Chapter 1

In the hospital the day after Lucas woke up...

"Mornin Lucas," said Peyton.

"Mornin Peyt," said Lucas drowsily. The doctors had put him on an IV for painkillers that made him sleepy.

"How are feeling?"

"Better now that you're here."

"No seriously... tell me," said Peyton sitting down in a chair next to the bed.

"Ok ok... Not too bad considering I can't really feel anything," he said lifting up his right arm with the IV.

"I guess that's good... as long as u can feel this..." She kissed him.

"Yeah... I"m pretty sure I felt that." Peyton laughed and Lucas smiled. God I love that smile, thought Peyton. "Well I guess I better let everybody else see you too. I'll be right back. Let me go get everybody else." Peyton got up and they kissed. When they pulled apart they looked into each other's eyes and smiled. Then she turned and walked out of the door.
She danced down the hall to the waiting room. I can't believe I finally got him. I've never felt like this before... God I love that boy, she thought. I can get used to this. When she finally got to the waiting room she had the biggest smile on her face. "Ok guys... everybody can go in!"

"Finally," exclaimed Brooke. Karen, Brooke, Mouth, Skillz, and Peyton all walked back to the room.
"Hey Lucas," said Brooke while she hugged him.

"Hey Brooke. I missed you buddy."

"How could you not!" Everybody laughed.

"Hey mom, said Lucas.

"Hey Luke," said Karen kissing him on the for head.

"Hey Skillz . Hey mouth. Thanks everybody for being here. It means a lot."

"Aw Lucas you gotta sweet side," mimicked Skillz.

"Uh... I say 'you're welcome'," said Mouth.

"How's Haley doing?," questioned Lucas.

"She's doing fine. The doctors are saying that she might be able to come home tonight," said Peyton.

"What about Nathan... how's holdin up?" "He's okay. I think he just needs a little rest," chimed in Brooke. "Yeah... I'll bet," said Lucas.
Just then the door opened. The doctor walks in. "Good morning Lucas. We got your test results back... but everybody but your mother should probably leave."

"No... it's ok... they're all like family," explained Lucas.

"No, no...it's ok... Skillz and I will leave you guys alone. We need to visit Haley anyways," admitted Mouth.

"We do?," said Skillz.

"Just come on," said Mouth while pulling Skillz through the door.

"Ok... no problem. Well, It seems that there was a mistake in our diagnosis. You don't have HCM. You never did," claimed the doctor.

"What? I don't understand!," said Karen. She was so confused. How could this be, thought Karen.

"How?!," questioned Lucas. Everyone's mouth was hanging open. They were all completely shocked. Peyton took Lucas's hand and squeezed it, letting him know that she was there for him.

"Well it seems that we made a mistake on your labs when you came in for the HCM test. When we gave you the pills, they weren't helping you at all... they were just putting more stress on your heart. Your body became dependent on them. Your heart began to need them to function properly. So... when you didn't take your meds the night of the game, your heart went into shock and that caused your heart attack."

Lucas looked at his mom. "This is good news... isn't it!?," questioned Karen.

Then Lucas, smiling a confused smile, turned to Peyton and they kissed. Peyton took him in her arms and they both laughed.

"Well... yes, it is good news. But that's not all. We discovered something else while we were looking through your results. I am so sorry... there's a possibility that you might have..."

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