Lost in the Past

Chapter 14

A/N - So, I'm updating both my stories between today and the next couple days. I hope you've all continued reading the other story I wrote. I have 1 chapter so far and it's called The Saddest Song. I hope you all read it and like it. So here's chapter 14 and it's basically about the guys with the kids. I hope you like it:

Luke had made pancakes for the whole crowd at his house and after a hearty breakfast he got up to make a phone call. A phone call to the one person he didn't want to talk to. His ex-wife. The phone rang 3 times before he heard her answer.

"Hello?" she said to the person on the other line.

"Hey, Peyton. It's me Luke," he said uneasily.

"Oh...hey. What's up?" she replied.

"Well see I was wondering...if I could keep the kids an extra night or two because me and Nate are goin to take them out. I was thinkin maybe the beach or something," he answered.

"Wow...I mean um yea sure you can keep them."

"Why'd you say wow? Is something wow that I wanna keep the kids?" he asked perturbed.

"No, I just mean it's about time you want to be with the kinds and really spend your time with them...that's all," she replied very nervously.

"Ok, well we're gonna start packing and then we're off. We'll see ya either tomorrow or the day after. I'll call ya tonight on an update, ok?"

"Yea, sure. I'll talk to you tonight. Bye."

"Bye." he answered with a hint of sadness.

He got up and walked into the kitchen where Nathan was having a jelly fight with little Nate and Will. Liz was just sitting in her chair watching the madness. Nathan picked up another spoon and dipped it in the jelly on the table. He flung it at little Nate and hit him square in the forehead.

"Score!! I gotcha!!" Nathan yelled at his 6 year old nephew.

Little Nate was giggling and he had a spoon in his hand. There was also another jar of jelly at his end so the fight continued. That is until Luke decided to step in and try to stop it.

"Guys!! This is my kitchen and we are not having a..." he was cut off by a glob of jelly in his eye.
He wiped it off his eye and there sat his son giggling like a maniac at his father. Luke gave him an evil look as he swiped the other jar from his brother. He took it and flung the grape jelly back at his son. This continued for another 15 minutes until the kitchen looked like it was painted purple.

"Wow...I can't...believe we did...this," Nathan said between laughs while pointing at the walls.

"Yea, well now we gotta clean it. So get up off the floor which is covered in jelly and help me clean this damn kitchen," he said grabbing Nathan's hand. In the mean time Nate, Will, and Liz had all gone up to the bathroom, unnoticed.

"This is gonna take forever," Nathan groaned 15 minutes later. They had barely made a dent in the cleaning.

"Hmm...well I wonder who could've possible taught the kids to fling jelly across MY kitchen," he said with emphasis on my.

Nathan laughed and gave a suspicious look around the house. He continued looking through the living room until Lucas realized Nathan was giving no help in the kitchen.

"Dude, this kitchen isn't even remotely clean and you're walking around my living room. Mind explaining this one?" Luke asked obviously a little pissed off.

"Where are the kids?" Nathan asked in urgency. Still looking around.

"I dunno. They were here when we started cleaning...right?"

Lucas looked over to where Nathan was a minute ago and there was nothing left but air. 'This is turning out to be more of a project than I'd wanted' he repeated in his head.

"Nathan!" he yelled up the stairs, "Where'd you go?" He walked up the stairs and saw the bathroom door slightly open with water all over the carpet. 'Damn!' Lucas thought while running to the bathroom.

"What the hell guys?" he said angrily when he flung the door open.

Lucas looked at the sight in front of him and thought his house was going to be set on fire next. Nathan sat on the floor trying to clean up the water while the three kids were in the overflowing bath tub.

"What happened?!" Lucas asked now freaking out. "Did a tidal wave take over my bathroom?" he screamed waiting for an answer. 'Now I'm suddenly the responsible one' Lucas thought looking back on his high school days.

"Daddy, don't be mad. I wanted to help you with Liz and Will," Nate answered trying to look innocent.

Luke tried to pass over that look and stay angry, but he had no discipline against himself. He looked at his son and gave in.

"Ok, but now we gotta clean up double time if we're gonna get going. It's already almost 11 and if you guys wanna go to see the surprise this house has gotta be sparkling clean," he answered.

They all gave a pouty face towards Luke. He smirked at them and decided to change the policy.

"Alright, not sparkling clean but at least presentable and if we hurry we might be able to beat SOME traffic, but you guys know that we're gonna take forever to get down to where we're going," he told the crew and walked back down the stairs back to the kitchen.

It seemed to take forever for the kitchen and bathroom to get cleaned right. Lucas was working as hard as possible to get the house clean so he could surprise the kids at the beach. He really wanted to make it there before it got too dark. It was about 1 when they started off towards the coast. It took a good 20 minutes to get to the beach house, but with the tourists in North Carolina it was going to take longer.

They ended up at the beach house about 15 minutes past their planned time. The kids fell asleep so Nathan and Lucas picked up the kids and brought them in the beach house.

"So, you think if we sit out on the porch, we'll still be able to hear them?" Nathan asked fearing he wouldn't hear his own son.

"Yea, I think they'll be ok for a little while. Man, they were beat. We were driving for like 5 minutes and they were out like lights in the backseat," Luke said with a chuckle.

"Yea they were," Nathan replied while stepping outside. They sat down on the plastic chairs with glasses of iced tea.

"This place is really nice. I just wish I had the kids more so I could be down here with them. They'd really love being here," Lucas said as his mind wandered out to the ocean in front of them.

"How is that situation?" Nathan asked his older brother. He still had no idea about what happened between his brother and former sister-in-law.

"What situation?" Lucas retorted trying to play dumb.

"Don't pull the play dumb card, Luke. You know who I'm talking about," Nathan replied seeing the look in his brother's eyes.

"Oh, you know it's still the same. We went to dinner and talked for a few hours...we're just trying to be a little nicer so it doesn't hurt the kids," he replied still looking out to the ocean. He made no effort to make eye contact with his brother.

"Ya know time isn't gonna heal this one," Nathan replied insightfully. Luke could only chuckle at his brother's attempt to be deep. He'd started that one for Haley.

"Boy, she rubbed off on you didn't she?" Lucas asked looking back to his brother.

"Yea...I guess," Nathan answered still sore on the subject of Haley.

"Well, we're having a hell of a time talking about our lives aren't we?" Luke said sarcastically, "let's go get the kids and take 'em out on the beach," he said pushing himself up out of the chair.

SO I'M GONNA KIND OF SPLIT THIS CHAPTER INTO TWO PARTS. IT'S REALLY LONG AND IT'LL BE FAR TOO LONG TO POST IN ONE PART. THE NEXT WILL BE UP SOON. ALSO CHECK THE SADDEST SONG FOR AN UPDATE SOON!!

NEXT - Nathan and Will / The rest of the day with the kids / Luke tries to get a hold of Haley / Chris continues his rampage / The dreams / Luke and Peyton drama and secrecy.

Ok hope you all enjoyed and found it to be a little break from the drama. Please check out my new story The Saddest Song. It's kind of Leyton and some Naley too. Review and I'll update!!