"We could use a young coach." " I thought you wanted me to play." "Nathan, your playing days are over." "Come on, you must know that." "The magazine, the lying, you can have everything." "You know they didn't want a book tour?" "What could possibly be more important than Chicago?" "My wedding to Peyton." "It's Mick." "He's my father." " He's coming over for dinner." " Shut up and pour, okay?" " I'm not dead." " Sure you are." "Why do guys insist on packing their bags at the last possible minute?" " We do it to torture you." " Oh, it's working." "Big day, huh?" "Yeah." "The first signing is always the most stressful." " But I get to see Mouth today." " That'll be fun." "I don't understand why they're sending you to Omaha to launch the book tour." "Well, they like to generate a little buzz before the bigger markets, you know?" " Worked for the last book." " I wish I could go with you." "It's not too late." "Oh, yeah." "That wouldn't be awkward." "You, your fiancée, your ex-fiancée." " Peyton." " I'm sorry." "I know Lindsey is your editor." "I just..." "I'm jealous that she gets you for the next week and I get Mick." " Great." "Why do you think he's avoiding admitting that he's your father?" "I don't know." "Well, maybe I'm wrong, maybe he's not." "Either way, I will be all right." "Don't worry about me." "You know I will." " I'll call you when I land." " Yeah." " I love you." " I love you." "Don't forget me when you're a big star, Lucas Scott." "Mm-hm." " Heh, heh." "Hales, with everything you've been through I'm sure Principal Turner would understand if you needed more time off." "God, I think two weeks of replaying that day in my head is enough." "It's time for me to get back to my life." "Besides, it will be nice to have the distraction." "If you need me, you know I'm here." "You know what?" "Let's cut through Shop." " You can cut through Shop?" " You were such a nerd in high school." " I was an honor student." " Exactly." " Nerd." " Oh, whatever." "You don't know what you'd do without me." "Nathan." "So you wanna tell me why you're sleeping in a car at school?" "It was there or that smelly couch in the lounge." " I can't believe you sit on that thing." " For the record, I don't go near that." "Tell me where you live." "I'm pretty sure it's not in Shop class." "I live in a foster home." "Okay." "Well, give me your number, I'm gonna need to speak with your foster parents." " Hell, no." "Please, that'll just make it worse." "This is none of your business, okay?" "Sam, if there's a problem at home, tell me." "I can get you some help." "There's not." "This is one of the better homes I've been in." "The others were not so good." "This one's just a little crowded." "It's okay." "It's not okay, Sam." "Is there anybody that was worried that you didn't come home last night?" "You don't get it." "Nobody cares." "It's kind of like being invisible." "They cash their checks, I don't get slapped around." "That's the deal." "And it's a pretty good deal." "So don't screw this up for me." "Sam, I can't just pretend like this didn't happen." "You're 15." "There has to be something better for you." "You seem nice, but I'm not your girl." "I'm not anybody's girl." " It happens." " Sam..." "Look who it is, the world's best boss." "And what are you buttering me up for?" "Nothing." "We just have lots to do." "Millie, I love you dearly, but you realize we are standing in a clothing store that has no clothes in it." " And I am fresh out of ideas." " Are you sure about that?" " What is that?" " I wrote down a list of ideas." " Then you covered them with a sheet?" " Yeah, that was more for effect." "I always wanted to pull a sheet off something and say "voilà."" "All right, now's your big chance." " "Go skydiving"?" " You didn't let me say "voilà."" "I'm sorry, but look skydiving sounds really fun and all but how is it gonna help this company?" "Well, maybe before you can heal the company you have to heal your soul a little first." ""Ride a motorcycle." "Learn to speak French." "Get drunk at Oktoberfest." "Watch every James Bond movie. "" "Millie, why do these all sound so familiar?" "Because they're all your ideas." "You always talk about stuff you wanna try." "And Victoria said they were stupid or you were too busy." "So while she was telling me I couldn't do any of these..." "I was writing them down, so someday you could." "Welcome to someday, Brooke Davis." "So, you gonna show me something?" " Hey, man, what the hell was that?" " That was game." "Not working on your jumper." "Why'd you pull up?" " You cut off the lane." " Don't let me cut the lane off." "What if your jumper not falling that day?" "You're too scared to get physical?" "You want physical?" "Woo-hoo." "That's what I'm talking about, baby." "Whoo!" "You're doing great, honey." "Thanks." "Check the ball." "Were you ever sober for an entire year?" "What part of "rock guitarist" don't you get?" "That's what I thought." "If you don't mind, I'll have that back." "Why?" "So you can keep lying to yourself?" " You wouldn't understand." "You're right." "You're right, I don't understand." "I don't understand any of this." "Honestly, I wish you hadn't of come here." "I would've sucked at being your father." "That's why Ellie and I gave you up." "There, I said it." "You happy now?" "After 22 years, that is the best you can give me?" ""There, I said it"?" "That's all I got." "Thanks, Dad." "You can go now." "This is why I like being on the road." "Hey, Grandpa." "Where's Nanny Deb?" " I'm here to pick you up today." " Really?" "Cool." " Well, what do you wanna do?" " Well, that depends." "What do you and Nanny Deb usually do after school?" " Um, eat lots of ice cream." " That doesn't sound like Deb." "You sure she lets you eat ice cream after school?" "No." "She makes me eat veggies instead because they'll help me grow big and strong." "You wanna know a little secret?" "Most adults will tell you anything to get you to eat veggies and most of it's not true." "Well, carrots really do give you x-ray vision, right?" " No." " What?" "So, Grandpa, do I really get to make a wish for every Brussels sprout I eat?" "No." "Actually, they taste bad for no reason at all." "Now, come on." "Slow down there, buddy." "You're gonna give yourself a brain freeze." "Is that good?" " Well, well." "What have we here?" " Oh, guess what." "They kiss a lot." "Hey, little buddy." "Hey, Uncle Skills." "Hey, Nanny Deb." "Ice cream after school?" "And I thought I was a bad nanny." "Yeah, well, you know, they ran out of those "x-ray vision" carrots." "So, Granny Deb, can I talk to you?" " Is Skills out of high school yet?" " Uh, yeah, Dan." "He graduated the day you turned yourself in for murder." " If you've come here to criticize me..." " I haven't." "Thank you for telling the parole board the truth about Carrie." " You did the right thing." " Did I?" " Are we done here?" " Yeah, that's all I wanna say." "Good." "Have a nice life, Dan." "What's left of it." "Let's go, Antwon." "See you at home, sweetie." "Oh, it hurts." "It really hurts." " Yeah, I know how you feel." " Oh, my head." "Hey." " Did you eat all the orange chicken?" " Sorry." "Mouth usually gets the Mongolian beef, and I eat all the orange chicken." "Lucky for you, I like Mongolian beef." "How you doing being away from him?" "To be honest, I wish he'd just come home." "If you ever decide you wanna leave, you just go." " No questions asked." " Thanks, Brooke." "But you've always been there for me, I think it's my turn to be here for you." "Hi." " Lucas Scott." " Lon." "I'm with Putnam and Pratt." "Nice to meet you." "Is Lindsey gonna meet us at the bookstore?" "Nope, Lindsey's in New York." "I'm gonna be taking her place on the tour." "Oh, nobody told me that." "I guess it's just you and me, then." " Yep." " So, what did you think about the book?" "To be honest, I haven't read it yet." "But hey, it's at the top of my to-do list." "Comet, right?" "I love science fiction." "You taking a trip down memory lane?" " I was just dropping off Jamie." " I know." "I heard about Quentin Fields." "I'm sorry." "He was a good basketball player." "Yeah." "He was shot, you know." "It's a tragedy." "Makes you wonder how somebody could do that." "It was good to see you, son." "You saved my wife." "And you saved my son." "But you killed my uncle, right here, where I'm standing." "I don't know where that leaves us." "At least my son loves you." "And my son hates me." "Both of them." "Thought I said you could go." "Yeah, well, I thought we should talk." "Okay." "I want to know why you came here pretending not to be my real dad." "What's a real dad?" "I mean, you got a dad." "Obviously he did a good job with you, why do you keep pushing it?" "Because it matters." "All this is just because I couldn't tell you the truth?" "No." "No." "All this because you have missed my whole life and it really doesn't seem to bother you." "You know, I think you're right." "It's probably a good time for me to just move on." "Great." "Glad we can agree on something." "Wow." "You know, this turnout isn't exactly inspiring me to read your book, Lucas." "Whose idea was it to put the signing in the science-fiction section?" "It's a book about space, right?" "No." "Actually, um, the comet is a metaphor." "It's a love story." "We could have had this in the middle of Main Street, we wouldn't have gotten more traffic." " Thanks for the support." "Yeah." " Will you sign my book?" " Yeah, of course I will." " What's your name?" " Hadley." "Hadley." "That's a really pretty name." "My best friend's name is Haley." " But, uh, I like Hadley better." " Thanks." "Heh, heh." " Uh, actually, this is a Gossip Girl book." " I know, my favorite." " Here you go." " Thanks." "Mouth." "Oh, my God, it's good to see you, man." "Lucas Scott, big-time writer." "Am I the last one to arrive?" "Actually, you're the first." " Oh?" " Yeah." "Oh." "When did Brooke Davis become all work and no play?" "I am actually playing right now." "I'm gonna take skydiving lessons." " You wanna come with me?" " Ah." "Thanks, but no." "Come on, I'm looking up the safest places to go." "I'm pretty sure they're all equally unsafe." "Listen, would you be interested in fostering a child?" "Well, I guess it would depend on the situation." "Do you remember Sam?" "She's, um, the one that stole from your store." "It figures she would get pregnant." "She's so young." "No, not pregnant." "It's her." "She's the one that needs fostering." " But she's so old." " Well, she's 15." "I found her sleeping in the back of a car in Shop and her foster parents didn't even know that she was gone." "Maybe they can foster her in jail, because that's where she's headed." "I think she's just acting out for attention." "Reminds me of somebody I used to know in high school." "Haley, I'm sorry, but I can't take in a teenager right now." "Find me a cute little baby in Shop class and we can talk about it." "It's okay." "I totally understand." "It's just I think of Jamie and how I'd do anything to protect him." "And then I look at Sam and I wonder who's protecting her?" "Well this is officially embarrassing." "Come on, Luke, it's not that bad." "I've signed exactly two books today, one of which was a Gossip Girl book." "I hear those are pretty good." " That's not helping, Mouth." " I'm sorry." " Look, maybe it's just Omaha." " I doubt it." "My first book sold well here." "This can't be good." "Look on the bright side, you get to hang out with an old friend." "Can I get a picture?" "Yeah, sure." "Sweet." "Sorry, Luke." " Say it." " Actually, I'd rather not." "Come on, just say it." "This is Marvin McFadden on sports, and you've just heard a mouthful." "Nice." "So how'd it go with Brooke?" "She's just not ready to take in a rebellious teenager right now." " She could stay with us." " No." "I thought about that, but Jamie's been through so much, it's not a good time." "Yeah." "So have you." " Hello?" " Nate, Mike Wilson." "I heard you were looking for the opportunity to play ball again." " Yes, sir." " Well, I have one for you." "But it might not be exactly what you're thinking." "Oh, wow." "This can't be good for my back." "Man, that can't be good for nobody's back." "This is the coolest thing I've ever seen." "You have to do this, Daddy." "Yeah." "Brooke, what is all this?" "I have to tell you something." "Okay." "I'm sorry, but I lied to you." "I didn't fall down the stairs, Peyton." "I was attacked." "So, what are you thinking, man?" " For real?" " Yeah." "Well, I was wondering if your mom would ever get back with your dad." " I'm not talking about this." " You asked me what I was thinking." " That's what I'm thinking." " That's not what I meant." "Will you stop trying to act like this situation with my mom is real." " What's that supposed to mean?" " You know exactly what it means." "The only people signing off on this are you, her, and Jamie, okay?" "Look at that boy." "He's just jumping around, having fun." "I mean, after everything he's been through lately he just keeps going." "He won't let nothing beat him down." "Strong kid, right there." " He gets that from his mom." " No." "He gets it from both of you." "Well, well." "I guess it's official." "They will let anyone play in this league." "I see that." " How you doing, man?" " Good, man." "You know Skills?" "What's up?" "You think Victoria could have done something like that to you?" "No." "I mean, I don't know." "I think I needed somebody to blame." "I wish you would've told me." "I wanted to, but I didn't know how." "Honey, I am your best friend." "I love you." "That is why you have me." "And it kills me that I wasn't able to be there for you." "It's gonna sound weird, but I was just really embarrassed." "I felt weak." "And you and Luke were so happy, and I did not want to ruin that for you." "No, hey." "I never want you to think that you can't come to me." "For anything." "I'm here for you forever." "Promise?" "Yeah." "Of course, I promise." "You're stuck with me." "I'm really sorry that I've been distant." "I'm trying to get back." "It's just gonna take a while." "I'm not going anywhere." "Ever." "Lucas." "We need to talk." "Okay, but please, when we get to Seattle don't set me up in the science-fiction section." "There isn't going to be a Seattle." " And what about the rest of the tour?" " It's over." "I'm sorry." "Because of one bad signing?" "Face it, if they didn't come to see you in Omaha they're not gonna come see you in the bigger markets." "I need to talk to Lindsey." "She believes in this book." "It wasn't her decision." "If it makes you feel any better, she didn't agree with it." " That's why you didn't read the book." " Lucas..." "Hey, you are..." "You knew this was gonna happen." "They sent you to deliver the bad news." "What are you, their Grim Reaper?" " I've been called worse." " I'm sure you have." "I am sorry, Lucas." "Go home." "Write another book." "I promise I'll read the next one." " You know what this reminds me of?" " What?" "Um, remember second grade?" "You found out how much Martha Stewart made." " You started your own cookie business." " Oh, my God." "Brookies." "Brookies." "The only thing worse than the name was the actual cookie." " They were not that bad." " They were terrible." "You almost burned my house down." " No, no, I did not." " Yes, you did." "I set off one smoke detector, and your dad acted like I almost burned the house down." "He was so mad." "No, he was just worried about us." "Yeah." "Felt kind of nice to have somebody worried for a change." "Hey, speaking of Larry, uh, you're not the only one keeping secrets." "I probably should've told you this." "I've met my birth dad." " What?" " It's Mick, the guitarist." "Are you serious?" "What's he like?" "Um..." "He's a mess." "I mean, it's cool that he's a musician but he's just really not what I expected him to be." "Yeah, I'm sorry, Peyton." "I know how it feels." "If only we could pick our parents." "Yeah, but then you look at Larry, and it's pretty cool when they pick you." "I'm sorry Omaha wasn't everything you hoped it would be, Luke." "No, it isn't that bad." "At least one of the books I signed today was mine." "How about you, huh?" "Is Omaha everything you hoped it would be?" "I like it here." "I mean, they love their sports." "You should see this place during College World Series." "The whole city gets into it." "I have the job I've always dreamed of." " Well, sounds like you're right at home." " That's the thing." "It's not home." " At least, not without Millie." " Yeah, how is that working for you?" "Hasn't been easy." "The truth is, I'm kind of lost without her but she knows how important this job is to me, so we'll make it work." "I'm sure you will." "So you're headed back to Tree Hill." "You gonna be okay?" "I'll survive." "Like my mom always says, you know, "Whenever you're having a bad day someone else out there is having a worse day so stop and focus on the good things. "" "Think about it." "She's right." "Today, I get to hang out with one of my best friends." "Tonight I get to go home to Peyton." " Sounds like a pretty good day." "I mean, I'm not gonna lie." "I was really looking forward to this book tour." "I guess I just thought that I'd be on top of the world for a couple weeks." "Yeah." "Me, too." "Heh." "Hey, what's up, Jamie?" "How you doing, buddy?" "Sorry, Owen, I'm on Team Brooke." "Did it just get cold in here?" "I don't blame him." "Screwed that up." "It's none of my business, man." "So, what do you think?" "You gonna come play for us?" " We need a scorer." " L..." "I don't know, man." "It's fun out there, Nate." "Flying through the air." "Nothing like it." "I'm just worried my back can't take this now." "It's not as bad as it looks." "They got springs in the floor." "Gotta be easier on your back than hardwood." "But on a hardwood floor, the other players can't knock you out." "Just remember, they can't hit you if they can't catch you." " Oh." " That won't be you." " How do I look?" " For wearing too much makeup you look pretty cute." " Thanks." "I miss you." "Omaha's just not the same without you." "Tree Hill's not the same without you." "Have a good show." "Call me later." "Hi." "I was just heading home." " What do you got there?" " Cookies." "They're mostly burnt, but it's the thought that counts." "Enjoy." "Thanks." "I added a few more ideas to the list." ""Be a mom. "" "It's no fun being alone." "Before we jump into the day's scores I wanted to follow up on a story we did about Darren Rivers." "For those of you who just landed on Earth he's the Pro Bowl quarterback who shocked the world when he retired from the NFL turning down a $68 million contract extension so he could spend more time with his family." "Now, naturally, I put up a crazy meter with Darren's face in the middle of it." "I gave him an 8 out of 10." "Well, it turns out he might be the least crazy of all of us." "You see, he just realized that money isn't everything." "I think sometimes we all lose sight of what really matters the most." "Darren Rivers just figured it out before I did." "So, Darren, please accept my sincere apology and I'm officially moving you down the crazy meter from an 8 to a 3 because, let's face it, you still turned down $68 million." "Now let's check out what went down in baseball today." " Hello?" " Hi." "How's my favorite author?" "He was just thinking about his fiancée." "Oh, well, should I give you five minutes?" "Heh." "No, I was just packing." "You off to Seattle?" "Um..." "Actually, I'm coming home." "They canceled my book tour." "What are you talking about?" "Why?" "It doesn't matter." "No, it does matter." "You worked so hard for this." "It's okay, Peyton." "I still have you, and that's all that matters." "Besides, this book brought us back together." "So it's the best thing I've ever written." " You come home to me, then." "I love you." " I love you too." "I'll be home soon." "Bye." "Batting practice." "Pass it on." "This isn't soccer." "That's it, Omaha." "I'm Marvin McFadden on sports, and you've just heard a mouthful." "We'll be right back after this." "What are you doing here?" "It's kind of late to be out alone." "Well, I don't have a curfew." "Yeah, hmm." "I didn't have a curfew either." "When I was your age, it was just me and my parents' credit cards." " Lucky you." " Not really." "Would've been nice to have someone to talk to." "Parents are overrated." "Sometimes." "Two weeks ago, my mom told me she never wanted me." "Well, my mom gave me up when I was born." "So in a way, she told me she didn't want me." "At least she didn't wait 35 years like yours did." "I'm not 35." "Do I look 35 to you?" "I don't know." "Uh, look, I gotta get going." "Like you said, it's getting late." "Listen, look, I know this is totally out of the blue and I'm surprising myself by saying it, but I have an extra room, and it's yours if you want it." "You can come and go as you please, whenever." "So, what do you say?" "I don't need this." "I can take care of myself." "Yeah, I know you can but you shouldn't have to right now." "Sam, if you're that uncomfortable in my house you can always sleep in my car." "You don't come around for 22 years, and now you won't go." "Well, I wanted to leave you with something." "This chip is the only truly meaningful thing that I own and, um, now it's yours." "That was Ellie's the year she was pregnant with you uh and to tell the truth, you saved her life, Peyton." "She was hell-bent on staying sober during the pregnancy and that was hard for her but it was so much harder giving you up." "Then why did she?" "Because we thought there was a better life for you out there." "We couldn't raise a kid." "Not in our world." "But I don't think Ellie ever really got past it." "Why didn't you just tell me that?" "I don't know." "Didn't wanna mess with the picture in your head of what your birth father was really like." "Something better than me." "Something more heroic." "I guess I just didn't wanna disappoint you." "Anyhow, I made a few calls and I'm gonna jump on the last leg of this tour for a few weeks." "It's what I do." "I'm sorry." "People always leave." "Sometimes that's a good thing, huh?" "For what it's worth, you're doing great, kid." "I'll see you." "Mick." "Thank you." "For what?" "For giving me up." "Hmm." "Hey." "These are for you." "I figure you deserve to be with someone who gave you flowers." "Mm." "They're perfect." "Hey." "Saw the show." "What did you think?" " You were great, Mouth." " Thanks." "What time's your flight?" " About an hour." " Well, I have this crazy idea." "What if you didn't get on it?" "No offense, Mouth, but I can't be your Millie." "What do you think about driving back?" "You're coming home." "I guess I never really left." "Yeah, but what about your dream job?" "Dream job or dream girl?" " Dream girl." " No contest." "I'm kind of becoming the flakiest employee ever, but I don't care." "I miss Millie and I miss my friends." "It just took me a little while to realize what was important." " All right, let's do it." " Yes." "But I'm driving." "You got a book to read." "You're gonna make me read your book with you next to me?" "Cover to cover." "I may even quiz you." "Well, it's a good thing I like science fiction." "Did you make the team?" "Well, that all depends on what my wife thinks." "This league is different." "Different how?" "Well, it's called SlamBall." " It's called SlamBall?" " Yeah." " That sounds physical." " It's not, really." "It's a lot of dunking, and, it's kind of..." "It's called SlamBall." "I'm not ready to give it up but no team's gonna give me a tryout unless I prove I'm healthy." "So I thought this would..." "I don't know." " You really think you can still play?" " I know I can." "And no one else will give you a tryout?" "Make that shot." "Okay, back up now and throw it again." "One more time." "They are crazy not to give you a tryout." "Go play SlamBall." " Yeah?" " Yeah." "And this is officially a comeback, Nathan Scott." "This is it." "Yep." "This is your room." "I've never had my own room before." "No boys." "Yeah." "I love you too, P. Sawyer." "Hi, Dad." "How are you?" "No, no, no." "Everything's okay." "I just, um..." "I just wanna tell you that I love you." "And thanks for being my dad." "I miss you too." "Hey, little man." "You've been through a lot lately." "How you doing?" "I have nightmares sometimes." "I get scared." "You do?" " You wanna know a secret?" " Sure." "So do I." "Hey, I have an idea." "How about I sleep in here tonight, just in case I get scared?" " Okay." "I'll protect you." " Oh, okay." " What if I get scared?" " I'll protect you too." "My hero." "Oh." "So, what do you think so far?" "Dude, seriously." "Quit asking me." "I will throw this book out the window." "That's the only signed one in the world." "It's a collector's item." "We'll always have Omaha, Mouth." "You just said a mouthful." " Nice." " Thank you."