Disclaimer: I don't own OTH
Summary: AU; Lucas and Nathan are full brothers, Lucas is 16 1/2...Nathan is 15. Peyton and Haley are also in here; Peyton is 15, Haley is 16. Karen and Dan are Nate and Luke's parents. Lucas is emancipated from his parents and living alone with a big secret, uh well two little but HUGE secrets. His twin children, daughter Riann and son Aiden. His only help comes from a sweet cafe owner, Deb Lee. Now with the twins at six month he has kept the two babies a secret from his closest friends and family as he struggles to find a place in this tangled world that is Tree Hill.
Couples: Laley, Pathan and Bake!
Prologue: Part One of Two
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Lucas Scott looked around his two bedroom apartment as a smile spread across his face. He was finally free. He'd gotten away from the influence of Dan Scott. He had control of his own destiny now, he made his future...not his father and that was something that brought magic to his life.
God, he felt bad about leaving Nathan with the devil. Nathan deserved more than that. He'd always needed his big brother around and now Lucas had left him behind. As painful as that was he knew his mom would keep Nathan from going totally under at Dan's influence. She always made sure that his dad never did something too severe to them. She was probably the only reason that he was still breathing.
Karen Scott was strong, she had to be. She'd been married to satan for nearly seventeen years. She sure as hell was strong. Dan would put her down and treat her like crap, but Karen would come back swinging. She was the real power behind the Scott residence but it hadn't been an easy decision to leave. In the end, though, it had been the right thing to do.
Lucas had just walked out . Some might of said that he'd taken the easy way out, but with Dan Scott there was no easy way, you were screwed no matter which way you looked at it. Lucas had lost his money, his cellphone, his name brand clothes and his mustang, but he'd came out with his dignity in tact. He didn't have to see or talk to his dad again, he'd gotten the chance to make his life the way he needed without the stress of being better than he possibly could have been under the roof of Dan and Karen Scott.
Dan had the power to make you feel like dirt, but Lucas knew how to handle his father. He was better than him. That was Dan's weakness...his lack of character. That was why everyone could be stronger than Dan, but they let him take control. If they'd just fight back, Dan Scott would be reduced to what he really was. Nothing. No longer could Dan take control of his life. No chance in hell.
Smiling once again, Lucas wrapped his arms around his longtime girlfriend Scarlett Hansen as they sank down on the couch together as one.