Get You the Moon Δ One Tree Hill [ON HOLD]

chapter one

Nathan is in the kitchen, putting socks on his 1 year old daughter's feet as she sits on the island. Usually, he gets a babysitter for game nights, but the babysitter is sick and had to cancel and Nathan didn't have enough time to find another one, so he has to bring his baby with him.

"There you go, baby." Nathan smiles. He hands her a cheerio which she takes and puts in her mouth, eating it. Nathan entertains her as he passes time for when they have to leave when Dan walks in.

"What is that thing doing? Where's the babysitter?" Dan asks.

"This thing -- who is a she, by the way -- is coming with us. Babysitter's sick." Nathan informs, giving his daughter another cheerio.

"To a basketball game?" Dan questions.

"Yes. Unless you would rather me leave her in a dumpster for the next few hours." Nathan says, slightly rolling his eyes.

"You know, I'm still too young to be a grandfather." Dan states, walking out.

"So was your dad." Nathan mumbles. He looks at Megan who is staring up at him. "Who needs grandpa?" He quietly asks. "Don't let him get to you. He's just hiding his heart." He says in a baby voice. "Yeah. Yeah, that's it." He bends down so he's more level with her and puckers his lips. Megan puckers her lips and gives him a peck the best she can.

Megan holds up a cheerio, holding it to Nathan's mouth.

"Oh, thank you." He says, eating the cheerio.

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Megan is sitting on the bottom bleacher as the basketball team warms up.

"Nathan. Remember, 20 shots -- no less." Dan instructs.

"Got it, dad." Nathan says.

"Quit yakking and warm up." Whitey tells them.

As the game gets closer to starting, Nathan moves Megan so she's sitting next to Dan and he puts headphones on her, finding a movie on his iPod for her to watch since the noise at basketball games usually makes her cry.

Megan looks up every once and a while seeing Nathan get a basket, but returns to her movie each time.

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Tim got there and follows Nathan into the kitchen where he sets Megan on the counter and gets a bowl of bowtie noodles.

"Chew." He reminds her, giving her one of the noodles which she puts in her mouth and begins to chew.

"What's up, Megaroni." Tim squeezes her cheeks making her whine and pull away from him.

"Don't touch her face while she's eating. She hates that." Nathan tells his friend.

"Okay, sorry." Tim holds his hands up in surrender as Nathan gives Megan another noodle. "So, your pops finally mentioned the Devil's spawn, huh? They say he's got game. Maybe we could use him."