Hey Guys
Thank you, for the Happy Birthdays, I figure since I'm not going out tonight I will spend my birthday with all of you guys in our versions of Tree Hill, NC. And again if you have any questions feel free to ask, you guys make my day…
Jeytonlover: I figure that since Deb had been with the ass so long she deserved to be with someone good, finally.
Team Frank: You are welcome for the plug.
PaulineJ: I am so glad you are enjoying the story.
OTHforever03: You are forgiven. Get caught up and we'll see you back here.
Love,
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)
It was now a week later and preparations were now in full swing. The kids had found out that they were all eating together, but not that Deb and Larry were dating somehow. Deb and Larry figured either they knew and were in denial or they just didn't know.
"Nathan?" Said Deb.
"Yeah?"
"Honey I need to ask you something." Said Deb.
"Okay."
"Your grandparents are staying here until Sunday afternoon, so do you think you and Haley could keep the make out sessions to a minimum or at least in your room while they're here."
"Yes, Mom I think we can do that, but you might want to tell Karen to warn Lucas and Brooke of the same thing since I'm sure Grandma and Grandpa are going to be going there to see Keith."
"Right." Said Deb as she laughed at the absurdity of asking her son to tone down the PDA's with his wife."
"Okay, well since the girls are shopping for Thanksgiving clothes Me, Jake, and Luke are going to head over to the school and see Whitey and check out the team." Said Nathan.
"What are 'Thanksgiving Clothes'?" Asked Deb.
"I have no idea, I tune Brooke out as soon as she says the word 'shopping'." Said Nathan joking around.
"Bye, be safe." Said Deb as Nathan walked out the door.
Deb then called Karen and told her of the conversations with Nathan.
"…Okay so I talked to Nathan about him and Haley keeping the PDA's to a minimum around Keith's parents, and he said I should remind you of Brooke and Lucas." Said Deb jokingly.
"Keith is going to talk to Lucas and I will talk to Brooke when they get back from whatever they are doing today." Said Karen telling Deb of the plan.
"Okay, I just don't want the kids to be caught in compromising positions by Royal or Mae, if we catch them it only embarrasses them, if Royal or Mae catch them it will turn into a lecture for both the kids and the parents." Said Deb laughing.
"Yeah, I've been on the receiving end of some of them." Said Karen remembering the good times she had when her and Dan had first starting dating when he was a nice guy.
"I have, too." Said Deb with a laugh.
The boys met up outside the school to go in and see the new team and see Whitey who had decided not to retire but instead hired an assistant to help with the team.
"Well if it isn't the second generation of Scott Boys and Jake Jagielski." Said Whitey without looking up from the playbook he was looking at.
"How'd you know it was us Coach?" Said Nathan knowing some kind of crack was coming.
"Because the new members of the team haven't mastered the silent entrance yet, but you three have. How are you Boys?" Asked Whitey.
"Good, Coach." Said Lucas as he hugged Whitey.
"How are those girls of yours?" Asked Whitey of all three of them.
"They're good out shopping I think." Said Nathan.
"Yeah, Brooke was talking so fast this morning, I only got the words 'clothes, shopping, Tutor Girl, and Peyton'." Said Lucas.
"So, how's that going being under the same roof as your ex-girlfriend Lucas?"
"Well, pretty good, especially seeing as Brooke and I are back together."
"Really, when did this happen?" Said Whitey.
"Um, in September."
"Keith didn't say anything to me, when I asked him how you all are doing in school."
"That's cause no one knew, isn't that right Luke?" Said Nathan teasing Lucas.
"That's right, we didn't tell anyone until we got here." Said Lucas.
"Well, why the hell not?" Said Whitey using the tone that usually scared his players.
"We just did want to disappoint any one if it didn't work out."
"So, Nathan what's going on with you and Haley?"
"We're good, we have an apartment outside of UNC and just enjoying being together." Said Nathan.
"Well that's good, You hold on to here all you can, I hold her responsible for the man that is standing in front of me today and thankfully not the one I had on my team when you started. What about you Jake, when am I going to see that beautiful little girl of yours and Peyton's?" Said Whitey proudly referring to Peyton as Jenny's mother.
"You'll see her at dinner on Thursday, I would have brought her today but Peyton took her shopping with them." Said Jake.
"So Coach how's the new team look?" Said Lucas.
"Not as good as the one I lost, but their good." Said Whitey.
"Have you had to throw any one of the bus 30 miles away from home yet?" Asked Nathan remembering the night Whitey kicked him and Lucas off of the bus with nothing but the clothes they were wearing and each other.
"Not yet, but I have a few with potential." Said Whitey getting the reference.
The boys followed Whitey to the gym and watched practice when it ended the guys started playing for a little while and then decided to go home and see what the girls has accomplished.
That afternoon Royal and Mae made it to Deb's house, and were greeted by Haley. Much to the surprise to Royal and Mae expecting Deb to answer the door.
"Hi Mr. And Mrs. Scott, how are you?" Asked Haley as she took their coats.
"We're good sweetheart how are you doing?" Asked Mae as she hugged Haley.
"Good, um Deb should be back any minute she forgot something at the store or something like that." Said Haley nervous.
"That's okay, so is Nathan here?" Asked Royal.
"No, he went out with Lucas and Jake but should be back any minute also." Said Haley realizing Brooke was still upstairs.
"Okay, so how's school going, Haley?" Asked Mae.
"It's going great, for both me and Nathan."
"Haley, what is taking you so long?" Asked Brooke as she came down the stairs thinking Haley was getting sodas.
"I had to get the door. Mr. And Mrs. Scott this is Lucas' girlfriend Brooke Davis." Said Haley.
"Hi it's nice to meet you." Said Brooke as she shook Royal and Mae's hands.
"It's nice to meet you too dear, I hope we'll be able to get to know you better this week." Said Mae.
"Me too." Said Brooke as Deb walked in the door.
"Haley, Nathan are you guys home?" Yelled Deb.
"We're in the den, Deb with Mr. And Mrs. Scott." Yelled back Haley.
"Royal, Mae I wasn't expecting you until later." Said Deb.
"Well, we decided to beat the traffic and come a little earlier, I hope that's okay." Said Royal.
"That's fine, um girls I left some grocery bags on the counter in the will you go put them away for me?" Asked Deb noticing the girls' uneasiness.
"Sure, come on Tutor Girl." Said Brooke walking out of the room.
"So Lucas has a girlfriend, and Nathan and Haley are still married?" Said Royal trying to figure out the situation.
"Yes, Brooke and Lucas have been together off and on for about the same time Haley and Nate have."
"Why didn't you tell us that Lucas was seeing someone?" Said Mae.
"Well, when you guys call me and Karen you ask how we're doing and how the boys are doing with school and basketball you don't ask if they're seeing anyone." Said Deb.
"Where was this girl when Danny died, I mean you said she and Lucas have been together for over two years."
"Brooke and Lucas weren't together at that time and she was with her parents in California for the summer." Said Deb.
"Oh, but they are defiantly together now." Said Royal.
"Yes, they are. Why?" Asked Deb curiously.
"Well, come Christmas, I want to make sure there is a gift from us for her." Said Mae figuring that Brooke would eventually be in their rather dysfunctional family.
"As far as I know Brooke will be around for a very long time." Said Deb.
"Be around a long time for what?" Asked Brooke as she and Haley walked back into the room.
"Well, Mae was asking me if you were going to be around for many more holidays?"
"Lucas isn't getting rid of me that easily, or anytime soon. Beside you guys are my family." Said Brooke.
"That's exactly how we feel about you Brooke." Said Haley.
"Speaking of Broody, I have to be getting home. They should be done with their trip down memory lane." Said Brooke.
"Broody?" Asked Royal confused.
"I meant Lucas sorry, it's a habit I have." Said Brooke.
"Brooke and Luke call each other Cheery and Broody, and they sometimes forget to they have real names." Said Haley clarifying.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Brooke and we'll see on Thursday, right?"
"Yes, you will. Actually you might see me sooner."
"How's that dear?" Asked Royal.
"I'm staying with Karen and Keith." Said Brooke.
"Oh, well then we'll probably see you tonight then when we stop by."
"Absolutely, well bye. Haley if Luke comes here looking for me…"
"I'll tell him to meet you at home." Said Haley.
"Bye, Deb."
"Bye, Brooke." Said Deb.
"She's a sweet girl, now doesn't she have family in town?" Asked Mae.
"Yes, she does Karen and Keith." Said Deb knowing where the conversation was leading.
"No I think what Mae meant was her parents, siblings?"
"Brooke's parents are not the best parents, you know how Dan always pushed the boys too hard at times. Well Brooke's parents didn't push her at all, they were always taking trips and leaving her here to fend for herself."
"And when she started seeing Lucas, Karen starting seeing her more as a daughter and took her in when her parents moved to California. So her family is Karen, Keith, Luke, and us." Finished Haley.
"Well I think she's good for Lucas." Said Mae.
Lucas had gotten home a couple minutes after Brooke did and after she told Keith and Karen about her meeting his parents, Keith and Karen decided to take his parents out for dinner without Brooke and Lucas, to ease them into the fold of the entire family together.
"Lucas you should have seen it I was so nervous I'm sure your Grandparents hate me." Said Brooke as she and Lucas laid on the couch together watching television.
"Well that's why Mom and Keith went to dinner with them to make sure they don't." Said Lucas trying to ease Brooke's fear.
"It's one thing to meet them on purpose like at dinner on Thursday, but me coming from downstairs yelling to Haley is a totally different situation."
"Hey don't worry, they will love you. If makes you feel any better from what Nate told me my Grandfather hated Haley the first time he met her."
"Really?"
"Yup, so don't worry." Said Lucas.
"Okay." Said Brooke.
Brooke and Lucas fell asleep on the couch that night. When Keith and Karen got home they decided not to wake them up, luckily Royal and Mae thought it best to just go back to Deb's from the restaurant.
Wednesday was the day of cooking pies and the stuff for desert. The girls all helped out as much as Karen and Deb would let them. Nathan remembering his earlier conversation with Karen decided to make the dinner rolls for the dinner. And Lucas was in charge of doing the gravy after the turkey was made on Thursday. The first phase of the cooking was done by midnight and everyone settled into their beds ready for what was going to be a huge day for all involved.
Karen was up at the crack of dawn to put the turkey into the oven. A couple minutes after she did that, she was surprised to see Brooke up that early.
"Brooke, what are you doing up?" Asked Karen with concern.
"I just couldn't sleep, I was worrying about dinner tonight. That's all." Said Brooke.
"What are you worried about, honey?" Asked Karen going into mother mode.
"How to make a good second impression on Keith's parents, I don't want to let you guys down, because you've been so good to me, these past couple years." Said Brooke tearing up.
"Brooke, sweetheart all you have to do is be yourself. The only way you would let me down is if you acted like something you weren't."
"It's just hard you know, I mean I'm fine with you and Keith and Deb, but I don't know how to interact with them, I get nervous and then you know how I start to ramble."
"You have nothing to be nervous about. And if you start to ramble then so what, it will actually probably be the calmest conversation there will be all evening, why don't you go back to bed and sleep on it a little." Said Karen.
"Okay, and Karen."
"Yeah?"
"Thanks for being like a mom to me these past few years."
"Your welcome Brooke." Said Karen.
