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Lucas walked into the house just as Keith was working out of his bedroom where he had changed into his work clothes. Now that he is not working at the shop any longer his wardrobe has changed. It has also changed since he met Michelle. Michelle was his new girlfriend who he had met at a party for the staff of the high school. Where she taught 12th grade English. She just a little shorter than Keith without her high heels on, brown hair, blue eyes and Lucas thought she was falling hard for his uncle and he knew from conversations with Keith that he was falling for Michelle. They seemed to be inseparable much like Crystal and him had been, but he just hoped their relationship worked out better.

"So how was your day with Michelle?" Lucas Asked

"Good!"

"She isn't here?" Michelle is usually always over at their house.

"I told her that you and I are going to work on the truck and she just told me to have fun. I think she hates to get her hands dirty." Keith laughs

"Well then I guess we better get started. I guarantee she will call in 45 minutes and ask if we are done yet. It a proven thing."

"We better get what we can done."

"So you mean when Michelle calls that is the end of our truck fixing expedition for the day?" Lucas asked. Lucas had never known his uncle to let anyone stop him from finishing something he started. Guess there is a first time for every thing

"Exactly! You are catching on!" Keith and Lucas laugh. "Come on lets get this truck started."

Outside in garage

"So, what did you do?" Keith asked

"Went to the mall with Charlie, talked with Haley, took a long walk and I made "The Decision." Lucas used his fingers for the quotation marks on the last part. He could see the look on Keith's face change from a how I am going to fix this look on the truck to a wondering look as he turned to face Lucas.

"And what is your decision?" He asked

Lucas looked at his uncle as his thoughts went back to his walk home from the mall. He had weighed the pros and cons of both Tree Hill and Charleston.

"I decide..." Just then the phone rang.

Keith picks it up and says Hello.

"Hey Keith it is Karen. How things going?"

"Hey Karen! Things are good!" Keith answered. Keith and Karen were starting to rebuild the friendship that they had for so many years. It was a slow process, but a lot of big steps had been taken by both of them.

"Is Lucas around?"

"Yea. Hold one second." Keith turns to Lucas. "Luke, it is your mom."

Lucas takes the phone from Keith in anticipation to talk to his mom. "Hey Mom"

"Hey Honey. I am just checking up on you. Haley said she talked to you today and you weren't sounding too good."

"Just have a lot of things on my mind." Lucas answered. He could hear the unasked question in her voice. She wanted him to come home, but that meant facing Brooke and Peyton. Sure he had left a note for them telling them that he was sorry for the strife that he caused between them and that he was leaving so that they could move on with their lives and rebuild their friendship. That was a cop-out and he knew it. He didn't leave for them. He left for himself. He left so that he could move on with his life.

"Well I hope everything is ok."

"Yea, everything is fine."

"When are you going to come for a weekend visit?" Karen asked.

Lucas thought about it for a minute and realized that it would be the perfect opportunity to make sure that he was making the right decision about going back to Tree Hill. "This weekend, if that is ok."

"Sure that is ok. I would love to have you home for a couple of days." Karen said

"Ok, then I will leave tomorrow."

"Ok, see you tomorrow Luke."

"Bye Mom"

Lucas hung up the phone and looked at it for a minute before looking at Keith.

"So, I guess you are going home for the weekend?" Keith asked

"Yea, to make sure that I am making the right decision."

"And what decision is that?"

"To move back to Tree Hill"

"Well, if it is not. You will always have a place here you know that."

"Yea I know! Thanks Uncle Keith"

"Now lets get back to this truck before Michelle calls"

Lucas laughed at the sly look on his uncle's face and turned back to the truck. 10 minutes later Michelle called. Lucas looked at his watch and then looked at Keith. "Right on time" he laughed as he walked back into the house. Since he knew that Keith would be going out with Michelle he decided to go to the concert at the pavilion that Charlie was going to be at. He needed one last night of fun before he headed back to the life he left behind in Tree Hill.