Chapter 6

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Brooke was upstairs with Sawyer giving her a bath when Nathan got home. He heard the water running and went right upstairs.

"How did it go?" Brooke asked, hearing him come in the bathroom.

"Good, but we will talk about it later, when S-A-W-Y-E-R goes to B-E-D."

"What about when I go to bed Daddy?" Sawyer asked.

He had forgotten how good she had become at spelling and reading.

"Nothing sweetie," He said. "Miss Haley said great things about you," He told her. She smiled.

After Sawyer was in bed, about an hour after the bath, Nathan and Brooke went down to the living room together.

"Spill!" Brooke told him. A whole hour had gone by and she didn't know anything.

"It went well. At the very end I did it. She said do you have anymore questions, and I said yes. It isn't about Sawyer. Would you go out with me sometime?"

"And she said?" Brooke asked.

"She said yes...she gave me her number. When should I call?"

"Tomorrow evening, and ask her out for this weekend."

"Alright..."

"I will come over, so make it Friday night. I will make sure you dress okay, and then watch the big girl of course," Brooke smiled.

"Alright..."

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Haley had sort of hoped her phone would ring on her ride home. Then she wished it would ring when she arrived home. Again, in the morning she wished it would ring. It wasn't until around six the next night that her phone rang with an unfamiliar number. Her heart started to beat fast, he had an effect on her, that was for sure.

"Hello?" She answered on the third of forth ring.

"Hi, is this Haley?"

"Yes, it is. Is this Nathan?"

"Yes it is. I am sorry to call so soon."

So soon, Haley thought, it would have been fine by her if he had called last night, "No. It's not that soon. I am glad you called."

"So...about this date. Would Friday night be good for you? Or is it too soon?"

"Friday night would be great. About eight?"

"Yes. I can pick you up."

Haley gave him the directions and her wrote them down.

"So, I'll see you Friday?" He asked.

"Yes. I can't wait."

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"Who was on the phone?" Lucas asked.

"Oh...it was that father I had told you about. He has the same last name as you. You only have one of the most common last names ever,"

Lucas rolled his eyes, "Oh and James is so original. Anyway, what did he want? Was it business or pleasure?"

Haley smiled, "He asked me out. We're going out Friday!"

"Well! It's about time!" Lucas told her, "I'm happy for you. I hope it goes well."

Haley went to go make dinner. Though Lucas wouldn't say it loud, he thought about the brother he had never met. He knew that the fact that someone had the same last name as him and lived in Tree Hill where his mother grew up wasn't that big of a deal. Scott was a very common name. Besides, the brother of his could have lived anywhere. When he was a boy, whenever he heard the last name Scott, or saw a man or a boy that looked like him, he couldn't help but wonder. His mother always told him his father wasn't worth knowing, but he couldn't help but want to know him. She admitted to him that Lucas did have a brother, close to his age, but she had never met him. She wanted to be honest with him. As he got older, he accepted it more and more, he just wasn't meant to meet his father or his brother. Still, every once in a while, he would get his hopes up. This was one of those times.

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A/N: Very short chapter before the date. I promise to make that chapter a decent size chapter Please let me know what you think! : )