Hey, everyone! I'm excited to be back with my new story. I hope you like this as much as my previous one "The Fast and the Furious". Anyways, please read and review. :)
Colgate Soulmate
Chapter 1
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have now landed to Tree Hill, North Carolina. The weather is sunny and warm and local time is 10.30 pm. We hope you enjoyed your flight and have a pleasant stay."
Haley James woke up when a flight attendant shook her lightly.
"Miss James, we have landed." Haley opened her eyes.
"We're here already? What time is it?" she asked yawning.
"It's 10.30 pm. Do you need any help with your luggage, Miss James?"
"No, I'm good. But thank you." She said politely and smiled.
"If you don't mind me saying, I really loved your latest album. My daughter and I listen to it all the time." Haley smiled at the woman.
"Thank you. Oh, and please call me Haley. I'm not even 18 yet." Haley said and winked. The flight attendant laughed and left.
"And I just want you to know that I'm really sorry about your break up." She said and left. Haley sighed and got up from her seat.
She took her purse and guitar case from the closet and put her 'Real Madrid' cap on. She dug a pair of sunglasses from her purse and put them on. She looked down at her clothes. Sweat pants and a tank top. Her normal flight clothes. They were comfortable and most importantly normal. She wanted to blend in.
Haley left the plane and looked around for the paparazzi. She didn't see any which she thanked the god for. She smiled in happiness and went to get her luggage. She left the terminal and waited by the front doors for her ride. She looked at her watch and saw that it was past 11 pm already. Her brother was supposed to pick her up at 11.
"Haley James?" someone asked. Haley turned around and expected to find her brother or father but instead she only saw a big flash. A flash she had gotten used to already. The flash of a camera. Haley blinked her eyes in annoyance and glared at the reporter.
"So, what are you doing in North Carolina?" the man asked while snapping more pictures. Haley tried to turn her back to him but he kept circling around her.
"You visiting your father?" the man asked but didn't wait for her answer. "When was the last time you saw him? How are you handling the break up from your boyfriend? Is your heart broken? Did you really catch him in bed with your manager? Do you mind if I take a few pictures?" Again he didn't wait for her answer.
Haley went back inside the airport and ran as quickly as she could with her luggage to the women's bathroom. She locked the door and took her cell phone out of her purse. She dialled her brother's number.
"Yo, leave a message, bitch." Haley rolled her eyes and waited for the beep.
"Hey, it's me." Haley started after she heard the beep. "Haley, in case you didn't recognize, retard." Haley said sarcastically and continued. "Where the hell are you? Please, be somewhere near. I can't deal with these people right now. Call me when you get this." She hung up the phone.
Haley waited inside the bathroom about 10 or 15 minutes while trying to call her brother's cell, her dad's cell, her dad's work number and also the house number. No one answered. Haley sighed and got up from the floor where she had been sitting.
She looked herself in the mirror and pushed the sunglasses back on her face. She sighed and opened the door to find at least a dozen flashing lights. Haley blinked and started to walk towards the cab line. Whoever said that being a known singer was easy and always fun, was very badly mistaken.
Meanwhile
Lucas, Nathan, Brooke, Peyton, Jake, Tim, Mouth and the rest of their gang were partying yet again. It was the summer before their senior year so that was all the reason they needed for a party. It was mid July and they were planning on partying their entire summer vacation. So far, they had stuck to their plan.
Lucas and Nathan Scott were the infamous Scott brothers. They shared the same love for basketball and the hatred towards their father. They used to hate each other but when Lucas had joined the basketball team, they had gotten to be friends and in the end, brothers. Nathan went through girls like basketball socks. He had no intentions on settling down for as long as his hair wasn't grey.
Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer were the girls Lucas used to date, at the same time. For a while things were icy between them but Brooke learned to forget. They were both cheerleaders for the basketball team. Brooke was currently dating Lucas again and Peyton had found love from a guy named Jake Jaglieski.
Mouth was getting over his break up with Erica Marsh and Tim was currently looking for a girlfriend. Or a bed mate. Or whoever was available.
Lucas, Brooke, Jake, Peyton, Tim, Nathan and Mouth were sitting on the couches in the living room while all the other party-ers were forced to either stand by them or hang out in the kitchen. The music was loud and people were dancing in the living room.
Haley was sitting in the cab in front of her dad's house with an angry look on her face.
"The retard ditched me 'cause he has a party?" Haley muttered angrily. The cab driver turned to look at her.
"Did you say something?" Haley shook her head. "It's 21 dollars 50 cents." Haley handed him 30 dollars and got out of the cab. The driver came out also and handed her her luggage.
"Thank you." Haley said.
"Hey, aren't you that singer? Haley James?"
"Yes." Haley said.
"You're awesome. I saw you perform at the Grammy's."
"Thank you." Haley said and started to walk towards the front door. There were people dancing and drinking also outside the house. They watched Haley walk to the door. Haley could see people staring at her and whisper. She rolled her eyes annoyed and opened the front door. She left her stuff on the stairs and started to look for her brother. She went to the kitchen but didn't see him.
"Hey, you're that singer, aren't you." A guy asked from her. Haley nodded her head but didn't say anything. She walked to the living room but couldn't see anyone because the lights were almost out and there were so many people dancing in the middle of the room that they were blocking her view. People were starting to stop dancing and stare at her. Apparently they didn't know that Haley had family in Tree Hill.
Suddenly someone turned the music off and put the lights on. The whole room was staring at Haley.
"What the hell happened to the mu-" Tim asked while making his way through the crowd. He froze when he saw her.
"Haley." Tim said coldly. People turned to look at him surprised.
"Tim." They both glared at each other. The whole room was quiet and staring at them. "What the hell are you doing here?" Tim asked harshly.
"Funny, I was about to ask you the same." Haley said coldly.
"What are you talking about?"
"You were supposed to pick me up an hour ago from the airport!"
"You were supposed to come next week!"
"I called here last week and Shari said you'd pick me up."
"She never said anything to me."
"That bitch." Haley muttered. Tim and Haley looked at each other for a while. When neither of them spoke for a while, Brooke, who was about to burst with curiosity, decided to ask the question everyone in the room was dying to know.
"So, how do you two know each other?" Haley looked at Tim with a mixture of hurt and surprise. He obviously hadn't told his friends about her. Tim looked at his friends and sighed.
"Haley's my sister." Tim said quietly but loud enough for everyone to hear. Everyone gasped and a few people, mainly Tim's closest friends yelled 'what'. They hadn't even known he had a sister.
"What do you mean she's your sister?" Nathan asked while pushing the blonde hoe off of his lap when she was starting to suck his ear obviously not interested in the scene. "You don't have a sister."
"Yeah, I do." Tim said while rubbing his temples. He was starting to get a headache. Haley sighed annoyed.
"So, I take it dad's not here." Haley said annoyed. Tim shook his head. "I'll be in my room." Haley said and left the living room. She took her stuff and walked upstairs. When the people heard her slam her door shut, they started to talk, gossip and yell at the same time.
"Why didn't you tell us Haley James was your sister?"
"What's she doing here?"
"I love her music."
"So, is your last name James too?"
"Did she really catch her boyfriend in bed with her neighbour?"
"She's hot."
"Everyone shut up!" Tim yelled. His headache was getting worse and he was sick of all the people with their stupid questions. "Everyone out! This party's over." He said and glared at the people. They started to leave slowly.
"Do you want us to leave too?" Brooke asked and pointed at her, Lucas, Nathan, Peyton, Jake and Mouth.
"Naw, you can stay if you help me clean." He said and went to close the door when the last person left. Tim started to collect empty bottles. His friends looked at each other not really knowing what to do. They started to clean the living room too.
"So, do you want to talk about...?" Peyton asked from Tim.
"Not much to talk about. She's my sister." Tim said.
"Why didn't you tell anyone she's your sister?" Jake asked.
"I didn't even know you have a sister." Nathan said. Tim turned to look at him for a second.
"You never asked." He said and went back to cleaning the place. Nathan looked at his best friend and felt a bang of guilt. The others stayed quiet for the rest of the cleaning.
After Haley had slammed the door to her room she had immediately opened her suit case, taken her towel out and a long shower after that. After she showered she opened the TV in her room and started to go through the channels. After she discovered that there was nothing on, she decided to go downstairs and get something to eat. Haley went downstairs to the kitchen and saw Tim sitting by the counter with some of his friends.
"No party? People finally getting tired of you?" Haley asked when she got to the kitchen. Tim looked at her annoyed.
"Actually, they all saw you and wanted to leave." Tim said annoyed.
"Yeah, well at least some of your friends are still here." Haley said and turned to look at the others. She smiled to them all.
"Hey, I'm Haley." She said and extended her hand to them. One by one they introduced themselves to her.
"Nice to meet you'll." Haley said and opened the fridge. "Tim, when was the last time you went grocery shopping?"
"None of your business, cow." He said without turning to look at her.
"Pig." Haley said without turning around. She started to make herself a sandwich from the stuff she found from the fridge.
"So, what brings you to the beautiful state of North Carolina?" Brooke asked joking. Haley smiled to her.
"To see my dear brother, of course." Haley said but couldn't keep a straight face and burst out laughing while Tim looked at her annoyed. "Kidding. My mom... I mean, our mom left for a vacation for the first time in 7 years. She's backpacking through Europe for a month. She didn't wanna leave me home alone so she decided that I should spend my summer vacation with him." Haley said a sarcastically while looking at Tim.
"What does your mom do?" Jake asked when he realized he didn't know.
"She owns a night club." Tim said while glaring at Haley.
"So, your tour ended?" Peyton asked. Haley's smile faded a bit. She didn't want to talk about music, tour, her cheating bastard-of-an ex-boyfriend or anything related to that.
"Yeah, yesterday. Mom changed her schedule so she's leaving tomorrow already."
"Where do you live?" Nathan asked.
"Los Angeles." Haley said.
"Wow, that's so cool. I wish I knew someone who lives there." Peyton said smiling. Haley looked at her and the others with a weird face.
"Tim used to live there too." Haley reminded them.
"What? When?" Lucas asked.
"Before I moved here." Tim said.
"When did you move here?" Mouth asked.
"When I was 12." Tim said.
"We all used to live in Los Angeles but when our parents divorced, Tim and dad moved here." Haley explained. "For being Tim's friends, you don't know much about him." Haley said and Nathan looked down guiltily.
"So, do you see each other a lot?" Nathan asked.
"Once a year." Haley said.
"Too much, if you ask me." Tim said.
"I agree." Haley said while starting to eat her sandwich.
"We kinda have a love-hate relationship." Tim said when he saw the looks his friends were giving him.
"Without the love part." Haley said.
"Speaking of, how's your love life?" Tim asked glaring at her. Her friends gasped. For a split second Haley looked hurt by the mention of her cheating ex-boyfriend but she quickly covered from it.
"Fantastic. Jesse McCartney just asked me for lunch. How's your love life? Still no girlfriend?" she shot back. Tim just looked at her annoyed.
"Bitch."
"Jerk."
"Slut."
"Retard."
"Whore."
"Man-whore." Haley said grinning.
"So, Haley. How old are you?" Mouth asked interrupting the fight.
"Same as Dim." Haley said laughing.
"So, you and Di- I mean Tim are twins?" Nathan asked.
"Yeah, can you believe it?" Haley asked sarcastically.
"I'm 3 minutes older!" Tim said.
"Whatever, moron."
Haley and Tim continued to glare at each other.
Haley looked at the clock and ate the last bit of her sandwich.
"I'm off to bed. It was nice to meet you all. Tim, try not to bore your friends too much." She said laughing out loud. Tim showed her the finger. Haley just laughed harder.
"What are you doing tomorrow?" Brooke asked. Haley smiled at her.
"I gotta make some phone calls in the morning but other than that I'm free. You got something on your mind?"
"I may have."
"Well, here's my cell number. Call me if you wanna hang out or something." Haley said and gave her number to Brooke. "Ok, I'm going to bed now. Good night, everyone." She said and started to walk away.
"Night." They all said. Haley left the kitchen and went upstairs. Tim's friends turned to look at him.
"She seems nice." Brooke said.
"Yeah, whatever." Tim said.
"I gotta get home." Peyton said and stood up. Jake stood up too.
"Yeah, we should go too." Brooke said and got up with Lucas.
"Mouth, you want a ride?" Lucas asked.
"Sure, if it's no problem." He said.
"Of course not. See you tomorrow, Tim." Brooke said.
"Wait, don't I get a ride?" Nathan asked.
"You live next door." Peyton said.
"Damn." He said laughing. "You want me to hang out with you?" Nathan asked from Tim.
"Up to you. I'm not tired yet."
"NBA Live 2005?" Nathan asked. Tim grinned at him.
"Prepare for total domination."
"Just say you're gonna win, Tim."
"I'm gonna win."
"Atta boy."
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