✧ * 'homemade dynamite ✧ *

[wyattashmore-blog]

Wyatt’s daughter continued to talk his ear off, complaining about the most recent thing her mother had done in an attempt to ‘ruin her life’, but the man listened with intent. Rose always had his undivided attention when they spoke, so much that Wyatt wasn’t exactly aware of his current surroundings as he walked through town. “Yeah –.. I know baby. Well, it’s my week next week so just hang in there. And be nice to your mother, would you? Alright, talk to you soon. Bye.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

Flipping over the ‘open’ sign to Karen’s Cafe, Haley usually enjoyed stepping outside for her break, and the people roaming through the streets were never any disappointment either. “You okay there?” she quizzed with a quirk of her brow and a short laugh. “---you know what would guarantee the start of your day to be a magnificent one? A free coffee on me, come on.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

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Chase: Alright, the cat's out of the bag. I've fled the country.

Chase: My current location is Australia, if you want me to bring back a souvenir, speak now or forever hold your peace

Chase: And no I'm not bringing back any kangaroos or koala bears

Haley: You can bring me back some vegemite

Haley: But first of all, why are you in Australia?

[legacyej]

“football tryouts don’t start until next week, i’m allowed to lay here and take a small nap.” jason said to the other person who was looking down at him sleeping on the couch, “and don’t worry, i’ll unpack soon, i just haven’t gotten around to it yet. but i will do it soon, let me just take like a five minute nap.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

slightly swaying the pillow over to aim for her brother, haley couldn’t help but let out an exasperated laugh. “no you aren’t allowed to do anything ‘cause you conveniently forgot to fill everyone in on the fact that you’re back in town!” she scoffed playfully. “can you get over here and give your sister a hug before i completely consider throwing punches?!”

[othlukescott-blog]

Avery ran her hands through her hair. For the first time in so long she seemed to have writers block. That seemed to cause her to go to her tree by the river court to listen to some 90′s music and look at the river. “Why does this have to happen right now.” she said to her self. Another thing she seemed to do a lot. 

[hcleyjamesscott]

It was pretty common these days to find Haley by the Rivercourt, especially considering the amount of times she had come to watch idly by as Jamie played away. “You okay?” she quizzed the other girl, letting out a small laugh. “What are you writing?”

[emwcrren]

“Well, Tree Hill hasn’t changed as much as I expected it to.” The brunette spoke to no one in particular as she got off her tour bus and grabbed her stuff before then stopping in front of the motel that she was going to have to stay in for a while before finding a new apartment.

[hcleyjamesscott]

“Mia?” It seemed as if everyone had been making their way back to Tree Hill; after all, that’s where home to most people seemed to be. “What are you doing back in town?” she mused with a soft laugh. “---you can totally come stay at our place for a couple days before you get settled in.”

[oliverxbeck-deactivated20210108]

It was a good day to be alive. Blasting his favorite song through the house since Logan and Quinn weren’t home, Clay danced and sang his heart out. Everything in his life felt more than awesome and he didn’t know how else he could celebrate his good mood. 

[hcleyjamesscott]

“Now I’m not going to judge you ‘cause I’ve been caught doing the same several times, but I think I do hold the right to laugh at you,” Haley stated through the doorframe, letting out a loud laugh in the process. “So Quinn told me the news---congratulations!”

[gabrielxjames]

“We had a deal..” Gabriel grumbled into a burner phone. “I do the fucking job for you and you leave me alone. So, why the hell are you still sending your gorilla goons after me?!” With frustration, he hung up the phone and hurriedly tossed it in the nearest dumpster. All he wanted to do now was find the cheapest bar and drink his problems away.

[hcleyjamesscott]

After Nathan’s kidnapping scare, it seemed as if Haley had been on the edge with everyone these days, especially when it came to her family. Hearing her brother mumble a bunch of suspicious orders into a disposable flip phone didn’t help either, eyes dating in on Gabriel after he was finished. “What the hell was that?!”

[hcleyjamesscott]

“Are you kidding? This is the same person that needed me to paint their toenails to tell them apart. I’ll get the keys. You call.”

“I guess you have a point there, but he’s seriously fine. C’mon, do you think I would’ve had another kid if he wasn’t so great with Jamie?” she mused with a laugh. “Although your motherly concern is pretty funny, Brooke Davis.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

If anyone could understand what was running through Quinn’s mind currently, it would be Haley. Quinn would be completely ecstatic one minute, picking out nursery things with Clay and buying packs of diapers every time she stopped at a store and the next she would be paralyzed with fear about bringing another life into this world. She had assumed this was all apart of the process and had everything to do with her hormones. As she watched Haley gather things to repair the damage Quinn had done, she had nearly forgotten her slip up until her younger sister realized what was said. “I– I am,” Quinn confirmed with a nervous laugh. “I swear, I had a much better plan to tell you rather than this,” she motioned toward herself before cradling her finger again.

At Quinn’s confirmation, Haley couldn’t help but let out an amused squeal in response. She couldn’t believe her sister was actually pregnant. After years with Clay, it was expected of course, but nonetheless a surprise. Of course, Haley knew that Quinn was already Logan’s acting mother, but a whole new kid was certainly something. “Oh my god! Quinn!” she beamed an lightened grin, hands clapping together in glee. “I have too many questions. So when did you know? Who have you told? How did Clay react? Have you gone to your first ultrasound? I’m coming to the next one---” she pursed her lips together after her ramblings, unable to even begin to mask her delight and excitement. “Quinn, I’m so happy for you.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

Oliver laughed when Haley corrected him and he shrugged. “I’m honestly surprised that it happened as regularly as it did with Mom constantly watching over us.” he smiled and looked over at his baby sister. “I guess she figured with seven of us in the house nothing bad could ever really happen without someone knowing. Which, is mostly true I guess.” He laughed as he took another bite of the brownie that was left next to the one she’d eaten and he shook his head. “With all of us around, I’m surprised you made it to adulthood, Haley.” Oliver chuckled, the truth in his statement making him shake his head. Haley mentioned that she couldn’t be too innocent and Oliver shrugged. “You have a brief point, but, you were smart.” he shrugged. “I mean, you knew you loved Nathan enough to marry him even at sixteen, and even though I could’ve killed him when Mom and Dad told me for assuming you were pregnant, I knew that if you didn’t really want it, you wouldn’t do it. You’ve always been way smarter than I have and you use your brain.” Oliver smiled and took a bite of the brownie again, chewing and swallowing before speaking again. “There’s no sugar in these things?” he asked, looking down at the ‘dessert’ in his hand and back at Haley. "You’ve been depriving my niece and nephew from sugar? Just wait. Uncle Oliver’s going to feed them all of the sugar in town and they’re going to know their mother has been lying to them.” he laughed and nodded as she spoke about Jamie doing the stuff Taylor used to do to Haley. “You don’t have to worry about that, Haley. I can promise you that Jamie will never do half the stuff that Taylor did to you. That any of us did to you.”

“Yeah---I think Mom was off participating in a yoga contest of her own,” Haley said with a shake of her head and a laugh. Her mother had played a big role in all of their loves; obviously, but deciphering pot brownies was definitely never her strong suit. “Mostly. I mean I could’ve went to Luke’s house for about a week before she’d really start getting suspicious. I know...how many of you did I have to deal with before I actually gained some freedom of my own?” she quizzed with a laugh. “Of course I knew I loved him, but that doesn’t make me smart. When you meet your soulmate...I guess you just know, right? That feeling you get---at sixteen or seventy, it’s just unlike any other,” her lips churned into a smile at his next words, unable to refrain from letting out a small laugh. “I’m pretty sure I got asked about a baby about a million times that first week. Why couldn’t anyone just believe the fact that I was in love?” Haley said with an eye roll. It was still so surreal to her. If she hadn’t taken the risk in high school to go with her gut, who knew where she’d be know? Definitely unhappier than she was at the moment, that’s for sure. “Your niece and nephew have been driving me to madness lately and I need something to calm them down. Organic, sugar free brownies will just have to suffice,” she said with a shrug. “This is parenting, big bro. Oh no---can you please not corrupt my children just yet?” Haley shook her head, letting out a small laugh. “You guys were great to me. ‘Ya know, for the most part. I mean letting your sister eat some weed laced brownies for a few years without her knowledge is just where I cross the line,” Haley shrugged, erupting into a fit of laughter.

[hcleyjamesscott]

Sam smirked as she peaked into the tray of brownies. “Hey hey, message received. Do as I say, not as I do, right?” the girl teased as she popped a small piece in her mouth, her nose twisting slightly at the taste. Instead of insulting her brownies that Haley had clearly forgotten an ingredient in, Sam continued. “I wouldn’t tell if you wouldn’t. I’m a little disappointed that there isn’t actually weed in these.” Sam was only joking, she was definitely beyond her experimenting, knowing the effect that it had on her wasn’t one that she cared for these days.

“Exactly,” Haley mused with another laugh. Sam had always been one of her favorite people in Tree Hill. After all; she had stood up for her when in the most compromising of situations, but that was only because Haley always believed in her.  “Sam, don’t make me tell Brooke about this, ‘cause I may be too nice to kick some ass but I don't think she is,” Haley teased with a laugh, eyes rolling down playfully. Although it wasn’t exactly shocking to see a teenager experiment with anything resembling weed, Haley wanted the best for Sam. It was almost as if the brunette had blossomed in front of her, and of course that meant that Haley would always want the best for Sam.

[hcleyjamesscott]

“Of course that’s what Brooke called  you.” Peyton laughed. Taking a bite and  subtly forcing herself to swallow it. “Oh yeah I love them.” She lied to her friend. How her friend had not learned how to bake something yet was beyond Peyton.

“Hey---I think it’s a step above Tutor Girl,” Haley teased with a laugh. After all these years, it was nice to have Peyton and Brooke still by her side. They had grown up together of course, but the memories they had so often referred to seemed as if they had happened just yesterday. “Sawyer, I know when you’re lying. There’s a stack of sugar-filled cookies in the cabinet to your left,” she stated with another laugh, motioning over to the pantry. 

[finlxywestbrook]

@hcleyjamesscott

“Now why do you look so grumpy?” Nathan mumbled softly as he made his way into the kitchen to see his wife frowning. “Please don’t tell me Taylor is here again…or that you’re having sad thoughts? Because everyone is okay you know?” He assured her as he turned her around. Nathan was a constant state of worry whenever he saw Haley sad - always terrified her depression would get bad again. “What do I have to do to make you smile Haley James?”

[hcleyjamesscott]

Hearing her husband’s voice could only bring a smile on her face, averting her gaze back over to Nathan. “Taylor’s not here...” she confirmed with a soft smile, her lips slowly twitching back into a tight line. After a few seconds, Haley finally gave him a small shrug.“---I think Lydia’s on the verge of saying her first real word and I’m also pretty sure Jamie has a girlfriend,” Haley shook her head, a small laugh emerging out of her lips. She wasn’t sure why exactly she was down; maybe it had just been about everything that had happened lately with the two. “I don’t want you to ever not be able to see your kids ‘firsts’ again. When Lydia started walking when you were gone I nearly lost it,” Haley glanced over him, placing her hands on his. “Just tell me that you’re not going anywhere and nothing will ever rip us apart again.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

“Haley! You would not.” She said as she watched her take a bite of the brownie. Laughing at her friend as she said she was kidding. She grabbed one of the brownies and began to attempt to enjoy it.  “Did you make these?” She asked as she took another bite.

“Oh I so would and I did in high school. ‘Ya know when Brooke found out she actually renamed me ‘stoner girl’ ? Granted, it wasn’t my fault my sister decided to inject the brownies with some weed,” she said with a shake of her head and a laugh. “Yeah...” she trailed off, her lips pursing together. “Please lie and tell me you love them.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

Brianna couldn’t really say no to a brownie. Those were her absolutely favorite things to eat in the world. Besides Mexican food of course. But she hasn’t really came across any good restaurants that were close to the ones in Dallas.  She shrugged her shoulders and joined the brunette by the counter. “ Sure why not. But if they’re disgusting why eat them though?” She wondered before taking a first bite of them.

“As much as I’d love to just throw them out and make new ones, I’m mostly just pretending to like them for my kids. Low sugar brownies are definitely not the best way to go though,” she said with a shrug. “You don’t have to eat them though, I’ll give you a free pass on that. So, how’ve you been?”

[hcleyjamesscott]

Oliver laughed as his sister admitted to the fact that she’d finally learned the secret to Taylor’s recipe for brownies. “Well, it only took you - what, twenty years? - to figure out what Taylor put in those brownies?” he asked, looking back at his sister as he moved across the room and took a piece off her brownie in her hand, popping it into his mouth like he’d done plenty of times as a child. “I was wondering if anyone would finally admit to you that Haley James wasn’t quite as innocent as the world made her out to be.” he smiled and swallowed shaking his head. “No offense, Haley Bob, but that brownie is awful.” he shuttered. “It’s definitely missing Taylor’s secret ingredient, but, because I wouldn’t ever want anything to happen to Jamie or Lydia, I’ll refrain from complaining.” he smiled, and picked up a brownie despite his previous statements.

“Fourteen, actually,” Haley corrected her older brother, a small laugh escaping out of the corners of her lips. Although she couldn’t believe Taylor had the audacity to lace her beloved brownies with weed, the fact that Haley couldn’t tell the difference was even more concerning. “...of course I am,” she defended, raising her arms up into the air. “---but seriously though, that innocent thing is kinda faulty now. I mean, would someone that innocent get married at sixteen? Pregnant not long after?” Haley pondered with a small laugh. Sure, she had been through a fair share of surprises throughout her life but it wasn’t as if Haley hadn’t been responsible for most of them. “I know. Look, just don’t say anything to Jamie or Lydia okay? I mean these brownies are a hundred percent organic. No sugar at all---duties of motherhood. Isn’t that exciting?” she laughed, shaking her head over to the side. “Yeah, if Jamie ever pulls what Taylor did to me on Lydia, well then I’m pretty sure World War Three as we know it would erupt in this house.”

[hcleyjamesscott]

“Wow, never thought my old teacher would be offering me weed brownies,” the brunette couldn’t help the amused laugh that escaped her. “I mean, after all those ‘don’t do drugs!’ seminars in school, this is what we’ve come to,” the girl teased. Even if they weren’t actually laced with weed, it was fun to tease Haley who had been such a role model to her back in the day.

“Times are definitely rougher now,” Haley exhaled dramatically, letting out a soft laugh in the process. “---but don’t do drugs, ever. I still think Principal Buttkiss would find a way to re-fire me even if I did encourage it. Hey, I let her publicly fire me for you---if I ever catch you doing anything remotely similar to that...” she trailed off, joking of course, but her ‘mom’ voice was laced into full effect.