A/N: This should've been up yesterday, but I am currently a volunteer for a program this summer so my hours are kind of wacky. I was just so tired to write yesterday…So, here is what I have been thinking and this is only for the next three months or so, but I was thinking that if you don't see an update for any one of my stories on the day they are supposed to be updated then expect to see one on Friday, Saturday or Sunday. That way I don't have to skip a week, you just have to wait a few days.

The poll results are in and I will be telling you guys the results of the poll.

Here is the order that I will be writing these stories…D, B, E, C, A

D=29 Votes, B=25 Votes, E=21 Votes, C=14 Votes, A=10 Votes

Chapter Twenty-Two: Game On

"This is weird for me," Julian admits as he fills his glass with Orange juice. He wasn't a coffee kind of guy. "The only other time that I had a first day of school with Sam was when she was in kindergarten."

"That's understandable, Julian. You became the summer parent."

"That doesn't make it understandable. It means I was never really there. It sucks Brooke."

Brooke pours coffee into her cup and walks over to Julian.

"I didn't mean to have it sound like that. I really didn't. What I meant was that Sara had Sam during the school year so you wouldn't have had that opportunity. Now you do, it's under hard circumstances, but you do now."

"How is Sam supposed to do this without her?" Julian questions.

"Like I did it without you," Sam says as she walks into the kitchen with a yawn. "Only this time it's you that is going be there and not mom." Sam takes a seat on the stool and yawns again.

"Nicole said she'll be here an about an hour so get yourself ready," Brooke comments.

"I hate school," Sam grumbles as she walks back into her room.

Brooke and Julian laugh at Sam's antics.

"I don't know if I'm ready for this Brooke," Julian says as he shakes his head. "She's in her junior year of high school."

Brooke hugs her fiancée and sighs into his chest.

"No parent is ready for their child to grow up."

-WLOM-

"Thanks for picking me up," Sam says as she hopes into Nicole's car.

"It's not a problem. You're on my way anyway so it works just fine. My question to you is when are you going to get your license?"

Sam sighs.

"I don't know. It's not really on my to do list."

"It was just a question, but anyway, do you have any idea on your schedule yet?"

"No idea. I just have to go to the office and pick up my schedule."

"We'll be there in five."

-WLOM-

Sam was pretty familiar with the layout of Tree Hill High so she knew where the office was. Nicole went with her just for company.

"I need my schedule. I'm new," Sam says as she plants her feet in front of the desk.

The lady in front of her looked at Sam with a raised eyebrow.

"Name?"

"Samantha Baker," Sam replies quickly.

The lady hands over Sam's schedule and Sam and Nicole walk out of the office.

"Is it just me or did that lady not want to be there?"

"It's not just you," Nicole says with a slight smile. "What classes do you have?"

Samantha Baker Locker Number A247 Combination 8-24-7

Period One (7:30-8:30)

Chemistry with Mr. Jenner

Period Two (8:35-9:35)

Topics in Literature with Ms. Connor

Period Three (9:40-10:40)

World History with Mr. Franta

Lunch (10:45-11:15)

Period Four (11:20-12:20)

Gym with Ms. Howard

Period Five (12:25-1:25)

Creative Writing with Mrs. Scott

Period Six (1:30-2:30)

Algebra II with Ms. Harris

"I'm already hating this schedule already," Sam says with a grumble. "Really, the only class I am looking forward to is Mrs. Scott's class."

Nicole chuckles and hands Sam's schedule back to her.

"Sam, it's not so bad."

"I hate math and it's my last class. My day is going to suck."

-WLOM-

"Julian, I'm bored," Brooke whines.

Julian laughs from his spot on the couch.

"You miss Sammy, don't you?" Julian asks with a grin.

Brooke nods her head with a sigh.

"Yes, I loved when it was summer. I had the sarcastic teenager around me, now I'm just freaking bored. I don't like this at all. Maybe we should home school her."

"Brooke."

Brooke shakes her head.

"Julian, I love Sam and she is the one I have been spending my time with this summer. Is it so wrong to feel like I want to keep her in this house forever?"

"Brooke, you better cover up. Your maternal instincts are showing."

Brooke smiles fondly.

"I think I'm okay with that."

"It looks good on you," Julian comments as he scoots closer to his fiancée. "It even looks hot."

Brooke turns to Julian with a smile.

"Are you trying to seduce me, Julian Baker?"

"Maybe, is it working?"

Brooke's smile turns passive.

"No, not at all," Brooke says before getting off of the couch and walking into the kitchen.

Julian looks at Brooke in disbelief.

"Brooke Davis is a tease."

"You know it, baby."

-WLOM-

Sam's classes have been the same for every single period. It was the first day and all the classes had gone over the basic rules and such of the day. To put it shortly, the day was boring.

Mrs. Scott's class was the best one so far. Haley had made it entertaining. She was really looking forward to the class for the year.

Now she had Math and she was really hesitating on whether or not to actually attend. She knew she had to though.

Sam walked into the classroom and sighed when she saw that she was the first one to arrive. When Sam looked at the teacher, she dropped her books.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

Ms. Harris or what Sam referred to her as her father's ex turns around and grins.

"Well if it isn't Samantha Baker."

Sam picked up her books and sighed.

"I want to transfer."

"Take a seat Samantha because that's not going to happen. I've got a bone to pick with you."

Sam takes a seat and raises an eyebrow.

"I'd watch what you say Ms. Harris, you could get fired for saying stuff like that," Sam says with a grin.

"Maybe I should set up a parent teacher conference."

"On the first day of school, wouldn't that be a little fishy? He dumped you, get over it."

Melissa Harris stepped forward and placed her hands on Sam's desk.

"If it wasn't for you, your dad and I would already be married."

Sam shakes her head.

"My father wouldn't marry you if you were the last person on earth. He'd turn gay before he married you."

The bell rings and Melissa gives Sam one last glare as the rest of her students walk into the classroom.

Sam stared at Melissa as she began class.

Game on Sam thinks with a smirk.