Disclaimer: I don't own OTH or any of its characters. I am just borrowing them

AN/ Hey guys! I am back with a new story. This is the first chapter and I hope it is not too confusing. Please let me know what you think. I love having your opinions

Reposting this: Forgot the good old spell checker

"And the crowd goes wild as Nathan Scott scores another 3 pointer" the announcer said as the home crowd for the Orlando Magic stood to their feet in cheers.

"Good job, Nate" Kevin, one of Nathan's team members said as he passed by the superstar.

"Thanks Kevin" Nathan replied as he ran back down the court. They were coming to the end of the 3rd quarter in the long awaited game against the Charlotte Bobcats. He had been waiting for this game for weeks. Nathan watched as the reason he had been waiting flew by him with the ball, his brother.

"Lucas Scott with a slam dunk. Score 90 Magic and 96 Bobcats with less then two minutes to play" the announcer stated.

Lucas Scott jogged by Nathan as he playfully said, "Pay attention little brother"

'Yeah Yeah' Nathan thought as he yelled back, "Been doing this longer than you have big brother, don't freeze"

Lucas laughed as he watched Nathan pass the ball to a teammate. Nathan had been drafted their junior year of college at UNC Wilmington. Nathan said that there was nothing left for him in North Carolina and had gladly taken the offer from the Miami Heat, which was 5 years ago. He was traded to the Orlando Magic 2 years later and has been their leader in points since then. Unlike Nathan, Lucas finished college and got a degree before he joined the NBA. Lucas knew that if it were meant to be, basketball would be waiting for him when he graduated. It was.

With 20 seconds to go, Nathan gets passed the ball and starts dribbling towards the basket. Trying to block him as always is his brother. They smiled, as they remember times years ago doing the same thing next to the river.

"10 seconds to go in this game, 96 Magic and 99 Bobcats and it is Scott on Scott, Two brothers. One trying to keep his team's lead and one trying to close the gap. Who will succeed?" The announcer said.

"Bring it on, bro" Lucas said

"Don't mind if I do" Nathan said as shoots over Lucas's head for a 3 pointer. The crowd goes silent as the ball flies through the air and SWISH!

The buzzer sounds as Nathan looks over at his brother, "We're even"

"Yea, we're even," Lucas said as the Magic invades the court to congratulate Nathan on his tying 3 pointer.

Lucas walks off the court and heads towards the locker room. He knows he has 5 seconds to sit down before a microphone is stuck into his face and questions are flying at him. There are two that he will be ask repeatedly, 'What was it like playing against Nathan?' and 'Why at 26 are you still a bachelor?' He hated answering the second so it was mostly 'No comment'

As he had suspected, the first question to come from the reporter in front of him was, " What was it like playing against Nathan?"

Lucas looked at the young reporter and answered as he always did, "It was fun to be back on the court with Nathan. We have played against each other and together since we were little"

"Nathan said the same thing," The reporter told Lucas.

"We are brothers. We are going to have similar answers." Lucas replied as his cell phone rang, "Excuse me. I need to answer this." Lucas said as he walked towards the back of the locker room.

"Hey mom" Lucas said into the phone, "Mom, what's wrong?"

Nathan stood in his kitchen staring through the cabinets trying to find something to eat. He was getting hungry and he was wondering where Luke was. Lucas always stayed with him when he was in Orlando and this time had been no different. The Bobcats would be leaving tomorrow to head back to Charlotte. Finally, he heard his front door open and started walking down the hallway. Lucas stood by the front door with a very distant look on his face. Nathan knew instantly something was wrong. He had seen that face before.

"Lucas?"

"Mom called"

"What did she say?" Nathan asked as he started fiddling with the hallway mirror.

Lucas knew that this was going to hit Nathan hard. "It's dad"

Nathan stopped and looked at Lucas. "What's wrong?"

"He…He was…He was killed this evening"

"Wha…What?" Nathan said as he leaned against the wall for support

Lucas stepped towards his brother as he told him what his mom had told him, "He was driving to go get Ice Cream for Meredith." Instantly, Nathan eyes grew wide and he looked towards Lucas, "She's wasn't with him" Relief filled Nathan's eyes, but was soon replaced again with sadness. Nathan gave up on standing and slid down the hallway wall that had been holding him up. Lucas sat beside him.

"What happened?" Nathan asked Lucas without looking towards him

"Someone ran a stop sign and broadsided him. The truck flipped."

"How's mom?"

"She pretty upset. She said she knew something was wrong when Jake knocked on the door and was in uniform"

"Jake was there?"

"Jake was one of the first officers on the scene. When they…when they pronounced dad…dead, Jake told them that he would tell the family."

"He was telling his own family"

"Yea, I am heading back there tomorrow. Dad's funeral is probably going to be Friday. Mom says to tell you that she loves you and she hopes to see you."

"I don't know if I can go back there, Luke."

"I know that."

Lucas and Nathan sat in silence for more than an hour. Suddenly, Nathan got off the floor and walked into the living room towards the shelf filled with photo albums. They were in order by year. He found the year 1995 and pulled it out. This was the year his life changed. He opened the album to the first page. The first picture was him at age 6 sitting on the front porch with his mom Deb, Lucas and Karen. Nathan smiled as he continued to turn pages until he reached the middle of the album. This marked the turning point for Nathan's life, his mom's death. The last picture that was ever taken of Deb and Nathan was there. It was in Deb's hospital room, she had a scarf wrapped around her head bald from the chemo and she was hiding her IV. She must of known that death was coming soon because she wore the biggest smile. Pictures after that became Lucas and Nathan. Karen had taken Nathan when Deb passed away. As the album ended the pictures were of Karen, Keith, Lucas and Nathan. This was his family, that was when he started calling Keith, dad. Neither, Lucas or Nathan knew their actual father. What they did know was that he was brothers with Uncle Keith and that he had gotten both Deb and Karen pregnant. Dan stuck around through the entire pregnancies and when Nathan was born, 3 months after Lucas, he left and was not heard from again. Keith became the only male figure for the boys. Until they were 7, when Keith and Karen were married. Keith legally adopted Lucas and Nathan and Karen legally adopted Nathan. He then became their father.

Lucas walked towards the living room and find Nathan on the floor with the photo album in his lap; he looked towards the shelf to see which one was missing. 1995, the year that Nathan's life as a young boy had changed. Lucas skimmed the rest of the albums and found the year that he was looking for, 2006. That was the year that they graduated from high school. Lucas had similar photo albums at his house in Charlotte and he knew that Nathan probably had the same pictures, but there was one particular one he was looking for. As he flipped through the album, he came across the picture that he was looking for, his friends on graduation day. Peyton, Jake, Brooke, Haley, Mouth, Theresa, Bevin, Skills, Nathan and him were the musketeers as their parents liked to call them. They had been together all through school except for the brief couple of months during junior year when Bevin and Theresa had drifted away saying they needed new friends and calling them losers. They quickly found their way back and were content with the little family of friends that they had. He missed those days. He missed those people.

"It's amazing how much you miss someone who is no longer around," Lucas said as he closed the photo album and placed it on the shelf.

"Yea" Nathan agreed as he picked himself off the floor and sat down on his couch.

"Well, I am heading to bed. I have a 6am flight home"

"Okay"

"Are you going to be okay, Nate?"

"Yea, do me a favor. Tell mom that I love her"

"Yea, I will tell her for you"

"Thanks Luke"

"Night"

Three days later

Nathan came to a stop at a stoplight in Tree Hill. He had come back. As he waited for the light to turn Green, he looked around. It had been 5 years since he had been back to this town. The light turned and he continued down Main Street to the Baptist church that sits on the corner a few blocks up. When Nathan left, he didn't dream he would be coming back, much less for a funeral for the man who raised him.

As he came upon the church he slowed down and pulled over to the curb. He sat in his rental car hiding behind his sunglasses and ball cap that he had become accustomed to wearing. He watched as his grandparents entered the church. Mae holding on to her husband as her body trembled from the flowing tears down her face. They had lost their son, a horrible pain for anyone to go through. He watched Lucas step out of the car he was driving and walk around to help his mom out of the car. He watched as he opened the back door and unbuckled the little girl they both loved and pick her up. Nathan watched Lucas walked towards the church the little girl clinging to him and one arm around his mom. He knew that Lucas had seen him. Lucas also knew that when he was ready he would come inside. Just the simple act of walking into this church was hard for him. Nathan had not been in a church in 5 years. Not since the day that he laid his wife and son to rest.

AN/ Alrighty, tell me what you think! PLEASE!