Chapter 2: The New History
"Hey tough guy" Brook said to Nathan as he entered the school
"hey Brook" Nathan paused for a second and gave his friend a hug, he missed her a lot, and she was the only one from the gang who he still talks with her, well beside Peyton "so how was France?"
"France is ok, believe it or not I really missed Tree Hill while I am there, what about you how was ,," Brook paused "Fly Skyers ?" she couldn't remember the name of the camp
"hahaha , you mean High Flyers?" Nathan was laughing so hard, he needed this
"Yea, whatever" Brook was happy she made him smile
"It was amazing, unlike you I didn't miss Tree Hill while I am there at all" Nathan said
"You mean you didn't miss Tree Hill, or the people in Tree Hill?"
Haley? of course he missed her, of course he thought about her every second
"umm , maybe both" he lied
"Did you talk to Haley?" Brook asked
"No, Dan told me she passed by the house yesterday, I was in the river court"
"Look I am not trying to take her side, but she feels really sorry Nathan, you really don't know what she has been through this summer"
"Good to know" Nathan walked away because he really didn't want to talk about this "see ya Brook" he called
Nathan's mind repeated Brook's word all over again "you really don't know what she has been through this summer" he couldn't believe that she went through anything compared to what he had to deal with when she left, when he followed her and she didn't care, when she left him to do an encore song in a concert, when she kissed Kris, all those memories were interrupted by whitey's voice
"Nathan, are you here son?" Nathan knew that Whitey must have called his name many times but he didn't notice
"Yea, sorry couch" Nathan smiled .
"what was taking you away from this world son?" Whitey asked
"trust me, you don't wanna know" Nathan noticed that Whitey was standing with a guy, it was the first time Nathan saw him in school
"I wanted you to meet our newest Raven" Whitey said "This is Clay Evans, Clay this is Nathan Scott"
"Nice to meet you Nathan" the new guy shacked hands with Nathan
"Nice to meet you too Clay, you are new here in Tree Hill high?"
"yea, I actually just moved to Tree Hill, I was living in San Francisco" Clay said
"cool , we can always benefit from new faces in the team" Nathan's first impression of the guy that he was short to be in the Basketball team, but that wasn't a measure, Nathan himself wasn't that tall of a guy
"Hey Mr. Fitz wait up" Whitey weaved to a guy and started heading his way "see you two in practice" he called
"so you played ball before?" Nathan asked Clay
"since I was seven" Clay answered
"great, so I guess I'll see you at practice?"
"yea, just one more thing?"
"yea sure, what is it?"
"do you know where room 401? , I am supposed to have American History now" Clay asked
"we have the same class, this way Nathan and Clay started walking
"so what brings to Tree Hill?" Nathan asked
"my mother is from here, when my dad passed away she decided to move back here"
"oh, well you are gonna like it, I am sure" Nathan said
"hope so" Clay answered
The two reached the class, and Nathan was revealed because he knew Haley wasn't taking American History.
The 40 minutes class passed like it was three hours for Nathan
"well, not a bad start" the new kid's voice woke Nathan up, he didn't even remember him being next to him
Nathan stood up so did Clay, the first thing Nathan saw was Haley's face, she was waiting outside of the door, he didn't act like anything was wrong and kept moving, he missed Haley's eyes very much, he missed the way she looked at him, those eyes he couldn't say no to, Haley started moving towards him
"welcome home" Haley said and hugged Nathan without knowing Nathan found himself hugging her too
"Thanks" Nathan said
Clay felt like there was something going on so he excused himself and left the two
"so how was High Flyers?" Haley asked as the two started walking
"great, how did you spend your summer?" Nathan replied
"missing you" Haley stopped walking "I miss you Nathan every second of everyday, all I am thinking about is you"
Nathan didn't know what to say, he looked at Haley's fingers and noticed that she is still wearing their wedding ring, which made him happy somehow
"good" Nathan couldn't come up with any other word and he kept moving
"Nathan" Haley called , Nathan looked back to see her almost in tears, he didn't want to see her this way, he didn't want her to beg him, but he also couldn't just forgive her, not yet
"why are you doing this to me?" Haley asked
"I didn't do anything Haley, you did this to us as I can remember" Nathan said
"and I said I am sorry" Haley's voice was louder and her eyes wear full of tears waiting to fall down
"we all make mistakes Nathan, and I think I got my punishment for mine"
"Punishment?" Nathan moved closer "it's not about being punished Haley, you think I like seeing you like this? You think I like seeing you hurt?"
"but you are hurting me Nathan" Haley's tears were falling now
"I am hurt more than you" Nathan couldn't handle it anymore, so he started walking away from Haley.