Ok so here is the basic summary: this is set in season 5. Everything that happened in the show is the same except that Lucas never dated Lindsey. That's all you need to know for now. This is the first chapter and I will continue the story if there is a good enough interest so leave a review and let me know what you thought!

His fingers flew furiously across the keyboard as he finished up the latest chapter of his new novel. The dramatic tap of the full stop button signaled the finish. Lucas sighed happily and stretched back in his chair.

Finally! He thought. As his eyes travelled towards the clock, he was pulled back into reality, realizing with a start that he should have been at Nathan and Haley's over half an hour ago.

"Haley is so gonna kill me" he mumbled as he rushed around his room frantically getting ready. As he picked up his phone he realized that he had 5 missed calls, all from Haley, including an angry voicemail. He only heard the bellowed "LUCAS EUGENE SCOTT!" before quickly deleting the message. Snatching the car keys off the dresser, he scrambled out the house and into his Mustang, quickly bringing it to life.

Haley James-Scott rang her best friend for the 100th time, once again hearing it go to voicemail. She huffed angrily.

"Relax Hales. He probably got carried away with his writing" drifted her Husband's voice from the Barbeque.

"Yer don't worry Tutor-Mom he should be here soon."

"Yes but I told him a thousand time this week what time to get here Brooke and does he listen? No!"

Nathan and Brooke chuckled, as did the rest of the gang. As the summer had been so hot Haley had arranged a big barbeque to make the most of the good weather. Scattered around the garden were Nathan, Skills, Fergie and Junk, all gathered around the barbeque, Peyton and Brooke were seated near the pool with Mouth and Millicent, and Jamie was running around like a bat out of hell with Deb telling him to calm down. Everyone else had arrived on time, too scared of Haley's reaction to even be 30 seconds late.

Haley smiled softly as she looked around the garden; almost everyone she loved was here. She was glad to see that Peyton had come and was actually having a good time. It had been very tense between her and Lucas recently and Haley was at the point of locking them in a room together to get them to see sense. Or rather, get Lucas to see sense. Peyton had already told Lucas that she was still in love with him but Lucas was still hiding his heart, although it was clear to everyone that he was also still in love with the other brooding blonde.

As her thoughts once again drifted back to her absent best friend, she sighed in defeat. He would be here soon, and when he was, she would give him a piece of her mind. With that she went over to the table and seated herself next to Peyton.

Lucas drove steadily through the streets of Tree Hill. He knew he was late but wasn't about to get done for speeding. He pulled up at the stop light and waited, watching the families play in the nearby park. He grinned gently and turned his attention back to the road as the light turned green. He pulled away and started to gain speed when he saw a little girl run out into the road.

"Shit!" Lucas cried.

He swerved to miss her and was glad to see that he did. But in doing that, he lost control of the car and skidded to the other side of the road. Right into the path of an on-coming truck. The last thing he saw was the front of the truck before the world went dark.

Lucas was now an hour late. The food was ready and the beer was cold. The only thing missing was him.

"Broody sure has a death wish" giggled Brooke as she watched Haley leave another angry voicemail on his phone.

"I'm sure he just got carried away with his writing again, like Nathan said" Peyton suggested. Although she couldn't help the nagging feeling that something was wrong. Lucas was never this late.

"Oh well. More food for us then" laughed Junk as he and Fergie helped themselves to hotdogs.

Haley walked back and joined the group, just as the doorbell sounded.

"About time!" she cried as she moved toward the house.

"Don't worry Haley, I'll let him in. It will give him chance to prepare for your attack" laughed Deb.

The group laughed and began to tuck into their food. A few minutes later they could hear Deb returning and Haley turned around, ready to scold her friend. But the group became silent when they saw that instead of Lucas, Deb was with two police officers.

"Haley, they want to talk to you and Nathan" Deb whispered confused.

"Mr. and Mrs. Scott?" the taller of the two officers asked.

Nathan and Haley stood up.

"That's us" Nathan replied

"Are you the brother and sister-in-law of Lucas Scott?"

From behind, the group watched and Peyton felt dread seep into her stomach.

"Yes. What's happened? Is Lucas ok?" Haley stuttered quickly.

The officer paused and looked at Haley.

"I'm afraid there's been an accident."

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