Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or Dawson's Creek, or the characters. They belong to their own respective creators. I do own the plot and the original characters. I make no profit from the writing of this story, it is for entertainment only.
AN: This will have a slight crossover with Dawson's Creek, due to the fact it with largely feature Charlie Todd and Joey Potter, Pacey, Dawson, Jen and Audrey. Pairings: Will eventually be, Laley, Charlie/Joey, Nathan/ Peyton, Brooke/Jake, Dawson/Jen, Pacey/Audrey. I'm going to write this as if Charlie was in all of the One Tree episodes. He would have fought with Karen and left for Boston after everyone had graduated from high school. He would have been on the basket ball team with Lucas and Nathan.
Always Meant To Be
Charlie Todd sighed, as he looked out of the window of the airplane. He was met with the sight of a dark, star filled sky. He was on his way home, to his home town, Tree Hill.
He had spoken to his mother, Karen Roe. She was expecting him. He smirked as he thought of how shocked his mother had been when he had phoned her from LA.
He hadn't seen his mother or spoken to her in over five years. He had an argument with his mother before he had left to go to college in Boston. They had said things neither had meant. Things had escalated from there. He had left, taking his chance at college in Boston to get away from it all.
He had kept in contact with his twin brother, Lucas Scott. He smirked as he thought of what Lucas had told him. He was now in a relationship with Haley James, his childhood friend.
Charlie always knew, that deep down, Haley had been marrying the wrong Scott brother. Of course he hadn't protested at the wedding. Haley would have never forgiven him. He would never intentionally hurt Haley. She is the like a second sister.
He couldn't believe that his mother had gotten pregnant by their uncle Keith. He was looking forward to meeting his baby sister. He was devastated when Lucas had rung him, informing him that Keith had been killed.
Charlie had also been fuming when Lucas had informed him, that Nathan; their brother had cheated on Haley with Peyton. He never understood why he and his brother's liked to sleep with the same women, after the other was though with them.
Of course he had never been with Haley that in his opinion would be a form of incest. Charlie Todd, once Scott, he was a lot of things, a player for one. But he could never stomach incest.
He remembered vividly all of the times he had slept with Peyton and Brooke. First he had slept with them, then Nathan, followed lastly by Lucas. Charlie figured he and his brother's had taken the term keeping it in the family, to new and extreme lengths.
He had changed his name from Scott to Todd, when he had gone to Boston. He loathed Dan Scott with a fiery passion. He refused to maintain a name of a man, whose grave he would soon have pissed and spat on.
Now at the age of twenty two, he needed to be with his family, a family he hadn't seen since he was eighteen. He had left the band he had been a member of for the last three years.
They had made it big. But, Charlie was sick of the lead singer of the band. Charlie had told him to fuck himself and that he could find himself another lead guitarist to treat like shit and dish out his petty and childish jealousy to, as he was out of there.
Being the lead guitarist of a band, which had gone double platinum two times, well, it left you a far cry from being destitute. In short, Charlie was loaded. He had more then earned every single last dollar. He had sweat and worked himself to the bone, almost to the point of exhaustion, due to touring and being in the studio.
He would still receive the royalties from the records he had made with the band; he was entitled, seeing as he had written a lot of the songs for the band. Four of those songs had gone platinum, two double platinum.
Charlie had left the band, all because the lead singer was jealous of him. Charlie had been the best looking and most popular in the band. Girls would scream, yell and cry, as they waved banners and posters declaring their love for him and asking him to marry them.
He sighed and leaned back in his chair, as he closed his eyes. He figured he would at least attempt to get some sleep, no matter how futile it was. Charlie could never sleep on a plane, especially surrounded by total strangers, even if he was currently in first class.
They would be landing in a couple of hours; he needed to have his wits about him, especially if he was going to have to deal with everyone back at home, his mother in particular.