Olivia woke up with a smile. She looked around her room. She felt at home. She had never felt at home when she stayed with Lucas. She either slept in Lucas' old bed or on the couch. Now she was in a room that completely hers. She got out of bed and walked into the bathroom that was connected to her room. She closed the door and smiled again. She had never had her own bathroom. When Nathan and Olivia were living with their parents they shared a bathroom. When she moved in with Nathan she shared a bathroom with him again. Then when she went to college with her brothers she shared a bathroom with everyone. Now when she is at Nathan's house she shares a bathroom with Jamie. She looked around and the bathroom was clean. Her brothers are really messy in the bathroom and when it comes to Jamie the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. She turned on her music and hopped into the shower. She finished in the shower and got out. She put a towel on her head and wrapped another one around her body. She walked out of the bathroom and steam followed her. She walked to her closet and saw a couple new outfits that Peyton had bought her. She picked out a yellow shirt that had Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out and the word scientist on it. She grabbed a pair of ripped skinny jeans and her yellow converse. She walked to her bathroom and was satisfied with her choice. She started to blow dry her hair and then gave up. She bent over and gathered all her hair and put it in a messy bun. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled. She walked to her bags and grabbed her make up. She went back to the bathroom and started doing her makeup. She decided on a soft brown eye shadow and black eyeliner. She finished her look off with mascara and a soft pink lipstick. She walked out of her backpack and saw that it was just now 7:00. Their meeting with the teacher was at 8:00 and school didn't start until 8:45. She grabbed her backpack and started to pack it. The last thing she put in her backpack was her binder that has a picture of her and her best friends on it. She walked out of her room and down the stairs. She could hear her family moving around in the kitchen. She walked in and saw Peyton making breakfast.
"Hey girlie! Sleep well?" She asked as she smiled at the teenager.
"Um, alright." Olivia answered as she set down her backpack. She heard Lucas' voice and another familiar voice. She turned to walk into the next room and saw Nathan. "Nate?" She said in disbelief.
"Hey shorty!" He said as he smiled at his sister. She ran up to hug him. She had never gone a day without talking to him. "It's great to see you."
"You too." She said as she walked back into the kitchen. She grabbed her plate and then went into the living room. Peyton and Lucas always let her watch TV before school if she gets up on her own. At Nathan and Haley's there is no TV in the morning so she sleeps in really late. The boys walked past her while Lucas was giving Nathan a tour of the house. The walked up the stairs and Nathan turned to Lucas.
"How was Olivia last night?" Nathan asked. He felt like he was treating her like she was three when he asked how she was for just one night.
"She was great, other than her normal teenage drama self. Well actually, I let her go out with her the squad and she came back like five minutes after I got home." Lucas said as he showed him Sawyer's room.
"What happened?" Nathan asked as he leaned against the dresser.
"I didn't get a chance to ask. I walked up to her room and she was curled into a ball. So I just sat with her and stroked her hair. Neither one of us said anything. Have you had moments like that with her?"
"The moments where you actually get to be a brother. You don't have to be the adult. You get to be a kid and enjoy sibling bonding. Yeah we have had a couple moments like that."
The boys both smiled at each other. They heard Peyton call for them and they walked downstairs. They sat down at the kitchen table and Lucas looked in the living room and saw that Olivia was watching family guy on Netflix. "Olivia can you come eat at the table." He said over the annoying laugh of Peter Griffin.
"Yeah. Coming." She said as she paused her show. She grabbed her plate of food and walked to the table. Nathan was surprised that Lucas only had to ask once. Lucas seemed to be a lot better with Olivia then he was. The family enjoyed their breakfast and then everyone got into their separate cars. Olivia rode with Peyton because she loved the car. The two listen to the music and were enjoying life. Peyton parked the car and got something out of her trunk.
"Hey Olivia, I thought that this would finish off your outfit." She said as she handed Olivia a jacket that she would always wear.
"Thanks Peyton!" Olivia said as she put the jacket on. They walked to the spirit rock that had Ryder's name. Lucas and Nathan walked up to meet them. They all walked into the school and found their way to the Mrs. Pole's classroom. They sat down in the desk and started talking to the teacher.
"What can we do to help Olivia pass your class?" Lucas asked.
"Oh she will pass. Her test grades are low but they can improve, if she followed the instructions. It's because she doesn't show her work. She uses a calculator. I do allow students to use them, but only to check their answers. Olivia just uses the calculator." Mrs. Pole said as both her brothers turned and looked at her. "I am also concerned with her attitude in class. She has a comeback with almost everything I teach. This is actually the longest I have seen her quiet." Olivia rolled her eyes.
"I am so sorry that this had been a problem. I promise that will change." Nathan said looking at his sister. She sunk in her chair. The meeting was finally open. The Scotts all walked out of the room and Olivia started walking away from them. She wanted to find her friends, so that they could talk to Travis.
"Hold on Olivia." Lucas said as he grabbed his sister's arm. "Are you going to change your ways in class or are we going to have to do something about it?" He asked. Olivia looked at her brothers and then at her sister-in-law.
"I'll change." She said as she pulled her arm away. "Can I go now?" She asked. He nodded and they watched her walk away.
"So Nathan what do you have planned today? Gonna make it to practice?" Lucas asked as he turned to his brother.
"I'm picking up Haley and Jamie around noon. Yeah of course I'll be at practice!" Nathan said as he waved goodbye and walked away.
"So, Mrs. Coach Scott what will you be doing today?" He asked.
"I am going to be calling Brooke and asking her a question." She answered as she got out her phone. He kissed her cheek and walked towards his class.
"Hey B. Baker!" Peyton said when she heard Brooke's voice on the other end.
"Hey P. Scott! What can I do for you?"
"I was wondering how you would like to co-coach the cheer team with me."
"Um- YES!" Brooke screamed into the phone. "When's the first practice?" She asked.
"Today at 3:00. When they get out of school." Peyton said as she laughed.
"See you then Peyton!"
Olivia looked in the normal locations and couldn't find her friends. She walked to the locker room and found Ava and Jessica there.
"Via, you need to sit down." Jessica said as she watched her friend's expression change. Olivia sat down and looked at her friends. "Ryder said that Travis looked really bad."
"Tim was on duty last night and he got a call to go to the River Court." Ava said as she looked down. "Travis is fine but he's not going to be in school for the rest of the week."
"We did that to him." Olivia said as she shook her hand. The girls all sat there. None of them talked. The bell rang and they went to class. The entire day all three girls remained silent. Olivia's teachers had never seen her so quiet in class. All she did was sit there and take notes. The girls met up and walked into practice together and saw the squad stretching. They turned the corner to set their bags down and saw Peyton and Brooke. Ava and Jessica turned to Olivia who had no idea that they were the new coaches. Olivia rolled her eyes and looked at the court where both her brothers were coaching. Olivia walked over to Brooke and smiled.
"Hey Brooke!" Olivia said as she gave her a hug. When Olivia was four she adored Brooke.
"Hey baby Scott!" Brooke said with a smile. Olivia walked away and joined her squad. The girls started stretching with the team. Lucas let the girls use half the court because
Ava smiled at her friend and whispered, "Your whole family is in the gym. We are only missing Haley, Jamie and Sawyer." She joked and then saw Haley walk in with Jamie and Sawyer. Olivia rolled her eyes and had the squad circle up. Haley sat down on the bleachers by Brooke and Peyton. She was holding Sawyer and Jamie ran over to his dad and uncle.
"Um, captain why is your entire family here?" Brittney asked as she laughed.
"I have no idea." Olivia said as she shook her head. Peyton and Brooke walked over to the circle and started talking to the girls.
"Alright ladies, we are going to practice tumbling today." Peyton said. The squad nodded and walked over to the mats and set them out. The girls started running on the mats and doing different flips. Peyton stopped them and had them go one at a time. Olivia was the last to go. She walked up to the mat. She did a couple running flips, and some back handsprings. The girls then started with the first person and went through the list two more times. Peyton and Brooke watched from the sideline and smiled. The squad was really good. Brooke walked up to the squad.
"Great work today ladies!" Brooke said as all the cheerleaders turned to her in aw. A lot of the cheerleaders looked up to her.
"Thanks Coach Brooke!" A couple girls said as they walked to grab their bags. The squad waved good-bye to the coaches and the captain and left the gym. Jessica and Ava were standing with Olivia talking.
"What are we going to do?" Ava asked.
"I don't know. He's not going to be at school and I highly doubt he is going to want to see us at his house." Jessica said as they walked towards the locker room.
"Yeah." Olivia said as she grabbed her backpack from her locker. "I gotta go. If you figure something out text me." She said as she walked out of the locker room and back into the gym. Jamie saw her come in and he ran over to her.
"OLLIE!" He yelled as he hugged her.
"Hey Jamie! Missed you buddy." She said as she walked with him over to her family. Lucas had ended practice and was now talking to Nathan. When the two kids walked up the men turned to them.
"We are having a family dinner tonight at our house." Lucas said as Jamie smiled really big. "Everyone is going to be there including Brooke and Julian."
"Cool." Olivia said, as she stood there ready to leave.
"Ready Olivia? We are going to go home and enjoy having Jamie and Haley back." Nathan said as he smiled at his sister.
"Um, I'm actually going to go home with Lucas and Peyton. Is that okay?"
"Uh, sure. I guess." Nathan said a little hurt.
"Thanks!" She said as she walked with Lucas out to his car. They drove to his house and Olivia got out. She was quiet the whole way. She walked up to her room and shut the door. She pulled out her homework and started working on it. She heard a knock on the door.
"Yeah. Come in." She said as she turned around. Lucas walked into her room and sat down on her bed.
"You've been really quiet today. Abnormally quiet. Is everything okay?" He asked as he looked at sister.
"Uh, yeah-ish." She said a little unsure. She looked over at her kind and understanding brother. "Actually no."
"What's going on?" He asked as he leaned forward.
"Have you ever done something to someone that you wished you could take back?" She asked as she stood up and walked to her closet to look at her music.
"Yeah. When I was in high school. I would take back not telling Uncle Keith about Jules. But, I think everyone does things that they regret. I'm sure whatever it is you did, you didn't do something that can't be taken back." He said as he looked at her. He got up and walked into her closet. "What did you do?"
"I don't really want to talk about it." She said as she continued to look through her music.
"Olivia if it is something that can hurt you, I need to know." He said as he turned the teenager around to face him.
"No, it won't hurt me. What's going to hurt me is not doing my homework." She said as she smiled and Lucas put his hands in the air.
"Alright. I'll be downstairs if you need any help." He said as he walked out the door.
Olivia smiled and put her music on. She sat down at her desk and started working on her calculus homework. It had been about an hour and Haley wanted to help for dinner so they were coming at 5:30. She finally finished her math homework and pulled out her English homework. She had to write a paper about something that's important in life. She was having trouble thinking of an idea so she pulled up Netflix on her computer. She was watching a movie on half her screen and typing on the other when she heard a car pull up. She knew it was Haley, Nathan and Jamie. She could hear them talking downstairs. Jamie ran up the stairs and into Olivia's room. He hopped onto her bed with a smile.
"Hi Ollie, wanna go outside and shoot with me?" He asked.
"No. I'm doing my homework." She said as she typed on her computer and watched her show."
"No you aren't! You are watching Netflix!"
"And doing my homework." She said getting annoyed.
"No you aren't." He said getting louder.
"Jamie stop being annoying. I am doing my homework!" She said also getting louder.
"I'm telling!" He demanded as he walked out of his room and down to Nathan. "Dad!"
"Yes?" Nathan responded looking at his son who looked upset.
"Olivia is being mean! She won't go outside and play with me. She has to do homework." Jamie said as he looked at his parents.
"Bud, Olivia is in high school. She gets a lot of homework." Nathan said as he leaned down to be on his son's level.
"Yeah, but she's watching Netflix." He said as he walked away from his parents. He grabbed a basketball and went outside. Inside Lucas and Nathan were walking up the stairs to see what Olivia was actually doing. Both boys walked into her room and saw her sitting at her desk watching Netflix and typing.
"What are you doing?" Lucas asked.
"Homework and watching TV." She said not looking away from the screen. She was typing some ideas.
"Alright. Dinner will be ready soon." Nathan said as the boys left her room. Olivia put her feet in her chair and rested her chin on her knees. She looked at her phone and saw that Ava was calling she picked it up and the two talked about friendship. It made Olivia stop and think about why do you try so hard for bad friends and so little for good friends. She hung up with Ava and started to type about the importance of friendship. Julian appeared in Olivia's doorframe.
"Hey Via, dinner is ready." He said as the teenager smiled at him. He was the only adult that called her Via. She got up and walked with the adult down the stairs. Peyton and Haley made hamburgers and homemade french fries. Everyone sat down at the table and was having a good conversation. Olivia was thinking about what her and Ava were talking about on the phone. She looked around the table and thought about all the great relationships at the table.
"Did you hear about that poor kid who got beaten up last night?" Brooke said as she looked around the table.
"No, what happened!" Haley asked.
"Apparently a junior at Tree Hill got really badly beaten last night. His mother was in the café today talking about it. He didn't break anything but he had a lot of bruising." Brooke answer as all of the adults looked at Olivia.
"Did you hear about this at school today?" Nathan asked.
"Uh yeah, we were talking about it in study hall." Olivia said trying to blow it off.
"Did you know the kid? His last name is Long." Brooke said with her head a little tilted.
"No." Olivia answered coldly.
"Are you sure Shorty?" Nathan asked. Olivia glared at him and then looked over at Lucas.
"Can I go now?" She asked with a little sass.
"Uh, I would kind of like you to enjoy the family instead of being in your room." He answered. She sat there and the adults changed the conversation. Everyone was done eating now. Lucas looked over at his sister and she was resting her head on her hand. He shook his head and sternly said, "Clear the table and then you can go to your room." Olivia popped up with a smile and started clearing the table. She finished and then ran up to her room. She was finishing her homework when Nathan walked into her room.
"Ready?" He asked as he grabbed her backpack.
"Actually, I think I'm gonna stay here for a couple nights." She said quietly.
"Oh." He said just as quiet. "I guess I'll see you whenever." He set down her backpack and walked out of her room. He walked down the stairs. "Lets go." He said coldly. Haley looked at her husband.
"Nathan where's Olivia?" she asked.
"Probably being a bratty teenager." Jamie said still offended that she didn't want to hang out with him.
"Jamie Scott!" Haley said looking at her son. He apologized and then everyone turned to Nathan.
"She wants to stay here. Now lets go." He was still cold as he talked. Everyone said their goodbyes. Lucas closed the front door and turned to his wife.
"Nathan seemed really hurt that Olivia wanted to stay here." He said as he hugged his wife. "I'm hurt that she never stays with us." The couple moved to the couch to talk.
"Luke, one of you is always going to be hurt with who Olivia chooses. You have been hurt since Olivia chose to live with Nathan permanently when you all moved back from college. You two were really close and then your book took off and you had to be in New York a lot. Maybe she wants to get closer before she goes off to college." Peyton said as she smiled at him.
"I know, but I feel bad that she had deal with one of her brothers always being a little upset that she doesn't want to stay with that brother." He said as he sighed. Peyton kissed his cheek. "Nathan asked me something crazy today."
"Yeah?"
"He wants to know how I would feel if Olivia spent the night with Dan." He said as he scratched his chin.
"What did you say?" She asked a little concerned.
"I told him that we both had a chance to live with Dan as a teenager. I told him that I would be okay with it, but only for the night." He said as he looked behind him at the stairs. "I'm worried about Olivia. She asked me if I had ever done something I regretted. I told her yes and then asked why and she didn't answer."
"Lucas she is in high school. She needs to discover life on her own. She needs to ask questions without getting in trouble for things. Think about when we were in high school. We always asked questions." She smiled at her husband. "I like this though."
"Like what?" He asked as he put his arm around her.
"Having a family with you. Having Sawyer and Olivia. I love it." She smiled and cuddled up next to her husband.
"Yeah I do too." He said as he smiled and turned the TV on.
Hope y'all like this chapter! What do you think about Olivia wanting to stay with Lucas for a while? Any suggestions please PM me! Anyways, enjoy! –M J