A/N: A new chapter for everyone. Hope you are enjoying this story because I love writing it.


Chapter Eleven: Wish You Were

"Thanks for meeting me for coffee," Chase says with a smile.

Sam looks up from the table and nods her head.

"This is awkward, actually."

Chase chuckles. "I'm actually glad that I'm not the only one at this point. I was nervous and scared."

Sam shrugs her shoulders.

"It is what it is. I've been lied to my entire life."

Chase takes a sip of his coffee.

"I wish I would have known."

Sam raises an eyebrow to her dad.

"What did you know?"

"I knew that Brooke and I were supposed to give you up for adoption. We had felt like it was the best option. We were really young. I had no idea that Victoria and Richard were going to be the ones to adopt you."

"Neither did Brooke, but I grew up thinking she was my sister. She taught me everything I know, well except for music."

"Brooke, told me about that. My fiancée is Mia Catalano."

Sam's eyes widen in surprise.

"Are you serious?" Chase smiles and nods his head. "She's one of my favorite artists. I love her stuff."

"She wants to meet you by the way. We actually want your mom and you to come over for dinner tonight if it's okay?"

"I'll ask Brooke. Chase, do you think Mia would want to sing with me?" Sam asks in hope.

"I think she would love to."

Sam smiles brightly and finishes her coffee.

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"Brooke, why do you look so worried?" Julian asks from his side of the table.

Brooke looks up from her lunch and shrugs her shoulders.

"I'm sorry that I'm ruining our lunch date here. Sam's spending time with Chase. It's not that I'm worried per say, but I'm jealous because I don't want her to like him better than me."

Julian sets down his fork and sighs.

"Sam's a good kid Brooke. Despite the circumstances you raised her for most of her life. She's a good kid. She's just trying to adjust to this new situation. Her grandparents die and for her whole life she thought it was her real parents. She finds out that her sister is actually her mother and she had to leave everything she knew behind to come to Tree Hill."

Brooke frowns. "Could you make me feel any worse Julian?"

"Sorry, all that I am saying is that Sam will come around. Didn't you say that you are surprising her by bringing her boyfriend down for the weekend?"

Brooke smiles and nods her head.

"Yeah, Steven's a good guy and I like him. Anyway, enough about that, let's talk about us."

Julian grins and nods his head.

"You know? I always thought you had a thing for Peyton."

Julian frowns and shakes his head.

"No, I've always liked you. I've just been Peyton's best friend, kind of like how Lucas is to you."

Brooke nods her head. "True and I promise one of these days we will have an actual date instead of lunch."

"It doesn't matter to me Brooke. A date's a date."

Brooke smiles before picking up her fork and digging into her lunch.

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Chase and Sam were walking along the boardwalk.

"I have a boyfriend. He's perfect at least in my eyes. He's still back in New York and I love him. It was kind of hard moving. I didn't want to, but I didn't really have much of a choice."

"Do I have to give this kid one of those embarrassing fatherly speeches about dating you?" Chase asks with uncertainty.

Sam laughs and shakes her head. "No, you don't. In fact don't ever do that, okay?"

Chase smiles and nods his head. "I can do that. I'll only step in if I have to."

"That's acceptable."

"Good."

"So, you kind of moved around a lot right?" Sam asks once Chase and she sat down at a nearby bench.

"Yeah, I went from New York to a few other states. My senior year I attended Tree Hill High and graduated. After that I went off and did my own thing then moved back here."

"Things get easier, right?" Sam asks with innocent eyes.

"Yeah, Sam, things will get better."

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"I can't believe I am doing this," Brooke mutters as she steps out of the car.

Sam rolls her eyes and walks alongside Brooke up the driveway.

"Yeah, well, he is my dad after all."

"I know this Sam, but he is also my ex."

"You were only fourteen," Sam points out.

Brooke looks down at her daughter.

"It's different when you create a life together."

"I wouldn't know."

Brooke narrows her eyes. "Keep it that way."

Brooke knocks on the door and is greeted by Mia.

"I'm glad you guys could come, come on in."

Brooke steps through the threshold, but Sam is still rooted in her spot.

"Sam, come on," Brooke states.

Sam steps out of it and looks sheepishly at Brooke and Mia.

"Sorry."

"It's okay," Mia states with a smile. "Chase is almost done with dinner so we can head into the dining room and just get to know each other a little bit."

"Sure," Brooke says with a smile.

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"Do you think they have any idea that they are leaving us out of the conversation?" Chase asks Brooke.

"Nope, but at least Sam and Mia are getting along."

Chase smiles and nods his head.

"So, Haley was the one that upped your career?"

"She helped me produce my first album, but if it wasn't for Peyton then I don't think I would be here without her. Plus, I also wouldn't have met your dad," Mia finishes with a smile. "Chase mentioned that you played."

Sam nods her head with a smile.

"Yeah, but he's never really heard me sing or play before."

"Well why don't we go show him?" Mia asks.

"Only if you sing with me," Sam proposes.

"I think we can arrange that." Mia turns her attention to Chase and Brooke. "Sam and I are going to put on a show for you two so come on."

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Brooke and Chase took a seat on the couch while Mia and Sam talked about what they were going to sing.

"How good is she?" Chase asks Brooke.

Brooke smiles, "She's great."

Mia and Sam sit down on two stools that Mia had brought. Mia handed Sam an extra guitar. Both girls started playing. Mia was the one to sing first.

"Gone away are the golden days/Just a page in my diary/So here I am, a utopian citizen/Still convinced there's no such thing as idealism/Memories they're following me like a shadow now/And I'm dreaming/And I've already suffered the fever of disbelief"

Sam joins in at the chorus.

"I've seen your act/And I know all the facts/I'm still in love with who I wish you were/It ain't hard to see/Who you are underneath/I'm still in love with who I wish you were/And I wish you were here"

Mia let's Sam takes the next part of the song.

"I was true as the sky is blue/I couldn't soon say the same for you/So now I find denial in my eyes/I'm mesmerized by the picture that's in my mind/Tell me when I'll finally see your shallow heart/For what it is/Cause I don't want to keep on believing in illusions"

Chase listens to his daughter sing and he's in awe. He was wondering where in the world she got her talent from.

"She's amazing."

"I know."

"I've seen your act/And I know all the facts/I'm still in love with who I wish you were/It ain't hard to see/Who you are underneath/I'm still in love with who I wish you were/And I wish you were here"

After the song was finished Sam looks up at her family sheepishly.

"So, was I any good?" Sam asks with a smile.

All Sam got were smiles and claps as an answer. She was taking it as a good sign.