Author's Note: Anyone else confused yet? LOL...

"Haley! Haley! Haley!"

Nathan tossed and turned in the bed. He'd just had the weirdest dream…ever. Dan had married Karen instead of Deb. He had been the good son and Lucas the bad one. He had grown up under privileged with his single mother who barely kept Deb's Den afloat. After years of a rivalry it had come down to a game of one on one at the River Court that pitted Scott against Scott. The prize? The final coveted spot at High Fliers basketball camp.

It was all on the line with the whole town watching. And Nathan had come through sinking the final shot for the win. He did it for himself, for his mom, and for everything he had been previously denied. Everyone was stunned.

"Looks like Nathan's going to High Fliers after all", a jubilant Whitey smirked at Dan and Karen.

Dan didn't move. He couldn't.

"It's just a game", Karen shrugged as she walked off.

Nathan watched them from afar. Lucas walked up to him, extending his hand. It took a minute before a cautious Nathan shook it.

"Good game", Lucas said. "You deserve to go to that camp."

"Thanks", Nathan answered confused that after the tense relationship they had shared that Lucas would be so gracious after his loss.

"You're gonna be okay…just come back to us soon."

Nathan frowned. It didn't make sense. He opened his mouth to speak but his best friend, Haley James, came up to him.

"They haven't invented words for how much I love you", she smiled, placing in his hand the plastic, colorful bracelet that had gotten from a Cracker Jack box a few mornings before. "Don't say I never gave you anything."

He closed his hand watching her walk away. When he opened it, the bracelet was no longer there. It had been replaced by her wedding band.

"Haley!" Nathan screamed as he looked around. "Haley!"

He sat straight up. There was a tube in his nose.

"Man, you alright?" Lucas asked as he peered inside.

Nathan brushed his face. It wasn't a tube. It was a…it was a straw.

"What the fuck?"

"Man, wake your ass up!" Lucas laughed. "I've been calling your cell phone all morning. It's almost noon."

"What the…"

Nathan nearly jumped out of his skin as something grabbed his leg from under the covers.

"I got you, Daddy!"

He stared, confused at the little girl with the brown pigtails, one eye blue and one eye brown.

"You put that straw up your daddy's nose?" Lucas laughed. "Good job, Lil. Smart kid."

The five year old giggled and jumped into her uncle's arms. Nathan frowned as he looked around. Nothing looked familiar in the bedroom. Nothing looked familiar except the wedding photo on the mantle. It was of he and Haley on the beach.

"Sorry, man", he rubbed his eyes. "I guess I'm just out of it."

Nathan crawled out of bed in his pajama bottoms and accepted the child who was lunging into his arms. The three of them walked out of the bedroom into the unfamiliar house and down a flight of stairs. There was a neatly but simply decorated living room. Nathan focused his attention on the family photo hanging above the fireplace mantle. He and Haley were smiling and holding two sweet kids, the little girl in his arms and another child smaller than her, a little boy that looked just like him.

"Dude, what are you staring at?" Lucas laughed.

"Huh? Oh…um, nothing, I guess."

Nathan turned around to be greeted by a Boxer dog wearing a red collar and what appeared to be…lipstick. The dog barked furiously at him before licking his bare feet.

"Maddox! Get over here, boy", Haley called out.

Nathan's eyes widened. There she was. Her hair was straightened and lightened and slightly feathered. She looked a little older but she was still beautiful, holding a messy faced toddler in one arm as she chased the dog.

"Hales…"

"You're awake, sleeping beauty", she teased.

She kissed his lips and his eyes widened as the bump of her growing belly brushed against him. Another baby on the way.

"Um…yeah."

"You missed breakfast so is tuna good for lunch? I could heat up one of those sub rolls you like."

"Okay…"

"Good. Jared kiss Daddy", she cooed, walking away as the little boy grinned.

"Uh, what…what are you doing here, man?" he asked Lucas.

"That must have been one hell of a nap. Did you forget we were supposed to work on our bikes today?"

"Bikes?"

Lucas rolled his eyes as his younger brother led him to the garage. Inside were two shiny, new limited edition Suzuki motorcycles.

"Aren't they beauties? I figured we could take them down to the beach if our better halves don't object."

"Brooke let you get a bike?"

Lucas frowned.

"Brooke? What does she have to do with this?"

"You mean…"

"She calls every now and then but she's pretty busy in California."

"California? When did Brooke go to California?"

"Like eight years ago right before senior year. Bro, you sure you're okay?"

Nathan looked at his brother's wedding ring.

"I don't get it…why don't you guys live together?"

Lucas laughed out loud.

"I think Peyton would have something to say about that."

"You married Peyton?"

"Yeah last year. You were there, Best Man. Look, I know the bachelor party was fun but you do remember the wedding, don't you?"

"What about Jake?"

"Jagielski? Haven't heard from him in years. I'd forgotten about him. I hope he's doing okay and he kept Jenny away from that psycho, Nikki."

Nathan looked outside. He did recognize the street.

"Um, this is gonna sound really crazy but we are in Tree Hill…aren't we?"

"Yeah. Nate…you okay? You're starting to freak me out."

Nathan sighed.

"I don't know. Look, I just…I don't know. I don't feel so hot, I guess. My mind is kind of playing tricks on me. I just…I don't know what's going on."

"What do you mean?"

"I had this crazy ass dream last night and I woke up today and my last real memory is me, you, Daytona, Garrett and Coop at the track. I hit the wall and…"

"That was a long time ago, Nate. You okay?"

"No. What happened since then?"

"You're serious?" Lucas asked, his smile fading.

"Yeah."

Lucas shrugged.

"Okay. Brief rundown of 'This Is Your Life'. Like a jackass you tried to kill yourself at the track. You asked me not to call Haley but of course I did. She came back and you guys worked it out. Let's see…Jake got out of jail but Nikki had already taken Jenny and run and no one's heard from any of them since. We started senior year and Brooke went to California that summer with her parents and ended up staying. Peyton was depressed over Jake and I was bummed because I never told Brooke how I felt but that's what brought Pey and me closer. Your parents divorced, Dan got Andy deported, Keith came back and ended up with my mom."

"What about my mom?"

"Okay dude, you must have amnesia if you don't remember Brandon."

"Brandon?"

"Yeah the guy that Deb is dating now, the one that graduated Tree Hill High when we were freshman?"

Nathan made a face. There was something slightly gross about his mother seeing someone around his age.

"No, I don't remember but remind me later so I can beat on the kid", he huffed. "I'm afraid to ask about Dad…"

"Let's just say Erica Marsh could be our new stepmother any day now."

Nathan shuddered.

"That's just sick. I'm glad Mom and Dad split up but damn, did they both have to rob the cradle?"

Lucas just laughed.

"And that's about it. I co own the Body Shop with Keith and we opened up a second location. Peyton does freelance graphic designing and she's an editor for THUD magazine and we're married."

"So me and Hales made it? After Chris and the tour and everything?"

"Yeah. I guess it was meant to be. It all worked out. You played a little ball for Tree Hill University and Hales got pregnant with Lillian our sophomore year. Jared is two and in four months I'll have another niece or nephew to spoil."

"What do we do? I mean for jobs. Me and Hales…"

Lucas rolled his eyes.

"I seriously think you're pulling my leg here but I'll take the bait. You're the athletic trainer for the University and Haley is partnered with Mom and Deb in the café and the club."

"She still sings?"

"If you count being the room mother for Lil's kindergarten class and playing nursery rhymes on the guitar. But other than that, she's retired. I think the reason she left you a long time ago was just to prove she could make it. And she did. Hales is talented. But that's over now."

Nathan sighed.

"So that's it? We're just average joes? No NBA or High Fliers or touring with the Wreckers and Gavin DeGraw?"

"Sorry", he shrugged.

"That…that's weird."

"I don't know. In a way you guys kind of gave up your dreams for each other. It didn't turn out so bad though. You and Hales have made a great life together."

"We have?"

"Sure."

"And everything is okay? The kids are okay?"

"Lillian and Jared…man, they're so cool. They're great. Happy and healthy, everything has been great since Lil's bone marrow transplant."

"Bone marrow?"

"Dan was the donor. But she was a baby then and she's as healthy as a horse now."

"And what about you? And Peyton? Are you happy? I mean, you were so in love with Brooke and she was really into Jake. What if..."

"Let me guess, I was supposed to be with Brooke and Pey was supposed to end up with Jake and we're only together now because we basically had to settle because we missed out on the true loves of our lives?"

"Uh...well, yeah."

Lucas smiled.

"Interesting theory. I know a lot of people thought it. Maybe it was true at first. But it doesn't matter now. We're married and this is our life and that's just the way it is. It's cool."

Nathan sighed. It was a lot to take in.

"Luke, one more thing…are we happy? I mean, really happy? Haley and me, you and Peyton?"

"Yeah", he nodded. "I think we are."

Nathan just nodded.

"Nate! Luke! Lunch is ready!" Haley called out.

The men made their way back into the house.

"Thanks", Nathan said as he saw the plates set, his usual side of pickle neatly on a napkin.

"You're welcome…babe, you sure you're okay? You're acting strange…"

"I'm fine. I guess I just slept too much. But I'm okay."

"Good", she smiled. "After the beach, remember you promised to take Lillian to the mall to get her doll. It's her reward for getting all her ABC's written out correctly. You promised."

"Oh yeah…I guess I did."

She kissed him.

"You sure everything is alright?"

Nathan looked around. He looked at the dog barking at the squirrel outside the window. He looked at Lucas goofing around with two beautiful children. And he looked into the pair of brown eyes he had adored for what seemed like forever.

"I'm good. Hales, one more thing?"

"Yeah, babe", she asked.

He held her closer to him than he ever had before.

"Nothing…just I love you."