Title: To Be Loved 11/?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@hotmail.com) but if you want a response back from during the week email me at (cha005@latech.edu)
Disclaimer: these characters belong to One Tree Hill except for Margaret or any other characters you don't recognize.
Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.
Comments: This is my first One Tree Hill Fic but email me if have any comments please email them to me. Ok someone was a little confused and they couldn't understand how Lucas could have kids but still be in high school. Ok when Lucas, Nathan, Haley etc are in high school in the past and when they have kids that's in the future. Remember how Dan has a date of death that's not current? That's evidence that at the time that was the future. any other questions just email me. Hey I'm looking for a beta reader? Anyone want to help?
(To Be Loved by Curtis Stigers)
"But
you deserve to be loved
You deserve something real
Time to heal
Time to feel"
Lucas woke up with a jolt. He could of sworn he heard someone outside. He grabbed Jake's bat that was next to the bed and walked into the living room. He turned on all the outside lights and slowly opened the door. He looked around and he saw no one and the only thing out of place was his hammer. After about ten minutes of searching, he finally went back inside. Now he knew why Margaret hated sleeping in this room. You could hear every sound in and outside the house.
Karen woke up and noticed Keith's arms were around her. She smiled. This felt so right and she didn't want to wake him up. She wondered if Keith thought about her as anything other than a friend. Did she think of him as anything other than a friend? As she felt his arms tighten around her she knew he did.
Keith's wristwatch alarm went off. He woke up with a jolt and looked around and noticed his arms around Karen. He quickly took them off and turned off his watch. "Um… I'm sorry."
"About what?"
"I'd didn't think I fall asleep here."
"Keith calm down. I'm actually ok with this. I mean that's if you are ok with this."
"Ok with me sleeping on the couch?"
"Yeah and with me."
"I've got to get work. I'll talk to you later." Keith said leaving.
Karen laughed. They were acting like two teenagers.
Haley woke up and was shocked to feel Nathan's arms around her. It felt good. She was so scared that she would never feel his arms around her again. She didn't want to end this but when the phone rang for the fifth time she knew she had to. "Nathan, please answer that before you wake up Lori!" Haley said annoyed as she rolled over.
"Ok Ok!" Nathan said as he picked up the phone. "Hello?"
Lori walked into her parents' room. "Who's calling this early?" She asked as she got into to bed with her mother.
"They did what! Mom, look do they have any clue who did this?" Nathan said mad.
"Nathan, honey what's going on?" Haley asked as she put her arms around Lori.
"Someone destroyed my dad's grave. You found beer cans?" Nathan asked his mother.
"Um… mom I think I'm going to go. I've got…." She started to say nervously as she started to get out of bed.
"Caroline Bethany Scott! Stop right where you are!" Nathan screamed as he put the phone down.
"Good morning." Nathan said smiling as he handed Haley a rose.
"Well I'm shocked to see you so happy but I'm also glad to see you so happy." Haley said as she smelt the rose. "So what's this for?"
"For making me at least for last night forget how unhappy I am."
"I'm glad I could help. You know I was worried about you though all last night."
"I'm sorry. I never meant to worry you."
"Yeah I know you didn't but I can't help it. And I don't even know why."
"Maybe because you care about me?"
"Maybe you're gasping for straws a little bit there?"
"You mean you don't care about me?"
"That doesn't really matter. Now come on let's get to work."
Nathan laughed. "In other words you do care for me."
Haley just ignored him.
"Chad come on! You have to get out of the bathroom at some point!" Kendall said annoyed as she banged on the door.
"Yeah come on, Chad! I need to use the bathroom." Sam also said.
"What's going on? Is he ok?" Lucas asked as he came down the hall.
"Did you sleep in the guest room?" Kendall asked Lucas.
"That's none of your business. Now what's going on with Chad?" Lucas asked.
"He sounds like he's throwing up. He's been like this ever since he woke up. I think he sick." Sam said.
"Ok how about you." He said looking at Kendall. "Go use the downstairs bathroom. And you." He said looking at Sam. "How about you go use my bathroom."
"Ok, but if he's not sick then please let me kill him?" Kendall asked smiling.
"Bye Kendall." Lucas said laughing. When they both had left, he knocked on the door. "Son, are you ok?"
Chad got up and turned on the water and washed his face. He opened the door. "I'm fine, Dad really."
"Come see." Lucas said as he felt his forehead. "Well you don't have a fever."
"Lucas." Peyton said as he came down the hall. "I just got off the phone with Nathan and it seems that Chad got drunk last night and destroyed Dan's tombstone."
"Well in the case I guess I should of given you a sound check!" Lucas said mad as he hit Chad over the head.
Lucas woke up to his alarm clock going off. He looked around and noticed that he had his arms around Margaret and she was snuggled up to him. "Margaret, Margaret it's time to wake up." Lucas said nudging her.
She slowly woke up. "Lucas, where… I'm sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep in your bed."
"It's ok why don't you go take a shower. I need to go talk to my mom." Lucas said getting up and heading to the kitchen. When he entered the kitchen he noticed that Karen was cooking. "Good morning, mom. Where's Keith?"
"Good morning to you too. He left a few minutes ago. How did you even know he was here?"
"Margaret told me."
"By the way did you and Margaret share a bed last night because…"
"I know you don't want us to but you and Keith kind of took the couch so we really didn't have a choice."
"Well next time fine something else to do because I don't want you to share a room or a bed."
"And we won't. Mom, can we talk? In other ways can you sit down long enough so that I can have a talk with you?"
"Sure." Karen said sitting down. "So what do you want to talk about?"
"I wanted to make sure that you were ok with Margaret being here. Keith pointed out to me last night that I never even asked you if you were ok with it. I guess I just saw a way to help her and I didn't look at how it would affect you. I'm sorry."
Karen smiled. "It's ok. I guess I should just be glad that you care enough to want to help people. How do you know she needs help?"
"Well she told me last night what was going on and… believe me she needs help. The problem is her family doesn't want to help her."
"What's wrong with her?"
"I… I hate to even think about it. It just makes me so mad to think about what Dan did to her!"
"Dan did something to her?"
"Yeah and I can't really tell you what though, you know I really wish she was close to her mother because she really needs a women to talk to."
"Well I can offer Lucas but not knowing what's going on makes it kind of hard to talk to her."
"Just offer it believe me that will mean a lot her. She really hasn't had a mother in her life. I think that's one of the reasons she's staying here. I think she kind of needs you to be a "mother" to her."
"You really think that's what she needs?"
"Well I don't think it can hurt. I just… I really think that you can help her more than I can."
"Well I'll try I guess. So anything else you want to talk about?"
"Yeah I ran into Dan last night when I went to get Margaret's things. You know he's lucky I didn't know what he did to her then because if I did I probably would hurt him."
"Lucas, I understand that you're mad at Dan but you have to promise me that you won't lay a hand on him."
"Why?"
"Because I raised you better than that. You should know how to deal with your anger with out violence. And I expect you to. Is that understood?"
"Yes ma."
"Good now can I get back to cooking before our breakfast burns?"
"Yeah. I'll go see if Margaret's out of the shower."
"She is." Margaret said walking in fully dress. "Good morning everyone."
"Good morning Margaret. Do you think we can talk?" Karen asked.
"Well I'll let you two talk. I'm going to go take a shower." Lucas said running off.
"Ok what do you want to talk about?" Margaret asked.
"First are you planning on staying here indefinitely?"
"Yes. I mean if that's ok with you."
"It's ok but I think you need to know the house rules first."
"So does this mean that there will be no time for us to deal with us today?" Peyton asked Lucas sadly.
"I don't care what's going on. I'll make time." Lucas promised as he headed into the living room. He grabbed a tape and headed for Kendall's room. He knocked on the door.
"What do you need?" Kendall asked as he opened the door.
"I wanted to give you this. Please watch this and when I'm done with Chad I'll came and talk to ok?" Lucas said handing her the tape.
"Thanks I think and good luck with Chad." Kendall said smiling as she closed her bedroom door.
Lucas headed back to the front door where he could hear Margaret knocking. "Come in." Lucas said opening the door.
"You know just because your little boy who likes to wake up really early on Saturday doesn't mean that my household does."
"Well actually Sam didn't wake up everyone Chad did because he had a hang over after destroying Dan's tombstone last night drink."
"He did what?"
"Yeah that's why I called you. I figured we should talk about this together." Lucas said as he led Margaret into the living room. "Chad come down here!" Lucas screamed upstairs.
Chad came back down. "Oh great Mom's here now too." Chad said sarcastically.
"Just sit down ok? And lose the sarcasm ok?" Lucas said.
"Fine. How about I just don't talk all together. Would that make you two happy?" Chad said smiling.
Lucas looked at Margaret pleading.
"Ok Chad, stop it! This isn't helping your situation believe me. You're in enough trouble as it is. Don't make it any worse. Now do you think you could tell us what exactly happened last night?" Margaret asked.
"Lori already told you everything so there's nothing left for me to tell so can we just get this over with?"
"Well first your Uncle Nathan has agreed to pay for the tombstone. Which means that you will have to work to pay your Uncle back until every last cent is paid. You will work at the café with your Aunt Haley on Mondays and Wednesdays. You will work at the your uncle's car lot on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the rest of the time at the garage with me. Is that understood?" Lucas said.
"Yes."
"And you're going to apologize to your grandmother for doing this and you're going to explain to your father and I why you did this. And of course because you're going to be working so much you won't have time for basketball" Margaret said.
"No because I'm not sorry I did it and that's not far basketball is the only thing I have."
"Chad that wasn't an option! And maybe a little time with out basketball will make you want to behave enough to want to play again." Lucas said mad.
"Will you just stay out of this! It's not like you even my father!" Chad said mad.
"Chad Keith Scott! Where do you get off talking to him like that?" Margaret said mad.
Lucas just looked at Chad. "Fine you don't want me to be your father, then that's what you're going to get. You want to walk around town with everyone looking at your like your Dan Scott's bastard son? Then I'm not going to stop you. But believe me you can't take this back Chad. Once you choose Dan as your father, you can't go back."
"Maybe that's what I want." Chad said looking at Lucas in the eye.
"Wait just a second don't I get say in this?" Margaret asked.
"This is what he wants, Mag. Maybe we should let him have this." Lucas told Margaret.
"Luke, how about you and I go talk to each other in the kitchen. You stay here." Margaret told Chad. As they got in the kitchen Margaret turned to Lucas. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm sick of him when ever he's in trouble just throwing this in my face. So I figure if he actually gets a little of what life would be like as Dan's son and not mine then maybe he'll be a little bit more grateful for what he's got."
"This is insane I mean after all I did to make sure he didn't have to go through what you went through and now he's going to have to anyway?"
"Margaret think about it and you'll realize it's the only way to fix this."
"Fine." Margaret said as they headed back into the living room. "Chad get all of your stuff and let's go home. Tell your brother Lucas bye."
"So how did the talk with my mom go?" Lucas asked Margaret as they entered school.
"Well I now know all the house rules. You know your mother had a lot more rules then I expected her too."
"Yeah must people expect her to be really laid back."
"Well she is compared to Dan at least. Look I'm going to go talk to my brother. I'll meet you at after my doctor's appointment and after your practice?"
"Yeah you better be there. You wouldn't want to be late getting home."
"No, I wouldn't want to see your mother mad any way." Margaret said smiling as she ran off to where Nathan was. "Hey!"
"Hey long time no see. How are you doing?" He asked as he hugged her.
"Not so bad, but I'm really worried about you. Maybe I should of stayed just to make sure you were ok."
"I'm not your little five year old brother anymore, Mag. I can take care of myself."
"I know that but I'm just worried about what Dan will do."
"All he's doing is trying to talk to me and trying to get you back."
"I know he tried to convince Lucas's mom to make me go home."
"Just out of curiosity but why are you staying with Lucas?"
"Because I can talk to him and because I know that Dan wouldn't dare come over there to look for me."
"Good point, oh guess who's coming home?"
"Please tell me not mom."
"Well I can't because she's coming in town tonight. I'm picking her up at the airport."
"Please don't tell her where I am."
"Why don't you want to see Mom? I thought she could help you."
"Nathan knowing mom she'll accuse me of seducing her husband."
"But you didn't. Look Mag, she really cares about you. Why don't you just let her help you?"
"Because… look I wish I could be as naïve as you could be but I'm not and I know that I'd be much better of if mom wasn't getting involved. But since she's already on her way here just give me at least two days before telling her what's going on or where I am."
"Ok I promise. Just please don't not talk to me because you're mad at my father. I really want and need to talk to you. Maybe we could try to get as close as we were before mom started to work."
"Ok I promise but I'm not calling the house to talk to you."
Nathan smiled. "Call my cell phone."
(ok this song is "I think I about you" it's sung by Colin Raye)
"Everytime I see a woman on a billboard sign
I think about you
Saying "drink this beer and you'll be mine"
I think about you
When an actress on a movie screen
Plays Lolita in some old man's dreams
It doesn't matter who she is
I think about you"
Kendall went to the VCR and put in the tape.
"Ok Lucas you sure it's on?" Keith asked.
"Yeah I'm sure."
"Ok Kendall come see." He said reaching his hands out to his little eight-year-old daughter.
She ran into his arms.
"Wave to your brother Lucas."
Little Kendall waved.
"Ok Kendall, well older Kendall I'm made this for to watch with me when your older. Kind of a look back." Keith said. "And your older brother Lucas has been nice enough to help. Come on Lucas wave."
Lucas turned the camera to him. "Hey little sister. I hope when you get older your not so annoying."
"Lucas!" Keith said laughing as he turned the camera back to Keith and Kendall. "First I want to show you some footage of your mother."
"When I see a pretty woman walking down the street
I think about you
Men look her up and down like she's some kind of treat
I think about you
She wouldn't dare talk to a stranger
always has to be aware of the danger
it doesn't matter who she is
I think about"
The camera changed to a very pregnant Karen. "Come on Keith get that camera out of my face."
"No I want our child to see what you looked pregnant."
"I look like a whale." Karen said smiling. "Now turn off the camera Keith before I ended up saying something you wouldn't want our child to ever hear."
Keith laughed. "Well baby it looks like I'm going to have to turn this off but I want to you to know that your mother and I love you."
"You eight years old
big blue eyes and a heart of gold
when I look at this world, I think about
You and I can't help but see
that every woman used to be
Somebody's little girl, I think about you"
Next the camera changed to the hospital where Karen was in her final stages of labor.
"Karen, just one more push and we'll have our baby here with us." Keith said.
"Easy for you to say." Karen said as she pushed one last time.
Then they heard a baby cry. "Oh my God I have a wait what is that?" Lucas asked from behind the camera.
"You have a little sister." The doctor said as he showed her off to the camera."
"A little girl? Karen, isn't that great?" Keith asked.
Karen didn't answer she was already out cold.
"Doctor, doctor I think something wrong!" Keith said worried.
"Oh no. Nurse, get these men out of here. Mrs. Scott is bleeding out." The doctor said frantic.
"No, my mom's going to be ok right?" Lucas asked.
"Luke why don't you turn off the camera." Keith said as tears started to go down his face.
"Everytime I hear people say it's never gonna change
I think about you
Like it's some kind fo joke, some kind of game
I think about you
When I see a woman on the news
who didn't ask to be abandoned or abused
it doesn't matter who she is
I think about"
The camera changed again to Keith standing outside the door holding Kendall.
"Ok, come on Lucas get the door I seem to be short a few hands." Keith said holding Kendall.
"Ok, I've got it." Lucas said getting the door and then started to film them again.
"Welcome home!" Peyton, Margaret, Jake, Grace, Chad, Nathan, Deb and Haley all said.
"What's this exactly?" Keith asked shocked.
"It's a welcome home party for you and little Karen over there." Nathan said coming up to him.
"And we got you a few baby things too and well most of us agree we will try to help you when ever you need it." Margaret said.
"Thanks this means so much. It really does." Keith said.
"You eight years old
big blue eyes and a heart of gold
when I look at this world, I think about
You and I can't help but see
that every woman used to be
Somebody's little girl, I think about you
When I look at this world I think about you"
The scene kept going on and changed a few more times. Kendall just started to cry.
Peyton started to head over to Lucas's locker but saw Brooke get there first.
"Hey handsome." Brooke aid smiling as she came up to Lucas.
"Hey Brooke. Do you need something?"
"Just wanted to talk to the hottest guy on the basketball team."
Lucas smiled. "Thanks, I think."
"You should thank me because me calling you the hottest guy means something."
"Yeah that you're trying to get me to sleep with you."
Brooke laughed. "Luke, I'm easy but I'm not that easy."
"You could of fooled me."
"Are you in a bad mood or something?"
"No."
"Well then Margaret's negative attitude about me has rubbed off on you."
"She doesn't like you? Oh I'm so shocked." Lucas said smiling.
"But you like me right?" Brooke said smiling.
"Well I don't know you enough to dislike you yet."
"Well we'll have to work on that and we'll have to work on getting you to smile more."
"Really? And you think you can do that?"
"Oh I know I can."