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Chapter 1
Lucas peered into the mirror. He let out a sigh and frowned. He couldn't stop thinking about what Nathan had told him yesterday. "I'm fine," he had said. Lucas squinted at himself in the mirror and tried to see where he would be in five years. He couldn't imagine what he was doing except playing basketball. Another thing was nagging at him also. He couldn't believe that he had overheard his mother in bed with a guy. He was so shocked that he hadn't realized how happy he was that finally his mother had found someone for herself. Yet, he couldn't imagine the student-teacher thing working out. He knew that something was bound to go terribly wrong.
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Anna rummaged through her closet for the perfect outfit for the Tree Hill Formal. She finally selected a silky green strapless dress. At that moment, she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Anna called absent-mindedly. She had dropped the dress on the bed and had returned to her closet to pick out her shoes.
Felix stood in the doorway watching her. Finally, Anna looked up and saw her brother's angry face. "Are you ready yet? I need to pick up Brooke." Felix said impatiently.
"You don't have to wait for me, Felix. You can go ahead, Lucas is picking me up." Anna retorted and took out some eyeliner and began applying some to her eyelashes. She turned annoyingly towards her brother. "What?"
"I thought I told Lucas to stay away from you. I guess he didn't listen. Well, he's gonna pay for that. And you Anna, I thought I told you to keep away from him too." Felix shook his head and stormed out of her room.
Anna yelled after him, "You can't tell me or Lucas what to do!" She ran to her door and slammed it shut. She sank to the ground and started sobbing, yet she didn't know why. Felix had always disapproved of her dating any guy, but it hadn't affected her like this before. Maybe, just maybe, it was because she cared more about Lucas than any other guy she had met.
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"Which one do you like better, honey?" Haley walked into the kitchen as she held up two outfits for Nathan to choose? Nathan looked up from his Sports Illustrated magazine.
"Anything looks good on you, babe," Nathan replied after a second. Haley giggled and dropped the two outfits as she leaned over to Nathan and gave him a very passionate kiss. Suddenly, Nathan scooped her up as she squealed some more and headed to the bedroom. He tossed her onto the bed lightly as he climbed atop her and they started making out. Nathan's body hugged Haley's perfectly as everything seemed to be in motion and their tongues worked fluidly into each other's mouth. Their embrace was suddenly broken by the phone's ringing.
"Leave it," Nathan managed to say through breaths. The answering machine picked up.
"Haley, where the hell are you?" Chris's tone dripped with anger and Nathan broke their kiss. He jumped off the bed and quickly picked up the receiver.
"Nathan--" Haley sat up and slid off the bed also as she tried to grab the phone away from Nathan.
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