A few days later everything was going along as planned for Lucas. His few original plans were in full force, and now he had a few more things to take care of. School had just ended, so Lucas decided to head over to Keith's shop to talk to him.

"Hey Keith, do you have time to talk?"

"Of course Luke, you know that we can talk anytime you want. So what's up?"

"Actually it's about my mom."

"Why? Is something wrong between you two?"

"No, I actually think there's a problem between you and her."

"Luke, I have no problems with your mom. You know how much I care about her."

"Exactly my point Keith. Why haven't you done anything about the feelings you have for her?" Keith was caught off guard by this question.

"Whoa, slow down there Luke. Who said that I had feelings towards Karen?"

"No one said it Keith, but I think everyone can see that you do." Keith knew that Lucas was right.

"Well, so what if I do?"

"Keith, if you have feelings for my mom, I want you to do something about it. I just want to see you both happy. You are like a father to me Keith, so what would be better than you marrying my mom?"

"Whoa, hold on. Now we are talking marriage? Luke, I consider you as my son, but what makes you think that Karen feels the same way about me as I feel about her?"

"Keith, I can see it in her eyes when you two are together. Her eyes light up whenever I mention you. So, all I am asking is that you get some guts, and at least ask her out on a date. You gotta start somewhere, am I right?"

"Yeah, I guess you are right. I just haven't done this in awhile, and I guess I was just afraid. But, if this is what you want, I will give it a shot."

"Great, I hope this works out for you Keith. I would love to have a real dad."

With that Lucas just walked away smiling. Hopefully, he would fast track his mom and Keith's relationship. He just had to wait and see if Keith would follow through. Lucas then headed over to his mom's café to find Haley to see how that part of his plan was going. He walked through the door to find Haley right behind the counter

"Hey Hales."

"Hey Luke."

"So, have you approached Nathan yet about tutoring?"

"I still don't get why you are so adamant about me tutoring him?"

"I guess, I just want the chance to get to know him, and the best way may be through you Hales. Plus, he is the best player on our team, and we need him to win."

"Oh, I see, so this all revolves around basketball." Lucas just smirked.

"Well, as a matter of fact, I did talk to Nathan, and he was actually receptive to the idea of me tutoring him. Because god for bid he miss a game, that would end the world for him. I was surprised that he accepted me as a tutor though. You know, seeing as I am your best friend and all."

Lucas wasn't surprised by this. He knew why Nathan had originally accepted Haley as a tutor. He just hoped that this time things would end up differently.

"Well Hales, thank you for being the good person that you are." Haley just laughed.

"So, mister all star basketball player, are you ready for your first game tomorrow?"

"I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be." Lucas couldn't get the thought of how badly his first game had originally went out of his mind. Then he also remembered that he had HCM, but didn't know it yet. He really had to figure some things out involving him and basketball.

"Listen Hales, I gotta go. I'll catch up with you later though."

"Ok, you better. See ya Luke."

Lucas then decided to head home and think some things over. He had some big decisions to make over the next day or so.