Countrybutterfly0102: thanks for your input...I might do a friends story soon...not sure yet...I'll keep you updated...
So here's the next chapter...sorry it took me so long...been busy with school and dance i kind of neglected my stories but i promise that won't happen again...enjoy and review...
"So this is awkward, huh?" Seth laughed uncomfortably. It had been a whole staring contest between Ryan and Lucas since Lucas joined them.
"Awkward? Nah." Lucas said focusing his attention on Seth. He didn't know what he did that made Ryan hate him so much but he didn't need to worry about that now. He'd have plenty of time to have words with Ryan.
"Sarcasm. There's too much of that in this house." Seth felt like his territory was being threatened. Sandy and Seth were the sarcastic ones, Ryan was the brooder and Kirsten kept them all in line. Now Seth, Sandy and Lucas were sarcastic, Ryan and Lucas were broody and Kirsten and Brooke were like their pimps, controlling them all. Poor little Adam didn't fit in anywhere yet but give him time and he will be placed.
"There are too many guys in this house too." Seth said thinking hard, "We should so get Summer and Marissa to move in too. Do you think mom and dad will do for that?"
"Does anything intelligent ever come out of your mouth Seth?" Ryan said smiling about the thought of living with Marissa.
"You know you love my plans." Seth said punching Ryan in the arm playfully.
"Nathan." Lucas whispered to himself. Seth was like a smaller version of Nathan.
"No my name's Seth." Seth said eyeing Lucas weirdly.
"No you remind me of my brother Nathan." Lucas thought back to the time when Nathan and he didn't even get along let alone like each other.
"Brooke said we reminded her of some guys she knew." Seth said remembering when he walked in on a teary eyed Brooke talking about people from Tree Hill.
"It definitely had to be Nathan she was referring to." Seth resembled Nathan too with his brown hair and his eyes. Nathan would haunt him wherever he went.
"Brooke said that both of us remind her of people back home. Who would Ryan be in Tree Hill?" Seth got excited playing these roles.
"Hm, I don't know who she could've been talking about. Jake maybe but I don't see the resemblance." Lucas scratched his chin picturing Jake again. It had been a while since Lucas and Jake saw each other ever since the Nikki incident.
"You look like a Jake." Seth said, squinting his eyes at Ryan.
"I always thought that." Ryan said rubbing his eyes. This was bored out of his mind.
"Who do you think Lucas would be if he was here?" Seth said getting even more excited.
"That's a tough one." Ryan said with a dry sarcasm.
"You're right it is hard." Seth scratched his head thinking as hard as he could.
"What about Luke?" Ryan finally added when Seth didn't pick up on it.
"Oh yeah! He reminds me of Luke!" Seth laughed at how he could overlook the fact. They even shared the same name.
"Who's Luke?" Lucas said thinking it kind of ironic that he reminded them of someone with the same name.
"He's a piece of work." Seth said taking a deep breath and launching himself into the whole story of Luke and his affairs and his dad and then ending with his move.
"Marissa's mom?" Lucas said disgusted. He would never sleep with anyone's mom, especially his ex-girlfriends. Well Nikki didn't really count because Lucas had never dated Jenny.
"Yeah, pretty gross huh?" Seth twisted his face in disgust, "And this was the same time she was doing my grandpa."
"I thought my family was messed up." Lucas said laughing at another dysfunctional family that was not his own.
"Oh yeah?" Seth was a little pissed that Lucas could even think that his family was worse than the Cohen-Nichol-Cooper-Atwood family, "What's so bad about your family?"
"I don't want to bore you." Lucas leaned back in his chair, absorbing the summer day.
"I want to know what's so bad about your life, pretty boy." Ryan said, clearly interested in Lucas' pain that his family seemed to cause.
"Well my mom got pregnant with me her senior year. My dad left her and got another woman pregnant who he married. That's how Nathan, my half-brother came along. Well then I was raised by my mom and my Uncle Keith and my uncle fell in love with my mom. While we were barely making it by Nathan was living the life of luxury with our rich father. Nathan got emancipated and married this year and Dan, my dad had a heart attack. Now this whole 'I'm a daddy' thing just adds to the mess." Lucas told his story that seemed so well rehearsed.
"Get this." Seth held up his hands ready to top Lucas' story, "Marissa is my Aunt which also makes her Ryan's aunt."
"Not by blood. I'm not even related to you." Ryan hated when Seth brought out the family tree that intertwined all of Newport.
"Whoa, what?" Lucas was obviously lost.
"Ryan's my adopted brother." Seth explained slowly not wanting to lose Lucas again, "We found him in Chino."
"You found me?" Ryan was really glad he was here otherwise he would probably be on the streets or in jail. He didn't want to end up like Trey; that was the last thing he wanted to do. With the Cohen's had at least had a chance.
"So tell me this whole 'Marissa is your aunt' thing." Lucas knew this was going to be a good story.
"Okay well after Julie Cooper divorced Jimmy Cooper she hooked up with Caleb Nichol, my grandfather. They ended up getting married making Julie my grandmother and Marissa my aunt." Seth smiled proudly at how dysfunctional his family really was.
"Okay I think we have a tie for the most dysfunctional families in the US." Lucas said laughing.
"It was a tough competition but we both came out on top." Seth wiped a fake tear as he held a fake trophy.
"Glad to be sharing this award with you." Lucas joined in, laughing at their stupidity.
"How are my favorite guys?" Brooke emerged from the pool house, hair all disheveled, "Couldn't sleep anymore."
"Aw poor baby." Lucas patted his lap so she could sit which she willingly fell into his lap.
"I've adjusted to my two hour a night schedule and that's all I need I guess." Brooke shrugged leaning her head on Lucas' shoulder.
"Aw, how cute." Seth said jeering towards Brooke and Lucas.
"You're just jealous." Brooke stuck her tongue out at Seth before settling back down. Though she was a mother, she was still just a kid and she was expected to be immature. What sixteen year old girl wasn't immature around boys, especially boys she's living with. None of this was common for most sixteen year old girls but still it was expected.
"Yes, I'm so jealous." Seth's monotone voice just added to his affect.
"So did you boys bond?" Brooke said fixing her hair in a high messy bun.
"Yes, we know everything about each other." Seth said excitedly.
"Uhhuh I bet." Brooke eyed the boys carefully. She knew it would probably never happen but she wished they would all just get along. Seth and Lucas would be fine but it was Lucas and Ryan she worried about.
"So the party's tonight, are you guys going to come?" Seth asked hoping they would. It would be so much fun to introduce Brooke and Lucas to Newport.
"I'm in for a party." Brooke said quickly. She couldn't even remember the last party she'd been to or the last drink she's had. A little fun never hurt anyone.
"I guess I'll tag along for her sake." Lucas gave in. He really wanted to spend sometime with Adam to get to know him but he needed some fun too.
"Yay!" Seth shot up, "Family outing!"
"Where are you going?" Ryan asked following suit.
"I'm going to call Summer to tell her Brooke and Lucas are coming with." Seth said a-matter-of-factly.
"Good idea. I'll call Marissa." Ryan said loving the excuse he got to call Marissa.
"See they're not so bad huh?" Brooke stood up from Lucas' lap and pulled him up with her.
"I guess not. I just can't get in with Ryan. He just hates me." Lucas said running his fingers through his tousled hair.
"Are you ready to party?" Brooke whispered pulling her body close to his. One night of fun was not going to kill either of them.
"Hell yeah!" Lucas replied following her into the pool house.
"It's heck yeah now daddy." Brooke corrected him playfully.
"Oops, I almost forgot." Lucas pulled his shirt over his head a replaced it with a clean one or one he thought was clean.
"You better not do that again." Brooke warned going into the bathroom to change. It was funny how they had seen each other naked many times before but if you weren't having sex nakedness was forbidden to them.
"I'm ready!" Lucas yelled spraying some cologne.
"Give me five minutes!" Brooke yelled back with what sounded like a toothbrush in her mouth.
"Five minutes my ass," Lucas whispered to himself, "I mean my butt."
So it wasn't the bonding i would've hoped for but i have plans for the next chapter to look for it!
