Italic's are flashbacks.

About One Year Later...

It had been over a year, some people would think they could get over what happened by then. But they didn't know what had happened, they didn't see death like they did that week. They had all agreed to make this a yearly thing. To visit the cemetery to pay their respects. Of course they would visit regularly throughout the year, but they decided all of them would meet once a year, together.

"Every time I come here it gets harder and harder." Lucas broke the silence. They were all standing in the graveyard, remembering what happened.

Lucas was holding Brooke in his arms and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Deb was there next to Karen, as were Rachel, Mouth, Jake, Peyton, Skillz and Bevin. Haley stood their next to Lucas, holding her 3 month old daughter, Britney, in her arms. She held her close and kissed the top of her head and started to tear up.

" It's just not fair." Haley said, she had a tears in her eyes.

Everyone was silent for a few more moments when Haley felt a warm body grab her from behind and wrap his hand around her waste kiss her head.

"Sorry I'm late."

She looked up, into those gorgeous blue eyes. "It's okay." she kissed his lips and grabbed his hands as they both looked onto the grave of Keith Scott. "Its okay."

After almost losing him, one year ago Haley always found it so hard to be angry at him.

"Please help, help us!" Brooke and Peyton were yelling at a truck driving near by. The truck slowed down and it was an older man, asking what was wrong.

It was that man who helped Lucas pick up Nathan and place him in the back and Lucas got in with him holding his shirt to the cut. Haley sat up front while Brooke and Peyton sat in the back.

"Come on, Nathan hold on." Lucas continued to say.

Nathan was rushed into surgery and the rest of the group was looked at as well. Lucas was taken to a room where he was being stitched up and didn't even realize when they put him to sleep. When he woke up he finally got to unite with mother.

"Mom" Lucas cried, he thought they had to have given him some really powerful pain pills because he felt so tired, and so weak.

"Oh I'm so happy you are okay." she hugged him and cried.

"Where is Nathan?" he immediately asked

Karen looked at him sadly. "It doesn't look good Lucas. The doctor said he lost a lot of blood. We just have to wait." she rubbed his head.

Lucas's bottom lip started to tremble and he tightened up his fists. He couldn't loose his brother, he just couldn't.

Deb walked into the room a few minutes later. It was obvious she was just crying.

"Oh no, Deb." Karen walked over to her. She thought she was going to say some bad news.

"He's okay." Deb smiled. "I'm sorry, I'm just crying because I'm so happy."

Lucas put his head back and took a deep breathe. "Thank god" he whispered to himself.

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Everyone was silent just staring, just remembering. They were there for about an hour, with the occasional tears, talking once in a while, but mostly everyone was silent. Everyone decided it was time to leave.

"Is it still okay if we come over?" Lucas asked his mom.

"Of course it is Lucas." She smiled at him. This year has been tough on her. Dealing with the death of Keith and her sons's heart condition.

"Hello cutie," Brooke said in her baby voice to Britney. "I know I always say it. But she looks so much like you Haley."

"Yeah, lucky kid." Lucas said from behind walking up.

"Dude, shut up." Nathan laughed giving Lucas a shove.

"So you guys are still coming to my mom's?" Lucas asked

"Yeah of course, we'll meet you there in about 15 minutes?" Haley told him.

After saying good bye to everyone Brooke and Lucas got in the car, as did Haley and Nathan, and Deb went in Karens car, so they left together.

"It's so hard going there." Haley told Nathan as she sat down in the passenger seat after buckling in the baby.

"Yeah, it always will be." He said back to her. He looked over to her and grabbed her hand and kissed it.

"I don't ever want to be that close to losing you again Nathan." Haley started to tear up again.

Nathan looked over at her and kissed her hand again. He then looked back at his beautiful daughter.

"I love you Haley." he smiled to her.

"I love you too. Always and forever."

"Come on Haley you can do it! Push!" The nurse was yelling at Haley. "I can see the head, come on Haley you are doing great!."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Haley screamed.

She had been in labor for 7 hours and now it was time.

"Haley come on, you are almost done!" Nathan continued to chant for her.

"Okay Haley, one more push and it will all be over." the nurse told her.

"Alright are you ready?" Nathan asked holding her hand and kissing her head.

She nodded, let out one more scream, and 15 minutes later they were holding their beautiful daughter in their hands.

They had a good time at Karens, Britney was entertaining everyone. She was such a charmer.

"Lucas can you go pick up the pizza's?" Karen asked.

"Yeah mom no problem, Brooke you want to come?"

Brooke was holding the baby and looked over at him and then smiled and looked at the baby again.

"But Lucas look how cute she is." Brooke Laughed.

"Okay I'll take that as a no." he laughed with her.

"I'll go." Nathan told him. " Can we just stop back at my place, Britney needs more diapers."

"Yeah sure."

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Lucas and Nathan were driving, just talking about simple things, like the baby, Brooke, Haley, basically just life. When they got to the pizza shop, before the went in Lucas turned to Nathan with a big smile.

"What?" Nathan asked him.

"Well, you know how you have been dying to go to that Laker's game?"

"Yeahh?" Nathan asked confused.

Lucas reached into his pocket and pulled out two tickets.

"Dude no way!" Nathan yelled.

"Dude yes way!"

Nathan grabbed the tickets and did the "slap hands hug" with Lucas when he looked up and saw him.

His father.

It had been a week and Nathan was allowed to go home. Karen, Deb, Brooke, and Dan were waiting in the parking lot. Nathan was in a wheel chair coming out of the hospital with Lucas and Haley.

Everyone was greeting him Nathan was happy to see everyone, that is when he wasn't high off the pain pills, so he could see them normally.

Nathan was smiling and laughing when he was turned to Dan.

"What the hell do you want." He snapped.

"Nathan." Haley whispered.

"You herd me." Nathan yelled.

Everyone looked at Dan, and back at Nathan. Everyone was so confused, not knowing why Nathan was behaving this way. However Lucas knew.

"I came to see you." Dan smiled

"Well you wasted you're time, because I don't want to see you."

"And why the hell not Nathan. You are almost killed, excuse me if I would like to be a good father and check up on my son, sorry I cared." Dan yelled back.

"A good father?" Nathan laughed. "Oh yea dad, that's a good one, why don't you tell everyone how great of a father you are. I know what you did Dan"

"Nathan you don't have to do this." Lucas whispered to him.

"No Lucas I do. You deserve it." Nathan yelled at him. "Come on Dan, tell everyone you're secret, tell everyone why you are such an ass hole, I mean we all knew it before, but even you can't run from this one."

"What's he talking about Dan." Deb snapped.

Dan didn't say anything.

"If you don't say it, I will." Nathan yelled.

Dan continued to stay silent.

"It figures, a coward like you won't admit to your mistakes." Nathan yelled. "Dan knew about Lucas's heart condition. He knew ever since day one. He even stopped paying for Lucas's heart condition, he was trying to kill Lucas."

"WHAT!" Karen screamed.

"I wasn't trying to kill him Nathan!" Dan shouted for the first time that night.

"You knew!" Deb yelled.

"It is more complicated then that Deb please let me explain." Dan tried to speak.

Karen walked right up to him and slapped him hard across the face.

"I don't want to ever see you near my son again!" Karen screamed.

"Mom, I can explain," Lucas tried to talk to his mom but she was so upset she just got in the car and drove away.

Deb looked at Dan and he was about to speak but she slapped him to, even harder then Karen.

"You go to hell," She sneered.

Dan looked and saw all of the angry faces towards him. He had no other choice but to turn around and walk away ,from his family, from his life.

Okay sorry I wanted to write some more things so there is going to be one more chapter, sorry about that guys. But tell me what you think of this one..review, And yes Nathan is alive, there is no way I could kill a hottie like that :)