It was the first day of senior year. Of everyone, the most excited of the group would be Haley. She was up at 6 o'clock that morning and ready by seven. She threw on a pair of jeans, and v-neck shirt and sneakers. She grabbed her bag and headed out the door. She walked down the street to the Scott house where she knew Nathan would still be in bed. She walked into the house and noticed Lucas sitting in the kitchen reading the morning paper and drinking a coffee. She walked up next to him and sat down.

"Hey Luke. Excited for our first day?" She smiled at him

"Hey Hales, and not that excited. Whitey has us running suicides during practice."

"That sucks. Is Nathan still in bed?" She asked curiously.

"Where else would he be the morning before school?" He let out a slight chuckle.

"Well I'm going to get his lazy ass up out of bed or were going to be late."

"You do realize that its not even seven thirty right?"

"Yeah but we have to pick up Peyton and Brooke, and Brooke takes forever to get ready." They both shared a laugh before Haley stood up.

"That's it I'm getting his lazy ass up now."

Haley walked up the spiral staircase and down the hall. She opened his bedroom door to see Nathan peacefully sleeping under the covers. She watched him sleep for a minute before walking over to his bed. She jumped on the bed next to him as she heard him let out a groggy groan. She laughed slightly

."Morning sleepy head. Time to get up!"

"To early. More sleep." He grabbed a pillow and placed it over his head.

Haley laughed as she picked up the pillow "Come on Natey do you wanna make me late on our first day of school?"

"Fine I'm getting up." He groaned as he sat up in bed.

She smiled "Thank you. Now get dressed and meet me downstairs." She got up off the bed and went downstairs by Lucas. A few minutes later they were joined by a very cranky yet dressed Nathan. With out a word he walked out of the house and towards the truck. Haley and Lucas looked at each other and burst out laughing as they too made there way outside. The three of them piled into the truck and made there way to Peyton's house. As they walked inside they found a very pissed off Peyton sitting on the couch.

"Why are you so pissed?" Lucas asked as he tried to hold in his laughter.

"Because Brooke got me up at six o'clock this morning so she can get ready, drank all the coffee, and hogged the bathroom. And she still isn't ready!" Peyton was now very annoyed as the other three stood there laughing.

"Ok its so not funny!" Peyton stated.

"Yeah it kinda is." Lucas said as he sat down on her couch.

"Brooke I'm sure you look fine so get your ass down here now!" Peyton screamed from her spot on the couch. Moments later Brooke came walking down the stairs wearing a jean mini skirt, a red halter top and matching pumps. Her hair was let down and loosely curled.

"Ok I'm ready." Brooke said as she smiled.

"Finally!" Peyton groaned as she stood up. The five piled into the truck and headed for school. They arrived shortly and found Jake waiting for them. As they got out of the truck Brooke found herself checking to make sure she looked alright. She had been crushing on Jake for the longest time and wanted to make sure she looked alright. She did a once over before joining the others. They stood in front of the building and smiled.

"Well time to start our senior year." Peyton stated as they all nodded in agreement. They walked down the hall and to there lockers. To there surprise they all had the lockers next to each other. The five all looked over at Brooke how smiled innocently.

"What? I figured senior year we had to have lockers next to each other. Hello I am president, I can do like whatever I want."

The group shared a laugh as they made there way to there classes. Lucas and Peyton headed to Literature, Jake and Brooke headed to study, and Nathan and Haley went off to science. The morning classes passed fairly quickly as lunch approached soon. They all sat down at there usual lunch table together. They sat at the lunch table and talked about there first day so far. The lunch bell rang and they headed off to the rest of there classes. As the final bell rang, they each made there way to there lockers. The boys made there way to basketball practice and the girls to cheerleading practice.

"You know who is looking fine this year Hales?" Brooke asked Haley as they were stretching. Haley looked at Brooke questioningly.

"Nathan Scott, not to mention he is totally into you." Haley blushed at the mention of this.

"Brooke me and Nathan are just friends. Nothing more."

"Yeah just like Lucas and Peyton are just friends." Brooke and Haley laughed.

"Brooke!" Peyton slapped her arm playfully.

"Oh come on you know its true. You guys are like totally in love, and like so perfect for each other. That and he is so damn hot." Peyton blushed and looked down as she saw Lucas run past them.

The three girls shared a laugh as they continued through practice. They finished early and watched the boys practice. As practice ended the boys showered and walked back out into the gym. Lucas walked over to Peyton. He had decided that this would be the year that he would finally tell Peyton how he felt about her. He could only hope that she felt the same.

"Hey Peyton. I was wondering maybe tonight we could get together and work on that literature thing together?" Lucas asked casually.

"Uhh yeah. Tonight is fine." Peyton smiled at him and noticed Brooke staring at them. "Just come by around seven then." Peyton quickly grabbed her things and headed for the door.

"So tonight's the night huh broody?" Brooke asked Lucas.

"Ok first of all who is Broody and second what are you talking about Brooke?" Nathan asked Brooke as they all looked at her puzzled.

"Broody would be Lucas, cause he is always doing that brooding thing and come on! We all know Lucas has the hots for Peyton." Brooke stated as everyone but Lucas was laughing.

"Ok I don't brood all the time and I don't have the hots for Peyton ok? Were only doing a school thing."

"Yeah ok bro. You know you have been into her for years now." Nathan said as a slight blush came across Lucas' face.

"Ok so I like her. No big deal." Lucas said trying not to make eye contact with anyone.

"Well then you have to tell her how you feel man, don't keep it inside." Jake said as he grabbed his things and headed for the doors. Brooke quickly grabbed her things.

"Hey Jake, think I could get a ride?" Brooke questioned.

"Of course." Brooke and Jake left leaving Nathan, Haley, and Lucas.

"Well I'm heading home, Nathan you coming?" Haley asked Nathan as she grabbed her bags.

"Yeah, I could use your help with my homework." He grabbed his things and headed out the gym with Haley. Lucas followed soon after contemplating weather or not to tell Peyton tonight. He knew if he didn't say something soon Brooke would do it for him, and that is the last thing he wanted.

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Coming up Next::

Lucas goes to see Peyton. ..Will he tell her how he feels?

Nathan and Haley get closer

Brooke finds out a secret about Jake no one knows.