*Sorry for the delay, been busy w/school. I hate History. Barbaric course. Anyways on with the story.*

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5 days later ~ Saturday

Jayme had fallen into a routine of some sorts. Sleep late, get up have breakfast, go for a run on the beach, write in her journal, go on the internet, have dinner, wait till it got dark and then drive to the river court for basketball.

A knock on the door at 9:30, woke Jayme out of a sound sleep. Brushing her russet hair out of her face, wiping her bleary eyes open. "Who is it?" she called out.

"It's Dan." Jayme's eyes jerked open. She opened the door. He followed her inside and closed the door.

She strode to the kitchen. Turning on the coffee maker, she sat at the kitchen table.

"What's up?" Wrapping the blanket tighter around her to conserve its warmth, she stared at him.

"I just wanted to know if you were ready to go to school on Monday?" Dan asked.

"Yeah sure. Mind if I register under my mother's name? So I don't stir up rumors yet." Jayme asked.

"No that's fine. I have two other sons, one which is mine and another which I haven't acknowledged." Dan said. Turning his gaze from the window, he looked at Jayme, still startled by her haunting resemblance to Christine.

Monday

Sporting a ponytail that swept her russet hair back from her face. Jayme walked into the school. Walking down the hall she stopped when she saw a sign that read Admissions.

Taking a deep breath, she walked in.

"Hi my name is Jayme Miller, I'm new here and-" she stopped talking when the most gorgeous guy walked into the office.

"Hi my name is Sebastian, I'm the new assistant coach for basketball, it's my first day here too." He held out his hand.

Jayme stared at it. Still shocked at the perfection of his male beauty. Quickly she took it, trying to mask her obvious attraction.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Jayme." Turning back to the secretary who was talking on the phone, she blushed a subtle pink and watched Sebastian walk out of the office.

Noon

Jayme set her tray down on the table, swung her backpack down to land on the seat next to her. Her bag was already bulging with work that she had missed in the month since she had been in school.

"Excuse me, do you mind if I sit here?" a hesitant voice asked.

Jayme looked up and saw the girl who had served at the café last week. "No go ahead," she gestured to the seat across from her.

"Hi my name is Haley James." Haley extended her hand after she put her tray down.

"I'm Jayme Miller." Jayme shook her hand and looked back down at her tray.

"Did you just move to Tree Hill?" Haley asked.

"Yeah, my mom died, so I moved out here on my own." Jayme said.


"Wow. I'm sorry about your mom. You live by yourself, do you have any family out here?" Haley asked while taking a bite of her sandwich.

A gentle breeze played with Jayme's ponytail. "Yeah I miss my mom, she was my best friend." A tear rolled down Jayme's cheek. "Sorry, I'm still a bit emotional." She wiped the tear away quickly.

"So what do you guys do for fun out here?" Jayme changed the topic quickly.

"Well Tree Hill's main claim to fame is our basketball team. Other than that, we've got the same stuff any other town has." Haley droned on about the interesting things they had.

Jayme focused on the basketball fact. "Do you have a girls' basketball team?" she asked tentatively.

"No." Haley wrinkled her brow in thought. "We've never actually had anyone want a girl's basketball team, maybe you could change that?" Haley joked.

"Maybe." Jayme replied thoughtfully. Standing up abruptly, she balanced her tray with one hand and pitched her backpack at a higher angle for better leverage. "I have to run to my next class, it was nice to meet you, see you around." She walked away quickly.

"That was weird." Haley said to herself.

"What's weird?" a sexy voice enquired from behind her. A gentle kiss on the nape of her kiss melted her heart.

"Nothing. Just the new girl seems interested in basketball and……nothing…….." Turning she stood up and kissed Nathan.

"We've got English next?" Nathan asked.

"Yep, let's go." Linking her fingers loosely with his.

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