Lucas parked the car in front of the elementary school playground and looked over at Haley who had a confused look on her face.

"Umm, ok, Tree Hill Elementary… this is where you are taking me?" She asked curiously.

"Just wait, you'll understand in a few minutes." He got out of the car and rushed around to open the door for her. He offered her his hand, which she gladly accepted. Lucas pulled her towards the playground, holding tightly onto her hand. He stopped in front of the swings.

"Do you recognize this spot?" He asked intriguingly.

Haley looked around, well aware that they were still holding hands but for some reason she didn't want to pull away, "Well it's swings so…."

Lucas turned facing her, "It's not just any set of swings, Hales. This is our set of swings. This is the very place that we met," He paused staring into her beautiful brown eyes, "You were swinging on that swing right here, and I was on the one two down. I was there minding my own business when I heard a girl crying by me, I looked over and there you were."

Haley smiled, the memory coming back to her. She stared back into Luke's bright blue eyes and could see something in them… something she hadn't seen before from Luke.

"So I had to go over and see if you were ok, I sat down next to you and asked you what was wrong. And you, in a shaking voice, told me that Bobby Johnson had taken your favorite pencil and hadn't given it back." He smiled at Haley as she started to laugh.

"It was my favorite, it had pink polka-dots and a big fuzzy, furry thing by the eraser. I loved that pencil…"

"I know, that's why I ran over to the monkey bars where Bobby Johnson was playing and told him to give you back your pencil. Of course he said no, but I told him that I would tell everyone that that he was too afraid to go down the slide because it was to high up for him. He got really mad, but threw your pencil at me and ran away. You were so happy when I gave it to you that you jumped up and kissed me on the cheek, and that was the beginning of our friendship." He finished looking back down at her. She was smiling at him hugely; he couldn't help but notice how beautiful of a smile it was.

"I can't believe that you remember all of that." She said softly.

"Yea well that's not the only thing that I remember."

"What do you mean?" He reluctantly let go of her hand and jogged off.

"Come and see…" He called out. She shook her head smiling, but jogged after him anyway. Once she caught up to him, he was standing in front of the basketball hoop. He turned and looked at her, grinning, "This is my first memory of basketball... do you want to know what this has to do with you?" She nodded curiously.

"For my 7th birthday, you got me my first basketball. Most boys have one earlier, but since Dan wasn't around, my mom never thought about it so she never got me one, but you did. I was so excited to play with it that I brought it to school the next day and waited until recess. You came out here with me watching from the side as I took my first shot, which I missed. You laughed at me and I got really mad at you, but you just came over to me and took the ball. You told me how to stand and how to position my hands… your dad had taught you. So I hesitantly took your advice, but when I shot the way you told me, I got it. I've been shooting that exact way ever since." He said in a proud tone.

She smiled at him, "Really? So basically all of your basketball skills are because of me…" She grinned widely. And he smiled too, but turned and jogged away again, which this time she followed immediately up to where he was standing by the teeter-totter. Once he saw that she was standing beside him, he started to talk again.

"In 5th grade I got my first girlfriend, her name was Sara Lushcick. It was a deep romance, one that I'll always remember, " He joked as they laughed together, "But it was cut short when Sara decided that she liked none other then Bobby Johnson, himself. Yes, I know, shocking. So right here, she decided to tell me that her and Bobby had been having a secret relationship, she chose to tell me this right in front of everyone. I didn't know what to say as she broke up with me, but you did, because you came up and stood right next to me and grabbed my hand. You lied to Sara and told her that me and you had been having a secret relationship too and that she didn't deserve me because I was cool and she was not." He looked at her intently, "You stood by my side, and that hasn't changed." He said in serious tone.

"Lucas…" She breathed softly, walking towards him.

"Nope were not done yet, there's one more place to go," He said grabbing her hand once more and leading her to the old oak tree that stood right by the school, "This is where we used to lie every recess towards the end of 5th grade. It was the last day of elementary school and we were talking about junior high. This is where we made the pact that we would be friends forever, no matter what happened. I even remember saying that when one of us got married, we would stay best friends. Well we did just that… and we still have tons of years to stay best friends." He said, as he looked down at her, his face suddenly serious.

Haley looked up at him, emotion filled her as tears started to fall from her eyes. Lucas reached out and wiped them from her. She wrapped her arms around him and leaned into his neck, breathing in his scent.

"Do you remember the pact, Hales?" He felt her nod her head.

"I remember it all, Luke." She whispered

I love this chapter! Do you? Hopefully! There's more Lucas and Haley coming up in the next one, then back over to Nathan and Peyton!