Chapter 2

Nathan and Lucas collectively held their breaths knowing that thing was about to get ugly. They could tell from the look on the woman's face that she was not in a pleasant mood nor was she going to handle either one of them with delicate care.

"Mom I…" the younger Scott began trying to explain himself.

"Quiet Nathan" she commanded with a heated glare and a sharp flick of the tongue that even made Lucas shutter.

From the tone of her voice and the angry look she was giving him at that moment the star shooting guard knew that he was in serious trouble. His mother always gave him one of her trademark glares right before he was grounded for several weeks and judging by the way she was standing over him with her arms folded across her chest and her nostrils flaring the boy was positive that he wasn't going to see the light of day for a very long time.

"Mrs. Scott, Thank you so much for coming" principle Turner spoke as he extended his hand to her.

"Always a pleasure Mr. Turner" the woman replied before shaking his hand and taking a seat between the two boys. "I just wish that it were under better circumstances"

"As do I but unfortunately Mrs. Scott we seem to have a very serious problem on our hands. Your sons"

"Oh please" interrupted Nathan. "My Mom has mothering to do with that piece of trash"

"Nathaniel James Scott! You will apologize to your brother this instant"

"You can't be serious Mom" the highly agitated teenager remarked as he watched a grin form on his siblings face.

The older Scott loved seeing Daddy's boy squirm and given the fact that it was the boy's own mother who gave the order only served as an extra added bonus.

"I am dead serious Nathan. Now you either do what I asked or you will not step foot inside of that gym for the rest of the school year. Do you understand me?"

She wasn't about to take any more of the boy's disrespectful or deviant behavior. In fact she had allowed it to go on for far too long as it was and now she was determined to put an end to his reign of terror before it got even more out of control.

"I'm waiting" she spoke again bring Nathan out of the hateful stare he was sending Lucas's way.

"I'm sorry" the boy mumbled as he griped the arms of his chair with extreme force.

"This guy is so dead the second we get out of here" He thought in his head not daring to speak the words out loud.

"Say it again Nathan. This time without the mumbling so Lucas can actually hear you"

When the only reply that came was the sound of the sucking of teeth the disciplinary added "I believe your mother gave you an order Mr. Scott"

Giving the older male a disapproving look and a roll of thee eyes Nathan turned his attention to the blond male.

"I'm" he said through clenched teeth. "Sorry. Ok. I'm sorry" he stated before leaning back in his chair and shaking his head in disgust.

"Good. Now back to the matter at hand. It seems to me that both Mr. Scotts are hell bent on killing each other not to mention disrupting the tranquility of our school. This is the fourth time this week that Nathan and Lucas have caused a scene while bringing about total and utter ciaos to this institution and has caused get upset the flow of the school day. I have given them chance after chance to get along with each other with their situation being as it is but I can not allow this to go on any longer" he said before pausing.

"So to send a message to them as well as their peers that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated I have decided to suspend both boys from basketball practice, games and school for a period of two weeks"

"No offense Turner but don't you think that you're being just a wee bit over dramatic? I mean come on; don't you think two weeks is a little extreme?" Nathan interrupted unable to hold in his distain any longer.

He couldn't believe all of this. First his mother sticks up for the river rat at home, then he gets in trouble at school because of that freak and now he was going to be the sole reason for him missing practice, games and classes for two whole weeks.

If he wasn't going to kick this kids ass before he definitely was now.

"First of all you are to address me as Principle Turner and secondly no Mr. Scott I don't think that your punishment is extreme at all. Now because of that little remark of yours and that mouth that you refuse to keep shut, you've just cost yourself three more games upon your return to Tree Hill High. So tell me son, care to go for the whole season?"

Nathan was about to respond to the man's ruling and tell him exactly where he could stick it, until he saw the look of warning his mother was throwing his way and decided against it.

"Well I think that's more then fair and very gracious for you Mr. Turner and you two boys should be very grateful for his leniency"

"I'm glad we're in agreement Mrs. Scott. Now this suspension does not mean that you boys get to slack off. I expect all assignments to be completed and handed in on the exact date of your return and not a day later"

"Don't worry about that Principle Turner. Karen and I will make certain of it. Thanks so much for your time" the woman spoke as she made her way to her feet.

"And thank you for responding so promptly Mrs. Scott and" he paused before taking a quick look at the two brothers "Good luck"

"Let's go boys" she said making her way towards the door while motioning for the teenagers to follow.

"Mom, please tell me this is a joke. You can't possibly hate me that much"

"I don't hate you Nathan" It was true. She didn't hate the boy. She just wished that he wouldn't constantly torment his brother and her real son the way that he did. It just wasn't right no matter how much his father said other wise.

"Then why are you forcing me to be seen with rat boy here aka Daddy's little mistake?" he replied waving a disgusted hand in his brother's direction.

The question it's self along with the snobbery and arrogance of the boy she had raised made the woman's blood boil. How dare he? Lucas was a good kid who went out of his way to avoid trouble (adequately enough named Nathan) and did nothing to provoke or deserve his brother's invariable badgering.

"What makes you think that he wants to be seen with a stuck up, self-centered, self righteous jerk like you?" she said in a raised voice letting her aggravation over the situation show.

She could see the appreciative look on her real son's face and wasn't surprised by the look of shock on his brother's as he just stood there with his mouth open unable to find a response to her question.

Taking advantage of the younger boy's temporary loss of voice the woman continued "Besides you don't have a say in the matter Nathan and from now until I decide to address you again, it would be in your best interest to say nothing at all"

Deb Scott spoke before storming out of the office with two very silent young men following closely behind.


The drive from Tree Hill High was a silent; tension filled one as each member of the Scott family pondered over their own thoughts.

Deb was doing her best to calm herself down while trying to figure out just how she and Karen were going to put an end to the war that was currently taking place between their two boys. Although she wasn't completely sure how it would work out, what with their father instigating their little quarrels and all but the one thing she did know was that it needed to stop before one, if not both of the Scott brothers ended up critically injured.

Lucas was staring out of the car window hoping that his mother wasn't going to kill him over his idiot brother's latest torture session that happened to turn physical. She had warned him about what would occur if he and Nathan got into another fight but what was he supposed to do? Let Nathan and his group of morons harass him and his friends? Was he expected to just sit back and allow Daddy's boy to push him into lockers, soak his clothes, hit him and call him names all without sticking up for himself? He knew for certain that this is what his mother wanted but he had other plans. He wasn't about to let Nathan or Dan win, not again. It was time that his estranged brother and his ass of a father learned one hell of a lesson. That Lucas Scott was not someone you wanted to mess with.

Meanwhile Nathan sat in the backseat with his eyes fixated on the person he considered to be the bane of his existence. The river court loser had been a thorn in his side ever since he could remember and has now become a blatant pain in the ass. Not only has the garbage pail kid tried to take away his spot light as star shooting guard but now he was ruining his chances of playing ball on a college and professional level with this newest suspension. If that wasn't enough of a reason to hate the bastard then his mother's chance in attitude was.

It was as if Lucas were her son instead of him with the way she's been acting not to mention the fact that she had the nerve to call that waste of space his brother and demand that HE apologize to him. Now because of this he was done playing nice with this kid and was going to need to take thing to a whole new level.

The abrupt jerk of the car coming to a complete stop caused the boy to shift his focus from his vicious plotting to the building they were parked in front of. It was a cream colored shop with maroon trim and had a sign in front of it that read "Karen's Café"

Nathan turned his nose up as if he had just stepped in something gross and was about to make yet another snide remark until Deb cut him off.

"Ok. Everybody out" she said before giving the boy she raised a stern look of warning to make sure that he kept whatever he was thinking to himself.

The group then exited the car and was making their way inside the small café, until the sound of something being slammed up against the establishment stopped them dead in their tracks.

That's when both Deb and Lucas turned back to see Nathan pressed roughly against the hard stone with two strong arms holding him firmly in place. The biological mother and son followed the full length of the arms to get a better look at the person responsible for the boy's current position. When they got to the face attached to the body they found the face of the devil.

They found Dan Scott.


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