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A/N- Thanks for all the wonderful reviews! And I must agree, I liked chapter two a lot better than the first.

Chapter 3- Regrets

Nathan opened his apartment door, to be welcomed by its emptiness. He walked into the kitchen, throwing his keys onto the table. Nathan then opened the refrigerator, and pulled out a can of beer and a old piece of pizza, the only two things in there. Today had been an hard day for him, and was getting harder. 'Should I call Haley, or wait until tomorrow?' Nathan thought to himself. It didn't really matter, because at the moment the phone rang. Nathan knew who it was.

"Hello?" Nathan asked, praying it wasn't Haley.

"Hey baby."

"Hey." Nathan let out a heavy sigh.

"Nathan what's wrong? You sound distant."

"I'm just tired. I went over to my mom's, and we talked about my moving out, and all of this other legal crap. It was all very draining."

"It sounds like it. Well, I'll let you get your sleep."

"Ok. Bye."

"Love you. Bye."

"Love you too." Nathan hung up the phone. 'When did I learn to lie like that?' he thought to himself. Nathan was about to go to his room to go to sleep, when the phone rang again.

''Yes?" Nathan answered tiredly.

"Hey. Could we talk?"

"Lucas, we already talked. Remember, this morning."

"I know, but I just really think we should talk."

"I can't. I'm meeting Haley in fifteen minutes." Lied Nathan.

"Oh. Ok, I'll talk to you later then." Lucas replied, hurt showing through his voice. Nathan hung up the phone, and went into his room. Inside his room, Nathan stripped down to his underwear and got into bed, pulling the covers over his head. 'I hate lying to her.' Nathan thought to himself, and went to sleep. Not realizing, that it wasn't Haley he felt bad for lying to, it was Lucas.

LUCAS'S POV

I hung up the phone, knowing Nathan had just lied to me. It wouldn't have hurt me if he had just told me the truth. I walked into the kitchen, hoping a cold glass of water would help take my mind off of him.

"Lucas something wrong?" My mom Karen, asked.

"Yeah."

"Well, you want to tell me?" Karen asked, putting the dish in her hand down.

"Not really, but I have to." I sat down, and motioned for mom to do the same. "Mom there is something that I need to tell you."

"Your not going to tell me someone is pregnant again are you?'' Karen asked, her eyes getting bigger.

"No, mom.... I'm...I'm..... gay." I sucked in my breath, anticipating a slap, or some screaming, or something, but nothing came. Instead mom just sat there, staring into space. We sat there for awhile before I got up and went into my room, and sat on the bed with a hard thud. "Well, it could have went worse." I said, smiling at the situation, but on the inside I was crying, for I knew the relationship between my mother and I would never be the same.

NATHAN'S POV

I yawned, and rolled over to look at the alarm clock, 8:51 pm. I had slept for six hours, and I still felt horrible. That's when I did something I knew I would regret later. I picked up the phone, and punched in the numbers. On the second ring they picked up. "Hey Lucas? Yeah its me Nathan. I was wondering if you wanted to come over? In about fifteen minutes? Yeah that's cool. Ok bye, see you in fifteen."