Hey! So next week the updates will go back to how I said they would in the Prologue. Almost didn't get this chapter up today due to real world reasons, but a quiet house, I was able to power through and get all I needed to fix done. Some of you might start to notice some old chapters, have gone and some new ones in their place from here on out.
Big thanks to Rocklesson86, GottaloveNaley, MADDIE and Guest for the reviews and as always thank you all for reading this even after what seemed like I had abandoned the original. GARRRRRH! Stupid horse sack of Ketchup peee GAA! So I had to come in a reformat everything hopefully none of you tried to read it with out the formatting. I can tell you my dad knew I was not impressed and my neighbours probably knew it too.

Chapter 5

Lilly Scott had been having a rough week, her mother was obsessing and not in a good way, about the brother she could barely remember, something about a file Lucas had taken over to Lydia James. Lilly really hadn't paid attention to be honest; she had enough going on already. Her English teacher had up a quit; her friends were all fighting with each other, Peyton still insisted on treating her like a five year old, she had to learn an entire song on her violin by the end of the week for music, and to top it all off her PE teacher thought just because Nathan and Lucas were sporty she would be to, so sometime this week she would be climbing the rope, unassisted- that was a disaster waiting to happen, she could throw a free throw sure, but that was the extant of her sporting abilities. There was also the fact that no-one seemed to care what she was going through, and ok she didn't expect her friends to get it. They didn't have adult siblings, but they did share the same PE class, she was sure they were all waiting for her to fall flat on her ass, for something she had apparently done but couldn't remember.

Everything was just one big mess that she seemed to be the one that got lost in the middle it all. Lilly knew it was by no fault of anyone's- ok well maybe that detective for giving Lucas that file, and maybe it was who ever started this stupid fight, and her brothers for both being athletic. One thing Lilly did know, was it wasn't her fault and yet she was the one that felt like she was drowning in all of it- it wasn't even her crap she was downing in. Walking into her fourth period English class, she sighed it could only go up from here right? Surely she had hit the bottom of this seemingly never ending crap shoot. Taking her seat beside her best friend- the one person who was still talking to her- Lilly really hoped that this new teacher wasn't a complete loser middle school was confusing enough already she didn't need another teacher adding on to that. Looking up as said new teacher walked in Lilly noticed, that this teacher couldn't have been that much older- if not the same age as Lucas; well this is going to be interesting Lilly thought.

"I know how annoying it is to get a new teacher when you have just gotten used to the other one. I also know that your last teacher left suddenly. That being said I wanted to take some time to find out from you what you had done in the last couple of weeks. However first I wanted to introduce myself. My name Mrs. Scott I recently moved back to Tree Hill with my husband and son. I actually attended this school and sat where you are now. In that very seat, actually" Mrs. Scott said pointing to Lilly every one turned and looked at her; then again it could be worse so much worse.

"I'm sorry I don't have the class list on me just yet, so if you could all just tell me your names when I point to you."

"That's Lil-ozer or Lilly Scott hey you have the same name wow Lil-ozer are you two related? Eww, who'd wanna be related to a teacher?" Lilly sneered at the kid to her right who sat on the other side ofthe room, she couldn't stand Kellie Lincoln. Mrs. Scott smiled and nodded looking over at the girl who had said that.

"You must be Kellie; yes I've heard about you; and trust me that isn't a good thing. Also correct me if I am wrong, but isn't your step-mother a teacher at this school? The vice-principal if I'm not mistaken, so I really wouldn't want to talk too much about not wanting to be related to teachers if I were you. These halls have ears, trust me I know" Lilly smirked and look over at Kellie who now looked like she wanted to murder Mrs. Scott Maybe this year wouldn't be so bad after all.After going around the room and finding out everyone's name Mrs. Scott pulled the book they had been assigned out of her bag, and walked around leaning on the front of her desk while opening well worn book and flipping a few pages.

"Okay can someone tell me where you are all up to, from the few notes I have from your last teacher you're up to chapter 14 yes?"

"Well, that's where we are meant to be up to, but that was just a guideline, see Mr. Hoover well he was a cool teacher if we didn't want to do it we didn't have to- well I didn't have to. Are you going to be a cool teacher Mrs. Scott? I'd hate to get you fired after your first day, how would that look to another school?" One look at their new teacher Lilly knew that English would soon be her second favourite subject, right behind music- Kellie wouldn't be able to get away with any of her crap in this class.

"Oh I can be a cool teacher, I can also be your worst nightmare that all depends on you Miss Lincoln, are you constantly going to disrupt the class- just because your step-mother works here doesn't mean I'm going to be treating you any differently than anyone else in this class. I will state this one time and one time only. I will not give preferential treatment to anyone in this class- and anyone who thinks otherwise is in for a very long year." It was clear to all of them now that, if they played by Mrs. Scott's rules they would be in for a fun and exciting year. However if they played by any other rules- well they were yet to see what kind of year that person would have, but they no doubt would find out in time Kellie hated following rules, she preferred to make her own.

For the rest of the lesson they talked about what had happened in that chapter, and what that meant to the overall plot of the book. When the bell rang Mrs. Scott set them their homework for the next two days. Comprising of the next two chapters, as well as an introduction into who they were some of the topics that they could include were, what type of music did they listen to; did they come from large or small families, and what they wanted to achieve this year. It was to be handed in, during their next lesson. The sixth graders, were packed up and out of the classroom before Mrs. Scott had finished what she was saying, Lilly half expected most of them hadn't heard their teacher and they would find out, about that next lesson. Shaking her head, she walked out into the hall way and almost ran into the principal.

"Sorry Sir,"

"that is quite alright Ms. Scott" Dervish looked over the young girl to see her teacher grabbing the young girls violin case that she had forgotten in her haste to get out of the room.

"I think you will find music to be a bit difficult without this?" Lilly turn around and blushed having forgotten the most important thing.

"Thank you, Mrs. Scott"The two teachers in front of her nodded as they made their way into the classroom, leaving her to get to her music class before the warning bell.

Sixth period for Lilly Scott and her best friend Mattie was lunch, after having dropped their books off at their lockers, they headed to the cafeteria, laughing about something that had happened to Kellie in Mattie's science class. Taking a short cut that would lead them away from Kellie Lincoln and Kellie's best friend Fay Irving's Lockers and instead pass the staff room. Neither girl were worried what their teachers would say, all of them knew just how annoying Kellie and Fay were and would more than likely congratulate then for avoiding the two trouble makers. One month into school and they were already the most hated sixth graders at Tree Hill Middle School.

"So Haley how were your first few classes?" they heard their PE teacher ask as they passed the door.

"They were all good, although I see you all failed to mention that my sister in law was in my sixth grade English class, thanks for that. Just to remind you I wasn't the headache that was Brooke, and don't give me that look. I remember what you said to my mother on my midterm reports; so nice try. Lilly was a little young when Nathan and I left she didn't recognize me at all. She's a lot like me at that age which is a little surreal."

"Oh I know, it was one of the reasons I didn't tell you, and yes, when you were here Brooke Davis was always the instigator but you were her best friend. I also never saw Brooke becoming a teacher; I have to get the pair of you back somehow. Lilly is just as bad at sports as you are; I realized that when I saw the colour drain out of her face when I told her she was climbing the rope unassisted, next period." Mattie looked at Lilly who had that same look of shock on her face as she had two days ago in gym.

"Oh Kellie is going to have a field day with this" Mattie said as she pulled Lilly away from the staff room before they were noticed.
Mattie felt for her friend she honestly did, out of all of their friends she was the closest to knowing what it was like having a sibling pretty much double her age. She had a half sister on her dad's side who was in college. Mattie didn't know her at all, they hadn't been raised in the same house, and she'd only spoken to her on the phone a handful of times. She also knew that Lilly's family was well a little mixed up at times which is why most of the time, school was a safe haven, away from all the crazy, even if Lilly had the two most annoying girls on the planet to deal with. This threw a spanner in the works big time. There went Lilly's sanctuary.

"What are you going to do?" she asked once she had gotten over the shock, Lilly shrugged she had no idea what she was going to do how did you tell someone who you vaguely remembered that, you knew who they were; and it was only from a conversation you'd overheard. Why did her life have to be so crazy?

Lilly, packed up her locker at the end of the day and smiled as Mattie came over to her, the two of them had been trying to come up with a way to let their English teacher know that they knew who she was. So far they had come up with zilch.

"So what are you going to do?" Mattie asked closing her locker Lilly lent against it; and handed her friend a piece of a paper, that had a few names on it.

"I don't get it"

"I don't remember much about her, but I remember that she liked music, she loved singing and whenever Nathan was mentioned, it was mentioned that his wife was a singer. I have a few of her songs on my phone, not that I would ever let my mum know that. But I guess I just wanted to know if she sounded like I remembered." Mattie nodded and smiled before wrapping her arm around her best friend as they left the lockers and headed down the hall.

"If you want me to come with you I will."

"I know but I think this is something I have to do alone. Who knows maybe I'll find another place to hide away from the crazy side of my family. Wish me luck"

"Luck"

Lilly turn off down another hall as Mattie made her way towards the south exit doors. Arriving at her English classroom Lilly took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

"Come in" Lilly walked in to see Mrs. Scott who also happened to be her sister in law sitting at her desk going over something. When she looked up she smiled slightly.

"Is everything ok Lilly?" Swaying back and forth on her heels for a minute, Lilly looked at her teacher then back at the piece of paper before walking over and placing it on the desk. She saw her English teacher frown for a minute before reading the list. As she got to the bottom she smiled.

Chris Keller

Mia Catalano

Alex Dupree

Haley James-Scott

"You know don't you?" Lilly nodded as a tear rolled down her cheek she wiped it away quickly.

"Come here kiddo," Lilly tried to fight the tears off she didn't want them to fall, she hated showing emotion, more for the fact that, it really had never gotten her anywhere before. Sure her dad would give her a hug, and Lucas from time to time would as well, on her worse days, back when Lilly was around the age of five she could remember her mother telling her to buck up, once when she had fallen off her newly two wheeled bike and taken the skin off most of her knee, it was then that Lilly had started taking care of herself.

"I'm sorry for crying Mrs. - she stopped a finger was held up a finger.

"Lilly you only have to call me Mrs. Scott during school and only because I'm your teacher. For the rest of the time I'm your sister-in-law. The worlds not going to end if you call me Haley" Lilly nodded and smiled.

"Why did you and Nathan leave? Mum says it's because you wanted to marry Nathan at sixteen, but dad thinks there was more too it. And the times where I have actually gotten to talk to your mum she says the same thing. But that has never been very often or for very long" Lilly bit her lip as her sister in law sighed.

"Now I can't tell you everything." When Lilly rolled her eyes, she heard Haley chuckle and looked over at her, the smirk on her face told her that Haley obviously had done the same thing at some stage.

"But I promise to tell you everything I can, now it may not be much and it may not be what you want to hear sometimes; but I can promise you that when I am not looking out for you like a big sister should I will tell you everything I can. But you have to remember you are eleven there are going to be things I will not tell you simply because I think you are too young to know. I love you kiddo always have and if I haven't told you something, it's because I love you. You're a kid Lil there are something's you shouldn't have to worry about. That being said I'm not going to treat you like a baby. If Nathan and I think you can handle it we'll tell you even if your mother kills us" Lilly nodded she could understand that. So there they were now sitting side by side on Haley's desk, big sister and little sister talking about everything mostly however it was, about Kellie and Fay and how most of the other teacher handled them in other classes.

Lilly was the first to look up when someone cleared their throat, standing in the door way was Mr. Dervish.

"Is everything ok Mrs. Scott?" he asked Haley looked at Lilly who shrugged and nodded.

"Everything's fine. Just catching up that's all."

"Ok, I'll see you both tomorrow. As for now I'm kicking you both out of my school I need to set the alarm" He said it amazed Lilly that he hadn't said anything more than that. She knew if it had been anyone else they would have at least said they didn't think it was appropriate for a teacher and a student to be alone in a classroom after hours, especially Mrs. Hankel she was the least liked teacher out of anyone here.

"And be glad Hankel didn't find you. But I don't need to tell either of you that. Batty old librarian would have wanted your head on a stick Mrs. Scott, even if you two do share a last name, and an extended family." Lilly smirked and nodded before grabbing her backpack. Turning back to look at her newly found sister in law she knew that, there were a lot of things that Nathan and Haley would have to learn about Tree Hill now, things that had changed because of their leaving, she didn't know the reason still, and she was sure she wouldn't find out the full unabridged version for quite some time, and as annoying as it would be she was okay with that, now maybe things in her life would start to be normal whatever that was.

"Hey Lil, are you expected home anytime soon, or do you want to scare your brother a bit because there are several tricks I have to get him back for that I've been looking for the perfect way for a while; and I'm pretty sure I just found it"

"I'm good, Dad will be at work till after dinner, and mum will be at the cafe, if I don't turn up she'll just think I'm at Mattie's"

"That settle's it then, you're coming home with me, so I can get Nathan back- and that husband of mine thinks I've forgotten Ha- I was just biding my time"