Episode 1 Chapter 5 Life Happens

Lucas is sitting in the waiting room. The kids were at home with Savannah and Charlie. He was just waiting for Hunter or someone to get there.

"Lucas," Hunter ran to him. "How's my sister?"

"She's going to be fine. She had to have her stomach pumped, but she is going to be okay…Your house is wrecked, but Millie is going to be fine."

"Thank God…I'm going to go check on her. Thanks for staying with her."

"No problem…Hey Hunter…"

Hunter turns towards him. "Yeah…"

"Your sister is headed down a road of no return…You shouldn't have left her to go camping."

"I'm sick and tired of having to take care of everyone. I just wanted to be a normal kid for once." Hunter shakes his head and walks away. He couldn't believe he had said that to Lucas. He wanted to be normal, but the whole time he was on the camping trip he thought about his daughter and his sister. He wasn't normal and he never would be.

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Scarlet is sitting on her bed. The adjustment had been really hard on her, and it still was. Spencer was trying to give her time and space. He didn't want her to hate him. He had after all been an absentee father for a very long time.

"Hey there princess," He said as he walked into her room.

"Hi…"

"I think it's time for you to go to bed."

"Okay…"

"But first I wanted to talk to you about Lily."

"I don't want to talk about Lily."

"Too bad…She's a very important subject…and I have kind of been avoiding it since you got here."

Scarlet didn't say anything.

"I know you may not understand sweetheart, but I love Lily. She is very special to me."

"She's the reason why you couldn't be with mommy. And I hate her!" Scarlet laid down in the bed and flipped over. She made it clear that she did not want to speak with him.

Spencer took the hint, but he knew that the situation was far from over.

…...

Jacey walks into Mouth's office. She smiles when she sees his phone sitting on the desk. She picks it up and searches for Rebecca's number.

She starts to send a message. "Rebecca, I want you to know that I love you and the kids, and I need you in Tree Hill. I don't want a divorce. I want you. I need you." She presses send. She didn't want her dad to lose his family just because he wanted to be closer to her. She wanted him to have both.

…

Jake and Mia are sitting in her office.

"So what are you thinking?"

"Honestly…I have not sang in public in years, but we could do this together, and if it would help Peyton…Mia she has worked so hard for this I would hate for her to lose her company."

He kisses her.

"Then I guess we're in." Mia hugs him. "This is going to be fun."

"Anything with you is fun." He kisses her again.

…...

Elizabeth walks into the apartment to see that Emma has fallen asleep on Daniel's chest.

He sees her walk in. "Where's Noah?"

"He dropped me off. He's going to get some ice cream." She takes Emma from him and puts her in the crib next to the window. "We need to talk."

"Elizabeth I…"

"I mean I need to talk, and you need to listen. Daniel I can't tell Noah about what we did. It may have happened when we weren't together, but that wouldn't matter to Noah. This would kill him."

"Elizabeth…I just…I want to know if you ever thought Emma could be mine?"

"I never thought about it…I remembered sleeping with you, but after I was rapped that's all I could think about. It consumed me. And when I found out I was pregnant…all I thought about was being rapped and how I couldn't keep the baby" She wiped the tears from her eyes. "When she was born a month early I had a feeling she could be yours, but Noah was back in my life, and I couldn't say anything."

She touches his shoulder, "Please just let it be. Emma is happy and that is all that matters."

Daniel doesn't say anything. He didn't know what to do.

…...

McKenzie opens her door to see Hunter. "Hey…I was kind of expecting you."

"Why?"

"Riley has already showed up. He and Ellie are upstairs…hopefully not in my bed."

"Lucas knows he's back so he should probably go home."

"I'll make sure he leaves soon." She smiles at him. "You know Ally is already asleep. But if you want to wake her up we can."

"No…She should stay with her mom."

McKenzie was so glad that Hunter finally gave her a chance.

"You are great with her McKenzie, and she loves you." He leans in and hugs her. "I'm glad you are finally apart of her life."

Mark walks up to see them hugging.

…...

Nathan and Brooke finally arrive at the hospital. Nathan glances in the room to see his little girl hooked up to machines. He knew that physically she was going to be okay, but mentally there was something wrong with her.

Brooke slowly touched his arm. "Nathan, what are we going to do?"

"We are going to tell her that we love her."

"Nathan…"

"I don't know what's wrong with her Brooke. I feel like I'm losing her." Nathan felt like crying. He was so afraid that Millie was ruining her life.

"It's okay Nathan. We will figure it out. We will do it together."

…...

Deb was sitting on the couch. She had avoided his question.

"Deb…honey…are you okay?"

"You just asked me to marry you."

"Yeah and I was hoping that you would say yes."

Deb shook her head. "I would be a horrible wife. I don't ever want to get married again."

"Deb…"

"I thought we were just having fun. I mean yes I do love you, but I don't want to get married. If that's what you want then I think we should rethink this."

"I don't want to rethink this. I want to marry you."

Deb stood up. "I'm just going to go."

"I don't want you to do that."

"But I want too…Maybe I'll see you around."

"Deb," Mick couldn't believe this. This was not how he had pictured this moment. He wasn't sure what went wrong.

…...

Lily is lying in bed.

Spencer sits beside her.

"Did you talk to Scarlett?"

"Yeah and this isn't going to be easy…but we will get through it."

"Yeah," but she didn't know if she would. How was she supposed to get to know her husband's daughter? Scarlett was a reminder that Spencer had been unfaithful to her. And it was hard for her.

…...

Jamie walks into Breanne's house. He was expecting everyone to be asleep.

"Hey," he heard her voice coming from the couch. "I was beginning to think that you weren't going to come."

"Yeah I'm sorry…Summer is on bed rest and I didn't want to leave her alone."

"Right," Breanne sighed.

"Are you okay?"

"I don't think so."

"What's wrong?"

"Jamie…if you don't know what's wrong with me then I…You know never mind."

"No…talk to me."

"Jamie we spend so much time apart, and you were supposed to move back in after three months, but you refused…and I know that you are falling in love with Summer."

"No I'm not…I'm just trying to help her."

"Her dad could do that. The baby isn't even yours." She rolled her eyes. "The baby is Chase's. You have no commitment to either one of them, but you are supposed to be committed to Carter and me."

"I am," he sighed. "I love the two of you."

"You're falling in love with Summer. I can feel it."

"I'm not falling in love with Summer. I'm getting tired of telling you that. It's like you don't believe me."

"I don't."

He shook his head. "You need to trust me…I trust you…and sometimes I don't know if I should."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"Breanne I was proposing to you. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. You were the only girl I had ever been with and you were the only girl I ever wanted to be with…but then you go and sleep with someone else…I forgave you, but somehow I don't think that you will ever forgive me."

Breanne has tears falling out of her eyes. "I always thought that you would have proposed again by now."

Jamie doesn't say anything. He didn't feel connected to her like he once had.

"But now I know that we are drifting apart…You have been to every one of Summer's doctor's appointments and you have been dedicated to her, and I can't let that go…I can't trust you with her."

"After all this time…"

"I know…and you'll always be apart of my life…Carter is your son, but this isn't working anymore…And…"

"We need to stop pretending that it is." Jamie finished her sentence. "So I guess this is goodbye."

"Yeah I guess it is." Breanne shook her head. This was killing her. "We can set up times for you to get Carter. He loves you, and I know you love him. And…"

"We'll figure it out Breanne…" Jamie couldn't believe it was over. But they hadn't been the same since she cheated on him, and it was no use denying it anymore.

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Alright so that's the end of episode 1. I hope you guys enjoyed it.

Please let me know what you thought, and I will update tomorrow.

Spoilers:

Hunter is mad at Nathan and Brooke.

Millie is forced to see a therapist.

Jamie and Breanne deal with their breakup.

Lily continues to have problems with Scarlet and her relationship with Spencer continues to be strained.

Emma is sick.

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