Okay, so I'm starting a new story. I know I probably shouldn't, but I'm hitting a road block on others and this new story is coming out. I'm not giving up on any other story, but for those that like my writing, it'll at least give you something to read.

Description: As always, it's AU Naley. Nathan and Haley are both guardians to their little sisters. They've both signed up to help little league basketball for their summer. Will their sisters' plan to get them together work?

It was only the first day of practice and Nathan was already wanting to kill his whole team. They were a bunch of girls. Literally. He couldn't believe he had gotten suckered into doing this. He was supposed to have the summer off to just relax and be a kid. Well, not really a kid, but not an adult either. For goodness sake, he was only twenty-one years old. But obligations are obligations and if he wanted his little sister to stay with him, then this is what he had to do.

"Okay girls. Circle up!" Nathan waited as the girls all ran to him. "Great practice today." Lie. "We've got practice again on Thursday, so don't let your moms forget. Tell them if you're late, you run. See y'all then." Nathan walked away leaving the girls as they all talked about how cute their coach was. Grabbing his bag, he looked back for his sister. "Brooke! Let's go!"

"That was a bit harsh," came a voice from behind him. He turned around to see a girl surprisingly around his own age. "They're only ten. It's not their fault if they're late. It's those damn alcoholic mothers."

"And you are?"

"Haley James." The girl stuck out her hand for Nathan to shake and he quickly accepted it.

"Wait. Haley James, team mom?"

"That's me."

"You don't look old enough to be one of their mom's."

"Thank God. What a scandal that would be. Having a kid when I was nine. I don't think that's even possible. At least I hope that's not possible."

"So then why are you team mom?"

"I'm Quinn's legal guardian."

"So DCS roped you into this too?"

"No… I just figured I'd be at all of the games and practices anyways, so why not help out?"

"Oh."

"I take it this wasn't your idea?"

"I have no idea what I'm doing."

"How is that possible? You're Cape's best player. Don't you, like, breath basketball?"

"You go to Cape?"

"Yeah. Quinn makes me take her to the games. I can't really complain about the free entertainment. She adores you. You better not screw that up."

"I just don't know how to handle a bunch of ten year old girls."

"That's why I'm here."

Just then, Brooke and Quinn ran up to the two "adults" holding hands and laughing.

"Hi Haley!" Brooke shouted before giving her legs a hug.

"Hey Brooke." Haley crouched down so that she was about the height of the two girls. As soon as Brooke let go of her, Quinn grabbed her sister and wouldn't let go. "How was y'all's first practice?"

"Oh my God, Haley, you saw it. What do you think? The other girls are horrible. We suck so bad. And since Nate has to give us all equal playing time, that means Quinn and I will never be on the court at the same time! Because you can't have the two best players out there together at once and then have all sucky players together. Ugh. This year is going to suck." Brooke was talking a mile a minute and Haley couldn't help but laugh.

"Well aren't you excited that your brother is the coach?" she asked, hoping Brooke could see the bright side.

Brooke looked up at Nathan and smiled, "I guess. I mean, if anybody can make a losing team win, it's him."

Nathan ruffled his little sister's hair as he grew a matching smile, "Well, at least someone has faith in me."

"Haley, Nathan promised to take me to McDonald's to celebrate our first practice. Will you come with us?"

"Shouldn't you make sure that it's okay with your brother first?"

"He's okay with it. He thinks your cute." Nathan quickly put his hand over Brooke's mouth, trying to silence her, but of course it wouldn't work. She just stuck her tongue out, licking his hand.

"Eww, Brooke!" Nathan removed his hand from her mouth and wiped it on the back of her jersey. "I knew I shouldn't have taught you that."

Brooke turned around to face her brother. "Nathan. You need to get over yourself. Everyone thinks Haley is pretty, okay? It's nothing to get your panties in a wad over."

"Brooke! What have I told you about talking like that?"

Brooke just rolled her eyes as she repeated Nathan's words, "Don't do it in public." She turned back to Haley, "So will you come?"

"I don't know. What do you think Quinn?"

Quinn frantically nodded her head and it was settled. They were going to McDonald's.

"Oh, I forgot my kneepads!" Brooke shouted and grabbed Quinn running across the court.

"Why does she have kneepads?" Haley asked Nathan once the girls were out of earshot.

"It's either kneepads or bloody knees. That girl is aggressive." Nathan watched his little sister run across the court and couldn't help his smile. She was his life and he wouldn't have it any other way. "What's taking you so long slow poke?" he shouted when he saw the two girls just talking on the other side of the court.

"We're coming," she shouted back. Brooke looked at her brother and Haley, then back to her friend, "This is going to be even easier than I thought."

"So, how long do you think it'll be before we're sisters?" Brooke asked Quinn as they sat at their table waiting for Nathan and Haley to order their food. They had chosen to sit in a booth next to each other so that their siblings would also have to sit next to each other.

"I don't know, Brooke. I'm not sure this will work."

"Trust me, Q. I know what I'm doing here. Have you ever seen Clueless?"

"No."

"Well, I've seen it about a million times, so needless to say, I learned from the best. As soon as we finish eating we need to go to the playground."

"Brooke, we're too old for that. Besides, I heard a boy got attacked by a snake in the ball pit and died."

"Then we'll avoid the ball pit. We'll just hide in the tunnels for a while. They'll be forced to spend time alone together. Nothing will happen if we're around them. We can keep an eye out through the holes. They're coming back. Pretend like we're talking about practice."

"I can't believe Nikki's on our team. I hate her."

"Don't say hate," Haley told Quinn as she brought her food over.

"I don't like her. Is that better?"

"Much."

"You're a pretty strict parent," Nathan commented.

"No, I am not. I'm just responsible."

"You totally are, Haley," Brooke interrupted, "You won't believe it Nate, Quinn has never seen Clueless!"

"Well isn't that just a tragedy?" Nathan joked.

"That is a PG-13 movie! You are ten years old."

"I'm very mature for my age," Brooke informed Haley.

"And what constitutes mature?" Haley asked, wanting to know why Brooke was so sure of herself.

Between bites, Brooke gave Haley a very informative and matter-of-fact answer, "Well, I think the day I saw my mother shoot my father and then herself was the day I officially became a woman." As if it didn't bother her one bit, Brooke went back to eating her cheeseburger.

"Brooke. What did the doctor say about that?" Nathan asked her for the second time that day.

"It is personal business that the rest of the world doesn't need to know. If I tell other people they will think I'm weird and not want to be my friend." It was obvious that Brooke and Nathan went through this a lot with Brooke's big mouth.

"It's okay," Quinn said. "I don't think you're weird. Are you done yet? I wanna go to the PlayPlace."

"Yeah!" Brooke squealed, leaving her unfinished burger and fries behind.

"I'm sorry," Haley said once the girls were gone.

"About what?"

"Overstepping my bounds."

"Yeah... You know, I just hate how she acts like it doesn't affect her. I know that it has to."

"She seems happy."

"Are you really sorry?" Nathan asked, all of a sudden acting odd.

"What?"

"I mean, do you want to make it up to me?"

"Okay, Brooke isn't the one that's weird. That would definitely be you."

"No, please, can you just do me a favor?" Nathan was looking at the door panicked and Haley was definitely a bit weirded out. "Can you just pretend to be my girlfriend for a second. This girl that just walked in. She's totally stalking me. Please, Haley?" Nathan was literally begging her.

Haley turned towards the door and laughed. "Rachel? She's harmless."

"You know her?"

"Sort of. She was in my Comp 2 class last semester. She seemed fine."

"Yeah. Seemed. She's a cheerleader and for some reason thinks that means I want to date her."

"Well, isn't that kind of how it works?"

"Uh, no. At least not for me. I go for the natural beauty if at all. I haven't actually dated in a while anyways. Brooke is my priority and my number one girl."

"Hey Natey. You are looking so fine. What brings you to McDonald's? I can't imagine that Coach would approve of eating here." She had been there less than five seconds and Rachel was already annoying the hell out of him. Her hand running up and down his arm was driving him crazy. And not in a good way.

Nathan looked at Haley, desperately hoping she would help him. Luckily for him, she did. She scooted closer to Nathan on the booth, putting her arms around him and squeezing him close in a hug. "He was just treating me and my sister to lunch. I know Coach doesn't really like him eating this junk, but he's just a sucker for his girls."

"You're together?" Rachel asked as if it was the most impossible thing.

Nathan looked at Haley who he decided was a magnificent actress. He placed a piece of hair behind her ear as he smiled, "Yep. She's my number one cheerleader." He leaned forward and kissed her forehead before turning back to Rachel. "I didn't think you were allowed to eat here either."

"Uh, no, I'm not. I was just… uh, going for a jog and I saw your car so I thought I'd say hi."

"Well, hi."

"Yeah. Okay. I guess I'll see you around school."

"Bye Rachel," Haley said with a smile. She couldn't believe that Rachel had openly disrespected her that way. It served her right being shut down by Nathan. Once Rachel had left Nathan began laughing, but Haley looked at him seemingly annoyed. "I think the kiss might have been taking it a bit too far."

"I think it was perfect," Nathan smirked back at her. Haley just rolled her eyes before moving back to where she was previously sitting.

Meanwhile Brooke and Quinn were watching on from the PlayPlace. Brooke's smile reached her ears, "Okay, I knew I was good, but I didn't know I was that good."

Haley looked towards them, like the constantly worried parent that she was and laughed. "I think those two enjoyed the show."

"Huh?"

"The girls. Look at them. They're as giddy as I've ever seen them. I bet they've been watching us this whole time."

Nathan looked at the girls and just smiled. That was just like Brooke. The only ten year old matchmaker on the planet. "So, how come Brooke knows you and I've never met you before?"

"I haven't really been taking care of Quinn long. Brooke would hang out at our place all the time when I was in high school. I'd babysit a lot of sleepovers."

"How long has it just been you two?"

"Almost a year now. You?"

"It's been just us for four years."

"That's crazy. I never knew. I mean, I knew my mom used to always drive her home instead of having someone pick her up, but I never knew why. She's amazingly strong."

"She really is. If I had seen what she saw… I just don't think I'd be able to smile as often as she does."

"I don't know anyone who smiles as much as she does," Haley laughed. "She is seriously just so bright and fun. Definitely my favorite friend of Quinn's."

"I heard that," Brooke squealed as she ran to Haley and gave her a hug. "By the way. You're totally my favorite older sibling." Nathan gave her a pointed look before she corrected herself. "Other than my own." She then moved her attention back to her own sibling and gave Nathan a big kiss on the cheek. She grabbed both of his cheeks in her fingers and pinched them like he was a baby. She spoke to him as if he was a baby too and shook his head saying, "Don't worry, you'll always be my favorite, Natey."

Annoyed and flattered by his little sister, Nathan did the only thing he knew how to get out of her clutches. Tickle her. As soon as Nathan's fingers reached Brooke's sides, her hands were off of him and her arms were flailing as she laughed. "Nathan Royal Scott! You will stop this instant!"

Nathan listened to her and stopped. "What is my name?" he asked very seriously.

Brooke looked down to the floor before answering softly, "Nathan."

"What is it not?"

"Natey," she mumbled.

"Or?"

"Royal."

"Thank you." Nathan looked down at his sister before he asked her one last question. "Do I need to say it?" Brooke looked up at him with tears in her eyes and nodded her head. Nathan grabbed his sister and hugged her, "Come here. I love you, okay?"

Brooke quickly wiped her teary eyes and smiled, snuggling close into her brother. "I love you too. I'm ready to go home now."

"Did practice wear you out?" he asked.

"Nope. I just want to go home."

"Okay, are you going to say goodbye to your favorite sister?"

Brooke looked across the table to see Haley staring intently at them. Brooke looked back at Nathan and smiled before whispering something in his ear.

"I don't know, Brooke. You've had a pretty busy day."

"Please Nathan. I will be so good, I promise."

"You will be sooo good?" Nathan mocked. Brooke nodded her head adamantly while Nathan just laughed. "I'm sorry, but we can't do it today." Brooke's face immediately went into a frown, but then Nathan whispered something in her ear and she brightened up.

Looking up at her brother she smiled, "Really?" Nathan nodded his head and she jumped up and down before giving him another hug. She then turned to Haley with a huge smile on her face. "Haley?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you and Quinn come over on Thursday to play?"

"Yeah, Quinn can go over if it's okay with Nathan."

"No, you and Quinn. I'll play with Quinn. You'll play with Nathan. And we'll make you dinner. After practice of course."

Haley couldn't help but laugh at how cute Brooke was. She then looked to her own little sister, "What do you think?"

Quinn smiled a smile matching Brooke's as she nodded her head before jumping up and down hugging her best friend.

"Calm down, Brooke. We're saving that celebration for the championship," Nathan joked with his sister. "Let's go." He grabbed his sister's hand to take and sent Haley a smile, "I guess we'll see you on Thursday."

"I guess we will," Haley smiled back.