Hey Guys
Here is the second chapter… I'd like to thank the two reviewers I've had on this story so far, clemsontigerschic and OTHforever03. Your guys' reviews got me to write this chapter right now instead of this weekend.
Love ya,
Emily
(Mark Schwann and the WB own the characters depicted in this story I don't own anything… I wish I could say I owned the show but I don't)
(6 weeks before Thanksgiving, Boston)
"Hello?" Said a young man answering his cell phone.
"Hey, long time no hears kid." Said an older man into a phone in North Carolina.
"Who is this and do you know what time it is?" said the younger man.
"What the hell are you still doing in bed at 10:30 in the morning on a Friday, don't you have a class?" said the older man.
"Don't you have a life, get a calendar, it's Saturday, so if you don't mind I'm hanging up on you and I will call you never." Said the younger man as he pressed the end button on his phone.
"Well, at least he told me he was hanging up." Said the older man, surprised at his nephew.
(Same Day, Tree Hill, North Carolina)
Keith Scott stared at his phone, which up until a few seconds ago had his girlfriend's son Lucas on the other end. Keith walked into the kitchen of the house he shared with Lucas' mother Karen Roe. Karen and Keith had been living together since July. Karen and Keith had realized how quiet it had been without the kids around, Lucas who was Karen's son from a previous relationship, was also Keith's oldest nephew. The house always seemed busy, what with Lucas' younger brother Nathan and his wife Haley, who was Lucas' best friend for as long as they could all remember, coming and going, as well as Lucas' ex-girlfriends Brooke Davis and Peyton Sawyer. Brooke had actually lived with Lucas and Karen during their junior year in high school.
"You know your son is not a morning person." Said Keith.
"Why do you say that?" Asked Karen.
"Well he hung up on me." Said Keith with a laugh.
"Well it's Saturday and he had a late practice last night." Said Karen.
"And where was this information 5 minutes ago." Said Keith as he hugged Karen from behind.
"You didn't ask." Said Karen.
"So we should start thinking about Thanksgiving, I think." Said Keith.
"Well I was thinking, since everyone usually goes around from house to house on that day, especially the kids, why don't we invite everyone here, you know us, Deb, Larry, Jake's parents, and if I can get a hold of Haley's parents, everyone can bring a little something… what do you think?" Asked Karen
"Question, what would you say if we invited my parents also, I'm sure they'd love to see the boys and Haley, and just think it will be a lot quieter." Said Keith thinking of his brother Dan who had died in an office fire at his dealership over a year ago.
"I think between Deb and I we can handle your parents."
"You think you can huh?"
"Yes, I think we really can. What are you thinking about?"
"I think we should also invite Whitey, we might need another person that Luke and Nate will listen to, besides Haley." Said Keith laughing.
"I think that's a good idea."
As the weeks passed everyone had agreed to enjoy the holiday at Keith and Karen's, as a surprise for the kids none of the parents told them that the others were coming in for dinner there, although they all had talked no one actually knew they were actually having dinner together. The guys had planned to meet at the river court after desert to play a game, like they used to.
All the parents took on their children's travel arrangements and Nathan and Haley decided since they lived so close they would drive down to Tree Hill. Karen also took it upon herself to take care of Brooke's arrangements, even though Brooke assured her that she could make it there on her own Karen insisted. Little did Brooke know Karen had something in store for Lucas and Brooke.
Karen had arranged for Lucas to fly from Boston to New York for a short layover. And then on to Tree Hill. She also made a mental note to ask Nathan to stop at the airport to pick them up on his way down there.
(Tree Hill High, Whitey's office)
"Hey Old man." Said Keith
"Keith." Said Whitey as he got the two mugs out of his desk drawer.
"No thanks old man, I'll stick with my coffee." Said Keith.
"Okay, more for me then." Said Whitey as he poured himself a cup.
"So all the kids are coming back from school, in a couple weeks."
"What kids?" Asked Whitey joking around.
"Oh, none other than you three favorite brooding basketball players, three of my favorite cheerleaders, and an adorable 2 year old baby girl who is babbling up a storm." Said Keith.
"Those kids, when are they all coming back?"
"Uh, Brooke, Haley, and my two pain in the ass nephews are coming in on the 16th and Peyton, Jake, and Jenny will be in on the 17th."
"What did Lucas and Nathan do this time?" Asked Whitey.
"Well Lucas hung up on me the other day, when I called him before noon, and Nathan said there was no way he was cooking anything for thanksgiving, which from what I heard from Haley he can cook a little."
Keith and Whitey left his office and each went home, when Keith walked into the house Karen was on the phone with someone.
"Haley, put him on the phone." Said Karen.
"Nathan Lee Scott, you are contributing to this dinner whether you like it or not, I know how competitive you are with your brother so I will just say this Lucas is making something what I have no idea, but can you live with the fact that your older brother will beat at something other than basketball, that's what I thought Nathan, okay I'll talk to you soon. Tell Haley I love her. Bye." Said Karen as she hung up the phone.
"Well, well, well, what is it that I just walked in on, blackmailing my nephew to cook, but using your own son as bait." Said Keith laughing.
"What you cannot be around this family for over 20 years and not learn a few things." Said Karen proud of her for getting through to Nathan.
After Nathan hung up the phone with Karen still shocked at what just happened he dialed his brother's number to tell him what happened.
"Hello?"
"Your mother scared me just now." Said Nathan as Lucas answered the phone.
"Why, what happened?" Said Lucas worried.
"I think she just blackmailed me." Said Nathan laughing.
"How did my mom blackmail you?" Said a shocked Lucas.
"She used our competitiveness to get me to cook something for thanksgiving." Said Nathan.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I think she picked up more from Dan than she let on, man." Said Nathan.
"Well Nate, think about it she's been around our family for over 20 years, she had to have picked up something.
"That's true."
"Are you still talking to Karen?" Asked Haley as she walked back into the room.
"No, I'm talking to Luke."
"Oh, ask him how Brooke or whatever bar skank he picked up this week is?"
"Tell your wife to stay out of my love life, and I haven't spoken to Brooke in over a month."
"He says, stay out of his love life and he hasn't talked to Brooke in over a month, really you haven't talked to her for that long?" Said Nathan.
"Jeez, your worse than Haley." Said Lucas.
"What happened?"
"Nothing I've been busy, she's been busy."
"With what?"
"Oh I don't know school, basketball, getting tortured by my little brother talking about my love life."
"Alright I get the picture, I'll talk to you later man."
"Yeah, and tell Haley not to call Brooke, nothing happened we just keep missing each other."
"What ever you say man, bye."
"Bye."
