AN: for the story's sake lets pretend that i Nathan had his full credits to graduate early.

"WHAT THE FUCK?"

Lucas was furious. Nathan was here. 'The asshole actually had the guts to come here.' And he's probably realized what he gave up, and that just made Lucas angrier. He didn't know what Haley had gone through. He didn't see her. Only he and Brooke knew what she truly went through they held her while she cried over the baby she'd never get to meet. They listened while she screamed at what an idiot she was thinking that Nathan was anything if not worse than his own father.

They watched her break down. And then one day they watched as day by day she suddenly started picking her self up. Picking out baby names, and making plans for collage. To this day he still remembered the broken look on her face as she lied in her hospital bed after her miscarriage.

And with that anger he put everything he had into punching Nathan as Hard as he could.

"What the hell Luke?" exclaimed Jake while helping Nathan up off the floor.

"WHAT? Jake he deserves it!" replied Lucas angrily

"Yea but… Okay fine he does." Said Jake while stepping away from Nathan.

"Okay I deserved that." Said Nathan brokenly.

"What the hell are doing here man?" asked Jake.

"Look I am here for my family and-"Started Nathan.

"Wait WHAT? There is no way in hell any of us are letting you anywhere near either Haley or Micca!" Exclaimed Lucas.

"Yea well THEY ARE my family Luke so deal with it!"

Having had enough Lucas grabbed onto Nathan's shirt's collar and smacked him onto a parked car.

"Now you listen here asshole. They are NOT your family. No one wants you here Nathan so do us all a favor. Go back to being a man-whore who does nothing other than shoot a ball through a damn hoop because Haley and Micca are finally happy and the last thing they need is some dead-beat husband and father pretending he cares." Exclaimed Lucas. Starting to walk away from Nathan, with Jake trailing behind him.

"Yea well, they are my family, and I will get them back with or without your support!" yelled Nathan watching their retreating back.

"Yea right!" yelled Lucas back with a cruel laugh.

Defeated, Nathan started walking back to his hotel room when he found himself taking a detour to his mom's house.

Stepping onto his mom's front home porch Nathan found his confidence faltering. Boy was he nervous; he hadn't seen or heard from his mom in six years after her last encounter with him a month after he left Tree Hill and started Duke mid semester.

- Flashback –

Nathan was on his way home from his first official basketball practice, when the sound of his name had him turning around to come face to face with his mother. Only he didn't have enough time to reflect because the second he turned around he felt his mom's palm connect with his face.

"What the hell mom?" exclaimed Nathan holding onto his stinging cheek?

"What the hell is wrong with you? I thought you were better than this. I thought I raised you better than this-"

"Yea well news flash mom you DIDN'T raise me you were too busy screwing some guy and staying as far away from me as possible." Replied Nathan with venom in his voice.

"No I wasn't always there and for that I will forever be ashamed of myself. But guess what Nathan the times I was there all you ever talked about was how you weren't going to be like Dan and then you go and do exactly what Dan did. I couldn't be more ashamed of you."

"Mom" Nathan said softly.

"No Nathan. Listen to me as long as you keep abandoning your wife and child I want nothing to do with you."

"Mom please-"Nathan tried to interrupt his mom again.

"No Nathan. The minute you go back to your family I will welcome you back with open arms but until then I want nothing to do with you Nathan." Said Deb in a soft broken voice. And with that she turned around, got back into her car and drove off.

- End of flashback -

With all the courage he could muster he stepped in front of the house's front door and he rang the doorbell. Almost immediately the door was swung open and there in the doorway was an older version of his mom.

"Hey mom," Nathan greeted in a gentle broken voice with tears rolling down his eyes.

"Oh, Nathan," Deb greeted him gently taking him in her arms and hugging him tightly.

AN: okay so i finally know where i want the story to go from here! so just a warning to people these are like the last two weeks of the semester so its gonna be tougher to update but i will do my best :) Hope you Review :)

Chapter 4