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Kids on a beach It wasn’t often that Lucas and Haley got to see the ocean, not often at all. But it had been such a beautiful three day weekend that his mother and his uncle Keith had relented and it would have been hard to resist those big eyes. Lucas and Haley worked very well as a team, especially when they both wanted the same thing.
They’re both such open and loving children that it’s hard to believe that Lucas is a fatherless son and all credit for that is to go to his mother and Keith, for stepping in when Dan was too cowardly to do the same and Haley's parents have done a good job with their daughter, even if at times they seem a little eccentric.
There are no words to describe the joy on their faces when they finally see the beach and hear the ocean lapping at the shallow shores and it takes less than thirty seconds for both kids to go flying towards the golden promised land.
Keith laughs because Karen’s left looking after them forlornly with an unused bottle of sun tan lotion in her hand, she’ll be lucky if she so much as gets a dab of it on either of the children’s noses.
Lucas and Haley attack the ocean the same way they seem to do with everything else in their life, head on and fearless. It’s obvious that they intend on living life to the fullest and it’s hard not to smile at the way they’re so comfortable with each other and are content to just live in the moment.
The best thing about being a kid is that you can do that, you can live and breathe building sand castles and you don’t have to worry about anything else. You embrace everything and you take every second like it’s the most precious thing in the world.
Lucas and Haley were completely caught up in that day.
They felt everything including the sand between their toes, the salt on their skin and the red sting of a burn one day later, but it was a reminder of their day at the beach so they didn’t complain, even if they did try to scratch it …repeatedly.
It had been a great day at the beach, sun burn and all.
Muse: Lucas Eugene Scott
Fandom: One Tree Hill
Word Count: 384