I don't own One Tree Hill.

I've seen that a lot of people seem to dislike my fashion of quickly skipping into things. I'm sorry if that bothered you, but that's just the way the story goes. Thanks...

Sorry that it took a while. ( : .

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The two of them quickly felt insecure. Just as quick they frantically slipped back into their clothing. Nathan jumped to the ground. "Haley!" He yelled as he ran after her down the basketball court.

"I assume there's something between them?" Britney said smiling sheepishly. She felt embarrassed and stupid. 'That's why they only do this in movies.' She thought.

"Didn't he tell you?" Lucas asked as he sat down on the picnic table. Britney shook her head. "Why Nathan?"

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"Haley, come on." Nathan yelled after her.

"No! Get away from me! Why don't you just go back to... her?" Haley sat down behind a tree and set her head in her arms.

"Haley. Haley please. I don't even know how it happened. If I could I'd go back and change it. Haley, come on. I'm sorry." Nathan knew he didn't sound quite as sorry as he wanted to. He really would go back and change it. If he could. He was just so caught up in the moment, his mind couldn't think.

"You're not sorry." She said. Nathan argued her wrong. "If you won't go away, I will!" Haley got up from her seat, and walked away, hoping Nathan wouldn't follow.

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Britney and Lucas sat in an odd silence. "So what's it like living with Whitey?" Lucas asked trying to break the silence.

"Well, it's probably different for me than it would be for you. He's family. I guess it's pretty much like living without your mom and dad." Britney actually loved living with her uncle, but she didn't want all of Tree Hill to know. "So do you play basketball here?" Britney asked. She had seen him playing and he was in the Raven team picture so she thought that would be an easy topic.

"Ya. I don't play all that much anymore now that I'm on the team. But this used to be my favorite place in Tree Hill... it still is."

"Oh yeah? I used to play basketball back home."

"You any good?" Lucas asked intrigued.

"I'm... okay." She said. She watched as Lucas' eyes searched the court for a ball. His eyes lit up when he spotted the ball, resting beside a bush.

Lucas got up and made his way to the ball. "You wanna play?" Britney agreed and they played a bit.

The young woman's talent impressed Lucas. When the points had made their way to 9-5 in Britney's favor, Lucas turned around and called for a break. Bent over and staring at the ground, they both stood panting in the middle of the court.

"Where did you learn to play like that?" Lucas asked.

"There was a bunch of basketball courts in Detroit. I played there my whole life. Usually with a pack of older boys who had fun teaching me stuff." Britney smiled.

"You should join the team." Lucas told her. "The... girls team." Britney laughed timidly thinking about earlier.

"What time is it?" Britney asked.

"It is... oh we should get back to school. Lunch will finish in about ten minutes."

"How long is your lunch period?" She asked surprised.

"About 45 minutes, I have a spare before lunch." He said setting the ball down. He had been holding it since they stopped the game. "What class do you have?"

Britney reached into her pocket and looked at her schedule. "I have media studies."

"Really? I think either Jake or Tim is in that class. It's Jake. He loves it."

"Oh yeah? Who are they?"

Lucas laughed. "They're on the team. Jake's cool you'll like him." Britney and Lucas continued talking as they made their way to class.

"See ya later Lucas."

"You too Britney." Lucas went into his classroom and Britney made her way through the stream of people to class 113.

The rest of her day went on well. She met dozens of people, most of whom she couldn't remember names. Of all the hundreds of people, she remembered, Nathan, Jake, Lucas, some girl named Ally and this other girl Brooke.

On her way home, a car speeding by her yelled out her name then screamed. She was glad to go home, she just hoped her uncle didn't know about her skipping. Thankfully he didn't.

"So how was school Brit?" he asked her over dinner. She told him everything that had happened in the afternoon and made up some small unimportant things that happened in her morning classes. After dinner, as she was free from her homework that she had finished earlier, she went down to the basketball court and brought a ball just in case.

"Be back before 9." Her uncle's voice repeated consistently in her mind. She shoved a watch in her pocket and made her way to the court.

After shooting hoops alone for a while, a dark silhouette showed up behind her. She was surprised when she turned and saw Lucas there. "Sorry if I scared you. Whitey said you were down here." Britney looked at him quizzically.

"Why did you want me?"

"I thought maybe we'd play some ball." So they did. The game ended with an unknown score. After the match, they sat down on the picnic table. And watched the sun finish it's set.

"What time do you gotta be back by?"

"9 o'clock."

"Then we should go." Lucas walked his new friend home. At the doorstep, they could hear the game playing on Whitey's little box of life inside.

"Good game." He said smiling.

"You too." Britney said. "Hey Lucas, is it okay if your favorite place is mine too."

He smiled letting her know it was cool. "Ya, but I have another favorite place now... it's with you."

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By the way I realize she went from Nathan to Lucas in less than a day. It was just meant to be! ( :