srry guys i just had this idea pop in my head and ive had some inspiration. The story starts off in the present and everything under that explains how they got to that point. Im not sure but if you get lost just let me know and ill try and clear it up for you
so without further ado
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June 2017
"Daddy's here!" a little girl who couldn't be more than 4 years old ran outside the house to greet her father. She ran straight for him causing him to drop the bag that was currently gripped in his hands and embrace her
"Hey Princess" the tall blonde hair and blue eyed twenty eight year old man said to the girl who was practically chocking him with the death grip she had on him. He placed her down on her feet and kneeled at eye level with her
"Did you miss me" the little girl shook her head frantically
"This much" she exaggeratedly held out her arms to show emphasis
"I missed you too "he tapped the girl's nose affectionately
"Guess what today is" he tapped his chin and faked concentration
"It's my birthday, didn't you get me anything" he laughed at the pout that covered the four year olds face
"It's in the car" she excitedly ran towards the car parked in the driveway to see what was in it
He walked up to the front door opening it ajar and peeking around the corner before opening it all the way and coming in fully. He walked into the fully furnished house with walls covered in pictures of his daughter and her mother. Even a select few of them with him with his daughter on the holiday's he came to visit. He came to the kitchen and leaned against the doorway as he watched the woman in the kitchen busy with the food that was no doubt being prepared for their daughter's birthday. Four years ago they were blissfully happy with everything they could've wanted but a lapse in judgment caused it to fall apart. Not the mention the miscommunication that led them to these seldom holidays and special occasions that they spent together for the sake of their daughter.
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Emancipated at sixteen and living by himself teacher at twenty two and father at twenty four maturing faster than the average man his age. Lucas' life was in some aspects simple but complicated to say the least.
His father, Dan Scott, well know in Tree Hill as the best basketball player in Tree Hill that is until his accident which caused his basketball career to go down the drain. Abandoning his high school sweetheart, who was with child, to pursue a full ride to college offered by the many admiring scouts. Mother, Karen Roe, who was once the head cheerleader during her high school days, was left to raise Lucas on her own with some help from Dan's brother and soon to be born Lucas' surrogate father figure Keith.
At the age of five his father filled for full custody of his estranged son and at the end of a well fought custody hearing between Dan and Karen, had won and immediately had him on a plane back to New York where he would be living with his half-brother, Nathan, and Deb. As soon as he arrived Nathan had made it very clear how much he despised Lucas. He made it very clear in the way he treated him and the dialogue he used toward him. Lucas was unscathed by Nathan's behavior, he put it all up to his paranoia of Lucas being the main interest of Dan instead of Nathan. The oldest was always the heir to Daddy's money and corporations, who knew if Dan had dropped dead at that moment all the money and rights of Dan Scott Motors would go straight to Lucas and Nathan wasn't' liking the sound of that.
At the age of thirteen Lucas was playing on the basketball team beside his brother Nathan who was still threatened by his brother's presence. After being forced by Dan to play together in the backyard half court Lucas was eventually signed up for the team and playing on the high school hardwood court along with Nathan. They had formed a civil bond, where as Nathan didn't bully Lucas as much as long as Lucas didn't get in the way of Nathan. Eventually the bickering and fighting ceased between the two after finding themselves locked in the boy's locker room after a basketball game against Burgin High where they had lost shamefully eighty- one to thirty-five. By orders of Whitey Durham the only people who should be in the locker rooms after the game would be Nathan and Lucas who of course received a brief scolding before they were locked in the locker room. After bickering for about and hour they had realized that their petty fights weren't worth it so they had bonded over the one thing that they could, their ass of a father. They both came to the agreement that his only intention for fighting for custody of Lucas was so that he could pin them against each other since his relationship with his brother was crappy to say the least. After a good two and a half hours of conversation they decided to drop the petty arguments and be civil towards one another just to piss Dan off.
At sixteen they had formed a better bond and decided to try out a brotherly relationship. Pissing Dan off even more, so he decided to try and annoy and meddle between the two to ruin their relationship. Lucas had enough and in the following month had filed for emancipation from his father. He was sure he wasn't going to get the approval of his court as he sat across from his judge and never dared to turn his head to acknowledge the glare that Dan had been sporting ever since the hearing started. He had lost all hope after the judge had announced that there was no way that he could support himself without a job and live responsibly with out guidance. He was shocked when his brother stood up from beside his estranged father and announced that he too wanted emancipation and would get a job and live with Lucas so that they could both work together and support themselves.
Three weeks later Lucas and Nathan found themselves in a fully furnished apartment, thanks to Dan, with jobs and their first check from Dan for them to live off of until they could support themselves. Both Nathan and Lucas weren't expecting their tuition for college to be paid for by Dan so they both continued to play basketball in hopes of getting noticed by a scout so that they could get to college on a basketball scholarship. One day on the court during a practice Nathan noticed that Lucas was lagging behind but being as stubborn as he is Lucas brushed it off and told Nathan not to worry. After running for so long Lucas couldn't take it anymore and collapsed on the court. The next thing he remembers is waking up in a hospital room along with his brother and a doctor who had diagnosed him with HCM and crushed his hopes at getting a basketball scholarship to college. Having no other option he turned to Dan who offered him a deal. Dan would pay for his college tuition as long as he had a say in exactly what Lucas did with his life. Lucas had no other choice so he agreed to the deal that Dan offered him but nothing given by Dan Scott ever came without strings attached. Lucas was forced to move out of the apartment shared with his brother and move back in with Dan. While in college he would visit Nathan occasionally and spend time with him whenever he wasn't in class or in his dorm studying for a class. Nathan would drop by Lucas' dorm when he didn't have basketball practice or a class to attend. By their second year of college Nathan had met a young girl who Lucas knew as Haley. After being threatened of being kicked off the basketball team for his poor grades Nathan had asked a girl, Haley, in his class for some help and after a lot of begging she agreed. They had started dating and Lucas was somewhat envious of what Nathan had. He couldn't seem to find someone he liked like the way Nathan liked Haley and even if he did they seemed to mysteriously disappear after their first few dates. By graduation Nathan was married to Haley and Haley was pregnant with Nathan's first son whom, when born, they had named James Lucas Scott in honor of his uncle and godfather. Lucas had gotten a degree in teaching and a year later decided to go teach a class of undergraduates at Marina College who wanted to return to college to continue their education. While there he met a curly haired blonde girl who was his age who immediately captivated him. Peyton, he learned her name was, sat in the front of his class off to the right and he would send soft smiles once in a while her way. It wasn't until one day after class that she approached him on a subject he had been teaching earlier that she didn't understand that he got the courage to ask her out. Seeing that he was her professor and she a student she took his proposal as a joke but upon seeing the look on his face and the sincerity in his blue eyes she couldn't say no. About a week later they were a couple only known to Nathan and Haley and Peyton's best friend Brooke. Nathan was the only one who knew that she was one of his student's in his class and that this kind of relationship wasn't tolerated. He had warned Lucas that he could get caught but if being with her meant that he could lose his job it was worth it for him.
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June 2017
He cleared his throat to stop her from her musings and she stopped immediately to find out who was the cause of her disturbance. Upon diverting her attention to the doorway the sight she saw brightened her eyes instantly.
She ran at full force to the man in her doorway and gripped him tighter than her daughter had done previously and buried her head in his shoulder.
"I missed you" she spoke into his shoulder
"I missed you too" she released him and he held her at arms length while she grinned brightly
"Mommy look what daddy got me" the four year old came bounding into the kitchen alongside a Labrador Retriever and both parent's attention were drawn toward their daughter and the dog who was beside her
"I hope you don't mind, last time I came to visit she practically begged me for a dog and I just couldn't say no" Lucas said sheepishly
"It's ok. It's good to have you back"
"It's feels good to be back"
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