AN: Sorry its another short one. We are getting bad storms and I wanted to post another chapter for you guys, but I had to hurry. I promise a more lengthy one coming up!

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Lucas took a deep breath before continuing.

"When I was your age I fell in love. I fell in love with Peyton Sawyer. We had a rocky start. It seemed like we just couldn't connect at the same time. Eventually I started dating your mother. I loved her but in a moment of weakness I cheated on her with Peyton. It was bad for awhile, we were all fighting and I realized that we all just needed some time. During that time I realized how much I loved your mother. I told her that right before she went home to your grandparents the summer before our senior year. She uh, well she didn't leave me any hope of us getting back together. When she got back she wanted to date but not seriously. We slowly drifted apart and Peyton and I ended up together." Lucas paused to gauge Charity's reaction. She motioned for him to continue.

"We were very happy. I'd been in love with her for years. Then out of the blue she dumped me. Told me that she had never felt anything for me. I was crushed. I felt foolish for throwing things away with your mother for nothing. Luckily for me Brooke took me back and we got pregnant with you. We got married and the rest is history, so they say. Except that what I didn't know was that Peyton was pregnant too. Lauren is my daughter. She's your half-sister." Lucas finished so softly it was nearly impossible to hear him.

As her dad had said those last words Charity felt the anger bubbling up inside of her. Charity didn't do well with change and right now her world was spinning.

"So that's why mom is gone? Because she found out you can't keep it in your pants?" She spat angrily. The words coming out of her mouth shocked her as much as her dad. She had never spoken to him like that. That tone was always reserved for her mother.

"I'm leaving. We have a game tonight." She said as she walked out of the house. She didn't really have anywhere to go and the game wasn't for a few hours so she decided to go to her grandma's café. The walk was pretty long from her house but she needed the time to process.

An angry Charity was a force to be reckoned with and she was about as angry as she had ever been. Why did her dad have to find out about Lauren now, after all these years. Now, when her mom had promised to stay home more, now that she finally felt some small bit of control over her life. She was scared that they would lose him. That he would decide that having a spoiled daughter and a rotten wife didn't compare to his long lost daughter and high school sweetheart.

The kicker was that she actually liked Lauren and her friend Jenny. She had never really had female friends before. At her old school most of the girls were too jealous of her to be friendly. It was as if fate were toying with her. Giving her everything she had wanted and then taking it away. She could hardly contain her frustration. She wanted to hit something, preferably Lauren's pretty little nose.

Just then she realized she was about to walk past the café. Turning back she glanced in the window and saw her. Sitting in a booth with her mother and Charity's grandmother. It was all Charity could do to stop herself from going in there and dragging the wench out by her hair.

Charity was shocked by her reaction to Lauren. It really wasn't her fault that her mother was a whore and probably didn't know who her real father was and just happened to blame her on Charity's dad. She was jealous, plain and simple. She didn't want to share her father with someone else. Her dad would want Lauren to be a part of the family, she knew that much. Suddenly an evil smile crept onto Charity's face. What if she could make Lauren wish she had never met Lucas? Charity was sure she could make her life so miserable that she wouldn't want to come within ten feet of anyone named Scott.

She felt someone walk up behind her. Turning she saw a girl from the squad.

"Lila right?" Charity asked the girl.

"Yep. Lila Mason. Ugh, I cannot stand that girl. She thinks she's so pretty and so popular." Lila said cattily, motioning through the glass at Lauren.

"Really? Does anyone else feel that way?" Charity said chuckling. This was just too good to be true.

"Is the sky blue?" Lila asked sarcastically. Charity could hardly believe her good fortune. Smiling at the pretty blonde she linked her arm through Lila's.

"I think we're going to get along fabulously." Charity smirked.