Alright here is chapter three. Sorry about the wait.

When You Got A Good Thing

Chapter 3 – Proper Introductions

May 2010

"I haven't felt this relaxed in a really long time," Haley said as she rolled over to lie on her stomach. The girls had been laying out on the beach relaxing.

"I heard that," Brooke replied.

"I think I'm starting to burn," Peyton said.

Haley and Brooke looked over and could clearly see that the fair skinned blonde was turning red.

"P. Saywer you're definitely burnt."

She pulled out her compact mirror and was shocked to find her face a deep shade of red.

"Oh my goodness, I'm heading back to the house," she said as she quickly jumped up and started darting towards the house.

Brooke and Haley looked over at each other and started laughing.

"Well I guess we better head to that way too. We need to get ready for the barbecue."

Nathan pulled into Keith and Karen Scott's driveway. They were having a party tonight with all of Lucas' friends and family tonight, and he was excited to finally get to meet everyone. His phone started ringing as the he put his truck in park, and he groaned when he noticed that his dad was calling. He couldn't avoid him any longer.

"Hey dad," he said as he answered the phone.

"Well looked who finally decided to pick up his phone after I've tried to call him five times today"

"I've been busy"

"Well that's no excuse son. I'm paying for that stupid house your living in this summer while you get to know my bastard son. I would hate for you to actually have to work for something that you have."

"Dad I know you don't want to know Lucas but it's my choice so just back off about it," Nathan replied angrily.

"Look son the point is that you don't lose focus on staying in shape for next season. You have to keep your A-game if you want the scouts to give you a good deal for the NBA next year since you ungratefully turned down millions of dollars this year."

"I have to go I'll talk to you tomorrow," he quickly said as he hung up the phone.

He slammed his phone down and took a few moments to regain his composure. His life would be so much easier if he had grown up with a normal father.

After cooling down he finally got out of his truck and decided to go inside.

"Hey Karen it smells amazing in here," Nathan said politely.

"Thank you Nathan I'm so glad you could make it" she replied. Just as she finished her sentence, Lily could be heard opening the back door and running to the kitchen.

"NATHAN" she said as her brown eyes lit up at the sight of the young man standing before her. She went running and jumped into his arms.

The four year old had become completely infatuated with Nathan the first time she saw him. Nathan felt the same way. Lily was absolutely precious and all she had to do was look at him and he would melt. He had been conned into playing with dolls and attending tea parties with stuffed animals quite a few times.

"Hey darling. How's my Lily Bug today?" he said as he bent down to her level.

"Good. I've been playing outside allll day."

"And you didn't invite me?"

"Momma told me not to bother you since you just moved in your house."

"Ahh I see. We'll have to do something another day because we all know that I'm more fun than Lucas" Nathan said and the little girl started to giggle.

"I heard that," Lucas commented as he entered the room.

"Well man it's just the truth." He said as he stood back up to face Lucas. Just then the front door opened and voices could be heard coming from the living room.

"That must be the girls," Lucas said as he started walking into the other room. "Come meet everyone."

"I'm so glad that you girls are home for the summer," Keith said as he greeted all three with a hug.

"It's good to finally be back for more than a week at a time," Haley replied.

"Hey ladies," Lucas said as he walked into the living room and walked up to wrap his arms around Peyton and kiss her on the forehead.

"Baby what happened to your face?"

Peyton face was still beet red and she just glared back at him annoyed.

"Let's just say that next time Goldilocks will probably apply some sunscreen before we go to the beach." Brooke said with a smile on her face.

"Come on Nathan. We gotta go see everyone," Lily pronounced as she dragged him by the hand and proceeded to walk with him to the kitchen. They reached the living room and everyone was standing in the corner talking and hadn't noticed the pair enter the room.

"Helllllo. I'm over here is no one going to come over and tell me how much I've grown since Christmas," the little girl announced as she stood with her hands on her hips.

In that moment all five people turned around and laughed at the little girl who had so much attitude. It was then that Nathan noticed her. It was the girl from the café this morning. He couldn't believe it. For the second time that day his heart was beating so loud that you could hear it and it seemed as if time stood still. This was far from normal for Nathan Scott. Girls were the ones who would swoon over him not the other way around. She was even more beautiful than he remembered. Her honey blonde hair was in curls and fell just below her shoulders and she was wearing a simple cotton light blue sundress and sandals. There was no hope for him, he had already fell hard for a girl he didn't even know.

"Oh my goodness Lily you're getting so big and you look even prettier than the last time I saw you," Haley said as she directly went over to the little girl and lifted her into her arms.

"Thank you Haley you look very pretty too."

"Alright everyone I'd like you to finally meet my brother Nathan," Lucas said as he walked over to his brother who was standing in the corner looking like you could knock him over with a feather.

"This is Brooke," he said as the pointed to the brunette "and this is Haley," as he gestured to the beautiful blonde.

"Hi," was all that Nathan could manage to choke out.

Haley couldn't believe that the handsome man who see had literally ran into at the café this morning was Lucas's brother.

"Well it's a small world isn't it?" she said staring directly at Nathan.

"Yeah I guess so," he responded with a smirk on his face. God she was beautiful and of course she had to be Lucas's friend which meant that he wasn't allowed to go there.

Everyone just stood there and looked between the two confused about what they meant. Haley finally spoke up "I ran into Nathan, literally, in the café this morning but of course I didn't know that it was him at the time."

"Well tutor girl you always manage to find something or someone to trip over or run into," Brooke quickly spoke up. She had always been one to pick on Haley for her lack of coordination.

"True," the blonde said back as she let Lily down from her arms.

"Alright everyone, dinner is served," Karen announced from the kitchen.

Dinner had gone well. Everyone had a wonderful time talking about school and telling stories from high school. This was all new to Nathan since he hadn't been around for these times and he found himself listening intensely. He really liked Lucas's friends. They were all really nice and accepting of him considering he had been absent until a few months ago. It was a big relief to him to know that his brother had good friends growing up since their dad wasn't there. Dan was never father of the year material anyway. In some ways Lucas was the lucky one. He escaped the scars from being raised by Dan Scott and Nathan was working on trying to heal his. That's really what this summer was about. He really did want to get to know his brother but he also wanted to find himself outside his father's shadow, and this was a good start.

Everyone was now getting ready to go their separate ways and Nathan was sad that the night was ending. He had been entranced all evening by Haley and found it hard to keep his eyes off of her. She had caught him blankly staring at her a couple times and every time a blush would form across her face. It was like he was under some kind of spell.

"Well I think that we need to have movie night tomorrow at the beach house," Haley spoke up. "We haven't had one in years."

"That sounds good to me," Peyton agreed and the others did as well.

"Alright well it's a plan. Let's meet at eight. Do you know how to get to the house Nathan?"

"Yeah, it's actually just a couple houses down the beach from the one I'm staying at."

"Excellent, see you then," Haley said with a smile as she started toward the door. "Goodnight"

"Goodnight"

He couldn't deny it. He was extremely attracted to Haley James. It was definitely going to be a long summer.

A/N – Everyone tell me what you think about this so far. I'm still working out some stuff and I'm new at this writing things so please bare with me. Read and Review :)