Disclaimer: I do not own OTH or any of it characters places or such. I am simply borrowing them
AN / Here is the next update! Thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter. I really appreciate it!
As always suggestions are welcomeBrooke walked through the woods guided by the flashlight that she had taken from the Sawyer's house. She could see the dim light coming from clubhouse as she came upon it. She reached the steps and started to climb until she reached the clubhouse itself. The door was open as she walked towards it; Lucas was sitting on the floor directly facing her with his back against the far wall. He was looking out the window into the dark night
"I thought I would find you here," Brooke said as she walked through the door
"Hey" Lucas said as he turned his head to look at her, "Yea, I haven't been up here in years"
"Me neither, but I still remember how to get here"
"Yea, it is imprinted in my memory"
"Are you doing okay?" Brooke asked
"To be honest, not really. To top off my night, I found this" Lucas said as he handed Brooke the note from Keith
Brooke read it and looked up at Lucas, "Oh man"
"Look on the back"
"That was right before he died"
"Yea, but what makes it even more creepy is that we have been gone for how many years and he just now wrote something like that last week."
"Maybe he thought we would be back before now"
"I don't think so"
"What are you thinking, Lucas?"
"I think he knew something was going to happen. I think he knew Dan was going to kill him" Lucas answered
The front door to the Sawyer's house opened as Jake walked in. Peyton turned in her spot on the couch to look at him
"Hey babe" Peyton said letting Jake know that she was there
"Hey" Jake said walking towards her, "Where is everyone?"
"Theresa, Skills, Mouth, mom, dad, Aunt Karen, Uncle John and Aunt Lydia are in bed. Nathan and Lucas are still MIA and Haley and Brooke went to look for them"
"Well, Haley found Nathan. One of the officers saw her walking towards the river court. She told him that Nathan was there." Jake said sitting down on the couch next to Peyton
"Brooke had a pretty good idea as to where Lucas went too"
"So you waiting for them?"
"Actually you"
"Peyt, you know that I always wake you up and let you know that I am home"
"I know that, but I need your help with something"
"Ok, what is it?"
"I have been on the Internet looking for a missing person and I have found a couple of things, but not the things I need. I need your help on where else to look"
"Who are you looking for?" Jake asked
"Samantha, their sister"
"Peyton"
"Jake, they need to know about her and maybe any others that are out there"
"Peyton, they don't even claim Dan as their father. What makes you think they want to find their siblings?"
"We both know them. They want to find them. Even if they don't claim Dan as their father, they all share something in common. Dan Scott left them"
Jake sighed, "Alright, what have you found so far?"
"Nathan, what are you talking about?" Haley asked
"I think Dan might have killed Bevin and Michael"
"That is crazy"
"Haley, he killed dad"
"I know that, but he doesn't even know about Bevin and Michael"
"What if he does? What if he has been to town more than we know of? What if…"
"Nathan, that is a bunch of what ifs. What makes you think that Dan killed them?"
"Someone did and they have never found out. You remember. The car was abandoned when police got there. When they traced it to find the owner; it had been reported stolen"
"I know that Nathan, but…"
"I know that it may be a long shot, but I need to know who killed my family"
"I know that, but why now?"
"I haven't been back to this town since right after they were killed. I never pursued it as much as I should have once I moved to Florida and I know that I will never be able to get on with my life unless I can have this closure. I am denying Bevin something that she wanted for me. She wanted me to be happy and move on if something were to happen to her. I can't do that until I know what actually happened to them"
"Okay, let's go back to the house and get some sleep. It has been a very long day for all of us."
"I can't sleep. It is almost dawn now"
"Nathan, you need to get at least some kind of sleep. I promise you that we will start looking after we have all had some sleep. Jake will be able to help get the police report and Peyton is a whiz at the Internet. We will find out what happened to them. They were family to us too" Haley said as she reached over and took Nathan's hand.
"Thanks Haley"
"What are friends for? Now come on. Let's get back to the house. I could use a couple hours of sleep. I say the next couple of days are going to be long and tiring"
"Yea, they are. You go on ahead to the house. I want to watch the sunrise"
"I will stay with you"
"Lucas, you think that your dad knew he was going to die?" Brooke asked shocked
"Yea, I think he knew that Dan was out to get him. I don't have any way to prove it, but I think dad knew"
"Wouldn't he tell your mom though?"
"No, he wouldn't want to worry her. He was always trying to protect her and us from anything that would harm us. Dan being one of those things"
"But how would he know?"
"I don't know. Maybe Dan threatened him before. Maybe he knew Dan was in Tree Hill. I don't know"
"Lucas" Brooke said, "Maybe dad did know that Dan was out to get him, but there is nothing you can do to change what happened. I know this may sound insensitive, but dad is dead and if you keep wondering if he knew Dan was going to kill him then it is going to eat you up. Let it go. We know Dan killed him"
Lucas looked at Brooke as if she had just slapped him, "I can not believe that you just said that. You want me to let it go, that dad may have known that Dan was going to kill him. I want Dan Scott to rot for what he did"
"And he will. He confessed in front of Sergeant Reynolds to killing dad. Dad would want you to let it go, not to dwell on the what ifs. We both know that"
"I know, but I can't helping think that there is some way that we could have stopped him" Lucas said as he looked towards Brooke
"If there was a way, dad would have told you. Like you said, he was always trying to protect his family. That is probably why he didn't even tell Jake"
"Yea, I guess you are right"
"Dad would want us to remember him for who he was. A great father to many children and a great man. We can't change the past, we just have to move on"
Lucas looked towards Brooke, He knew that she was right. His dad would want him to move on. Lucas sighed as he looked at the paper in his hand, 'The children are back, dad. Only for a little while, but we are back' he thought. "Thanks Brooke. I really appreciate you being here"
"What are friends for?" Brooke said as she leaned into Lucas and gave him a hug. She missed being able to hug him anytime that she wanted. She missed him all together.
"Found it" Peyton said as she looked at her laptop screen, "Samantha Scott. Born September 26th, 1991. It says here that she also has a brother named Chris Scott. Born January 23rd 1994."
"That is after Dan signed over his parental rights" Jake said sitting back down on the couch, "Do they have the same mother?"
Peyton looked through the profile that she had found until she found that piece of information, "Yes, a Georgia Scott. Looks like Dan was married after all. It says here though that Dan and Georgia Scott divorced in 2007"
"Does it have an address for any one of them?"
"Georgia. She lives in Charlotte"
"How do you think Lucas and Nathan are going to take it when they find out that they not only have a sister, but a brother"
"I don't know. I guess we will find out" Peyton answered as the sun began to rise
"That is beautiful," Haley said as she and Nathan watched the sun rise over the river
"Yea, it is. Do you remember when we were in high school and we would come out here every Wednesday morning during summer breaks to watch the sun rise?"
"Yea, and that was always followed by you guys playing a game of basketball while the rest of us cheered"
"Yea, that was fun"
"It was. We used to go to your house and pass out on the floor and couch for a couple of hours because we had gotten up so early"
"Yea and then dad would come home for lunch and wake us up"
"I miss those times"
"I do too. Life was so much simpler than"
:"Absolutely" Haley said
"You ready to head to the house?"
"Yea, I could use a nap on the floor" Haley said laughing as she got off the cold concrete
"Me too" Nathan said as he also got up and the two started walking back towards the house
"I guess we should get back to the house," Lucas said as he broke the hug with Brooke
"Yea, before they send a search party for both of us"
"Thanks again Brooke"
"You are welcome Luke"
Brooke and Lucas walked out of the clubhouse closing the door behind them. They climbed down the stairs and walked back through the woods towards the house.
The front door opened as Haley and Nathan walked in
"Hey guys" Jake said from the couch
"Hey. You guys are still up?" Nathan asked as he and Haley walked into the living room
"Yea, couldn't sleep. How are you Nathan?" Peyton asked
"I am okay. Where's Lucas?"
"Brooke went to go find him and I haven't seen her since" Peyton answered as the back door opened and Lucas and Brooke walked in.
"There they are" Haley said as the two walked into the living room
"Hey guys" Brooke said, "Everyone is still awake"
"Yea, couldn't sleep. There is something that I need to tell you guys," Peyton said as she looked toward her friends. "Come sit down, so we can talk"
The other four walked around the couch and sat down on the floor in front of the fireplace looking directly at Peyton and Jake.
:"What is it, Peyt?" Nathan asked
"I don't want you to be mad, but I want looking for Samantha on the Internet"
"Did you find her?" Lucas asked eager to know about his half sister
"Yea, she was born in September 1991. Her mom and Dan were married and there is something else"
"What?" Nathan asked also eager
"You have another brother. His name is Chris"
Nathan and Lucas looked at each other, another Scott brother.
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