Disclaimer: I do not own on of the best shows on t.v. today, One Tree Hill. But I wish I did.

AN: Okay guys, I know a few of you have been asking about Lucas...rather it's if he's an ass or why isn't he in this so much...well you will like this Chapter, because it will have much Lucas...R&R!

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At ten that night, the two friends were still out at the beach. As they laid their looking at the stars, Lucas walks up. "Hey man." He said as he sat down next to Nathan.

"Hey." Nathan said quietly.

"Look, Nate, you know that this…this bullshit…it changes nothing between me and you. Your still my pain in the ass lil brother." He said with a smile.

"Luke, shut up and lay down."

Lucas did as he was told. "Wow, this is amazing." He said as he looked up at the bright stars. "Hey." He said as he nudged Nathan a little.

Nathan turned his head to the side so that he could look at him. "Yeah?"

"I love you. No regrets."

Nathan rolled his eyes. "Yeah…me too."

"Hey what about me?" Haley sat up with a smile looking between the two brothers.

Lucas laughed but then became serious. "Yeah, Haley, I think I owe you an apology. I've been an ass about you and Nathan being friends. But now I can see that was a good choice. What I'm trying to say is thanks for taking care of him."

Haley smiled then threw her arms around Nathan. "Oh, what I wouldn't do for this handsome prince."

Nathan looked at Lucas, whojust laughed. "Oh, your so gonna get it." Nathan yelled then turned to watch Haley hop up and start running.

"Catch me if you can." She yelled over her shoulder.

Both guys jumped up and started running after the brunette. As they slowed down to walk over a big rock, she jump out, making both of them grab their chest before taking off again. Soon, they had her surrounded. She was looking around, trying to find a way out.

"We got you, just give up." Lucas said with a smile.

"Not a chance." She said then tried to run between the two but was caught by one of them, picked up from behind and spun around. "Ooh, that was fun. Can we do it again?" She asked as Lucas put her down. But Nathan came up behind her and started to tickle her. "Oh, Nathan…stop…please." She said between breaths and laughter.

After a few seconds, he stopped and smiled at Lucas. "Scott's win."

Haley looked up pouting. "That's not fair, I was outnumbered."

Nathan laughed as he helped Haley stand back up. "Sorry."

Nathan and Lucas walked Haley home later that evening. As they got to her house, Nathan gave her a hug. "Thanks for today, Hales."

Haley hugged Nathan back and smiled. "Anytime." She waved to both boys. "Bye Lucas." Then turned and went inside.

As Nathan watched Haley go inside, He smiled. He turned and looked at Lucas. "Let's go home."

Lucas nodded and walked with Nathan towards their house. "Hey Nate. I'm really sorry I gave you a hard time about Haley. She really is a great person."

Nathan looked over at Lucas. "It's okay. She really is. I know I just started to be friends with her, but I'm really glad I did. I don't know what I would do without her right now."

"I'm glad you have someone to talk to about all this…but you know you can always talk to me, right?"

"I know. Thanks, Luke."

They walked in silence for a few minutes before Lucas started laughing. "What are you laughing about?" Nathan asked, confused.

"Can you imagine us not growing up together. I mean, what would we be like if Deb had taken you…or worse…Dad had married her instead of mom."

Nathan laughed. "We'd probably have pretty screwed up lives."

"You would at least. I would have mom."

Nathan nodded. "Yeah, we're pretty lucky, huh."

"Damn straight."

As they walked into their house, they saw their parents in the kitchen and walked in together. "Hey, you guys hungry?" Karen asked as she saw her two boys walk in.

"Ooh, I'm starving." Lucas said

"No, I'm not. I think I'm just gonna go to bed."

As Nathan walked upstairs, Karen looked at Lucas. "Is he okay? I bet he hates me."

"I think he will be. And he doesn't hate you. He's just confused…and a little scared." He said giving his mom a hug.

Nathan shut his door, put his bag down, and laid on his bed. He wasn't really tired, but he needed time alone to think.

He didn't know what he wanted to do about any of this. One thing he did know was that Haley was right. No matter what happened, Karen would always be his mom. He was still very angry with both of his parents for not telling him though. He understood why they didn't, but hefelt like they had lied to him his whole life. At least they didn't abandon you. He sighed and rolled over onto his side.

A few hours halter, Nathan still couldn't sleep. He had so many conflicting thoughts bouncing inside his head. The only thing that he knew for sure was that he was hungry.

He walked downstairs as quietly as possible as to not wake anyone up. He made himself a bowl of cereal and sat at the bar to eat. He looked up when he heard someone walk in. "Nathan, what are you doing up?"

"I got hungry. Sorry, I didn't mean to wake anyone up."

"No…it's fine, I couldn't sleep." Dan sat down on the other side of the bar and looked at his son. He could tell he was hurting and he hated that there was nothing he could do about it.

"Why didn't you tell me, Dad?"

Dan took a deep breath. "Listen son, I'm sorry you had to find out the way you did…but I'm not sorry for not telling you. Your mom and I tried to do what we thought was best. We never thought she would come back."

"Expect the unexpected, Dad. You have always told us that in life, you should always expect the unexpected."

"I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say except that this day has terrified you mom for a while. She just doesn't want to loose you."

Nathan nodded as he looked down into his bowl. "I want to talk to her." He looked up at his dad. "I want to meet her."