Ch1

"Hey Hales," Lucas yelled "Hey dork" They were standing at their lockers, their morning ritual. "So guess what!" Lucas exclaimed. "You just got totally popular, did I don't know Broke Davis and now you're going to marry her!" Haley exclaimed all at once. "Well...close but Whitey just offered me a spot on the basketball team!" "Wow!" was all she could think of. She was in total shock, her best friend since the age of 6 just decided that he was going to be "one of them" and he acted like she should jump for joy. "Wow? Is that all you're gonna say, I mean damn I just got a spot on the basketball team, you could at least show some sort of inclination that you are happy for me, Lucas replied somewhat hurt. He thought that at least his best friend would be happy for him. "Yeah, I mean I am happy for you Luke, it's just..." "What, what is it Hales?" "I mean what if you become one of them..." "Don't worry, never gonna happen" "Hey gotta go, I'll see ya later...k", Lucas said as he gave her a hug. "Don't worry everything is gonna be ok!" Lucas said as he pulled away and went to class. Haley couldn't believe that her best friend could actually settle for popularity...the thing he said he despised. She had a feeling that nothing would be the same.

NPOV

"Lucas Scott...my jerky brother got a spot on the team," Nathan spat. He couldn't believe that this was happening. He hated Lucas, mostly because of Dan, but also because he had someone that cared about him...a girl named Haley James. Sure Nathan had girlfriends, but none of them gave a damn, most of them wanted him for popularity, and he just liked the sex. He never really had someone that loved him or even cared about his opinion. After hearing this unsettling news, he decided then and there that he was gonna take the one thing that mattered to his so called brother the most, his best friend.