A/N-This should have been up yesterday, but I couldn't get it finished. Anyway, here it is.
I also have not cast the rest of my cast so I need actors for the certain characters I mentioned before.
Chapter Four: Guests Part One
Kelsey walks up to the Baker home and knocks on the door. It only took a few seconds and the door opened revealing Sam in boy shorts and a tank-top. Kelsey caught a glimpse of the fading bruises, but didn't let Sam know she saw.
"Kelsey, what are you doing here?"
Kelsey smiles at Sam.
"You are spending the day with me so get dressed."
Sam shakes her head and yawns.
"No, I want to go back to bed."
Kelsey pushes open the door and walks inside.
"Nope, go get dressed Baker."
Sam groans and makes her way to her room.
Kelsey walks around the living room looking at various photos, most of which were Sam, but there were a few family photos.
A few minutes later Sam comes out of her room and jeans and a t-shirt.
"So, what exactly are we doing today?"
Kelsey shrugs her shoulders.
"I don't know. I just wanted to hang out with you."
Sam smiles and blushes a little which Kelsey thought was cute.
"Let's go," Sam says as she makes her way to the door.
~~~/~~~/~~~
Casey McFadden made her way out of her room and spotted her parents, Marvin and Millicent in the kitchen.
"Morning," Casey announces as she makes her way to the fridge.
"Morning honey,'' Millie states with a smile.
Casey grabs her water and sits down at the table.
"What are your plans today?" Mouth asks his daughter.
Casey shrugs her shoulders.
"Sam's busy today apparently so I'm not sure."
"You could come to the store with me if you want," Millie offers.
Casey shakes her head.
"No thanks, but I'm not really interested. I figured I would just catch up on some stuff."
"Alright, but feel free to stop by at any time."
Casey nods her head.
"I will. I love you mom, dad."
"Love you."
"Love you, too."
~~~/~~~/~~~
Kelsey and Sam walk along the beach and let the sand go between their toes.
"How have you been handling everything?"
Sam looks at Kelsey and shrugs.
"I don't know. Normally I would just bury it, but that only goes so far."
Kelsey nods her head.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. When my mom left I felt like it was my fault. My dad kept telling me I was wrong."
"No offense Kelsey, you're wrong."
"Sam, you don't know the situation."
"I could take a guess," Sam says as Kelsey and Sam take a seat in the sand.
"Go for it," Kelsey says wondering if Sam could actually figure it out.
"If I had to take a guess it would probably be something about your sexuality and she couldn't handle it."
Kelsey stared at Sam in shock.
"How the hell did you figure that out?"
Sam shrugs her shoulders and smiles.
"I read people."
"You're good at it."
"Thank you."
"Why do you hang out with me?" Kelsey asks out of the blue.
"What do you mean?"
"You are kind of Miss popular and you are hanging around me and I'm like the social outcast."
Sam laughs and shakes her head.
"When my mom was in school she was the popular one. She made friends the not so popular like Mouth and Haley and my dad. He was a geek. Even when she got pregnant at 16 she was still popular. Anyway, I guess I realize that popularity isn't everything and my mom got some pretty great friendships this way. I thought I could have that with you."
Kelsey smiles and nods her head quickly.
"Yeah, but I just want to warn you that if you spend too much time with me the rumors will start flying."
Sam looks at Kelsey and smiles.
"Then let the rumors fly."
Kelsey laughs and looks out towards the water.
~~~/~~~/~~~
Brooke and Millicent were busy going over the books. Alex had a day off so she spent it with her husband and son.
"What is Casey doing today?"
"She's catching up on some stuff. I think she felt kind of bummed that Sam was busy."
"Yeah, she's spending the day with Kelsey."
Millicent looks up from what she is doing and looks Brooke in the eye.
"You're letting Sam hang out with Kelsey Daniels."
"Yeah, what so wrong with that?" Brooke asks slowly.
"She has tattoos."
Brooke laughs and puts her pen down.
"I'm pretty sure my daughter has one too, but she won't tell me."
"Kelsey's a lesbian," Millie states.
Brooke narrows her eyes at Millie.
"Millie, why does Kelsey's sexuality have anything to do with hanging out with my daughter?"
Millie shrugs her shoulders.
"Nothing I guess, but do you really want rumors to start coming out about Sam."
Brooke smiles and shakes her head.
"I have no worries. Sam can deal with the rumors. She hears the whispers about what happened and she takes it in stride and she seems happy now that she's talking to Kelsey and it's good for her. I'm not taking that away from her and besides my daughter seventeen. There really isn't anything I can about it."
"But you still are her mother."
Brooke nods her head.
"That's true, but Sam has good judgment."
"She didn't before," Millie mutters.
Brooke glares at Millie and her eyes open in shock.
"I am so sorry."
Brooke sighs.
"I know. It's just that he fooled all of us."
"It sucks. You really don't know anybody these days do you?" Millie asks.
"No, you really don't."
The bell above the door rings and Millie and Brooke look towards it.
"So, is this the place where I can get a Brooke Davis original?"
Brooke smiles as she looks at the brown haired woman standing in her store.
"Haley!"
A/N-Besides having Sam being a key component in this story, would you like to see the adults go through their own story arcs…kind of like how One Tree Hill did it the first 4 seasons?