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After staying in Ryan's tight embrace for a while Haley decided to go home. She needed to sleep, she was so worn out from the past few days, she had, had hardly any sleep. A few hours and that was it. As she walked through her corridor she couldn't help but feel a slightly big happier, it wasn't because she was back with Ryan but it was because she wasn't alone. She now had someone and that's what brought her happiness.

Haley then begins to think about how insecure she actually is, she's so insecure that she couldn't last a whole day by being herself, she needed to have someone even if that someone was her cheating boyfriend. She also had a tendency to cry a lot, she didn't know why she just always had. She didn't know how to overcome her securities, nobody had ever helped her they just help her fall back into the pattern of needing people. She was one of those people who held the brave smile in place and walked through the halls all day and it wouldn't slip but when she got home at night, the smile would wash off with her makeup. She wasn't as brave and secure as she let on and she did hate it but she couldn't do anything to help stop it. Some days she was actually happy but most days she was an act.

When she got back to her dorm room, she just went straight to bed. She definitely needed to get some sleep. As soon as her head hit the pillow she suddenly fell a sleep.

Haley was sitting in the café she was sitting in today at lunch. She sat there alone and she was eating her lunch. She then looked around and then to her surprise Lucas and Nathan were walking in. She just stared at them and when they came in they smiled over at her. Lucas and Nathan had a coffee, then Lucas left.

"So Miss. James how are we today?"

"I'm fine and how's hotshot ? "

"I'm amazing now that I've seen you"

"Nathan you sure do know how to make a girl blush" as she said this her cheeks then turned a light shade of pink.

Nathan then sat in at the table with Haley they both sat in silence. They just stared into each other's eyes it wasn't uncomfortable it was a comfortable silence. Nathan's then crossed over the table and we were then kissing. I had never been kissed like this before it was like a movie. It just felt so right, we fitted together, as his tongue ventured my mouth, I couldn't help but feel happy. As the kiss came to an end we again just looked at each other.

"Haley I love you"

"I love you too Nathan."

Then Haley's alarm clock went off, she instantly sat up nice and alert and put her alarm off. An expression, which could only be described as disappointment, spread across Haley's face, it was all a dream, a stupid dream. She was with Ryan again and Nathan didn't care about her. Why was she having dreams about him, she didn't know but she wanted them to stop. Deep down she knew why she dreamed of Nathan, because he was the hottest guy she had ever met and in his arms she felt that she was safe and could just lie there all day and night with him. She wouldn't ever admit those feelings, because really he was a jackass and she deserved better than him, she deserved better than to be ignored, then she remembered whom she was with. She certainly didn't deserve to be with someone who cheats on her, but it was as good as life was going to get for her. She then got dressed and headed off for class.

IN THE GYM

"Right Guys, line up. This is the first day of practice and none of you will know each other, you may have heard of each other or perhaps played against each other in high school. So today you have to get to know your fellow team members. I have assigned you all a number to play for. I will pick who you will play one on one with and you have to also learn about each other."

The basketball team just stood there awaiting their coach's instructions.

After they had been given out their jersey's and given their number the coach then got them into pairs.

"Jagelski and Turner, Lucas Scott and Collins and that leaves Nathan Scott and Mitchell. Okay so now you go with your partner and shoot some hoops and for every goal you shoot you have to tell them something about yourself. The one with the most number of points will win a prize."

When Nathan and Mitchell met, they both shook hands.

"Hey man, my name's Nathan, Nathan Scott."

"Yeah I've heard of you, you and your brother are supposed to be really good."

"Yeah well we are" Nathan laughed out, knowing that it was true.

"I'm Ryan, Ryan Mitchell by the way man."

At this the two started shooting hoops.

Nathan got the first hoop. "Okay well I'm 18"

"So we're doing basic info thought it would've been interesting."

"Juts shoot the ball will you!"

Ryan got the ball in. "Well I think I'm a better basketball player than you" Ryan smirked out.

Nathan then burst out laughing at this boys confidence, he knew he wasn't better than him but this made him slightly annoyed because he had never heard of this guy before. He then took the ball and scored again.

"Well you actually suck at ball and well back to the normal info asshole, I don't have a girlfriend and don't really do girlfriends."

"Haha, big Nathan Scott doesn't do girlfriends like I didn't know that, why would you like dude, we're basketball players we could have any girl we want." Ryan then took the ball and got it in the hoop.

"Well I do have a girlfriend and she thinks that she is the only one I get with, which is pretty funny since she caught me with her friend." Ryan then laughed out the last part.

Nathan then screwed up his face, he had heard that story before.

"What's you girlfriend's name?" Nathan asked seriously.

"Dude, you've got to shoot and then I can answer."

He shot the ball. "Well what's her name?"

"Haley why?" he asked kind of confused.

"You bastard!" Nathan then grabbed Ryan and shoved him up against the wall.

"You're the one that Haley was all upset about the other night, while you were screwing her supposed best friend she was crying and drowning herself in drink you ass."

"How the hell do you know Haley anyway? Surprised a big shot like you would know a girl like her?"

"Well you know she is from Tree Hill asshole and well that's where I'm from!" Nathan didn't know why he was being so protective of Haley after the other day but he felt like he had to, he had to defend her from the scumbag. She deserved better.

Lucas then looked over at his brother and saw that he had another team meber up against a wall and was practically up and in his face.

"Wow Nate man what you doing?"

"Luke this is the guy that cheated on Haley, member the guy I was telling you about."

"Oh so I'm guessing your Haley's old best friend, the one who made her so sad."

At this Lucas was about to punch Ryan in the face but then Nathan had already done it before he could. The boys then ended up scrapping on the court. Nathan got the better out of Ryan which was obviously going to be the outcome because he was bigger and stronger and well more determined to get this guy for hurting Haley like hell. Lucas also started kicking into Ryan, he felt the need to after everything he said and the way he treated Haley.

Lucas knew he wasn't much better than Ryan but he wasn't going to let her hurt all over again. She didn't deserve it.

After the coach split it up, the three boys were pulled into the coach's office.

"Now you boys, you better start getting along or you'll all be off the team and I mean it". Coach yelled at them

"I refuse to play with this guy, I can't play on his team, I can't and I won't" Lucas said.

"Lucas well you'll have to leave the team if you can't play with your members, I'm sorry."

"Well that means I'm leaving to!" Nathan spat out as he stared at Ryan.

"Are you kidding me? Both of you. I can't let you both go, you're the best I got."

"See I told you Mitchell, I'm better than you" Nathan scowled at him.

"Hey, well Ryan I'm sorry but these are my star players but if we lose them then we don't stand a chance of winning any games. So you're out."

Nathan and Lucas stood there with a glee smile on their faces, they knew this would happen, the coach wouldn't let both of them go.

Ryan just barged out of the office, obviously unhappy. He didn't think the coach would choose them over him, he thought he was good as good as them, maybe even better.

Back at the office Nathan remembered what Ryan had said. He said that he had a girlfriend. He thought they had broken up, then it all clicked into place. She had went to see Ryan last night and sort things out just when he went to go see her. It was his and Lucas's fault that she went back to him, they had pushed her back to that lying, cheating son of a bitch. If only they had spoke to her earlier in the day, all the guilt was now running back to him.

After he got changed he ran out of the changing room but before he did he told Lucas that he thought Haley had went back to Ryan. He had to find Haley, he had to tell her everything Ryan had said, he had to apologise and he had to make it all alright. He couldn't let her suffer anymore, they had all done too much already to her.

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