Chapter:11 The Search

Nathan stood in the middle of his son's room still thinking about what to do then he went down the hallway to where he saw Haley go and knocked on the door lightly.

"Hey, Hales, Nathan and I are gonna go out for a little bit to talk and all. Okay?"

" Okay. But not too late. Okay, Nate?"

"Sure."

" Keep him." Holly said about her twin brother,

Nathan chuckled and headed out. Now when he was sixteen where would he be. With his wife. Okay, well he's not married. So... He didn't know but he was gonna need help with this. So he pulled out his cell and dialed his brother's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey,Luke. It's Nathan."

"Oh, hey bro what's up? Up for another game with that boy of yours?"

"Not exactly. I need your help. Nathan ran away. While I was at Haley's and made fun of his sister so Haley yelled at him. And I went up to talk to him and he was gone and there was a rope going down the side of his window. And Haley will kill me if she found out that her son is missing and I knew about it."

"Wait, you didn't tell Haley. You just left her house without a word?"

"No. I told her that Nate and I were gonna go out to talk. I'm trying to spare the guy a little. Trust me you know how many times I did that by his age. So can you help?"

"Of course. Um... I'll look around and keep you updated. Talk to you in a bit"

"Okay. Thanks, Luke. Bye."

"No problem. Bye."

Lucas walked out of his room and got into his car and started riding around he went to the school, the Cafe, the Rivercourt. But nothing. About an hour later he heard his cell phone ringing in his pocket he pulled it out.

"Hey, Nate. No luck."

"No luck with what, Luke?"

"Haley? Hey what's up?"

"No luck with what?"

"Oh, nothing. It's a brother thing. Man. I haven't talked to you in like so long."

"Yeah, I know. We'll have to catch up. Anyway, I was actually wondering if you knew where Nathan was. I mean he left like over an hour ago with Nate. It's getting late."

"No, I haven't. But I'll try to find him if you want."

"Thanks,Lucas. Talk to you later. Bye."

"Bye."

Lucas hated lying to Haley but so did Nathan and he was doing it to save his son and in a way that's what he was doing too. Saving his Nephew . Now, if he could only find that Nephew of his. There wasn't many places in town but he would keep looking. For his brother's sake.

Meanwhile, Nathan was really starting to get worried. It was nearly midnight and Haley was going to kill him if he didn't get home soon. And his fatherly instincts told him that Nathan was somewhere he shouldn't have been. Just like what he had done at his age. Suddenly his cell phone rang and he really hoped it was Luke and he found Nathan and it wasn't Haley again. That he ignored.

"Hey, Luke, is that you?"

"No. Excuse me are you Nathan Scott."

"Yes, I am."

"Great. Do you have a son,Nathan?"

"Yeah, I do. Why? Who is this?"

"This is Chief Wayman from the Tree Hill Police Department."

"Wayman. Wow, I remember you. You arrested me a few times. What can I do for you?"

"Yeah. Right, Nathan Scott, star of the Tree Hill Ravens. Anyway, we have your son down at the station and his mother's number is not listed. Your the only one and he said it was okay to call you."

"What did he do?"

"You'll see. Can you come down to the station."

"Yeah, I'll be right there."

He picked up the phone and called Lucas to meet him there. When he got to the station Lucas was already there.

"Wow, you're fast,man."

"Yeah, well I was close by. Let's go see what your little trouble maker did."

"Yeah."

"Hello. I'm Nathan Scott. I was looking for my son."

"Yes. Right this way Mr. Scott."

The police officer led him down to a room where Cheif Wayman had Nathan and some other kids and parents in.

"This is Nathan Scott, Cheif." The officer said.

"Thank you. Okay, Nathan Scott rise and follow me and your father please. And who is this?"

"This is his uncle Lucas."

"Right, Lucas Scott. I remember you as well. It's the Scott Brothers."

"So what did you do Nathan?"

"Well..." He started

"He was drinking underage at a party on the beach."

"Nathan."

"He is like you, Nate." Lucas whispered.

"Shut Up."

"All charges have been dropped as long as a parent is here. So he may go. Have a good night. And it's good to see you two again."

"Same here Cheif Wayman." Nathan said and then exited the station.

"Wow, you two seemed to know him quite well. God, how many times were you guys arrested?"

"That doesn't matter, Nathan. What is the matter with you? Your sixteen. What are you doing drinking?"

"Well..."

"No wells. I want an answer."

"I don't know. But hey...weren't you sixteen when my mom left you? You were drunk all the time,right?"

"That was different. I was married. Emancipated. And very upset. Now you are gonna go home and we're...No your gonna tell your mother why you are not coming home until 2 am , okay?"

"Fine. But this is all her fault. If she would have never yelled at me than I would have never left."

"Don't even try it. Don't you dare blame her. You were rotten to your sister and you know it."

Back at Haley's

Nathan walks through the door with his son right behind him. As he walks in he sees a very worried Haley run towards them.

"Where the hell have you been? Nathan I am never letting you out with my children at night ever again."

"Mom, it's not dad's fault." Nathan said to his mother.

"What do you mean?"

"I have to tell you something mom. But don't hate me or dad. Well you can hate me. Dad was only trying to protect you and spare me one. But I screwed up."

"I could never hate you, Nate. What happened?"

"I was...I was...arrested tonight."

Haley just stood there in shock unsure of what to do. Yell at him or at his father or both of them. She just stood there waiting for him to continue.