Nathan walked out of the holding room with a tear in his eye.
God he thought, that might have been the last time he saw Lucas.
He tried to wipe the thought out of his head.
The bigger problem was the people he had not seen in two years.
The deal when he was arrested had been, two years with no visitation or five years with.
Over the two year's he was in juvie he had wished he had chosen the other option.
But he was out now and that was all that mattered to him.
The first of these people was standing right in front of him.
Identical blue eyes met; the man in front of him had changed a lot over the time period.
His brow was now showing frown lines and the bags under his eyes had grown larger and darker.
His once always in a smirk mouth was set in a permanent frown.
Nathan could tell from the mans eyes that he too was looking at how much Nathan had changed.
His once short brown almost black hair now flopped over his eyes.
This he knew the man would not approve of.
He had always insulted people with to long a hair by calling them girls or thugs.
His eye probably stilled showed the remains of a black eye and further to his thug look.
Nathan knew he had grown at least half or three quarters of a foot over the two years and his lack of food in juvie had made him skinnier.
He no longer looked well built but lanky.
The only thing that had not changed was the genuine smirk permanently plastered across his tanned face.
Nathan started walking forward and as he reached the man he started to talk
"Hey Dad. How are you?"
Dan's eyes hardened as he saw Nathan's hand outstretched to shake his. Instead of returning the gesture, he just glared right at him.
"It's Sir to you. You don't deserve to call me dad." Nathan was shocked by what his dad had said.
"Now get over to the car before people start to think that your scrawny ass is related to me!" Nathan didn't know why but that comment had hurt.
Nathan had been prepared to try and make it up with his father but know he could not see the point.
He decided from that point on he would act like a typical stuck up teenager towards Dan.
If Dan couldn't be nice then neither would he.
"Yes Sir!" Nathan retorted sarcastically.
Nathan walked with his arms crossed towards the exit knowing full well that soon enough Dan would be after him like a shot.
Nathan walked into the car park.
He looked up into the sky and took a deep breath.
Freedom.
He looked around and for the first time in two years there were no gates wires or guards.
Most people would think him weird for finding a car park so open and free.
He had not felt like this since he was twelve years old and had been standing in a field with no one else around.
At that moment the earth was still , the sounds of birds and insects dulled and that could be heard was the wind through the trees and his heartbeat.
After that it all had changed.
He became a teenager.
That still silence had been filled with the heavy bass lines of rap and the space in his mind had been taken up by sex, drugs, alcohol and basketball.
When his mom and dad had divorced it had got worse .
The partying had got worse and he drank more and more.
His dad angry was one thing but his dad being angry with having a hangover was worse.
The only person who could control his anger was Haley.
She was his saving grace and had changed him for the better.
Or so he had thought.
The silence was ruined by Dan's booming voice.
"Nathan get in the damn car and don't you DARE disrespect me like that ever again! UNDERSTAND!"
Nathan nodded sullenly and slammed the door of the car as he got in to the front seat.
He knew his Dad was about to blow his roof but he could not give a damn.
He was going to pay later but he might as well have some fun before hand!
The first ten minutes of the journey was silent.
The air was full of tension but Nathan knew his dad would not be able to hold off for much longer
. Maybe if he started the conversation things would turn out slightly better.
"How are things at home?"
As soon as he began to speak he knew had said something wrong
"Your mom has become an alcoholic so you and Steve are no longer permitted to see her and Stephen is trying to get his hands on your Aston martin. Also I have a new wife and she does have a son and you will treat them both with respect, you hear me!"
Nathan slumped into his seat.
With his mom gone there was no chance of his dad giving him any slack and who knew what his dad's knew wife was going to be like.
Having one brother was enough how the hell was he going to deal with another one.
Dan interrupted his thoughts by saying what Nathan had been dreading
"When you get home things are going to change" Nathan groaned as he knew what he was about to say.
" To start with you are grounded for at east two months, maybe longer. That means no T.V, ipod, blackberry, Xbox, play station, dvd player or visitors unless supervised."
Nathan's eyes grew wide he knew he would be grounded but with out all those things he might as well be back in jail.
He knew not to interrupt as there was probably more to come.
With his mom he could have probably bribed her to give him back his ipod, tv and play station but without her he was stuck.
"When you are ungrounded have a nine pm curfew and a nine thirty bed time unless you have a basketball match or event. I would have been earlier but my new wife Karen persuaded me to put it back an hour"
9:30 !
Was he bloody joking, he had not gone to bed that early since he was nine.
The name Karen rang a bell but memory was not his strongest skill.
The rest of the journey home the pair travelled in silence.
Staring out of the window had passed Nathan's time in the car.
Tree Hill had not changed since Nathan had left.
Maybe a new house had been added but probably the most exciting thing since his arrest was a new Wal-Mart.
Houses flashed by in a blur, getting more and more expensive looking as they got closer to his own home.
From the window he spotted some one he had known before from his old basketball team.
Jake Jagelski he thought.
Looking carefully he could tell it was Jake.
Lucas had always reminded him of Jake.
Both broody, intelligent and amazing at basketball.
But looking at him now, he had changed completely since Nathan had last seen him.
He was surrounded by a large posse of girls and boys and he had become well built.
It was obvious after Nathan had left Jake had become the new King at tree hill high.
Nathan had been so lost in his thoughts that he had not noticed that the car had pulled up outside his house.
It still looked the same except were his car normally was an empty space.
In the empty space was his brother Stephen.
Boy, had he changed.
Nathan had a left a twelve year old midget but now was looking at a tall handsome brown haired teenager.
His mousy brown hair had become a strong brown colour with obvious blond highlights.
Judging from the t-shirt he was wearing, his little brother was no longer weak.
He could tell had been working him hard at the basketball since Nathan had left.
It made Nathan smile to see his brother had inherited the Scott smirk and the same dazzling blue eyes.
Over the years, Stephen had turned into a miniature Nathan.
Steve had always looked up to his brother, in his opinion who wouldn't?
But over time Nate had gone he had taken it upon himself to become Nathan.
He was pleased with the results but some of it had not come easy.
His last name had given him a head start.
Somehow every one wanted a piece of a Scott.
But unlike Nathan, Stephen was naturally bright, although he knew apart from Haley and Jake, the rest of the "it" crowd were what you would call dumb.
So much to his disappointment he had decided to dumb down his grades.
It had decreased his nerd rating and got him noticed by a few of the popular people but had lessened his opinion of himself.
Getting on the basketball team had been the easiest thing to do.
With just his last name they had been begging him to play but after showing them his skills that he had been practising with Nathan for years, they were practically dragging him onto the team.
Stephen Scott had scrapped himself to the top of the freshman hierarchy and was in with the inner circle of the juniors and seniors but he was not happy.
He knew one day his brother would just waltz back into tree hill high and get back to his King status without even trying.
In the students at tree hill high's mind, Nathan was practically a God.
Over the years he had watched Nathan grow from a sweet caring older brother to a man nobody could get to apart from Haley.
Stephen had always had a thing for Haley but she had always gone for his older brother, even having a baby with him without him even being there.
Steve knew Haley cared for him but it was not enough, he wanted more.
He wanted her to love him, like she loved his brother.
But now as he saw the car with his brother inside he knew he had no chance.
He would his chance with Haley and most certainly his popularity rating.
Although, whether he wanted to or not he was pleased to his older brother back.
It had killed not to be able to talk to him, to get his advice.
Maybe now Nathan could help him, maybe just maybe they could rule tree hill high together.
That sounded good.