Chapter 9

"Anyway we have decided to go to cabin in New York by Lake Champlain!"

Brooke smiled widely, and Haley smiled also. Nathan smirked.

"I knew it!"

The girls head whipped around and Haley's quirked her eyebrow, until she realized what he meant.

Then they saw Lucas come in and shake his head. Nathan smirked again.

"Pay up Luke!"

"Damn it! I was sure she would pick Los Angeles!"

"Ha Ha! Apparently you and your girlfriend don't know each other as well as you think."

Nathan meant it as a joke, and Lucas took it as one, but Brooke didn't. She ran out of the room crying. Lucas whipped his head around and then proceeded to take off after her. Nathan looked at Haley confused. She caught on to his confused look and lead him into the living room and sat him down.

"Okay, here goes. Brooke is terrified."

"Terrified of what?"

"Of being alone, and that means that if Lucas doesn't know her, he will leave her to find something more interesting."

"Damn it, I didn't mean anything by it, it's just Brooke is like bipolar. And I guessed New York, he guessed Los Angeles. It just happened. Oh, now I feel bad."

Nathan was pouting and looking down at the floor guiltily and Haley burst into laughter. Nathan looked up at her curiously and she quickly stopped laughing for about two seconds until she continued because she couldn't hold it in anymore. She shook her head and waved her hand at Nathan when he looked at her like she was crazy.

"I'm sorry Nathan...it's just...too...damn...funny...!"

"Oh is it, please Haley tell me how this is funny! I caused Brooke's upset!"

Haley calmed down, when she realized that Nathan is blaming himself.

"Nathan, honey, it's not your fault, it is the moron who ever thought that it would be funny to make women carry babies."

"What?"

"Nathan she's PMS'ing."

Nathan looked at Haley and began laughing, which died down and they fell into each other's arms. Then Lucas walked in...

"I just don't understand why she's so damn mad at me."

Nathan and Haley looked at each other, then began to laugh. When Haley finally stood up and told them she would talk to Brooke. Haley knocked lightly on Brooke's door and went inside to see Brooke lying down on her bed holding an old stuffed animal. Haley walked over and laid down next to Brooke.

"Brooke honey what's wrong?"

"I don't know. I guess I just really want this trip to get away from everything. I miss mom and dad."

"I know me too, honey, me too."

They stayed together for awhile until Haley convinced Brooke she should go be nice to Lucas because he truthfully didn't do anything wrong.

5:00 PM

DING-DONG

Nathan and Lucas were at their house and just playing NBA live, until the door bell rang and Nathan got up to get it.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Lucas turned his head towards the door and got up as soon as he saw who it was.

"Aww... how cute my two sons playing together."

"What do you want dad?" Nathan gritted through his teeth.

Dan walked into the house, that he had been kicked out of by their mother (Karen) and sent to the beach house, and looked around.
"Oh hasn't changed much."

"Dad, seriously what are you doing here?"

"I came to see how you guys and your mother were doing, I heard about Lydia and Jimmy, how are Haley and Brooke?"

Nathan expression softened when he heard Haley's name. She had a weird calming effect over him and the fact that they were talking about Lydia and Jimmy.

"Well, I'm fine and so is Haley. She is trying to be strong for everybody, but I expect her to crack at any moment. But uh... Brooke, well Lucas can tell you about Brooke."

"Unfortuanetly for me, Brooke has her period so she is even more emotional than normal, but I hope that we can get over that by the time we are in New York."

"New York?"

Dan was confused and Nathan picked up on it.

"We are going on a road trip, because the James' left us, Haley, all her siblings, Lucas, Brooke and me, houses in different parts of the country so we are going to go the week before we go back to school. Which is next week. And we just happen to be going to New York which is my house."

"Wow, I am still amazed that they have all those houses. Which one did you get Luke?"

"I got the house in Savannah. Brooke got the cabin in Asheville, and Haley got the one here in Tree Hill."

"I wonder why they gave you the houses that they did."

"I don't know, but is that all you came for dad?"

"Yeah and I wanted to apoligize for my behavior, towards you guys and...your mom. Is she here?"

Dan had started to play with his wedding band on his finger and hestiantly looked up to the boys.

Nathan nodded his head and turned around.

"MOM! COULD YOU COME DOWN HERE IT'S AN EMERGENCY!"

Dan shook his head and laughed. Nathan just shrugged and within seconds Karen was downstairs with a worried expression on her face.

"What's wrong?" She looked between the boys and then saw Dan and realized that they had tricked her. "You brought me down here for that, why are you here Dan? Not get enough sex from your whore, you came for more?"

Lucas and Nathan got a disgusted look on their face and Nathan nodded to Lucas, and said out loud,

"And that's our cue."

And that's how they left their parents, fighting, but when they returned to the house they were making out on the couch.

Okay, so I'm sorry it took so long.

I figured I should tell what the Lucas-Nathan situation is and how their family is.

I didn't put the parents fight in there because this story revolves around the kids.

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Next up...

- they start off on their road trip

- Bryce leaves, with news.