Chapter 1 Frog Poker and Mingling with the Enemy

Okay, in order for this to work, I need to change it a bit, I want Tassi to be a senior, seventeen (eighteen Christmas), making Frae nineteen, Dallie, twenty, and Ora twenty-one. Ermentraud would sorta half to be their last kid because of the fact that Brooke and Lucas would now be about 38. Wow, shocker I know, a shock to me too, I didn't realize when I started out. Ermentraud would be six, making Ricky and Dezzy fifteen. So that's just a little background information. FYI Cindy is the same age as Dallie, I know originally she was the same age as Frae, but somehow it got changed, and I realize that now.

Ermentraud Lalita Nsowoa Scott, the youngest of Brooke and Lucas' kids is six. Ora, Dallie and Frae were in college, Frae at Harvard and Ora and Dallie at North Carolina University. Ricky and Dezzy were inseparable. They are always together. Tassi was her own person. She wasn't predictable, you couldn't tell if she's like Brooke or Lucas or both or neither, she was her.

Cindy went to the same college as Ora and Dallie. They all share a dorm and have a blast. Having each other really helps, when they're down or want someone close, miss home, or anything.

Brooke and Lucas moved back to Tree Hill a year ago. Em loves the big back yard. Tassi loves having her old clique back. Ricky and Dezzy are the mini Lucas and Brooke, just like them. Ricky, quiet , studious, yet caving for the wild, crazy, energetic Dezzy. Their teachers hated the fact that they were in the same classes, since sometimes they could read each others minds like twins tend to do, and it sucks on tests.

"Mommy!" Em said running into the house from the back yard.

"Emmie!" Brooke said back.

"Guess what!"

"You grew a second head?"

"No silly, I caught a froggie!" she said opening her hands to reveal a brown toad.

"Wow, why don't you go show daddy, I'm sure he'd really love it," Brooke said following the little girl. She ran up to Luke with her hands clasped together.

"DADDY," she screamed in his ear, though he already knew she was there, and she started giggling at his pain.

"You find my pain funny?" Luke said, and she nodded. "So what do you have in your little hands?"

"Guess daddy," she said giggling more. He looked to Brooke, but he couldn't get anything.

"Um, a big hairy spider, with long hairy legs that eats little girls," Luke said.

"Ahhhhh," she screamed releasing the frog and running to Brooke. The frog jumped onto Luke and climbed up his arm and to his shoulder, and Em began to feel a little better now, and smiled, but that was nothing compared to the look on Brooke's face.

"Come on Emmie, run, daddy's going to get us, big time," Brooke said pushing the little girl in front of her and running after, Em mad with laughter, they kept running until they reached the kitchen, "Come on Emmie," Brooke said pointing to a closet, "in here, Dade will never find us," Brooke said, pulling her in behind her, and she was giggling. "Shh, he'll hear us," Brooke said putting a finger to her lips. Em giggled, and Luke pretended not to hear. He checked cabinets and drawers. Em got out of the closet and followed him.

"Whatcha lookin for daddy?" Em said, making him jump, because he didn't know she was there.

"You!" He said turning around.

"Ahhhh, Mommy! Mommy! Come save me, save your little princess, I'll be good, help me please!" she screamed, and Brooke came to the rescue.

"Lucas Scott! What do you think you are doing to the poor child?" Brooke said, trying her best to keep a strait face, as Em ran to her and clung to her leg. Brooke could tell Luke caught the frog and was holding it in his hands. "Luke, take the frog outside while I take care of the little culprit. Em, who was supposed to be watching you outside?"

Em started giggling, "Tassi," she said, still giggling.

"What's so funny?"

"Tassi's with a boy, behind the bushes," she said, more giggles. Brooke ran after Lucas.

"BROODY!" she yelled running after him, Em giggling at them.

"What Cheery?" he turned around.

"I-um-the frog lives behind the bushes," Brooke said winking.

"Tassi?"

"How'd you know?"

"Me and Ricky saw her yesterday," he said, heading toward the bushes, Brooke at his heels.

"Look," Brooke said, sticking her head in the gap between the bushes.

"What are they doing?" he said, seeing her with some random guy.

"Strip Poker, remember when we played it, you sucked ay poker," she said laughing.

"No way, I'm not-" he started.

"She's good in poker, Broody, don't worry, and from the looks of things, he sucks," Brooke said, laughing.

"How do you know?"

"We play late nights, mainly for use of the car, but for other things, like doing the dishes, cleaning the house, others for cold, hard cash," Brooke said laughing.

"You're bad," he said.

"Actually, she is compared to me," Brooke said, a little to loudly. Tassi looked up at the bushes, and Brooke saw. She hit Luke's hand, causing the frog to go free. "Run Broody! We've been spotted," Brooke said running away and seeing Em giggle in the doorway. The boy fled over then fence and Tassi came mad following them.

"Mom, dad, what on earth caused you to do that?" Tassi said, catching them, putting her hands on her hips.

"We didn't do anything," Brooke said innocently.

"B-S, mom, B-S, for your information, not that you care, that was Charlie, only the hottest guy in school and you OMG," Tassi said, storming past them, she was going to go to her room, change to her running clothes, and run till its to dark to see, she always does that when shes mad, to let her aggravation out. Brooke turned to Em.

'So Emmie, my good buddy, where's Ricky and Dezzy?" Brooke said, looking at the little girl.

"Dey, uh, um, dey, dey went to pway baskeretballs, duh," she said rolling her eyes, as if it were obvious.

"Emmie, Emmie, Emmie," Brooke said shaking her head, "Emmie, when did you become the smart person in this house?"

"Um, nine years ago," she said, holding up ten fingers.

"Emmie, that's ten fingers, and you've only been here for six years, don't worry babe, you get that from your daddy, but don't tell him I said that, okay?"

"Maybe…"

"What do you want?"

"Now you speaks my language, I wantses um, uh, I wantses, I know, a waterer guns, to shoot Tassi, and Dezzy and Ricky," she giggled.

Tassi ran along the beach, caught up in her music and the ocean air. She ran, and ran, but she wasn't watching where she was going. She ran right into someone.

She pulled her ear pods out of her ears. 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention," she said, looking up at him.

"Well, I think I'm okay, and truth be, I wasn't paying attention either."

"Hey I've seen you before, you own Dan Scott Motors, because you're Dan Scott, OMG, I never thought I'd actually ever meet you, face to face."

"A fan?"

"Sorta, let's just say I've been saving up a while to get my own car and I hear you have the best deals in Tree Hill, I was going to get myself a car for my eighteenth birthday."

"What were you looking for?"

"Um, something small, red preferably, a convertible, cloth seats, fully loaded, four wheel drive, a high safety test, and it has to be environmentally safe."

"Hmm, I think I know a car for you, why don't we talk, sometime, what's your name?"

"Tassi, Tassia Scott," Tassia said, extending her hand as he shook it. He looked at her, of course she didn't look like either Brooke or Lucas, she died her hair and wore color contacts and the make-up on her face.

"Say, who are your parents?"

"Why? Do you need to like ask them before I buy a car or something because I'm a minor?"

"No, I'd just like to know is all, in case I need to get in touch with them."

"Oh, well good luck, um, Lucas Scott and Brooke Davis, I still don't see why after all these years they haven't gotten married, I mean, over twenty years and seven kids later, you'd think they'd get married, and lay off my back"

"Chill, okay, and you want to know something, your dad is my son," he said.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, why would I?"

"I dunno, I guess the only grandparent I've ever knew was grandma Karen, but you seem really cool, why aren't you ever around, or is it because dad hates you, I swear, he hates the coolest people, I can't wait for college, get away from snot nosed little brats, basketball weirdo, cheer freak, perky, try to be supportive parents, gosh," she said, stamping her foot.

"Why don't you come cool off in my beach house and I'll drive you home later, we can have burgers."

"No, I mean, no thank you."

"Then how about some other time?"

"No, um I-uh, you see, I'm a vegan, I don't eat meat, I don't wear wool, I don't drink milk, eat eggs, or cheese, or butter, or anything form an animal, that's why I don't want leather seats, its cow skin," Tassi said, explaining.

"Oh, I see, well I'm sure we could find something, and besides I'm sure it'd get you away from your little siblings for a while."

"You know what, you're right, thank you."

Curfew was when the street lights came on. Ricky and Dezzy walked in just as they come on and sat down to dinner. Tassi still wasn't home, which was unusual for her. She would run till she was too tired to stay awake any longer and come home, and from the time she left, she should have been home hours ago. They didn't really mind she missed dinner, since she did nearly ever night, because she would collapse from running. All her running made her, literally, skin and bones, even though, the desired look was to be round and curvy, not counting the Scotts, the lightest cheerleader weighs about 150, maybe more, a little less, but they are some big girls. Tassi, liked being skin and bones, she like being different. Dezzy was super skinny because she was sick, doctors orders. She was only allowed to carry 10 of her body weight, and she weighed around 75, so she was allowed to carry 7.5 pounds, books, or whatever, anything more and it could cause harm to her fragile bones and weak muscles. She had to eat foods full of protein and calcium, and watch fats, salts, and sugars. Emmie, well, she was herself, wasn't a big balloon, but certainly not super skinny as her sisters. She was average, average weight, average height. Ricky, was tall ad skinny, and muscular. He was continuing the Scott dynasty in basketball, though mainly because he was the only boy out of both Nathan and Lucas, Nathan only having one child, Cindy, and Lucas having one son. He didn't mind though, he loved the attention from everyone, fourth generation of Scott and the legend continues,

Tassi ate with Dan and Deb in their beach home. She loved it there, they were so nice, and rich, her parents were rich, but they were hermits about their money.

"Um," Tassi said referring to Dan," could I call you Uncle Danny, instead of Grandpa Dan, think of it, grandpa makes you sound old, uncle makes you sound younger, plus, uncles sound way cooler, no offense. And, uh, could I cal you Aunt Debbie?" Dan and Deb looked at each other, and Dan smiled.

"Sure, I kind of like it too, what about you, Aunt Debbie?"

"I love it."

"Tassi, if you're done, I'd like to show you something," Dan said standing up.

"Um, yes, sure, what?"

"Follow me," he said, leading to the front of the house. He opened the door to reveal the car Tassi had been explaining.

"OMG! But-"

"My gift to you, for not being in your life the first seventeen years, I went and found it while you and Aunt Debbie were looking at pictures, its all yours, free of charge, my gift."

"Thank you, Thank you," Tassi shrieked, hugging them as Dan slipped the keys into her hand. "I think I should be going, mom and dad might be worried, but thank you," Tassi said hugging them both and walking out. She drove home in style and parked near the basement door, the door to her room. She casually unlocked it with her key and went in. She looked at her clock, 10:30, its not that late, she thought to herself. She simply got ready for bed and went upstairs for a glass of water. Brooke and Lucas were sitting on the couch watching T.V. They looked up, Brooke looked like she was going to hurt Tassi, but Luke was holding her back.

"Hola parentals, mi uh I'll just get some water, ciao," she said walking past. "Oh, and dad, your dad is awesome, mom, he said he'll hook me up with your parentals, cause they want to see all of us angels, and will be by on Saturday, around noon," Tassi said causally filling her glass, "Uncle Danny said that Mr. and Mrs. Davis would like to see all seven of us, nice and neat of course, in our own home, just to let you know, good night," she blew them a kiss and went downstairs. There was something about her that always got them mad, whether it be she did something, in most cases it was, told someone something, she did that too, and other things.

"Broody, what are we going to do, my parents are coming here on Saturday, that's two days," she said holding up two fingers for emphasis.

"Don't worry Cheery, I'll call the rest of the kids and tell them to get here immediately, you can lay it on Ricky and Dezzy, and then Saturday tell Emmie its dress up day, and as for Tassi, just ground her," he said comforting her.

"Shh, T.V., have you not learned anything in the what twenty years you've been with me," Brooke said rolling her eyes at him and using him as a pillow.