Chapter One
Haley carefully woke up, it was a school day and she had to get ready, but she was just so tired, that is until Peyton burst into the room. Peyton says, "Baby Girl come on, we're going to be late." Haley lets out a sigh.
You see Peyton and her were twins, but Peyton was the oldest one and they couldn't be more opposite. Sure at home they got along, at school it was a whole another matter. Haley was the shy, smart, tutor girl, she was quiet/withdrawn and kind of plain and she was a religious freak, Peyt on the other hand was the pretty/popular/cheerleader, so much like their older sister Taylor. Peyton was also extremely overprotective of her younger sister. Haley gets out of bed, quickly dresses, in plain jeans and a t-shirt. Peyt sits impatiently on the bed while Haley gets dressed.
Peyt says, "Come on Hales."
Haley storms out and goes, "Fine are you happy? I'm ready."
Peyt lets out a laugh and goes,"Yeah I'm happy, let's go Baby Gurl."
They head down to the kitchen where Keith and Deb are.
Keith says,"Hi Haley Bub, Peyton." Haley grins at the childhood nickname and kisses Keith on the cheek.
Haley says,"Hi daddy, mom."
Peyton says,"Hi dad, mom."
They sit down to breakfast and after eating, Peyton looks at the clock.
Peyton says, "Let's go Hales; we don't want to be late."
Keith says, "Be home in time for dinner."
Haley says, "Aren't we always daddy?"
Haley and Peyton walk out the door and head to Peyton's car and get in, while Peyton drives off.
Keith and Deb James were happily married. Keith was a journalist and Deb well she was an ex-beauty queen/model, now she was a receptionist at a doctor's office but though both worked, they made sure they were home when the girls came home from school; they made a constant effort to eat dinner together as a family. Keith and Deb kissed before heading off to their jobs.
Peyton pulled into the Tree Hill High parking lot, and pulling into a space. Before getting out of the car and heading towards her friends Brooke Davis, Lucas Scott, Nathan Scott, Jake Jaglieski, Skills, Bevin and Alexia. All eyes were on her, she was by far one of the most popular girls at school and one of the prettiest, and no one noticed the brown haired girl that followed her.
Brooke Davis was the head cheerleader, and kind of a bch at times, she was dating Lucas Scott, one of the Scott brothers. Then there was Jake, who was dating Peyton. And Skills and Bevin were dating each other, now Alexia and Nathan weren't exactly dating; they were friends with benefits and nothing more.
Nathan Scott was the younger Scott brother, by one year. They were both great at basketball, inherited by their dad, the infamous Dan Scott, Dan now owned a chain of dealerships but he wanted the both out of his sons and sometimes they hated it, but the one light in their lives besides their "girls" was their mom, a nice, sweet, caring woman, she was always there for her boys and they loved her for it, she was Karen Roe Scott and she owned Karen's Cafe, the boys and their friends could often be seen hanging out there after basketball/cheer practice, besides Karen's was so inviting.
Haley let out a small smile when she saw her friends, Mouth, Tim, Junk, Fergie, Rachel, Callie, Erica and Teresa. She went up and joined them. Haley's friends were all like her, well mostly.
Mouth was a computer genius, he anchored the Ravens games, Tim well even though he was on the basketball team, never really felt like he fit in, besides he was kind of the butt of the joke with his friends and with the b-ball team, he was often referred to as Dim, but just because he didn't get it half the time, was no indication on how smart he was because he clearly was smart, he just didn't think.
Then there was Junk and Fergie, they were poor and they wanted to make the basketball team, but didn't. Then there was Rachel, now she was a cheerleader, but she was hated by the popular girls, because she was slutty and at one time had wanted Lucas Scott for herself, Brooke couldn't for the life of her stand her and the feeling was mutual.
Teresa too was a cheerleader but she was Rachel's sidekick so the girls hated her too, it was kind of funny, because she used to be popular until she became friends with Rachel. Erica was dating Mouth, and she didn't fit in either, she was student council president but that's because she ran unopposed, she was quiet, no one really noticed her or cared, until she met Mouth and the group, they took her in and she felt whole for once in her life.
Lastly there was Callie, who was exactly like Haley. She was the newest one of the group, having just joined them a year ago, but she fit in and that was that. They hung out at The Rivercourt, it was where Junk, Fergie and Tim practiced basketball and the girls sat and cheered them on.
As the bell rang, the two groups headed off to their different classes and after school, the popular group headed to the gym and part of the non-popular group did too, Haley, Callie and Erica headed to the tutor center and Junk, Mouth and Fergie headed to the Rivercourt, where the rest of the group would meet them later. After tutoring, Haley, Callie and Erica went to the gym and waited for Tim, Rachel and Teresa, while sitting on the benches. Everyone was finishing practice, when Haley, Callie and Erica stood up and headed to meet Rachel and Teresa, when Haley bumped into Nathan.
Nathan says, "I'm sorry. Here let me help you up." Haley takes his hand as Nathan pulls her up and lets out a small smile.
Haley says," Thanks."
Nathan says, "No problem."
Just as Brooke and the rest of the popular gang walk up. Alexia puts her arms around Nate.
Alexia says, "Why are you talking to that loser anyway? Let's go baby."
Brooke says,"Yeah like she would ever stand a chance with you."
The girls start giggling and the group walk off together, Peyton looking back at her sister and mouthing sorry but Nathan also looked back at Haley, at the brown haired girl, he couldn't get her off his mind, he should be happy with Alexia, but yet Haley was always on his mind, since the night Haley saw through him, saw through his facade and his jerky ways and saw the real him and she told him and he knew she was right, but he couldn't like Haley, it wasn't in his gene pool. He was Nathan Scott, one of the most popular guys at school; he could not and would not fall for Haley James, the shy, quiet tutor girl.
Haley glanced back at Nathan. She too remembered that night, it was weird because all this time she thought of Nathan as a jerk, until that night, when the barriers broke down and she saw Nathan for who he was, a caring, sensitive individual and he sure was hot, but she couldn't fall for him either, she knew how he played girls, how he would just throw them away like they meant nothing to him and she couldn't live with that, she wouldn't date Nathan Scott, she couldn't fall for him and she sure as hell didn't want him, at least that's what she kept telling herself.
But those two would be wrong, something was going to happen that was going to bring them closer together and they would never know what would hit them and it was going to be the start of their great love story.
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See I told
you it would be different than the book and movie. But I wanted to
throw my own spin on things; I hope you enjoyed it anyway. It might
be kind of boring because there's a lot of intro stuff going on, but
I wanted to introduce the two groups and hey there's a little Naley,
lol, only one part, but there will be more, I promise.
Please review and comment, it will make me happy.
Love, Gracie
