Only Hope

Summary: Okay so this is sort of like the daytime soap opera General Hospital, it's where I got my idea. But what happens when the daughter of the most powerful man in Tree Hill, a mobster so to speak, falls for the son of his worst enemy? For the purpose of this story, Keith James is the most powerful man in Tree Hill, he is a mobster except he fronts it by saying he's a coffee importer. He's always managed to avoid the law. He is married to Deb James. And their children are Peyton, Brooke and Haley who are triplets and the baby of the family Callie. Keith's right hand man and enforcer is Dan Scott, who's married to Karen Roe Scott and their children are Lucas Scott, Jake Scott and Nathan Scott and the baby of their family is Bella Scott. Their two families are the best of friends and new comers Alexia and Steven Smith have entered their little group, along with their son Tim Smith. The adults are the "Fab Six" and the children are the "Fab Nine", they did everything together, if you messed with one, you messed with them all and no one was stupid enough to mess with them, except for their mortal enemy, the Sawyer family. The Sawyer family consisted of the parents Larry and Ellie Sawyer and their children Sami, Lizzie, JJ, Ryan and Seth. There best friends were The Hargrove family which consisted of Andy Hargrove and his wife Jules Hargrove and their children, Brandon, Mikey, Morgan, Crystal and Summer. And that remained, the two families were at war, but things were about to change. Callie and Ryan were about to fall in love and things would never be the same again.

Chapter One

Someone once said, that family is your most important bond in life, rather you love them, hate them or want to kill them, they are still your family and you will have to deal with them. This was different for the James, Scott, Smith, Sawyer and Hargrove Families. They not only loved their family, they would kill for them too. That's the way the mob worked. Family always came first and no one went against the family and got away with it. They had a mortal code, that stayed with the families and everyone that worked for them, "In our family, we protect our own with our lives, if one of us hurts, we all hurt, because we may not all be blood related, but we are a family and families stick together." But these five families were at war.

On one side, there was the James, Scott and Smith Families. They were led by Keith Scott, the most powerful man in Tree Hill and no one ever messed with him and ever got away with it. On the other side there were the Sawyers and Hargrove Families, led by Larry Sawyer, he was powerful too in his own way. The war had started around 50 years ago with Royal James, Keith's father and Ric Sawyer, Larry's father, the real reason why was unknown, when Keith and Larry followed in their father's footsteps, it became a given that they would be at war with each other, and when their children followed, it was expected that they would be at war too, it's what the family commanded, and what the family said, no one disobeyed, but everything was about to change, because the two babies of the James and Sawyer Families, were about to fall in love with each other and all hell was about to break loose.

Callie was at her closet, pulling out clothes and throwing them on her bed. It was the first day of school and she had nothing to wear, or at least nothing, that she wanted to wear. Peyton knocked on the door of Callie's room. Callie says,"Come in!" Peyton walks in. Peyton says,"Aren't you ready yet Callie? We have to leave in like five minutes." Callie says,"Yeah, yeah I'm getting there. I have nothing to wear Peyt." Peyton sighs and walks over to the bed, she pulls out a baby blue tank top and a matching skirt and hands them to Callie. Callie squeals and says,"Thanks Peyt." She rushes to the bathroom and goes to change.

Peyton was the oldest of the children, sure she was triplets with Brooke and Haley, but she was the one born first, she had her parents to herself for a whole 10 minutes before Brooke came along. And she was the second mother of her sisters. She made the rules, when her parents weren't around and no one went against her.

Brooke and Haley walked in. Brooke says,"Hey Goldilocks, we ready yet?" Peyton says,"We can go as soon as Callie's done." Brooke says,"Baby Gurl, hurry up. I have to meet Broody." Callie sighs and says,'Yeah coming Tigger."

Brooke had the insane need to nickname everyone that came into her life, all her friends had nicknames, she was also the party girl, she threw the best parties and always knew where to find the best ones. Haley on the other hand, was the straight A student, she was tutor and she was a cheerleader too. All the sisters were, but Haley was probably the best one, the good girl so to speak. And then there was Callie, the baby of the family. Callie was daddy's little girl, she never got in trouble for anything and she always got her way. In her parents eyes, she could do no wrong. And that annoyed her sisters sometimes, but they were still the best of friends, who did everything together, sure they had their share of fights, but they never lasted more than a day. It all boiled down to family, and that's what counted.

Callie walks out. Callie says"Well how do I look?" Brooke squeals and hugs Callie. Brooke says,"You look awesome Baby." Brooke and Callie lock arms, as do Peyton and Haley and they make their way down to the kitchen, where Keith and Deb were. Keith was sitting at the table reading a newspaper and drinking coffee while Deb was cooking. Both looked up when their daughters walked in. Deb says,"Hey sweeties, you all look great." They smile at their mom and sit at the table. They ate in comfortable silence, nothing much needed to be said, it was the way it always was. But at dinner, when the day was through, they would talk up a storm with each other.

Peyton says,"Guys we have to go, we are going to be late." Peyton, Brooke and Haley get up ready to go. Callie smiles and goes to Keith and kisses him on the cheek. Callie says,"Bye daddy. Oh daddy, I need your credit card, I want to go shopping for Bella's birthday present." Keith smiles at his daughter and hands her the credit card. Keith hugs him and says,"Thanks daddy. Let's go."

The girls head out. Peyton says,"Didn't you already get Bella's present?" Callie says,"Yeah a while ago, but I wanted to go shopping." Peyton says,"You can't do that Callie." Callie says,"Come