Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or any of its characters.

Author's Note:Hope you all are enjoying this story so far. I decided to squeeze in one last update before I went to bed.

Song is Feeling A Moment by Feeder. Lyrics are in italics.

One Year, Six Months, Four Days, and Seven Hours Later The River Court

Stars twinkled above as the rhythmic beating of a basketball was heard through the stillness of the night. Lights shone brightly upon the court as twenty-one-year-old Lucas Eugene Scott made a perfect fade-away shot.

It was close to midnight, Lucas's favorite time of night. Many great things had happened on this time of night. It had been when he had won the game three years ago here, at the River Court, against Nathan and had started his entire future. It had also been the time right before the state championship, where he made his decision that eventually led to the heart attack the next night, at almost the exact same time.

As Lucas made yet another perfect, nothing but net shot, a smattering of applause was heard from the bleachers. Lucas grabbed the basketball and turned to face his audience.

"Should you really be out here right now?" Nathan asked, grinning as he set eyes on his brother for the first time in well over a year. His brother seemed scrawnier than ever with his shortly cropped blonde hair gelled into a somewhat tame form. The hint of a mustache that had been hinted at last time he had seen Lucas was gone. Lucas had shaved it off. Other than that, Lucas seemed the same.

"Shouldn't you be with Haley right now?" Lucas retorted, bouncing the ball over to his half-brother. Nathan, if possible, seemed bigger in the muscles than he had previously. He had cut his hair short again, the way it was during the beginning of senior year.

"She and James are asleep. Their flight just got in an hour ago," Nathan explained, making a beautiful jump shot. "Where's Peyton?"

"Still in Los Angeles. Her record company has upgraded and are in the process of moving to another building," Lucas answered, getting the rebound from Nathan's next shot and sinking it perfectly from the three-point line. "She wanted to come home, but her boss wouldn't let her."

"That sucks," Nathan said sympathetically, taking the ball from Lucas. "You want to play a quick one-on-one to eleven?"

"Can't," Lucas said, glancing at the watch on his wrist. "I actually do have to return home at some point tonight, or otherwise mom and Lily will begin to worry." He let out a laugh. "See you tomorrow."

"Bye, Lucas," Nathan said, tossing the basketball back towards the older Scott. Lucas caught it and disappeared into the night, leaving Nathan by himself at the River Court.

Roe House, Next Day

Lucas woke up to the bright streaming sunlight pouring through his opened windows. He blinked a couple of times to clear the sleep from his eyes and adjust to the bright light.

As Lucas finished getting dressed, a heavy knock on the outside door made him start in surprise. He instantly scolded himself for being so jumpy about it.

"Hey, Lucas," Nathan said as the blonde yanked open the door. "You want to go for a walk?"

"Sure," Lucas said, yawning hugely. "What time is it?"

"Almost ten-thirty," Nathan replied. "Come on."

Lucas left his mom a note on his bed, saying where he went so she wouldn't worry, before following Nathan outside.

"This place really hasn't changed much in the year we've been gone," Lucas commented as they walked through town. They were on their way to Karen's Café so Lucas and Nathan could meet up with Haley.

"This corner I could do well to forget," Nathan said darkly. It was the corner directly across from Karen's Café, where the accident two years previous had happened. Every time Lucas passed it, his heart twisted painfully. By the looks of it, Nathan felt the same way.

"Yeah, me too," Lucas agreed. He remembered that night all to well and didn't really want to revel in the memories. There were only two happy memories about that night. One was that their team won the basketball state championship and the other was that he officially got together with Peyton that night.

"Sorry," Nathan said, seeing how distressed Lucas had become. "I didn't mean anything by it."

"Let's just go," Lucas suggested, quickening his pace towards the café. Nathan nodded and caught up easily.

"So everything is all right with you?" Nathan asked hesitantly. He could never get over the fact that Lucas had HCM. It was just so… un-Lucas like. Lucas always seemed so strong and all, it was just hard to believe most of the time.

Lucas didn't say anything as they reached the entrance to the café. Before going in, he stopped and turned around to face Nathan.

"I'll tell you, but you must not tell Haley, or anyone else for that matter," he said shortly. Nathan's eyes narrowed angrily. He hated keeping things from Haley and wished Lucas would stop keeping secrets.

"I can't promise you that," Nathan said. "Not if it concerns your life, or anyone else's."

"Then I can't tell you," Lucas said shortly.

Feeling the moment the slip away
Losing direction you're losing faith
You're wishing for someone
Feeling it all begin to slide
Am I just like you
All the things you do - can't help myself

"Lucas, wait!" Nathan protested as Lucas went inside the café, ignoring his brother's protests. How could things go from pretty decent to so awkward in the course of five seconds?

This is Lucas, remember? Nathan told himself darkly. I will find out what he meant, though. That is a promise. Nathan sighed and pushed open the door to the café, bells jingling as he did so.

"Hey, handsome. I was just about to come out there and drag you in," Haley said teasingly as Nathan sat down at the counter. Behind it, Lucas was grabbing a cloth and a squirt bottle, pretending to ignore everything around him, while at the same time, eavesdropping on everything they had to say.

"Yeah, sorry," Nathan muttered, glaring past Haley at Lucas. Haley caught the glare, and shot her husband a questioning look. Nathan shrugged, and narrowed his eyes at Lucas.

"I'll talk to him," Haley murmured, so quietly so only Nathan could hear. Nathan nodded his thanks, before getting up.

"I'm going to go find something to do this summer," he announced loudly so Lucas would hear him. Lowering his voice he added, "Thanks, Hales. I will see you tonight."

"Bye, Nathan," Haley said as Nathan walked out the door. The tension radiating from Lucas eased slightly as the bells jangled and Nathan disappeared from sight.

"How was Stanford?" Lucas asked, squirting the already spotless counter and wiping it hard.

"Are you all right? You seem a little tense," Haley said, ignoring Lucas's pathetic attempt at small talk.

"I'm fine," Lucas said, shrugging, scrubbing the counter harder. Haley gave him a hard look, knowing her best friend was lying and determined to find out why.

"Meet me in the back in five minutes or you're going to get your ass kicked," Haley threatened, grabbing a tray and an order form, before stalking off towards a table full of diners.

Lucas sighed and went into the back to wait for Haley. He didn't have to wait long; his best friend stormed in behind him not five seconds later.

"If you don't tell me what the hell is going on between you and Nathan, then I swear I'm going to hurt you so bad…"

"I ran out of medication for my medicine two months ago and have been struggling to make enough money to buy it," Lucas blurted out.
How do you feel when there's no sun
How do you feel when rain drops come pouring down again
How do you feel when there's no one
Am I just like you

So, how did you like it? I didn't feel like posting the entire song, so this is what you get. I tried to make it a little longer than last time, but ended in a cliffhanger.

I hope you liked it!