A/N: I forgot to say this in the first chapter, but in case you haven't figured it out…its somewhat AU, and mostly characters are out of character.

"He's cute." Danielle said. She then went to look at the rest of the pictures, stopping with her mouth wide open at the picture of Lucas and Dan.

"What's wrong?" Brooke asked, noticing the change in Danielle's facial expression.

"It's just that… that's my Dad!" Danielle said, pointing at Dan.

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Meanwhile…

"Keith…it's Karen." Karen said, once she heard Keith's deep voice on the other end of the line.

"Karen…what's wrong?" Keith asked, noticing the sound of worry, sorrow and dread in her voice.

"I don't know how you're going to feel when you hear this news, but Dan is dead." Karen let out.

"Whoa, what? How?" Keith asked, not sure himself about how he felt at hearing the news of his younger brother's death.

"Well that's the thing. Deb poisoned his drink…" Karen began.

"Deb!"

"That's not it… Whitey lit the dealership on fire, with Dan passed out in it. Luke found him, but it was too late. Now Luke is recovering…" Karen broke off, not liking to talk about her son's condition.

"Me and Jules will get the next flight to Tree Hill from Logan (they're in Boston hehe) and meet you at the hospital." Keith said in a rushed voice.

"Keith…" Karen began, "Thanks." She finished before hanging up the phone.

"Jules, Dan has died, and it's all very confusing, we need to get to Tree Hill though." Keith called out, rushing around the house trying to pack everything he thought that he might need.

"Keith, Keith!" Jules shouted after he ignored her the first time. "Calm down, and come here. Talk to me."

"Jules, I need to get to Karen."

"It's always about Karen isn't it! Did you not even notice that I wasn't here at all when she came to visit?"

"You weren't?" Keith said, this just dawning on him now, weeks after it happened. "Where were you?" Keith asked, upset.

"Now's not the time." Jules said, blushing slightly. "I need to go pack." She said before walking out of the room, leaving a stunned Keith behind.

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Meanwhile…

"Haley, I'm not going to leave you, because I'm not my Dad." Nathan said, sobbing up just thinking about him. "But I cant just accept you back into my life. You have no idea how much pain and suffering I went through after you left."

"I know, and I hate myself for causing you the pain. I just, it seemed to be the right choice." Haley said, trying to explain herself.

"I thought you were choosing Chris over me, I didn't really think you went for the music." Nathan said honestly.

"I love you Nathan, I never stopped." Haley told him. "I just didn't get why you weren't more supportive of me. When you got accepted to high flyers, I totally backed you up."

"I lied to you, I didn't go because of you. They practically begged me to go, but I turned them down because I wanted this to work, for us to work. And I don't know, I guess I thought that you would do the same thing."

"Aww, Nathan, I really appreciate that, but I didn't ask for you to turn down high flyers."

"You know what Haley, my Dad just died, my brother is covered with burns, can we just not do this now?" Nathan said before getting up and walking out the door of Karen and Luke's house, because that is where the couple was staying for the time being.

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"That's your Dad!" Brooke shouted, shocked that this stranger that was now related to her boyfriend.

Danielle just nodded. The two girls just stared at the picture of the man who had caused so much heartbreak in so many peoples lives.

A cell phone ringing interrupted them. Brooke checked, it wasn't her.

"It's you." Brooke told Danielle.

Danielle numbly fumbled with her purse until she located her ringing cell phone, checking the called id,

"Hey Mom." Danielle said, rolling her eyes.

'Yep, definitely a Scott, both Luke and Nate roll their eyes all the time.' Brooke thought to herself. 'Wait, did she just say MOM?'

Danielle dropped her phone and collapsed to the ground in tears. Brooke not knowing what to do, answered the phone that was on the ground, "umm hello?"

"Who's this?"

"Brooke… who's this?"

"Jules."

"Wait! Jules, Jules Scott? How are you a Scott? I thought that you ran off from Keith in Tree Hill?" Brooke asked shocked. "You're Danielle's Mom? But I thought Dan was her Dad" Brooke said, rambling.

"Brooke Davis?" Jules asked, racking her memory for the name Brooke. "Lucas' girlfriend?"

"Yeah. So care to explain to me why Danielle's on the floor in tears."

"Well actually then, you both might want to get down here as soon as possible."

Brooke both tried comforting the sobbing girl, and concentrating on what Jules was saying at the same time. "What happened?" Brooke cried, getting annoyed.

"Well Dan's dead." Jules began, Brooke noticed that Jules was crying for the first time.

"Oh…wow." Brooke said, not knowing what else to say.

"And, Lucas is in the hospital."

"WHY? What happened?" Brooke asked, tears pooling in her own eyes.

"He tried to rescue Dan. Just please get to Tree Hill soon. I have to tell Keith about my daughter." Jules said before hanging up.

Brooke went over to her new friend, trying to comfort her as much as she could. She had a lot of experience with it, because of Peyton and her mom's death. But this was a little different.

"I never got to meet him." Danielle let out, through sobs. "I was going to meet him was I was 18, and could make my own decisions."

"Aww, honey, it'll be ok." Brooke said, hugging the girl. "We have to get to Tree Hill though, how bout we both do a lot of explaining along the way?" Brooke suggested.

"I'll try." Danielle said, bravely.

"That a girl." Brooke comforted. She didn't know why she was so comfortable around this girl, but she figured it had to do with her being a Scott. "How about you call the airline, book 2 tickets to Tree Hill, North Carolina, and use" Brooke paused, grabbing her matching Coach wallet out of her purse, and grabbing one of her father's many credit cards, "this card." Brooke finished, handing Danielle the card. "While I go repack." She explained.

After 15 minutes, all was said and done, and the girls were ready to go. They both left the camp campus, with a brave face, knowing it was going to be a tough next couple of days.