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Again thanks to everyone for reviewing!
The next morning the gang met at the café for breakfast before Lucas left and everybody got ready for school again. Lucas had gone into the café with Karen that morning to help her get ready for the day. His stuff was already in the truck ready to head back to Charleston.
"So when will you back?" Karen asked breaking the silence that had been there all morning
"A couple of weeks" Lucas replied "I am going to finish helping Keith with a couple of things and then I will be back"
"I know you are coming back, but I still going to miss you" Karen said as she gave Lucas a hug
"I will be back before you know it"
"Yea, I know" Karen said as she walked towards the door to unlock it. "Here comes everybody"
The door opens as Peyton, Brooke, Jake, Nathan, Haley and Jenny come in.
"Morning Karen" Haley said
"Good morning" Lucas said from his spot at the corner table they had occupied the day before
"Haley, have breakfast with everyone and then you can start your shift" Karen said
"Ok, thanks" Haley replied as the group took their seats around the table.
After they had told Karen what they wanted for breakfast. Nathan looked across the table at Lucas and said "When are you heading back?"
"After breakfast. I want to beat the traffic"
"When will you be back?' Brooke asked
"A couple of weeks. Don't worry you can always call me"
"That doesn't help if you don't answer your cell phone" Brooke replied laughing
Lucas was glad to be back on good terms with Brooke and Peyton. He was glad that the group was back together again. He has missed these times sitting around just talking. As he sat there listening to the conversation going on around him he thought about each person sitting there. Nathan, his brother, they had become such great friends and Nathan proved it with his statements last night. Haley, his best friend, she always was the same. Always trying to fix things. He knew she had a big hand in Peyton, Brooke and himself getting their friendship back. Brooke, Brooke was just Brooke, she was the girl who kept him laughing and he would always hold a special place in his heart. He didn't know if they would ever date again, but if the opportunity came up he would take it. Peyton, the quiet one, he was so happy to see her smiling again. He knew it was partly because she was friends with Brooke again, partly because they were all friends again and mostly because Jake and Jenny had returned to Tree Hill. Jake, one of his closest friends, he had always been there for him. He never judged him either and for that he was grateful. Jenny, the little girl they had all adopted as their neice, she was getting so big and he hoped he would be around to see her grow up.
"Lucas...Lucas..." Lucas was pulled out of his thoughts by Jake who was pointing at the food that his mom had sat in front of him "Are you going to eat or sit in a daze all day?"
"Sorry. I was thinking"
"You must have been thinking pretty hard" Peyton said "Your food is probably cold by now"
"I guess I better eat it then"
As the group finished eating Haley pushed her seat back. She had to start her shift because the café was filling up. She walked around the table and pulled Lucas from his chair into a hug.
"You be careful. There are some crazy drivers out there"
"I will"
"Call us when you get there"
"OK. I'll see you in a couple of weeks" Lucas said as Haley pulled away from the embrace. She gave Nathan a kiss and then headed towards the counter to begin her shift.
Taking that as their cue, Peyton walked up to Lucas and gave him a hug and said, "Please be safe"
"OK"
"We are going to miss you man. Hurry back" Jake said as they bumped fists
"I will." Lucas replied to Jake and then took Jenny in his arms "You be a good girl until Uncle Lucas gets back, Ok?"
Jenny just looked at him with those big brown eyes and gave him a hug as if to say she would miss him too. Lucas handed Jenny to Jake and watched as the three walked towards the door saying their goodbyes to Haley, Brooke and Nathan.
"Ok. Well, now it is my turn. I have a major shopping spree ahead of me and I need to get moving" Brooke said as she looked at both of the guys.
"The mall is calling and Brooke is going to answer" Lucas said laughing
"At least I answer. Unlike someone" Brooke said with a smile on her face
"Brooke, If you call, I will answer"
"Then, I guess I will have to call. Right now though I am going shopping. Have a safe trip back." Brooke said as she hugged Lucas
"Everyone is acting like I am leaving forever or something"
"Well, I didn't get the privilage when you left last time so I am making up for it"
"Alright then. I will see you soon" Lucas said
"Ok. Bye Nathan" Brooke said as she walked out the door
"I guess I should go say bye to my mom so that I can hit the road" Lucas said as he walked behind the counter to the office and knocked on the door. Karen looked up from the paperwork she was doing
"You leaving?" Karen asked
"Yeah"
"Ok" Karen stood and gave her son a hug good-bye. "Call me when you get there"
"Yes ma'am"
Lucas walked back towards the front of the café and out the front door and found Nathan sitting on the hood of the truck.
"You know I am almost tempted to come with you" Nathan said "Just to make sure you come back"
"I'll be back Nate before you even have time to really miss me"
"Tell Keith hi for me and we miss him"
"I will"
"Take care of yourself man" Nathan said as they pulled each other into a hug
"You too...little brother"
Lucas climbed into the truck a few minutes later heading for the interstate and leaving Tree Hill behind for just a couple of weeks. He felt like he was leaving all over again.
He arrived at the house he had shared with Keith in Charleston 3.5 hours later and he just sat in the truck for 15 minutes thinking about the journey he had began when he went back to Tree Hill. The journey back to where he belonged.
Again thanks to everyone for reviewing!
The next morning the gang met at the café for breakfast before Lucas left and everybody got ready for school again. Lucas had gone into the café with Karen that morning to help her get ready for the day. His stuff was already in the truck ready to head back to Charleston.
"So when will you back?" Karen asked breaking the silence that had been there all morning
"A couple of weeks" Lucas replied "I am going to finish helping Keith with a couple of things and then I will be back"
"I know you are coming back, but I still going to miss you" Karen said as she gave Lucas a hug
"I will be back before you know it"
"Yea, I know" Karen said as she walked towards the door to unlock it. "Here comes everybody"
The door opens as Peyton, Brooke, Jake, Nathan, Haley and Jenny come in.
"Morning Karen" Haley said
"Good morning" Lucas said from his spot at the corner table they had occupied the day before
"Haley, have breakfast with everyone and then you can start your shift" Karen said
"Ok, thanks" Haley replied as the group took their seats around the table.
After they had told Karen what they wanted for breakfast. Nathan looked across the table at Lucas and said "When are you heading back?"
"After breakfast. I want to beat the traffic"
"When will you be back?' Brooke asked
"A couple of weeks. Don't worry you can always call me"
"That doesn't help if you don't answer your cell phone" Brooke replied laughing
Lucas was glad to be back on good terms with Brooke and Peyton. He was glad that the group was back together again. He has missed these times sitting around just talking. As he sat there listening to the conversation going on around him he thought about each person sitting there. Nathan, his brother, they had become such great friends and Nathan proved it with his statements last night. Haley, his best friend, she always was the same. Always trying to fix things. He knew she had a big hand in Peyton, Brooke and himself getting their friendship back. Brooke, Brooke was just Brooke, she was the girl who kept him laughing and he would always hold a special place in his heart. He didn't know if they would ever date again, but if the opportunity came up he would take it. Peyton, the quiet one, he was so happy to see her smiling again. He knew it was partly because she was friends with Brooke again, partly because they were all friends again and mostly because Jake and Jenny had returned to Tree Hill. Jake, one of his closest friends, he had always been there for him. He never judged him either and for that he was grateful. Jenny, the little girl they had all adopted as their neice, she was getting so big and he hoped he would be around to see her grow up.
"Lucas...Lucas..." Lucas was pulled out of his thoughts by Jake who was pointing at the food that his mom had sat in front of him "Are you going to eat or sit in a daze all day?"
"Sorry. I was thinking"
"You must have been thinking pretty hard" Peyton said "Your food is probably cold by now"
"I guess I better eat it then"
As the group finished eating Haley pushed her seat back. She had to start her shift because the café was filling up. She walked around the table and pulled Lucas from his chair into a hug.
"You be careful. There are some crazy drivers out there"
"I will"
"Call us when you get there"
"OK. I'll see you in a couple of weeks" Lucas said as Haley pulled away from the embrace. She gave Nathan a kiss and then headed towards the counter to begin her shift.
Taking that as their cue, Peyton walked up to Lucas and gave him a hug and said, "Please be safe"
"OK"
"We are going to miss you man. Hurry back" Jake said as they bumped fists
"I will." Lucas replied to Jake and then took Jenny in his arms "You be a good girl until Uncle Lucas gets back, Ok?"
Jenny just looked at him with those big brown eyes and gave him a hug as if to say she would miss him too. Lucas handed Jenny to Jake and watched as the three walked towards the door saying their goodbyes to Haley, Brooke and Nathan.
"Ok. Well, now it is my turn. I have a major shopping spree ahead of me and I need to get moving" Brooke said as she looked at both of the guys.
"The mall is calling and Brooke is going to answer" Lucas said laughing
"At least I answer. Unlike someone" Brooke said with a smile on her face
"Brooke, If you call, I will answer"
"Then, I guess I will have to call. Right now though I am going shopping. Have a safe trip back." Brooke said as she hugged Lucas
"Everyone is acting like I am leaving forever or something"
"Well, I didn't get the privilage when you left last time so I am making up for it"
"Alright then. I will see you soon" Lucas said
"Ok. Bye Nathan" Brooke said as she walked out the door
"I guess I should go say bye to my mom so that I can hit the road" Lucas said as he walked behind the counter to the office and knocked on the door. Karen looked up from the paperwork she was doing
"You leaving?" Karen asked
"Yeah"
"Ok" Karen stood and gave her son a hug good-bye. "Call me when you get there"
"Yes ma'am"
Lucas walked back towards the front of the café and out the front door and found Nathan sitting on the hood of the truck.
"You know I am almost tempted to come with you" Nathan said "Just to make sure you come back"
"I'll be back Nate before you even have time to really miss me"
"Tell Keith hi for me and we miss him"
"I will"
"Take care of yourself man" Nathan said as they pulled each other into a hug
"You too...little brother"
Lucas climbed into the truck a few minutes later heading for the interstate and leaving Tree Hill behind for just a couple of weeks. He felt like he was leaving all over again.
He arrived at the house he had shared with Keith in Charleston 3.5 hours later and he just sat in the truck for 15 minutes thinking about the journey he had began when he went back to Tree Hill. The journey back to where he belonged.
