Chapter 11

Summary: Haley gets a surprise.

Note: Thank you guys for the reviews. I have a long weekend and decided to wrap this story up, this was my first OTH fic I posted and I was going to make it longer but decided against it. I have other projects that I want to work, but the good news is that this story is finished in draft form. I uploaded this one because it was short and basically done. I didn't want to incorporate it into the next chapter. Enjoy and review. The feedback will help me decide when I'll go clean up the next chapter and clean things up.

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"What do you mean all my stuff is gone!?" Haley asked angrily at the secretary.

The semester ended two weeks ago and Haley put most of her things in storage until she got back to Stanford. Brooke and Peyton both got summer internships and Lucas was taking a couple of summer classes as well as finishing up his first novel, which a small publishing firm agreed to pick up. Once the semester was over, her parents drove into town in their RV and Haley spent the last two weeks on the road with her parents, visiting her siblings. Their last stop was in Chicago where all James clan all met up for the weekend.

It was good to be back with her family, but she couldn't help but feel aggravated from the looks her family gave her. They all knew what happened with Nathan and she swore that if anyone asked her again how she was doing, she was going to kill herself. But her family eventually backed off and Haley was content to just hang out with her adorable little nephews and nieces and the rest of her family. Now Haley was back in Stanford, with most of her friends busy, she decided to take summer classes at Stanford before going to Tree Hill for the rest of the summer.

She was looking forward to summer classes and she got a part time job working as a teacher's assistant for a nearby school, which taught summer classes for high school kids. Haley always wanted to be a teacher and this was a great way to gain experience outside tutoring and get extra cash. She put her stuff in storage and was going to stay in the dorms, at least that's what her plan was.

"I'm sorry Miss, but you're stuff is not here, in fact, I don't see you on our roster for our dorm rooms."

"No.. no this must be a mistake."

"I'm sorry Ms. Scott but according to our records, you withdrew you're name from the housing office."

Haley was in disbelief. "No, this can't be right. Can you please check again?"

The woman gave her a dirty look and looked through her file again on the computer. "Let's see Haley J. Scott.. nope you're not on the list… and you're last known address is 23 Molina Drive."

"Molina Drive? That's just outside campus." She thought to herself.

"No, that must be a mistake, that's not where I stayed this semester."

"Well according to this, you changed your address last week."

"Last week, I was out in the middle of nowhere… what's that address again?"

Haley stormed off completely pissed. Campus administrators were just as bad as the people in the DMV. She walked across campus to Molina Drive, the walk wasn't bad and she knew a couple of students who stayed there. She arrived at the apartment building, which was typical for the area. She looked at the buzzer and found apartment "32" with the name Scott there. "What the hell?" She asked herself. She rang the buzzer and immediately the gate rang and she walked in. She walked up and knocked at apartment number 32. No one answered. Now she was getting nervous. She turned the knob and sure enough it was open. She saw a couple of people moving in down the hall and figured if this was a serial killer, they could hear her screams.

She opened the door and saw the place full of boxes, her boxes. "What the hell!?" She walked inside and went into the living room. She heard someone coming from the bedroom and her heart nearly dropped.

"Nathan?"

He looked at her and smirked. "I wasn't expecting you back so soon… surprise!"

To Be Continued . . .