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Nathan just stood there staring at Lucas. He didn't know what to say. They had grown up believing they were cousins and in one single moment that had been ripped away from them. He didn't know how to handle this newfound truth. Lucas and Nathan had always been close, best friends even. They had always been able to talk to one another, but as Nathan stood there he felt that for the first time in his life, he didn't know how to talk to Lucas.

"Nate, are you ok?" Lucas asked as Nathan stood standing with a blank stare

Nathan couldn't speak. He just stared

Lucas didn't know what to do anymore. Nathan had never tried to hide his feelings from Lucas or even their sisters. They were a close group, but as Lucas stood there with the basketball in his hand he could feel their close circle growing further apart. Things had changed.

"Nate?" Lucas tried again.

When Nathan didn't respond, Lucas walked around the back of the hoop to where Nathan was standing and shot a basket. He missed also. As the ball rolled away, Lucas stood there beside Nathan looking up at the sky. Oh what a night he thought

The door to the café opened and Jake walked in with Brooke, Felix and Anna. Jake had told the other three about what Nathan had said and not one of them could make any sense of it.

Haley turned around at the sound of the bell with tears still streaming down her eyes and came face to face with Jake. When Jake saw Haley tear stained face he rushed to her side.

"Haley, what's wrong?" Jake asked

Haley couldn't speak all she could do was shake her head and cry. She wasn't even crying about Nathan and Lucas finding out that they are brothers. She was crying because of what her uncle had said. Pulmonary Fibrosis. She had done some research on that disease for a school project and she knows what could happen to her brother and cousin. She could lose them forever

Jake didn't ask anymore questions, he just pulled Haley into a hug and nodded to Brooke, who did the same thing with Peyton. They had no idea what was going on, but they knew their friends needed them right then.

Anna looked around the café for Lucas, but he was nowhere to be found. She turned to Felix and asked him if he saw him. When Felix said no. Anna's sank. She was beginning to put pieces together, Lucas and Nathan missing, Haley and Peyton crying and where are their parents?

In the back of the café, Karen sat in the office with her head in her hands. How could this have happened? Why tonight? Why now? She kept replaying what had happened in her head. All she could see was the hurt in Lucas's eyes and the anger in Nathan's. As that vivid memory came it brought tears to her eyes.

On the other side of the office, Deb sat at her desk looking at a picture of Nathan and Lucas taken their freshman year of high school, the day they both made the high school basketball team. They had their arms around each other's shoulders and huge smiles on their faces. Would she ever see that again?

John and Keith stood in the kitchen talking. They didn't know who they should be with right now; they were split three ways. Keith looked out in the dining part of the café to see Jake with his arms around Haley in a hug as she cried. Then, he looked towards the office where Karen sat at her desk. He had an idea as to where Lucas had gone, but he knew his son well enough to know that he wouldn't want to be followed.

Lucas continued to stare up at the sky. Every few seconds he would look over at Nathan hoping he would say something. Nathan however had not let go of his blank stare. Finally, Lucas could not take it anymore. He looked at Nathan and decided they needed to talk whether they liked it or not

"Nathan?" When Nathan didn't respond, Lucas continued "Man, I know that we just had the shock of our lives, but please say something. We tell each other everything"

Nathan turned his head to look at Lucas; his blank stare replaced with a cold and angry one "Apparently no one thought we deserved the same thing"

"They had no reason to tell us"

"Lucas, don't you get it! We are brothers; we have the same father. We have been lied to our entire lives." Nathan said almost shouting "They probably would have never told us, If this "man" who is our father didn't have some genetic disease"

"I know you are angry, so am I."

"We have been raised our entire lives to believe that we are cousins, but we are brothers. They all knew that! I wonder what else they are keeping from us"

Lucas knew trying to reason with Nathan was just a waste of energy. With a sigh, Lucas sat down on the river court and looked up at the stars. As he sat there, a thought came to his mind; 'the stars are aligned'. Yea, thanks stars.

Back at the café, Jake was still hugging Haley trying to console her. He liked the feel of her in his arms, but what he didn't like was the circumstances as to why she was there. Haley dried her eyes and moved away from Jake to face her friends. She met eyes with Peyton.

"Where are Lucas and Nathan?" Brooke asked

"Guys, we have some news." Peyton started

"What's wrong?" Anna asked with a worried look on her face

"We found out tonight that Lucas and Nathan have the same biological father. They are brothers" Haley said

"You are kidding me?" Felix asked with a stunned look

"We wish we were. Their father was here when we got here and he had some news" Peyton added

"He has a deadly genetic disease and it is highly likely that Nathan and Lucas have it also." Haley continued

The room grew silent as their friends digested what they had just heard.

"What is it?" Jake asked

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