Rory walked into the apartment, she was going to drive Lucas to the game tonight thinking he wasn't going to play. She saw his bag in the floor, which meant that he was going to play which made her mad. Lucas walked out of the bedroom with his Ipod before looking up at his wife.
"You aren't supposed to play tonight Lucas."
"I know but after practice it felt fine so they decided to let me play."
"You can hurt it more Lucas."
"Why are you so mad about this?"
"We talked and you said that you weren't playing Lucas until the doctor said everything was ok."
"Rory I've already missed the last game I need to play tonight."
"Lucas you can get hurt worse then you already are."
"I promise you nothing will happen to me." He cupped her face and looked into her eyes. She nodded as he kissed her. "We need to get going." She nodded again and kissed his wrist.
Lucas was not starting tonight but will get into the game latter. Rory was sitting behind the bench as the game began. She saw the way Lucas was on the bench he was talking to the other players and pointing things out to the younger ones. Uconn was losing by five midway in the first when Lucas stood up and walked over to the scorers table and took off his warm ups.
"Checking into the game for the Huskies number three Lucas Scott. Scott in for Murray."
The crowd cheered as Lucas touch fists with the exiting play. Lucas's right wrist taped as well as his thumb, which has been bothering him. They were giving him the right lane thinking that he would not go to his right. Lucas passed the ball and posited up down low. Spencer passed him the ball and Lucas missed the fade away jumper.
After a timeout, Lucas walked back on the court with out the tape on his thumb. He was zero for six shooting the ball. They were giving Lucas the outside shoot so he made a three to tie the game up. At halftime, Uconn was winning by ten with Lucas making his last six shoots all threes. He also had five rebounds and four assists in twelve minutes played.
Lucas was sitting on the trainers table getting his hand rewrapped when the coach walked over to him.
"How's the hand holding up?"
"Fine coach."
"Don't lie to me son."
"I'm not coach it fills fine right now." He nodded and walked back over to the team and started to talk.
The game was over and Uconn won easily 105- 86 with Lucas only playing eight more minutes. His final numbers were twenty-eight points, ten rebounds and eight assists not bad for his first game back. Walking out of the locker room, he saw Rory was waiting for him. They hugged and she kissed his cheek, he took her hand and they walked to her car.
"Does your wrist hurt any?" She looked down and it was back in the air cast.
"Some but I will be fine in the morning."
"You played good after taking some of the tape off your hand."
"I couldn't get a good fill on the ball with the tape around my thumb. Are you staying the night?"
"Yea it's too late to drive to Yale." He nodded as his phone went off.
"Hey Hales."
"Hey best friend who never calls me anymore."
"Sorry best friend who also doesn't call me."
"So how was your game tonight?"
"We won, how about Nate's game?"
"They won. So how is everything going?"
"Good Hales hand hurts some."
"Well I have some news for you, but promise me you will not freak out on me."
"The only other time you asked me that was when you wanted to date my brother."
"Lucas please."
"Ok Hales, what is your news?"
"I'm pregnant."
"I think the reception is going bad could you repeat that?" He ran his hand over his face.
"I'm pregnant two months along." She heard nothing, which was never a good sign for Lucas. "Lucas say something please."
"I don't know what to say Haley. Are you happy about this?"
"Yea I am everyone is happy Lucas."
"What about school?"
"I will still go to school Lucas, I might take a semester off but I will finish school."
"As long as you're happy Hales then I can be happy also."
"Thank you Lucas love you."
"You too Hales." He put the phone back into his pocket and looked over at Rory "Haley is going to have a baby."
"Wow that's great." She remembered his protective side for Haley. "Right it's great Lucas?"
"I need to sleep on this, because if I don't then I will fly to Duke and kill my brother."
"Lucas if she's happy be happy for her. Nathan is a good guy and you know this. They love each other and he won't let anything happen to her." He nodded as she parked the car and they walked up to their apartment.
Lucas opened the door, put his bag on the counter, and grabbed some aspirin and a bottle of water before sitting down on the couch. Rory sat down beside him she laid her head on his shoulder and took his good hand. He put his head on top of hers and closed his eyes.
"Is it wrong to not liking Haley having a baby?"
"No she is your best friend before being Nathan's girlfriend and you just want to look out for her."
"They aren't even married or out of school yet."
"But they love ach other Lucas and Nathan will never let anything happen to her." She felt him nodded his head as she closed her eyes. "I'm going to bed." She kissed him before walking into the bedroom. Lucas picked his phone up and dialed his brother's number.
"I'm not in right now leave a message and I will get back to you later."
"Nate it's Lucas just wanted to tell you if you do anything to hurt Hales then I will do what I told you I would do when you first started to date her. Don't be like Dan and push your child away like he did to me bro. Do the right thing and marry her as soon as possible. Love yea bro." He looked down at his ring and twisted it before smiling before getting ready for bed.
Lucas phone rang, when he reached over for it he knocked the clock of the stand, which scared Rory who shoot up from her sleep.
"Hello." He heard crying on the other end of the phone. "Hello." Lucas was getting worried so he looked and saw it was his mother calling him. "Mom is everything ok?"
"Lucas your father died." Closing his eyes as tears started to come down his face.
"What happened mom?"
"He was working at the dealership and a fire started and he made it out." He heard his mother breaking down some more. "He made it outside but remembered that Stacy was still inside so he ran back in to get her and the cars inside exploded." Lucas' body was shacking as the tears were coming down his face. Rory had no idea what was going on she never saw Lucas like this. She put her hand on his shoulder.
"I will be on the next flight home mom." He hung the phone up, put his head on Rory's shoulder, and cried. He never liked his father but he was his father.
Lucas told Rory what happened and they were now on their way to Tree Hill. He told her she didn't have to come, but she told him they were in this together. They were driving to his mother's house Rory was just looking out the window. They pulled up to the house and Lucas grabbed the bags out of the car. He walked inside the house and his mother hugged him and cried onto his shoulder. After Karen, hugged Rory, Nathan and Haley walked over to them and Lucas hugged his brother neither said anything to each other as Nathan gave Rory a small hug before walking back over to his mother. Lucas put his hand on Haley's stomach and smiled before hugging her. Jake walked over and patted him on the shoulder as he hugged Peyton and Brooke. He saw his Uncle Keith was just standing in the living room looking out the window. He walked over to him and put his hand on his shoulder. Keith turned around and they hugged. This was the first time he had ever seen his uncle crying.
"Duke University star player Nathan Scott has taken an indefinite leave from the team as well as his brother The Nesmith award winner Lucas Scott from Uconn do to the death of their father. Our thoughts are with them and there family in there time of need." Lucas turned SportsCenter off and walked outside. It was raining which was fitting for the mood at the Scott's house
"How is the wrist?" He saw Nathan was standing on the back porch.
"It's been better, but I'm not complaining." He nodded as the two brothers just stood watching the rain coming down.
"I got your message and I will not hurt her Lucas."
"I know that Nathan, it's just you know how I am around Haley."
"Yea you almost broke my nose when I told you we had a date."
"You should've told me sooner." The door opened and Karen walked outside.
"Nate could I talk to your brother alone?"
"Yea mom." He hugged her before walking inside the house.
"How's the wrist?" She touched his cast and he looked down at her hand.
"It hurts some, but I will be fine. I'm sorry mom." She looked over at him and gave him a small smile.
"What for?"
"Going clear to Uconn, for not get along with dad better, for getting married without the two of you at my wedding." She cupped his face and looked him right in the eyes.
"Lucas we are proud of you for going out on your own. You father might've went to more of Nathan's game and cheered for him more, but he was just as proud of everything you have done. He had every paper from Connecticut sent here so he could read about you."
"Then how did the two of you miss about my marriage?" He said with a smile, Karen smiled also.
"We went to the dealership conference that week and didn't get the paper."
"What are you going to do now?"
"I don't know yet Lucas take it one day at a time."
"What about you being a grandma." She smiled thinking about the baby her in seven months.
"I can't wait for it."
"Do you want any help taking care of anything?"
"Everything is under control Lucas. Your grandparents are here now."
"I really don't fell like listening to Royal right now." She nodded and squeezed his hand before walking inside the house.
Lucas walked inside and saw Royal was talking to Nathan as Rory was in the kitchen by herself. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. May walked in and saw Lucas.
"Hi Lucas, who is this young lady?"
"Grandma, this is Rory, Rory my grandmother May."
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Scott." Rory shook her hand as May was looking at them.
"What is your last name Rory?"
"It was Gilmore."
"Gilmore never heard of them before, what is your mother's maiden name?"
"That is her maiden name Gilmore, my father's last name is Hayden."
"Where are you from?"
"Hartford."
"So you meet Lucas at Uconn?"
"I go to Yale; we meet at a pub near campus."
"Well Rory Gilmore it was nice meeting you dear." She started to walk away as Rory opened her mouth to talk.
"It's not Gilmore any longer, it's Scott." May walked back over to Rory and Lucas looking at them.
"You too are married?"
"Yep about six months now." May walked off mad and Lucas shook his head. "That went well."
"At least this time you were in your own clothes."
Lucas walked downstairs and saw Royal looking at him. Lucas just looked at him before walking past him. Royal followed him into the kitchen.
"What did you do to upset your grandmother more then she already is?"
"Nice talking to you Royal lets do it again in five years."
"Lucas Scott don't you walk away from me."
"I told her I got married, happy now."
It had quite raining and Lucas was at the River court shooting when Haley walked onto the court. She grabbed the ball, which made Lucas look at her.
"When everything is going wrong around us, you are the only one to make me fell better."
"I happy for you Hales, I truly am." He hugged her and the two best friends just stood in the middle of the court holding each other. Haley now knew that everything was going to be all right for her.
Thank you for reading and reviewing the last chapter. I wanted to add somemore from Tree Hill into this story. I'm onlygoing to writefour or five more chapters they will be about, the Big East tournament and NCAA tournament. The wedding for Lucas and Rory. The draft for Lucas. And finally there first child. The chapters will be more to them it's just that those will be the high points of them and might add a few surprises into them because nothing is set in stone right now. Once again thank you for reading and reviewing