Paths Led
AU. Lux has lived her whole life believing that The Petersons are her family but when they move to Portland. She discovers that she finds easy to connect with his basketball coach as if they were family
A/N: Completely alternative story. Baze still owns the bar, but works at head coach as Westmonte High School. He and Cate haven't seen each other in 16 years, but as Lux he listens to her on the radio every morning
Chapter 3: Day started
Lux had been enrolled at Westmonte high school. They all seemed kids taken out of a fashion magazine. She lowered her head as she tried to find her class
"Are you lost?" A blonde boy asked
"Yeah, kind of…I'm trying to find the calculus class" Lux sighed
"I could take you, I'm Jones by the way" he said offering her a big bright smile "I didn't get your name"
"I didn't give it to you" she said "I'm Lux"
"Cool name" Jones smiled again "this way" he said as they walked to class
"New in town huh?" Jones asked. Lux bit her lip nervously. He was kind of cute. Too cute really. Better than Brett, who hadn't had the guts to ask her out
"Yeah, we've just move last week" she said
"I bet starting in a new school is hard" Jones winced sweetly "feel free to ask for help" they had arrived to class. All eyes were on the new girl as she entered behind Jones
"Lux Peterson?" The man at the desk asked. She nodded "why don't you sit next to Jones?"
"Okay" she said awkwardly. She felt Jones's hand on her back. And this was only the first class
At Lunch she saw Jones and a couple of other kids sitting at a table. She sat with them without even asking
"Hey Lux" Jones said happily "this is Brynn and Lauren"
"Hey" she said confidently. Lauren and Brynn looked at each other
"She just got to Portland" Jones told them
"So where are you from?" Brynn asked smiling
"DC" Lux said "my dad made us move, which really sucks"
"Yeah, I remember when I had to move to London, it really was like social suicide but I quickly got over it" Lauren said and Jones rolled his eyes
"You lived in London?" Cool" Lux said excitedly. Lauren gave her a cocky smile
"Yeah, when I was like 10, we only lived there for a couple months though, if it had been up to me I would have stayed there for life" she said
"But I thought you said you would miss home?" Lux asked
"No, of course not, I said I hated moving, I would have made new friends in no time" Lauren grinned
"Hey Jones!" Lux turned around to see who was calling him. He saw a tall guy trotting towards them. There was something oddly familiar about him
"Hey coach" Jones said standing up and shaking hands with him "what's up?"
"We still have to practice for the big game tomorrow, gather the guys okay?" he said. Lux wouldn't take her eyes off him.
"Sure" Jones noticed Lux staring and coughed loudly "this is Lux Peterson, she's new in town"
"Oh, cool" Baze smiled widely "do you like basketball? Because I could use some new girls in the team"
"Not really. Sorry" she said smiling goofily "good luck in the game though"
"Thanks. So I hope you like Westmonte, I gotta run" he said and patted Jones on the back "later"
"Bye" Lux still had her eyes on Baze when Jones waved a hand in her face
"Hello?" he said "earth to Lux?"
"Don't worry, he does that to all the girls" Lauren said "he is so cute"
"He used to be quarterback. Now he trains the football and basketball girls' team sometimes" Jones said
"So he's a jock?" Lux asked "he doesn't seem like a real coach"
"That's because he's cooler than other coaches" Jones smiled "to us, he's just Baze"
"Baze?" Lux repeated "why do they call him that?"
"He just likes it that way, he says his name is way too formal" He said
"That doesn't seem really mature" Lux pointed out. Jones laughed. There was something about Baze that just made Lux feel curious
The first day was finally over, as Lux watched the other kids in their fancy cars, she felt a bit out of place. Then he saw Baze in his truck. Her hat flew away just in time for him to catch it
"Here" he smiled "how was your first day?"
"Thanks, it was okay I guess" she said shyly
"Well, moving can be hard, I feel like I should give you a word of wisdom, I know all the teachers here if you ever need help" Baze said sweetly
"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind" she smiled. She saw her father's car approaching "I have to go"
Baze smiled and nodded as she walked towards the car "hi sweetheart"
"Hey" she said vaguely
"How was your first day?" Thomas asked "made any new friends?"
"Yeah" Lux said
"Who was the guy you were talking to?" Thomas asked
"That's the basketball coach" Lux said "he was asking me if I wanted to join the team"
"You and basketball?" Britt asked amused "I don't think that's a good idea"
"Shut up!" Lux shot "maybe I want to try something new"
"Well, I think it's a good idea to try out, it will help you fit in" Thomas said
"Until they watch her play" Britt mocked
Lux rolled her eyes and remained quiet the rest of the way
The next day she decided to tell Jones about basketball
"Baze got to you huh?" Jones chuckled "okay, that's cool, his team hasn't won in a while, are you any good?"
"Not really, but I'm trying to prove a point" she said annoyed "I'm a quick study"
"I could help you train before you try out" Jones said "so who are you trying to prove a point to?"
"My sister" Lux said "she laughed at me because I told her Mr. Bazile had asked me about joining the team"
"Well, then let's work really hard, we have a long way ahead of us" he joked
"Think you are funny do you?" Lux hit his arm. That day they decided to stay after school to start training. Jones had asked his friend Tasha to help out; by the looks of it she was really good. Jones had told her Baze called her his secret weapon
Chapter 3! Hope you guys like it! Sorry for the late update, but I just didn't know how to bring Baze into the story without it being too weird!