Chapter Seven
Five years later.
Lucas walked into the room video camera in one hand and digital in the other.
"Good Morning Jenny. Waaaaake uuup. Today is your first day of second grade. Let's get dressed okay sweetie?"
"Ahlright" came the traditioanaly groan from under the covers.
He moved to the next room.
"Phoenix, wake up bud. Kindergarten today."
Phoenix, unlike his sister was up instantly, saw the camera and was hooked.
"Can you get dressed like I showed you while I make breakfast."
The little boy nodded. His brown-gold curls bounced up and down with his head.
Not even ten minutes later Jenny came into the kitchen.
Lucas looked, "What happened to what I laid out, Jenny-girl?"
She looked at him with the look that she must have learned from Peyton at the age of one, the one where you would think she was stating the obvious,
"It didn't match."
Soon a Phoenix came running in, shirt inside-out and backwards, pants on backwards as well, two different socks, a tennis shoe on his right foot, and a right footed sandal on the left.
"You call that dressed?" Jenny asked her brother.
the boy looked down, "All covered, yep, dressed and ready."
He truely was his fathers son.
Soon Phoenix was changed, all materials were gathered. Too many pictures taken and finally they were off and in front of Nathan and Haley's place.
A very pregnant Haley was in the front.
"You're late Scott," Haley said as she opened the van's door.
"Yepp, late, late, late."
Lucas smiled at the dark haired four year old boy who had climbed in the back next to Phoenix.
"Hey Sawyer."
"Hey, Uncle Lucas."
Lucas turned to Haley, "WHere's Nate?"
"Asleep. Your guys practice lasted late and Sawyer woke him up about an hour after he came home."
Lucas pulled up to the building with the preschool, kindergarten and first grade. ANd took Sawyer to the preschool, then to kindergarten.
Meanwhile, in the car, Jenny turned to Haley.
"Aunt Haley, why does Uncle Lucas take so many pictures?"
Haley tried to think of an answer.
"Is it because of my Mommy and Daddy?"
"What makes you say that." Haley shifted uncomfortably.
"well, they can't take pictures from the stars, so does Uncle Lucas take them for them?"
Tears swelled up in Haley's eyes.
The door opened, "Okay, Jenny your turn. We're running late, I've got to drop AUnt Haley back off and pick up Uncle Nathan for practice."
Lucas didn't notice Haley but instead Jenny asked, "Do we get to go the game."
"If you behave today at school."
"Ahhlllright."
An: Nathan, Haley, and Lucas lost contact with Brooke not too long after high school. She will be back though. I just need to find a way.