Summary: This is a songfic to expand on Nathan and Lucas' relationship as brothers. All of the friends are around 30 years old. The song is "If Something Should Happen" by Darryl Worley.

Disclaimer: I don't own the song or the characters. I own nothing.

Author's Note: I only got a couple reviews on the last chapter, so I'm a little sad. Hopefully the ending of this story will cause everyone to give me great reviews. We'll see. Enjoy!

I hope I live until I'm eighty

And I get to see my son get married

And have babies and make a million

More memories with my wife

Yeah buddy, I pray you're right.

But if it's my turn to leave,

Would you watch over them for me?

If something should happen.

Nathan, Brooke and Haley Scott sat in the shade on the back patio of a gorgeous house. The house belonged to Haley and Nathan's grandson, Jacob, his wife, Stephanie, their three kids (Darren, Vanessa and Jeanette), and Jeanette's daughter Stacie. They smiled as they watched the five generations of Scotts play and laugh together. They hadn't all gotten together like this in a long time…

FLASHBACK

"It's a girl!" cried Stephanie as she ran down the hall towards the family. Her youngest daughter, Jeanette, had just given birth to her daughter and she had come to tell the family. Everyone was there: her son and other daughter, her husband, her parents and in-laws, and her grandparents and grand-in-laws, and they all had tears of joy from the good news. Jeanette was only fifteen and had gone into labor nearly three weeks early because she was so young. It was a relief to know that her and the baby were alright.

'Wow…' thought Nathan to himself. 'That was nearly three years ago, and this is the first time we've all gotten back together. And what a day it is to be together.' He looked to his left and saw a picture of his only brother, Lucas, on the table and smiled. It seemed fitting for there to be pictures of Lucas all over, since he was the reason they were there. To celebrate him.

"Grandpa Nathan," said Stacie, toddling over. "Tell a story about Grandpa Lucas?"

Nathan smiled and nodded. "Of course I'll tell you a story about Grandpa Lucas. He's only my favorite person in the world to talk about." He leaned over and pulled the tiny girl onto his lap. Haley and Brooke smiled and listened in to hear the story. "This is a very important story, so listen closely." Stacie nodded her head very firmly, then glued her eyes to Nathan's face. "Once upon a time, Grandpa Lucas got very sick. You see, his heart was broken, and he had to get it fixed. Unfortunately, the doctors couldn't fix Grandpa Lucas' heart, so he had to get a new one. This was a VERY dangerous surgery, however. You see, there was a very good chance that he wouldn't make it and he would go to heaven during it. So me, and Grandma Haley and Grandma Brooke and our kids all waited in the tiny waiting room of the hospital for HOURS AND HOURS to hear what happened to Grandpa Lucas. The whole time, all I could think about were all of the things I promised him. I promised to look after Grandma Brooke and Gramps (that's what the kids call Lucas and Brooke's son) and make sure that they were OK if he didn't make it. I kept thinking and praying that I wouldn't have to do that."

Stacie interrupted then. "Why? You didn't like Grandma Brooke and Gramps?"

All three of them chuckled at her question. "Oh no," said Nathan. "It wasn't that at all. I just wanted Grandpa Lucas to be OK so badly. I wanted him to be there for his wife and to see his son grow up, and eventually to see all of us, even you!"

Stacie's eyes grew wide at the mention of herself. "Even me!" she whispered in awe. "You knew about me that long ago?"

"Of course," said Nathan. "I know everything."

Haley smacked him playfully on the arm and turned to Stacie. "Don't listen to anything your grandfather tells you, Stacie. He knows less now than he knew then."

"Anyways…" said Nathan, pretending to be aggravated. "I had wandered into the hall to look for coffee when I heard some very bad news that I knew was about Grandpa Lucas. He was running out of blood and they didn't know if they could get him more in time. I heard the doctor say that he would die in less than two minutes if they didn't get help. I told Grandma Brooke and Grandma Haley, and we all sat and waited to hear the saddest news of our lives. We only waited about twenty more minutes when a doctor came in and said…"

"Time to eat," called Stephanie, interrupting the story again.

Nathan winked at Stacie. "We'll finish the story later, OK?"

Stacie nodded and ran off to find her mother and eat. Haley, Brooke and Nathan all got food. Nathan looked at Stephanie. "Don't you think we should wait?"

"Nah. You know they're always late. They're probably out shopping for golf clubs or a new wide-screen TV or something." Everyone had noticed that Jacob and Joey were missing from the group, but accepted the explanation because it sounded right. Jacob and Joey were always off doing something they shouldn't be doing at the wrong time. It reminded Haley of when she and Lucas used to hang out together all the time. Before things got complicated.

"Score one for Haley James!" called Haley as she sunk the winning putt on the miniature golf course she and Lucas had built on top of Karen's Café.

Lucas sulked over to the corner and sat down, pretending to pout. "It's not fair. You cheated."

"OK, how old are you again?" asked Haley as she sat down next to him. "So, what are you going to do about tonight?"

Lucas sighed. "I really don't know. I mean, on the one hand, I really want to be there for my mom, you know?" Haley nodded. "But on the other hand, Andy's not the right guy for her. Keith is. She knows it, I know it, Keith knows it. Hell, even Andy knows it. And for some reason, they're still going through with it."

They sat quietly for a few minutes. "So what are YOU going to do about the whole Nathan situation?"

Now it was Haley's turn to sigh. "I know about as much as you, which is nothing. I mean, I love him to death, and I always will. But it just hurts to see him hurting and know that I'm the one that did it. I don't blame him for being angry at me. I just hope we can work it all out in…" she paused. "Oh crap, what time is it?"

Lucas looked at his watch and his eyes grew wide. "It's 6:30! I was supposed to be at the church like, now!"

Haley jumped up, followed by Lucas. "And I'm supposed to be at couple's therapy with Nathan in twenty minutes!"

"You'll make it, Hales," said Lucas as they rushed down the stairs.

"It's in Charlotte, Lucas," exclaimed Haley as she ran out the door.

Haley chuckled as she remembered that day. It was the day that brought her and Nathan back together. When she finally got to couples counseling, Nathan forgave her for everything. He told her he had been worried that something might have happened to her and realized that he didn't want to lose her. Karen also didn't marry Andy, but instead married Keith a year later. It had been a pretty great day even through all that.

Everyone got their food and were sitting at the table, taking. Vanessa and her boyfriend, Nick, were sitting close and whispering to each other. Everyone kept teasing them, but of course they laughed about it. They had been dating for about a year and everyone loved Nick. Just then, they heard the front door open and close. Seconds later, Jacob and Darren walked through the door carrying bags of chips, soda, a new portable DVD player and about twenty DVDs. "Sorry," said Jacob, setting the bags down. "We lost track of time."

"Of course you did," smiled Stephanie as she kissed him hello. "Maybe I need to buy you a new watch. You tend to lose track of time a lot."

Jacob smiled and kissed her back before continuing. "But it's good that we came home when we did, because we brought someone very important along with us."

Everyone looked towards the door and smiled as they saw who walked through. Brooke's heart especially skipped a beat when she saw her husband, the man she had loved since she was sixteen years old, walked through the door. She got up and walked over to him.

"Lucas Eugene Scott, you told me you were going to go buy some soda and be back in an hour. That was four hours ago. Where have you been?" she exclaimed, while giving him a quick kiss.

"I had to buy you something, Pretty Girl," he said as he took out a velvet jewelry box. Inside was a white-gold necklace with both of their birthstones along with their kids', grandkids' and great-grandkids'.

She recognized them immediately. "Oh, thank you Lucas." She smiled as he put it on her.

They all went to sit down, then Nathan stood up and clinked his glass. "Alright, I've got to give a speech since my big brother has given one for me on many occasions. Both of my weddings, when my kids were born, graduations and other parties, blah blah blah." He paused for a minute to drink some water before continuing. "On October 25th, 2020, Lucas went into surgery. I know we all know what happened and everything, but I want to recount it so Lucas knows the hell that we all went through on that day." He went on to the same story he had been telling Stacie. "So then the doctor came in, and we were all ready for the worst. 'Family of Lucas Scott?' he asked, even though we were the only ones in the room. He looked so… I can't really say upset, or sad, just… calm, I guess. My own heart almost stopped as he started to speak again. 'I'm happy to tell you the surgery was a success. Lucas' new heart is working perfectly and his body is not attempting to reject it. He will have to stay a few days for observation as you know, but more than likely he will be just fine.' We all just started whooping, hollering, crying, laughing, and I don't know what else. It was such a relief to know that my big brother, my ONLY brother for that matter, was going to live. He would be getting his wish to watch his son grow up," he winked at Nate, "and live a long and happy life with his beautiful wife." Haley scoffed playfully. "Of course, not as beautiful as you, Hales." She smiled, satisfied. "So here's to Lucas. For living as long as he has and looking pretty damn good for his age. I'm glad I talked you in to doing the surgery, man. And I'm glad you got to live out your dreams." Lucas smiled, then stood up to hug his little brother. He had tears in his eyes from his brother's story. He had heard it before, but everytime it choked him up.

For the rest of the afternoon, evening and well into the night, the family just hung out and talked together. They celebrated Lucas' life, since it was the anniversary of his surgery, but they also celebrated themselves. Most of them wouldn't have been there if it wasn't for Lucas, and he was a miracle to them all.

Author's Note: So, that's it. I know it's short and there's only two flashbacks, but I got really bored with this story. I finished it because everyone wanted to know what would happen to Lucas and I had to see how it played out, but I just was not all that interested in it. I hope you enjoyed it, though. Please leave me a review and tell me what you thought. Even if you hated it. It might make me cry, but that's OK…