And the second Chapter for the 4th of July Holiday. I hope you all had a great day! Stay safe see you next week!

Chapter Seven

Three days after Lilly had first come over Nathan wondered out the back door, to see Haley curled up on one of the lawn chairs, she was more than likely reading her go to book, the one she always read when she felt like relaxing. He couldn't think of the name right now, which was odd...he could picture the cover in his head without any trouble but the title eluded him for some reason. Walking down to where she was he lifted her feet and sat down.

"That's the, what fifteen hundredth time you've read that book?" he asked as he started to massage her feet, they had spent all week, when she wasn't at school working, setting up the house. Today was their first official day off, and it also marked, two weeks since they had returned to Tree Hill. They both knew that they should have told someone by now or at least someone more than Lilly and the staff at Tree Hill Middle School. They knew eventually word would get out, because parents of students would start asking questions, and people they knew, would eventually hear them and start wondering why now. But at least for now, well today anyway, they wanted to just spend the time at home, relaxing; because they both new as soon as all of Tree Hill knew they were home they'd never have a quiet moment again.

Haley laughed closing the book and putting it down beside her as she leant back in the chair letting Nathan work his magic on her sore tired feet. And dear gosh work his magic he did, if there was one thing that Haley loved so very much about him, minus his body-let's face it he was a god in that area as well- he had great hands, and he was even better at using them to work out the kinks that stress, or work or Jamie left her in. Haley knew though if she ever told that to anyone here...namely her best friend, that Brooke would see that in a dirty way, it was just who her friend was and who she had always been.

"More like twentieth but I get your point, where's Jamie?" she asked Nathan smiled and placed her feet back on his lap.

"I set him up on Skype. He's currently talking to Suzie and you and I both know those two could talk forever. They are as bad as you and Brooke used to be." Healy nodded as she took a deep breath. Used to be was right. She and Brooke used to be inseparable, and when she started dating Nathan she used to have to bargain with Brooke just to get time alone with him, although if she had known back then what was going to happen, she never would have done it.

"Thinking about what Brooke will say?" Nathan asked Haley nodded it was one thing that had always weighted on her mind, what did Brooke think of her? Would she forgive her for doing this? Would she know just how much Haley loved her, and that was why she did what she had. Seven years she had been asking herself these questions and now, in the very near future she was going to get answers. Answers she wasn't entirely sure she was ready for.

Three weeks was a long time to spend with her sisters, especially when, it was her sisters that she didn't really get along with. Vivienne as much as Quinn loved her, was just so different to the rest of them that, spending three weeks with her had just about done Quinn's head in. Then there was her wild child little sister Taylor, it was safe to say that; Quinn had not gotten along with her younger sister in quite some time. When they were all younger, Quinn, Taylor and Haley had been very close. Always doing things together, that was till Haley started school and met Brooke. After that, Quinn wasn't too sure what happened. It was all a bit of a blur. All she knew was that Tay had become this wild child, while herself had Haley seemed to stay pretty close; or so she thought. Clearly they hadn't been as close as Quinn had imagined; she'd only just learnt what her youngest sister had one with her life, well apart from marry Nathan. It was her nieces and nephews that she didn't get to see all that often, that kept her at her mother's place clear across town for those three weeks. She was just glad that Vivian, her husband, Taylor and the kids had been out here had the beach when Lucas had come over. That would have been a nightmare.

Now she was just glad to be home, to be able to hear the sound of the waves, to have peace and quiet, no squealing kids, no arguing sisters, and her mother just sitting there with a smirk on her face like she had planned it all; however knowing her mother the way Quinn did, she wouldn't put it past Lydia to do just that.
It meant that the James house was once again, the mad house it had been when she and her siblings were kids, full of noise. As much as she had missed it there for about a week, Quinn now was just glad to be home, away from all that chaos how her mother dealt with all of that and stayed sane was beyond Quinn's ability to understand.
Soft laughter coming in from outside caught her attention she knew the house that had been sold not too long ago, walking to the back door she saw a young couple sitting well more like lying on a lawn chair. She smiled they couldn't be much older or younger than herself and Clay. That was a good thing; she hadn't wanted noisy neighbours, who liked to hold loud parties all night, sure they held parties on the holidays but nothing that would keep the neighbours up all night; and certainly nothing that would make them want to kill you the following morning.

It was clear to Quinn even from this distance that the two of them were very much in love. She couldn't help but laugh as a young boy ran down to them interrupting the moment the pair had been having, a young family, was even better, there was no chance of loud parties lasting well into the night now. Well not for quite a few years. Moving out onto the back deck, she leant against the railing her back facing the young family as she took in the ocean air, something she had missed dearly while at her mother's place.

"Nice young family from what I hear, I've been too busy with work to go over and welcome them. But The Harris's have met them, the husband at least. From Savannah I think that's what Mark said." said Clay wrapping an arm around her, Quinn turned around and lent into his side as she took a sip of the coffee he had bought out to her. What she didn't expect to do was spit it out again when she saw the face of the young mother next door, but that was what happened, almost immediately. It couldn't be? She had to be seeing things, because if it was that easy then her worst fears from a few years ago were true. They purposely hadn't kept in contact. Resting the mug on the railing she tried to get another look, but the young mother had moved again. Maybe she was seeing things; her brain was making it up, showing her what she wanted to see. The woman in the back yard next door couldn't be her long lost sister; she was seeing things that had to be it. Picking up her mug again she took a sip sighing, how she wished it really was Haley. Sure a lot of people would be mad at them, but Quinn just wanted her back. She wanted back the sister she got along with, the one that didn't drive her insane, and the one who tell Quinn what she was thinking even before she knew back.

The following time it wasn't Haley who had caught Quinn's attention but Nathan, this time she put down her coffee mug, and walked inside, coming back out with her camera.

"Quinn! That's an invasion of privacy, what the hell do you think you're doing?" he asked when his girlfriend looked at him with a-don't- try -me look he held up his hands and backed away.

"I'm just stating a fact, besides they seem like nice normal people." Shaking his head and walking inside he didn't want any part of whatever his girlfriend was up to.

Haley wrapped her arms around her five year old son as she listened to him rattle on about how excited he was about seeing his aunt Lilly again; she was beyond thrilled that he loved Lilly because she knew eventually they would have to stop hiding from the rest of Tree Hill it was time to face the music, both she and Nathan knew that. She kissed the top of Jamie's head as she noticed someone looking at them through a camera from the balcony next door, she went to say something when she noticed it was Quinn and not someone after a candid photo of their family.

"I think we've been busted. Don't turn around but my sister Quinn is standing on the balcony next door, taking photos, or at least using the camera to get a better look." She said reaching up and running a hand over the stubble on Nathan's face.

"What do you want to do? It's only a matter of time before she calls your mother, and somehow calls my parents or Luke"

"We could always give her what she wants, but pretend that we don't know she's there." Leaning forward Nathan kissed Haley on the forehead before taking Jamie off her lap; he placed his son on the ground next to them. There was a rather devious look in his eyes one that made his wife watch his every move.

"Sounds good to me" he said moving his fingers closer and closer to her sides. Haley kicked her legs enough to get away from him before getting up and running away with both Jamie and Nathan on her heels.

Quinn watched as they ran around their back yard and got a couple of photos along with the two she had already taken. She couldn't help but laugh. They were, by all looks to her, still the same couple they had always been. The only differences were that, they were older, and had a child of their own.

Walking inside Quinn made her way over to her boyfriend and pushed her camera in front of him, showing him the display screen.

"That's my sister you idiot, I just want to get a better look and my camera allows me to do that, yes I took photos but unlike those vultures you try to keep away from your clients, I won't be selling these photos; family only" she said shaking her head and leaving her camera on the table; as she walked into the kitchen and tipped out the now luke-warm coffee.

Walking back to where Clay had been sitting she sat down with a sigh. It had suddenly hit her that she had found her sister and brother in Law and she hadn't a clue about what she should do next. Should she call someone or should she wait till they wanted people to know; they obviously hadn't told anyone for a reason. What that reason was she didn't know, she guessed she would find out in time. However Quinn had no idea what to do right now and she really couldn't tell anyone who knew them before because they would just storm over there and she was pretty sure that was the last thing Haley wanted.

"What do I do?" she asked looking over at Clay. She smiled as he took her hands in his running a thumb over the back of hers. He knew how much finding her little sister meant to her.

"Ok I know I have no real say in this, because this is your family and this is something you have been dealing with since before we met, but from I know, and this is coming mostly from you and your mum; is that whatever made them leave had to be pretty big. It had to be something that neither of them thought or felt they could talk about. Hell they might have left because they had no other choice maybe someone threatened them-

"You've been talking to my mother again haven't you?" Quinn asked when he used almost the exact same wording as her mother had many times in the past Clay smirked.

"As I as saying maybe someone threatened them leave and nothing else will happen I don't know what I do know is that little floor show they did before. Yeah I saw it that was for you, I'm sure of it. Now you could go over there and ask them a million questions that they might not know how to answer or they might just shut down and not tell you a thing; don't spook them ok. They will come round in their own time and if you feel like you have to go over there. Then, do it peacefully, start with one of them. Say your sister and then work up to Nathan remember you don't know if it was his idea it could have been Haley's. It could have also have been a mutual decision." Said Clay getting up and wrapping his arms around her, he knew that the next few weeks were going to be interesting to say the least Nathan Scott and Haley James. Where back in town and there were a lot of questions destined to come their way. He just hoped they were ready for it because the people of Tree Hill had, had seven years to ponder what they would ask when they saw them again. Clay also knew that there were a few people around town Brooke Davis being one of them that wouldn't be happy about their return.