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Suggestions are welcomeTwo days later, Nathan and Haley were landing at the small airport in Tree Hill, North Carolina. They had spent the previous day packing their bags for their extended stay in Tree Hill since they would not be returning to Chicago until the 2nd of January. Nathan had been able to find the old college photo albums in a box in the attic late the previous afternoon and Haley had them safely tucked into her carryon bag. As they stepped off the plane and into the runway, they both began to smile. They were home.
"Nathan! Haley!" Deb Lee yelled as soon as she saw her son and daughter-in-law.
"Mom" Nathan said as the three made their way to each other.
"Oh it is so good to have you home," Deb said as she pulled her son into a hug.
"It is good to be home," Nathan said releasing the hug
"Haley, look at you" Deb said as she placed her hand on Haley's swollen stomach before pulling her into a hug
"I am fat, I know"
"You are not fat. You are having my first grandchild" Deb said in her motherly tone
Haley laughed at Deb's comment as the three began making their way to the inside of the small airport where their luggage was being taken.
"I am so glad that you two are home. It has been too quiet around here with out you"
"It seems really quiet here today. I figured the airport would be busier with the holidays," Nathan said
Nathan has spoken too soon. As the group opened the doors to enter the airport they found themselves surround by friends and family.
"Mom! Dad!" Haley said as she spotted her parents and her older brother, Jake
"Haley!" Lydia James said as she pulled her pregnant daughter into a hug. "Oh, I have missed you"
"I missed you too mom"
"Hales!" Jimmy James replied also pulling his daughter into a hug, "It is good to have you two home"
"It is good to be home, daddy"
"Nathan" Jimmy said as he shook Nathan's hand
"Hey dad" Nathan had started calling Jimmy and Lydia James mom and dad when Haley and him were in high school. He had spent a lot of his time there and they were like parents to him also.
"Hey sissy! Look at you, you look great" Jake said pulling Haley into a long hug.
"Jake, I am so glad that you could come home too," Haley said as tears began falling from her eyes
"Hey, no crying. Mom will have my hide if she thinks I made you cry" Jake said smiling at his younger sister
"Sorry, I am just so happy to see you. It has been too long" Jake was a head computer analyst for a computer company in Oceanside California and he wasn't able to leave the area much.
"It has been too long, but I am home for as long as you are so we will have plenty of time to catch up"
"Jake! It is good to see you man" Nathan said as the two men shook hands
"Good to see you too, Nate. I see you have been taking care of my little sister. Even worked in adding a new member to this crazy family"
"We know that you wanted a little niece or nephew to spoil" Nathan replied
"It doesn't look like I will be having my own children any time soon, so I have to spoil yours"
"What happened to Susie?" Haley asked. Ever since high school, Jake had had little luck with the ladies. He was a nice guy, but most of the ladies he found interesting wanted the bad boy. Therefore, the relationships that he did have didn't last much longer than a few months.
"We ended it. We didn't want the same things out of life, but it is okay. I know that there is someone out there for me. I just have to find her"
"Nathan?" Nathan turned at the sound of his mom's voice. He looked behind his mother and found his Uncle Keith looking back at him with a smile across his face
"Uncle Keith" Haley said as she too spotted him
"Haley!" Keith said as he pulled the young woman into a fragile hug, "You look great!"
"Thank you"
"Nathan"
"Uncle Keith" Nathan said as he pulled his uncle into a hug also, "It is good to see you"
"It is good to see you too"
"Alright, let's get you two kids home so that you can get settled. I know you must be tired after that plane ride" Lydia said as the group started moving towards the baggage area.
"Where are we staying?" Nathan asked as he began picking their luggage off of the turning wheel
"Same as always, half with me and half with Lydia and Jimmy. I get you first though," Deb said. When Nathan and Haley got married and moved out of the state, their parents had decided that when they came home they would stay at both houses splitting the time equally.
"Cool"
"And don't worry Nathan, the mustang is dusted off and filled with gas" Deb said smiling
"Thanks mom"
"At least you have a car, mine is across the country" Jake said
"Jake, my old car is still at mom and dad's. Drive it" Haley told her brother
"What are you going to drive?"
"What makes you think I am driving? I have a chauffeur," Haley said causing the group to laugh as the left the airport heading towards their cars.
An hour later, Lucas, Brooke and Peyton were landing at Charleston International. As they stepped off the plane and in the terminal they all became excited. They hadn't been home since the summer. They entered where the gates were located and continued their walk towards the main part of the airport. They could hear Anna Sawyer before they saw her, yelling their names.
When they reached where Anna was standing they found Larry Sawyer with her along with Brooke's parents, Kevin and June Davis.
"Mom" Brooke said as she ran to hug her mother and than her father
"Peyton! Lucas!" Anna said as she swallowed both of her children into a hug at the same time.
"Hey mom" Peyton said laughing as her mother still had a hold on her and her brother
"Oh, I am so glad that you are both home"
"Anna, Can I hug our children or are you going to hold on to them all day?" Larry asked his wife
"Oh sorry"
"Hey dad" Lucas said hugging his father
"Good to have you home son"
"Daddy" Peyton said as she too hugged her father
"Lucas" June said as she pulled Lucas into a hug
"Hey Mom" Lucas said once June had released the hug, "Dad"
"Lucas, Good to have you home in one piece" Kevin said to his son-in-law shaking his hand
"Where's Tim?" Brooke asked her parents
"Your brother's flight was delayed. He should be arriving soon though" her mother answered, "You don't have to wait here. Go on home with Anna and Larry. We will home soon"
"No, I don't want to leave you here by yourselves" Brooke protested
"June, we will wait with you. We aren't complete unless Tim and his family are with us," Anna said
"Ok, well let's go get your bags and get them to the cars. We have enough time before their flight arrives" Larry said ushering the families towards the baggage claim downstairs
"We need to get Jasper too," Brooke said. They had brought the Akita with them since they would be staying in Charleston until after the New Year
"We will get Jasper too," Larry said smiling at his daughter
An hour later, Brooke and her parents were waiting in the lobby of the main airport waiting for Brooke's brother, Tim, his wife Theresa and their two children to arrive. Lucas was out in the car trying to get Jasper to calm down after his airplane ride while Peyton and her parents visited the airport coffee spot.
"Aunt Brooke" 7-year-old Madison said as she spotted her aunt and ran ahead of her parents towards her aunt
"Madison!" Theresa yelled after her daughter not seeing her sister-in-law.
"Maddy, oh look at you" Brooke said picking the young girl up into a hug, "You have gotten so big"
"Grandma! Grandpa!" 5-year-old Jason said as the rest of Madison's family arrived running towards his grandma's waiting arms.
"Jason, oh my boy. You have gotten so big" June said as she hugged her grandson
"Madison Brooke, please don't run away from. You know that scares me," Theresa said as she came over to where Brooke was standing with Madison still in her arms.
"But I saw Aunt Brooke" Madison responded to her mother trying to sound innocent.
Brooke laughed at her niece before sitting her down, "You should still stay with your parents"
"Okay" Madison said, "Sorry Mommy"
"It's okay. It is Aunt Brooke" Theresa said with a smile on her face as she leaned over her daughter to hug Brooke, "I missed her too"
"Oh, I missed you guys" Brooke said as the two broke apart
"Tim, you look so good" June said to her son as she pulled him into a hug after his father
"Thanks mom. Hey sis"
"Timmy!" Brooke said pulling her brother into a hug
"Brooke, will you stop calling me Timmy" Tim said rolling his eyes and then smiling
"Sure, when I stop breathing" Brooke replied to her brother, "Jason"
"Hey Aunt Brooke"
"Why the long face?" Brooke asked her nephew
"I was hoping Uncle Lucas would be with you" Jason replied. Jason had always been very close with Lucas; he was the only uncle he had.
"Looking for me?" Lucas said coming up behind Jason with his sister and parents
"Uncle Lucas" Jason said as his face lit up and he turned around
"Hey buddy" Lucas said lifting his nephew into the a hug
"Aunt Peyton" Madison said running towards Peyton
"Niece Madison" Peyton said laughing as she bent down to hug the young girl
"Nana! Papa!" Jason said as he noticed Anna and Larry after Lucas had put him down. The Sawyer and the Davis families had been close since their children were in grade school. Jason and Madison always thought that it was cool to have two sets of grandparents even though they were only related to one biologically.
"Hey guys" Anna said pulling Madison and Jason both into a hug, "Oh, we have missed you around here"
"Lucas" Tim said as he shook hands with his longtime friend. Lucas, Tim and Mouth had been the three Musketeers since they were in middle school.
"Hey Tim" Lucas said pulling Tim into a manly hug.
"You guys ready to head out?" Larry asked a few minutes later
"Yea, that flight was incredibly long" Theresa said, "It was delayed three times"
"Is there a lot of snow up there in Maine?" Anna asked
"Yea, too much" Theresa replied as the group started making their way to the baggage claim and out towards their cars for the second time.
"Everything settled?" Deb asked as she poked her head in the doorway to Nathan's old room where Nathan and Haley would be staying later that day
"Yea, getting there" Haley replied
"Where's Nathan?"
"He went to find Keith. He has something he wants to ask him about. They are probably in the garage"
"Those two are like two peas in a pod" Deb said smiling, "I am going to start dinner"
"Do you need some help?"
"You have had a long day. I can manage"
"Well, at least let me keep you company" Haley said as she moved towards Deb
"I would like that"
Haley and Deb made their way to the kitchen talking about the upcoming Christmas dinner that Deb would be preparing. After all Christmas was only two days away
Lucas came down the stairs of his parent's house. Brooke and Peyton were in Peyton's old room looking at some old photo albums his mom had found and put on Peyton's bed. He left them to old memories so he could find his father; he wanted to ask him about Uncle Keith.
He found both his parents in the kitchen preparing dinner for the whole family.
"Everything okay up there?" Larry asked as he saw Lucas enter the kitchen, "We heard screaming"
"That would be Brooke and Peyt. They found the photo albums," Lucas said laughing. Sometimes his wife and sister acted like high school teenagers
"I thought they might like those" Anna said as she stood at the sink peeling potatoes
"I don't blame you for coming down here then" Larry said laughing
"Yea, Actually dad I wanted to ask you something about Uncle Keith"
"What about Keith?"
"Well, one of my new clients. He calls him Uncle Keith too. I have never heard him talk about him though"
"Keith has people everywhere that call him Uncle Keith" Larry answered not looking up from the vegetables he was cutting for the salad
"Yea, I know that. But Nathan said though that he has been around his whole life. A lot like he has been with Peyton and I"
At the mention of the name, Nathan, Anna dropped the peeler she had been using onto the floor
"Mom, you okay?" Lucas said alarmed
"Oh! Yea, I am fine. Just lost my grip." Anna said as she shot her husband a look
"Is something going on?" Lucas asked not missing that look from his mom towards his dad
"Lucas…"Larry started before placing the knife he had been using on the counter and walking around towards his son.
"Dad? What is it?" Lucas said looking at Larry questionably
"Lucas" Anna said before her husband could speak, "Nathan calls Keith his uncle because he really is his uncle. Keith is Nathan's father's brother"
"You know who Nathan is?" Lucas asked looking towards his mother, who avoided his eyes and instead looked out the window over the sink into the backyard where Madison and Jason were currently playing with Jasper. "Mom?"
"Yes, we know who Nathan is." Larry answered him
"How come I have never heard of him?"
"We didn't know how to tell you"
"Tell me what?" Lucas asked almost yelling
"What is going on down here?" Peyton asked as she and Brooke entered the kitchen
"They know about Nathan" Lucas said turning to his sister
"What? How do you know about him and we don't?" Peyton asked looking between her parents.
Anna let out a heavy sigh before turning again to face her son, "Lucas, Nathan is your biological brother."