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Chapter 10

As Lucas arrived at Tree Hill High School and eery calm came over him. The last time he had seen this place was the day two years of his life was stolen from him and where he had lost two friends. As he walked down the hallway to go to the gym he passed the library. His chest began to tighten and his breath quickened. Then all of a sudden his mind was transfered back to the day of the shooting.

He saw himself exiting the library with Peyton and as he rounded the corner with Peyton. As they began to walk down the hallway he heard a noise and turned around. When he did he saw Jimmy with a gun pointed at the both of them. He tried to talk Jimmy down and just let him get Peyton out of the school. But Jimmy seemed to be to far gone. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as Lucas watched the scene unfold before him. Jimmy turned the gun on himself and as he went down, Lucas felt this undeniable pain in his chest. Next thing he knew they were all on the ground. Peyton and Jimmy were bleeding out and Lucas laid unconscious on the floor.

The pain of the memory was taking a tool on Lucas and he thought he could quite possibly have another heart attack. He sat down in the middle of the empty hallway with is head between his legs trying to regulate his breathing. As he sat on the floor he heard running toward him and yelling his name. When he looked up he saw his old coach coming toward him.

"Lucas, Lucas! Can you hear me? Are you alright?, Whitey questioned.

"Yeah. I'm alright Coach. Being in this hallway just brought back some memories, Lucas answered.

"That's understandable, a lot happened in this hallway. But are you sure you are alright." Whitey said as gave Lucas a hand as he pulled himself off of the ground.

Lucas nodded his head and said, "I'm doing better."

"Alright then lets head on back to my office and discuss the details of the assistant coaching job."

Lucas nodded his head in agreement and they both head to the office leaving the memories of that day behind.

Lucas arrived at the Karen's cafe a little while later and found Noah and Lily sitting at a table drinking chocolate milk and laughing with each other. A smile came to his lips watching the two kids who didn't have a care in the world. He made is way over to the counter were Keith was sitting.

Keith turned around in his seat and noticed Lucas heading toward him. "So how did things go with Whitey?" Keith questioned.

"Things went great I got the job." He replied.

"That's great Luke," Keith said as he got up and gave his nephew a hug.

"I tried to call Brooke and tell her but she didn't answer," Lucas said.

"She's probably busy making sure everything is perfect so she came come home to her boys." Keith answered.

Lucas nodded his head in agreement. Noah looked up from the table he was at and noticed his dad and got of his chair and ran to him.

"Daddy!" Noah exclaimed as he ran into his father arms.

Lucas looked at Keith with Noah in his arms and said, "I never get tried of hearing him call me dad."

Keith nodded his head in agreement, "There's nothing like your child calling you dad. It's the best feeling in the world."

Lucas looked at Keith and said, "I love you Dad."

Tears welled up in Keith's eyes as Lucas spoke those words. Karen had came out of the kitchen right as Lucas spoke the worlds and tears feel from her eyes as the two men embraced in a hug.

A lone figure had enter the cafe as Lucas expressed his love for his father. It broke the man's heart that he would never hear those words from his son. So he turned and let the cafe with a single tear running down his face.

Brooke sat in her office finishing up her latest design, as she was working Rachel came into her office and sat down.

"Hey slut," Rachel said.

"Hey," Brooke answered absentmindedly.

"What's going on in that head of yours Davis?" Her friend questioned.

Brooke put the wedding gown design she was working on down. It was Karen's wedding dress and she figured now that Lucas was awake the wedding planning would begin again. She looked up at her friend and said, " I'm opening up a store in Tree Hill and I will be living there permanently now that Lucas is awake."

"I knew you were planning on staying in Tree Hill. But I didn't know about the store. I think it's a great idea for you." Rachel replied.

Brooke nodded her head and said, " I'm firing Victoria from the company and putting someone I trust in charge while I'm in Tree Hill. That someone is you Rachel."

Rachel sat with her with her mouth open at the words that came out of her best friends's mouth. She shook her head out of the daze she was in and said, "Your serious about this?", she questioned.

"I thought a lot about what you said and I have to let Victoria stop ruling my life. The only way I'm going to do that is if I let her go. I know that you have been taking business classes and you work closely with the board so I'm not worried about you running this company," she said.

"I just can't believe you finally got the guts to fire her. I'm proud of you Brooke," Rachel replied.

"Thanks Rach, but now I actually have to fire her and I don't know how well she is going to take that," Brooke sighed as she leaned back in her chair.

Before Rachel could get another word out Victoria opened the office door, " Brooke shouldn't you be working on those designs, and Rachel shouldn't you be doing whatever it is that you do instead of distracting my daughter."

Rachel rolled her eyes and got up from the chair and said, "Bitchoria always the unpleasant pleasure. Brooke I will talk to you later after the trash has left the building," she said as she pointed at Victoria.

"What is she blabbing on about Brooke?" Victoria said as she took the sit that Rachel had abandoned.

Brooke sighed and began to speak, "Victoria you and I haven't seen eye to eye in a long time and I think that it's time that we parted ways. What I'm trying to say Victoria is that you are no longer apart of this company."

As Victoria got over her shock she said, " You can't fire me I made this company with out me you are nothing! The board would never approve this!," she shouted with anger.

"No Victoria I made this company and I built it long before you came along. And I already told spoke with the board and they approve my decision! You are done with this company and security will escort you out." Brooke said as she stood to her feet.

Victoria stood to her feet and said, " This isn't over Brooke. You will not get away with this. This company is going to fall apart without me."

"This coming did fine without you in the beginning and it will do fine without you now. So good-bye Victoria you are no longer welcomed here," Brooke said.

Victoria left Brooke's office and Rachel waved at her as she left. She glared at Rachel and keep on walking.

Brooke sat down in her chair completely drained from the conformation with her mother. Her phone began to ring and Brooke reached over the papers on her desk and answered the phone, "Hello," she said tiredly.

"Hey Pretty girl, you sound tired," Lucas replied.

"I am, but I will be on the first flight out tonight," she said.

"I can't wait. Hey guess what?," He questioned.

"What Boyfriend?" she replied.

"I got the assistant coaching job," he said.

"That's great Luke. I'm proud of you. So how is the book coming along?" she questioned.

"Great! I have a good writing flow going, but I'm coming up on the school shooting and I'm not sure how to write it," he replied with a sigh.

"Just let it come come from your heart Luke. If it comes from there you can't screw it up," she said.

"Thanks Brooke you always know what to say," he said.

"I'll see when you when I get home Luke. Give Noah a kiss for me. I love you," Brooke said.

"I love you too Pretty girl," he replied as he hung up the phone.