Author's Note: Please review! Please? Even if it's not the best, just tell me what you think? And I wrote this one a while ago and I haven't reread it so sorry if it sounds corny and cheesy and I'm just gonna stop with the foods now. And once again… PLEASE REVIEW! Thank you for your time.

Lucas only had one more week left before school started. Well, his new school started in one week. His old school started a day later. And Charlie's prep school started a day after that. He was excited, though. Not for the start of school; he dreaded that. A new year, new school, new kids... He didn't even want to think about it. He was excited because he was going out with Danni tonight. He hadn't seen her in a week and he already longed for her. He wasn't sure if he would be able to handle being away from her at weeks at a time. He was planning on seeing her every weekend; even if it did mean an hour and forty-five minute drive. Lucas looked at the clock; 3:30. He still had three hours until he was supposed to be at Danni's, which meant he had about an hour to kill before he had to pick her up. He wished he could have picked her up sooner but she had some kind of family party she couldn't get out of; and if Luke knew Danni, she had tried. Luke decided to just get ready now and then just go and see all of his old friends until she got home.

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As Nathan Scott was lifting weights, his father walked in.

"Hey, Dad," he said not stopping his weight training.

"Hi, Nathan. Hey look can you put that down for a minute? I want to talk to you." Uh oh, Nathan thought. This is gonna be bad. If his dad wanted to tell him something that had to do with sports, grades, or anything else like that, he would tell Nathan not to stop lifting because it would mess up his training.

"So Mom finally left?" he asked, sort of hoping she had. His mother and father had never gotten along great. His mom went away on business a lot, but when she was home, all they did was scream at each other.

"Very funny, Nathan. Now I need to talk to you about something."

"Fine," Nathan said putting down the weight. "What do want to talk about?"

"There's this new boy transferring to your school," Dan started. He seemed to be picking his words carefully. "Supposedly he was the star of his basketball team at his old school. Just keep an eye out for him," he finished, obviously not saying what he had intended to say.

Nathan could tell that there was something else. His father would not make him stop weight training just to tell him to watch out for a new kid at school. "What is it Dad?" Nathan asked as his father got up to leave the room. "Just say it."

"Alright. Well before I met your mother, I dated someone else. She was probably the only girl I had a serious relationship with besides your mother. I was actually dating her when I met your mother. I had really liked your mother, but I still really liked the girl I was dating so I decided to date both of them. That was when I got into trouble. Your mother told me she was pregnant with you. I was so excited. I knew that you were going to be the son I always wanted. But the other girl I was dating didn't know that I was dating your mother. I went to go break up with her and to tell her the truth; that I was getting married and was going to have a child. But after I told her, she told me something. She told me she had just found out that she was pregnant. She said that she was going to keep it. Then she left town. I haven't seen her since."

"Wow," was pretty much al Nathan could say. He had a brother; or sister. "Ok, so we can get into the whole how-could-you-lie-to-me-for-my-whole-life thing in a minute. First, I just want to know what this has to do with the new kid."

"Well, have you ever heard of Karen's Cafe? It's the one over on Blackbird Street." Nathan nodded his head. He knew about that place. Not many of the kids from school went there though so, as being the most popular kid in school, he didn't want to be seen there. Plus, he wasn't much of a coffee person. He much rather have a nice cold beer. "Well," Dan continued, "the girl I dated before your mother owns it."

"So you mean that my brother or sister lives here! In my town!" Nathan exploded.

"Brother," Dan stated simply while nodding his head.

"Geez! That place has been there for years, Dad! So I've been living in the same town as my brother for years and you never even told me! It could be anyone! So do I even know him! Is it Tim! Please, Dad! Don't tell me it's Tim!"

"He hasn't been living here. He was living with his mother in some other town. But his mother just got remarried and he just moved into town."

"The new kid," Nathan said, finally getting it.

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"Hey boyfriend!" Brooke exclaimed as she saw Felix walk into her room. She quickly signed off line where she had been talking Peyton into going to the party with her and Felix; but she wouldn't go.

"Hey, Babe. Ready to go?" he asked.

"Definitely." On thing was true about being exclusive with a guy; going to parties was different. You couldn't flirt, hang around, or sleep with any of the other guys. One thing good about that thought was the fact that Felix wasn't allowed to do anything like that either. "Let's go."

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As Lucas walked through his old town, it looked like everyone was out walking; and he knew all the names of every single one of them. He had grown up in an extremely small town. Everybody was close and you couldn't make one move with knowing everybody in town knew what you were doing. He loved it, even though multiple out-of-towners had called it an crazy town. Everybody there was insane in their own way and Luke loved it. To reach the basketball courts, where he was sure all of his friends would be, he walked through the town square. The town had quite a few crazy, self-invented events, but as he passed through the town square he noticed something new. There was a huge banner that read "Pet Adoption Day!" Lucas has always loved animals and decided to go and just check it out. As he walked around he saw a bunch of small dogs. Must of them were puppies in cages and the rest were on leashes being held by volunteers who worked there. As he was walking around, he spotted a dog. He didn't know why, but that particular dog had just caught his eye. He went over and looked at it. It was a small dog that was brown with white spots. There was a label on the tiny cage it was in that read; "Buster Great Dane Mix. Buster was found abandoned on highway six a month ago. Before he was found he had been beaten. Buster needs special attention. Buster does not do well around tall men, people in uniforms, women with red hair, or people with no hair." Lucas looked down at the puppy. His sad eyes just looked up at him pleading for Lucas to take him home with him. Lucas knew that his mother wouldn't go for just bringing a dog home. When he asked one of the volunteers about the dog they said that if they didn't find a home for him today, they would have to put him to sleep.

Automatically, without even thinking, Lucas replied "I'll take him"

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Karen had no choices. She really wanted to see Keith again. She decided to go see him. She walked into Keith Scott Motors and headed straight for the office.

"Hey, Keith," she said when she saw him sitting down at his desk doing paperwork.

"Karen?" he asked in disbelief.

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"Luke! What the hell where you thinking!" Jay, one of his best friends from his old town, exclaimed. "Your mother would never let you have a dog! Plus with the new husband! And the you-know-what on the way." Luke was just glad that he didn't scream it out. Karen had wanted to keep the pregnancy a secret for a while.

"But if I didn't take him they said they were going to put him to sleep," Lucas explained holding the puppy while sitting on the bench next to the court where they always played.

"Luke! They always say that to try and make you take the dog." Jay didn't think that taking the dog was a good idea and he was trying to convince his naive friend to take him back.

"He was abandoned on highway six. That's a sad highway."

"Compared to all the happy ones he could have been abandoned on?"

"Shut up!"

"Come on, Man. You know your mom is never going to go for this."

"I think I can convince her. Hey, can you do me a huge favor? Can you watch him while I'm out with Danni? Please?"

Jay let out an exasperated sigh. "Fine. What's the little guys name anyway?" he asked taking the puppy from Lucas' arms. They named him Buster but don't call him that. I don't want him to get used to it."

"Then what are you planning on calling little no name?"

"I don't know. Maybe, Buddy Holly."

"You would actually consider naming a dog Buddy Holly?"

"Yeah, I like it," he said scratching the dog's ears.

"Ok, Man. Whatever you say."