Chapter 7 is up and running do enjoy. For those of you that are wanting to see Lucas get together with Brooke. I will get to that but I am only going along with the tv series and how it went but only this time it's altered because of my OC and things are going to be a lot different because of that.

Also there are going to be different pairings too.

Chapter 7:

January 20th 2005

Kyle is walking to the school gym and notices a sign on the front saying, "Basketball Cancelled (Until Further Notice)" as everyone looks at it in confusion as they see Whitey walk out of the gym as he says to Nathan who has the notice in his hand, "Nice to see you vertical, how are you feeling?" "Same as always, what this all about?" "Seems to me, we've lost what this game is all about, myself included. I want you to take this time to think about it why we're really out there. So, till then no practice."

Everyone looks at the sign in dismay as Tim says, "This sucks" "Speak for yourself, Whitey just did me a favour" Nathan then backs up Jake's claim as he says, "Yeah, me too."

Kyle then walks away as he heads to the café and sees a blonde-haired woman at the counter as he says, "Hi" "Hi, you need anything?" "Coffee, black please" "Sure, my name's Deb by the way" "Deb Scott, I assume?" "Nathan's mom" "A pleasure, name's Kyle O'Malley" "Where are you from?" "New York" "Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, correct?" "Yes, how do you know?" "Haley told me you were the best customer, always polite, a gentleman and you sounded like you had a Brooklyn accent" "I love Brooklyn, so I saw the sign outside the shop it said something about open mic night" "Yes it's a way to bring in customers it has been too quiet lately."

Kyle then leaves money on the counter and takes his coffee drinking it outside as he walks to a corner and begins shining shoes, he receives customers regularly as he begins to feel bored by mid-day as he thinks to himself, "This town is so small, I ain't going to attract much business now that students are on break for the quarter. How can I fix this?"

Kyle then sees Whitey who walks towards him as Whitey says, "Don't mind a shoe shine." "Thanks coach." "How long you been doing this for?" "Since I was 8 years old, my Grandpa and dad got me interested so I figured it could be a way of earning money." "Good choice." "Thank you, coach."

Kyle is scrubbing Whitey's shoes as he says, "Hey Coach, did you ever know a Michael Hogan?" "Tree Hill's finest Police officer back in the 40s, 50s, 80s and 90s before he passed away, why?" "No, I was just wondering because, well he's my grandfather on my mother's side of the family." "Wow, that's pretty good." "Thank you, he joined the NYPD in '64 after my mother and Grandma moved there." "I never knew him personally, but he was a good man." "Family's had honour, duty and country in our hearts since my great-grandfather Thomas was alive." "Guess, you were the lucky one." "Probably." Kyle says.

Kyle then finishes scrubbing Whitey's shoes as Whitey pays him money before walking away.

Kyle is left drinking his cup of coffee while he sees Lucas and Brooke walking as they see him and wave to him as he waves back at them.

Kyle knew that the two were now an item and he just minded his business over it. Lucas and Brooke walk over as Brooke says, "What are you doing?" "Want a shoe shine?" "Shoe shine, didn't that use to be around in the early 30s?" "Cute, and no, it's still around today because I am keeping it alive, my family's been shining shoes since mid-1800's." Kyle says chuckling.

Lucas then says, "Can I get a shoe shine?" "Take a seat, sir." Lucas takes a seat as Kyle then shines his shoes as Lucas says, "You up for a game later on tonight? Basketball team is up against the Rivercourt team?" "Sounds like a good offer, I'll try to make it but I can't guarantee I'll make it though." "Well, you're always welcome to come along." "Thanks, man." Lucas stands up and sees his newly polished shoes as he gives Kyle a 20 dollar bill as Kyle packs up for the day.

He heads home to his apartment as he sees his phone ringing with Elizabeth calling as he answers saying, "Hello Lizzie." "Hello, Kyle, how's you?" "What's up?" "Can't I make a call to my old boyfriend?" "Calling me old, now?" Lizzie laughs as she says, "Didn't mean it like that." "I know you didn't, so how's the beautiful Bay Ridge?" "Still beautiful, the snow's melting and we're back at school, now." "Sorry to hear." "Don't be and plus, I need to stay in school so that I can enlist after Junior Year for the reserves." "Oh yes, I look forward to returning to New York for the summer." "I look forward to it as well." "Millie with you today?" Kyle hears laughter on the other end as shuffling is heard as well as he hears a new voice on the other end as it says, "Hello Handsome." Kyle smiles laughing as he recognises the voice, "Hello, Millie, missing me, are you?" "Too much, I've had to resort to listening to Elizabeth talk about her family." "Sounds like an interesting talk." "Oh I'm reaping the benefits." "Well if it gives you consolation, I miss you too." "Aww, I miss you, dreamy." "Cute, gorgeous." "Maybe I should take a picture and let you know what you're missing." "Don't take nude pictures, please?" "I won't take any nudes, handsome."

Kyle just smiled thinking about Millie, she was a proud and beautiful girl, the most beautiful green eyes he had seen and her dark brown hair that was wavy and curly, he may have gone to St Brendan's Catholic High with her but he never saw her around on the band or cheerleading teams. The fact she was from a cop family that had a firefighter made him happy that he had great friends in both New York and North Carolina.

He talked with both Millie and Elizabeth for a while until he hung up ending the call, later on, he headed down to the Rivercourt and he was throwing a basketball in the hoop with Skills who said, "So, how was your holiday?" "It was fine, just stayed at home and watched classic movies." "What ones?" "It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street." "How comes those ones?" "It was the family tradition we all had on Christmas Day, plus my Grandparents watched them when they were young and they got home from the war." "Wow. Makes my Christmas look half decent." "I'm sure everyone's Christmas was very much the same." Kyle said.

Soon everyone including the basketball team joined them at the court as Mouth commentated the game, Kyle joined the basketball team as him, Nathan and Lucas formed an unstoppable front three as they ended the game winning.

Afterwards, Kyle was walking back as he spotted Nathan as he said, "So how was your weekend?" "Went golfing with my Dad, it was a disaster, he kept goading me and I lost it at him." "Still not giving up on building anything, are you?" "No, I want to try, but it's going to end up worse than I can imagine." "Well, just in case you need anything, I'll give you a place to sleep." "Thanks man." "No problem."

Kyle and Nathan kept walking as Nathan asked, "How was New York?" "Magical, spent the 1st day back at Cypress Hills visiting my family." "Why there?" "All NYPD Cops were buried there, it was a police Arlington, all three generations buried there along with my mother and Grandmothers." "Proud tradition." "I wore the uniform to honour and talk about everything that had been going on down here." "You mention me, by any chance?" "I told a bit about you, said you were a good guy." "Well, I am honoured."

Kyle and Nathan laugh as Kyle says, "After that I reunited with an ex-girlfriend, you'll like her, her family used to be a Navy and firefighter family in Chicago, her father was present during 9/11 saved my Dad's life along with several of his patrol officers too." "Wow, that's impressive, meaning your old girlfriend's family." "Yeah, they're sort of like our family but different jobs." "So, how did you reconnect with her?" "Well, she forgave me for ditching her when I came here, so things are square between us, and I also met a girl on New Year's Eve." "You did all that in the holidays and got in a car accident." "Which wasn't my fault and the car blew up." "Sorry to hear. Tell me more about this girl?"

Kyle stopped as he said, "She's a very nice girl, has 2 sisters both that serve the city of New York, lost her father, though I don't know about her mother." "What's she look like?" "Don't get any ideas, long dark brown hair, green eyes." "Wouldn't think of taking her." "Goes to my Catholic School and still does, but I never knew her, you know?" "I'm seeing something similar, you and I, we both date girls that aren't really known in popular cliques." "Wow, you and I have something in common." Kyle jokingly said as Nathan smirked, "Frightening, right?" "It's kinda weird if you ask me." "It is." "How's you and Haley?" "We're okay." "Good." Kyle said walking away.

The next day, Kyle is in the changing room prepping for basketball as he doesn't see Nathan, he walks to Tim and says, "Hey Tim, you know where Nathan is?" "No, you seen him?" "Last I saw him, he was in school." "You don't think he's sick, do you?" "I'm not sure, to be honest." "Let's focus on training for now." Kyle said solemnly.

They were in training as they passed the cheerleaders as Peyton and Brooke smiled at him and he returned it as the two got into drills as Kyle said to Lucas, "How's you and Brooke?" "Uh, we're okay, we're trying out something like, I do something for her and she does something for me." "Sounds like a way to bond and develop as a couple." "You ever done that?" "Once, and my relationship lasted for 3 years before I came here." "This is back in New York, right?" "Yes."

Soon Whitey calls them over and notices Nathan not being there. Everyone is dismissed to run offensive plays as Lucas says, "What do you know about Nathan not being here?" "I don't pry into his business, and plus it's his business not ours." Kyle says continuing training.

Later on, Kyle is walking and he sees Nathan coming out of the auto-shop as he says, "Hey, missed you at practice!" "Oh, yeah, I was figuring something out." "Alright, how did therapy go?" "Haley tell you?" "Yeah, she did, but she told me in confidence." "Okay, The therapist asked me if I really want to play basketball or not, truth is, I don't know what I want." "That's a huge question." "Yeah, what made you decide you wanted to be a soldier and a cop?" "Well, let's just say, I want to become a cop and soldier because of the legacy. But the other reason is, it's all I ever wanted to be, this is who I am, this country, the flag, every Veteran's and Memorial Day, I look at all the sacrifices our soldiers made in the defence of this country and I want to do my duty and continue the job that I want to do."

Nathan looks surprised and replies, "Wow, pretty patriotic." "Yeah, but if you want some advice, follow your heart and not your brain, decide what you want and think about every event that shaped you to become who you are." "Alright, thanks for the advice." "No worries." Kyle says nodding.

Kyle is working on his boxing bag as he hears a knock at the door, he walks and opens the door seeing Mouth dressed in a shirt and shorts as he says, "What's up, man?" "I was wondering if you could teach me a little boxing." "Some boxing?" "Yeah, I know it's a big step but I could use some help." "Alright, so can I ask why you want to learn boxing?" "I just felt it was a spur of the moment thing and I was thinking about getting in some shape." "Alright, but if you do this, you gotta commit to this." "I will, you have my word." "Good enough for me."

Kyle then takes the tape of his hands as he says, "Ready to start?" "Right now?" "Yeah." "I don't own gloves." "Spare set in my gym bag."

Mouth wanders to the gym bag and picks up a pair of blue boxing gloves as he tightens them up soon Kyle says, "Alright, basic boxing stance is you have both hands close to your face uprooted like this." Kyle provides a demonstration as Mouth replicates it as Kyle says, "You got it, this way it's easy for you to defend and attack easier." "Alright, what about footwork?"

Kyle nods as he then shows Mouth a simple step-drag as he goes through the steps with him, throughout the day and he begins to see commitment in Mouth as he says, "Good job, not bad for your 1st try." "Thanks." "Same again?" "How about every weekend?" "I, can't do summer holidays this year due to I am going to New York for the Army Reserves." "You can enlist?" "Yeah, you can enlist during junior year and you can head in for active duty by the time you turn 18." "Wow, that's sound good." "All I ever wanted in life." "Do you have a pamphlet about the Army?" "Why do you ask?" "I don't know, if I never become a sports announcer and I need a secondary plan, I could think about it." "I think I might have something."

Kyle heads to the safe and pulls out a pamphlet regarding the Army as he says, "Here you go, keep it if you want, maybe, you could find an answer." "Maybe, thanks." "Keep it out of sight though, don't want you to get in any trouble." Mouth nods as he pats Kyle on the shoulder.

Kyle watches out the window.

A little over a week later Kyle and Mouth are finishing up a lesson as Mouth comments, "Good workout." "You too, done really good today. Been reading the pamphlet I gave you?" "No, not yet, been focusing on the PE exam so I haven't had time." "Well, now that's over, maybe you can read on that." "Yeah, thanks again for another lesson." "No worries." "I best get going, I got to go see my grandpa." "See you Mouth." Mouth exits the apartment and heads out down the steps. Kyle is looking out the window in the distance until he hears a footstep, his senses are alerting him as he goes for the gun in his bag but then a knife is thrown at the wall as he looks back at a person in black as he says, "Bold of you to rob an apartment in daylight." The person doesn't respond as the figure only produces a knife as Kyle says, "Buddy, you picked the wrong guy."

Kyle goes into a fighting stance as he tries to wrestle the knife out of the robber's hand and succeeds as he throws several punches at the figure as it falls back Kyle walks over and is tripped up. The figure gets on top of him and throws a punch which is blocked as Kyle kicks the figure back as they engage in a fierce fist fight with Kyle blocking most punches as he is kneed in the groin before punched twice in the mouth soon after as he falls to the floor, both people are battered and bruised as Kyle crawls towards the knife. He puts it in one hand as he advances towards the opponent and engages in a fistfight as Kyle throws a punch and knees the figure before cutting the leg as he stabs the opponent in the shoulder before the opponent punches him and cuts him on the arm, not digging deep as he grits his teeth from the pain.

The opponent is bleeding as the figure make a quick escape out the window as Kyle breathes heavily as he hears a knock on the door as he says, "Just a minute."

Kyle gets up as he looks through the window and sees Jake in the door as he tries to open it but can't do so as he pulls out a pen and writes on a slip of paper, "Call 911, get an ambulance here, ASAP!" Kyle slides it under the door with a key as it is opened soon as Jake looks at him saying, "Oh my god, hang in there okay?!" "Get a bus here now."

Jake calls for an ambulance as he nods before ending the call as he says, "Ambulance is on the way in 5 minutes." "Nothing takes 5 minutes." "What hurts?" "Ribs are burning, cut on my arm, and my boys are screaming at me." "That can't be good." "No kidding, Doc!"

Soon the sirens are inbound as the paramedics come up the steps as Jake says, "I just found him on the floor, he's got ribs burning, cut on his arm and a badly bruised face." "Alright, Kyle do you have any family you can call?" "I'm from Brooklyn, New York, my family died when I was 14, all my 2nd family are cops and they can't get away for something like this." "Anybody else?" "I don't know, doc, just get me to the hospital and I'll cross that bridge." "Alright."

The medics get Kyle on a stretcher as they carry him down the steps. They get in the ambulance as they drive off soon they arrive as the medics shout out, "INCOMING! 16 year old young man, ribs burning, bruises all over and a cut on his right arm!" the doctors issue out orders as they begin to work on him.

Meanwhile, Jake is outside the hospital as he gets out his phone and dials a number he waits until it picks up, "Hey Nathan, it's me, listen Kyle is in the hospital, it's bad." "Stay there, I'm on my way with Haley." "Alright." Jake ends the call as he waits outside Kyle's room, until Nathan and Haley appeared as they said, "Where is he?" "Down the corridor, 2nd room." Nathan and Haley nod as they walk towards a recovery room as they see Kyle on the bed staring up at the ceiling.

"Right, that is it, I'm wrapping you in bubble wrap so tight, you won't be able to move. This is 2nd accident you have been in 2 months." Haley said with anger.

"Oh, don't be like that, Haley and it wasn't my fault somebody broke in and handed my ass on a platter." Kyle said with anger.

Haley rolled her eyes as she replied, "I bet, so what's hurting?" "My ribs, my groin and I have a cut on my arm, but I got a little careless." "Well that seems fair, but I am keeping an eye on you, you wind up in the hospital again and I'll wring your neck."

Kyle had to admit about now he was very frightened of Haley's anger even Nathan was too as Nathan said, "Haley, I mean no offence, but technically what happened to Kyle was not his fault he was simply defending himself." "Well, I might be able to forgive you but, if you do…" Kyle then interrupted her and said, "I know, you'll wring my neck."

Haley nodded as they saw a figure that came into the room with dirty blonde hair with blue eyes as she said, "Kyle O'Malley?" everyone looked at the female officer as Kyle said, "Yes, that is me, who's asking?" "My name is Officer Louise Hogan, I'm enquiring into the break-in that happened just an hour ago."

Kyle furrowed his eyebrows as he said, "I remember a Louise Hogan back a couple years ago, but she was born in 1980." "That's because I am Louise Hogan, it's been a long time, little cousin." "Yeah, too long, I think." "Last I saw you, you were only 1 year old, for your birthday, you wore a police officer costume that Grandpa, Uncle Frank and Uncle Henry bought for you."

Kyle remembered the uniform well, he even smiled saying that he wanted to be a cop when he was older and he was proud of that fact as was everyone. He then said, "What you doing here, cousin?" "Well, I heard you got the crap beat out of you so I figured coming on down and checking out your wounds." "Merely just a few broken ribs and a cut on my arm." "Surprised you haven't broken out of here." "I'm already annoyed that I've been denied, so how do you think I feel?"

Louise laughed as she said, "Stubborn and hard-headed, the family gene of O'Malley and Hogan lives up to the reputation." "Cute." "I need to talk to you about something and it involves you and me." "Okay."

Kyle looks to Nathan and Haley as he says, "Louise's going to keep an eye on me, why don't you guys get some coffee and something to eat?" "Okay, come on Hales." Nathan said as the two left the room as Louise then sat on the bed and Kyle then said, "Did they find the break-in person?" "No, but I did and she is going to be fine."

Kyle looked on in shock as he said, "She? What do you mean, the robber I tangled with was a woman?" "Not just any woman, she's a former soldier with the 101st Airborne Division and a current NYPD officer." "She's a corrupt cop?!" Kyle snarled.

Louise then replied, "How can Kathleen O'Malley be a corrupt NYPD Cop?!"

Kyle stopped what he was about to say as he then said slowly, "Did… Did you say… Kathleen… Kathleen O'Malley?" "I did." "You know that's a good trick, but it's a little over the edge, my sister has been presumed dead since she was 5 years old, don't you dare push that on me!" "She's not dead! She's alive and well!" "What?" Kyle said unbelieving as he was handed a picture and a newspaper article.

He looked down at the article and saw it was the Tree Hill local paper that read, "Young Girl Rescued in Daring Raid, 3 Robbers Found Dead." He looked at the date and saw it was dated April 29th 1989. He then picked up the photo of Kathleen and saw she was in her NYPD uniform as he flashes back to when he first met her.

Kyle flashback scene

Kyle had recently threatened Riddle with outing him out in prison as a corrupt cop while he looks stunned as he stares at Kyle as he says to the female officer saying, "You might want to put a noose on this guy, make sure he doesn't speak." She looks to Baker who nods as she hauls Riddle to his feet.

Kyle goes to turn as he says, "What's your name rookie?" "Officer Kathleen." "That's your 1st name!" "You'll find out my name soon, young one."

Kyle raised his eyebrows in puzzlement at the cryptic statement as he turned to speak with the other officers and Elizabeth as Kathleen watched the back of him and smiled saying, "Little brother, you did good."

End Flashback Scene

New Brunswick Regional Medical Center

Kyle looked at the picture as he said, "All this time I never knew I was speaking to her, to my own flesh and blood." "She knew all along however." "How did she end up down in Tree Hill though?" "Tree Hill PD figured she was somewhere nearby so the State of North Carolina started a wide state-hunt and tried finding them." "The Simmons Brothers, they kidnapped her?" "They did, when the Tree Hill PD found her they found three bodies that were the Simmons Brothers and they found Kathleen, she was holding a weapon, a gun, 9mm."

Kyle was further shocked and surprised at this development as he said, "She killed all three of them?" "Wrestled the gun out of one of the brother's hands and killed all three of them, here."

Louise hands him a folder as he looks at the name and sees Kathleen's name on it as he says, "What's this?" "Kathleen's folder, everything you need to know ever since she went missing and what she's been up to…" Louise even gets out a bit of paper and writes on it as he is handed it and sees a number on it as he recognises it as a New York number as he says, "Kathleen's number?" "Yeah, it is, she always wanted to talk to you ever since she first saw you in New York, but she never found the courage, don't wait around forever, Kyle." "I won't, thanks Louise." "Anything for my cousin and a Tree Hill Raven." "Go Ravens." Kyle says as Louise smiles.

Louise turns to leave as she says, "By the way, don't worry about paying the medical insurance, consider it a gift from Kathleen and Me." "Thanks Cousin." Kyle says as he sees Louise leaving the room as Kyle salutes his cousin who returns it proudly as he turns to the file on his lap. He picks it up and opens it beginning to read it.

Name: Kathleen O'Malley

Age: 21 Years old

Height: 5 ft 9 ins

DOB: 8th May 1983

Hometown: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City

Weight: 190 lbs Very Muscular

Eye Colour: Dark Blue

Hair: Dark Brown, long tied up in a bun

Religion: Irish Catholic

Face: Smooth, no distinguishing marks

Family:

Frank O'Malley: 1953– 2002

Madison O'Malley (nee. Hogan): 1954-2002

Henry O'Malley: 1922-1999

Margaret O'Malley (nee. Donovan): 1921 – 2000

Thomas O'Malley: 1899 - 1973

Carolyn O'Malley (nee. Maguire): 1899 - 1976

Younger Brother: Kyle O'Malley: March 29th 1988 - Present

Backstory:

The oldest Third-Generation Irish-American child of the family Kathleen was born in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City, she went missing in 1989 a month after her younger brother's birthday and was raised by family on her mother's side. Ever since she was five years old, she always dreamed of becoming a New York Police Officer, like the previous generations of her family.

Mother was an army nurse turned Doctor was a trauma surgeon until her death in 2002 after she had committed suicide from depression. Father died in 2002 in the line of duty saving 12 of his fellow officers. He was awarded the Medal of Valour. The third highest decoration in the NYPD. Lieutenant in the NYPD.

The men in her family joined the United States Army and soon joined the NYPD. She enlisted in the United States Army Reserves in June 2000 after Junior Year in Tree Hill High School, after she graduated she then signed up for active duty. She was present at 9/11 and helped save some of the 1st responders while she was off duty.

After 9/11, she joined the 101st Airborne Division serving in the 187th Regiment in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda and served in the Invasion of Iraq for a year until she returned due to PTSD in March 2004 attaining the rank of Staff Sergeant in the US Army.

1st class soldier with professional conduct on her record, only 2 problems with authority, a leader by example, very spirited and doing what it takes to win a battle, never lost a man or woman under her command.

Joined the New York Police Department graduating in September 2004, joining the 12th Precinct like the previous generations of her family before her.

Kathleen is a proud and honourable Irish-Catholic, she is hard-working, patriotic and respectful of everyone and their privacy. She holds members of the United States Armed Forces to high esteem and respects the sacrifices that herself and many others made for their country.

Hobbies:

Music (Jazz and Country), fixing up cars and sports (Football, Baseball and Boxing).

Skills are unique. Learned hand to hand combat at a young age of 5.

Learned to shoot at 5 years of age. Top marksman.

Can cook varied foods to perfection.

Top of his studies in Maths, English, Science, Gym Class, History, Geography and Drama.

Skilled Mechanic.

Skilled Linguist, speaks Italian and Spanish

Previous Schools:

St. Anselm's Roman Catholic School: September 1988 – April 1989 (The day she went missing).

Tree Hill High School: September 1997 – June 2001

Profession:

Enlisted in the Army Reserves in June 2000, trained in the Bronx, NY.

Signed up for Active duty in the United States Army June 2001 attained the rank of Sergeant.

Qualified for Airborne Training and passed joining the 101st Airborne Division.

March 2002 deployed to Afghanistan for Operation Anaconda with the 187th Regiment.

March 20th 2003, served in the Invasion of Iraq promoted to Staff Sergeant in December 2003.

Honourably discharged in March 2004 due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Joined the NYPD the same month and graduated in September 2004 joining the 12th Precinct.

Kyle continued to read the file until he found out enough information as he closed the file and placed it on the bed-stand as he sat in thought staring at the phone number in his hand.

Soon he sees Nathan come back in the room who is out of breath as Kyle says, "Nathan, what's wrong, you okay?" "It's bad." "What the hell are you talking about?" "Lucas's is in the hospital, he got in a car accident along with Keith." Nathan says.

Kyle looked in shock as he thinks to himself, "The only easy day was yesterday."

Next up on One Tree Hill

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Kyle recuperates from his battle wounds

Kyle is working out on his punching bag throwing fist after fist

"Recuperation is important, I don't want to injure myself worse before our next game."

Making the difficult choice

Kyle stares at his phone deciding whether or not to call the number

"Do I call her and what the hell do I say?"

Is a reunion on the cards?

A woman's voice is heard saying.

"Kyle O'Malley?"

He turns and is given the shock of his life.

There we have Kathleen's biography, I didn't include her medals though, so I assume Kyle read about it and decided not to bring it up.