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AN: Thank you for all of the reviews! Here is the next chapter! I hope you enjoy it! Just to clear something up before it becomes a question. I realized that I made Nathan, Lucas, Keith and Dan all have the same last name. But in my story they are NOT related. Keith and Dan are best friends and so are Nathan and Lucas. Scott is just a very common last name it happens. In my high school there were three people with the last name of Jones all in one class. Sorry for the confusion. But thanks for staying with me :-D

Chapter 1

Haley woke up the next day, still in her clothes from the day before; her eyes all red and puffy. She decided to get up and take a shower to face the day ahead of her and to try to make herself presentable.

When she got down stairs she saw Andy pacing the length of the kitchen while talking on the phone. He seemed kind of upset and angry. She decided to go to her mom's office, not wanting to get into it with him just yet. When she got into the office she went to her mom's desk and took a seat in the chair and just looked around. This was the first time she was in her mother's office without her there with her. All other times it was off-limits.

It was the first time she noticed a picture that was of her and her mother at one of her mothers benefit parties. It was one of those rare pictures of them smiling for real for once and actually looking happy. It was at the benefit party for "Make a Wish Foundation" and it was just her and her mom, no Andy, he was over seas on a project. They were actually trying to bond. That night went so well, until her mom saw some important clients and friends and had to revert back to her normal self and tell her how to act. Whenever her mom was around those kind of people she always ended up being cold and fake towards her daughter. It was known as her "professional appearance", which she wore 98 of the time. She was realizing how she never really had a great relationship with her mother and that is what hurt like hell. "Dang here comes the tears again," she thought to herself.

Haley lost track of time, when all of a sudden Andy busted into the room.

"There you are! I've been looking all over the place for you. You know you aren't allowed in here!" said Andy, still looking upset.

"Sorry, didn't mean to make you walk all around this huge house. And why does it matter, it's not like I'm going to disturb her work or get into something I shouldn't" Replied Haley, bitterly.

"Don't use that tone with me young lady. I know this must be hard for you, but I am officially your guardian now and that is not going to change! And have some respect for your mother, she really did love you. Only God knows why though." replied Andy.

"Whatever, she sure had a great way of showing her love. And don't worry, as soon as my real family comes for me I'll be out of your hair!" She said.

"No, I don't think you understand, your mother has left you to me, to be your guardian. Plus who would want you. As I see it I'm all you got." He said with an evil smile.

"I don't think so! You don't even like me, why would you even want me around. I would think that you would want me gone." She argued.

"Well let's just say you will be good to have around. Now end of discussion, you go up stairs and get ready, we're going to the funeral home to make all of the arrangements." He said as he walked out the door, ending the conversation.

Meanwhile In Tree Hill…

"Hey dad, you're up early for a Saturday morning!" Lucas said while grabbing an apple from the fruit bowl in the kitchen.

"I could say the same thing for you" he said with a chuckle. "No I went to help Karen at the café for a couple of hours."

Lucas was about to say something until the phone rang. He went to go answer it. "Hello?"

"Broody is that you?" Asked a very cheerful girl on the verge of hysterics on the other end of the phone.

"Good morning cheery! How are you this beautiful Saturday morning?" He asked.

"Actually I'm awful! Did you hear one of my favorite designers was killed last night in a car accident?" Cried Brooke.

All of a sudden Lucas had a really bad feeling in his stomach. He wanted to ask which one, knowing that one of Brooke's favorites was a 'Lydia James'. He never told her that Lydia was his mom, and since she changed her name back to her maiden name before she became famous; there was no connection to the Scotts. Keith noticed how his son seemed to get tense and an expression of worry masked his face.

"Which one Brooke?" Asked Lucas with dread all over his voice.

" Lydia James! Can you believe it? She was so young! And her designs were amazing! She was my mentor, my idol!" She replied, distraught.

"Brooke I'm going to have to call you back, sorry beautiful." He said as he hung up the phone in a daze not even giving Brooke a chance to reply and looked to his dad with tears starting to pool in his eyes. "Dad…" he said as he leaned up against the wall behind him and sunk to the floor.

"What is it Lucas? You look like just saw a ghost! What's wrong?" Keith asked while wondering if he really wanted to know the answer.

"Brooke just said that she heard on the news that the designer Lydia James was killed last night in a car accident." He said as tears started to roll down his face.

Keith looked like he was going to be sick; his first thought was if Haley was safe. "Lucas did she say if anyone else was in that car?"

Lucas looked at his dad so fast, not even thinking that Haley could be hurt too. "She never said…" Keith went right to the phone and started to make some phone calls.

"Don't worry Luke, I will get all the details, why don't you go up to your room and get cleaned up, and you might want to wake your brothers up, I guess it's a good thing they are all home for the summer, we are going to be making a trip to California. No matter what happens, we are going to get our Haley back, no matter what." He said with worry and firmness set in his voice.

Lucas went to go get his brothers up, he first went to Bryan's room knowing since he was the oldest he could help control the situation more then any of the others. He didn't even knock; he just went right into his room and yelled his name.

" Bryan! You got to get up man; you won't believe what's going on!" Yelled Lucas as he grabbed the covers of his brothers' comforter and pulled it off to reveal his brother in a T-shirt and boxers.

"Lucas! You better give me those back or I will kick your ass!" Bryan yelled as he tried to wake up and comprehend what got Lucas in such a state he was in. "What is going on? Why do you look like someone just killed your rabbit, again?" He asked.

"Man that is so not funny…" he said, but before he could tell him the news, Michael and James came in, hearing all of the noise.

"Guys what's going on? Some of us are trying to sleep!" Asked Michael as he was stilling rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"I'm not exactly sure, but I think Lucas was about to tell me." Said Bryan as he gave Lucas a look.

"Um, I guess its good you guys are here too so I don't have to repeat this. It's about mom … um she died last night, in a car accident!" Lucas said again, with tears reappearing after getting them under control the first time.

The three other guys looked shocked; they did not expect that at all. As Lucas figured, it was Bryan who was the first up and started to pace the floor. As James and Michael took a seat on Bryan's bed.

"Does dad know yet?" He asked Lucas.

"Yeah, he was there when I found out, he's on the phone right now trying to get the whole story. He said he's going to get us all a flight out as soon as possible. You guys are coming right?" Lucas asked with hope in his voice.

"Of course!" All three replied at once.

"I don't have to start my residency until September and I found out yesterday that I got my first choice of hospital, which is the one right here in Tree Hill!" Bryan said as he started to get his things to start packing.

Once all the guys got showered, dressed, and packed, they headed down stairs where their dad was in the living room finishing the details, Karen was also helping him iron out all of the finer details.

Keith looked up as all four of his boys came into the living room. "Okay, so the six of us have a flight out for 2 this afternoon, everything is set; we leave in an hour for the airport. We will be staying at the Hilton in LA. I tried calling to find out what was going on, but no one would talk to me and then I called her house, but that Andy guy kept on answering and wouldn't let me talk to Haley. So I finally got a hold of our lawyer, who is going to meet us out there, hopefully with all of the information that we are going to need. He's going to be the one to help us get custody."

"Wait, do you think their will be a fight for her?" Michael asked.

"I hope not, but I have a really bad feeling that we are, if I know Lydia, then she would have left everything to Haley and maybe some to you boys. And then probably gave custody to Andy, thinking he was the best choice and so I wouldn't have anything to do with Haley. Knowing that I've wanted her to live with us since she first left us. For some reason she doesn't want us to be with Haley. But let's deal with one thing at a time!"

"So let's all meet here in 45 minutes and we will head to the airport, which should give you guys enough time to take care of anything important." Karen said as she looked pointedly at Lucas.

Lucas audibly gulped "I guess I should call Brooke and let her know what is going on, not to mention the fact, I should start begging for forgiveness. I don't think it was the smartest thing to hang up on her while she was on the verge of breaking down."

His brothers chuckled as they watched as Lucas ran to his bedroom. "Well since it looks like you three are all ready, why don't you all come with me to the spare bedroom to clear as much junk as we can, while we are away Deb and Dan are going to make the room livable for a teenage girl." Karen said as she ushered the groaning boys upstairs.

Lucas's Bedroom…

"Hello?" Brooke voice came on over the phone.

"Hey, beautiful, I am so sorry for hanging up on you earlier, but your news was sort of a shocker." Rambled Lucas.

"Broody it's good to hear your voice. But I thought you never heard of any designers and why does this one make you hang up on me?" Asked Brooke curiously.

"Well, are you sitting down? I'm sorry I never told you this before but she was my mom, and my family and I are actually leaving in a few minutes to go to her funeral. So I won't be around for a while but I will call you!"

"Oh my goodness. I'm so sorry Broody, I totally understand, but why didn't you ever tell me she was your mother?"

"I guess since I haven't seen her since I was like one that I don't really consider her my mother, Karen is more of a mother than Lydia James. But that doesn't matter now, um I guess I should also tell you that I have a sister, who you will get to meet when we get back, I haven't met her so I can't tell you much about her. But I'm sure you guys will get alone great!"

"You have a sister! Oh my, I can't wait to meet her. You better get your cute butt back here with your sister as soon as possible! This is great a new friend to take shopping! Wait does Nathan know?"

Lucas chuckled as he thought of what he already got his sister into. "Ok cheery, will do and no I haven't told him I'm sure his parents will fill him in now, but if not, don't say anything, I will tell him everything when I get back. And yes you can fill Peyton in, but try not to let anyone else know, we don't want to scare her away before she even gets here."

"Okay no problem"

"Thanks Brooke, take care and I'll call you when we land. I love you."

"I love you too!"