They are all around 27.
- Lucas and Haley are married and have 3 kids: Brandon (6), Alex (3) and Owen (9 months). They live in Tree Hill. Lucas is an amateur basketball player and Haley works at Karen's café.

- Brooke and Nathan are also married and have no kids. They live in New York and are very rich. Nathan is an extremely important business man and Brooke has her own clothing line.

- Peyton and Jake also live in Tree Hill and are married, they have a 2 year old daughter named Ellie (2) and Jenny is 9 now. Peyton draws for a local magazine and Jake works at his father's buffet.

Rating: K+to T

Disclaimer: Unfortunately I only own the idea… though I wish I owned Chad.

Haley woke up to the sound of a crying baby. She rolled over in her bed to find no other than her best friend Lucas.

FLASHBACK:

It was heavily raining outside. Haley was waiting for her bus to arrive, she had no idea where she was going, all she knew was that she wanted to leave Tree Hill for good; Her perfect marriage was destroyed at the young age of 19 after she had found her husband, Nathan, in bed with no other than her sister Taylor. Her whole world had crushed from then on. She was furious at Nathan though she knew she shared part of the blame: she had been working extremely hard and was barely at home… not to mention she had kissed Lucas…several times and felt no guilt at all…

She was about to get in the bus when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around, her face red from crying, and found no other than Lucas, her best friend, her secret crush…

"Hales" he said softly, "Don't leave, please… I need you"

"We can't do this Luke….not now! … I need to go!" she replied turning away from him.

"Then let me go with you, Hales…c'mon! We've got nothing to loose". He said trying to break the space between them

Haley looked deeply into his best friend's blue eyes and realized that was all she needed to hear. She crushed his lips with all the passion she had been holding for so long. After a few minutes of kissing they broke apart, their lips swollen from the intensity of their kisses.

"I love you Luke" she said and embraced him.

"I love you too Hales… my Hales" he replied and kissed her forehead.

END OF FLASHBACK

Haley got up from the bed and walked to her son's bedroom. She slowly lifted him up and rocked him over her hip. "shhh… Owen… It´s OK, mum´s here" she said to her child trying to quiet him down.

Owen was the latest addition to the Scott family, their little miracle: After 15 hours of painful labour, he was hospitalized for breathing problems, they were told his chances were slim, but he was a fighter and he managed to get well. Owen was 9 months now. He had deep blue eyes and dark blonde hair. He looked a lot like Lucas.

After feeding Owen, Haley put him down to sleep again. She smiled proudly at herself, 3 kids later and she had already become and expert in the children's department.

She then entered her other two sons´ bedroom: it was decorated with basketball posters and things related to the sport, which as an obvious effect of the influence of their father.

Haley walked up to his older son's bed. He was a miniature Lucas, with the spiky blonde hair and striking blue eyes. Extremely smart for a 6 year old boy (this after her mother), Brandon loved to play basketball and apparently had a promising future.

She walked across the room towards the other bed and smiled at Alex, their second child, as she covered him a blanket; he was 3 years old with light brown blondish hair and blue eyes. He had a way of always getting into trouble and somehow getting away with it. He would use his Scott smile, and though Haley tried to put him limits, she would always end up giving up, Alex knew she couldn't resist the Scott look.

"He looks so peaceful, doesn't he?" Lucas said as he leaned on the door.

Haley sighed at his statement and nodded while she stroked Alex's hair. "I got a phone call from his teacher yesterday; she says he keeps on hitting other kids and throwing stuff at his classmates" She said with a very concerned look.

"Don't worry Hales, he's just going through a face", He answered. "He's jealous of Owen… He'll get over it soon" He added and hugged her tightly.

"I just hope you are right" she said.

Haley sometimes thought that maybe it was just too much. She really loved her family… but sometimes love was not enough. She had gotten pregnant with Brandon when she was 20 and never got the chance to finish her career. Lucas, on the other hand, had a promising basketball career but handling family life and trips was far from easy. He would always feel guilty about leaving Haley and the kids even if it were for only three days. Besides, he still had a long way to go before becoming pro.
Their economical situation was not good; Owen´s operation had cost a lot of money and supporting three kids was getting tougher every time.

Next chapter Brathan...

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