Lifetime Piling Up continued…
As Nathan dunked the basketball an overwhelming feeling of belonging overcame him. He had shattered the hopes and dreams of both his half-brother Lucas but also his ass of a father Dan. When Lucas come up and held his hand out for him to shake Nathan hesitated then took the hand of his older brother.
"Just remember when you get back you go back to being invisible". Lucas squeezes Nathan's hand until he feels Nathan begin to pull away.
3 months later…
Nathan returned to Tree Hill and opened the door to his mother's bar. He was welcomed back with open arms he felt like the son that the town forgot but now remembered, he chuckled at the hypocrisy of it.
"What are you laughing at?" asked a voice behind him.
Nathan turned around and found his best friend Haley James.
"Hales…" Nathan picked her up and hugged her tightly "I missed you soooo much"
"I can tell" with Nathan still hugging her "Nate trying to breathe here"
"Sorry" he put her down.
"Don't worry about it…there's someone here to see you so I'll give you the 3rd degree later."
"Okay" Nathan stated as he turned around to find Coach Whitey Durham on a bar stool staring right at him.
Nathan began walking over to the old man and sat next to him. His mum touched his hand before she went to serve another customer.
"So how was High Flyers?" Coach Durham asked the young man next to him.
"It was an experience"
"Fun or did you hate it"
"It was fun" Nathan turned to the coach and stared at him "Why are you here?"
"You may be everyone's favourite now but now when the season restarts you'll be forgotten again. And if you wanna stick it to your father and brother then you should ruin the one thing they have going for them now."
"I already went to High Flyers and if you are asking me to join the team I can't."
"Why not? Because your no good father is my assistant or because your scared."
"The first reason mainly and also because I won't do that to my mum."
"Well to settle your first problem I got rid of Dan following some advice given to me by his other boss. And it may do your mum some good to see her son play to his full potential but if you wanna go back to being on the River-Court team then be my guest just next year I might not be able to help you get to High Flyers again."
"Let me talk it over with my mum and let me think about it, I'll get back to you.