Disclaimers: As with probably most fan fics on here, I do not own any thing from One Tree Hill. This will probably be written as only a three or four parter maybe a few more, although if at the end of those part I come up with some new ideas for where the story could go or
any reviewers give me good ideas I would be willing to write more.

Still reading what I say, gotta say I'm impressed, didn't know if you guys would stick it out, although technically I guess all it took was one page turn but whatever. Anyways, back to Haley and all.

This one day I was working at the local record store, you know the one, it seems like most towns have one. And I guess you could say I was the epitome of the stereotypical record store employee, I scoffed at other people's music choices, cuz let's be honest most people's choice in music is just plain crap and because of this crap sells, trust me that's not the way it should be but it is the way it is. Anyways, back to that day. I had been up all night working on my music when this girl came in and we traded words, nothing violent but the type of thing that happens when you get two people on edge, me cuz I was tired and still not sure what Peyton's problem was that day but all I'm saying is she must have had something up her ass and all. Peyton being Peyton Sawyer. How to describe Peyton Sawyer, when I first met her I pinpointed her as some Emo fan, so I didn't like her right away. She grew on me I think, can't really say the same for her feelings for me, if anything her hatred towards me grew, although I guess that may have something to do with the fact that I screwed up her friends' marriage. Anyways she was opening up club and was advertising for singers or whatever. But could you see me in a club run by some teenager, no. End of the story you would think but no.

I did turn up at this audition thing not to sing but to drop off cd's for her opening night. Turns out Peyton went above my head and got my boss to donate some cd's to Tric and somehow I got designated to drop them off, much to my chagrin. Anyways I walked in to some singing on a laptop, not bad, but not really great, I'm just being honest here. Anyways the stage was clear and Peyton and whoever the girl sitting next to her weren't paying attention to me so I climbed up on the stage and started singing. I did a pretty kiss ass job at singing my song "Glad" acoustically, check out the song if you haven't heard it yet, it's great, but then again what would you expect from me. Anyways as I was singing I saw the mystery girl's focus was completely on me, even if Peyton hated it at least I knew I had found one fan. When I was done the mystery girl introduced herself as Haley and pretty much took it upon herself to hire me on as the singer at Tric. Peyton quickly shot that idea down. Again you would think end of story, but no.

A few days later, Peyton finally got off her high horse and hired me, but I was ready for her. Had she hired me right away she wouldn't have had to deal with the Chris Keller Writer but since I had to wait for her to come around that's what she got. I put on the usual things, you know camomile tea, one small vegetarian pizza, one over-ripe cantaloupe, two number three pencils, that kind of thing, but I made sure to include at least one thing to test to see if she was really willing to work with me, one box of extra large sized condoms. She took the bait so I had to fulfill my end of the deal and perform, or at least that's what I was planning on doing.

That night I met a few other Tree Hill teens, including another one of the major players in this story, Nathan Scott. When Haley introduced me to him, I said something that you all might think was pretty jackass, but give me a chance here.

I said something along the lines of, "Married in high school, yeah that's really going to work." A jerk move yeah I know, but let's face it the truth hurts and I do speak from experience. No, this is not some exclusive so don't go running to the tabloids quite yet, I, Chris Keller, did not get married in high school, my parents did. My parents were a lot like Nathan and Haley, not from the same crowd but when they got together they fell in love quickly and also married quickly. They married out of love. Sadly, I was never around to see this love I heard about from their old high school friends. By the time I was born, incidentally on what would have been my parents' first wedding anniversary. By then they were already divorced and I spent my childhood split between two parents who hated each other and although I'm sure they would never admit probably a bit resentful and frustrated that because of me they would never be rid of each other. In all honesty I wasn't saying it to be mean, both Haley and Nathan seemed like good people it would be sad if they ended up kinda like my parents.

Back to that night, I did a few more jackass things that night. First off, I refused to play even after Peyton met all my demands on my writer. Oh, by the way if I never properly thanked you Peyton, thanks for the Magnum. Anyways Peyton asked if I did it to make Haley get over her fear and perform, I'll tell you what I told her, "Chris Keller ain't telling." That's one thing I still won't tell.

Now I said I did one more jackass thing that night, well here it is, I may have implied to Nathan that I wanted to sleep with Haley and this was after I told her that I wanted to work with her. Ok, fine I actually said that but that's beside the point. Have you seen her, now I'm not saying she's the most attractive girl ever, but any guy would be lucky to have her and sadly for me, Nathan has her.

Over the next few weeks I continued to work with Haley on her music, mostly behind Nathan's back but that was alright by me. Haley never seemed to complain about spending time with me. Wait, let me take that back, she was pissed at me one time. The night of her formal I made her come in to work on her music. She didn't want to but I insisted and she finally gave in, she even agreed to work a little bit into the time the formal would be going on but she insisted that she was going. God forbid she miss part of a petty high school dance. I kinda stopped the clocks when she wasn't looking, causing her to almost miss her dance, I wasn't complaining but she wasn't happy and guess what, turns out Nathan wasn't happy about that either.

I had started to fall for her a bit during this time. I know, I shouldn't have and I was conflicted about this fact. Let's forget about the fact that she's married, she's only a junior in high school. I'm not still supposed to be falling for high school girls.

Anyways the day after the dance, I was paid a visit by none other than Nathan Scott. I didn't know what to expect from him, I realized that he had figured out that my feelings for Haley were conflicted but I tried to hide my fear. A little hard to do though when he was crushing my windpipe and it felt like he would break my hand. He finally backed off and I may have questioned the trust he had in his wife. Thinking back, that might not have been a good choice.

Nathan got to Haley I'm figuring cuz next thing I know she's telling me we can't work together. This couldn't have come at a worst moment for I had just found out not ten minutes before, that I had been discovered by some New York guys and they had agreed to let me bring Haley with me and by this time I figured Haley had what it took.

Ready for another Chris Keller jackass moment? Right after she said she was staying in Tree Hill cuz that's where her life is, I kissed her. Surprised? Yeah so was I a bit, but here's the real shocker she kissed me back. Yes, she fled right after reminding me that she was married, but she kissed me and in that moment that's all that mattered.

As I was preparing to give my ticket to the ticket agent to get on the bus to New York Haley showed up. Did this mean she had had a change of heart and was coming along with me? That's what I hoped for. We even kissed again, but alas, turns out this was more of a good bye. As I boarded the bus I thought that was the last I would see of Haley James Scott, but as this story has already proven, it's never the end in this story.

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