A/N-Here is the next chapter…I'm sorry it's so late, but I am currently watching One Tree Hill as we speak and I am so excited for tonight's episode of Life Unexpected the crossover episode…Hope you like this chapter.

I never promised you a ray of light,
I never promised there'd be sunshine every day,
I give you everything I have, the good, the bad.
Why do you put me on a pedestal,
I'm so up high that I can't see the ground below,
So help me down you've got it wrong, I don't belong there.

One thing is clear,
I wear a halo,
I wear a halo when you look at me,
But standing from here, you wouldn't say so
You wouldn't say so, if you were me
And I, I just wanna love you,
Oh oh I, I just wanna love you

"That was great Haley…the song is coming along great, Keller likes it."

From the recording studio you can see Haley rolling her eyes, but she had a smile on her face. To be honest she was glad that she was singing again because her time on tour was great. Haley takes out her headphones and glances at the clock. She realized that she was going to be late for school.

"Chris, I have to get to school so I have to go."

Chris watched as Haley ran from the studio, grabbed her bag from the chair and ran out the door.

~~~/~~~/~~~/~~~

Lucas and Brooke were walking along the quad. Lucas had flyers in his hand.

"What are those?"

Lucas smiles, "Flyers for my fantasy basketball league that I am trying to start."

"What is that exactly?"

Lucas posted a flyer on the tack board. "Well you choose a bunch of guys and create your own fantasy team."

"That sounds kind of boring Lucas."

Lucas shrugs his shoulders. "Well I can't play basketball so I have to get my fill from somewhere."

~~~/~~~/~~~/~~~

Rachel walks up to Mouth's locker with a smile on her face.

"How are you doing Mouth?"

Mouth turns around and smiles.

"I'm doing fine now that you are here. What can I do for you?"

Rachel smiles slightly, "I was wondering if you—"

Mouth looks down the hall as a few cheerleaders are caught fighting.

"What do you think is going on down there?"

Rachel rolls her eyes and sighs. "I think they are fighting over some guy."

The next words that were heard were Brooke's.

"Cheerleaders, team meeting now!"

Rachel turns to Mouth and sighs.

"I've got to go."

Mouth smiles as he watches Rachel run down the hallway. He liked that girl.

~~~/~~~/~~~/~~~

"Seriously guys, there is no need to fight over a guy."

"Come on Brooke, Bevin knew that Feday was mine."

Brooke sighs and she looks at all her cheerleaders. She glances at Lucas' Flyer hanging on the wall and she smiles.

"We are having a Fantasy Boy Draft. You will get to choose one boy and in no way can any of you girls go after said taken boy. If you do you will suffer consequences."

"What are the consequences?" Rachel asks.

"You're kicked off the team. It's as simple as that."

Brooke walks over to the teacher's desk and writes numbers on pieces of paper and puts them in a bag.

"Okay, so you will receive your numbers right now and tonight you can join me at my house and we will await your pick."

"Don't you have a daughter?"

Brooke glares at the girl in the front.

"Yes, I do so what's the point?"

The girl shrugs, "I was just asking."

The girls took their numbers and then Brooke asked people to call them out.

"1," Peyton says.

"I have 2," Brooke states.

"3," Haley says.

"4," Rachel murmurs.

The rest of the girls call out their numbers and Brooke grabbed them and threw them away.

"Alright so meet me at my apartment later night and we will get this all sorted out. If you don't know where I live found out."

~~~/~~~/~~~/~~~

Karen and Keith were in the Café while baby Sophia was in her play pen. It was around lunch time. Dan walked into the Café and walked up to the counter. Karen went to stand closer to Sophia. Keith sat down on the stool and sighed.

"What are you doing here Danny?"

"I came to pay you a visit. Is that so hard to believe?"

"Actually it is Dan."

Dan glances at Sophia and smiles slightly.

"Is that my grandchild?"

Keith stands up and picks Sophia out of her playpen.

"Actually she is my grandchild considering I am Lucas' father."

Dan's smiles falter and he looks at Karen.

"I really don't know why I am here."

"Then leave Dan," Karen suggests.

"I'm running for mayor and I already talked to Nathan and Lucas. I've tried to locate Deb, but being her boozy self I couldn't find her."

"She's actually doing fine Dan so try and stay away from her," Keith says.

Dan takes a breath. "I just figured—never mind—how is Lucas' game?"

"He doesn't play," Karen whispers as she takes Sophia out of her husband's arms and walks into the back.

"Lucas has HCM."

Dan smirks. "Then I guess it's more playing time for Nathan isn't it."

"Get the hell out of here Danny and don't come back."

Dan holds his hands up and starts walking backwards.

"Whatever you say…big brother."

~~~/~~~/~~~/~~~

Brooke walks into her apartment with little Sophia holding onto her hand. Brooke puts her bag against the wall and Sophia let's go of Brooke's hand. She walks over to her toy chest and pulls out a toy. Brooke slumps down on the couch and sighs.

Her thoughts ran to tonight where she was going to pick someone to be hers and hers only. It shouldn't really be hard for her. Lucas was always her choice, but could she trust him enough to not have him cheat on her again. Brooke looks at her daughter who is busy playing with her toys. In that instant she knew who she had to choose.

A little while later, there was food set out on her tables, courtesy of Haley and Peyton who had arrived first. They were currently on the floor with Sophia. Peyton was on her back and Brooke watched as Sophia climbed onto Peyton's stomach and started clapping and laughing.

"Sophia, what are you doing?" Brooke asks as she enters her living room.

Sophia looked up at her mother and smiled.

"Mama, I bounce," Sophia says while bouncing on Peyton's stomach.

Peyton prepared herself for the blows and during the whole time she has a smile on her face. All it took was Sophia to take Peyton out of her bad mood. Brooke felt proud to be the little girl's mother.

There were several knocks on the door and the cheerleaders entered the room and all of them smiled at the sight of Sophia and Peyton. Brooke was surprised to see Rachel smiling as well.

"Everyone, that lovely girl sitting on Peyton's stomach is my daughter Sophia. Sophia, say hi please," Brooke instructs the young girl.

"Hi pease," Sophia responds as she gets off of Peyton's stomach.

Everyone in the room started laughing. Even at a young age Sophia has gotten a sarcastic side to her.

A white board was brought out and the cheerleaders' names were written on one side and the other side was a spot for the boy that they were going to choose.

"Alright Peyton, you're first," A girl announces.

~~~/~~~/~~~/~~~

An hour later and most of the girls had left all except Rachel which surprised Brooke. She came out of the bathroom and Rachel was talking to Sophia. Or rather Sophia was talking to Rachel and Rachel was listening intently.

"My book," Sophia says as she points to the book in her lap.

Rachel smiles, "That must be your favorite book huh?"

Sophia nods her head and smiles.

"Mama reads to me."

Brooke walked further into the room and Rachel looks up.

"She's really beautiful Brooke."

Brooke smiles and takes a seat next to her daughter.

"Thank-you."

"No offense Rachel, but why are you still here?"

"I don't want to fight with you anymore. I've been bitter for so long that I can't be that way anymore."

"Why are you so bitter?"

"Baby," Sophia announces as she continues to look at her book.

Rachel and Brooke look at Sophia and then Rachel turns her attention to Brooke.

"Maybe I'll tell you one day," Rachel stands up from the couch. "Bye Sophia."

"Bye."

Rachel turns to Brooke.

"She really is a smart kid Brooke."

Brooke watches as Rachel leaves her apartment. Something in Brooke made her think that Rachel had a few secrets, but she wasn't going to push it. Brooke grabbed her laptop and opened a blank page where she had two columns. The first column had the names of her cheerleaders and the other one was for the guys that they had picked. Across from Peyton she had wrote Jake. Across from Haley she wrote Nathan. Across from Bevin she put Skillz. Across from Rachel she out Mouth and across from herself she put Lucas.