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characters.
The wind blowing through the trees hinted at the coming of fall as Lucas Scott sat on the back porch of the house his uncle Keith had rented when they arrived here in Charleston last spring. He sat there thinking of his mom back in Tree Hill. He talked to her at least 3 times a week and every time he could hear the question in her voice "Are you coming back to Tree Hill?" He still didn't have an answer to that question, but he better get one fast because school was about to get started again. He was either going to go back to Tree Hill or he would need to be registered at the local high school. Either way he had to make his decision soon. His thoughts were interrupted as his friend Charlie Baxter walked up the sidewalk.
"Hey Luke! You sure are thinking awful hard. Is that smoke I see coming out of your ears?" Charlie Said.
Lucas laughs "Hey Charlie"
"I am heading down to the mall to get a smoothie. Want to come?"
"Sounds like fun!"
The Mall
"Don't look now man, there is Crystal. Have you guys talked lately?" Charlie asked
"Nope" Lucas responded. Crystal had been one of the first people that Lucas met when he and Keith arrived in Charleston besides Charlie. They started dating a few weeks later and then her ex boyfriend came home and she went running back to him. Leaving him standing on the curb literally.
Charlie pulled him out of his thoughts again with the question everyone wanted an answer too.
"So, have you decided if you are staying or if you are leaving?"
"Nope!"
"School is just around the corner man"
"Yea I know" Just then his cell phone rang
The caller ID said Haley & Nathan. He still couldn't believe that his best friend and his little brother were married.
He flipped the phone open to answer it and said hello
The cherry voice of Haley James, well Scott came over the line with her signature saying since he had left Tree Hill. "Luke, I miss you"
"Hey Haley!
"How are you doing?"
"Good! Charlie and I are at the mall"
"Tell Charlie Hi for me" Lucas had gone home for a weekend last month to see his mom and Charlie had tagged along. He had met Nathan and Haley.
"I will. So anything new going on there?"
"Nope. Even if there were something new your mom would have told you already anyways. Well I guess there is something new. Dan comes home from Rehab tomorrow. Deb has offered to let him stay with her for a while since they are still legally married. Nathan thinks the whole thing is crazy."
"Have you heard anything about Whitey?" Lucas Asked
"He is back to his office looking forward to the season and wondering if one of his best players is returning this season."
"I don't know yet Haley. I really don't know."
"Yea, I know Luke. Well, I just wanted to call and say I miss you. I'll talk to you later"
"Ok, bye Haley" Lucas hangs up the phone.
"Haley says to tell you hi," Lucas tells Charlie
"Ok."
"I think I am going to walk back home. I need to clear up my head." The mall was a little over a mile from the house that he lived at with Keith.
"Ok. Give me a call later. I am probably going to go to that concert tonight at the pavilion." Charlie said.
"Ok. See you later!"
As Lucas headed out of the mall in the direction of the house he decided he wanted to take the long way home. He would need all the time he could get to think and he knew that when he got home Keith would be home. Which meant he would be helping fix up the truck Keith had bought last month and have no time to think.
As he walked home he weighed the pros and cons to staying in Charleston and returning to Tree Hill. Finally as he reached the house he knew what he was going to do. He just hoped he could live with his decision.
AN: Please Review!!
The wind blowing through the trees hinted at the coming of fall as Lucas Scott sat on the back porch of the house his uncle Keith had rented when they arrived here in Charleston last spring. He sat there thinking of his mom back in Tree Hill. He talked to her at least 3 times a week and every time he could hear the question in her voice "Are you coming back to Tree Hill?" He still didn't have an answer to that question, but he better get one fast because school was about to get started again. He was either going to go back to Tree Hill or he would need to be registered at the local high school. Either way he had to make his decision soon. His thoughts were interrupted as his friend Charlie Baxter walked up the sidewalk.
"Hey Luke! You sure are thinking awful hard. Is that smoke I see coming out of your ears?" Charlie Said.
Lucas laughs "Hey Charlie"
"I am heading down to the mall to get a smoothie. Want to come?"
"Sounds like fun!"
The Mall
"Don't look now man, there is Crystal. Have you guys talked lately?" Charlie asked
"Nope" Lucas responded. Crystal had been one of the first people that Lucas met when he and Keith arrived in Charleston besides Charlie. They started dating a few weeks later and then her ex boyfriend came home and she went running back to him. Leaving him standing on the curb literally.
Charlie pulled him out of his thoughts again with the question everyone wanted an answer too.
"So, have you decided if you are staying or if you are leaving?"
"Nope!"
"School is just around the corner man"
"Yea I know" Just then his cell phone rang
The caller ID said Haley & Nathan. He still couldn't believe that his best friend and his little brother were married.
He flipped the phone open to answer it and said hello
The cherry voice of Haley James, well Scott came over the line with her signature saying since he had left Tree Hill. "Luke, I miss you"
"Hey Haley!
"How are you doing?"
"Good! Charlie and I are at the mall"
"Tell Charlie Hi for me" Lucas had gone home for a weekend last month to see his mom and Charlie had tagged along. He had met Nathan and Haley.
"I will. So anything new going on there?"
"Nope. Even if there were something new your mom would have told you already anyways. Well I guess there is something new. Dan comes home from Rehab tomorrow. Deb has offered to let him stay with her for a while since they are still legally married. Nathan thinks the whole thing is crazy."
"Have you heard anything about Whitey?" Lucas Asked
"He is back to his office looking forward to the season and wondering if one of his best players is returning this season."
"I don't know yet Haley. I really don't know."
"Yea, I know Luke. Well, I just wanted to call and say I miss you. I'll talk to you later"
"Ok, bye Haley" Lucas hangs up the phone.
"Haley says to tell you hi," Lucas tells Charlie
"Ok."
"I think I am going to walk back home. I need to clear up my head." The mall was a little over a mile from the house that he lived at with Keith.
"Ok. Give me a call later. I am probably going to go to that concert tonight at the pavilion." Charlie said.
"Ok. See you later!"
As Lucas headed out of the mall in the direction of the house he decided he wanted to take the long way home. He would need all the time he could get to think and he knew that when he got home Keith would be home. Which meant he would be helping fix up the truck Keith had bought last month and have no time to think.
As he walked home he weighed the pros and cons to staying in Charleston and returning to Tree Hill. Finally as he reached the house he knew what he was going to do. He just hoped he could live with his decision.
AN: Please Review!!
