Haley James had just moved to Tree Hill three months ago and she was already enjoying it there. She liked her new school, her teachers and especially her new friends. But of course, if there is ups, then there's also downs. In her case, their names were Nathan Scott and Rachel Gattina. But we'll get to more of them later...

When she first moved there she thought that she was going to hate it. She never wanted to move in the first place but since her parents were moving thanks to some stupid job, she had no other choice but to join them. She couldn't live by herself, now could she?

So from L.A to Tree Hill she went. You would think that she would be used to it by know, moving that is, considering that they had already moved twice this past year, making this their 7th move since she was brought to the world. And she had actually liked it in L.A a lot. She really missed her friends and her boyfriend Matt. But on the up side she did get to talk to them almost every day on the phone. At least there she knew she was going to be accepted but when she came to Tree Hill she didn't know what to expect. It was such a small town comparing to L.A. Everybody knew everybody. And when she got to Tree Hill High she'd felt like she was interrupting something big, since all eyes were at her. 'They don't get many new kids here, do they'? She had thought. And then within minutes she was the new hot topic surrounding the school. Yay for her… She had been through this enough times to know that she was going to be alone, at least for a while anyway. But this time that wasn't exactly the case…

Flashback

Haley was sitting down eating her lunch, after a very long hard start of her day. Then something happened that she did not expect. Someone actually came and talked to her.

"You're the new girl everyone is talking about, right?" a blondish, blue eyed, handsome man said and sat down opposite from where she was sitting.

"That obvious, huh?" she answered.

"Well, since we don't get many new kids around here it wasn't that hard to figure out. I'm Lucas, by the way."

"Haley, Haley James."

"Nice to meet you, Haley. So how do you like Tree Hill so far?"

"Well, it's definitely not L.A, I can tell you that much."

"Oh, an L.A girl, eh?"

"Not originally but it was the last place I lived before we moved out here."

"I see…But you never really answered my question. Do you like it here?"

"It's okay I guess. The house we live in is good and the school is nice and I like the teachers and all but it is kinda lonely since I don't know anyone."

"That's not true. You know me and if you want I can introduce you to my friends later."

"Yeah, that would be great," she said appreciatively.

"Cool. You know, I think you are going to like it here."

"You do, do ya?"

"Absolutely."

End flashback

After that day, Lucas and she had become good friends and he had introduced her to his friends Brooke, Peyton, Jake, Rachel and last but not least, Nathan Scott. It took her about an hour before she realized that she did not like Rachel at all. She was just too stuck up and her attitude…She didn't even want to get started on that, because if she did, she would probably go on the whole night.

And then there was Nathan Scott. At first she had thought that he was an okay guy, he was Lucas's brother after all. But she couldn't have been more wrong even if she tried. He turned out to be an arrogant, cocky jerk with the biggest ego in the history of the world. He was like no one she had ever met before. The only thing she really liked about him was his looks. And damn was he hot. But not hotter than her boyfriend Matt. Right? But in Tree Hill there was no doubt on who was the hottest guy in school. The one and only, Nathan Scott. And she wasn't the only one who had noticed that. Girls flirted with him all the time and he was more than happy to flirt back. At least until he broke their hearts. Yep, Nathan Scott was also one of the biggest, if not the biggest, player in Tree Hill High. But there was nothing she could do about that. Then on the other hand, he didn't seem to like her that much either. They were fighting every chance they got and were constantly at each other's throats. Too bad, if he wasn't such a jerk and she didn't hate him as much as she did, they could actually become friends. But that was never going to happen. They hated each other. It's a simple as that. She did hate him, didn't she? That was at least what she told herself all the time...

Right now, she was sitting with her friends, eating their lunch and talked. Okay, so she didn't exactly participate in the conversation. At least not until someone broke her out of her thoughts.

"What ever could you be thinking about, James?" Nathan asked.

"Nothing that is any of your business, Scott."

"Come on Haley, it must have been something. You looked kinda serious," Brooke said.

"It's nothing. I was just remembering when I first got here three months ago."

"What about it?"

"Nothing. It just doesn't seem that long ago, even though it's been three months."

"Speak for yourself. It's feels more like three years to me," Nathan said.

"Well, you've always been a bit slow."

"Very funny. And how come you answered when Brooke asked you but not me? I feel offended."

"I'm weird that way. I tend to only try to talk to the people I...what's the word...? Oh right, like."

"Ouch! That hurt," he said sarcastically. "And by the way, you're just weird period." At this Rachel laughed.

"What are you laughing about?" Haley said annoyed.

"At you of course. What else? And also the matter of your clothes," she said laughing a bit more.

"What's wrong with my clothes?" she asked, looking down at her clothes.

"I think it's pretty obvious don't you think? Where did you get them, Wal-Mart?"

"Rachel!" Peyton warned giving her a look.

"Sorry to disappoint you, Rach, but no. But on the other hand, I didn't get them on Sluts 'R' us either..."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"I think you know what it means. Oh wait, I forgot that it was you I was talking too."

"You little..."

"Okay!" Lucas interrupted before Rachel said something mean and it would turn into a cat fight. "Both of you take a nice, deep breath and just chill, all right?"

"Sure, I gotta go anyways," Haley said and started to get up from her chair.

"Bu freaking hu," Rachel said.

"Whatever. So I'll see you guys later in class," she said to Lucas and Brooke who had the same class as her.

"Yeah, we'll be right there!" they answered.

"Catch you later, James," Nathan said.

"Not if I catch you first...Scott," Haley said before she turned around and walked away...

Okay, I know starting a new story is that last thing I should do since I already have two stories that I'm working on, but I just couldn't help myself. Please review and tell me if I should continue with this story so I don't just waste my time if no one's going to read it. It will be a Naley story it's just gonna take a while before they get there. There will of course be other couples as well. Anyway, if I get enough reviews I'll update as soon as I can. Until next time...Hopefully.

Michaela