Lucas woke up at 5:15. He got out of bed with a smile on his face. When he got out of the shower he walked by Lily's room. He peaked his head in and saw that she was still sleeping. He walked to his room and put on a pair of jeans and a Tree Hill High Raven polo shirt. He went to make some coffee. Lily was up now and Lucas could hear her jumping on her bed. As he passed her room he yelled in, "Lily Scott, if you break that box spring, you'll be sleeping on the floor for the rest of your life." Lily sat down as he smiled. He remembers when his mom would tell him that. Lucas was reading the paper when Brooke and Peyton walked in.
"Hi Luke!" Peyton said as he stood up and hugged her.
"Hi Peyton." He smiled as he pulled away from the hug. "You two are here early. Lily isn't even ready." Lucas got up and started walking towards the Lily's room.
"I can help!" Brooke said walking past Lucas. He smiled and let them go help. He wasn't good at it anyways. He wasn't able to fix her hair. It was always really messy and half up half down. He sat down and started drafting plays for the team to learn.
"So Peyton, what are you doing back in Tree Hill? How's the job in LA?" Lucas asked as he looked up from his coffee.
"Actually, I don't have the job anymore." Peyton said looking at Lucas.
"What happened?" Lucas asked, as he grew worried.
"Hollywood stuff. I'm actually going to start my own label. Brooke gave me the idea." She replied.
"Where are you planning on putting it?" He asked.
"Actually, I was wondering if I could rent out an office space in TRIC?" She asked him thinking he was going to say no.
"Sure! We already have the equipment you would need." He replied with a smile.
"Thanks Luke!" She sat down and he went back to his drafting of plays. Lucas looked up when he hear Lily coming out of her room. She had her hair in braids and was wearing a pink dress. He smiled looking at her. She ran up to him and he picked her up and put her in his lap.
"So what do you two have plan for Lily today?" He asked looking at his friends.
"Well, we are going to get our nails done, go shopping, have lunch, and deal with my bitchy mother, and then bring Lily to the gym to see you." Brooke said. Lucas looked at Brooke and then moved his eyes back to Lily. "I mean my annoying mother. Sorry." She smiled and Peyton laughed a little. Lily jumped down from Lucas' lap and walked over to Peyton. She grabbed her hand and they started to leave.
"What is this? No goodbye kiss?" Lucas asked looking at his daughter. She ran back to him and gave him a hug. He kissed her forehead and the girls left.
Brooke drove to her new beach house. They got out of the car and walked inside. Lily was holding Peyton's hand when they got inside. "So baby Scott, what do you want to do first?" Brooke asked as she sat down on the couch. Lily looked at her and just stayed quiet. She doesn't normally spend a lot of time away from Lucas. Brooke looked at the sad little girl. "How about we go and get our nails done?"
"Brooke it is only 8 in the morning." Peyton said walking towards the couch. Lily ran over to Peyton and sat on her lap.
"What do you normally do right now Lily?" Brooke asked the little girl who was looking at her big brown eyes. Brooke could see Keith in her eyes.
"Daddy goes to the river court to see Uncle Skills." Lily said as both girls looked at each other.
"Do you like basketball?" Brooke asked and then smiled as the little girl made a face. "Guess that answered my question." The girls played hide and go seek until it was time to get their nails done. They arrived at the salon and Lily picked out pink. After they got their nails done it was time to hit the mall. Brooke was walking in and out of every store seeing what the latest designers have out. Peyton was walking behind Brooke and holding Lily's hand.
"Whose grandpa Dan?" Lily asked Peyton. This question made Brooke stop and turn around.
"He is just a man." Peyton said not knowing what to say. Brooke just watched as Peyton tried to dance around the question.
"How about we go get some lunch." Brooke said with a smile. She was trying very hard to change the topic. "And then ice cream!"
"YAY! Ice cream!" Lily jumped up and grabbed Brooke's hand. Lucas doesn't normally let her have ice cream because she gets so hyper. Brooke and Peyton smiled as they walked with the little girl to the food court. As they were sitting in the food court Brooke got a text from Lucas. She looked at Peyton and smiled.
"I win! I told you he would text before we ate." She said.
"What does it say?" Peyton asked as she looked her phone that didn't have any messages.
"It says, 'When you take Lily out to eat she will say she likes anything but she honestly only likes chicken or grilled cheese. Oh and I don't normally let her have soda. She only has it when she earns it. I'll see you and Peyton when you drop Lily off at the gym.'" Brooke read the text aloud and then looked at Peyton. Peyton shook her head and then got up from the table. She took Lily's hand and walked to the Chick-Fil-A line. She ordered two chicken salads and chicken nuggets. She also got three lemonades. Lily and Peyton walked back to the table and began to eat. Brooke smiled as she watched the little girl eat. Lily acted so much like Lucas. They finished eating and decided to spend the rest of their time with Lily at the park. They left the mall and drove to the park. Brooke and Peyton sat down on a bench while Lily joined other kids in a game.
"Peyton, What happened? What happened to you and Lucas? Before we both left you guys were going strong." Brooke looked at her best friend.
"We grew apart. It was hard saying goodbye when we would video chat. We stopped calling each other every night to tell each other about our days. We hadn't spoken in a year when he came to LA on a book tour." Peyton said as she watched Lily.
"How did you grow apart? We didn't. What happened at his book tour?" Brooke asked as she saw Lily run over to the swings.
"We stopped telling each other about the majors things that happened. Lily was starting to walk and talk so it took time away from our talks. Nathan and Haley's life was taking off and he was a big part in that. Him helping with Jamie and they helped with Lily." Peyton replied thinking she could have been a part of helping with Jamie and Lily.
"Maybe you will have that chance again. He obviously trusts you. He let us take Lily for the day." Brooke pointed out as she looked around for Lily and found her on the swings.
"Enough about me, how's the construction going on the new store." She asked looking at Brooke.
"It's going really well. Actually after we drop Lily off I was hoping that my best friend would love to come with me to help me out." Brooke asked as she looked at Peyton.
"Of course. When do plan on having your grand opening?" Peyton asked as she looked at her watch. It was almost time to get ice cream and then take Lily to the gym.
"This Saturday." Brooke answered as she stood up. Lily came over to them and they smiled and walked over to get some ice cream.
Skills was in the gym, while Lucas was still in his office. Skills was watching the players try to dunk and kept missing. He looked over his shoulder and saw Nathan Scott walking up.
"Nathan Scott... standing up and looking good." He said as he watched Nathan walk in on his crutches.
"How's it going?" Nathan asked as he smiled at him.
"You know... everybody expecting us to turn this thing around this season, so the pressure's on." Skills said watching another player miss a dunk.
"If anybody can do it, it's you and Lucas." Nathan said as he watched the players.
"True dat. But we ain't miracle workers." Skills said as he laughed. He ran back on the court to play defense. Lucas started walking up towards Nathan.
"Hey, little bro. You look great." He said as he smiled at him.
"Feel terrible. I just wanted to thank you for being there for Haley and Jamie." Nathan said as Lucas smiled at him.
"Don't worry about it. So, you here to teach these kids how to win a championship?" Lucas asked as they watched the players.
"I have an idea on where to start. You could put Quentin back on the team." Nathan replied.
"Haley put you up to this." Lucas said as he made a face.
"She's got a thing for lost causes. And I watched the kid play. He's really good." Nathan thought about how he was a lost cause.
"I'm not saying the kid doesn't have talent. The fact is, I don't have time to coach him or deal with his crap or teach him to play an unselfish game." Lucas said trying to point out that Quentin might be too far-gone.
"Okay. What if I did?" Nathan asked
"You're gonna come to practice? Every practice? Every day, five days a week?" Lucas asked.
"If that's what it takes."Nathan replied
"All right. I'll do it for you, but not for him. Welcome back, Nate." Lucas said as he smiled at him.
"Thanks, man." Nathan said as he turned to the bleachers and sat down.
"All right. Three-man weave. Line it up." Lucas yelled to the team.
Practice had been going for about 15 minutes when Brooke and Peyton arrived with Lily. Lucas looked over his shoulder and saw them wave bye to him. He nodded and watched as Lily ran over to Nathan.
'Uncle Nafan!" Lily said as she sat down next to him.
"Hey Lily!" He said as she smiled. They watched as practice continued. Lily was jumping off the bleachers like she always did when she was hyper. Lucas looked over and made an annoyed face at Nathan. "Lily how about you just sit down and be calm." Lily sat down by her uncle and she looked at him.
"Uncle Nafan, who's Grandpa Dan?" Lily asked. Nathan looked down at her and thought about the question and how to approach it. Haley, Nathan and Lucas all decided they would sit down Jamie and Lily at different times and discuss who Dan was. Jamie learned about who Dan was recently and Nathan figured that Jamie must have said something to Lily.
"How about you ask your daddy?" Nathan replied.
"I did. He told me he would tell me when I'm older." She was kicking her legs.
"Lily, if your dad told you something. You shouldn't be going behind his back." Nathan said in a very fatherly way. Lily got up and found a bag of her stuff that Lucas typically brought to keep her entertained. Lily grabbed a coloring book and crayons and laid on the gym floor. She was coloring and getting a lot of the crayons on the gym floor. Practice ended and Lucas walked up and saw that Lily was basically drawing on the floor.
"Lily Roe! What on earth are you doing?" Lucas yelled as he watched the little girl color on the gym floor. He picked her up off the ground as Nathan hobbled over to see what was going on.
"Come on Lily. Let's go stand over here." Nathan said as they stood a little away from Lucas. Nathan could tell that Lucas was furious.
Lucas ran to the bathroom and got a wet paper towel. He came back to the gym and sat on the floor where Lily had drawn. He started scrubbing at the marks and it wasn't coming up as easy as he thought it would. He put his hands on his face and rubbed it hard. He got up and looked at Lily. She knew she was in a lot of trouble when they got home. Lucas left the gym to find a janitor. He found one and explained what happened. The janitor informed him that this has happened before. Lucas calmed down because the janitor said it would come out. He walked back to the gym and grabbed Lily's bag that was on the bleachers. He walked over to Lily and Nathan.
"Dude, she didn't mean it. Don't be to hard on her." Nathan said as Lucas glared at him,
"Shut up." Lucas said as he grabbed Lily's hand. He walked out of the gym with Lily basically running after him. He was pulling her along with him. They got to the car and Lucas put Olivia in her car seat. She smiled up at him and he closed the door. It always hurt him when he was mad at her. He got in the car and drove home.
When they got home and Lucas took Lily inside. He put her in the 'time-out' corner and left the living room. He sat down at the kitchen table and thought about what he would say. He sighed and got up from the table. He walked into the living room and sat down on the couch.
"Lily, come here." Lucas said looking at the little girl in the corner. Lily walked over to him and he picked her up and put her on his lap. "Sweetie, why did you draw on the floor?" He asked as he looked in her eyes.
"I was just coloring." She said as she looked back into his eyes.
"I know, but why did you continued to color when you were getting it on the floor?" He asked. She looked down at the floor and picked her chin up to look at her.
"I don't know." She said. She looked very innocent at him. She didn't really understand what she did was wrong. "Are you going to spank me?" She asked, as she was about to cry.
Lucas took a deep breath in and let it out, "I should, but I'm not going to." He hugged his daughter and she started to cry.
"I didn't mean to" She kept saying over and over. Lucas was shushing her and rubbing her back.
"Lil it's okay. I'm not mad anymore." Lucas said. He was lying a little bit. He was still extremely mad about what happened, but he didn't want to show it. After about five minutes of holding Lily she finally stopped crying. Lucas looked at her and smiled. He knew deep down that she really didn't know not to do it. He kissed her on the cheek. He heard his phone go off and reached for it out of his pocket. He saw that Brooke was calling. He set Lily down and answered his phone.
"Hello?"
"LUKE!" Brooke screamed into the phone.
"Yea, what's up Brooke?" He asked.
"I need your help at my store on Friday. I'm telling you now so that you can make plans for your adorable little daughter. Who I love! She is such a good little girl." Brooke said as Lucas looked around the corner and saw Lily sitting on the couch. She had the throw blanket that sits on the couch wrapped around her.
"Yeah she is." He smiled then thought about where he could take Lily. "Yeah I will drop her off at Nathan and Haley's. The kids typically do a cousin sleepover at least twice a month." He walked into his room and Lily followed him. She tugged on his jeans and he looked down. "Hold on Brooke." He moved the phone away from his mouth. "Yes Lily?" Lily handed him a DVD of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He smiled and walked into the living room. He used to watch this movie when he was her age. He put the movie in and wrapped her in a blanket and sat her on the couch. He walked back to his room. "Okay Brooke I'm back. Is that all you needed?"
"Yes! Thanks for agreeing to help me! I really need it! Just don't forget! Love you Luke! Bye." Brooke said and then hung up the phone. Lucas set his phone down and then walked into the living room. He sat down next to Lily who quickly crawled into his lap. He smiled as the little girl snuggled into his chest. He could hear her lightly breathing and he knew she was about to fall asleep. The movie was half way over and Lucas carefully took the sleeping girl off of his lap and moved her to the couch. He got up and went to the kitchen to make dinner. He wasn't really hungry so he decided on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It was something easy and Lily loved them. He got out a package of carrots and cut them up for her. He walked back into the living room and found Lily awake and watching the movie.
"Here Sweetie." He said as he put the food on the coffee table. She looked up at him and smiled. She got up and sat down on the floor and he walked away to grab his computer. He found it and walked back. He was determined to find Lily something to do, other than be in a sweaty gym with a bunch of men in it. He was looking up classes that he could enroll her in. He came across art, dance, gymnastics, and basketball for kids. He ended up picking basketball on Tuesdays, dance on Wednesdays and Art on Thursdays. He then got back up and walked to get his phone. He sat down on his bed and called Nathan.
"Hello?" He heard the voice say.
"Hey Little Brother, I need a favor?" Lucas asked.
"Anything, man?" Nathan said as he smiled on the phone.
"Can Lily spend the night at your place this Friday? Brooke asked me to help her with something and I was hoping you would be able to take Lily for the night." He said hoping he and Haley didn't already have plans.
"Of course we can. Jamie just asked me when he was going to see her again anyways."
"Alright, thanks little bro. Night."
"Night." Nathan said and then hung up.
Lucas looked down at Lily and smiled. She was eating carrots while the movie was playing. He watched the movie and once it finished he picked Lily up. He took her to the bathroom and gave her a bath. He got her ready for bed and tucked her in. He kissed her goodnight and went to his room. He laid on his bed and thought about Friday.