THE RED DOOR 8

Disclaimer: I don't own anything of the TV show One Tree Hill.

A/N: So, this is not a real chapter. Just a summary, about what happened in the characters' lives and of how things went between last chapter & the next one, which will be up soon.

It's Spring Break, 3 years after the events that happened in the previous chapter. Peyton finally took her decision, soon after she saw Jake and Jenny again. There was absolutely no way she was going to let them go again. Nikki was definitively out of the picture, and she realized her feelings for Jake were just as strong as before, maybe even stronger than they had been in the past. He was it for her, she was now sure. She told Nathan about her decision, the same Nathan who had decided to leave his wife for good, just for her and what he thought they had together… So of course, Nathan got really mad, and treated her of 'slut' and other vulgarities. They don't talk or see each other anymore.

Lucas went back to California after he told Brooke everything about his life there. The brunette came back two minutes after she left his room and admitted to him that she could have taken a chance with him. They kissed and spent his last night together. I'm not going to tell you guys if they made love or not. Karen got mad at Lucas' decision but finally agreed to let him go back to California. Andy and she stayed at Tree Hill thought, she couldn't leave her Café and she gave birth to a boy, course of December. Also, she became very close to Brooke and even proposed her to move into Lucas' room since the girl didn't really want to stay at Peyton's now that Jake was back and needed a place to stay.

Haley took a big decision that changed her whole life. After her painful divorce to Nathan, she went back on tour, thinking that she needed to pursuit her dreams fully. You only live once after all. So, with Chris Keller, and even Jake sometimes, they wandered across the state and sometimes even further. She just came back from her last tour, and is according a pause to herself. Some of her fans are whispering she's pregnant, but no one knows really why she stopped giving concerts so suddenly.

Brooke never got serious with any boyfriend after her Broody went back to California. They sent each other letters for a while before they lost contact, or rather he never answered to one of her letters. She has news from him by Karen who tells her how he's doing once in awhile. She's still working at Karen's Café during the week-ends and holiday; and is currently studying fashion design in College. However, she stayed friends with Peyton, Jake, Rachel, Mouth and Nathan; they're all in the same college. Mouth is currently going out with Gigi, and Rachel is very close to Nathan. Peyton and Jake are naturally still together, but they're only friends with Brooke since Nathan never forgave Peyton for 'breaking his marriage'.

Lucas found his 'daughter' back and is now living in a small apartment with her since her grandparents both died in a car accident. She's now seven and a total sweetheart. Lucas tried to date some girls but none of them was mature enough to take care of a child so he abandoned the idea. He calls his mother once a week so he knows about everything that happens in Tree Hill and his mother's life. He never went back to Tree Hill in 3 years.

Dan let Lucas go when he learnt he was going back to California. It wasn't because he wasn't sure the boy was his son, or because he didn't want to get to know him. He just wasn't ready to admit the fact Karen had lied to him during 18 years. He considered rotting his son's life with basketball and how he had been right about Haley, but decided he better try making amends and make their relationship better, and healthier. He even became friends with Karen, once he succeeded in sending Deb to rehab, and helped her with the baby when she broke up with Andy. That's when his big brother Keith came back to Tree Hill after his long trip to Australia, and took over his place in Karen's heart. Dan then became self destructive and stopped taking his medicine for his HCM.

Lucas just got a message of his mother yesterday, on his answering machine, telling him he needed to go back to Tree Hill as soon as possible, so he would get to know his father before it was too late. Indeed, Karen told him his father just had a heart attack. He still had no idea who his father is, but he didn't even ask his mother about it. He jumped into the next plane, his daughter accompanying him, and he's now waiting for his mother to pick him up from the airport.

That is where the next chapter picks up. Tell me what you think of the whole thing.

Next in the Red Door:

What's going on with Haley? Is she really pregnant?

Who's gonna pick Lucas and Kayla to the airport? How will Brooke react when she'll finally see her long lost love? And how Lucas is gonna react when he'll learn that Dan Scott is his biological father?

Are Nathan and Peyton going to finally talk again? Did Jake really see Nikki walking out of the shop?

Is Rachel gonna admit that she has strong feelings for her bestfriend Nathan?