It had been about an hour since they got to the emergency room. Lucas and Haley were talking to each other while Nathan was pacing around them.

"How can you guys just be talking when Olivia is alone in a hospital bed? She hates hospitals." Nathan said as he sat down next to Haley.

"Nathan they are doing test on her right now. They are just trying to figure out what is wrong with her. You need to relax." Haley said looking at him. Nathan took a deep breath in and exhaled. A doctor walked out of the emergency room and into the waiting room. He walked up to the Scotts.

"Excuse me Mr. and Mrs. Scott." The doctor said as all three Scotts stood up.

"How is she? Is she okay? Can we see her?" Nathan asked.

"She is fine. She has Appendicitis. She will taking her appendix out tomorrow morning." Dr. Kline told adults. "Mr. Scott can I speak to you alone." Both Lucas and Nathan nodded. "Can I speak to the Mr. Nathan Scott?" He said as he looked at the clipboard. Lucas moved aside and Nathan walked around the corner with Dr. Kline.

"Is there something wrong with Olivia?" Nathan asked.

"Sir, Olivia had alcohol in her blood. It showed up when we were doing testing. I understand your frustration. I too have a 16-year-old that drinks. She is a sophomore at Tree Hill High. Olivia and her are actually friends. I'm sure you have met Callie once or twice." Dr. Kline said from one father to another.

"Yes, we have. They are in cheer together. I don't understand how there is alcohol in her system. She was home sick all day." Nathan looked at the doctor.

"I understand your confusion. Maybe just ask her. I know you are a young father and Olivia is your sister, but maybe don't start off with yelling. I know in my family it always pushes my kids away from me. Find out what the problem is, instead of just getting to the punishment. There might be a deeper meaning to what is happening." Dr. Kline smiled at Nathan. He then explained that a parent or guardian could stay the night in the room with Olivia. He then excused himself. Nathan looked down at the ground and the sighed. He decided not to tell his wife and brother about what happened. He wanted to understand why Olivia did it in the first place.

"Is everything okay?" Lucas asked seeing his brother walk back to them.

"Yeah, he was explaining that one of us can stay the night with Olivia in her hospital room. Dr. Kline excused himself. He had to prepare for a surgery. We can go and see her now. She is in room 103, but they will be moving her into a normal room in about an hour." Nathan said as he sat down.

"So who is going to stay with her?" Haley asked.

"Well I can take off from the meetings with Clay." Nathan said sitting there thinking about where did he go wrong that led Olivia to drink.

"Okay then Nathan can be with her most of the time." Lucas said sitting next to his brother. He placed one his hands on his brothers knee. "Nate she will be fine. The doctors caught it before it was too late." Nathan looked at his brother and smiled.

"Nathan we are all worried about her, but she will be fine. She will be going into surgery tomorrow morning. At least we get to see her before her surgery." Haley said as she reached out her hand for Nathan. They all walked to Olivia's room and Nathan stopped at the door. He has seen every one of his family members in a hospital bed except for Olivia and Jamie. He took a deep breath and walked into the room. Olivia was talking to Lucas. She was in a lot of pain but not as much as she had been.

"Hi Natey." Olivia said as he walked in. He hadn't heard that nickname in a very long time.

"Hey Shortcake, how are you feeling." He asked as he walked and sat on the very edge of the bed.

"Well, I guess I'm fine." She said looking at her brother.

"We are glad you are feeling a little bit better." Haley said as she smiled. Olivia looked at her and then the guys. Lucas smiled at her.

"What are you thinking about?" Lucas asked her as Nathan and Haley went outside of the room to talk.

"Um…" She looked at Lucas. "Can I talk to my brother Lucas, and not my guardian Lucas?" Olivia asked him. Although Lucas had been helping Nathan with guardianship for eight years, he had managed to keep their brother-sister relationship about the guardianship one. Lucas sighed and then looked at his little sister.

"I guess kiddo." He said.

"I'm trying this whole truth thing now. I hate when you and Nate are mad at me." Olivia said looking at him. He motion for her to continue. "Today after you dropped me off and I met up with some friends. They talked me into skipping school. I went to the nurse's office and I sort of used Peyton to pick me up. I knew that she wouldn't ask me any questions and that she would just drop me off. A little bit after Peyton dropped me off Jessica and Callie picked me up and we went to the park. We drank some wine that Jessica stole from her parents' wine cellar. I got back home about an hour before Nathan got home. I'm sorry." Olivia looked at her brother and he had his face in his hands. He rubbed his face and then looked at his sister.

"Liv, why?" He asked her in a rude way.

"I don't know. I am stressed out about Deb being back and the fact that every single move I make affects college. At home I can't do one thing without Nathan or Haley saying something about college." Olivia looked at her brother.

"I don't know why I do, but I understand the feeling of worrying about something so simple. You are going to have to tell Haley and Nathan about this. " Lucas said looking at his sister.

"Luke, I don't even want to go to college." Olivia said looking at her brother. He looked at her and was about to ask why when Haley and Nathan walked back in.

"Okay kiddo, Hales is and I are going to run home and grab few things for us. Is there anything that you want from the house?" Nathan asked her.

"Yeah can I have my computer, my phone and my headphones?" Olivia said and then thought if she wanted anything else. "Oh and my teddy bear." Lucas looked at her and laughed. "What?"

"Nothing." Lucas said and looked at Haley.

"Sweetie we don't want to leave you alone so I volunteered Lucas to stay here until Nathan and I come back. " She smiled at Olivia then turned to Lucas, "Is that fine?"

"Yeah, I can talk to my sweet adorable little sister." Lucas said with a smirk. Nathan and Haley rolled their eyes. They knew they were both hiding something but didn't feel like finding out what it was. The nurse walked in and said that they were moving Olivia out of the emergency room and into a normal hospital room. Lucas got up and followed them through the hospital and into a new room. The nurse told them that there would be nurses coming in and out introducing themselves to Olivia. Lucas smiled as he sat back down.

"This is a nice room." He said then looked at Olivia. "Baby sister why don't you want to go to college?"

I hope y'all like this chapter! –M J