Lucas and Nathan hadn't seen their father much that past year after that. After Lucas and Karen talked Karen didn't want to see him around at all. She was so hurt and so disgusted by Dan, she didn't want to have to deal with him at all.

Nathan was just so angry with him he didn't even want to be bothered with him.

"Hi boys." Dan said calmly.

"Dan." Nathan spoke, with anger in his voice.

"How are you?"

"Safe and healthy, why you looking to change that?"

Lucas looked at his brother and could see him getting heated up again..

" So I'm guessing you are still mad?" Dan asked.

Nathan didn't say anything.

"Nathan you couldn't possibly think I wanted you're brother dead. I was angry, and.." Dan tried to explain.

"Dan do you hear you're self? You were angry at Lucas so you stopped paying for his heart medication!"

"I know, it was wrong of me, and I know that. Don't you think I haven't learned that? I don't see my family, I missed my granddaughter being born."

Nathan looked in his dad's eyes and could see he really was sorry, but that was typical for Dan, do something wrong, feel bad, and then have people forgive him, and have it be okay.

"How have you been Lucas?" Dan asked.

"Fine." Lucas told him quickly. "Listen I know you really want you and Nathan's relationship to work out so you guys should talk, I'll wait inside." Lucas started to walk off when Dan got in front of him,

"I want to work it out with you too son."

Lucas and Nathan looked at each other but decided that they would talk. They made plans to go out the next day just the three of them.

- - -

Karen wasn't to happy about Lucas going to see Dan, but he felt it was right so there was no point in arguing with him.

When Lucas and Nathan met Dan at a restaurant it was awkward at first. However Dan seemed different. Conversation started and before the boys knew it , they were actually having a good time. Lucas looked over at Nathan , and they caught each others eyes and both knew that maybe, just maybe this relationship with their father could work out.

- --

"Haley I'm home." Nathan yelled as he walked into their apartment.

"Hey Baby." Haley said walking out of the bedroom with Britney in her hands and Brooke walking behind her.

"Hey boyfriend." Brooke smiled kissing Lucas.

"How's my beautiful baby doing?" Nathan smiled picking up his daughter and kissing her.

"She's beautiful Nathan." Dan said from behind.

Haley and Brooke turned around surprised to see him walking through the door.

"Oh, hi dan" Haley said surprised.

Dan stayed over there for about an hour or so playing with his granddaughter and talking with the kids.

Haley looked over at Nathan and smiled, she could see how even though he wouldn't admit it, Nathan was happy Dan was their, being apart of Britney's life."

After Dan left Lucas and Brooke decided to walk home together, they were living with each other now. Everything seemed to be slowing getting okay again. Starting off with Britney being born, Karen and Deb making their Diner bigger and more successful and now Dan becoming a better guy, things were looking up.

"How has your mom been babe.?" Brooke asked Lucas.

"Better, she has been really busy with the diner but its hard ya know with Keith gone and everything."

Brooke nodded and kissed Lucas. Lucas looked into her eyes and smiled. This year he went through some of the hardest things in his life, but Brooke really helped him through it a lot. The days when Lucas felt like giving up Brooke would say the right thing, do the right thing and make him feel better. She was also there for his mom a lot. Going over for visits to drink tea, or stop by just to say hi, every little thing mattered. Brooke knew that and that is why she tried so hard trying to make the people she loved, be happy.

"Thank you Brooke." He smiled at her.

"For what?"

"Everything, everything you do, everything you say," He kissed her. " You make me so happy."

Brooke kissed him and was surprised to see him bend down and get on one knee.

"Lucas what are you doing."

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you, you are the most amazing thing in my life and I want us to be together, forever." Lucas told her as he pulled out a beautiful ring and showed it to her. "Will you marry be Brooke Davis."

Brooke was shocked, she started to cry and nodded. "Of course I will."

Lucas jumped up and kissed and hugged her. "I love you" he whispered into her ear

LATER THAT NIGHT.

Keith's grave was covered with flowers and pictures of him and friends and family. A dark shadowy figure walked up to the grave and waited there for about a half an hour when it was greeted by another.

"You're late." a dark voice said.

"What does it matter, I'm here." another voice replied. "Here is the money."

The man took the money and counted it.

"Are you kidding me? This isn't even half the money you promised." the dark voice yelled.

"I told you I would pay you to kill Keith, not kidnap my kids and their friends, try to kill my sons, and stab my kid."

"Listen Mayor Scott." The dark voice said. "As I told you before, I wasn't there and my guys had no idea they were you're kids. You are lucky one of my guys recognized who Keith was and shot him when he did, you do know he was killed because of that.. And plus your kids are okay, so where is the rest of my money."

Dan Scott looked around and pulled out the rest of the money and gave it to the man.

"Pleasure doing business with you, call me up if you ever want some of my guys to kill another family member of yours again,"

"Hey, Keith should of known, he tried to kill me first, it failed, which wasn't surprising, so he got what was coming for him." Dan told the man, like he was trying to convince him that he wasn't that much of a bad guy.

"Yeah, whatever."

Dan looked at the man walk away and looked down at Keith's grave.

"Goodbye big brother." he said softly, Dan dropped a red rose on the grave turned around and slowly walked home.

THE END.