Lucas sighed as he stood there at his locker staring at his brother and wondered why was he so in love with him. He stood there completely frozen to even realize that Nathan made his way over to him to see his lover. "Hey baby" Nathan whispered in his ear trying not to alert anybody to their secret romance. "Uh hey Nate" Lucas said as he snapped out of his fantasy world and back to reality. While he was digging through his locker trying to avoid having a heated session with Nathan right there in front of everybody, his mind trailed off to thinking what would happen if anybody ever knew about them. His mind went back to that one bad night when things took a turn for the worst or so he thought.

~~flashback~~

"I'm sorry Luke, it wasn't what it looked like. Lucas you gotta believe me." Nathan said trying to get his brothers attention.

"Nathan you gotta be kidding me right, it's Tim we're talking bout. He's been trying to get you ever since things ended between you and Peyton. Lucas said in his soft

and gentle voice

"If you want Luke I won't go near him anymore and I promise to tell you whenever I'm around him. I love you so much and I don't want to lose you over somebody like Tim

who is only a friend to me and nothing more". Nathan said hoping that Luke would give him another shot.

"Nathan you know I love you too but you don't have to do that because I want to be able to trust you to do your own thing and stay faithful to me". Lucas said in a stern

tone.

"Just show me that what we have right now is worth fighting for. Even though what we have isn't normal it's real and true". Lucas said calmly.

Nathan nodded in agreement knowing that he couldn't let anything like that ever happen again and that when he saw Tim that he was gonna give him a piece of his mind. How could Tim ever think that he would betray Lucas like that and just up and leave him. He knew that he loved his brother and lover with all his heart and that he would give his life for him.

~~end flashback~~

" Hey Luke man, are you okay? You didn't answer my question." Nathan said waiting for an answer.

Lucas didn't realize that he somehow tuned out Nate while he was talking. He had only heard a few words here and there like: sorry, love it, game, river court, and guys. " Yea Nate I'll go". Hoping that yea would be the best answer to whatever he was asked cause he knew Nathan got irritated when he tuned him out.

They looked at each other in an awkward silence that you could've heard a pin drop which wasn't normal going on the fact Lucas was better with saying what he felt, but ever since him and Nathan became a couple almost a year ago Nate has been more in touch with his feelings.

"I gotta go Nate, my mom is waiting on me at the café." Lucas said as he walked outta the double doors hoping that his brother wouldn't stop him because of how weird things were just now.

He was at a lost of words as he watched his lover slip away without saying a thing. But he knew why that conversation was so awkward. It has been almost 2 weeks since Lucas walked in and saw him and Tim in the locker room naked. He knew that he never wanted to see that look in his lovers eyes that he saw that day.

~~flashback~~

Lucas was in the locker room waiting for his brother to take a shower after the 'Ravens' practice and since everybody knew about Lucas' HCM nobody never bothered to ask why he still came to practice even though he didn't play in every game. It was just another practice like any other one where Whitey ran us til we almost threw up our lunch.

Nathan was always the last one to leave the court and the last to shower so Lucas always came in after everybody else left and waited for his brother so they could ride back to Nathans' apartment together and be with each other without worrying about any interruptions.

The phone rang and Lucas answered it " Hey mom, what's up?" Lucas asked and then suddenly he gasped " Okay mom I'll be right there don't go anywhere." Nathan heard the panic is his lovers voice and asked what was wrong. " Uh babe I gotta go somebody threw a rock through her car window." "Hold on okay, let me put on my shirt and we'll go over there." Nathan told him wanting to be by his lovers side every chance he got no matter the circumstance. But Lucas stopped him before he could dig a shirt outta his gym bag and told him no and that he would call him whenever he got there and he'll give him an update. He gave Lucas a quick kiss and said "I love you" before Lucas hurried out of the door with focus in his eye.

Nathan got undressed and went to cut on the water when he heard his phone ring and Lucas' name showed on the screen he answered with concern in his voice

" Luke what happened is everything alright you just left".

" Yea Nate are my keys in the there?"

"Yea. do you want me to bring them to you? " No Nate I'm coming"

"Alright then they're on the bench."

"Well well we're finally alone at last."

Nathan was startled by a familiar voice that frequently annoyed him. He turned around to see Tim walking out of the corner without any clothes on and a smile on his face from ear to ear.

" Tim what the hell are you doing here and where are your fucking clothes?" Nathan asked as he grabbed a towel cover up himself.

"That's not important, what's important is that I'm here and you can do whatever you want with me and nobody will ever know." Licking his lips and rubbing his growing hard on he whispered " I want you Nathan, take me right here and I know you want this too. You don't have to hide it anymore."

"Tim are you high on something?"

"No I'm not but I want to be on you." Tim said as he snatched Nathans' towel off his waist and dropped it on the floor

As soon as the towel hit the floor the door opened as if Lucas was there just waiting for the towel to come off. Nathan looked at the door to see Lucas with his soft eyes widened and hurt filled them from the sight in front of him. Nathan knew that no matter he would say he knew what was running through his brothers mind. He didn't want to out their relationship in front of Tim but he didn't care and words just started running outta his mouth. " Luke it's not what it looks like I promise. You know that I would've never do anything to hurt you, I love you too much you know that right." Lucas had no idea what to do so he grabbed his keys off the bench and bolted out the locker room as if he were running for his life.

Nathan swore and went running after him hoping he could explain what he walked in on but as soon as he stepped outta the locker room he felt the windy breeze hit his bare skin, which made him realize that he was standing in the hallway naked, he ran back inside cut off the water put on clothes and ran after Lucas.

~~ End Flashback~~

"Hey mom do you need any help today?" Lucas asked as he walked in and put his bag on the counter.

"Nope as you can tell Luke, Mondays are one of the slowest days, plus I just got off the phone with Haley and she said she's on her way after she finish her tutoring lesson."

That was the last thing that he wanted to hear cause if she needed his help then that would be his excuse for not going to the river court. " Alright then I guess I'll see you at home later tonight then." " So I take it that things are still a little awkward between you and Nathan?" " Everything is fine mom why do you keep asking me that for?" " Lucas Eugene Scott I'm not stupid now you go from sleeping at Nathans' every night for the past few months to sleeping back in your own bed." " It's okay mom I'm fine, gotta go" Lucas hurried outta the café glad he was able to slip out when a customer came in for some coffee.

As he pulled up to the court he saw Nathan, Skills, Tim, Jake and the rest of the gang playing ball while Mouth sat on the bench with microphone and radio in hand doing what he always does when they play a game; and he was glad that everybody was there so he wouldn't be alone with Nathan. Then he starting putting words together that Nathan was saying to him in the hallway earlier when he tuned him out. " I know you're still mad at me and I'm sorry but I would love it if you came to the river court and watch the guys and I play about 2 or 3 games." If only he was actually listening when Nathan first said it then he probably would've been able to think of a lie to throw at him to avoid this.

" Hey Luke man what's up, you up for a quick game or two?" Skills asked as he threw the ball at him.

"I'm good man just came to hang and watch ya'll not really up for playing tonight." Lucas said as he shot a look at Nathan.

Lucas went and sat beside Mouth and watched the guys play while giving their commentary and every once in a while they would both trail off and start talking about whatever popped up. Everything seemed to be going good for about twenty minutes until he saw the ball fly his way outta the corner of his eye and he heard someone scream " Watch out" he threw out his hands and caught the ball and looked to the court to see Tim staring at him with a smirk on his face and then he saw Nathan punch him on the shoulder and told him to watch where he's throwing that thing, As Nathan started walking towards his brother to get the ball, Tim came out of no where and jumped on his back causing both them to fall to the grown in laughter.

At the site of that Lucas got up and threw the ball in their general direction and started to walk towards his car. He still couldn't stand the site of Nathan still be so friendly with Tim as if nothing never happened. " Hey Luke what's wrong where you going man?" Skills asked him trying to catch his breath.. " Nothing man just remembered that I had something to do." Lucas yelled hoping they would buy it and just let him leave. He turned around and was walking at a steady pace, and was suddenly stopped by someone grabbing his arm.

" Hey what's going on, can we talk?" A familiar voice said and he turned around and saw a confused Nathan staring back at him.

"Sure I guess what do you wanna talk about?"

"Why are you leaving for? You just got here and we just finished the first game and we're gonna play one more for a tie breaker."

"Well I got to go and help my mom." Lucas said hoping that Nathan would believe it. Nathan could look and tell whenever he was lying so he tried to keep a blank expression on his face.

" Luke I'm not stupid, I know what you're doing. You've been trying to avoid me ever since the thing in the locker room last week and I've been trying to talk to you every chance I got."

"I haven't been avoiding you, I've just been busy with school, and the café and other stuff."

"Talk to me Luke please." Nathan pleaded but Lucas just pushed him off and open his car door but he was surprised when his brother pulled him from the door and slammed it shut causing everybody to direct their attention to the brotherly quarrel that was happening if they only knew what was being said.

"I apologized like a million times and you still haven't forgiven me. I don't know what else you want me to do Luke."

" Damn Nate are you that stupid? Ever since it happened you've acted like nothing happened and you and Tim seemed to have gotten closer."

"Luke man come on you know there is nothing going on between me and Tim" - "Tim and I"- "Whatever, we're only friends"

Nathan hadn't realized that he just corrected himself on the spot cause he's so use to Lucas doing it whenever he messed up with his verbal grammar. But he focused back on Lucas.

"Lucas you know that I'm willing to do anything to get things back to normal cause I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Please tell me what you want me to do just please baby."

"I'm not gonna tell you what to do, you tell me that you love me and I believe you I do. Its just whenever you get around Tim I think that he will try to make another pass at you"

"He wont and I can promise you that, and if you don't believe me I'm gonna show you how much I'm willing to fight for us."

Nathan knew what he was about to do would take everyone by surprise because this is not the way he wanted things to happen then all of sudden he felt himself yelling at the top his lungs. "I love Lucas Eugene Scott and I wanna spend the rest of my life with him and I don't care who knows!!!" Lucas eyes shot open as he heard the first 3 words come outta his lovers mouth forcing himself to turn around with his mouth slightly open with shock.

"Nate what are you doing?" He asked his lover with surprise in voice trying to figure out what made him suddenly do something like this.

"Proving to you that I love you and only you and that I want to spend the rest of our lives together." and with that Nathan pulled his brother closer and wrap his arms around his waist rubbing their bodies together and started passionately kissing his lover with all his power. "I love you so much Luke" said Nathan with a smile on his face. Lucas looked his younger brother in the eyes and can see what made him fall in love with Nathan in the first place. "I love you too."

"Uh guys is there something that you want to tell us?" Mouth said afraid of what they would find out

"Yea man, there is something that we need to tell you." Nathan said with a proud smile on his face

"Lucas and I having been in a relationship for almost a year now and we're gonna be together forever." Nathan said grabbing his lovers hand not caring what the others thought.

"We know this is a lot to take in and we understand if you need time." Lucas mumbled under his breath

"You know what I don't believe this. How do you go from dating Peyton who is a hot cheerleader to dating your bastard brother that you can't stand." Tim argued

"Man Tim you need to shut up" Skills added. Lucas could fell his brother tensing up and he knew what was about to happen. He held on to his hand as tight as he could restraining his brother from knocking Tim out. " Tim if you ever call Luke that again I swear Tim I'm gonna beat ya face into the ground." Nathan yelled as he shot Tim a look that could kill.

"I'm actually okay with it even if you are brothers, ya'll are still cool with me". Mouth said with a big smile on his face. "Me too man, no problems with me." Skills added. "Thanks you guys it means a lot" Lucas said with a smile on his face. Nathan just smiled and nodded in agreement.

"Hey Nathan man how long have you two really been together?" Skills asked not really knowing what he would get back.

"Um.." Nathan said as he looked his phone to see what time it was and then said " we've been together 11 months, 14 days, 18 hours, and 43 minutes." He said with a smile while he was looking at his brother knowing that he was forgiven for what happened.

Lucas smiled back at his brother and was happy cause they can be around each other while they are with friends and not care anymore…

"Hey mom I'm going back to Nate's tonight okay." Lucas said as he packed up some clothes.

"So I take it whatever happened after you left put you guys back on track. You gonna tell me what was going on between you two or are you gonna find a reason to leave again."

Lucas didn't like lying to his mom because they told each other everything no matter what it was. He thought to himself how to explain to her what happened when his phone started ringing." Mom I gotta go that's Nate he's outside waiting. I love you mom see you tomorrow."

He ran out the house and jumped in the car as his brother drove home. As they arrived at the apartment Lucas went and put his bags in the room and came and took a seat beside Nathan as his lover wrapped his arms around him as they sunk into each others warming presence.

"Hey Nate can I ask you a question?" Lucas asked

"Yea babe, what's up? Nathan quickly replied

" I'm not saying that I'm not glad that they all know now but why and what made you decide to tell them about us I thought you weren't ready? Lucas asked as he sat up and looked him in the eye.

"I did it to show you how much I love you and that I don't care who knows. So that means that I will do whatever I have to do to prove to you how much I love you." Nathan said as he smiled at his lover.