Lucas sat at the bar after Haley left to go to her table. He thought to himself, "the whole summer is going to be like this if I don't get over what I did and apologize to Brooke." He sat there contemplating what he would say especially because Tim was there and it would definitely be an awkward situation. He didn't have a clue what he could say to take it all back or make things comfortable so he decided to just go for it. As he was getting up to go say something a flash from the past stopped him.

"Hey sexy," Rachel said. "Still looking broody I see, good thing it works for ya."

They laughed, "hey aren't you the Pam Anderson to my Tommy Lee," he said recalling the night he first met Rachel. She giggled and playfully slapped him.

"Why yes I believe I am so let's go make a sex video," she said and they both laughed.

"So how've you been," Lucas asked.

"I've been good Luke, come on it's me. UNC is great I'm living on campus in a non-stop party life and still holding just below a 3.0 GPA. The old Rachel still living strong. How about yourself?"

"I've been good," he said. "Missed a lot of the old gang but most of them are back for this summer. They didn't come back last summer either," he said referring to how she hadn't come back last summer. "In the fall I will be transferring to UNC I just haven't told my mom yet. She finally has things under control here and with Kaitlyn being bigger now and Larry, she's got the support she needs, the support she didn't have when I decided to stay after high school."

"Well then we should hang out this summer and I can give you the run down on UNC and where it's hot. Then in the fall I could show you around, show you where it's hot," she said to him in a flirty way.

"We'll see Rach, we'll see," he said and watched her walk toward the door. As Rachel was walking out Karen was walking in her hands full of bags. She was fumbling to put her car keys away so Lucas got up to help her. Before Luke could reach her she had looked up and saw Haley sitting with Nathan and was so shocked she dropped everything. Lucas hurried to help her pick things up. "What was that all about? You put the keys away and still dropped the bags," he said laughing.

"Is that Nathan and Haley sitting together over there with Brooke and that guy? I mean it is but they're sitting together," she said sounding baffled.

"Yeah it's great isn't it? I guess they've talked and everyone knows how they still feel about each other. Hales said they're trying things slowly. We'll see how long slowly lasts," he said.

"They have been a part for a while now Luke," Karen said as they both carried bags out back. "It's probably smart of them to take things slowly they have a lot to work through and they have to protect Keith."

"Yeah that's true," he said. "So what is all this stuff?"

"Your little sister keeps growing, I needed to get her clothes that will fit her for the summer," she said laughing. "I also got her a couple of spring items that were on sale that she can wear in the fall."

"Cool," he said. "Look mom, there's something I wanted to talk to you about."

"Yeah," she kind of asked.

"Well, I spent two years at Tree Hill Community College; I have my Associate's degree. In the spring I filled out some transfer applications to a few schools," he paused. "I got in to UNC mom and I think it's time now that I went."

"Luke that's great," Karen said excitedly as she hugged him. "Are you sure you can leave us," she said about her and Kaitlyn then she continued sarcastically, "we might need to you help us out and take care of us."

He laughed knowing how hard it was for her to agree to let him stay after high school, "I think you're ready to be on your own," he said sarcastically as well. "I'll only be a few hours and a phone call away. I will miss you though," he said as he hugged him mother again, "Kaitlyn too!"

"We'll miss you too," Karen said, "but you should have been at UNC this whole time anyway. We'll just make the most of this summer."