A/N: Wow…um okay, sorry it took so long to actually get an update, but I planned out the rest of the season so we're all good. SO in this season there are 10 chapters. After these ten chapters I am going to be taking a hiatus (Not sure for how long, but I want to focus on some of my other stories, but I promise to come back to this.)

But in the meantime I have actually sat down to plan a lot of new stories and I would like people to visit my profile and vote for their favorites.

My name is Lucas Scott. I'm a senior at Tree Hill High school. Tree Hill is just a place somewhere in the world. Maybe it's a lot like your world, maybe it's nothing like it, but if you look closer you might see someone like you. Or you might see someone like my wife, Brooke. If you're married, a senior in high school and not sure if your child's still alive, then I'd say your world is a lot like Brooke's. Today was supposed to be the best day of our lives, but it's amazing, how things change in the blink of an eye, or, in this case, in about 29 minutes.

Lucas popped his head out of the water.

"I can't find them!" Lucas yells in a panic.

Lucas looks all around the water and can't find a single thing.

"What do you mean, they're down there?" Haley yells.

Brooke is standing on the bridge with tears in her eyes hoping beyond all hope that her daughter was okay.

"They have to be okay Haley. I can't lose my daughter."

Lucas looks over at the shore line and gasps.

"Oh god, Haley, Brooke, don't look!" Lucas had seen Nathan and his daughter on the shore line. Nathan was on his back and Sophia was on his stomach.

Lucas quickly swam over to them. Haley and Brooke didn't listen to a word that Lucas said instead they saw their respected love ones.

"SOPHIA!"

"NATHAN!"

Things that take 14 minutes, boiling an ostrich egg, Michael Jackson's Thriller video. It also takes 14 minutes to get from the Molina Bridge to Tree Hill Hospital. In those 14 minutes, four lives hung in the balance. For the rest of us, there was nothing to do but wait. I guess that's why they call it the waiting room.

The waiting room was filled with the Scott family. Brooke was resting her head in her new husband's lap with tears streaming down her face. She was still in her wedding dress.

All the adults were leaning against the wall and Haley was leaning against Lucas' shoulder. They were all waiting for news and it seemed like they weren't going to get it…until a doctor showed up.

"Mrs. Scott?"

Brooke, Haley, Karen looked at the doctor.

"The one married to Nathan Scott," the Doctor clarified.

Haley quickly stood up.

"Is my husband okay?"

"Your husband is awake and is asking for you."

Brooke sat up and wipes her eyes.

"Is there any word on my daughter?"

"I wasn't on her case, I'm sorry."

Haley gets up and follows the doctor to her husband.

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"Hey, how are you?" Haley asks as she instantly moves to Nathan's bedside.

"I'm fine. My knees a little banged up, but I'm fine. How is Sophia?"

"There's still no word."

Nathan bowed his head.

"She's gotta be okay Hales. She just has to."

Haley nods her head.

"Yeah, I know she does because if she's not then Lucas and Brooke are going to have a hard life like everyone else."

"Who were the other people in that car?" Nathan questions softly.

"Some people from town. I don't really care about their health right now. They aren't people we know."

The Doctor walks back into the room.

"Well Nathan from first glance it looks like everything is going to be okay. I just want to get some x-rays just to make sure."

"Okay," Nathan responds. "And if you know anything about my niece can you please inform my brother and his wife. It's important."

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After receiving news about their daughter, Brooke and Lucas walked into their daughter's hospital room.

"Is she going to be okay?" Brooke asks the doctor softly as her eyes never leave her daughter's bed ridden form.

"We did some tests and everything looks like it's going the way we want it too. Sophia is going to be just fine. She's sleeping right now. She went through quite an experience, but she will be okay, that's the important thing."

"Thank you Doctor," Lucas replies sincerely.

"I'm just doing my job," The doctor replies before walking out of the room.

Lucas walks up to his wife and kisses her on the forehead.

"We almost lost her Luke. We almost lost our daughter."

"I know, but the reality is that we didn't. She is right in front of your eyes. She's alive and she's fine."

Brooke looks at her husband with tears in her eyes.

"I was scared, Luke," Brooke whispers.

"I know," Lucas responds as he kneels down next to his wife. "I get the feeling. When I saw her lying there on top of Nathan, I was so scared."

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Lucas walks back into the waiting room after Brooke fell asleep in her chair while looking after their daughter.

"How is she doing Lucas?" a concerned Karen asks her son while holding onto her son, Levi.

"She's sleeping. The Doctor said she was exhausted, but she's going to be okay. Brooke won't believe it until she sees Sophia with her eyes open and being herself."

Peyton and Jake ran into the waiting room out of breath.

"I'm sorry, we had to go check on Jenny, is everything okay?"

"Nathan is doing fine, but Sophia is sleeping. The Doctor said she'll be okay though."

"That's a relief."

Lucas looks around the room and sighs.

"Why don't you guys go home? It's been a long day."

Brooke rushes into the waiting room. Everyone looks scared and Lucas turns around.

"Brooke, what is it? Is something wrong?"

"Sophia's awake," Brooke says with a bright smile.

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Lucas and Brooke rushed back into their daughter's room and Lucas smiled when he saw his daughter sitting up and alert. She still looked tired, but she was alive and that's all that mattered.

"Baby girl," Lucas greeted instantly.

"Daddy," Sophia says with a small smile.

Lucas hugs his daughter and so does Brooke getting the small girl to giggle.

"How does she look Doc?" Brooke questions with a smile.

The Doctor smiles.

"Everything is just fine. I want to give it a few more hours, but then you will be able to take your daughter home."

"That's really great news."

Lucas turned to his wife with a smile.

"Yeah, it's nice."

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Nathan opened his apartment door and was shocked to see Dan standing behind it. Nathan welcomed him in.

"You look like you're doing okay son," Dan comments as he steps into the apartment.

"Yeah, it's been a week and it seems fine. I'm hopeful. What are you doing here?"

"I just said goodbye to Brooke, Lucas, and Sophia. Now I'm saying goodbye to you."

"What do you mean?"

"I was planning to leave right after the wedding, but then the accident happened and I put it on hold. Now that I know everything is okay, there are some things that I have to do."

Nathan sat down on the couch and sighed.

"Are you sure you have to leave to do that?"

"I'm positive. I'll come back, I just don't know when."

"You've got to do what you got to do. I understand that, that's why I emancipated myself."

Dan looked at his watch and sighed.

"I have to go."

Nathan looked at his father in compassion.

"Goodbye, dad."

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Brooke closes the door to her daughter's room and walks into her living room where Victoria and Lucas were sitting on the couch. It had been one week since the accident and things have been going well. Victoria showed up at Brooke's house every day. She only stayed for a few hours, but Brooke liked it.

"She's sleeping, finally. She still seems so exhausted. I'm getting a little worried."

"Brooke, Sophia is doing fine. But I get it, you're just worried about her," Victoria states like she knew what she was talking about. "I managed to get the news reports of the accidents to not reveal that it was Sophia, so everything should be fine with that."

"Thank you, Victoria. We really appreciate that."

Victoria nods her head.

"It's the least I can do. I haven't really been there and I apologize for that. Sophia is a wonderful little girl. She's smart for her age, too."

Brooke sits down in the nearby couch chair and sighs.

"Have you two thought about a honeymoon?"

Brooke shakes her head.

"We were supposed to go away for a few days, but since the accident we decided to wait on that."

Lucas nods his head in agreement. He was still a little weary on Victoria's attentions, but he was slowly getting used to having Victoria in their life.

"You two shouldn't wait too long. Pretty soon other things will get in the way and then you'll forget."

Brooke smiles lovingly at her husband.

"We won't mom, I promise."

My name is Lucas Scott. I'm a senior at Tree Hill High school. I play basketball. At least, I used to. I have a child and a wife, and I have a best friend. Tree Hill is just a place somewhere in the world. Maybe it's a lot like your world, maybe it's nothing like it, but if you look closer, you might see someone like you, someone trying to find their way, someone trying to find their place, someone trying to find their self. Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're the only one in the world who's struggling, who's frustrated or unsatisfied or barely getting by, but that pain's a lie, and if you just hold on, just find the courage to face it all for another day, someone or something will find you and make it all okay, because we all need a little help sometimes. Someone to help us hear the music in the world, to remind us that it won't always be this way, that someone is out there, and that someone will find you.

A/N: You can either vote from my profile or tell me in my review…Pick your two favorite…

A-Being 15 years old and the daughter of big time producer and director Julian Baker and Hollywood's biggest actress Alex Dupre, Samantha Baker had never had an easy life always being in the spotlight. Can a small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina change everything for a girl who thought she had nothing? Couples: Brooke/Julian, Alex/Chase.

B-The Baker Twins, Jude and Davis were always curious people unlike their older sister Samantha. So when Brooke and Julian separated they asked why. When their parents started dating other people, they asked why…When they saw their sister with cuts on her wrists or saw their sister snorting white powder, it was only logical that they asked why. Couples: Brooke/Julian, Brooke/OC, Julian/OC

C-23 year old Brooke Davis had it all. She was rich, powerful and single…until she fell asleep. When she woke up she was 39, married, running a small town Café and the big shocker, a mother to a 15 year old, Samantha Baker and 10 year old, Jude Baker. Couple: Brooke/Julian.

D-Julian Baker first met Brooke almost 6 years ago. She was 17 and he was 20. It had been love at first sight, but like most summer romances, they come to an inevitable end. He thought he'd never see her again, until a job put him in her hometown. When he saw her again he expected the spark between them to still exist. What he didn't expect to see was the small little girl holding onto her legs and calling her mommy. Couple: Brooke/Julian.

E-Sam was happy with her family. She had adopted Aunts and Uncles and a couple of cousins plus two parents that loved her. A classroom assignment makes Sam's reality hit her hard with just two words. Family Tree. Sam already knew who her birth mother was, but not once had she thought about her birth father, until now. When she learns the truth, she realizes she's a little closer to her huge adopted family then she believed. Couple: Brooke/Julian.