"Haley James Scott… on time." Lucas said in a mocking tone.
"Haha Luke, you make it seem like I'm always late." She said as she gave him a hug.
"Well since you married my lazy little brother, you've seemed to pick up some of his habits." He said hugging her back.
"Whatever. So what's up, what are we doing tonight?" She asked him.
"Well if you don't mind, my mom kind of invited us to have dinner with her and Keith."
"Awesome. Just like old time."
"Plus one marriage."
"Minus one spleen." She bit back.
"Ha ha Hales. Come on Keith will be here any minute."
"This is so great. So much has changed since the last time we did this."
"Yeah Lucas, actually got a girl to date him." Haley said with a laugh.
"And Haley is married to my little brother." Lucas flung back.
"Oh will you two stop." Karen said with a laugh.
"So how is my nephew?" Keith asked Haley as he took a bite out of his bread.
"He's doing good Keith. He really loves working at that Kids Club you recommended." She told him.
"Yeah when my friend Tom told me they needed someone to coach the kids, I knew Nate would be great for it."
"What about me?" Lucas said. "I love kids."
"Yeah well that's kind of a job for someone, who's face, won't give the kids nightmares." Haley said with a laugh.
Lucas flung some of his mash potatoes at her and they landed in her hair.
"Lucas Scott." Haley yelled, flinging some of her corn at him.
"Oh lord." Karen said as she grabbed her plate and moved towards the counter. Suddenly she felt a glob of mash potatoes hit the back of her head. She turned around and saw Haley and Lucas pointing at Keith who was fighting to keep from laughing.
"Oh you are so going to pay for that." She said as she ran around the counter to the big pot of mash potatoes and flung some at Keith using one of her big cooking spoons.
Keith just stared at her threw two eye wholes he made out of the pile that was on his face.
Haley and Lucas busted out laughing.
Keith looked at the two laughing teen and then looked over at Karen, who winked at him. They each threw some food at the teens catching them all over their bodies.
Suddenly an all out food fight was on in Karen's Café.
Lucas, Haley, Karen & Keith all sat with their backs against the counter, all out of breath.
"Oh god, my side hurts from laughing." Haley said.
"I don't think I've ever laughed that hard in my life." Keith said.
"I don't think I've ever seen anything funnier than when you pulled out the big pot of mash mom." Lucas said still laughing.
"How about when Haley slipped on the gravy and pulled Keith down?" She asked her son.
They all chuckled at the thought.
"Oh man, this has been great." Haley said. "I don't get to do silly stuff like this with Nathan." She confessed.
"Well that's what you've got us for Haley. You can always come here and be as silly as you want to be." Karen said as she threw her shoulder over the young girl and gave her a light hug.
Haley just smiled.
"Okay let's clean this place up." Lucas said.
"No, it's okay you're mother and I will do it. You two get cleaned up and enjoy the rest of your night." Keith said helping Karen to her feet.
"You sure?" Lucas said looking over at his mother.
"Yeah you two have fun." Karen said waving them off.
"Thanks." Haley said as Lucas and she headed out of the café.
"So what do you want to do now?" Lucas said once they stepped out of the café.
"Urgh, I need a shower." Haley said as she wiped Mash potatoes from her cheek.
"Yeah come on." He said as they walked to his house.
"Go take a shower, I'll try to find you something that doesn't hang off you too much." Lucas said as he handed her a towel.
"Not like you're THAT much bigger than me." She said with a laugh.
"Ha ha."
"Oh, just give me one of your white tees, your Keith Scott hoodie and a pair of gym shorts. That should fit." She called as she entered the shower.
"You've borrowed my stuff too many times Haley James."
"That's Haley James Scott to you Mr." She yelled from the shower.
Lucas just laughed as he grabbed the clothes for her.
Haley exited the shower ten minutes later wrapped in a towel. "I didn't think I was going to get that gravy out of my hair." She said shaking her head.
"I just realized something…you're going to be in my clothes…without underwear. Eww. Do me a favor." He said handing over his shorts to her. "Keep the shorts."
Haley just laughed. "No problem." She said as he left to take a shower.
Once they were both showered and changed they left the house once again. "So where are we going?" Haley asked Lucas as they hopped into Keith's tow truck.
"River Court?" He asked.
"Sounds good to me." She said smiling.