Well here is the 3rd chapter guys! Hope you like it, and please review!

"Money hoes, cars and clothes, that's how all my niggas roll..."

As T.I.'s 24 blasted loudly through the speakers, there were people everywhere grinding against each other to the beat of the music, red cups filled with alcohol everywhere, some doing keg stands outside, games of beer pong, in some corners you could spot people making out, others were already passed out on the floor, and if you looked around hard enough, you might have been able to see some people who were definitely not drunk, but under other influences. Overall the house bared a smell of alcohol, as the sound of the music boomed against the windows. And Nathan Scott loved it all.

He was the king and he knew it. And this was the end of school-beginning of summer party. As the captain of the ravens, he was in someway expected to throw a summer bash, and as usual his parents were out of town, so he took their beach house and decided to throw a party. It also celebrated their end of junior year, meaning that they were headed towards their final year in high school, senior year; they were now on top of the school, which was definitely another excuse for a party.

He had just finished doing some body shots, as he walked towards the dance floor, and automatically two girls latched themselves onto him, as they started grinding onto him. He had no idea who they were, and honestly he had no interest in finding out, but he was definitely enjoying this, so he'd just dance and let them carry on.

Ever since he had joined the basketball team during freshman year, it had gotten everything he wanted. Everywhere he went he was the town hero, at school no one would dare mess with him, daily he'd have girls fawning over him, and he knew that at the end of every party, he'd have some random girl waiting for him. Also with that came the perks of getting others to do his homework when he was too hung over, or simply the fact that he ruled the school and he knew it.

As he danced, he watched as his equally popular duo, the queen bee, Brooke Davis, danced with his brother, Lucas, whom had just graduated from tree hill high, and was going to start his first year in college at NYU this fall. Her and his brother had started dating around a year ago, and they had been inseparable ever since. Brooke was definitely a character; they had briefly dated during freshman year. However Brooke despite being probably the most popular girl at school, she definitely wasn't a mean as everyone thought she was, she actually had a heart, something that the ex-queen bee Rachel Gattina, whom had been a senior when he was just a freshman, didn't seem to have.

Finally when the song ended, he decided that he didn't want to dance anymore, dancing wasn't really his thing anyways, so instead he took one of the girl's hands he had previously been dancing with, and start to pull her along with him, heading towards the stairs. However the house was completely packed and it was almost impossible to walk through the crowds. When they finally reached their stairs, he took one last glance back, but as he did, something caught his eye, and he felt his heart race.

A girl.

She must have been no taller that 5"4, petite, as she danced, giving her backside to him, her blonde wavy hair falling close to her waist.

No, it couldn't be. No way. Could it?

Just as he was about to walk up to the the girl, she turned while dancing, now around facing him, and he realised that it wasn't her. This girl had oval shaped face, green eyes and seemed to be a little freckly, rather than the girl he thought she was, whom had a heart shaped face, brown eyes and flawless skin.

He suddenly didn't feel too good. It was almost as if a part of him was expecting it to be her. No way she would come back, let alone party at his house after almost 3 years of silence.

"Helloo? I'm still here you know, and I'm sooo bored, so are we like going to go upstairs, or what?" He was snapped out of his thoughts as the girl whom he was dragging to his room tugged on his arm and waved her other hand in front of his face.

"Uhhh...you know what, I'm not feeling too good, so I'm just gonna go lay down for a while, and maybe later ok?"

"Whatever.." the girl replied as she walked back onto the dance floor, leaving Nathan standing at the bottom of the stairs.

He went up to his room, and as he reached his door, he pulled out his key and unlocked the door. All the rooms were left unlocked except for his, because this not only was reserved for him, but he had no desire of walking in and finding two people getting it on, right on his bed. As he stepped in, he made sure to lock the door behind him as he approached his closet, and from the top shelf, he pulled out a small shoebox which was in the corner.

He sat on the floor as he opened it and scattered the items in it. There were a few snapshots of them together, some random gifts and letters she had given over the years, and most importantly, the Cracker Jack bracelet which he had given to her when they were only 11, and had found it back on his doorstep the day she had left.

This was his Haley box. It even said so at the top of the lid, where he had written with a black sharpie marker, "Haley". It may have sounded stupid, but it was the only way he felt that he was still connected to her. He couldn't believe how he had acted. He knew he had let her slip through his fingers, however what he didn't understand is why she had left without saying goodbye? Just the day before she had left, that morning in school she had asked him if they could go to the movies because she had something to tell him, but instead, he had lied to her by telling her he had already promised his dad he'd have dinner with him, when in reality, he was going to a party with Brooke Davis, whom had been his crush at that time. It's not that he had been embarrassed of Haley, but he was finally getting what he wanted, and at times he had felt as if was Haley dragging him down.

However the day she left, the day he had found out she was gone forever, had been the worst day of his life. Not only did he realise that day they mistake he did in treating her the way he had, but he had realised more one thing. That he loved her. And there was nothing he could do about it anymore.

To say that he was angry when he had found out she had left was an understatement. He was fuming about the fact that she had left without any notice, after all, weren't they supposed to be best friends? However as quick as the anger had started, it had died down, finally letting the sadness and regret in. He spent the first year thinking about her everyday, and almost every night he would take out the shoebox and look at the content inside of it. After about a year, she had slowly started to fade more into his memory, and although he would still think of her, it wasn't as frequent, and he hadn't touched the box in a year. But tonight, when he saw that girl with the blonde wavy hair dancing, she had immediately reminded him of Haley. Their backsides looked so much alike, that at first when he saw the girl dancing, he was convinced it was Haley. But it wasn't.

He must have drifted of to sleep, because he suddenly woke up, finding himself on the floor with the shoebox and its items scattered on the floor. It was daytime already, and as he looked to the right, the clock indicated that it was 11am.

"Nathan, we leave in 2 hours, so hurry up and get ready!" he heard his mother as she yelled from the other side of the door. His parents must have gotten back a few hours earlier than what he though. Well of course, he suddenly remembered that they had decided in flying to New York City today so that they could get Lucas settled into college early, as well as have time to enjoy the city.

But what Nathan didn't know, was that this trip wasn't like any other trip, but instead, fate was going to bring him face to face with his heart's biggest desire once again.