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AN: I am sooooo sorry guys! I had to work three- 12 hour's shifts in a row. Today was the first chance I have to post this. I hope you like it.

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Chapter 13

Sunday Afternoon…

By the time they all got home, everyone was ready to call it a night so they could get ready for tomorrow. At least Haley wanted to; as she put it, she had to organize herself; make sure she had all of her supplies and notebooks. She couldn't stop talking about how excited she was to start classes. Everyone thought she was nuts. The girls got most of the plans in order for the fashion line of 'Clothes over Bro's' for Lydia James Boutiques. All Haley had to do was call Janet and the lawyers. She was hoping that she could get Craig, Keith's lawyer instead of Andy's. She decided that she would handle it all tomorrow after school.

Everyone headed home after unloading the cars. Brooke and Nathan stayed with Lucas and Haley. When they got into the house, Keith and Karen greeted them. Before Haley could go upstairs, Bryan stopped her.

"Haley, I think you have something to tell dad." He said with authority, while Haley gave him a glare, as Nathan just laughed, he wasn't too worried, Keith was cool or at least he thought he was. Keith looked surprised at Haley, noticing for the first time that Haley was holding Nathan's hand.

"Oh really, what do you need to tell me?" Keith asked curiously while raising an eyebrow. He knew that their was defiantly some chemistry going on between them, but he wasn't sure if he was comfortable with his teenage daughter, who he just reconnected with after 15 years, date a horny teenager who was known for his player status. He wasn't so sure if he wanted to hear that they were dating because he wasn't sure if he would approve. However, at the same time he didn't really want to upset Haley.

"Oh, um, well it's nothing really; Nathan and I decided to officially become a couple." Haley said rather quickly and shyly. Back west, her mom and Andy never cared who she dated. They actually liked Damien and were upset when she broke-up with him. Even though she explained how she caught him cheating on her. Andy said that she should have forgiven him and that she was lucky to have such a great guy like Damien as a boyfriend. He even went as far as to say that Damien helped her reputation out a lot, since he was one of the most popular guys at her school and in the community. What got her upset was that instead of defending her, her mom would agree with him. Therefore, she was very surprised that Keith cared so much.

"Haley go on ahead and go to your room while I have a friendly chat with Nathan." Keith said as Nathan turned pale not liking the looks Keith was giving him. Haley was a little worried. When she started to protest, Keith turned to her and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt him. You may call him after dinner. Plus, you'll see him tomorrow at school. Now go on up and unpack and don't forget to give your dirty laundry to Rose."

"Okay." Haley said hesitantly. Not liking it, but not wanting to start anything. Just to ruffle some feathers she went right up to Nathan and gave him a kiss on the lips. Then said, "I'll see you tomorrow, and call me later." She said to the surprised Nathan, who was now even more scared to have this little talk.

As soon as Haley was out of sight, Keith led Nathan into the study. The other boys all started to follow wanting to add their 2 cents into this discussion, but were stopped by their dad shutting the door in their faces, while saying that this was a private conversation. They were shocked, but knew better than to argue with him and went their separate ways.

In Keith's Study…

Keith went to the couch and invited Nathan to have a seat. After a few moments of silence, Keith started to talk.

"Nathan, I think you are a great guy, but I have to be honest with you. I've heard the stories, heck I've seen you at 'Tric' and at some of our parties. Now I'm not going to forbid you to see my daughter. That would be stupid on my part, mostly because I don't want her to start hating me this soon of just getting her back into my life. Anyone can see that you make her happy, even when you two weren't a couple. I appreciate, you being there for her these past few weeks with her mother passing and moving to a strange town." Keith said as he took a pause to make sure Nathan was on the same page. Nathan gave him a nod showing his understanding.

"Sir, I promise I will treat her with the most upright respect. My days as a 'player' are officially over; in fact, they were over the minute I laid eyes on her. There is just something different about Haley, I don't know how to explain it. I promise you." Nathan said hoping for approval, he had only the greatest respect for Keith Scott and would never do anything to ruin that.

"As long as I see that you treat her right, I see no reason to stop you two. However, I will warn you, there are five of us, Scott men to deal with if you hurt her. You understand me?" Keith said with the most serious voice, Nathan has ever heard from Keith, that it scared him a little.

"Yes sir, I won't disappoint you!" Nathan said as they both stood up and shook hands.

"I'll hold you too that, I see the way you look at her and I've never seen you look at anyone that way before. Just make sure you treat her right."

Nathan nodded as he left the study and headed home. Both of his parents were home, he tried to sneak up the stairs but his dad stopped him mid-way.

"Hey, Nate how was the beach?" Dan asked.

"Great, we all had fun, played some basketball, talked, Haley and I become a couple, got a tan, and yes we even ran on the beach." Nathan said hurriedly. Hoping to be able to get away without getting into an argument.

"Wait, What? You and Haley are a couple?" Dan asked surprised knowing how his son is when it came to women, which he never complained because attachments meant no distractions during basketball season. Nevertheless, he didn't like the idea of these two dating for two reasons. One: Haley was a sweet girl, who also happened to be his best friend's daughter. He instantly fell in love with the 16 year old and he too didn't want to see her hurt. The second reason was he knew Nathan had an amazing talent on the court, he would almost admit that he was better than he was at that age and he did not want him to get distracted at this point in his training.

"Yeah, is there a problem?" Nathan asked not liking his tone.

"I just thought you were one that didn't date?" Dan asked amused.

"Well that's in the past. Dad, I really care for Haley, I've never felt like this about anyone before." Nathan told him truthfully, hoping his dad would understand for once.

"Nathan I don't like this…" Dan started to say but was interrupted by Deb.

"Dan leave him alone I think they make a sweet couple." She defended her son as she gave him a hug. "I'm so proud of you; you just make sure you treat her with the respect she deserves. Now go on up to your room, dinner will be ready in about an hour or so, I'll call you down when it's ready. I bought the school items that you would need for school. So please put it away and then give Florence your dirty clothes." Deb said leaving no room for argument. As soon as Nathan was gone, she turned to Dan and in a an angry tone said "Dan you see the same thing I see in your son's eyes which we have never seen before and if Haley can get him to be a better person then we are going to support them. He's smart and talented and he won't do anything to ruin his relationships with Lucas or heaven forbid basketball. So we will give our total support."

"Fine, but if his basketball or schooling suffers then we will interfere."

"Agreed, but Dan I'm tired of seeing a different girl every other night, and this summer was a nice change to see him actually show emotions for someone instead of only showing physical emotions." Deb sighed hoping for once her son will have an actually relationship. She liked that since Haley has been here, he hasn't been with any other girls, at least that she knew of.

"I agree Deb; I just want what's best for him." He said as he enclosed her into a hug.

"Me too."

(Monday Morning, First Day of School)

At Tree Hill High…

It was finally the first day of school. Nathan, Haley, Lucas, and Brooke all rode together in Haley's car with Lucas driving. He bugged her until she gave him the keys. Haley was nervous because of it being a new school. Lucas was nervous because he new that some people were going to give Haley a hard time because of being Nathan's girlfriend. They all decided to meet at the front near the benches.

As they all got together, Nathan made sure that he had his arm around her shoulder. Haley started to notice that the girls were giving her evil glares and the guys had lust in their eyes, as they looked her up and down. While Nathan tugged her tighter to him and glared at the guys.

"Why do I feel like I already have a list of people who hate my guts?" Haley said, her smile slowly fading.

"Don't let them get to you. Most of the girls will automatically hate you because Nathan is considered one of the most sought out guy in our school." Brooke said from Lucas' embrace.

"But by the looks of it, there are some guys who look just as jealous." Peyton said giving a nod to some guys who were openly checking Haley out. Lucas and Nathan immediately stared back giving them the message to back off. Peyton and Brooke laughed, as Haley turned red.

"Nathan, how was your summer?" A pretty brunette asked coming out of nowhere flirting with Nathan, totally ignoring Haley.

"Hi Jamie, it was amazing." Nathan answered looking at Haley noticing how Haley tensed in his arms he added, "Oh Jamie, have you met my girlfriend, Haley James, she just moved here over the summer." Nathan said with a huge smile on his face at the sight of shock on Jamie's face while Haley melted into his arms as she turned and gave him a kiss on the lips. Jamie was shocked she mumbled something as she headed into the school. Everyone busted out laughing.

"Well whoever doesn't know that you guys are a couple they sure will by the end of homeroom." Peyton said as she watched Jamie go up to her friends and whisper something as she kept on glancing at their group.

"Oh well, I'm not going to let it ruin my day. I have three AP classes and I get to meet with Mr. Turner the Principle to see if they could use me in the tutor center! I'm so excited!" Haley said getting all excited while everyone looked at her as if she was crazy.

"Sure whatever you say tutor girl, what ever gets you through the day." Brooke said as she let the way into the school. They all went their separate ways as Nathan showed Haley to her locker and giving her a quick little tour. They both ended up having homeroom with everyone else luckily. Unfortunately so were Rachel, Jamie and some of the guys from the hall.

After the announcement, the teacher let them quietly talk while they were waiting for the bell to ring. In the back corner, Rachel and Jamie were talking, catching up and you could say that they are best friends. Seeing this, Brooke and Peyton told Haley a little bit of the drama also known as Jamie. You could say that she has too much in common with Rachel. She's one of those girls whose family has old money and is the worst kind of snob. She has been after Nathan since her sophomore year, which was his freshman year. For some reason Nathan never gave her the time of day. Which no one knows why considering he usually didn't care who he slept with. There was a story behind them and Brooke once said that she was going to figure it out. This only made Haley curious and determined to find out what.

As the bell rang, they all went their separate ways. No one was taking AP chemistry with Haley, so Nathan said he would walk her to her class, so she wouldn't get lost. He was starting to get nervous at all the stares they were receiving and he wasn't one that was easily rattled. He started to figure that it was because it affected Haley the most. At the moment, he committed himself to make sure that he was with Haley the rest of the day between classes.

AN: So the next chapter will be the rest of the first day, I just really wanted to get this out since it's been a while! Thanks for the support!