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Summary: Things have changed, but now it is time to turn them around.

Disclaimer: Don't own anything.

Last Time…

Haley came back.
And hopefully you saw the Brooke/Lucas connection

(Oh yeah sorry, but I'm changing Kylie's age to five instead of two, I need her to be able to be more mature.)

Turn Around

By: Laura369

"Nate," said an amazed Haley. Nathan had not changed one bit since the last time she saw him, all those years ago. He did not look any older, he just looked like Nathan.

"Want to come in?" asked a nervous Nathan, as he gestured towards the inside of the apartment. Haley nodded her head and walked in. Nathan went outside and picked up her bag. "Wow, do you think it is heavy enough?" Nathan joked trying to break the tension.

"A girl needs her clothes and most importantly her shoes," Haley joked back. Haley began to look around the apartment, it looked so very different but she still could see it from when she lived there. All the memories and everything that she could possibly remember was running through her head at this very moment. She saw Nathan walk towards the fridge and open it.

"Want a soda or something?" asked Nathan. As he looked around the fridge and saw it was practically empty.

"Sure," answered Haley, "what do you got?"

"Well, we have a large selection of water," Nathan tried to joke.

"I would like a cold glass of water, please," ordered Haley. Nathan went into the cupboard and grabbed a glass and filled it with ice and water.

"There you go," said Nathan as he handed the glass to Haley. They both sat down on the couch and sat in an awkward silence, until Nathan asked, "So why are you in town?"

"Well, I'm just sick of everything and Tree Hill seemed to be the place to come."

"Why did you come here, to this apartment?" quizzed Nathan.

"I don't know, it just seemed to be the place calling me, I haven't even saw anyone else yet," Haley said starting to breakdown.

"Well, everyone probably knows you are here, I know that Peyton and Jake do, because it was on the internet, and it was also on the morning news," said Nathan, ignoring the fact that she was slowly breaking down, "you are quite famous."

"Oh," answered Haley gaining her composure back, "who all still lives here then?"

"Well, there is Jake and Peyton, who are married, they have Jenny and a son," Nathan said, "then there is Karen, who got married to Keith, and they have one kid and Karen is pregnant again." "My dad is dead and my mom is in jail for killing him," continued Nathan without flinching.

"Oh my gosh, Nathan, that is horrible," exclaimed Haley.

"Whatever, I am over it, it happened the day you came back and I told you to leave," Nathan said.

"Okay," Haley said not wanting to pressure him, "what about Luke and Brooke?"

"Both gone," answered Nathan, "Brooke never came back after she left, and Lucas left right after graduation and no one has really heard from since." "Last time we heard from him he said that his girlfriend just had a baby and he was getting out of the kids life before he could ruin it," continued Nathan.

"Huh, that doesn't sound like the Lucas I knew," Haley said with a lot of uncertainty in her voice. "I grew up with Lucas; he would have never done something like that."

"Well, he never got over losing Brooke," Nathan said, "He couldn't stand the town."

"Hmm, that is kind of crazy," Haley said. Looking around not knowing what to say next, it was all down to the subject they had been so very well ignoring, them. "Let's go see Karen; it will be so much fun!" Haley said keeping off topic.

"Okay, she still has the café, so she will probably been down there, Kali will probably be there," Nathan said. He was so glad they had managed to ignore the tension between them.

"Is Kali her daughter?" asked Haley

"Yeah, she is three years old and so cute!" said Nathan, he was very proud of his cousin.

"Aww, I bet she is very sweet," Haley said.

"Okay, let's head out," Nathan said as he grabbed his and Haley's coats. Haley smiled sweetly at Nathan as he handed her the coat.

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"Mommy," called Kali, "Uncle Nathan is here, with a pretty girl."

"What are you talking about, honey?" asked Karen she walked to the counter to see what was going on. "Haley?" asked a surprised Karen.

"Hey," replied Haley, simply.

"Mom, you know her?" asked a very confused Kali. Kali looked around and saw how excited her mom was to see this mystery girl.

"Yeah, Kal, me and Hales go way back," answered Karen, "she was your… um, brother, Lucas' best friend, she practically lived with me and Luke."

"Oh," Kali replied, she was used to the fact she had a brother who no one knew where he was and she had never met.

"So, Haley what are you doing here?" asked Karen, "and with Nathan."

"Well," answered Haley, "I came to Tree Hill for some down time, and since I didn't know if Luke was still here or not, I went to Nate because we go way back as you know." She knew why she had gone to Nathan, but she wasn't ready to share that, yet.

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"I wonder if Haley is in town yet?" asked Peyton, as she sat shot gun on the way to Karen's for some breakfast.

"Who knows," replied Jake, "who would she even go see first?"

"I don't know," said Peyton in a lower voice, "I hope she doesn't hurt Nate again." "Who knows if he could pick himself up again," continued Peyton.

"Look, Nathan is here," said Jenny from the back seat pointing at Nathan's car parked on the curb by the café.

"Haley went to see him," said Peyton simply. She knew the Nathan would be all alone at home today unless he had a reason to leave, and Haley seeing Karen was a very good reason. "Seriously, she better not screw him up again, Jake," said a worried Peyton, "who really knows what he'll do this time."

"Yeah, I know," was all Jake said. Jake quickly parked the car, and jumped out to unbuckle, Drew from his car seat. The family walked towards the café, the kids not understanding what may happen, but Peyton and Jake with complete worry written across their faces.

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Lucas and Kylie sat in their huge hotel room at the Atlantis Resort. They had arrived late last night. There was information for him sitting on the table in the middle of the room. Quickly, reading over it to himself, he discovered that three other people from adventure would be there, plus a photography company, Coats Photography, and the person joining them was unknown as of yet. Lucas turned on the TV, it was on a up to date celebrity station.

"Haley James arrived in Tree Hill, early this morning, we have found out that Tree Hill was her home town, and she was once married to her high school sweetheart, from this very town," the TV said.

"What?" Lucas exclaimed.

"Daddy," said Kylie said as she woke up, "don't be so loud."

"Shush, Ky, it is about an old friend of mine that is in Tree Hill, you know my home town," said Lucas.

"Oh, okay then," said Kylie as she fell back into her bed.

"We have some pictures captured by a photographer this morning of Haley, heading into this apartment, and then leaving with an unknown man," continued the reporter, "Haley James was last seen entering a café called Karen's Café with the unknown man." "We will be updating this story as soon as we hear more or have more pictures."

"Kylie, wake up," Lucas said as he pressed the rewind button on the remote, "come watch this."

"Why?" asked Kylie.

"It's my family on TV," said Lucas as he paused it on Nathan and Haley leaving Nathan's apartment. "Okay, see those two, they used to be married but they aren't anymore, the girl used to be my best friend, and the man is my half-brother."

"Oh," said an uninterested Kylie. Lucas fast forwarded some more and stop on them entering Karen's Café.

"Ky, this is your grandma's café," said Lucas hoping that she would become more interested.

"Why haven't I ever met any of these people?" asked Kylie.

"I hate that town, but I promise I'll take you there some day," replied Lucas. Just seeing Nathan and Haley together gave Lucas some hope. If they got back together, it would show there is some real true love in the world, because at this moment Lucas didn't believe in it.

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Hey, I was going to have the Brucas interaction but I decided to wait, I might update tonight depends if I can have the computer. My updates might be a little sparser, because my sister is done school now and I am not allowed to hog the computer. We'll see. Review Please!

Lauren