"The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back.

Maybe it doesn't matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark."

"Are you nervous for your first day at THH?" Karen said as she stacked some papers on the kitchen counter. She was always busy, always on her way out.

"Yeah, a little, but I met a bunch of people the past two weeks, so I should be fine," I replied. The truth was, I was nervous for today. It was my first day at Tree Hill High and I was going onto the battlefield alone. Nathan and Lucas had taken up ignoring me for the most part and only speaking to me in front of Karen and Dan. I guess it was for them to see that they were "making nice" with me.

Dan walked through the kitchen, said a quick hello to me and pecked Karen on the cheek softly. He picked up his briefcase and announced he was working late. He called up the stairs and said goodbye to Nate and Luke and walked out the door.

Dan was never one for a lot of words. The only things I had heard out of his mouth since him and Karen had arrived home was things about basketball, and how Lucas and Nathan could both improve.

"Here's some money for the day, honey," Karen said, sliding two twenties toward me.

"Thanks," I said as I pocketed the two bills.

"Ask one of the boys to give you a ride to school, okay? Have a good first day!" She patted my back and walked out of the room. I heard the front door slam and the car speed away a few moments later.

A few minutes later, the two boys stampeded down the steps. The one improvement that had been made since our little late night kitchen run-in was that the boys had started getting along again.

"Hey," I said softly as they walked into the kitchen. I tried to swallow the lump in my throat and stop the butterflies when I saw Lucas. I didn't want to care about someone like that. But, as much as I tired, I just didn't feel it with Nathan. At least not yet.

"Hey," they replied in unison, each grabbing different things to eat from the fridge.

"Uh, your mom told me one of you should, um, drive me to school. I mean, if you don't mind. I can walk if I need to," I managed to get out after stuttering.

"We're both goin' together, you can come with us," Nathan said as he took a bite of his apple.

"Oh, good, thank you." I smiled at Nathan, who at least allowed himself to make eye contact with me. Lucas on the other hand resumed eating his food without looking up whatsoever.

'We better go," he suddenly said, still looking at his food intently.

"The key to change... is to let go of fear."

The halls of Tree Hill High were unfamiliar, and unwelcoming. I had been told a few days ago, via phone call, to go straight to the guidance office to get my schedule and be introduced to my guidance counselor. I walked into the guidance office and gave the secretary my name.

After a few minutes of waiting, the same secretary led me into a small room where my counselor was supposed to meet me. I sat down and looked around the room. She had mugs from every college known to man across a few shelves. I had assumed they were gifts from the students who she had helped.

As I kept taking in the room, my counselor walked in. After introducing herself, Mrs. Smith was her name, she sat down across from me. She was a tall blonde woman. She couldn't have been very old. After a little small talk, she printed me a copy of my schedule.

"If you have trouble with anything, come see me at anytime," she smiled sweetly as I got up to leave. I thanked her quickly, my hands still shaking out of nervousness. I had never transfered schools, and this was all a new experience to me.

I walked out of the room and went looking for my first classroom. After trying on my own to find the room for ten minutes, I finally gave up. Luckily, there was a guy, hopefully a teacher, the end of the hall. I walked toward them. From the back, he had messy brown hair. As I got closer, I spoke.

"Excuse me," I said tapping him. He turned around and my heart melted. He was at least 6 feet tall with the bluest eyes I had ever seen. His messy brown hair framed his tan face. He smiled at me and had dimples a mile deep.

"Yep," he said, smiling.

"C-can you help me? I'm new and I have no idea where I'm going. Do you know where room 204 is?"

"Sure, want me to walk you there or you just want directions?"

"Would you mind walking with me, I'm really nervous and I'm afraid I'm gonna get lost and---"

"Don't worry, it's fine," he cut me off, still smiling.

"I'm Brooke, by the way," I said as we began walking.

"Adam." He reached his hand out. I placed mine in it and he shook it strongly. His arms were very toned peeking out of his white t-shirt.

"Well, this is it," he said as we pulled up to the room. I thanked him and started to open the door.

"Hey, Brooke?" he said before I could walk in.

"Yeah?" I turned around. Those eyes...

"There's a party this Friday at my friend Cooper's house. Do you wanna go with me?"

"I'd love to..." I smiled. My heart flipped and did backflips in my chest as I wrote down my number on a piece of paper for him. He smiled at me, promising to call tomorrow with details, and walked away. I sank against the door as I opened it.

"MIss Davis, I'm assuming," the teacher said coldly as the whole class stared at me. I took a deep breath and put on my confidence.

"That's me," I smiled.

"How kind of you to join us, now would you mind sitting please and try not to interupt the class anymore," he said coldly.

I took an empty seat, which of course, happened to be next to Rachel.

"Well, well, look who it is. Miss I-Throw-A-Tantrum-'Cause-I'm-Not-Hot-Enough-For-Lucas-Scott," she whispered coldly and smiled devilishly.

"Nice to see you, too Rachel!" I whispered cheerily. Nothing was going to break my mood after meeting Adam. He was gorgeous and who needed Lucas, or Nathan for that matter, with a guy like him around?

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Don't worry readers, Adam won't be around for too long... But he's what I need for either Nathan or Lucas to prove themself to Brooke! Thanks for the amazing reviews, as usual! Keep it up on this chapter and maybe I'll update again late tonight! xoxoxoxo (Oh and PS, just so everyone knows, all the chapter titles are song lyrics so if you want to download any of them theyre all amazing songs just type in the title of the chapter into your music things!!)