Hey Guys

Here we go again. So I ended up posting last night after I went to dinner with my dad. I was going to pull a double and post two chapters, but as I started typing I realized how long this particular chapter was going to end up being so this is what I call a double chapter. And now to thank the reviewers for the last chapter:

PaulineJ: I thought it was a poignant scene as a way to solidify Brooke and Karen's relationship. I'm glad you liked it.

OTHforever: I remember that too. My grandma always had to make the gravy, mostly because my mother didn't and still doesn't know how with out opening a jar.

Jeytonlover: It's dinner with the Scott's when isn't there drama at the dinner table.

Well that's all from me:

Love,

Emily

PS I don't know Jake's parents names so here they are called Lorna and Bruce.

(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 … I also don't usually use song lyrics in my stories but these lyrics that were written by Johnny Cash and Josef Anderson and sung by Johnny Cash, I also don't own…The song is called 'Thanksgiving')

After Karen and Brooke's talk, Brooke felt better and went back to bed and slept until she noticed the change in Lucas' breathing.

"What are you doing awake?" Asked Brooke.

"Well I was going to ask you the same thing earlier but you left me here all by myself."

"I heard your mom up so I thought she could use some company, I figured you could survive for a couple minutes with out me." Said Brooke.

"Don't do it again, I don't want to share you with my mom." Said Lucas.

"You already do, you know I'm only with you because of your mom right and the food." Said Brooke joking.

"Really, I thought it was because of the sex." Said Lucas matching her playful tone.

"No that's the reason I stay." Said Brooke as she kissed Lucas.

"Well, stay a little longer, please." Responded Lucas while kissing Brooke back.

"You'll never get rid of me." Said Brooke.

"I don't plan on trying." Said Lucas, right before someone knocked on the door.

"We're awake and will be out in a minute." Said Brooke to whoever knocked.

"Breakfast is ready." Said Keith.

"You realize all we're going to do is eat all day." Said Brooke as Lucas put pajama bottoms on over his boxers.

"Yeah, but at least we'll have people our own age to hang out with." Add Lucas.

"That' s true." Said Brooke as she once again stole the gray hoody.

"Okay, question am I ever going to get that back?" Asked Lucas as he and Brooke made their way to the kitchen.

"Maybe, maybe not, if your good and don't argue with Nathan and Jake about the games on TV today there may be a good chance." Said Brooke knowing there was no chance of that happening.

"You are being mean and you know it." Said Lucas walking into the kitchen.

"What are you being mean about now, Brooke?" Asked Keith hearing them argue down the hallway.

"Oh, I told him that if he didn't argue with Nate and Jake during the games today he'd get his hoody back."

"Man, you are not going to see that thing again." Said Keith slapping Lucas on the back.

"Thanks for the confidence, and I will get it back." Said Lucas pointing at Brooke.

"Uh-huh whatever." Said Brooke as she started eating her sticky bun that Karen gave her.

"Lucas, you will never get it back. Give it up, sit down and eat." Said Karen to Lucas who was now defeated.

It was now later in the afternoon and Lucas had done his part in the preparation of dinner carrying in chairs the rest of his to do list couldn't be done until later and was allowed to go back to the game. Brooke got up to answer the door when someone rang the bell.

"Since when does anyone ring the doorbell in Tree Hill?" She asked sarcastically.

"I guess they figured they'd be nice since it's a holiday." Said Keith.

"Hey Guys!" Said Brooke as she let Deb, Nathan, Haley, Royal, and Mae into the house.

"Hi, Sweetie Happy Thanksgiving." Said Deb as she hugged Brooke.

"Happy Thanksgiving to you." Responded Brooke.

"Hey Brooke, Happy Thanksgiving." Said Nathan with a smile as he hugged Brooke.

"Nate, the guys are that way. What has gotten into him?" Asked Brooke as she took their coats from Haley.

"I have no idea, he's been like that all morning." Said Haley.

"Mr. And Mrs. Scott how are you?" Asked Brooke as she took their coats also.

"We're good dear, how are you?" Said Royal.

"Good, um Lucas and Keith are in the living room and Karen is in the kitchen." Said Brooke figuring they would like to see their family.

"Jake and Peyton aren't here yet?" Asked Haley.

"Nope, they should be here soon though they're coming with Jake's parents and Larry." Said Brooke as she and Haley put the coats in Lucas' room.

"Cool, so what time is Lucas planning to go down to the River Court?"

"Karen told him he couldn't leave until the dishes and desert is done." Said Brooke laughing.

"So, like around 7 or so." Said Haley.

"Probably."

Brooke and Haley walked out of the room to hear Lucas talking to Nathan.

"Wait." Said Brooke knowing what was coming.

"What?" Asked Haley.

"Oh come on Nate, the guy was wide open to catch that pass for the touchdown." Said Lucas.

"He was not he had two guys on him." Said Nathan not understanding his brother's logic.

"Yeah, from 10 yards away." Said Lucas forgetting his earlier discussion with Brooke.

"You want to see Lucas get pissed at himself?" Said Brooke laughing at Lucas' stupidity.

"Of course, I have to get him back for pushing me off the couch last week somehow." Said Haley as Brooke walked back to the bedroom and put on the hoody.

"Okay let's go."

Haley and Brooke walked out to where the guys were sitting watching the game.

"Hey, Cheery did Peyton tell you what time they were going to be here?"

"No, but they had to go get Jake's parents also they should be here soon though." Answered Brooke.

"Okay." Said Lucas turning back to the game.

"Oh, by the way Broody you lost." Said Brooke.

"How did I loose?" Said Lucas.

"We heard you all the way down the hall a couple seconds ago." Said Brooke smiling.

"That didn't count." Said Lucas not backing down.

"Yes, it did." Said Brooke in a singsong voice as she and Haley walked into the kitchen.

"I can't believe I did that." Said Lucas.

"What happened?" Asked Royal not fully understanding Brooke and Lucas.

"Nothing just a crazy bet I made with Brooke, that I just lost."

"Well, I couldn't have been that bad what was the bet." Asked Royal.

"Well she bet me that I couldn't go the day without arguing with Nathan about the game."

"Well that was a bad bet to make, what did you bet anyway?" Asked Nathan.

"He bet the hoody." Said Keith patting Lucas' leg.

"Stupid, why can't you two be normal and bet cash or something?" Asked Nathan.

"Because I was kind of hoping for my sweatshirt back she's had it for 4 months."

"Why did you bet a sweatshirt?" Asked Royal.

"Luke has the hoody that Brooke was wearing by the way, forever and then one night in shear stupidity he let Brooke barrow it and she took it to New York with her."

"Okay first of all she was cold, second do you know how many times I've actually tried to steal it back from her?" Said Lucas.

"And haven't you noticed somehow she always ends up with it in the end." Said Keith.

While Brooke and Haley were putting the coats in the room, Mae, Deb, and Karen where talking in the kitchen. When Karen heard Lucas and Nathan talking and it slowly got louder on her son's end.

"Yes, Keith owes me 20 bucks." Said Karen referring to the side bet that her and Keith made, Karen taking Brooke's side and Keith taking Lucas'.

"Owes you 20 for what?" Asked Deb.

"Well, this morning at breakfast Brooke and Lucas made a bet that he couldn't go the day without arguing with Nathan about the game, so Keith and I made a bet of our own, I stood strong with Brooke knowing how competitive the boys get, and Keith took Lucas' side saying that Lucas would do it."

"What did Brooke and Lucas bet?" Said Deb.

"His hoody, or should I say Brooke's hoody now."

"How stupid can he be, he knows the competitive streak come out with the two of them." Said Deb.

"Stupid enough to try and say that it didn't count." Said Brooke bouncing into the room happy with her victory.

"I was wondering if you heard him?" Said Karen.

"I heard him all the way down the hall." Said Brooke as the doorbell rang again. This time Keith got up and answered it.

"Hey Guys, Happy Thanksgiving!" Said Keith as he let Larry, Jake's Parents, Jake, Peyton, and Jenny into the house.

"Thanks for having us." Said Jake's mom Lorna.

"Hey no problem, come on in." Said Keith as Jenny started toddling around.

"Hey Jake pull up a seat." Said Nathan as he started ticking Jenny who had made her way over to where they were sitting.

"Uh, Dad this is Larry Sawyer, Peyton's father, and these are Jake's parents Lorna and Bruce, guys this my father Royal, and you know those two." Said Keith point to Lucas and Nathan and introducing the adults.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you Royal." Said Lorna.

"Nice meet you too."

"Um, Lorna, Peyton the other ladies have kind of migrated to the kitchen area, oh and Peyton can you give this to Karen for me?" Said Keith handing her the 20 bucks he owed Karen.

"Sure, come on Jenny come with Mommy." Said Peyton.

"No." Said Jenny using her favorite word, as she got comfortable in Nathan's lap.

"Okay." Said Peyton as she and Lorna made their way to the kitchen.

"Hey Guys, have we been banished to the kitchen?" Asked Lorna laughing.

"No, we just figured since the guys kind of took over the living room this morning, we'd just stay in here." Said Brooke.

"Oh, Karen Keith asked me to give you this." Said Peyton handing Karen the twenty.

"Thanks."

"Where's Jenny?" Asked Haley.

"Oh, she kind of high jacked your husband's lap." Said Peyton.

"Well at least she found a seat." Said Brooke.

"That's what I thought too." Said Peyton.

"Oh, um Mae this is Lorna Jagielski, Jake's mom and I think you know Peyton." Said Deb.

"It's nice to meet you, I think we met at the graduation though." Said Mae.

"That's right we did." Said Lorna.

"So can I help with any thing?" Asked Peyton.

"No we have it all under control Lucas is doing the gravy when the turkey is ready and Nathan made the dinner rolls, and everything else Brooke and I did last night and this morning, it just has to be heated when it is time to eat." Said Karen.

"Okay." Said Peyton.

"I'll be right back I'm going to go see if the guys need anything at the store." Said Deb also needing to talk to Larry.

"Okay." Said Karen knowing what Deb was doing.

Karen had known about Deb and Larry since Deb asked her if it was okay if they started dating, to which Karen said of course since all that came out of her relationship with Larry was a friendship.

"Okay, guys I'm running to the store for a few last minute items before it closes does anyone need anything?"

"No I think we're good in here." Said Keith knowing about Larry and Deb also.

"You know what we need a few things at the house as well so I think, I mean if you don't mind Deb if I tag along."

"No not at all Larry."

"Okay." Said Larry as he followed Deb out the door.

Deb and Larry got into the car and left for the store.

"So do you think we should tell the kids today?" Asked Deb.

"Do you think it's wise, what with your in-laws around?"

"Royal and Mae know that I wasn't happy for the last couple years of my marriage, and I think they would want me to be happy, even if it's without their son." Said Deb.

"So how do you think Nate and Peyton are going to react especially since they were once a couple?"

"I think they'll be surprised at first but, after a short time they'll get used to it." Responded Deb.

"I hope you're right." Said Larry.

Larry and Deb returned to the packed house, while they were walking up the walkway Whitey came up behind them.

"So who else showed up to this shin-dig?" Asked Whitey noticing all the cars.

"Hey Coach, um three basket ball players, three cheerleaders, a couple parents, grandparents, and a passed out 2 year old." Said Larry.

"So the normal bunch." Said Whitey.

"Yeah."

"So what did I miss?" Asked Whitey.

"Nothing the guys are watching the games and us ladies are in the kitchen talking." Said Deb.

"The boys start arguing yet, cause I'd be more than happy to drop them off in the woods again." Said Whitey.

"No, just about some play one of the teams made, but I think Lucas learned a very important lesson."

"Really, what was that?"

"Not to argue with Nathan with Brooke in ear shot." Finished Deb.

"Do I want to know?" Asked Whitey knowing those how Brooke and Lucas were with each other.

"No." Said Deb as they walked into the house.

After everyone said his or her greetings to Whitey the house settled down again. The men continued watching the game and the women once again retreated to the kitchen.

"Hey, Lucas can you come and make the gravy please?" Brooke nicely.

"Can I have my sweatshirt back?"

"No, but if don't come make the gravy right now your sleeping on the couch or floor whichever you prefer tonight." Said Brooke as she walked back into the kitchen to the laughing of the women counting down on her fingers.

"I'll be back, Jenny keep my seat warm." Said Lucas to a now awake Jenny who was listening to Nathan as he whispered something in her ear.

"Jenny, tell Uncle Luke that he's whipped." Said Nathan quietly so only he, Jenny, and Jake could hear.

"Unwle Luke, you whipped." Said Jenny as Lucas was walking out of the room and every guy in the living room was laughing hysterically.

"Nice Nate, I'm telling Peyton what you two are teaching her daughter." Said Lucas as he walked into the kitchen.

"I knew that would make you come in here." Said Brooke not hearing what Jenny said, but hearing the laughter.

"You guys obviously didn't hear what your daughter just said to me as I was walking out here." Said Lucas still shocked that Jenny had actually repeated what Nathan said.

"I'm almost afraid to ask. What did my child say?"

"Aided by your husband…" pointing to Haley "…And your boyfriend told me that I was whipped because I came out here when Brooke asked me to." Said Lucas pointing to Peyton.

"That's my girl, you have to admit Luke, you are." Said Haley.

"No I don't, I just didn't want to sleep on the floor or couch." Responded Lucas as he started to get the gravy made.

After the gravy was done, every one gathered around the table with Keith and Karen at the heads of it. Royal said Grace, while Keith carved the turkey.

"Now if everyone would join hands we can say grace." Said Royal to the people that though out the day he had come to revere as his very large family decided to let a legend say his grace prayer, because the lyrics of the song he had heard said all the things he felt as he looked around the table. "Now to do something different this year, we were in the car on the way up here, Mae and I heard this song that Nathan was kind enough to find on the computer for us, and I thought that this song said everything that I saw when I walked in the door today, so Nathan will you put the CD in the player for me?"

"Yes, Grandpa." Said Nathan as he got up and started to set up the player. After he put the disc in he took his seat with the stereo remote beside Haley and his mother.

"Nathan, can you press play please?" Asked Royal.

"Yes, sir." Said Nathan as he pressed play and the sound of a single guitar came over the speakers.

"We've come to the time in the season
When family and friends gather near
To offer a prayer of Thanksgiving
For blessings we've known through the year
To join hands and thank the creator
And now when Thanksgiving is due
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you

I'm grateful for the laughter of children
The sun and the wind and the rain
The color of blue in your sweet eyes
The sight of a high ball and train
The moon rise over a prairie
Old love that you've made new
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
This year when I count my blessings
I'm thanking the Lord He made you

And when the time comes to be going
It won't be in sorrow and tear
I'll kiss you goodbye and I'll go on my way
Grateful for all of the years
I thank for all that you gave me
For teaching me what love can do
Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life
I'm thanking the Lord He made you
Thanksgiving day for the rest of my life
I'm thanking the Lord He made you"

"Amen." Said Royal when the song was over and he notice a couple of the women dabbing tears away.

"Amen." Answered Lucas as he looked over to Brooke who was trying to converse with Jenny. Who was trying to tell Brooke what she wanted on her plate.

"Jake, can you help Jenny I tried but I have no idea what she is saying." Said Brooke with a laugh.

"She was trying to tell you no veggies, but she has to have them." Said Jake more to Jenny than to Brooke.

After everyone was served and eating the conversations turned to how all the kids were doing with school and their majors in College, it made a very short stop on basket ball, but it was quickly glazed over.

"So, what is everyone majoring in?" Asked Mae to no one in particular.

"I'm majoring in English Literature, to become a professor." Said Lucas.

"Education." Said Haley.

"What age group Haley?" Asked Royal.

"Elementary."

"Well, that's great." Said Whitey.

"Thank-you."

"What about you, Brooke?" Asked Royal.

"Actually, um I've decided that after Christmas break that I'm going to transfer to Boston University and major in Interior Design." Said Brooke.

"Really, when did you decide this?" Asked Peyton.

"Um, last week. I talked to my parents a couple weeks ago and they said that if I didn't pick a more productive major that they wouldn't pay what my scholarship at NYU doesn't. And I told them that I wouldn't change it so I called a few schools and found out that I could get a full scholarship for Cheerleading to BU, and Lucas and I discussed it and decided that I should take it."

"I'm proud of you, Brooke. For standing up to your parents, and you know if you need anything you can always ask us." Said Keith.

"I know I just didn't want to say anything until it was all straightened out." Said Brooke as she smiled at Lucas.

"So, what about you, Nate?" Asked Royal.

"Uh, Physical Therapy, so I can help rehab injured players." Said Nathan.

"Well, I'm sure between you and your brother's injuries alone you know almost as much as the professors do." Said Keith.

"Peyt, your up." Said Haley.

"Art history." Said Peyton as she cut Jenny's meat for her.

"Jake, what about, son have you decided on your major yet?" Asked Bruce.

"Social Work, to protect the children." Said Jake.

"They need someone like you to help the children." Said Karen.

All the parents were proud of what their children had accomplished in such a short time away from them.

"Well, in all my years teaching I have never been so proud of a group of kids as I am of you six." Said Whitey.

"I agree." Said Larry.

"So guys how are your teams doing?" Asked Bruce.

"Their good I'll give them that, but it's hard when I'm double teamed and I don't have one of these guys come out of thin air to pass to." Said Nathan.

"Give it time Nathan, it takes time to get into that kind of a play." Said Keith.

"Yeah, I know but when you get used to something it's hard to go back to when you didn't have it." Said Nathan.

"Well just remember that when you guys come up to Boston next, don't try to throw the ball to me." Said Lucas.

"I was throwing it to the guy you were covering."

"The guy I was covering was half way down the court by the time you realized I was on the other team." Said Lucas laughing.

"Then why didn't you follow him?" Asked Nathan.

"Because I was trying to figure out who you were going to throw to so I could steal the ball and make a shot." Said Lucas.

"Okay no more sports talk, until dessert." Said Haley knowing the conversation was leading to one of them complaining about the overtime they threw the game into that night.

"Okay." Said Nathan.

"Luke?" Asked Haley.

"Fine." Said Lucas.

The rest of dinner was spent playing catch-up on what everyone was doing outside of school, and work. It had been decided that the three younger guys would do clean up duty for the table before dessert was served all they had to really clean up was the table, because Brooke and Haley had cleaned up the kitchen of all the pots and pans while the meal was being prepared.

"So are we going to play tonight?" Asked Lucas as he carried a bunch of glasses in.

"I don't know, did you tell anyone we were playing?" Asked Jake.

"I only told Tim, when I ran into him last week, I told him to call me yesterday but he never did." Said Nathan.

"Well, Brooke talked to Bevin and told her that we were and Bevin said that Skills would probably play." Said Lucas.

"Well why don't we just call people that we know are in town and tell them if they want to play, to come. If no one shows then we don't play." Said Jake.

"You got it." Said Lucas grabbing the phone and then looking in his pockets for his phone book. "Brooke!"

"What?" Answered Brooke from the living room.

"Where's my phone book?"

"I don't know wherever you left it, why?" Said Brooke coming into the kitchen.

"Because we're going to see if anyone wants to play tonight, and to do that I have to call them."

"Like I said wherever you left it." Said Brooke.

"You're no help you know that?"

"Yup." Said Brooke as she kissed Lucas.

"I'll be right back." Said Lucas as he went to the bedroom and found it on his desk. "Got it we are in business guys." He said when he returned.

Lucas started calling around tracking people down, he got a hold of Fergie, Mouth, and Junk, and was told that Skills had just left to go see Bevin. He then had Brooke call Bevin and invited them to come down. Lucas then handed the phone to Nathan to try to call Tim who ended up going to work after he had dinner at his parents' house.

"And people wonder why we call him Dim." Said Nathan as he hung up the phone.

"Why, what happened?" Asked Jake.

"Moron went into work forgetting that we were playing tonight."

"That's what the second time, he's dimmed us." Said Jake.

"I thought it was the third." Said Lucas. 'Wait let's count the majors, the strip club junior year, your bachelor party, and tonight."

"My party doesn't count cause the girl showed up." Said Nathan.

"Your right it is the second time then. But I still think that the bachelor party one was the best."

"Have I heard this one yet?" Asked Jake.

"Oh man, so Tim got jealous because Lucas threw the reception so he orders a stripper, in front of Haley, mind you. So everybody gets there the stripper is nowhere to found, but there were two female cops outside in a speed trap or something so they decided to bust us for the keg that Mouth got, well Dim thinks that they're the strippers so he smacks one of them on the ass and gets handcuffed, hauled downstairs put in the car and tells the cops that he can see their thongs. So we told them just to take him away." Explained Nathan.

"That is defiantly better than junior year." Said Jake laughing.

"What's better than junior year?" asked Peyton as she walked in to get a bottle of juice for Jenny.

"The bachelor party Dim tried to throw me." Said Nathan.

"Oh, the one he got arrested for." Said Peyton.

"Yeah." Said Lucas.

After they called everyone they went into the living room and invited the adults to the River Court to watch the game saying they were only going to play for a couple hours. Every one left Karen and Keith's and drove down to the Court.

So there it is if you want the actual song just email me to the email on my profile page and I will send it to you…