Back to Tree Hill

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the One Tree Hill characters, the rest belong to me.

Summary: An old flame of Nathan's returns to Tree Hill with something that would change his life forever. What will Nathan do?


Chapter One- What are you doing here?

"Nathan hurry up man, were going to be late for school!" Lucas called to him from the front door of Nathan's apartment.

"I'm coming!" Nathan called back from the bedroom. It had been about five months since Haley left and about one month after his accident. Deb had left Dan for good; Karen and Andy were on their way to New Zealand, Peyton and Jake were happy again, things were going well. Even Lucas and Brooke were getting closer again. Nathan had filed for divorce; he knew it would be the only way to get Haley out of his mind.

"Five seconds and counting!" Lucas exclaimed.

Nathan walked out of the room and toward Lucas who was standing by the counter.

"Bout time." Lucas laughed.

"Ha, funny." Nathan said to him grabbing his back pack.

"Let's go, I told my mom we would stop by on our way to school." Lucas said as they headed out of Nathan's apartment and down the stairs.

"So how are thing with you and Brooke?" Nathan asked.

"Good, I just think it's weird that were living in the same house now. I mean ever since my mom found out why I was staying with Dan and made me move back home, things are just kind of weird." Lucas explained. "Have you heard from Haley lately?" he asked looking down at the sidewalk.

"Nah, but I think it's for the best. After the accident I just feel like I need the time away from her."

Lucas nodded.

They walked down the road silent until they got to Karen's café.

Nathan followed Lucas into the café. Karen was behind the counter talking to Andy, He now worked at Tree Hill High School as a teacher. Karen and Deb were still friends and Deb lived down the road from Karen.

Nathan looked around the café then stopped. He saw someone he never thought he would ever see again. He was shocked.
"Hey man let's sit with Andy." Lucas said to him. –No reaction came from Nathan- Lucas waved a hand in front of him. "Nathan!" He said.

"What?" Nathan asked turning his head toward Lucas.

Lucas looked in the direction Nathan was staring. "Do you know her?"

Nathan nodded. "That was my girlfriend before Peyton and Haley. She was the love of my life; I loved her more then anything. Her mom and dad both died in a car crash and she was forced to live with her aunt and uncle in Florida. I never thought I'd ever see her again." Nathan told Lucas.

"Go talk to her, maybe she's back for a reason." Lucas said to him. "I'll save you a seat." Lucas pushed Nathan toward her a bit then walked to the counter where Andy and Karen were laughing.

Nathan walked over to the girl; her short brown hair was tied back in a pony tail. She wore a pink beater and blue jeans. She was drinking coffee and reading a book.

"Brie…What are you doing here?" Nathan asked her.

Brie looked up at him and smiled. "Nathan, it's nice to see you, still living here I presume?" Brie asked closing the book and giving him a hug. "Sit down."

Nathan took a seat across from her. "Yeah I am, but you still didn't answer my question."

"Well, I came to see you…we need to talk." She said.

"I hate conversations that start like that." Nathan said smiling. "Well I do have about an hour before school starts, so what's up?"

"Well…when I left a year and a half ago, I had a secret that I kept from you…I wanted to tell you so bad, then last year I decided I would come back and tell you but when I did I saw you with someone else and I knew I couldn't tell you. So I left again. Now here I am ready to tell you no matter what." Brie sighed.


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Up next:

What's the secret? Can Nathan handle it? Can his friends and family handle it?