Title: To Be Loved 37/?
Author: Christen ) but if you want a response back from during the week email me at )
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. Ok since we now know Jake's daughter's name is Jenny, I'm changing Grace's name to Jenny.
(To Be Loved by Curtis Stigers)
"Find a man that can provide
Try and fill the hole inside
With a family and a home
Tell yourself you're not alone
Keep your memories of yourself
In a shoebox on a closet shelf"
"So a toast to Bryan's parents finally leaving." Lucas said.
"Thank God! They just got worse after you guys left you know? They started in on how divorce and single parenthood is wrong." Jake said.
"And of course women in the work house." Margaret said.
"In that case I'm glad Lori had the sense enough to date you guys son., Mouth and Theresa." Nathan said.
"And Chad's dating your daughter, Skills." Margaret said.
"At least they let Bryan stay for a few weeks." Mouth pointed out.
"And thanks to my little brother he has a place to stay."
The phone rang. "Be right back." Lucas picked up the phone. "Hello? Kendall breath. You said there was a car wreck? Who's car? Who was hurt? What hospital? Ok we'll be right there." Lucas said hanging up the phone.
"Luke, what's going on?" Peyton asked worried.
"Chad and Kendall "borrowed" our cars and... Chad got into a serous wreck. They had to rush Chad, Renee, Lori and Ryan to the hospital. Kendall said there was all this blood and they weren't moving." Lucas said as he started to tremble at the thought of losing Chad.
Theresa came into Brook's house carrying some liquor she had stolen from her parents. "Brooke? Where are you?" She called out.
"In my room! And you better not of brought Tim with you!" She screamed back.
Theresa came into Brooke's room. "I only brought my guys Busch, Purple Haze, City Slicker, Crazy Stallion, James Bowie, Johnny 3 Legs, King Cobra, Magnum, Mustang. O'Keefe and Phat Boy. Tim I ditched hours ago."
Brooke grabbed the first bottle she could reach and started drinking. "You trust him that drunk not to sleep with the first female he sees?"
"I doubt he'd get that far. He'd probably throw up on them first." Theresa said laughing.
Brooke started laughing too. "You know all men are pigs."
"Let's toast to that!"
The both took big gulps of their drinks.
"So are you going to go to the wedding?" Brooke asked Theresa.
"Tim and I were invited but if you don't want me to go..."
"And let you miss a party for once in your life? Never."
"But what are you going to do by yourself?"
"Hopefully sleep through it. That's my plan at least."
"Well in that case drink up." Theresa said pouring Brooke more liquor.
"Dad thank God you're here. They won't tell us anything." Jenny said as she hugged Jake.
"Luke I'm sorry.... I didn't know..." Kendall started to say.
Luke just ignored her. He went up the reception desk with Margaret, Skills, Mouth, Theresa, Haley and Nathan.
"We need information of Chad and Lori Scott, Ryan McFaddon..." Haley sighed.
"Just a second." The nurse turned the board. "The two Scotts are waiting to go up to the O.R. they just need their parents signatures. The other two are in Exam 2 and 2."
"We're their parents we'll sign."
Karen knocked on Deb's door. "Come in!" Deb yelled.
Karen entered the house and was shocked to find almost everything boxed up. "It looks like you're ready to leave." Karen said as she found Deb in the living room on the floor.
"Well that's the main idea basically. We have to be moved out the morning after the wedding. The movers are coming and getting everything tomorrow morning. Nathan's stuff will go to the beach house, most of mine into storage and Margaret's to the new house."
"You really think they can afford one?"
"Well I used the check from the sell of the house to buy them one. It's my wedding present, one of them anyway."
"What's the rest?"
"Well I rented the honey suite at the Encante Hotel for tomorrow night."
"Are trying to convince tem that married life is easy or something?" Karen asked shocked.
"No but I can't just sit back and knowingly let my only daughter have the worst wedding and marriage just to prove a point. Haven't my choices caused her enough pain as it is?"
Karen sighed. "No you haven't and I highly doubt Margaret would want you to be blaming yourself for it either."
"Well as her mother, I'm allowed to."
Karen laughed. "Yeah well since she's about to become one she'll find out that guilt come with the job."
"Yeah it's just one of the many benefits of motherhood." Deb said sarcastically.
The doctor came out. "Who's Renee's..."
"Me." Skills said getting up.
Lucas got up with him.
"We stopped the bleeding but the next few hours will be critical. It's up to her is she wakes up or not."
"And if she doesn't?"
"Then..." The doctor sighed. "That wouldn't be good."
"All the others?"
"They weren't my patients, I'm sorry."
"Skills man you know she'll be fine."
"She's all I have left since her mom died... I can't lose her Luke."
"You won't, Skills I promise. None of us are losing out children."
Jake knocked on Lucas's door.
Keith opened it. "Jake, here to see Luke I hope. Cause I'm on my way out and I need you to make sure he doesn't get more drunk then he already is. Both Karen and Deb will kill we if he can't walk straight"
"No problem. I'm on the job." Jake said saluting him.
Keith laughed and left.
Jake headed to Luke's room. When he opened the door, he found Luke on his computer watching Petyon's webcam. "Hoping to get a look at what you're giving up or what you're getting?"
Luke turned around shocked. "Jake, when did you get here?"
"A few minutes ago. You didn't answer my question."
Lucas closed the website. "Neither, both. I don't really know."
"Oh yeah that's great to be saying the night before your wedding." Jake said sarcastically.
"Like you know form experience." Luke said sarcastically.
"Maybe not from experience but from common sense."
"Well it maybe make sense but I promise you my fiancee isn't just thinking of me tonight."
"Probably not. I guess this wedding is tab bit out of the ordinary."
Lucas laughed. "You can say that again."
"Well at least it'll be memorable."
"That's if we actually get through it."
"Expecting the worse?"
"In mine and Margaret's life the worse is all we ever get."
"This may cause to change."
"I highly doubt it."
"He looks so weak." Margaret took Lucas.
"But he's not. You know that."
"He's just beat up and scarred. He doesn't look like my son."
"But he is and he needs us to be strong for him."
"You seem to have that down. I don't know how you do."
"I don't. I just... I feel like this is a nightmare and I'll wake up any minute and Chad and Kendall will be fighting."
"And Jenny will wake me and Jake up to Bryan and life will be normal again."
"And we'll forget this nightmare all together."
"How much longer will it take?"
Luke sighed. "Soon I hope it's soon."
Chad's heart monitor alarm started going off.
"Oh my God! Lucas what's wrong?" Margaret asked panicked.
"Help! We need a doctor in here now!"
"Dad you got see this." Chad said coming into Lucas's room.
"See what?"
"I made. Come on daddy, I want to show you." Chad said dragging Lucas into his room. "Look what I made." He said showing his picture to Lucas.
"It's great buddy."
"It's you and me playing basketball."
"What's this say on the bottom?" Luke asked.
"My dad's the best dad ever."
Lucas smiled. "Thanks buddy."
"Just don't tell Uncle Jake please."
Lucas laughed. "It'll be our little secret."
Keith knocked on Whitey's office door.
"I'm not here!" Whitey said.
Keith opened the door. "Can't trick me old timer."
"Keith what ya doing here?"
"Hoping to get some of that sage advice you're so good at."
Whitey laughed. "Sage advice? You must be more drunk than I thought you were if you think I give sage advice."
Keith sat down. "Actually I'm not and maybe sage isn't the right word. How about words of wisdom?"
"If you're about to say something about with age comes wisdom, you can just leave."
Keith laughed. "I wouldn't dare."
"So what is it you need advice on?"
Keith took the box out of his jacket pocket and put it on Whitey's desk. "That's one of them."
"Is that what I think it is?"
"If you think it's an engagement ring for Karen, then yes." Whitey opened it.
"It's my mother's mother's ring. I've been carrying it around for a while now."
"Then why boy haven't you proposed yet?'
"Because... I guess I'm worried she'll say no."
"Karen say not to you? Never."
"You don't know that for sure."
"Well why wouldn't see?"
"Because... she can. Hell, I don't know."
"You've been the only man in her life other than Lucas all these years. There's a reason for that."
"Because I'm pitiful?"
"Well that could be true."
"Hey!"
"You said it. Look Karen wouldn't of let you in her life for this long if she didn't want you in her life."
Keith sighed. "So I guess that means Lucas and I need to talk."
"What if he says no?"
"That can't happen. Please God don't let that happen." Keith said worried.
Whitey laughed. "Of course it won't happen. I was joking."
"Well it wasn't funny."
Skills held Renee's hand as tight as he could. He was scared if he let go, he's lose her. He couldn't lose her. Losing her mother was hard enough, losing her would kill him.
"Daddy where's mommy?" Renee asked Skills.
"Why do you ask?"
"Well in school today everyone was talking about their mom's but I don't have one. Do I?"
"You do have a mom."
"Then where is she?"
Skills sighed. "She's in heaven."
"Why? Did she not like me?"
"Oh no sweetheart she loved you. She was so happy to know that you were coming."
"Then why did she leave?"
"It wasn't her choice. She died."
"Died?"
"Left earth and went to heaven."
"Did she ever see me?"
"From heaven yes but not on earth."
"What was her name?"
"Renee like yours, I named you after her."
"Do I look like her?"
"Very much so. And she was really beautiful like you."
Renee smiled.
"Excuse me are you the patient's father?"
Skills got up. "Yes. Is there something else I need to sign?"
"Why don't we talk outside?"
Skills followed her outside. "Is something wrong?"
"It's just while we were running some tests we noticed something."
"Something?'
"Yes. Did you know your daughter was pregnant?"
"You know you didn't have to come over here to help me." Haley told Nathan.
"Believe me this is more fun than packing." Nathan said as he put the label on the camera.
"I guess it would be. You know I'm glad your sister isn't too picky because if I had to make these flowers according to a list I'd go insane."
Nathan laughed. "She actually is insanely picky but I think she's too distracted now to show her pickness."
"Well for that. I'm grateful."
"You should be. So what time are we supposed to get Jenny for the wedding?"
"I talked to Jake's mom and we'll get on the way. I'll watch her till we need to walk down the isle with her."
"That's a plan. So let me guess my sister's given you tons of job?"
"No not really. I'm just doing the flowers and labeling the disposable cameras. Jake and Peyton are doing the music. Peyton's making the wedding plan. Mouth is taking the pictures. Theresa's doing the decorations. Karen's doing the food and your mom's doing the drinks."
"And I'm doing?"
Haley looked at her list. "Your names not on here. That seems really odd."
"You sure?"
"Check it yourself." She said handing him the list.
He read it. "It's almost like she doesn't trust me to do anything."
"Maybe she knows you're moving tomorrow and that's why didn't assign you anything. She didn't give Keith anything either. I mean do you really want to have a job?"
"I want to know that she trust me enough to give me one."
"Maybe she wants you available in case she needs you."
"For what?"
"To talk to, to reassure her, I don't know to be her brother."
"That could make sense."
Haley laughed. "The question is who's little brother will be when? Lucas's or Margaret's?"
"Very funny." Nathan said sarcastically.