"Yeah but that doesn't mean i'm not gonna go," said Haley rolling her eyes, "you should know that. Besides couldn't you use some of your powers with the music gods that be and get us free tickets?"

"Ah ha, I don't know any one that powerful."

"Hmm, shame."

Peyton grinned and then squinted in the darkness and deemed it was past eleven; "alright Miss James I think we're ok to go here- you wanna crash at mine tonight?"

"Yeah why not," she grinned, "they won't notice at home but i'll leave a message anyway," she jumped up to go and use her phone outside whilst Peyton locked up the store rooms and headed out to join her friend.

"So i'll see y'all in a month when i'm back from Vegas okie dokie laters James'."

"Harsh Hales, your mom will probably crawl the walls when she hears that."

"Ha, she probably won't hear it till next week."

Peyton snorted and then looked down, "ahh shit I stepped in gum! Daaaamn these boots are new!" Haley watched her amused and Peyton looked at her crossly, "what?!"

"Nothing nothing, you're just so pleasant sometimes."

Peyton narrowed her eyes at her friend, "shurrup James, or i'll make you go home."

"Ok ok- I take it back, I love youuu!" She said giggling and throwing an arm round her friends neck as they walked down the street.

-------A+F-------

Lucas pushed open the dark pantry door and adjusted his tie as he walked through the busy kitchen. He ignored the incredulous stares from the caterers and waved a hand, "you're all doing fine work- carry on."

He collapsed back into his chair and his father cast him a dark glance. Nathan grinned, "wow I can feel him yelling at you with his eyes already."

"Shut up- she was worth it." Nathan twisted to look at his brother and shook his head.

"As clichéd as it sounds- but you have lipstick all across your neck."

"Oh," Lucas chuckled and rubbed his neck quickly, "she was a fan of the neck." As he removed the lipstick a clear love bite emerged, Nathan snorted again.

"So I can see- in fact I think the Ambassador for France at the back of the room can see too."

"Shut up man, at least I got some- I mean when was the last time-"

"Don't even say it," Nathan said quietly, his voice full of warning.

"What man i'm just saying-"

"Yeah that's cos you slept with the last girl I was into and now she runs away whenever I even go to talk to her."

Lucas looked puzzled, "I don't know why- I would definitely have improved the Scott name in her eyes, trust me."

"Uhh dude- you probably scarred her for life."

"Yeah but Nate, that was like last month, now is there any-"

"Luke if you don't drop this right now," Nathan suddenly noticed the room was standing to clap and realised his father was leaving- his mother was smiling up at him, but only Nathan and Lucas knew that the smile was with clenched teeth- their parents were in a completely loveless marriage. Whatever love there had once been had vanished with their father's ambitions and their mother's drinking. Nathan jumped up to clap as well, kicking his brother hard under the table so Lucas got up scowling but clapping none the less.

"What the hell were you thinking embarrassing me like that in the middle of my speech?!" Dan Scott burst through the front door of their home, finally able to remonstrate with Lucas.

"Relax Dan, no-one even noticed me- don't worry all eyes were firmly on you- just the way you like it." Dan grabbed his sons shirt and pushed him up against the wall. His hands slid up around his oldest son's neck.

"Listen to me Lucas, I am this close to throwing you out on your ass and pretending you died in a freak accident, you hear me?"

"Like you'd have a problem with that," Lucas said trying not to choke, "your popularity would soar, people sympathising, poor...caring..father," he spluttered, "now get off my $1300 shirt man or you'll wrinkle it."

"It's time you learnt some damn respect Lucas."

"You'll never earn my respect Dan." Dan dropped him to the floor and began to walk away. Lucas knew he was pushing his luck but shouted after his retreating back, "one day people will see you for the manipulative bullying jackass everyone in this family knows you are- then you'll have nothing. Who will you have left to diminish to make yourself feel better huh? Dad! Hey hey, Dan!!" Nathan stepped forward and helped his brother up;

"Hey man that's enough, leave it, he's under a lot of stress."

"Get off me man," Lucas pulled away, "why is it that you always take his side?"

"Why do you always make it into him versus you Luke? I'm sick of this. I just wanna get on with my life but you can't help it can you? There has to be a fight or you're not happy."

"Whatever man, just leave me alone in future," and with that Lucas turned and marched out of the house, pushing past his mother who had just come in through the front door and slamming the door behind him. Nathan sighed and leant back against the wall, he missed his family.

------A+F-----

Haley had finished painting her toe nails and glanced up to see Peyton hunched over Jon Mcgregor's 'If nobody speaks of remarkable things,' and decided to try again talking about what had been on her mind all week.

"Hey- Peyt?"

"Yeah Haley J?"

"Do you think Jake's the one?"

Peyton looked up sharply from her book and for a second floundered for words, she stalled for time, "where did that come from?"

"No- where, i've just been thinking, I mean, what if i've had my chance to meet someone and now I never will?"

"Haley are you crazy?!" You're seventeen, you're amazing, you're talented, intelligent and gorgeous, you have absolutely no bad points- except maybe you're a bit stubborn."

Haley stuck out her tongue but had blushed at the compliments her friend had given her, "thanks Peyton, I don't know what's come over me."

"You will meet someone Hales- give it time!" Haley smiled and nodded before letting her friend go back to her book and returning to her nails.

Deep down Haley knew where it had come from. Last week she'd been on the catering staff for a big state dinner and the most beautiful boy she'd ever seen had been there. He'd strolled casually up to the bar and asked for a bottle of champagne that he'd announced, 'could go on his tab' and then proceeded to hand out glasses to everyone around him, whether guests or staff. He'd turned round just as Haley was walking past with an empty tray and reached out an arm to stop her, 'and the prettiest girl in the room definitely gets a glass,' he'd said smiling at her with the most beautiful blue eyes. She had flushed a deep red and laughed nervously, 'I don't drink on the job,' she'd managed to stutter. He had laughed and his eyes sparkled, 'well there's a first for everything,' he'd replied, before placing the glass on her tray and winking. She'd stood motionless for a second, unable to move, before behind her Tereasa, one of the girls she worked with, had yelled at her to keep moving and she'd had to move on, leaving him surrounded by people,a glorious golden boy with an easy, charming nature. She wanted someone like that, or even him, to sail into her life and sweep her off her feet. They just never seemed to turn up at her door, and then suddenly the hottest guy she'd ever seen was smiling at her, talking to her, it wasn't a usual occurrence. Haley knew she wasn't bad to look at but being friends with Peyton had definitely meant that she always got the less attractive friend vote. Peyton had never allowed her to think that, always insisted that her friend was beautiful and worthy of the best of men. It was just that Haley had never met a guy who agreed with her. Peyton was so easy to talk to, so easy to look at, Haley knew she was awkward with her quirky sense of humour and shyness sometimes getting the best of her.

Peyton broke her thoughts, "oi miss."

"What? Uh huh- what?!"

"I said you still up for that party tomorrow night- some of the girls on the cheer leading squad have got us invitations."

"Urgh," Haley pulled a face, "remind me why you're friends with them again?"

Peyton kinked an eyebrow, "for the exact reason I just gave you- should be a decent party and i've got us invites. You up for it yes?"

Haley scrunched up her face, "ok fine, but we are not staying long!"

"Oh please, you might meet a nice hot college guy within five minutes and never want to come home again."

"Or I could spend the whole evening standing against the wall whilst you and Jake sit making out in some dark corner."

Peyton snorted, "I doubt that," she said quietly, almost to herself. Haley didn't hear her and began to fret about what she was going to where. Man she could never compete with those crazy cheerleader girls.

-----A+F-----

"Luke! Dammit the cars waiting and we're already late- get your butt down here now man!" Nathan twisted at his jersey impatiently and waited for his brother to emerge at the top of the stairs. Thanks to Lucas they never got to school on time and he had given up getting irritated by it, but today was different. Today he needed to be at school on time. He had a meeting with his basketball coach about his scholarship and he didn't want to miss it. He knew his coach understood the score with Lucas, but he didn't feel like he could ask for special treatment, he wanted to earn this for himself.

"Lucas!"

"Alright alright, don't get your panties in a twist," Lucas appeared looking severely hung over and with half his clothes on backwards. Nathan sighed, only Lucas would be able to pull off that look- to look like he'd done it on purpose. Lucas slid down the bannister easily and grabbed a banana from the fruit bowl.

"Ok little brother, let's go."

Once in school Luke's hangover magically disappeared as he high fived his usual crowd and was immersed by people trying to talk to him. Nathan ignored them all resolutely and walked over to where his friend Chris was strumming at a guitar in the corner of the home room. Chris jumped up to shake his hand- it was the first time he'd been to school in weeks.

"Nate my boy, what's happening?"

"The usual," he muttered glowering over at his brother who was now flirting with one of the cheer leaders. Chris followed his friends gaze and nodded sympathetically.

"Your delightful brother's still delightful then I see, I guess I haven't missed much."

"No you haven't- how was the tour?"

"Ahhh you know," Chris smirked, "the usual, hot chicks, lots of screaming fans, heaven really."

Nathan grinned, "I honestly don't know why i'm friends with you man- you're more than shallow."

"Haha i'm like a puddle i'll give you that," Chris sank back down onto his chair and leant it back on two legs, resting his feet on the table, "but you're friends with me cos i'm great. Plus you kinda had no choice seeing as what- we were five when our parents sat us in a play pen together?"

"Remind me to write them a thank you note," Nate said sarcastically, Chris grinned.

"Aww i've missed you too."

"Shut up- right i've got a meeting so i'll catch up with you in English?"

"Yeah- you've got one with coach right? Hey good luck with that man."

"Thanks, i'll need it."

Chris rolled his eyes," you don't need it, you're a fecking legend basketball player- you've earned this- quit being so modest, it's annoying."

Nathan chuckled and threw his bag over his shoulder and headed out of the room. It had been an unusual friendship- nobody outside the two of them understood it. But Chris understood how life was for Nathan. They both had rich, uninterested parents, were both incredibly talented at something and were willing to fight for their dreams- despite the black marks against them. The big difference between them was that where Chris got any girl he wanted, and oozed confidence, Nathan never seemed to be able to pluck up the courage to say hi to any girl he was into. He wasn't interested in any of the girls at their private expensive school- they were all very expensive girls and he wasn't looking for someone like that. He wanted someone more than that, he wanted someone to talk to- someone who would be more interested than him than his dumb ass brother and all his golden charm.

Sooo, worth continuing or not? I know it's just kind of a set up chapter but... I couldn't find anything exactly the same and I hope it's different, I know there are probably loads of stories like this, but I wanted to try it! It's my first major Naley so hopefully it's acceptable, i'm kinda nervous about how this one's gonna go down! Review if you enjoyed it, you know I love those reviews.