Haley Bob James Scott (née James) is a singer-songwriter and a former high school teacher who grew up in Tree Hill. Haley was Lucas Scott’s best friend and sister-in-law, Nathan Scott’s wife, and the mother of James LucasJames Lucas Scott and Lydia Bob Scott. She had displayed extreme loyalty to the people she holds close to her, particularly Lucas, Nathan, Peyton and Brooke, but her first priority was always her family especially her younger brother Jacob. She did, however, have her own dreams to follow and wanted to pursue her music interests, but found it difficult to balance being a mother to her children and following her dreams, as well as her husband's life and constantly changing careers and moving. After her mother's death Haley struggled with depression but her second pregnancy helped her to recover from it. Eventually she re-opened Karen's Café with her friend Brooke Davis. After her involvement with Nathan, Haley became friends with Peyton Sawyer and through her also befriended her best friend of ten years, Brooke Davis. Haley, Brooke and Peyton formed a close group and often shared each other's problems and she eventually became best friends with Brooke and Peyton. Like Brooke and Peyton, Haley was best friends with Lucas Scott since the second grade and he eventually became her brother-in-law and godfather to her son, Jamie Scott.
Background[]
Haley was born on February 1st, 1989. Having grown up in a household with three sisters and four brothers, Haley had no privacy in her house, and though many girls would love seven other siblings, Haley hated the idea all but seemed to make her younger brother Jacob the exception. She also stayed at home with her 'extra ordinary' parents, who were wild and excitable, forcing Haley to take on a more mature role than her parents. As well as having a fear of clowns from an early age, Haley often feels completely disconnected from the world, but has learned to never let that feeling show on the outside. At the age of seven, she was sat down to discuss sex with her parents. Innocent at such a young age, Haley decided to stay a virgin until she was married, although her parents assumed she would lose her virginity as soon as possible, using her older sister Taylor as a prime example. When Vivian visited Stanford University, Haley was taken along by her parents. Seeing all the different people that were there gave her the ambition to eventually go to Stanford when she was old enough. From that moment on, Haley worked to her best standards to achieve the Stanford dream, even to the point of playing pretend SATs along with Lucas. ("With Arms Outstretched") ("I've Got Dreams to Remember")
Haley applied for a job at the local cafe, owned by Karen Roe. Forming a daughter and mother relationship with Karen, Haley got the job as well as a best friend, Lucas Scott. With her new friendships with the small unit family, Haley began to spend most of her time with the mother and son, and they were both delighted to welcome her to their family, giving Haley a quieter side of life. Haley begun her first day of high school with best friend Lucas Scott, and made him pretend to be her boyfriend so none of the other high school boys would bother her. Haley always achieved high grades in her classes and it became expected of her to do so. Her dress sense was also another factor forming Haley into a member of the geek clique, which she was forced to live with, but she continued to keep Lucas as a close friend ever since they met. They made a mini golf course on the roof of the cafe and decorated it with lights and used whatever they could to make the course. Every year, at the beginning of school, Haley and Lucas wrote predictions of what the year ahead held for them, they would then hide their predictions behind a loose brick in the wall and read it at the end to see if they were right. One of Haley's first predictions was that she would kiss a boy, while she found her best friend Lucas, lusting after a cheerleader who was the basketball captain's girlfriend, Peyton Sawyer who is also one of the best friends of her baby brother. Although being one of the smartest in her year, Haley did cheat on one test, she cheated because her mom was ill and it was in geometry, so she didn't have time to revise. Her guilt she discovered afterwards, forced her into tutoring and no one ever found out she cheated except for Jacob.
Character arc[]
Season 1[]
After a day out at the River Court, Jacob returned home to find a very eccentric Haley and Karen. As he sits down to talk about their day. Haley announces they have a present for him, which she again spoils as Karen is about to surprise him with it. Karen then gives him the copy of the Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar". She continues to be a support as Jacob is asked to join the Ravens. At first her kid brother is reluctant to join, Haley is forced to listen to his reasoning, the reason that he just rather spend time with his older sister, Emily and Jessica. On the night of the basketball playoff, Haley supports Lucas and watches him out on the court. On on Jacob's first night with Lucas and Nathan on his first Ravens game, Haley arrives to support her brother as he impresses everyone including Karen, Lucas and Nathan. Later that week, Jacob tells Haley he doesn't want to play anymore, as Haley encourages him to because Nathan and Lucas constantly talk about how great at sports he is. Taking her advice, her brother plays, and impresses more and more and after learning he was failing math she decided to tutor him. ("Pilot") ("The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most")
After volunteering as a tutor, Haley then receives her first recognition as a successful tutor when a person at the Burning Boat tells her he got a B after her tutoring, which Haley is ecstatic about. Having a successful easy start at tutoring, this is soon short lived as she gets two new students, Lucas' half brother Nathan Scott and her younger brother. At first refusing Nathan because she's tutoring her brother, Haley eventually agrees if Nathan helps Jacob with phys ed grades, she's unaware it is a plan to get at Lucas, Nathan and Haley meet up for their first tutoring session where he gives her a bracelet and tells her never to say he never gave her anything, and flattered, Haley is forced to deny her feelings and tell him to focus on math. After a few days of tutoring, Haley and Lucas go to watch the boat burn, as they do, Lucas asks where she got the bracelet from, the one she got from Nathan. Haley avoids the subject and also saying the person she is tutoring is no one special. Haley starts to tutor Nathan and Jacob. After another Raven's match, Haley goes alone with Lucas to Nathan's after party as Jacob was a no show. As the night progresses, Haley worries about her little brother Jacob and asks Nathan and Lucas to check up on him because he's been acting strange that last few nights and she's concerned about him.
For the Raven's first away game, Nathan persuades her to join them. After the game, Haley finds she has missed the last bus home as a seriously injured Jacob discovers he's broken his right hand from a hard impact. She would later see Brooke try to flirt with her littler brother something she doesn't like. On their way home, the girls find that Brooke hasn't filled up the car and they run out of fuel. As Haley volunteers to go to a petrol station to get some, Peyton joins her and they begin to get along quite well. As they reach the station, the two are getting discussing how much Jacob has changed. Haley gets a pocket knife out and manages to suck petrol through a car's fuel tank to get enough to put in Brooke's car. She tells Peyton that Lucas likes her as Peyton tells her to be careful of Nathan. As they drive home, Brooke, who fell asleep in the car, wakes up as the other girls listen to music with similar taste. As they laugh, Brooke laughs at them as if they really thought they could be friends. As they drive along, the girls soon find Nathan and Lucas together, sparking more confusion. The following day, Haley is ignored by Brooke and Peyton as they join the cheerleaders. Haley realizes things are as Brooke predicted, but as she looks at Peyton, she smiles at her, showing some hope of a new friendship between her and Peyton. In another tutoring session, Haley gives Nathan a tutoring kit to use whilst his dad hosts a party. On the way home with Peyton, she tells her that both the Scott brothers care about Peyton as Peyton once again warns her to be careful, a comment Haley is sick of hearing. As Lucas leaves for Nathan's party, she admits to him she likes Nathan and it isn't her fault. Lucas is forced to be ok with it but like Peyton, warns her to be careful. Later that night, Karen rings Haley to bring some desserts and as she gets there, she sees Brooke, who tells her that Nathan has been passing around the note she left in her tutor kit for him and has been laughing at it. Without allowing Nathan to explain that Brooke was lying and she had been going through his stuff, Haley storms off. Lucas gets home from the party to find Haley crying behind a counter. Lucas comforts her and tells her about how he and Peyton nearly had sex, but she freaked out as he mentioned wanting to be together. Haley asks to be alone as Nathan knocks on the cafe door. He apologizes and explains it wasn't his fault, as Haley refuses to believe him. She locks the door and turns off the lights in the cafe, leaving Nathan outside. The following day, Nathan finds Haley in the CD shop, he begs for her forgiveness promising her he didn't show everyone the tutoring kit. Haley believes him, but it isn't as easy to get around than what Nathan use to do with Peyton. She tells him that she is no longer his tutor and walks out. Meanwhile, Brooke, realizing she messed up their relationship at the party whilst being drunk, has decided to heal her karma by fixing their relationship. On her new mission, Brooke gets Nathan to meet Haley at the cafe at seven, but when she apologizes to Haley, she is less than forgiven. That night, Nathan meets Haley and persuades her to go on their first date. Brooke has given them cards and the first is for Haley to go, the 2nd is to tell each other three things they like about the other person. Nathan goes first and tells her he likes her patience as Haley tells him she likes the way he lets her in like no one else and the smile he gets when he solves a problem. They reach the next destination: a lingerie shop. Haley plays it safe and buys Nathan a pair of socks, as Nathan flatters her with an expensive night gown. The final part of their date is to have a meal and order their favorites for each other. They also tell each other secrets. Haley reveals she once cheated on a test, which is why she started tutoring. As Nathan is about to tell his, all the Ravens see him and Nathan denies it is a date until Jacob appears. Realizing he is ashamed of her, she walks off. Following the date, Nathan goes to see Haley, attempting to catch her attention by throwing rocks at what he thought was her bedroom window, but it was actually her parents'. Then, she arrives at her house, and Nathan apologizes. Furious, she begins yelling at him saying nothing will surprise her anymore that he does. He kisses her, and she is soon to change her mind. In high school the following day, Nathan leaves his friends for a delighted Haley and strokes her hair, showing everyone in the school how deeply he loves her. The following days, the couple acts the same, much unlike the Haley everyone was used to. Without her knowing, Nathan takes performance enhancers and as he does, he suffers from mood swings. Lucas tells her how worried he was, but as she asks Nathan, he won't tell her. In their following tutor session, at Haley's house, Nathan continues to fidget. As he tries to get Haley distracted, he decides he wants to take their relationship further and tries to start having sex with her, but Haley, determined to remain a virgin until marriage, refuses and asks Nathan to leave in disgust. Still on performance enhancers, Nathan begins to argue with Haley again before the Raven's game, but Haley is soon suprised as Nathan collapses on the court. After a short stay in the hospital, Haley finds Nathan in her room crying. He tells her that the only thing he was thinking when he was fainting was declaring his love to her, and how much he needed her. They spend the night sleeping next to each other as she forgives Nathan for his behavior.
Nathan begins to accept that there will be no sex in their relationship and he understands. Haley also finds out about Lucas and Brooke, which she is not happy about. She takes on the organizing of the 'Open Mic Night' for Karen's Cafe after Karen leaves for Italy which is a massive success with a special appearance from Gavin DeGraw and a surprise song from Jacob who dedicated a childhood song to his girlfriend Emily. Over the following days in school, Nathan, due to his troubled parent's marriage, begins skipping school and for one period asks Haley to join him. Reluctantly she agrees and they go to Dan's beach house. As they start drinking, they are eventually caught by Nathan's dad, Dan. He drags them to the car and as Haley tries to get out in time, she throws up all over Dan's leg. The following day, Haley agrees to skip another period, but Nathan is shocked as he finds she has failed her first exam due to her skipping. With this in mind, he apologizes to Haley and tells her that it is not her to skip class and he does not want to change her. The two agree that Haley will not skip class again. When Nathan's grandparents come to visit, Haley is visited by his grandfather. Not knowing who each other are, he asks after Karen and Lucas as Haley tells him how they are. She is eventually invited to the Scott house for dinner with the grandparents, and as she sees Royal, they both pretend not to know each other. The table then gets to an uneasy situation where alot of secrets are revealed as well as Haley telling Nathan about Royal's visit to the cafe.
After finding out she was failing gym, Haley begins to have consistent nightmares about being under pressure whilst playing basketball. Reaching out to Lucas, Haley asks for help, but due to his love triangle, Lucas refuses, so she is forced to embarrass herself in front of Nathan. As the tables are turned and Nathan tutors her over the following day, Haley is relieved as she passes gym. After her success, she goes to see Lucas and the two best friends end up in an argument about Lucas accidentally calling Jacob retarded. The argument results in Haley telling Lucas maybe she should've let Jacob knock him out just before storming out yelling at Lucas that they will never talk again and to leave Jacob alone. She goes to see Nathan after the argument and as they talk, Nathan accidentally lets slip that he used her originally to get at Lucas before they fell in love.
They begin arguing as Haley receives a call that Jacob has been in an accident while on his way to see Emily. She goes to see her little brother but couldn't stand to look at the site in front of her and begins to cry. Nathan goes to see Jacob begging for him to wake up because Haley's too heatbroken and is blaming herself for the accident. This was the first time Haley showed how much her baby brother means to her After finding her best friend has forgiven her, Haley also discovers that Lucas is in the middle of a love triangle, which she is eventually dragged into choosing sides. But she tries to stay neutral and advises Peyton, Brooke and Lucas about what to do with their situations. She also gets her relationship back together with Nathan. After filling in as a cheerleader at the Classic, Haley celebrates with Nathan and not Lucas. Following news of a Sheryl Crow concert near Tree Hill, Haley was adamant to get tickets to see her idol. She bids online, but fails to get a ticket before they sell out. After a disappointing day with his parents, Nathan confides in Haley telling her about how he does not want to be a part of his family anymore, something that Haley thinks she can help him change and they decide he will petition for emancipation. That night in the cafe, Sheryl Crow arrives at the cafe asking for coffee, and to Haley's surprise and delight, she offers her a coffee, in exchange for a song, which Sheryl agrees to. Following her amazing night, Haley is invited, by Lucas to the Raven's away game. As they go to board the bus, Lucas saves a seat for Haley, but Nathan persuades her to ride in his car, disappointing Lucas. At the hotel, Haley continues to disappoint Lucas by leaving him for Nathan. Following a cheerleader getting chicken pox, Haley is forced to join the cheerleaders for a competition. Seeing her in her outfit delights Nathan, but has the opposite affect on Lucas. On the day of the game, Lucas tells Haley of how distant they are, but Haley tells him that both brothers are equally important and he has to understand this to be in her life. Following the Ravens game, comes the Boy Toy auction. Haley goes to bid for Lucas to spend time with him, but on seeing Nathan's admires bid for him, she forces Peyton to bid for Nathan. Her and Lucas' night consists of having a water balloon fight like they used to on the top of the cafe roof. As their fight comes to a close, Lucas notices something on Haley's back and is disgusted to discover find Nathan's jersey number '23' tattooed on her lower back. As they argue Haley tells him that Nathan knows nothing about it and she got it because she loves him, but isn't sure he loves her back. As they go back to Nathan's apartment, Lucas sees Nathan kissing Peyton for their midnight kiss and mistakes it for a real kiss and keeps Haley away to keep it a secret. ("To Wish Impossible Things")
The following day, Nathan finds Haley's tattoo and is shocked at her behavior. He tells her later that day, after refusing to make out with her that he does not understand how she can do something as permanent yet won't sleep with him. Following this, Nathan pushes Haley back from even the slight close encounter to not pressure her into sex, but he does the opposite as she discusses it with Lucas the following day. She asks Nathan why she is being pushed away, and Nathan says it is so he doesn't drive her away and in the process admits he loves her, which a shocked Haley repeats back. The following day, Haley and Nathan decide to throw a party at his apartment. The invitations soon get out of hand and as Nathan is working, Haley has to deal with the numerous guests. Nicki and Brooke arrive and a fight breaks out whilst Nathan's apartment gets trashed. As Nathan arrives home he is arrested. The following morning, Haley apologises not just for what happened but also for her brother's behavior, but Nathan tells her that it was really a party for her and her brother for becoming popular.
Haley goes on Nathan's laptop to complete an essay and notices a load of bookmarked porn pages. As Nathan arrives home, Haley confronts him in tears as she cannot live up to the standard of the internet girls. Nathan tells her she was overreacting, but Haley disagrees. Following discussions with both Peyton and Lucas, Haley becomes a lot more comforted, until she returns to Nathan's laptop and finds pictures of Peyton on webcam, upsetting her even more. She confronts Nathan who asks for privacy in his life at least a bit, but Haley tells him that she cannot be Peyton and walks out on him. As she goes to school, the cover coach, Dan Scott, tells her that he knows she is manipulating Nathan and that payback is a bitch. Arriving home, Haley finds Nathan has been waiting for her in the rain. He apologizes and tells her that the images of Peyton were from when they dated, he just forgot to delete them. Unimpressed, Haley asks if that is it, but Nathan kisses her and Haley forgives him, kissing back. Arriving back at the apartment, the two find they have been soaked by the rain and begin kissing. Suddenly Haley strips off and tells Nathan she is ready and they arrange to have sex after the playoffs. Following the night, she goes to meet Lucas and is told he is leaving, but Lucas tells her that she does not need to get upset as everything they do together, she can now do with Nathan. At the end of the playoffs, Haley is told Lucas is leaving tomorrow and she is devastated they cannot spend the night together as she has plans with Nathan, but is still determined to go through with her night. As they get home, Haley begins undressing and the two begin kissing. Nathan then stops her, and asks her to marry him. First seeing it as a joke, Haley is soon persuaded to get married.
They go and ask Haley's parents for permission and they eventually both agree. Nathan and Haley are wed, with only the bride's parents and younger brother attending the ceremony. The next morning, Lucas goes to see Haley. As Nathan answers the door, Lucas sees Haley getting dressed in the bedroom. Distraught, Lucas asks why she didn't wait as she said, but Haley reveals she did wait and that she and Nathan got married.
Season 2[]
Nathan promises Haley that their love is forever. Haley's first day of happy marriage does not last long when Nathan learns his father has had a heart attack. They decide to keep their marriage a secret from his parents. This plan is shortlived as when they visit Dan and Deb, Deb notices the ring on her son's finger and goes mad. After this reaction, Haley goes to Nathan's apartment to move her stuff in. As she realizes their music collection is not the same, she gets upset and talks herself into believing they are not alike at all, but Nathan convinces her otherwise. With Lucas organizing a wedding party for them, Haley goes over to see Deb to apologize for the surprise wedding. She invites her to the party, but Deb makes no change in her attitude and refuses to attend. The couple arrive at the party that night and is shocked to find Deb actually shows up. This is soon shortlived as Deb starts an argument with Haley's parents, her little brother and Karen saying she cannot understand why they are ok with the marriage. Sick of her behavior, Haley stands up for her parents and her baby brother by telling Deb to leave, but not before hearing Jacob's threat to Deb stating she ever talks crap again the next time they meet won't be pretty as she should remember what happened to Dan. From that moment, the couple enjoy the rest of their night as a married couple. Haley and Nathan arrive at their wedding reception. Soon after their wedding party, Brooke and Peyton decide to throw Haley the wedding shower she never had. That night, Haley begins her night expecting a calm time. However, while Brooke organizes it, it turns into a wild night. The girls hire a limousine, go lingerie shopping, get drunk, hire a stripper and have a pole dancing lesson (something which does not combine well with Haley's clumsiness.), However, whilst the teenagers are having fun, Dan and Deb have other plans for their marriage while also having to figure out how to make sure Haley's brother, Jacob isn't involved by lying to him about Haley and Nathan not needing someone like him.
Over the following week, living on their own proves the be a task for both Haley and Nathan. Nathan buys her a keyboard instead of listening to her asking him to buy a car. Annoyed by this, Haley is soon forced to change her mind when Nathan gets Keith to help him fix up the car and still keep the keyboard but she also promised to share it with her kid brother as it let him cool off when he's angry.
Trying to get some fun, Haley is one of the first to agree to a dare night set up by new flirtatious student Felix. This includes her and Peyton eating pickled eggs, which they cower out of, getting baseballs thrown off them by a machine and finally give a confession about having feelings for an animal, but Haley refuses to do this also. The day after dare night, Nathan learns about an all ages night at Tric and tries to get Haley to perform, but she is too scared. Learning Nathan has got into High Flyers, Haley has to take more shifts on at the cafe and rent out the apartment for her partner to follow his dream. She goes to audition people for Tric's all ages night with Peyton, so Nathan sends Peyton a song of Haley singing, giving Peyton the idea for her to perform, much to Haley's reluctance. Chris Keller then walks in the club and performs and amazed Haley with his raw talent. She eventually agrees as Nathan tells her that he did not get into High Flyers after all, it was a computer error, but unknown to her it is a lie. Haley performs at Tric for the first time. The following day, Haley begins to get nervous about her performance. As the night begins, Haley is filled with more fear as she sees the queue of people waiting to hear her and pulls out. But as Chris Keller walks offstage after being booed off, Haley steps in for the sake of her friend, Peyton. She performs "Let Me Fall" and the crowd love her. Following her performance, Chris asks her to record with him and she agrees. As she runs off for an interview, leaving Nathan behind, Chris tells him that all the boys watching her wanted to sleep with her, putting Nathan on edge. Peyton and her end the night by going into the VIP room, where she learns that Peyton has done drugs recently and is disgusted by her friend's behavior. Following her friend's shocking behavior, Haley tries to avoid the subject, but tells Karen. Brooke arranges a girly sleep over when she finds out Haley is alone due to Nathan playing basketball. Reluctant, Haley is forced into it, and agrees to it after she has recorded music with Chris Keller, due to a new project she is offered by him. However, she does not tell Nathan about recording with Chris. During time in the studio, Chris pushes Haley into recording outdoing herself musically. Getting home, she finds Felix in her shower after Brooke has slept with him. She begins arguing with Brooke and eventually, all the girls, including Peyton and Anna end up arguing. As the argument dies down, Haley admits that she should not have lied to Nathan and the girls end up making up and spending a good night together. The following morning when Nathan gets home, Haley still refuses to mention to Nathan that she has been recording with Chris. ("Let the Reigns Go Loose") ("Truth, Bitter Truth") [1]Chris kisses Haley. ("Don't Take Me for Granted") The Tree Hill High Formal is approaching and Haley persuades Nathan to attend. After her persuasion, she is invited by Peyton to perform at Tric, but she refuses. Forced to ask Chris Keller, Peyton finds that he will perform, if she will too. She agrees and Chris tells her to rehearse with him that night, but Haley tells him she has to attend the formal. Chris warns her that if she cares about her music she will rehearse, and Haley is faced with a critical decision. Unknown to Haley, Nathan has planned the perfect night for her to finish with her being crowned queen. He goes on her laptop and listens to the first part of her duet with Chris. Not hearing Chris, he assumes it is only her and takes it to the formal. Haley tells him she has to record but will not be too late. During recording,Chris forces Haley to run very late and after realizing, Haley is forced to run out of recording to the formal. As she arrives, she is crowned queen, and as her and Nathan go up to collect their crowns, her song plays and Nathan receives a nasty surprise when he hears Chris' voice and realizes Haley has been hiding secrets from him. The two end up arguing as Nathan asks if she has feelings for Chris and tells her how much she has hurt him. She tells him it is unfair for him to be angry that she is pursuing her dream whereas he failed to get into High Flyers. Furious, Nathan tells her to look in his top drawer and when she gets home, she does to find his letter into High Flyers.
That night, Haley spends the night alone as Nathan stays with Lucas while Jacob stays with his girlfriend Emily. When he eventually gets home, he finds an apologetic Haley skipping school. He offers to accept her apology, if she never sees Chris again, but she refuses. But after finding out Nathan may have HCM, she rushes home and promises never to see him again. However, she breaks her promise to tell Chris she cannot see him. Chris tells her he is leaving for New York and that she should come with him, not before kissing her, and Haley doesn't pull away. That night, as Nathan waits for her to return home, Haley meets Chris at the tour bus. Haley tells Chris that she can't leave Nathan to tour with him. At the station, Haley kisses Chris, but tells him that she is not going with him. Getting back home to an annoyed husband, Haley finds her older sister Taylor James waiting for her. The couple agree to stick together whilst her troublesome sister is around. Getting along with Nathan, Taylor strikes worry into Haley who is forced to tell Nathan that she does not trust her older sister. The following day, furious that her sister is still there, Haley begins packing her sister's bags. As she goes to kick her out, Nathan stands in her way telling her to let Taylor stay with her family. As Haley is forced to come to terms with Taylor's presence, Nathan begins trying to work on their relationship due to the guilt he feels when flirting with her older sister. Taylor spends the next few days taking over Haley and Nathan's apartment. She begins teasing Nathan after finding out that he lost his virginity to her, but Nathan constantly tells her that the person he lost his virginity is not important compared to the last person he slept with. Later that day, Haley emails Chris asking what he is doing, but knows Nathan can never find out what she is doing. She then meets Nathan at the cafe who finally comes clean about losing his virginity to her older sister. Shocked, she walks off hurt. Meanwhile, Taylor is emailing Chris and flirting with him, pretending to be Haley. She walks in and as Haley begins an argument with her for sleeping with Nathan and then goes to kick her out, but Taylor reveals she knows that she has been sleeping with Chris and blackmails her into letting her stay. Haley is forced to let Taylor stay, but makes up with Nathan and apologizes for over reacting as the past should not bother them. As they make up, Taylor IMs Chris and tells him to stay away from Haley as she loves Nathan and if Jacob found out he would come for him. Haley decides to follow her dreams and leaves on tour with Chris, leaving Nathan and her brother Jacob behind. The following day, Nathan finds the emails on the computer from Chris, Haley and Taylor pretending to be Haley. Meanwhile, in school, Peyton goes to see Haley and asks her if she kissed Chris as Jake saw her when he returned to Tree Hill. Haley admits to it but assures Peyton that she regrets it, but Peyton is not so sure. Nathan finds her and asks about the emails and she confesses to sending one email, and assumes Taylor must be sending the others. He and Jacob then asked if she kissed Chris and Haley lies blaming it on Taylor but Jacob saw through her lie and therefore prompted him to call her a "lying cheating traitor" which shocked Nathan but hurt Haley's feelings. Furious, he returns and throws Taylor out and Jacob storms off. Guilt ridden, Haley tries to give Taylor some money to help her, but Taylor assures her it will not ease the guilt she is feeling. That night at Tric, Haley finds out Chris Keller is the opening act for the Wreckers. He comes onstage and dedicates a song to Haley, forcing Nathan to storm off. Later that night, Haley is told that the Wreckers want her on tour with them. She tells Nathan that she is tired of being the dependable one and wants to do something for herself and promises him it will not end their relationship if she goes. Haley then admits to the kiss and Nathan walks out. Haley is brought to tears as Nathan threatens the end of their relationship and hearing from Jacob she was dead to him. That night, Nathan changes his mind and returns home to make up with Haley, but it is too late. She leaves to go on tour with the Wreckers and Chris Keller. Haley finds Nathan waiting for her after her performance. Over the weeks on tour, Haley makes as little communication with her friends in Tree Hill. Worrying about both Jacob and Nathan, she rings Lucas at 1 in the morning, asking how he is, but receives nasty remarks due to Lucas’ disapproval of her actions. Hearing how bad Nathan is doing and being told that Jacob hasn't been the same since she left she had to come back, Haley ends the call quickly. Not being heard of for a few more weeks later, Haley eventually rings Nathan to tell him she will be appearing on television. However, Nathan tells her that he doesn’t care and that she cannot do anything to make their marriage work. As her and Chris Keller prepare for their appearance, she is told to take off her wedding ring as the audience wants her and Chris to seem a couple, but Haley refuses. As they go on, the host addresses her as Haley James and as Haley tries to correct the host, Chris interrupts to hint that they are. After watching, Nathan continues to go down a downwards spiral. Eventually he goes to see Haley and as he arrives he goes into her dressing room to find pictures of him and her together, followed by one of her and Chris. Haley then walks in behind him and Nathan vows that he is not giving up on their marriage and will do whatever she wants him to. Haley then confesses that she rushed into marriage and thinks her music and their relationship is too much to handle. She tells him that she does not know if she can be who he wants. She goes to go onstage and asks Nathan to wait for her. When she gets offstage, he is gone and both her and Nathan take off their wedding rings, giving up hope. Haley finds out Nathan has been in a car accident and decides to leave the tour for her husband. She receives a call off him and tells him that she is coming home. Nathan tells her not to bother as he is okay and that they both need to chase their dreams. Haley tries to argue against it, but Nathan tells her he and Jacob don't want her to come home and hangs up, leaving Haley devastated.
As Nathan recovers, Dan begins interfering with his and Haley’s relationship, suggesting an annulment. Meanwhile, Haley asks the tour manager for time off, but is denied and asked how much she wants the big time. Later that night, she returns to the tour manager who reveals he is interested in her performing as a solo act, but Haley tells him that she is going home after the night’s show as she wants to be with her husband and her kid brother. She goes onstage and as she returns, she finds out someone is waiting for her in her room. Assuming it is Nathan, she runs in to find Dan. He gives her the annulment papers and is shown that Nathan has signed it, forcing Haley to stay on tour.("What Could Have Been") [2]Haley returns to Tree Hill. ("The Leavers Dance") Worried that Haley is departing from Tree Hill forever, Lucas gets Brooke to go with him to go and see her in New York. As they arrive, they walk in on Haley and Chris tickling each other. Haley then jumps up in excitement to see them. Lucas pulls her to one side to talk and Haley realizes how much she misses home. She tells Lucas about how Nathan asked her not to go home but Lucas tells her that he is there for himself too as it was wrong for him to end the year without his best friend. When asked why she has no wedding ring on, she tells him it is because she does not deserve to wear it. The following morning, Lucas and Brooke are forced to leave without Haley, who gives them her finals essay on love loss. She also gives Lucas the annulment papers as she begins to cry. They say goodbye as Lucas promises to always be there and Haley refuses to return to Tree Hill due to the tour being her life now. After finding the annulment papers, Nathan packs to leave for High Flyers camp. As he goes to leave, he finds Haley standing at the door and returning to Tree Hill after deciding that her marriage and her little brother were more important than her music.
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After hearing about a dealership fire, Nathan is a rush to get past Haley. He runs into the car past her and Deb follows him telling her to get in the car with them, which she does. Arriving, the family realize Dan has been trapped inside. In shock, Haley grabs a hold of her devastated husband's hand who holds it back as they wait to hear news from the fireman. That night, after finding out Dan is able to survive, Haley explains to Nathan that she gave up being a solo artist for them, but Nathan is less than impressed refusing to not go to High Flyers camp and telling her that he has sold the apartment, but offers her the spare room out of sympathy or go live with Jacob and Emma known to him as Emily. During the night, she goes to see Nathan in his room and asks for a second chance as she realized she chose the wrong option in the ultimatum, but Nathan is adamant they will not get back together. She asks just to talk, but Nathan admits he wants to hurt her like she did him and as Haley admits she is hurting, she goes to leave whispering 'always and forever.' Nathan calls her back and she gets into bed and begins kissing him, but Nathan refuses as Haley tells him that she understands that he does not love her, but Nathan devastates her more by saying that he loves her, but doesn't trust her.
3 months later, Haley goes to see her little brother who moved in with his girlfriend Emily and her parents, something she does not like, but learns to accept it as he is very happy with Emily. As she stares at a destroyed picture of her and Nathan, Brooke comes in behind her and reveals Haley's old apartment as her new home. She then goes to see Lucas, who is delighted to see her. They go to cafe where she asks for her old waitressing job back, which she is given. She remembers her first performance to Nathan in the cafe and tells Lucas about all the letters she has sent to Nathan and received no reply. Jacob then arrives at the cafe and sees Haley something Haley is thrilled about because she had her little brother back. Meanwhile, Nathan receives the annulment papers Haley signed, he finds that where she is supposed to have signed, she has written 'I Love You.' As Haley arrives at the apartment, she sees the vandalized picture of her and Nathan in a painted frame, by Peyton, with the label 'love' around it. Brooke warns her that her actions create no pity for her, which Haley is forced to take. That night, she puts her wedding ring on, in the hope of reconciliation. Over the following days, Haley refuses to take of her wedding ring and unpack her stuff in hope of repairing her marriage. She later finds on that Nathan returns from High Flyers without letting her know. She races round to Emily's house again and Emily answers the door surprised to see her. She talks to her and tells her Jacob's not been doing so great since Haley's been gone. She eventually finds out that Jacob has been really missing her and felt as though he couldn't survive without his big sister. She tells him that she hopes he will be at the beach party that night, and comments that he has changed, but Nathan says that is her fault. That night, she arrives at the beach party and finds no Nathan. Lucas goes to find him and tells him to stop being a coward and stop mistreating Haley, but Nathan is not willing to change. Nathan eventually changes his mind and goes to the party but only to hang out with Jacob as Haley goes to talk to Peyton, who has ignored her all night. As she talks about how difficult she has had it lately, Peyton tells her she deserves it for leaving Nathan and her little brother and puts on 'When the Stars Go Blue' and walks off. Nathan then asks Haley to talk to him. She agrees and as she does, Nathan tells her he's very sorry and admits that he was a jerk to her. Before the end of the party, Haley checks on Jacob who is sitting with Emma and a returning Claire.
Haley meets Lucas on the roof of Karen's Cafe to make their yearly predictions. They read their predictions the year before, and Haley finds that she wanted to volunteer to be a tutor which she done and also that she would date a musician, and thinks about Chris Keller. They both realize how much the year has changed them. They agree to write their predictions after the first day of school. As her senior year begins, Haley finds herself at the center of high school gossip. She finds her locker next to Nathan's who is still being off with her. As well as Nathan, she gets bitchy remarks from Peyton and then a group of girls. The final straw is when Haley meets awkwardly with Peyton and Nathan. She goes to see Whitey and asks him to talk to Nathan, but instead, Whitey gives her a detention slip for being in the boy's changing rooms. Arriving at detention, Haley finds it is only her and Nathan in the room. Whitey permits speaking, but Nathan refuses to talk. The following day, Haley receives three days of detention when starting a fight with the gossiping girls. Nathan is also in detention, and when she tries to start a conversation, Nathan refuses as he no longer has a tutor. After detention, Haley confides in Brooke telling her that she is sure Nathan will come around once he realizes she is in it for the long haul. That night, meeting with Lucas, she looks through her old predictions, realizing she was a better person back then, but Lucas assures her otherwise. Nathan then knocks on the door and asks to go on a walk. Hopeful, she agrees, but finds that Nathan has decided he does not want an annulment as that means the marriage meant nothing, so he wants a divorce. Haley tells him that will take a year and they will work it out, but Nathan tells her to wait and see. The following day, Haley returns to the high school gossips, but as she walks alone, Nathan comes behind her and walks with her to class. ver the following days, Haley continues to record with Chris Keller. Unenthusiastic about the whole idea of recording with Chris, Haley is told by Nathan to continue it as music is a big part of her life. As he walks away, Haley says under her breath that he is too. However, in the studio, her future in music seems questionable. In recording, her music is not as good as usual and Chris warns her that she needs to sort her marriage out before she can record again properly. After asking Lucas to tell Whitey about his heart condition, Haley sees Lucas at practice and is releaved to see he is not properly training. When talking about the fantasy boy draft the cheerleaders have arranged, Haley finds out that Peyton has first pick, and she intends on picking Nathan. As well as this she finds out that Lucas has not told Whitey after all. At the draft, Haley warns Peyton that no matter who she chooses in the boy draft, her and Nathan will get back together. When it comes to the selections, Peyton picks Mouth and Haley is shocked. She picks Nathan and when asking Peyton why, Peyton tells her it is about time she started fighting for her husband. That night in the cafe, she sticks her name on the map of singers as 'Haley James Scott.'
After the night of the boy draft, Nathan agrees to go on a date with Haley but brings Jacob with them in case Chris Keller showed up. This sends Haley into a panic frenzy as she is scared Jacob might kill Chris. When he comes to pick her up he notices Jacob having a , Nathan tells her that maybe they should not bother. Desperate, Haley forces Brooke to go on her boy draft date, with Chris Keller. The first stop on the date, Haley brings Nathan to where they got married on the beach, but is devastated to find it has been built on. They then go to the mall and Nathan stays away from her. In an attempt to see if Nathan really cares, Chris decides to have some fun and put his arm around Haley. Nathan gets mad and marches over to begin threatening him. That night, Haley and Nathan stand outside the apartment. Nathan tells her that he still remembers the past and that he feels responsible for ruining her music career, but Haley assures him that that is not true. In an attempt to repair her marriage, Haley takes Nathan to the cafe roof and shows him her prediction, but Nathan does not read it. Instead, he writes his own and tells Haley that he trusts her not to read it. He tells her not to worry about their wedding place and the purple flowers she loved as he has one. He gives her it and tells her never to say he never gave her anything. After a wonderful night, Haley wakes to find out that Brooke slept with Chris. She is approached by Peyton, who has ignored her since she got back, and is asked for help with Jacob's upcoming birthday. Delighted, Haley thinks of a plan. When making the plan, Peyton admits the reason she was thinking of a birthday party was to show Jacob that she deeply cares about him. That night, Nathan leaves the game after his dad attacks him. Haley goes to meet him, but Nathan tells her that he wants to walk home alone. As he walks off, he rings Haley and tells her he has changed his mind and Haley is delighted.
After her roommate and close friend, Brooke and Peyton, stole a bunch of Brooke's designs from the store Suburban Filth, Haley receives a knock on the door. As she goes to answer it, the police wait for her. The police notice she is wearing a stolen shirt, unknown to Haley, and arrests her. As she is being handcuffed, she turns around and angrily yells for Brooke,but this does not help and they end up in Tree Hill Jail. In an attempt to get them out, Haley decides to ring Lucas to get them out by getting the money out of Brooke's drawers. After being bailed out of jail, Haley goes to the studio and finds Chris is not there. She answers a call in the studio and finds out Chris is the Batman she kissed at the fancy dress night. She returns to the apartment and is shown Brooke's new fashion line, Clothes Over Bros and comments on the lack of grammar accuracy. That night, Haley goes to see Nathan and tells him that she will always be there to talk to him. She then asks if he kissed her at the fancy dress party and Nathan lies he did. He kisses her and Haley realizes it was Chris but forgives Nathan for his lies. As she goes to leave, Nathan asks her to stay the night, rekindling their relationship.
The following day, Haley wakes up and finds Nathan is gone. Dan walks in and mocks her whilst comparing her to Peyton. Later that day, Haley is dragged into helping Brooke with her over popular fashion line. She eventually tells Brooke to not let her dream ruin who she is and Brooke uses this advice and closes down her website, for now. That night, Nathan returns to her apartment and explains where he is as Haley happily invites him in. The following day, Nathan plays a game and loses, much to everyone's disappointment except for Haley as she believes her and Nathan may have sex that night. But as Nathan leaves, Dan makes it sound as though it is Haley's fault for making him lose the game and accuses her of trying to get pregnant. That evening, the thought still plays on Nathan's mind and his worries are only strengthened when Haley calls Jenny cute and he finds full birth control pills in her bathroom cabinets. He storms out and asks if she was on birth control tablets when they slept together and Haley confirms she forgot, infuriating Nathan. She confides in Brooke the following day and admits Nathan thinks she is trying to trap him, even though she is on the contraceptive pill. Later, they talk it out as Haley reveals they only reason she went of the pill was due to her having no one to sleep with when on tour. The two end up in an argument and Haley ends up giving Nathan the pills as she will not need them anymore. Nathan eventually apologizes for his behavior claiming to not want to be like his father. Peyton also asks her to join her benefit concert at Tric, to which Haley is honored to accept. After finding out their college choices are in different places, Nathan and Haley decide they have to talk about their futures. She tells Lucas that she does not want to be 3000 miles away from her husband. Haley then sees Dan on campus who sees her and tells her that Nathan has been paying Chris to record with her, shocking Haley. She catches up with Nathan who admits it and annoyed, tells him not to. Haley and Nathan then both make sacrifices for their college choices. Nathan asks for a scout from Stanford as Haley draws up a pros and cons list from Duke.In a guidance session, Haley admits her desire to go to Stanford University, to which the counselor agrees is a good idea. However, she is unsure as to what to do due to her husband as she is not going to Stanford as it is nothing compared to the life with her husband. The following day, Haley goes to see Nathan and tells him she has decided to go to Duke, but Nathan says she can't as he has applied for Stanford. As they break the news to each other, the lights go out. In the dark, the two decide to talk through their issues. They begin as Nathan lists all the stuff he remembers when they first met, pleasing Haley. He then later admits that he paid Chris as he felt guilty for making her choose between him and the music. Haley then admits she is not proud of the tour and annoyed, Nathan runs out to the car and gets a box of newspaper clippings, as they blow all over, Haley catches one and finds it is all the articles about her tour. Back in bed, Haley is lying awake and tells Nathan she thinks she should go home as she does not want to wake up and find him gone, but Nathan promises he will be there. The following morning, Haley wakes up and Nathan is not beside her, eventually she is relieved to find him drying out the newspaper articles to keep. Over the following days, Haley is dragged to New York for Brooke's Rogue Vogue fashion show. As they arrive their, the girls are forced to leave Brooke for a cheerleading competition they have. They arrive ready for the competition as Haley catches up with both Karen and Nathan. The girls compete in the cheerleading competition as Brooke arrives and tells them to have fun and the whole group, including the Tree Hill Ravens join in the dancing fun. Back in school, Haley is shocked as the time capsule video is released. She finds Nathan delivering the message that love is a lie and that she ruined his life. She opts not to talk to Nathan for most of the day as she has to prepare herself for her performance at Tric. She eventually gets the courage to go and see him, but admits to Nathan she did not want an argument. She tells him that they have not been working out as well as she hoped. That night, as Haley prepares to go onstage, Nathan goes to see her and gives her a purple flower, like the one from their wedding. He tells Haley that he is proud of her and that she has nothing to worry about, but Haley believes she still has to worry about their relationship. Later, Nathan finds her worrying and Haley confesses that she does not want to perform as if he sees her loving it, he might not want to be with her, but Nathan promises that will not happen. With this in mind, Haley performs with all her friends and her husband watching from the crowd and has a successful performance at Jacob's birthday.After the school time capsule was leaked and Jimmy Edwards was humiliated and bullied around school because of his nasty and highly insulting entry, he brings a gun into school. The school goes into frenzy and Haley along with Skills and other students including Jimmy in a classroom. As Jimmy pretends he is not the gunman, a knock is heard at the door. Haley hears it and finds Jacob's locket under the door. After seeing the photo inside, Haley opens the door, but as she lets Jacob in, Jimmy reveals himself as the gunman and takes them all hostage. During the events that follow, Haley is the only student that sees Jimmy as a good person but Jimmy eventually reveals he was not expecting Jacob to rescue them. Later, as Jimmy leaves the room, they hear the gun shots that ends Jimmy's lives but don't know that Jacob takes a bullet for Keith. After the shooting, Haley took a ride to the hospital just as Jacob is in surgery for the bullet wound.
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