Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill
Chapter 1:
Shout it Out Loud
1 Year Ago
I dribble the basketball up and down from my hand three times before I dunked on my 12 foot basketball net. I put my basketball down and started my run through town, there something about Tree Hill being so quiet right around eleven o'clock at night. I couldn't stop thinking about my senior year that was starting tomorrow it was going to be the best year ever. What year isn't better? I had hoped it was going to be. I was in prefect physical condition, the most popular boy at school, not to mention most attractive guy in town. Girls would throw themselves at me all the time. I'm what they call a 'player' in some cases but still every girl lines up to date me even though they know who I am and how I play.
"Nathan get your lazy ass out of bed now!" My Dad yelled from the kitchen. I rolled over in my bed and checked the clock five am right on schedule.
"Dad can't we take a break for the first day of school?" I whined at the top of the stairs.
"Do you think the pro take breaks for a school!" he yelled at me. Of course they do, no ones a machine like you I though about saying but figured I'd get a swift kick in the ass.
"No Sir" I replied
"Then get going on that run!" He yelled, and like that I ran out of the house.
It's not that me and my Dad hate each other. We just have a different set of opinions when it comes to my training. You hear that my training not Dan Scott's training my. I think I should at least choose when I should train and not my father. I'd rather train at night, but he says he wouldn't believe me if I trained then since he gets home so late. I enjoy the peacefulness of the town at night, don't get my wrong the morning is pretty much the same. There is just one tiny thing I'm a night hawk not a early riser. So I do what he says anyways expect I do it all at night. In the mornings I run to Karen's Café, unlock the door and fall asleep on the couch inside until Lucas hands me a coffee. We talk for a bit then I splash so water on me to look like sweat and back home I go. If he is still home, he'll ask about my run and pretend to care about my life outside of basketball when he clearly doesn't. So I usually smile and nod then head to the shower. Shortly after that I leave the house, get in my car and go to School. So you could say that this day was a pretty normal day.
I get to school at regular time, a teacher hands me my timetable and my locker number with a combo. As I walk down the hall looking for locker 1190 I notice this five foot four girl with dirty blonde hair about shoulder length trying to open the locker beside mine. Of course being the player I am I walk over and open my locker with ease. Then a couple seconds later I hear a grunt beside me. There was something very familiar about this girl. She looked like that locker was giving her a lot of trouble, so I asked if she needed any help.
"Hey, these lockers can be tough want some help?" I asked. She turned to me; she gave me a dirty look and continued trying to open to locker. "Sometimes they stick" I said then whacked her locker door, it sung open like it was on cue. I smiled at her; she looked up at me and shook her head. "Your welcome" I said
"I didn't need your help" The girl said
"You looked like you were about to murder the locker. I was just being helpful"
"So I was so close to opening it"
"Whatever you say, I'm Nathan and you are?" I asked she looked at me and rolled her eyes and headed down the hall. Lucas was coming down the hall the way the girl had just went. They two of them hugged, it looked like he was showing her his timetable a few minutes later Lucas joined me by my locker.
"Dude who is that girl?" I asked
"You don't remember?" Lucas replied
"Remember what?"
"Eighth Grade?
"Nope"
"Haley James?"
"Hales?" I asked
"Yes Nate, the girl you drool over for years"
"I did not drool, she moved back?" I asked, okay so I had a huge thing for her as kids and man did these past few years treat her well.
"Yeah sometime last week" Lucas told me
"I wonder if I have any classes with her." I wondered
"Let me see your timetable" Lucas asked and I handed it to him
"You have Biology, English and Drama with her"
"I hope she's as smart as she used to be" I was actually hoping now that I remembered her she'd actually talk to me.
I walked into first period Biology and saw the seat beside Haley was empty and he went over and sat down beside her.
"Hey Haley" I said
"So now you remember?" She asked
"I always did" I retorted
"I'm sure Scott"
"I did, you just didn't look like you"
"Well thanks" Haley said trying away from me. Real smooth Nate, real smooth. I guess I'm not a ladies man to Haley, she knew before all this popularity, I wanted to prove to her I was the same guy.
"Hales, I didn't mean it like that" I said
"Nathan why don't you stop making a fool of yourself, I'm probably your newest conquest. I'm not interested" Oh you will be interest trust me, imagine I had said that.
"Haley now you're the one who doesn't remember, when I'm with you I always make a fool of myself" I replied, she looked over at me and I swear I saw a smile. "Oh see you smiled" I said
"I'm actually laughing"
"Laughing is good"
"Not for you"
"Why not?"
"Because I'm laughing at you"
"Why?"
"Because you're the biggest idiot ever"
"Huh?"
"You sat in gum" Again I'm such a player I usually don't embarrass myself in front of girls
"Gum?" I looked down and saw gum on my pants, not just on my pants but on the ass of my pants. "Checking out my bum?" I asked
"No I saw you sit in it"
"Not cool Hales" I said before asking the teacher to go to the bathroom. I walked out into the hall cover the spot, not to be embarrassed or anything. I saw a mirror in the hallway near the gym and decided to take a look to see how bad it was. As I looked in the mirror I saw the five foot four girl of my dreams walking my way.
"Couldn't go five minutes without checking yourself out?" Haley asked
"I was just-" I replied before she cut me off
"It's cool Nate. Come with me" She said pulling me into the girl's bathroom
"Whoa, got to by me dinner first" I joked
"Do you want me to help you?" she asked
"I'll shut up" I replied. I looked around man was this bathroom ten times better than the boy's, smelt better was cleaner. I watched as Haley got some paper towel and put it under the sink. Then she walked back over to me and started trying to get the gum off.
"Thanks Haley" I said
"Do you have to weight so much, because if you weighted a hundred pounds it wouldn't be so hard to get off"
"That's what she said" I said, Haley didn't reply. "It was a joke Haley"
"I know I was watching your expression in the mirror, now stay still" Haley said smiling and continued getting the gum off my pants. Until we both heard the door open and close. I froze where I stood I even think Haley tried to hid into me.
"Well, well, well what do we have here?" I recognized the voice instantly, Rachel Gatina.
"Just leaving" I said swinging Haley under my arm and walking out of the bathroom.
"Who was that?" Haley asked a few seconds later
"Rachel, town slut"
"That's a little awkward"
"Yeah, but its fine I don't look like the biggest idiot ever" I said
"Ha-ha Scott, you owe me" she said fake laughing
"I now just how to make it up to you"
"What?"
"Dinner?" I asked
"When?" She asked
"Tonight?" I asked
"Nope" she said as she shook her head
"Tomorrow?"
"Nope" shook her head again
"Day after tomorrow?" I was starting to think she'd say no
"Yes" she said with a smile
"I knew it wasn't that hard to get you on a date"
"It's not a date"
"You've already had me in the washroom" I joked
"Shut up" Haley said whacking my arm.
"I missed you" I said
"Why?"
"I'm a wreck without you"
"Nathan it's been three years, we're different people"
"Your still and always we be my Hales"
"Sure whatever you say"
"Using my line against me now?"
"Nope" She said running away.
"I'll get you Haley James!" I yelled as I ran after her
"Nope" She said running into the classroom, I followed and sat back down beside her
"The day is young" I said quietly
"Isn't happening Nate" Haley laughed
A/N: I said i was updating soon and here it is :) basically gives you background on Nate and some of Lucas but not alot on Haley. Why do you think that? Tell me! Review please!