Disclaimer: Unfortunately I don't own OTH or its characters.

This story is completely AU!

Chapter 1 : Welcome Home

"Hi my name is Ms. Jennings I'm from family services and this is Lucas..."

Dan took Ms. Jennings offered hand as his eyes swept over his son. It was obvious that Lucas didn't want to be here, his arms were crossed and he was looking every which way but the Scotts.

"Hello Lucas." No response "You know if your mother had told me about you I would've done something to help you guys." No response. Ms. Jennings saw the one-way conversation and intervened.

"Lucas is a little worn out from the trip. Maybe he should just go upstairs and rest." she suggested. Lucas picked his duffel bag off the ground as Dan told Nathan to show him upstairs.

"I can't believe she didn't tell me..." Dan's sentence was cut off once Nathan and Lucas were on the second landing. Nathan led the way towards a room at the end of the hallway. It had a large dark blue door with and ornate knob. 'Great, I'm dealing with snobs. This'll be fun.' Lucas thought bitterly as he thought of how hard his mother worked and how these people just seemed to have everything.

"Don't be fooled by his nice guy act." Nathan said warningly. Lucas put his stuff down and sat on his bed. Nathan was about to leave when Lucas spoke for the first time,

"If he knew that he had gotten my mom pregnant, would he have helped her out?" Lucas asked quietly. Nathan paused in the doorway for a minute.

"Honestly? This is Dan Scott we're talking about so I can't really say. He was a bad guy when he was younger but then he met my mom. He changed for her. Your mother probably left for a good reason." Nathan told Lucas. The two brothers stared at each other before Nathan spoke again.

"Look I'm going to hang out with some friends later. If you want you can come with or you can stay here. Your choice." Nathan offered. Lucas mumbled 'sure' and closed the door to his room. He looked at his new room and realized that whoever decorated it had made it seem like he was living here for years. Lucas let out a sigh and thought about the last time he spoke to his mother.

"I told I'm not going to let you join the basketball team!" Karen yelled.

"Why not mom? Can you at least tell me the reason? You never had a problem with me playing at the park!" Lucas yelled back. He loved basketball and she knew that, so why didn't she just let him join the team?

"I can't tell you why Lucas. You have to understand that. But playing on a team and playing at the local park are two completely different things." Karen said in her normal tone

"I just want to play mom." Lucas said softly. Karen gathered her things and was about to leave when she spoke up,

"I'm going to be late for work. But Lucas you have to understand that basketball brings up some unpleasant memories for me. I love you. Have a good day at school."

It was then that Lucas realized that his mother never told him anything about her past. Everytime he would ask her something she would casually change the subject to something else. His thoughts were interrupted by a jaunty brunette bouncing into his room.

"Hey cutie. You must be Nathan's brother." she said cheerfully. Nathan followed after her with his friend, Jake, in tow.

"Sorry man, she overpowered me. I told her not to be so...cheery. I thought that a bouncing cheerleader would be the last thing you needed at a time like this." Nathan said apologetically as Brooke poked around his room.

"It's alright she just surprised me." The three guys stood awkwardly as Brooke found something that interested her.

"Well I'm Jake." said the shaggy haired brown eyed boy. Lucas took his hand grateful that someone broke the uneasy silence. Brooke was still looking through Lucas' duffel bag as the three teenagers stared at her.

"What is she doing?" Lucas asked Jake and Nathan. Nathan shrugged helplessly as Jake said,

"That's just Brooke being...Brooke." Jake told Lucas.

"I can hear you. He has a bunch a books and some clothes nothing interesting. By the way, I live next door." She gave Lucas a flirtatious wink as she said, "I bet you could see my window from here."

"Ew Brooke." Nathan and Jake said in unison. Sure Brooke was attractive but they thought of her a sister.

"What? I'm just being friendly to...um, sorry gorgeous I didn't catch your name." Brooke told Lucas.

"Lucas." he said shortly.

"Well now that we all know each other let's head off to my mom's cafe." Nathan informed the group. They all headed outside as Nathan and Brooke argued about who's car to take.

"What makes you think that we could fit in you Mustang Nathan?" Brooke said loudly.

"What makes you think we could fit in you Beetle? That thing couldn't fit 2 circus midgets!" Nathan argued

" Like your car can!" Brooke argued back

Jake and Lucas watched the exchange between them.

"Does this happen everytime you guys go out?" Lucas asked

"Pretty much. We usually take my car but it's in the shop. So we'll be here a while." Jake told Luke

"Rock.Paper.Scissors." Nathan said

"Fine." Brooke agreed. Nathan got paper and Brooke got scissors.

"Yes! I win! My car it is!" Brooke exclaimed happily.

"What's the big deal anyway?" Lucas asked.

"Driver gets to pick the radio station." Jake said gloomily.

"Come on sweetie, you get to sit next to me." Brooke said grabbing Lucas by the hand.

When they were all in the car Brooke started the car as a sugary sweet pop song came on. Brooke sang along it wasn't pretty.

"Off to Deb's we go!" Brooke sang