A/N: At this concludes part 4 of this story…I am going to take a break for awhile considering I have four stories in my mind that I have not started, but I have started planning. I kind of wrote this last chapter to sort of set up for things to happen if another part is to be written. I am not saying there will be, but I'm also not saying that I'm not either.

Maybe you all can convince me to keep this story going. (And if I do there will only be one to two more parts and that's it. So I'd only go to season 6).

The entire Scott clan was at the hospital waiting for the new addition to make an appearance. Jake, Jenny and Peyton had stayed for an hour, but then they had to get going. Sophia was sitting on her grandmother's lap next to Brooke who was leaning her head on Victoria's shoulder. Lucas was currently in the bathroom. Deb and Karen were sitting next to each other. Deb was holding Lily and Karen were holding Levi. Dan and Keith were in the hospital cafeteria.

"This is taking forever," Brooke complains.

"I had to wait thirty-six hours until you would come," Victoria throws at her daughter.

"Six for Lucas and three for Lily and Levi," Karen states with a smile.

"Four for Nathan."

"Sophia was an hour, but still it's been two already."

"The time will come Brooke, you have to be patient."

"I don't want to be patient mom. I want to meet my god son," Brooke whines.

"No whine, momma," Sophia scolds.

Brooke sinks lower in her chair when she hears the adults around her laugh.

-Changes-

"Are you and Deb back for good?" Keith asks his younger brother before taking a sip of his soda.

Dan gives his brother a genuine smile.

"It's hard work, but we're getting there. Deb and I have to stay here. We are waiting the approval for adoption."

Keith looks at his brother in surprise.

"What made you want to do that?"

"Deb and I realized that our marriage started to fall apart after the miscarriage."

"What miscarriage?" Keith asks totally stumped at what his brother Danny was saying.

"Nathan was six. Deb was four months and we were happy and then she lost the baby and we found out that she couldn't conceive again and our marriage fell apart from there. We just never tried to fix it until now 12 years later."

"I hope everything works out for you Danny. I really mean that. I guess since you told me about your news that I should tell you mine," Dan raises an eyebrow. "I bought a boat. Karen, Lily and Levi are going to stay in the boat and just sail around the world. With Lucas graduating and moving off to New York we figure we might as well do something we have been talking about for awhile."

"What are you going to do with your shop?"

"Well I was thinking that maybe you could take it over. I could become more of a silent partner, that way I still own half of the business or rather just one percent more than you," Keith says with a grin.

"We've all come a long way haven't we?" Dan asks.

Keith nods his head.

"Yeah, we have Danny. We should head back to the waiting room to see if your grandson has been born yet."

-Changes-

"You did so good baby," Nathan says with a smile as he sees his wife hold his son.

"He's beautiful," Haley says with a sniffle. "You need to go tell everyone that the newest Scott member has arrived."

"I will just not yet. I just want to look at our son."

Haley looks down at the baby in her arms with a smile on her face.

"Welcome to the world James Lucas Scott."

-Changes-

Two Weeks Later

"I never would have thought my mom was going to leave Tree Hill," Lucas states out loud in Haley and Nathan's apartment.

"My parents are adopting. I never saw that coming at all."

Brooke looks over at Nathan.

"How soon is that happening?" Brooke asks intrigued. This kid was going to be her sister or brother in law.

"My mom and dad went to go pick her up."

Haley smiles.

"You're going to have a sister."

Nathan nods his head.

"Looks like it and get this. She's no baby. Apparently this kid is like ten years old."

"Does that really matter Nathan?" Lucas asks. "I mean it sounds like Deb and Dan are going to adopt this girl meaning she is going to be family, plus who knows what her home life was before."

"I know. It's just different and it kind of sucks. We are all leaving at the end of the summer. There's not a whole lot of bonding left to do, almost two months and that's it."

"We all have to make the best of it," Haley says.

"I agree with Haley. This girl is family and we have to welcome her as such plus I think Sophia will get a kick out of it."

Lucas looks down at his watch and sighs.

"I've got to go guys. I have to help my mom with a few financial things about the house and stuff. I'll be back soon."

"We're all meeting at the river court later man. Our parents are going to watch our kids. It's like one last get together before we all go our ways."

-Changes-

Dan looks in the rearview mirror of his car and watched as ten year old, Samantha Walker looked out the window. Dan could tell she was nervous. Dan glanced at his wife and could tell she was nervous. He was relatively calm. He never thought he would be a father to a girl, but the idea of being one now was amazing. He could tell that the look in Sam's eyes that she had been through a lot.

"You don't have to be nervous Sam. Everyone is excited to meet you. Our son Nathan and my son, Lucas have been excited about it."

Sam turned from the window and furrowed her eyebrow.

"Then who is Sophia and James. You said too many names and I can't remember."

Deb smiles and turns in her seat slightly.

"Nathan and Haley are married and Haley just had her baby, his name is James. Lucas is married to Brooke and they have a three year old daughter, Sophia."

Sam just nods her head and goes back to looking out the window.

"Are you going to give me away like all the others?" Sam asks innocently.

Dan looks at Deb who shakes her head.

"No, Sam, we're not. We're going to be a family," Dan says adamantly.

-Changes-

"How did our lives change so much in the last three years?" Peyton asks as she takes a seat at the picnic table near her friends. Rachel was leaning on Mouth's side. Nathan was standing and his arms were around his wife. Brooke was sitting next to Peyton and Lucas had his hands on his wife's shoulders. Jake was standing by the table.

"You mean with half of our group married and already parents?" Brooke asks.

Peyton chuckles and nods her head.

"Obviously we all found love," Brooke says as she smiles at all her friends. "We added some members to our family, Jamie and Sam, Levi and Lily, but we all know that this bond we have with each other is going to last a very long time."

"I agree with Brooke. I spent the last four hours getting to know Sam and I realize that our bond is great, better than most friends. I don't think any group of friends has been where we have been the last three years and that was just high school. Just think of what we can get ourselves into in the next twenty," Nathan says to the group.

Brooke gets up from her spot and pulls a spray can out of her bag. She signs her name on the river court and looks up at her friends.

"Who's next?"

Everyone was quick to get up from their spot and sign their names.

"Okay, we're not going to do this. We aren't going to get sad. Nothing is going to change, we will all be friends forever, no matter what," Brooke says with a smile at all her friends.

"In four years, we will all be right back here you know when we are done with college or where ever we go, right?" Lucas poses the question to his friends.

They all nod their head and say yes. Nathan looks at Lucas and shows him the basketball in his hands.

"Are you up for a rematch or are you afraid you're going to get worked?"

"Do you really want to end your night with a loss?" Lucas asks with a grin.

Lucas and Nathan head to the middle of the court.

"Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another a historical night," Mouth announces with a grin.

Everyone on the sideline cheers and claps.

"Are you sure you're up for this old man?" Nathan asks with a grin.

"I can do this forever little brother."

A/N: I did toy with the ending a little bit, but I kept most of it the same. I'm sure none of you saw the fact that I added Sam into the story earlier than normal. I also think that adding her now and in this way was going to be better then how it was in the show considering where my story started and how everything is different. I hope you all like the change and thanks again for taking this ride with me.