Hey guys! So I know I have two other stories that I'm working on but this one just kept rolling around in my brain. Please tell me what you think and if I should continue! Love yas! Oh and please if there's something wrong just feel free to tell me, I'm open to criticism and any ideas you might have! So don't be afraid to tell me! Haley X :)

Chapter 1: Different Crowds

He watched her. Her thick, straight brown hair coming down to her elbows, it shining in the sunlight. Her shirt riding up slightly at the curve of her hips where her cheerleading skirt sits perfectly. She laughed at something Jake said. God he loved her smile, it was so beautiful. Just like her. But never quite reached her eyes. Her big hazel eyes filled with so many emotions. Joy. Happiness. But he could also see hurt. Sadness. He wanted to know why it was there, and find out whoever put it there and beat the living day light out of them. He did this everyday, sat and watched her. She was amazing. But he could never talk to her. She was popular. He wasn't. Their crowds didn't mix. Simple as that.

"Dude stop drooling and eat your lunch" Nathan's brother Luke nudged him in the side while taking a bite out of his burger.

"Yeah Nate, there's like a puddle on the ground" Mouth laughs from his seat opposite him. And Nathan just glares at him in return.

"Shut up. I wasn't drooling" Nathan defends himself even though he knows they're right. Well not that he was actually drooling. But staring.

"Yes you were. Just like you do everyday," Lucas tells him matter of factly. Everyday he sits watching his younger brother stare dreamily at the girl in blue. Why he didn't talk to her he'd never know.

"I know, instead of staring why don't you just go up and talk to her?" Mouth suggests like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"Yeah, you know what I'll do it right now. Just waltz up to her, here's how it'll go 'Hey I'm Nathan. I know who you are, I watch you everyday'. Yeah doesn't sound stalkerish at all." Nathan reply's sarcastically.

"Yeah well I was thinking more along the lines of 'Hey I'm Nathan, wana hang out sometime?" Mouth told him "Doesn't sound that difficult"

"Okay. Then why don't you go over and talk to Rachel?" Nathan smirks as Mouth glares at him. You see Mouth has had the hugest crush on Rachel Gatina since he had to help her out with calculus last year. "Exactly. Not that easy is it?"

"Well it's different for me" he tells the two boys and when they look at him quizzically he continues "Yous two are big, athletic, have muscles and are good looking. Look at me, I'm scrawny, weak and look like mouse man" he tells them and Luke and Nathan can't help but chuckle. The bell signals lunch is over and they all get up to head to their fifth period classes.

Nathan Scott, Lucas Scott and Marvin 'Mouth' McFadden, are all best friends. The two brothers met Mouth on their first day of high school and they instantly clicked. They aren't exactly what you'd call popular. No. That would be more along the lines of the cheerleaders and basketball players. Not that they aren't good. The two brothers are probably the two bets players in the whole school. But don't want to join the team. Become like one of the popular kids. Snobby. Bitchy. But not all of the popular kids are like that.

Haley James. Nathan smiles as he thinks about her. She isn't like most people. She's quirky. Down to earth. Funny. Smart. Sarcastic. Everything you look for really and it helped that she was stunningly beautiful. The first day he saw her was in the cafeteria. He was so caught up in looking at her he didn't notice the bin in front of him. He tripped. His tray and everything on it flying everywhere. The whole cafeteria burst out laughing. Except her. He looked up and made eye contact. She smiled at him not in amusement but just a smile. He smiled back then rushed out of the cafeteria. Ever since he's always liked her.

But what would a girl like her see in a boy like him? He had no money to spend on her. And buy her everything she deserved. He didn't have a big fancy house. A posh car? No he had a truck his dad gave to him for his birthday.

Keith Scott. A great guy who married his high school sweetheart. Karen Roe, now Scott. They met and just like that old fairytale saying, it was love at first sight. They got married after college and on their wedding night, the two blue-eyed boys were conceived. Nine months later, they were both born at 7 in the morning. Twins. Both look and are completely different but at the same time so alike.

The oldest by 2 minutes, Lucas Eugene Scott. And would not let his little brother forget it. Dirty short blonde hair, blue-eyed with boyish good looks. He's the quiet type, a reader and an extraordinary writer. Had a few girlfriends but never gotten anything serious.

Nathaniel Royal Scott. The youngest Scott brother isn't as smart as Lucas but with his short dark brown, you could even say black hair, blue-eyes and strong jaw line can get away with it. He's an extraordinary basketball player, but no one except his brother and parents know. Unlike Lucas, Nathan's never had a girlfriend. Not that he hasn't gotten the offer, he has. It's just no one can compare to Haley in his eyes.

They boy's reach their English classroom and take their seats in the middle row. The second bell rings just as Haley, Brooke, Rachel and their friends walk into the classroom. "Yous are late" The teacher tells them.

"The bell just rang" Rachel remarks.

"Yes, before you entered the classroom. Now take your seats,

"I have a special assignment for everyone today. I think you'll all quite enjoy it" he smiles and everyone groans. Haley takes her seat usual seat behind Nathan, with Rachel beside her and Brooke behind her.

"Okay now that everyone is seated," he looks pointedly at the three late girls and they roll their eyes. "I would like you to answer the questions on textbook page 207. Then after your finished I'll tell you all about the assignment" he hands out the textbooks and paper then returns to his desk. 15 minutes later everyone was working on the questions. Well almost everyone.

"Miss James, if what you are talking about is so important, then perhaps you would like to share it with the class" Mr Robertson cuts Haley off mid laugh. She turns around in her chair from where she was talking with Brooke. She puts and innocent look on her face and picks her pen up off her desk.

"No, we were just discussing the questions" she tells him with a sweet smile.

"Well then you wont mind me asking what question your on?" he smirks folding his arms across his broad chest.

"Emm, number 12" she tells him.

"I would believe that, but there are only 10 questions" he laughs with the class, and Haley shrugs her shoulders with a smile.

"Can't blame a girl for trying"

"I guess I cant" he smiles at the girl at the back of the class. "Now I want you all to take one of these sheets." He passes them to Mouth who sits at the front and he passes them behind him. After everyone had one Mr. Robertson continued, "Now you are all going to be assigned a partner. And no you do not get to choose who" he smiled when the class all groaned. "These are questions and also some things to do. You are each going to ask and answer these questions with your partner."

"What's the point!?" Shouted Chris from the back of the classroom.

"I was just getting to that. Thank you Mr Keller. Now this assignment is just to get you to know your classmates better. Some of the questions are personal. Some are just for fun." He told his class.

Nathan looked down at the sheet where there were about forty questions and also a few activities. It didn't sound so bad. He thought to himself.

"Okay so I'll tell you your partners. But this isn't for class time. No it's for out side school so you will have to make places to meet or swap phone numbers I don't know" he shook his head "So we have Peyton Sawyer with Chris Keller" Peyton rolled her eyes and glared at Chris who was smirking. "Chase Adams and Abby Brown, Bevin Mirsky and Gigi Salvary, Lucas Scott and Brooke Davis, Rachel Gatina with Marvin McFadden" Nathan looked at Mouth who's cheeks had grown a shade pinker and he chuckled to himself "Haley James and Nathan Scott…" As soon as he heard that he immediately stopped laughing.

After Mr Robertson was done calling out the rest of the names the bell rang signalling the end of the period. Everyone got up and Nathan just grabbed his bag when he felt someone tap him on the back. He turned around and immediately his breath caught in his throat. Haley James.

"Hi" she smiled up at him "So you wana do it at my house?" she asks.

"Wh-excuse me?" he stutters mentally kicking himself.

"The assignment you could come over to mine and we could go over some of it?" Nathan just stood there dumb struck. It was like he'd lost his voice. She laughs a little "Okay so here's my number" she hands him a little slip of paper "So call me and we'll set something up" she smiles up at him then walks of when she hears Chase calling her name "Bye Nathan" she sends him a little wave while walking over to her friends. He just sends her, the best smile he can but focused on his hand is still tingling from when her hand brushed against it while giving him her phone number.

Okay. What the hell just happened?

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