"Haley, so why is it hat you were so worried about telling all of us about you wanting to take the teaching job." Brooke asked as she and Haley sat at the Tree Hill Mall watching the girls run in and out of the dressing rooms.
" I don't know. Haley admitted.
" Mommy?" Lyn asked as she came running toward Haley.
"Yeah Lyn?" Haley asked her daughter as she closed the book she was reading.
" Can I have this outfit?" Lyn asked holding up a T-shirt and a denim skirt.
" How much?" Haley asked her daughter.
" Um…" Lyn started to add up the two prices in her head. " $70."
" And what did I tell you when we got here?" Haley asked.
" a…a twenty dollar limit." Lyn replied sadly.
" And how much over is that?" Haley asked
" Um… $50" Lyn said
" That's right" Haley said proudly of her daughter.
" Don't worry Lyn," Brooke told her niece "Uncle Lucas would love to pay for that adorable outfit." Brooke finished.
" Really!" Lyn said happily.
" Really." Brooke told her niece as she gave her a hug.
" Brooke!" Haley was a little upset now.
" What tutor mom?" Brooke asked calmly.
" How am I suppose to teach her discipline if you gave in every time we are with her and she breaks my rules."
" Sorry." Brooke said " I couldn't handle the sad eyes." Brooke told Haley.
" Well learn to." Haley told her bluntly.
" Haley don't worry she isn't going to end up married at sixteen like you were." Brooke said a little upset.
" What is that suppose to mean." Haley asked half upset and half confused.
" Haley I don't know any other five year olds that can do math in their heads." Brooke said.
" So." Haley said still completely confused.
" So you are turning her into a brain and so she won't want anything to do with boys." Brooke said. " Just like you did until you and Nathan started to get to know each other."
" Brooke you know what she told Nathan this morning?" Haley asked " I'll tell you , she told him she wanted to be exactly like you and me." Haley said not waiting for Brookes answer.
" What is that supposed to mean?" Brooke asked confused now.
" She wants to be a tutor like me, student body president like you, and a cheerleader like both of us." Haley said. " and you want to know what else." Haley asked as she started to cry a little.
" What?" Brooke asked seeing that Haley was really was starting to get upset about something.
" Nathan asked her who she was going to cheer for." Haley said " you want to know who she said." Haley asked.
" Who?" Brooke asked knowing this couldn't be very good.
" Well the first answer didn't bug me." Halley started " She said ' I'll cheer for cousin Alex."' Haley said
" Who else." Brooke asked knowing that it couldn't be good.
" Marcus Smith." Haley said as she started to cry.
" Tim's kid!" Brooke said deep shock.
" Exactly." Halley said.
" No wonder you are totally freaking out." Brooke said. " But that still doesn't explain why you are so strict with her." Brooke said.
" Brooke, the whole thing with the money… Nathan and I don't have a ton of money to spend." Haley explained.
" Yeah but Luke and I do." Brooke told Haley totally missing the point.
" Brooke you can't waste all of your money on my daughter." Haley said.
" But I want to." Brooke told her.
" You have three adorable kids to spend your riches on." Haley pointed out.
" Yeah but I also have an adorable niece that I want to spend my riches on." Brooke said "Haley I understand that you Nathan can't afford a lot but Luke and I can." Brooke said.
" It still doesn't mean you have to spend all of your money on Lyn." Halley told Brooke as they got up to go pay for everything.
" But I want to." Brooke told her. " And guess what."
" What." Haley asked.
" I know that Luke loves spending money on Lyn to." Brooke said as she charged all of the seven outfits and one special gift for Luke that night on a credit card.
" Okay you win." Haley said.
" By the way do you think the kids could have a sleep over tonight Auntie Tutor?" Brooke asked.
" Oh I completely understand." just remember you and Luke are now officially in debt to me and Nathan when we need Lyn to have a little sleep over." Haley said knowing what exactly Brooke was wanting.
" No problem." Brooke said.
" What do you think of heading to the court and bugging the guys a little bit?" Haley asked.
" Sounds like a great idea to me." Brooke said.
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JM89: Hey guys. Sorry for the long wait. School's stupid. I'm a Senior, so I don't count for updations like every day.
K15: Yeah especially when we are on stupid block schedule, no offense to people who actually like that schedule.
JM89: Yeah, So my goal is three pages (tops), but I barely made it this time, so Kayko15 (for all those people who like Avatar and YYH go read her fics) decided to help me write an A/N. I hope that the characters aren't too OOC. And I'm open to ideas, so I'd like to hear from my reviewers. So please don't forget to review and then I'll update quicker. (or so Kayko tells me)
JaeMae
PS. Forgot the disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill. People higher than a high school girl do… so that's not me.