Chapter 9 -
"Yes, finals are over!" Lucas exclaimed as he plopped himself into the car "Now all I have to do is wait for them to mail me my grades."
"Yep." Nathan replied "So what you up to this summer?"
"Me, that's a good question, maybe I will throw a bunch of wild parties since you and Ry are gone."
"OK, just clean up afterward. Oh god I sound like my parents."
"Yep, completely." Lucas joked. "But you know that that isn't a bad thing, some things you did in high school were way to wild."
"Yeah." Nathan replied as he finished buckling Ryan's carseat. "But you know, if you want to join us on our trip this summer you can come."
"I think that's the problem Nathan, I'm around too much, he doesn't really know you anymore and that is my fault."
"No Lucas that is my fault, and I don't want to be gone all summer so that he won't remember you, if you want to come, come, if you have other things planned then hang out here."
"I guess I don't have other things planned, and I'd love to hang with you two all summer."
"Good." he replied "Now drive." He threw a stuffed toy at him.
"Now that is sad, look around, all these things on the floor, we have officially let him run our lives."
"Yep, but you choose to so you're the stupid one"
"Do you want me to leave Nathan was it a hint?"
"Nope."
And he drove home.
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They got to the house to find two surprises on the front step.
"Brooke and Peyton, what the heck are you dong here?" Lucas asked as he climbed out of the car. Both girls had gone to UCLA and neither of the guys had seen them since high school.
"We came home for the summer duh." Brooke said. "Come on over Nathan, you don't need to clean your car." He was leaning into the back seat. "You don't expect us t get in there that easily."
Lucas didn't say anything, neither did Nathan.
"Did I say somethign wrong?" Brooke asked.
Nathan had gotten Ryan out of his car seat and he picked him up.
It was Brooke's turn to be silent.
"Wow, I didn't know you had a child." Peyton said.
"Yeah, he's just about a year now." Nathan replied "His birthday is in three weeks."
"What's his name?" Brooke asked
"Ryan"
"That's a cute name."
"Haley picked it." Nathan replied.
"Oh." she went silent again.
"It's OK."
"So is Haley here?" Peyton asked.
"No, she ran off eight months ago." Nathan replied "she left me him."
"Come on, lets go inside." Lucas said.
They went inside and all sat down. Peyton and Brooke began to play with Ryan. "he's so cute." Brooke said
"Yeah he looks just like you Nathan."
"Well good to know you think I'm cute." Nathan said with a smirk.
"I didn't mean it that way." Peyton replied.
"Thanks."
"So what do you guys have planned for the summer?" Brooke asked.
"The three of us are taking a road trip." Lucas said.
"Oh, that's cool, when are you going?"
"Tomorrow, we were going to leave today, but Lucas still needs to pack, it was last minute that he was going to come."
"Oh, kool, then we are probably getting in your way aren't we?" Peyton said.
"No, no problem." Nathan said. "I'll keep you busy while Lucas packs."
"Fine." Lucas said as he got up.
"Helen, school s over for the year and there is somewhere that I think I need to be for a while this summer. I'll call you soon but right now I need to sort things out." Haley said near tears to a friend she had gotten really close to for the last eight and a half months.
"It's OK Haley, I will still have the room for you when you come home." Helen replied as she pulled Haley into a hug. "I'll drive you to the train station."
Nathan Lucas and Ryan were all packed and ready to go, they got all their stuff in the car. "Ready to go Luke?" Nathan said in a happy mood.
"Yep, all ready. But I am choosing the station."
"No way bro, you can listen to your MD player but I am not going to listen to your music." Nathan said with a laugh.
"Nope, I ran out of batteries, and you already made it clear that we aren't stopping until we get to California. 'Except to sleep and gas'" He mocked.
"Fine." Nathan said as he jumped into the drivers seat. Lucas sat down next to him.
Nathan turned to Ryan. "Now starts our boys trip." Nathan laughed.
They drove out of town they didn't stop until they needed gas, they were at the state line "bathroom break." Nathan said as he pulled over. "This one is starting to smell." he took Ryan out of his carseat and took him to the washroom.
he changed his diaper and walked back out to the car. there was Lucas sitting on the hood of the car talking to two girls.
"Hey Luke, ready to go?" Nathan asked as he reached the car.
"Uh, yeah, but first, this is Danielle and Trisha. Girls this is my brother Nathan and his son Ryan"
"Hey ladies." Nathan said.
The girls looked at Ryan. "Aw he's so cute," They exclaimed.
"Thanks."
"How old is he?" Asked Danielle.
"He's just about one year, we are taking him to Disneyland for his first birthday."
"Aw that's so cute." Trisha said. "We are going out that way too. But our bus broke down a few miles back."
"Yeah so I think we are stuck here for a while." Danielle said with a hint in her voice.
Lucas looked to Nathan and mouthed 'please?'
"Do you girls want a ride?" Nathan reluctantly asked.
"Really? Are you sure it wouldn't be out of your way?" Asked Danielle.
"No problem, and if you get sick of us, you can take a bus from there." Lucas added.
This should be fun. Nathan thought. "Um, Lucas you want to drive I'm gonna sit in the back with Ryan."
"Sure Nate. trisha you can sit with me."
"Sure Lucas." She replied as she got into the car when he opened the door for her.
"I guess that leaves you with me then?" Danielle said happily.
"yeah." he replied.
"Oh don't sound so unexcited. I don't bite.......much." She replied.
He gave a weird look after she turned around but then went to strapping Ryan into his car seat.
Meanwhile.
Haley had arrived in Tree Hill she drove to Nathan's old house only to find out from Dan that he had moved out and he gave her the new address. he forgot to mention that the guys had gone on a trip. "He should be there." He said with a strange grin.
Dan offered to call him and tell him. he pretended to talk to him, but he was really talking to no one.
"I'm sorry Haley, he doesn't want to see you." Dan lied.
Haley walked up to Nathan's new house. She slipped a letter under the door and had a taxi take her back to the bus station, she didn't want to ruin everything so she just left, without even trying I waited too long she thought. She went back to Helen's that night.
"Yes, finals are over!" Lucas exclaimed as he plopped himself into the car "Now all I have to do is wait for them to mail me my grades."
"Yep." Nathan replied "So what you up to this summer?"
"Me, that's a good question, maybe I will throw a bunch of wild parties since you and Ry are gone."
"OK, just clean up afterward. Oh god I sound like my parents."
"Yep, completely." Lucas joked. "But you know that that isn't a bad thing, some things you did in high school were way to wild."
"Yeah." Nathan replied as he finished buckling Ryan's carseat. "But you know, if you want to join us on our trip this summer you can come."
"I think that's the problem Nathan, I'm around too much, he doesn't really know you anymore and that is my fault."
"No Lucas that is my fault, and I don't want to be gone all summer so that he won't remember you, if you want to come, come, if you have other things planned then hang out here."
"I guess I don't have other things planned, and I'd love to hang with you two all summer."
"Good." he replied "Now drive." He threw a stuffed toy at him.
"Now that is sad, look around, all these things on the floor, we have officially let him run our lives."
"Yep, but you choose to so you're the stupid one"
"Do you want me to leave Nathan was it a hint?"
"Nope."
And he drove home.
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They got to the house to find two surprises on the front step.
"Brooke and Peyton, what the heck are you dong here?" Lucas asked as he climbed out of the car. Both girls had gone to UCLA and neither of the guys had seen them since high school.
"We came home for the summer duh." Brooke said. "Come on over Nathan, you don't need to clean your car." He was leaning into the back seat. "You don't expect us t get in there that easily."
Lucas didn't say anything, neither did Nathan.
"Did I say somethign wrong?" Brooke asked.
Nathan had gotten Ryan out of his car seat and he picked him up.
It was Brooke's turn to be silent.
"Wow, I didn't know you had a child." Peyton said.
"Yeah, he's just about a year now." Nathan replied "His birthday is in three weeks."
"What's his name?" Brooke asked
"Ryan"
"That's a cute name."
"Haley picked it." Nathan replied.
"Oh." she went silent again.
"It's OK."
"So is Haley here?" Peyton asked.
"No, she ran off eight months ago." Nathan replied "she left me him."
"Come on, lets go inside." Lucas said.
They went inside and all sat down. Peyton and Brooke began to play with Ryan. "he's so cute." Brooke said
"Yeah he looks just like you Nathan."
"Well good to know you think I'm cute." Nathan said with a smirk.
"I didn't mean it that way." Peyton replied.
"Thanks."
"So what do you guys have planned for the summer?" Brooke asked.
"The three of us are taking a road trip." Lucas said.
"Oh, that's cool, when are you going?"
"Tomorrow, we were going to leave today, but Lucas still needs to pack, it was last minute that he was going to come."
"Oh, kool, then we are probably getting in your way aren't we?" Peyton said.
"No, no problem." Nathan said. "I'll keep you busy while Lucas packs."
"Fine." Lucas said as he got up.
"Helen, school s over for the year and there is somewhere that I think I need to be for a while this summer. I'll call you soon but right now I need to sort things out." Haley said near tears to a friend she had gotten really close to for the last eight and a half months.
"It's OK Haley, I will still have the room for you when you come home." Helen replied as she pulled Haley into a hug. "I'll drive you to the train station."
Nathan Lucas and Ryan were all packed and ready to go, they got all their stuff in the car. "Ready to go Luke?" Nathan said in a happy mood.
"Yep, all ready. But I am choosing the station."
"No way bro, you can listen to your MD player but I am not going to listen to your music." Nathan said with a laugh.
"Nope, I ran out of batteries, and you already made it clear that we aren't stopping until we get to California. 'Except to sleep and gas'" He mocked.
"Fine." Nathan said as he jumped into the drivers seat. Lucas sat down next to him.
Nathan turned to Ryan. "Now starts our boys trip." Nathan laughed.
They drove out of town they didn't stop until they needed gas, they were at the state line "bathroom break." Nathan said as he pulled over. "This one is starting to smell." he took Ryan out of his carseat and took him to the washroom.
he changed his diaper and walked back out to the car. there was Lucas sitting on the hood of the car talking to two girls.
"Hey Luke, ready to go?" Nathan asked as he reached the car.
"Uh, yeah, but first, this is Danielle and Trisha. Girls this is my brother Nathan and his son Ryan"
"Hey ladies." Nathan said.
The girls looked at Ryan. "Aw he's so cute," They exclaimed.
"Thanks."
"How old is he?" Asked Danielle.
"He's just about one year, we are taking him to Disneyland for his first birthday."
"Aw that's so cute." Trisha said. "We are going out that way too. But our bus broke down a few miles back."
"Yeah so I think we are stuck here for a while." Danielle said with a hint in her voice.
Lucas looked to Nathan and mouthed 'please?'
"Do you girls want a ride?" Nathan reluctantly asked.
"Really? Are you sure it wouldn't be out of your way?" Asked Danielle.
"No problem, and if you get sick of us, you can take a bus from there." Lucas added.
This should be fun. Nathan thought. "Um, Lucas you want to drive I'm gonna sit in the back with Ryan."
"Sure Nate. trisha you can sit with me."
"Sure Lucas." She replied as she got into the car when he opened the door for her.
"I guess that leaves you with me then?" Danielle said happily.
"yeah." he replied.
"Oh don't sound so unexcited. I don't bite.......much." She replied.
He gave a weird look after she turned around but then went to strapping Ryan into his car seat.
Meanwhile.
Haley had arrived in Tree Hill she drove to Nathan's old house only to find out from Dan that he had moved out and he gave her the new address. he forgot to mention that the guys had gone on a trip. "He should be there." He said with a strange grin.
Dan offered to call him and tell him. he pretended to talk to him, but he was really talking to no one.
"I'm sorry Haley, he doesn't want to see you." Dan lied.
Haley walked up to Nathan's new house. She slipped a letter under the door and had a taxi take her back to the bus station, she didn't want to ruin everything so she just left, without even trying I waited too long she thought. She went back to Helen's that night.