Author's note: Thanks to anyone who reads this. This is a very special story for me and I have poured my heart and soul into writing it. It is pretty long but I promise tons of twists and turns along the way. For any of you out there who aren't really Naley lovers, give this story a chance, I promise it is a very different Naley story.

Chapter 1- Brown Eyed Girl

Haley James stood in front of her mirror brushing her hair. Brushing her hair always calmed her nerves, and right now her nerves were going out of control. Today was Haley's first day at her first job. She had been 16 for months now and avoided getting a job for as long as she could, but with her sophomore year of high school coming to and end her parents told her that unless she got a part time job this summer she could say good bye to ever getting her driver's license. So, about a week ago, she had headed to the grocery store in walking distance to her house to fill out an application. She was interviewed on the spot and asked to start the following week. Well, the following week was here and she was so nervous.

Just as she was about to head downstairs to get a ride from her parents to work the phone rang. Haley ran to it and grabbed it up, "Hello."

"Hey Hales. What's up for tonight?" Peyton Sawyer, one of Haley's best friends asked.

"I have to go to work. My first night. I am so nervous."

"It will be fine. What time do you work until?"

"Nine. I'll call you when I get home and we can do something." Haley was already looking forward to getting this dreaded shift out of the way.

"Sounds good. I will call Brooke and we can plan something. Have fun, bye." With that, Peyton hung up.

Haley had the two best friends a girl could ask for. Peyton Sawyer was the artsy one. She was always really down to earth and never impulsive. Determination was one of her strong suits, when she set her mind to something she set up a plan to get it and followed it out to a tee. She almost never gave up on anything. Brooke Davis was the complete opposite. While Peyton had blonde curly hair, Brooke had dark straight hair. While Peyton stayed home drawing or doing homework, Brooke ran around chasing boys. Brooke was sometimes a little ditzy, but it never got annoying, everyone, including the boys, thought it was adorable. Brooke loved to have fun and was open to trying anything. Haley was somewhere right in between the two. She had light brown wavy hair, that she usually straightened, and brown eyes. She did really well in school but people were surprised to find that out because she was always out doing something fun. Haley could be ditzy at times and other times really down to earth. All three girls had only one thing in common, dance.

Haley, Brooke and Peyton had met in a ballet class when they were in sixth grade. Haley went to a different school than Brooke and Peyton but starting the following fall the three would be in middle school together. From the day they met they were inseparable. It seemed that all of their differences meshed together perfectly, creating an amazing friendship. Haley knew that she could count on Brooke and Peyton for everything, she knew that they would always be there for her and as long as she had those two girls by her side she knew that she could conquer the world.

"Haley, are you ready? We have to get going if you are going to be on time." Haley's mom Lydia yelled from the bottom of the stairs.

"Yeah Mom, I am coming now." Haley grabbed her bright red apron off her bed and headed out the door. She hoped that the three hour shift didn't take too long.

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"You must be Haley James. My name it Patti, I will be your supervisor. We will head over here and I will give you a quick lesson on bagging. You will just bag groceries tonight and start cashier training next weekend." Patti walked over to a register and gave Haley a quick lesson on what should go with what and how much to put in every bag. "Looks like you got it Haley, why don't you head down there to register 10 and bag for Nathan?"

"Sure." Haley headed down towards register 10 and started in on her task. She just went about her task for a few minutes, the cashier she was helping out hadn't even bothered to turn around to say to her so she just kept quietly working.

As the customer headed towards the door Nathan finally turned around. He hesitated for a minute before saying anything. "Hey, I'm Nathan."

It took Haley a second to find her own words, Nathan was absolutely gorgeous. He was tall and had dark hair that was a little messy, not bad messy though, very cute messy. His eyes were the brightest blue that Haley had ever seen, she could take her eyes off of them. "I'm Haley."

"I have never seen you here before, have you been working here long?" Nathan was amazed by this girl that was standing in front of him. She was one of the cutest girls he had every laid eyes on. He was trying to get through his customers as quickly as possible so that he would have more of a chance to talk to Haley.

"Nope, this is my first night. Have you worked here long?" Haley was screaming at herself in her head, there had to be some other, cooler question she could have asked. He was going to think she was a loser and only wanted to talk about work.

"About a year. It's an okay job, makes good enough money. Do you go to Tree Hill High?" Nathan figured she must go to a different school, after all, he would have remembered seeing her.

"Yep, I will be a junior in the fall. What about you?"

"I will be a senior." Right then Nathan's customer interrupted their conversation.

Things got a little busier and Nathan and Haley didn't have a chance to say more than a few words for the rest of the night. Before Haley knew it it was 9 and time for her to leave. "Well, it looks like my shift is over." Haley started to walk away.

"Wait, Haley. When do you work again?" Nathan called after her.

Haley turned around, "I work everyday next week from 9 to1, training. Maybe I'll see you." With that Haley walked off. She was very impressed with herself, she knew that walking away like that was something that would definitely stick in his mind. As she walked outside towards her mother's car she knew, that boy was going to change her life.

Nathan watched as Haley walked out of the store. He was quickly running through his schedule in his head hoping that he would see a lot of her in the upcoming week. He wasn't sure what it was, but there was definitely something about Haley.

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"So, tell me about your night." Brooke started in on Haley as soon as she walked in the door. The three girls had decided to have a sleepover at Brooke's house. She was the only one of the three of them who had a room downstairs, away from parents, where they could stay up as late as they wanted without being bothered.

"Work was fine. I met a boy."

"You what? You were only there for three hours, how did you meet a boy? And besides that, what about Jeff?" That was Peyton, always being the realistic one. Jeff was Haley's boyfriend, he was two years older than her, a senior who would be graduating the following weekend. They hadn't been dating for that long, just a few months, and things were kind of up in the air since he would be leaving for college in Florida in the end of August.

"Jeff and I are fine. I didn't hook with this kid or anything, I only said I met him. Calm down Pey!" Haley had to admit to herself, she had kind of forgotten about Jeff when she was talking to Nathan.

"Fine, I'll calm down. I just don't want you to do anything stupid."

"Shut up Peyton! Haley, tell us about this boy." Brooke wanted nothing else than to hear about Haley's new interest. She could see the look in her eyes, there was something special about this guy.

"Well, his name is Nathan. He is going to be a senior in the fall. He goes to Tree Hill…" Haley started.

"Wait, Nathan? As in Nathan Scott? I totally forgot her worked there." Brooke jumped off the bed and grabbed her yearbook off of her desk, flipping through a few pages she stopped and held it up for Haley, "Is this him?"

"Yeah, that's him. Do you know him?"

"Come on Haley, everyone has heard of Nathan Scott. He's all bad boy and stuff, always getting into trouble. He was the one who got in trouble for being drunk at the homecoming dance this year, remember?" Brooke was impressed, Haley usually settled on boring boys.

"I do remember that. Wow, that is really surprising. He seemed so nice and sweet." Haley felt a little bit confused, the last thing she would have guessed about Nathan was that he was Tree Hill's "bad boy."

"Well, you had just better be careful, you don't want to go and get yourself into any kind of trouble." There was Peyton again, being her good old self.

"Don't worry, I will be fine." Haley said as her mind drifted back to those blue eyes. Hearing that he had this reputation she knew she should probably stay away, but in the back of her mind there was a little voice telling her that that was easier said than done.