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Episode 2 Chapter 4 Old Flames Burn

Connor walks to the door.

"Hey," Spencer stops him. "How was your talk with Scarlet?"

"It was good." Connor turns the knob to the house. He pauses. "You know. She needs her mom."

Spencer doesn't say anything.

"I've been without a mom for a long time now. I miss my mom a lot. And Scarlet needs a mom. She's been through a lot." Connor sighed. "I better go."

Spencer nods. He knew that Connor was right.

….

Lily is lying in her hospital bed.

"The doctor is going to be in shortly." Jamie told her.

"Did you call Graham?"

"He is in surgery."

Lily nodded. She knew that. She must have forgotten.

"I am so sorry. This is all my fault. I shouldn't have yelled at you."

Lily shook her head. "I was stressing about a lot of things. This is not your fault. I'm going to be fine."

Jamie held her hand. He couldn't lose his best friend.

Keith and Alex are still at the studio.

"I can't believe this is happening. I never imagined that something like this would happen to me."

Keith smiled. "You are going to change the world Alex Dupre."

Alex smiled. No one had ever told her something like that before.

"What brought you to Tree Hill?"

"I pulled out a map and closed my eyes. Tree Hill seemed like the perfect change of scenery."

…..

Jessica is gathering up some of her files. Ellie walks in. "Hi Jess."

Jessica was surprised to see her. "What are you doing here?"

"Are you and Riley a couple?"

Jessica shook her head. "I am in love with Hunter."

"You seemed really cozy today at the beach."

Jessica looked at her. "Are you a stalker now?"

"I just happened to be at the beach at the same time as you."

"We are just friends." Jessica told her. "But either way it is none of your business."

"I'm just looking out for Riley. I don't want you to hurt him. He has been through a lot." Ellie still cared about Riley.

"You have nothing to worry about Ellie." Jessica walked passed her. "You should probably go."

Ellie nodded and took the hint and left.

Rita walks in to the apartment that she shares with Jason. "Hey baby I'm home."

'Hey," he wraps his arms around her. "I love you."

"I love you too….Why are you being so sweet?"

"Because you are the best girlfriend in the world." He kissed her lips passionately. "I love you so much."

"You are being way too sweet to me, but I am definitely okay with that." Rita kissed him. "I want to be with you forever."

"I want that too." He picks her up and carries her to their bedroom.

Elizabeth walked out of her bedroom. She barely had time to get ready after helping Savannah get ready for her date.

"Wow," Daniel smiled. "You look amazing."

Elizabeth smiled back at him. "Thank you…And thank you for staying with the girls."

"You do not have to thank me for watching my daughters. They are the best things in my life."

They heard the doorbell.

"I bet that's Wren."

Daniel noticed the smile that crossed her face. He didn't know why he was so jealous.

Elizabeth opened the door. "I knew it was you." She gave him a hug.

"I am a few minutes late. I'm sorry." Wren walked in.

Daniel looked at him. Why did he have to be attractive?

"Hi," Wren extended his hand. "I'm Wren."

"I'm Daniel."

"You guys live together?" Wren asked Elizabeth.

"Yeah…Daniel is the father of my kids."

Wren nodded. "Thank you for watching the kids for us." Wren shook his hand again. "You ready, Elizabeth."

"You bet," Elizabeth took his hand. "I won't be too late Daniel."

Daniel watched them leave. They looked very good together.

….

Connor walks back into his house.

"You were supposed to be in your room." Mouth said as he walked into the foyer.

"Yeah and Chloe was supposed to cover for me."

"I knew the moment she opened her mouth she was lying."

Connor nodded. "Note to self never ask Chloe to cover for me." Connor walked to the stairs.

"I think we should finish our conversation. Only this time we should talk calmly and rationally." Mouth gave him the look.

Connor knew they had to talk. He didn't have much of a choice. Connor followed his dad to the living room.

"So what's going on with you?"

Connor sat down on the couch next to his dad. "I didn't have anything to drink last night."

Mouth smiled in relief. "I had a feeling you were lying to me."

"I miss mom." Connor admitted. "I thought that she would come back, but she hasn't. She hasn't even called."

Mouth touched his son shoulder. "I'm sorry. I feel like this is my fault."

"It isn't your fault dad. You didn't know that she was going to run away."

"Maybe we shouldn't have moved to Tree Hill."

Connor shook his head. "No dad this is where we are supposed to be. We belong in Tree Hill." Connor sighed. "I'm sorry for being such a jerk."

Mouth nodded. "Apology accepted. Now would you like to tell me what really happened last night?"

"I wasn't drinking."

"I figured as much."

"The jerk I helped beat up was tormenting Scarlet."

"So you were playing the hero."

"Yeah I guess they don't tell you that sometimes the hero gets arrested."

Mouth smiled. "Just don't let it happen again. I like that you played the hero, but I don't like having to pick you up from jail."

"I got it. I can play the hero, but if I get arrested again I'm going to be in big trouble."

"Yes…That is exactly right."

….

Charlie walks into the house.

"Charlie," Natalie runs to her brother. "Come play with us."

"Yeah," Lucy joined her sister. "Please."

"I don't know."

Lucas looks over at his son. "Oh come on Charlie…Go have some fun."

"Thanks dad…Thanks a lot." Charlie followed his little sisters to the office.

Lucas was still sipping on his wine. He had already had three glasses.

"Luke, maybe you should stop."

"It's just wine." Lucas told her. "I'm perfectly fine."

Neal and Peyton walk into her apartment. "This place looks homey."

"I haven't decorated yet."

"Are you planning on staying here for a while?"

Peyton shrugged.

"You should decorate. You don't need to live in a place without colors and good furniture. It'll just make you sad, and you will turn to the bottle."

"I'm strong. I won't turn to the bottle."

"You don't have a support system. You don't know what is going to happen." Neal reminded her. "Did you ever think that you would become an alcoholic?"

Peyton shook her head.

"Then you will never know if you will return to the bottle. Alcoholism is a disease. It is something that you will have to deal with for the rest of your life."

"I don't think I like you."

"I'm not here for you to like me. I am here to help you, and to make sure that you get your life back on track. I'm going to be here for you no matter what. All you have to do is call."

Peyton nodded.

…..

"Mason, are you ready to go to Chucky Cheese with Miss Jessica."

"Yeah…I like Miss Jessica."

"Yeah buddy she is pretty cool." Riley smiled. He heard his phone ring. "Oh it is Miss Jessica. I bet she is ready for us to pick her up." He answers his phone. "Hello…"

"Hey Riley it's me Jessica. I can't come tonight. Something suddenly came up." Jessica hated to cancel, but she had no choice. She was in love with Hunter.

"Oh," Riley was disappointed. "Okay…That's fine. Maybe next time."

"Yeah awesome…Well I'll talk to you later. Bye Riley."

"Bye Jessica."

Riley hung up and looked at Mason. "It's just the two of us tonight buddy." He kissed Mason's forehead.

"Wove you daddy." Mason hugged his dad.

Savannah and Drake are having a candle light picnic at the park.

"This was a good idea." Savannah told Drake. "Although I am wearing a dress and we are sitting on the ground."

"I love your dress. You look beautiful." Drake smiled. "I am so glad that I met you at this park. This is our place. It always will be." He leans over and kisses her. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me."

"I love you so much Drake." She kisses him passionately. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me. I wouldn't be alive without you." It was true. She would have died without his kidney. "I'm so excited that I get to spend the rest of my life with you."

Scarlet walks into the living room.

"Scar, we need to talk."

Scarlet nodded. "I thought you already talked to me earlier."

"I want to know how you feel."

"About?"

"About Lily and Graham?"

Scarlet sat down next to her father. "I am happy that mom is happy. She was so sad when you died. Graham made things better. I love him too. I just want mom to be happy."

Spencer nodded.

"I want you to be happy too." Scarlet admitted. "I don't want anyone to be unhappy."

"I'm sorry Scarlet. I'm sorry that I got so upset. I'm going to talk to Lily. You can live with both of us."

"Really?" Scarlet smiled. She was so happy to hear that.

"Yes, but you are still grounded for a week for lying."

"I understand."

"I'm sorry that I got so upset. I'm just trying to figure out how this brand new world works. But we can all figure it out together."

"Thanks dad." Scarlet hugs him. "I'm going to go to my room."

Spencer nodded. Spencer picks up his phone and calls Lily.

Jamie picks up the phone. "Hello."

"Hey…Jamie…" Spencer was surprised to hear Jamie's voice.

"Yeah it's me. Lily was having some pain so I brought her to the hospital. They are running some test now."

"I'm on my way."

"She's okay Spencer. I called Graham."

"Right," Spencer sighed.

"I'll call you when I find out something. I promise." Jamie hung up.

Spencer looked at his phone. He knew that he wasn't Lily's husband, but he had to check on her. She needed him even if she didn't know it.

Max and Rosi walk into their house. She has a stuffed tiger.

"Hey guys…Thanks for letting me know where you were." Jake said sarcastically.

"Sorry dad. It was kind of last minute."

"It's okay."

"Daddy I'm sorry for not being nice to you today."

"It's okay sweetie. How about we go play at the park tomorrow? Just me and you."

"Yay," Rosi hugs him. "I love you daddy."

"I love you too sweetie."

Millie walks into her house. Nathan can tell that she is upset about something. "What's wrong sweetie?"

Millie walks over to the couch and sits down next to her dad. "I really want to talk about it, but I know that you aren't going to be happy with me."

Nathan sighed. "I want to listen Millie. I promise I won't ground you."

"I almost slept with Max."

Nathan looks upset.

"I'm not ready to have sex. I thought that I was, but I'm not."

"Maybe it is because of Avery's father."

Millie gave him a look. "Dad, I'm never going to tell you who I slept with, but it doesn't matter. I want nothing to do with him, and my fear of sleeping with Max isn't about him or Avery."

"I want you to be careful."

"I know dad." Millie smiled. 'I'm glad that I can talk to you."

Nathan hugs her. "You can always trust me, but I want to always be able to trust you too."

"You can. I promise."

Nathan knew his daughter was going to have sex. He didn't that she should be having sex with Max. He didn't think they were going to be together forever, but it wasn't his decision to make. He just wanted her to be careful. And he wanted her to know that she could always come to him with anything.

….

Wren and Elizabeth are having dinner at her favorite Greek Restaurant.

"So you know all about my crazy mixed up life. I want to know about you. What happened with your last relationship?"

Wren shook his head. "I don't think that you want to know about that."

"Yes I do. You know about mine. Nothing can be worse than getting pregnant with your husband's brother's baby."

"Right…That is pretty bad."

"Yeah I know." Elizabeth smiled.

"My last relationship…Well let's see…I was in love with this girl that I couldn't have." Wren smiled when he thought about her. He missed her so much.

"Was it serious?"

Wren nods. "I'm over it. I'm sure she is too." He smiled. "I'm ready to move on….Just like you are…"

"I'm definitely ready to move on."

….

Graham and Spencer both arrive at Lily's door at the same time.

"Hi…I called Lily and Jamie told me she was sick. I just wanted to check on her."

"You should come in with me." Graham told him as he opened the door. "We are all a team."

Lily is lying in bed. She was surprised to see both of them.

"I'm fine."

"I read your chart. You have to take it easy, and you have to take more medicine."

"I know." Lily told him. "Spencer…"

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said I was going to take Scarlet away from you. This is all my fault."

"This isn't your fault…It isn't anyone's fault. I knew I should have been taking it easy." Lily said.

"I'm not going to take Scarlet away from you. She is my daughter, and she is your daughter too. We will work it all out."

"Thank you Spencer…."

Spencer nodded. He knew he was making the right decision. Scarlet and Lily needed each other.

….

Charlie walks into the kitchen wearing make-up. "Never again dad. I'm going to take a shower." Charlie walks upstairs.

Brooke was laughing.

"I now have another daughter."

Brooke continued to laugh.

"Thank you Brooke."

Brooke stops laughing. "For what?"

"For everything….I don't know what I would do without you." Without even thinking he leans in and kisses her.

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