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Nathan stood blankly in the cafeteria watching the place where Haley disappeared in the crowd. People pushed by him like he wasn't there. The cafeteria was very loud, but the only thing Nathan could hear was Haley's voice. 'How could you Nathan?' echoed loudly through his mind.

"How could I?" he asked himself, feeling like he had just been tossed to the ground and crushed into the dirt. "I didn't mean to hurt her." He said as he walked through the swarm of students by the door. Nathan let his body get tossed around between people.

He hadn't felt that horrible, that rejected since he was little boy and he told his dad that he hit ball really far in baseball, but the guy from the other team caught it. All Dan said to his son was, 'That's not good enough.'

When he got out to the hallway, Nathan slid down the wall, rested his knees near his chest and buried his head under his crossed arms.

He sat there alone until the bell rang announcing the end of lunch. Nathan's day went slightly up hill from there. But it was a steep hill.

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Lucas on the other hand was having a fine day. Him and Brooke were happy, his time with the basketball team was going well and there was a game they planned on winning that night. Between classes he thought he saw Haley but when he went to say hi she had already gone.

After school, there was practice for an hour then he could go home. When Lucas got home, he threw his stuff on the ground and went to search for Keith. They were supposed to go get Karen at the airport in less then an hour.

"Keith!" he yelled out to his uncle. "You ready to go pick up mom?" When he found his uncle, he saw that he was staring at the phone in his hand with a blank shocked look on his face.

"Keith?" he asked hurrying across the room. As he got closer, he saw tears rolling down his cheeks.

Keith looked up at Lucas. His eyes were glazed with shock and pain. "Lucas… we can't go pick up your mother. She's dead."

"What? No… no that's not true." Lucas felt to his knees arguing with himself. "No, she can't be. She isn't…"

Keith kneeled down putting his hand on Lucas' shoulder. "I'm sorry." Lucas looked up at him. "She's gone." The two men just looked at each other. Tears streamed down their faces as they searched for reasons to explain it.

Alas, there was no explaining it. She was gone and the fact loomed heavily within Keith and his nephew. She was gone. Together they felt their world crash down around them shedding pieces everywhere. Too many pieces to gather and put back together. Their lives were stopped at a fork in the road. Neither of which ways seemed easier or more promising. There was only darkness.

Lucas strained to open his eyes and bring his head up. He could feel the sadness that him and Keith mutually shared. Setting his glassy gaze on Keith, Lucas reached his hand to his uncle's shoulder.

"She's really gone…"

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