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Oh the timing is cruel
Oh I need and don't want to need
More than I should
I am falling
Say my name
And I'll lie in the sound
What is love but whatever
My heart needs around

-Trespassers William

Chapter 1

"You must be the James twins." Principal Turner ssaid as he walked out of his office to find two very different girls sitting outside waiting for him. "Welcome to Tree Hill High, home of the Ravens." He said with a welcoming smile. "We arranged for you to be in most of the same classes that way you know someone in your class. If you need help finding any of your classes come here and we will arrange for someone to help you bit for now here is a map of the school and your schedules." He said as he handed them their papers. "Again welcome to Tree Hill High and I hope you feel at home here." Principal Turner said and walked back into his office.

"Well, he really wanted to talk to us." Brooke said sarcastically as they stood up to head to their first class. "So anyways, what do you have first period?" Brooke asked Haley.

"Umm, English." Haley said. Ever since their move she hadn't had much to say. She was distant and the only time you could see a true smile on her face was when she was on the phone with Marcus.

"Come on Haley cheer up!" Brooke said putting her arm around Haley's shoulder. "Cheerleading tryouts are coming up and we were the best at our old school, so we are going to make it!" Brooke exclaimed. Although, Brooke was still very unhappy about leaving her friends she found that she had to be strong and happy for Haley, because Haley had a real reason to be sad.

"Great, and when Marcus comes here to play I am going to have to cheer for the other team." Haley said bitterly.

"Well don't be too bitter we want to make a good first impression. Now come on I'll walk you to class." Brooke said as they walked into a crowded hallway.

"Wow for a small town there sure is a lot of people." Haley said.

They walked the rest of the way to class in silence. Brooke didn't know what to do to cheer Haley up. She was pretty much a lost cause. "Bye sis. I'll see you later. Try to make some friends!" Brooke said as she hugged Haley then walked away towards her own class.

Haley walked into class and took a seat in the far back. She was planning on texting Marcus the whole period and she was hoping this teacher wouldn't be very perceptive.

Tutorgrl33: I miss you!

Bballer33: I miss you too baby. I love you. But I gotta go, coach wants to meet with the team. Good luck on your first day. I'll text or call later.

Tutorgrl33: Okay. I love you too.

Just as Haley looked up she saw the bluest eyes she had ever seen in her life.

"Are you new?" the mystery man asked. "Because I know I would remember you."

"Yeah, I'm Haley I just moved here with my sister for Charlotte. And you are?" Haley asked as she shook the guy's hand and smiled.

"Nathan, nice to meet you Haley." He said taking the seat next to her. "So what do you do for fun?" Nathan asked.

"I was on the cheerleading squad with my sister in my old school." Haley said. 'Is this guy interested in me? Because if I wasn't in love with Marcus I would so go for it!' Haley thought to herself. Her thoughts were starting to scare. Never had she ever thought about giving up Marcus for another guy. So far she hasn't met anyone who compared. But maybe she just did.

"Well, lucky for you I have a thing for cheerleaders." Nathan teased.

"Sorry, I have a boyfriend." Haley said clearly, 'But if not I would be lucky, more than you know' she thought as she looked into his ocean blue eyes.

"Calm down Haley, I was just joking." He laughed.

Haley laughed along with him, "Sorry, I didn't mean to jump to conclusions I just miss Charlotte I guess."

"I understand. Hey, you should come by Karen's Café on main Street after school with your sister. My mom owns it, and you can meet some of my friends." Nathan suggested.

"That would be really nice. Thank you, Nathan. I just need to talk to Brooke, see if she has found something else to do." Haley answered with a smile. Maybe Tree Hill isn't as bad as she thought it would be.

By lunch time Haley had 3 classes with Nathan, which was good because he was the first friend she made all day. She had only 2 classes with Brooke though. She had met one of Nathan's close friends, a broody cheerleader Peyton Sawyer. So far her day wasn't as bad as she anticipated.

As she and Brooke headed towards lunch she heard her phone beep signaling a new text message.

Bballer33: Hey, hows your day going, baby?

Tutorgrl33: Not as bad as I thought, but it would be sooo much better if you were here.

Bballer33: I'm glad you're happier. I hate hearing you upset.

Tutorgrl33: Sorry baby I gotta go get lunch but I will talk to you later. Love ya.

Bballer33: Love ya 2.

"Hows loverboy doing without you?" Brooke asked.

"I don't know he just asked how I was doing." Haley said, "Surprisingly this school isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I actually made a couple of friends."

"Hey Haley!" Nathan called. "Come sit here!" He said form a table filled with people they hadn't met that day.

When they reached the table Nathan said, "Everybody this is Haley and you must be…"

"Brooke, my name's Brooke. I'm Haley's twin sister." She said mostly to the blonde boy sitting next to Nathan. She was never particularly attracted to people with dark hair, she preferred blondes.

"Haley you didn't tell me Brooke was your twin. What a coincidence, this is my twin brother Lucas." Nathan said gesturing towards the blond boy.

"Wow, figures I make friends with another set of twin right away." She laughed.

"Sit down." Nathan started introducing the people around the table, "Here's Peyton, but you already know her Haley, Skillz and his girlfriend Bevin, Fergie, Junk, Mouth, and Rachel, Lucas' girlfriends is coming right now." Nathan said then whispered to Haley, "Beware she's a total bitch. I don't know why my brother stays with her. And coming over right know is Jake, Peyton's boyfriend."

"Jagielski!!!" Haley and Brooke yelled as they ran into his arms.

"We did not know that you moved to Tree Hill! I f we did we would have been more excited!" Haley said excitement filling her voice, as Brooke and Haley ran up to Jake to hug him.

Nathan couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy. When he saw her in his homeroom earlier that day he was immediately drawn to her. When he found out she had a boyfriend he tried best to hide his true feelings, he was extremely jealous, and this, seeing her in Jake's arms, made it all the more worse. "Okay, extremely confused here." Nathan stated, "You know each other how?" He asked.

"Well Jakey pooh here used to live in Charlotte with us. Haley, Marcus, Jakey, and I were BFFs, basically inseparable. Then freshman year right after Marcus and Hales, here, hooked up his parents decided to move him to…" Brooke paused, "What did he call it, Haleybop?"

"The devils second home." Haley said laughing.

"Oh yeah! He loved the city life and then he was moving to some small town, I guess it was Tree Hill. Anyways, we have not seen each other in forever! Oh my god! Marcus is going to be sooo excited when he finds out you are here!"

"Hales you and Marcus still going strong?" Jake asked, he still had his arms around their shoulders.

"Yeah, still going strong. I still can't believe its been 2 years." Haley said. 'Two years with Marcus, and I could stop thinking about him on command, but I meet Nathan for less than a day and he is all I could think about, what is going on here' Haley added in thought.

"Hi guys!" the cheery redhead said as she walked up to Lucas. "Gosh Bevin where did you get that shirt, that is gross." She added to Bevin as she gave Lucas a peck on the lips.

Everyone ignored her nasty comment in fear that she would say something worse. Rachel Gatina had a knack for making people feel bad about them.

"Rachel, this is Haley and Brooke, they just moved her from Charlotte." Lucas said.

"It's nice to meet you Rachel." Brooke said sweetly, she didn't take well with people who thought she was better than others but Brooke wasn't going to make anyone angry on the first day. That was reserved for the next day. Brooke turned to every one and asked, "By any chance do any of you know where cheerleading tryouts are?" Brooke asked.

"Hunny I am the captain of the cheerleading squad; I think I would know where tryouts are." Rachel said arrogantly.

"Sorry, I didn't know, so where are they?" Brooke asked, trying as hard as she could not to tell Rachel off. She did not want to make the captain angry on the first day, she will just have to steal the squad from her when she wasn't looking.

"They are in the quad at 3. Don't be late; I don't like it when people are late." Rachel said with a nasty tone.

"Thanks, so do any of you guys play basketball?" Brooke asked.

Everyone laughed at her.

"Me and Nate are the captains of the varsity team, we all play except for Mouth. He is more of a sports announcer, not player." Lucas said.

"Oh, I didn't think we would immediately make friends with the basketball team and the cheerleading squad did you Haley?"

Haley was in her own little world on her cell phone.

"Oh God." Brooke said, "Are you ever going to get off that phone? She has been on it all day talking to Marcus. Tell the guy to go have fun with his hand." Brooke said laughing.

"God Brooke, can you be anymore insensitive? He's my boyfriend and I miss him, forgive me for wanting to talk to him." Haley said getting angry. She missed Marcus, she was happy that Tree Hill wasn't as bad as she thought it would be, but Marcus wasn't here and that was a big minus.

Bballer33: Guess what baby?

Tutorgrl33:What?

Bballer33: The rents are letting me come into Tree Hill tonight, if its okay with your parents I could even stay the night since school is out for some meeting tomorrow.

Tutorgrl33: Are you kidding me! I don't care what my parents say you are coming and there is no question. I gotta go tho Brooke is being Brooke. I am so excited see you tonight! I love you!!

"Oh my god!! Brooke guess what?" Haley said with a huge smile on her face.

"Um, you have finally decided to move on?" Brooke joked but from the look on Haley's face she could tell it wasn't funny. "Gosh it was a joke. What?"

"Marcus is coming in tonight! You guys will all get to meet him!" Haley added. "I am so excited!" She said giddily.

"Wow, you must really love that guy." Rachel said sarcastically.

"Yeah I do." Haley said matter-of-factly.

"Okay, so the usual what are you going to wear?" Brooke asked. In the last two years they had been through the same thing and it wasn't changing anytime soon, she could tell.

"Hey hunny, what's wrong?" Karen Roe asked her son Nathan, as he walked into Karen's Cafe with his shoulders slouched and sat at the bar.

"Well, I just ran into dad, and surprisingly he said nothing about basketball. And I met this girl today and for once I actually like the girl not for her looks but for who she is, not that she is ugly, because trust me she isn't…" Nathan rambled.

"Nathan, just get to the point already?" Karen said. Her son never rambled, 'this girl must be something' she thought.

"Yeah well her boyfriend is coming to visit tonight. Isn't that just great?" Nathan said sarcastically, "She is absolutely in love with the guy. And dad didn't make my day any better." Dan Scott has changed over the years. When he and Karen got married at the beginning of college he could not be any happier, but that all changed years into they son's lives. He realized that his dream of basketball was far from reach and he went bitter. No longer was he the fun loving Dan Scott we all knew and loved. He bossed Nathan and Lucas around and was always drinking his scotch. Karen got fed up and by the time Nathan and Lucas were ten she had filed for divorce. He was no longer the man she once loved.

"Aww hunny I'm sorry. But you know what I always say if it is meant to be than you will find a way to be with her. For now be her friend, its better than being nothing." Karen said. She knew better than most that her son had a reputation, he was the bad boy. But she knew better. Nathan wasn't the bad boy everyone thought he was, he was just looking for something. He wanted true love, a love his parents once had, but he would never be bitter like his father, he would love and cherish that person for the rest of his life and never let go, unless he had to.

"She is coming by later with him, so he could meet everyone. I'm hoping this guy is nice." Nathan said.

"I'm sure he is hunny." Karen said.

"Yeah." Just then the bell rang signaling someone just walked it. A dark haired boy walked it looking around.

"Um, Hey, have any of you seen Haley James? She told me to meet her here." The boy said.

"No, I haven't seen her I'm Nathan, you must be the boyfriend." He said shaking hands with Marcus.

"Yeah, I am. My name's Marcus. Do I know you from somewhere?" Marcus asked, he couldn't shake the feeling that he knew Nathan form somewhere.

"Um, maybe basketball or something." Nathan said nonchalantly.

"Yeah maybe." Marcus said. His phone started to ring. " I gotta get this." Marcus said gesturing towards his phone. "Hey…yeah I'm here…where are you babe?...okay, see you in a sec… I love you too…bye"

After a couple of minutes of awkward silence a very cheery Haley walked in. "Marcus!" She said as she ran into his arms and kissed him deeply. When they broke apart Marcus put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her towards him.

"Nathan, I guess you already met Marcus. Marcus, Nathan is the first friend I made all day." Haley said to Marcus.

"That's good. I'm glad you are making friends here Hales." Marcus said.

Through the whole interaction Nathan looked at them with a hint of jealousy in his cobalt eyes. He couldn't stand seeing her with him. He had a feeling about this guy that he was not comfortable with, maybe it was just the fact he wanted his girlfriend. Whatever way he made a decision that day. 'I am going to make Haley mine' Nathan thought to himself.