Disclaimer: I do not own OTH or any of it characters, places or such. I am simply borrowing them

AN/ I had written the first chapter of this fanfiction back in December, but then I could not figure out how to move it forward. So, this is my attempt. Tell me what you think

Suggestions are welcome

"You have an uncle named Keith Scott?" Haley asked

"Is it really possible that there could be two Keith Scott's, both from Tree Hill?" Nathan asked

"I don't think so" Peyton said, "How do you know him?"

"He is an old friend of my mom's. They met when she moved to Tree Hill pregnant with me"

"Mom and Dad went to high school with uncle Keith. Our dad and Keith had played on the basketball team together," Lucas said

"Keith played basketball in high school" Haley added

"Lucas, do you still keep that family photo in your wallet?" Peyton asked her brother

"Yea" Lucas said as he reached for his wallet in the back left pocket of his slacks, "Here it is" he said as he handed the picture to his sister

"This is our uncle Keith" Peyton said as she turned the picture around so that Haley and Nathan could see it

The photo looked to be about 2 years old. Nathan could see Lucas standing between Peyton and Brooke. In front of them was an older couple who he assumed to be their parents sitting together and standing beside Peyton was his uncle Keith

"Oh my…" Haley said

"That my uncle Keith" Nathan said as he looked up from the picture.

"That is weird" Brooke said, "Maybe your parents know each other too"

"Mom moved to Tree Hill when she was 18" Nathan said

"Dad and Mom moved to Charleston when they were 20" Peyton replied

"How old are you parents now?"

"44. They moved from Tree Hill when we were a couple of months old"

"My mom is only 41"

"They didn't know each other," Lucas said

"Nate, maybe you should ask Keith about Lucas and Peyton when we see him this weekend" Haley said

"Yea"

"Let me know what he tells you" Lucas said

"I will" Nathan replied as the waiter walked to the table with their checks.

10 minutes later, the five were standing outside of the restaurant saying their good-byes

"Keep in touch, Peyton" Haley said as she hugged her friend

"I will"

"You and me will have to do lunch one of these days," Brooke said as she and Haley hugged also

"Definitely. I still have two months before this little one is born"

"Maybe we can all get together for dinner after the holiday" Lucas said

"Yea" Nathan said as he and Nathan shook hands, "You guys have a safe trip home and Lucas, I will give you a call"

"We will" Peyton said as he hugged Nathan, "You guys do the same"

"Bye guys" Brooke said as the two groups started to walk in opposite directions towards their cars.

"That was just too weird," Haley said

"You are the one who said that it could be the same one" Nathan replied as he opened the passenger side door of his Tahoe for his wife

"I didn't mean it literally," Haley said as Nathan shut the door and walked around to the driver side

Lucas, Peyton and Brooke drove home with the radio volume up. No one uttered a word. Lucas pulled his Expedition into the driveway of his house and pulled into the garage. The two passenger side doors opened as Peyton and Brooke both stepped out, but Lucas didn't move.

"I will be there in a minute," Lucas said as Brooke looked at him questionably

Brooke nodded her head and opened the door connecting the garage to the house. She and Peyton walked through the doorway and the door shut behind them.

Lucas sat there for a few minutes before opening the driver side door and getting out of his SUV. He walked towards the garage door that would lead him to the backyard. When he opened the door and stepped out, he was greeted by his Akita, Jasper.

"Hey boy" Lucas said as he bent down to pet the cold dog's fur. Jasper, who loved to be loved upon, leaned into Lucas's legs nearly knocking him over.

Lucas patted Jasper on the head and then started walking towards the detached garage at the back of the property. Jasper happily trotted along side.

"Lucas is acting kind of weird, don't you think?" Peyton asked her sister-in-law as the two sat at the kitchen table drinking coffee. They could see Lucas out the bay window walking across the backyard.

"He has been acting like this for about a week now. He has spent most of his time out there lately."

"Has he said anything?" Peyton asked

"No, but I think it just this time of the year. He has been like this the last couple of Christmases ever since Mouth was killed"

"I had almost forgotten that Mouth had been killed around Christmas"

"Yea, Lucas took it pretty hard that first Christmas as you know and last year wasn't so bad. I was hoping this Christmas would be better, but it doesn't look like it" Brooke said as she watched her husband and dog disappear into the garage and the light come on.

Haley and Nathan had returned home shortly there after and had started getting ready for bed. They had both been up early that morning. Haley because of work and Nathan because Haley was awake. As long as they had been married, Nathan had always gotten out of bed when Haley did. When Nathan was on the road with the team, Haley missed the company in the morning as she was getting ready for her job at the local Elementary school.

"Tomorrow is a half day, right?" Nathan asked as he climbed into bed beside his wife.

"Yea, I should be home about 1 or so"

"Okay. Is there anything that you need me to do?"

"Yea, see if you can find those old college photo albums that I made. I promised your mom that I would bring them home with me. She said that she wanted to show them to Keith"

"I will see what I can do. That was really weird tonight, huh?" Nathan said as he mind reverted back to their dinner.

"Yea, I don't think I have ever heard Keith mention having any friends in Charleston"

"I don't either, but since he moved to Wilmington and we moved here. We don't get to see him or talk to him as much."

"Yea" Haley said as a yawn escaped, "Good Night, Nate"

"Good Night, Hales. I love you"

"I love you too" Haley said as she gave her husband a good night kiss and then rolled on her side turning off the light on her end table and laying her head on her feather pillow.

Nathan scooted down in the covers on his side of the bed and reached to turn off the light on his side of the bed also. However, he didn't go to sleep, instead he laid there on his back looking at the ceiling.

Lucas walked into the bottom floor of his garage. His old mustang sat there still shining as the fall day he had washed it. That Mustang has been Lucas's first car. He had driven it all through college and through most of his first year as an agent. When he had bought the SUV, he built the two story detached garage to keep the car. Every summer, Lucas would trade the Expedition for the convertible Mustang and every winter he would wash and wax the Mustang before putting it back in the garage.

Lucas walked around the car towards the back of the garage and began to climb the steps that would take him to the second floor, Jasper following.

When he reached the top of the steps he opened the door and walked in, leaving the door open. Most of the time the garage stayed locked up, but since he had been spending a lot of time in there lately he didn't bother. As he walked towards the old ragged loveseat that sat in the middle of the room, he looked at the walls covered with pictures, newspaper clippings and trophies. All of those things represented his life in sports, the pictures and trophies dated back to his days in little league and the newspaper clippings were mostly from high school and college. In the middle of the wall was a picture of him and his best friend, Mouth taken the day they graduated college.

Marvin Mcfadden had been Mouth since they were 5 years old. He had earned the nickname because he had never known when to be quiet. Mouth had always been Lucas's sounding board. When something was bothering Lucas he knew that he could call Mouth and he would listen. It was the only time that Mouth stayed quiet longer than 5 seconds. There had been many nights since Mouth was killed that Lucas had wanted to pick up the phone. Tonight was one of those nights.

Nathan laid there still staring out the ceiling long after Haley had fallen asleep. He couldn't stop thinking about tonight. His uncle Keith was uncle Keith to two friends that he had met in college. That wasn't the weird part, the weird part was that he had never heard Keith talking about Lucas, Peyton or their parents. He had mentioned other friends from high school that he still kept in touch with, but not Larry and Anna Sawyer. He couldn't help, but think that maybe there was something more to it then just never mentioning them.

Nathan rolled on his side facing Haley and pulled his wife to him. Haley snuggled into Nathan's chest and embrace still sleeping. Nathan put the thoughts to the back of his mind. He would ask Keith about it when they got to North Carolina right now he needed sleep.

Lucas took his eyes away from the wall and continued towards the ragged loveseat. The loveseat that had been part of the apartment that Lucas and Mouth had shared during their college years. They had found it at a garage sale right at the beginning of freshman year. It had been old and ragged then, but they knew it would be perfect for their ultimate bachelor party pad. When Lucas and Brooke got married, they moved to Chicago. Brooke had forbid that loveseat from coming with them. Mouth kept it until he had married his college sweetheart, Erica nearly a year later. Knowing that Erica would not allow the loveseat either, the guys had put it on the second floor of the garage they had just finished building and that is where it had been ever since. It may have been old, ragged, stained, and ripped, but it had sentimental value to them. Lucas sat down, instantly feeling that Mouth was sitting next to him and he began to speak.

"Something weird happened tonight. I know you remember Nathan Lee. Well, I became his agent today and tonight I found out that he calls uncle Keith, uncle Keith also." Lucas paused before continuing, "He said that his mom and Keith were old friends in Tree Hill. The funny thing is I don't think I have ever heard Keith talk about any old friends in Tree Hill. You know how Keith is, always telling us that his friends are his family. I would think sometime in the last twenty-five years that he would have mentioned Nathan and his mom. There has to be some reason why he didn't. Some strange reason"

Lucas laid his head back on the loveseat as Jasper jumped up onto the couch. He laid his head in Lucas's lap and Lucas idly began petting the dog before drifting off to sleep.

AN/ Please review!