Hey, Hey! so this is where one of the major changes happen well after this chapter. You'll see I decided to take a few things out, more for the fact that I just wanted the story to go a slightly different way. Thank you to those of you who reviewed the last couple of chapters you guys rock!

Chapter 13

It was a bright, sunny and slightly warm day for the beginning of October; much too beautiful to be stuck inside all the time, Brooke had someone coming in for a dress fitting at 2 until then she really didn't have anything on her to do list. This time of day was always slow for her. Walking to the window seat at the front of her store Brooke looked up Front Street, she frowned when she saw a little boy running this way, what shocked her more was the fact that Tree Hill Mayor Dan Scott seemed to be chasing after this little boy. Stepping out of the store, she was rather surprised when said little boy hid behind her even with just a quick glance at him she could tell that he was frightened of Dan, Brooke really couldn't blame him. She had always been a little frightened of the man as well. Dan Scott always seemed to have this menacing look about him, now more so then when she and Peyton had been in High School.

Turning around she picked up the frightened little boy and walked back into her store, Brooke wasn't naïve though she knew to lock the door behind her, it may not be good for business but neither was having a manic Dan Scott standing out the front. Walking over to the counter she sat the little boy down only to have him cling to her as Dan tried the door growling when he found it locked. He slammed his hand on the door a couple of times trying to break the glass, but since her store had been broken into when it first opened, she had gotten reinforced glass windows and door, not cheap but also not as easy to break.

"Millie?" Brooke called the young women walked from out the back her head still looking for change in her purse, when she looked up she was rather surprised at seeing Dan standing at the door.

"I'm guessing coffee will wait" she said walking over to Brooke just noticing the scared little boy.

"Could you take him for a second?" Brooke asked Millie nodded and took the little boy out the back as Brooke walked over to the door. She however was not foolish enough to unlock it.

"Let me in Brooke!" Dan all but screamed Brooke stepped back from the door and folded her arms.

"No, you clearly scared that little boy and I won't let you intimidate me. Leave Dan or I will call the police I don't care if you're the mayor you were seen running down Front Street chasing after a little boy who is clearly frightened of you who do you think they will believe?" Dan snarled and walked away, Brooke watched him for a minute before calling out to Millie that she could bring the little boy out again. She couldn't help but smile as Millie and the little boy walked out now in his hand a chocolate Millie had given him to calm him down, Brooke didn't know how effective that would be but it seemed to have worked.

"Come sit here. Now tell me your name," she said sitting down on the seat in the middle of her store.

"James Lucas Scott, but mama and daddy call me Jamie I'm five." He said holding up his hand to show how old he was Brooke smiled and laughed he was most certainly a cute kid that was for sure.

"I'm Brooke and this is Millie, Jamie why were you running down the street by yourself?" she asked

"Grandma told me to run, here. He was arguing with my Grandpa Keith and daddy and I couldn't get to Grandma Karen. So I did cos that man was scary, mama doesn't like him. She says he's a bad man." As soon as Jamie said grandpa Keith Brooke knew this had to be Nathan and Haley's little boy because Lucas and Peyton didn't have kids. Her best friend was back in town and no one had told her, not Peyton, or Lucas, not even Haley.

"Why are you mad at Mama?" Jamie asked Brooke looked down at him confused how did he know this, why did he know this? And how did he know who she was to his parents.

"Jamie, you know who I am?" She asked Jamie nodded.

"Your Aunt Brooke, mama has a lot of photos of you, and lots of stories my favourites are when you and mama play jokes on daddy and Uncle Lucas. I heard Mama, Daddy and Aunt Erin talking one day. Daddy says mama loves you and Aunt Peyton and Aunt Lilly more the anything in the world, well not as much as me but he says it's close" Brooke sighed she looked out the window for a minute till she felt Jamie tugging slightly on her shirt. Yeah he was most definitely Haley's little boy.

"Aunt Lilly and Mama will be here soon so why are you mad at her?" he asked innocently.

"I guess because she hurt me. See I used to be your mum's best friend an-

"You still are. We had some photos of Aunt Peyton and Uncle Lucas but I spilt my drink on them and mama got mad, but not as mad as she did with Aunt Erin when she broke one of you and Mama in a glass frame. Mama was so mad she cried and called Aunt Erin all these names that made Aunt Erin cry, and daddy and had to take Aunt Erin home and we didn't see her for a whole week." Said Jamie, Millie couldn't help but smile she had heard so many stories about Haley and none of them good but hearing them now from this little boy, there was a completely different side of her bosses friend that even Millie guessed her boss didn't know.

Brooke went to say something when Lilly Scott turned up at the door, she waved and smiled. Behind her was Quinn James. Getting up Brooke walked over to the door and unlocked it.

"Hey Lil, come in" she said but the eleven year old stayed outside.

"Sorry I just gotta get Jamie, Haley wants him home before she and Nathan get home, they took Lydia to the doctors to get the cut on her hand looked at. Sorry Brooke, I'll come by after school tomorrow. Come on Jamie Jam" she said Jamie nodded and got up.

"I hope you aren't mad at mama any more she loves you this much," he said spreading his arms out as far as they could go.

"And Daddy and I are the only others she loves that much, I gotta go now, bye Aunt Brooke" he said giving her a hug before running off with Lilly. Brooke smiled and watched him leave before turned around and seeing the look on Millie's face.

"What?" she asked Millie held up her hands and laughed walking away.

"I think Jamie just showed you that maybe Haley isn't the bad guy after all" she called over her shoulder, Brooke folded her arms and looked out the window again maybe Millie and Jamie were right, maybe Haley still loved her like she had seven years ago.