Hey guys! So Obama won! Yay! I know I'm English but I was really hoping that he would win! Anyone got any thoughts to episode 9? I won't give anything away in case you haven't seen it but I was rather shocked at Peyton's response at the end of the episode-not what I wanted to hear! Anyway, thanks (as usual) for all your reviews. You guys rock! Here's chapter 10!

As Karen held her son, Nathan, Peyton and Haley left the room, knowing that Karen needed some time alone with Lucas.

As the door clicked shut behind them, Haley let out a long sigh and leant against the wall.

"Thank God he knows the truth" she confessed.

Nathan nodded and responded "yeah, but he still has a long way to go"

There was silence amongst the trio for a moment. Nathan turned his gaze to Peyton.

"You ok Sawyer?" he asked.

Peyton turned to him and gave a weak smile.

"Yeah, I just wish he was ok. He looks so broken and lost and I don't know how to help him."

Nathan truly felt for Peyton. He had a good idea of what it was like to watch the person you love trapped in hospital, hurt and not being able to do anything. His gaze drifted to Haley and saw her staring blankly at the floor.

He sighed heavily.

"Ok, since I happen to like you two ladies, I am gonna treat you both to dinner." He stated proudly.

The girls looked over at him and then at each other.

"Where you gonna take us" queried Haley

"Why, the hospital café of course!" he exclaimed dramatically, throwing his arms out.

"I thought you said you liked us?" laughed Peyton as the three made their way down the corridor.

Karen held her son in a warm embrace. She felt the dampness on her shoulder from his silent tears and could not stop her own from leaking down her cheeks. She had never seen Lucas look so lost and broken and wished there was something more she could do.

Help him Keith she thought Help our boy. Please.

She felt Lucas shift in her arms and she pulled back to see his tear-stained yet embarrassed face.

"I'm sorry" he mumbled.

She lifted her hand to his chin and directed his stare to her face "Stop apologizing Lucas. You have done nothing wrong."

He looked away but Karen stopped him.

"Do you think that I would be here if I was mad at you? Don't blame yourself for Dan's actions. He's the bad guy, not you."

"I didn't mean to doubt you." He spoke softly.

"I know that Lucas, so does everyone else. I just wish I had seen this coming and stopped that monster from coming anywhere near you."

They sat in silence for a while as Lucas absorbed his mother's words. He glanced out the window and saw the pink tipped horizon. He willed himself to remember. He felt like a stranger in his own body. He didn't even know what his name was until someone else told him. He looked over at his mother who was staring at him worryingly.

"I wish I could remember" he whispered in a child like voice.

Karen felt a tug at her heart when she saw the broken look on her son's face.

"You will honey. And I will do everything I can to help you ok? You are not alone in this" she stated firmly as she reached out to grasp his hand. She smiled when she felt a light squeeze back.

At that moment, the door opened announcing the arrival of Nurse Vi. She smiled at the scene in front of her as she moved over to Lucas' monitors, making notes on the clipboard as she went.

"How are you feeling then tough guy?" she winked at him

"Much better thanks" Lucas smiled lightly.

"I'm very glad to hear it. Ok all your vitals look good. Is there any problems you want to talk about?" she asked kindly.

Lucas shook his head.

"Good. Well Dr Morgan will be by later today to discuss what's going to be done with this leg of yours" upon seeing Karen's worried glance she continued "no need to worry, he just wants to sort it out." She smiled.

At this Karen visibly relaxed.

"Well then, give me a buzz if ya need anything handsome" she winked once more at Lucas and left the room, laughing at the look on his face.

"She seems to like you" Karen giggled.

Lucas turned red and mumbled "stop it" causing Karen to laugh harder at her son's embarrassment.

"What's so funny?" asked Nathan as he trooped back into the room with Peyton and Haley following closely. They all settled themselves around the room.

At Nathan's question, Karen simply stated. " Lucas has an admirer in the form of Nurse Vivian."

Nathan looked over at Lucas and, like Karen, began to laugh at the expression on his face. The others soon joined in but Lucas didn't find it funny at all.

"Guys its not that funny" he looked away, once again embarrassed.

Once their laughter had died down, Nathan turned to Lucas.

"So, you ok man?" he asked his brother.

Lucas looked guiltily at Nathan. "Yeah, listen, I'm……."

"Dude, don't apologize. There's no need." Nathan interrupted.

Lucas looked taken back at this and then smiled at his brother.

"So are we ok again? He wondered.

"Luke we were never not ok." Nathan paused then said "if that makes any sense."

Lucas laughed and nodded, happy that his family was ok with him.

"So Lucas, we have a present for you." Said Haley.

Lucas expression turned to a questioning one. When he didn't say anything, Haley continued.

"Nathan and I, have a son." She began. "His name is James Lucas Scott and you are his Uncle and Godfather."

Upon hearing this, Lucas looked at the couple in awe. "You gave him my name?"

Nathan nodded and smiled broadly. "Of course."

"And you made me Godfather?"

Nathan and Haley nodded again as Lucas thought back to Nurse Vi's words. You have a pretty great family you know. Lucas couldn't agree more.

"This is the present. Its from him, to help you remember. He gets all the credit for it. I am just the delivery person." Haley spread the poster across Lucas' bed, allowing him to see it easily.

Lucas looked down at it and couldn't help the grin from spreading across his face.

"That's Jamie there" Nathan said as he pointed to the picture of Him, Jamie and Lucas at a basketball game. Jamie was perched on Lucas' right shoulder with his arms resting on Nathan's head.

"He's a cute kid." Lucas commented. He scanned the other pictures on the page, hoping to recognise the faces, but to no avail.

"Who are all these people?" he asked the room in general.

Peyton perched on the edge of the bed, along with Haley and helped to identify the people.

"This is all of us on graduation day" Peyton began "This is Brooke, a good friend of yours and also your ex-girlfriend." At this comment, Lucas looked up.

"Ex?"

"yeah. You dated for a while, on and off. You broke up mid way through senior year."

"Why?" Lucas wondered.

Peyton stared at him. "your heart wasn't really in it and you both realized you were better off as friends." She stated.

Lucas looked down at the picture again and noticed something. "Haley, are you pregnant in this picture?"

Haley laughed and nodded. "Yep. In fact I went into labor during the ceremony."

Lucas looked between her and Nathan. "You sure like getting a head start on things don't you?"

Nathan chuckled and turned to his wife. "We sure do."

"so who are these?" Lucas asked pointing to a picture of him at the rivercourt with the boys.

Haley took this question. "You've been friends with these guys since you were 6. That's Skills, Fergie, Junk and Mouth." She said, pointing to each individual in the picture. "You basically live there. It's the Rivercourt. You go there practically every day to play basketball."

Lucas gazed at the picture. "Looks like a pretty cool place."

"Is this Lily?" he asked Karen as he pointed to the picture of him and a little brunette girl.

Karen laughed at the picture and nodded. Lucas and Lily were wearing big smiles, and countless amounts of flour. "This is when Lily talked you into helping her make a cake. When I came home I found you and her covered in flour and chocolate chasing each other around the house. The place was a mess. I couldn't tell who was the bigger kid, you or Lily."

Everyone laughed and Lucas smiled at the picture, tracing Lily's face with his finger. It looked like he had a great little sister. He turned his attention to a picture near the centre of the page and saw a picture of him when he was baby with his mother and a man he didn't know (A/N- basically the picture of him as a baby with Keith and Karen that popped up in a few episodes)

He then saw the same man in a different picture with him when he was much older; it portrayed Lucas in a basketball jersey with the man's arm wrapped around his shoulders. The man was also wearing a basketball jersey.

He glanced up to see everyone watching him. He turned to his mother. "Is this him?"

Karen nodded. "That's Keith." She said simply.

"This was taken when you were 4 months old and we had just moved into our new home. Keith helped us and insisted that we took a picture, to capture the momentous occasion." Karen smiled at the memory.

"Our new neighbor took it for us and as she walked away she said what a cute family we were." She smiled sadly and pointed to the next picture.

"This is you and Keith right after the father/son basketball game at school. I couldn't resist taking a picture of the two of you."

Lucas stared at the man who had raised him; the man everyone else said was his real father.

"I wish I could remember" he whispered again. He was about to say something else when another picture caught his attention. It was one of him and Peyton. In the photo, Peyton was sitting on Lucas' lap with their arms around each other. They looked happy.

Peyton saw him spot the picture and inwardly sighed. She looked to the others who simply nodded at her.

"What's this?" came Lucas' question as he stared at the curly haired blonde.

The others stood and left the room, for which Peyton was grateful.

"That was taken when we used to go out." Peyton informed him.

At Lucas' look, she knew that a lot more, more painful questions were to come.

There you have it! Sorry about the lack of action in this chapter, but I needed Lucas to learn a bit more about his life. Plus, I couldn't leave Jamie's cool poster out of the story! There will be a lot of leyton in the next chapter.

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