That's All Chapter 5—Where in the world is Keith?

DISCLAIMER: If I owned them do you really think I'd be sitting here writing this? I'd either be working on season three or hanging out with the cast. I don't claim to own them. Never have, never will. And just to be safe, I don't own Vogue either.

SUMMARY: Takes place after the finale. It's Brucas, Naley and later on a Jeyton. That's all I'm telling you for now because I don't wanna ruin the surprises.

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I am so sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter up. More about that later. You guys have waited long enough for this chapter and I don't want to bore you anymore.

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Brooke and Lucas drove home in silence. 'he's doing the brooding thing again' Brooke thought to herself shaking her head. They walked into the house and Lucas headed straight for the shower. Brooke put on a pair of his boxers and a tank top and climbed into bed. She was reading the latest issue of "Vogue" when Lucas came in wearing a pair of plaid boxers. Lucas was a wreck. He felt terrible. Here, after his father had his heart attack, his father wanted to get to know him and all Lucas could think about was getting revenge. Now Dan was dead and they would never get to know each other. Brooke put aside her magazine. Lucas climbed into the bed next to her. "Luke, you're doing the brooding thing. Talk to me."

"I am not doing the brooding thing!" Lucas protested.

"Yes you are. Now you can either tell me what is bothering you, or we can keep playing this game and then tell me what is bothering you." Lucas sighed. He had forgotten how persistent Brooke could be.

"I feel guilty about Dan's death."

"Why? Did you go to the dealership and set it on fire?"

"No. We were in our make up process at the time."

"Exactly. So why should you feel guilty about a death that you did not cause?" Brooke asked. Lucas sighed. He didn't know quite how to put his feelings into words. "Its not that its just… when I was a kid… I used to always wish that he would realize what a mistake he made in leaving me and my mom. And then he would come and we would do all the cool father son stuff I saw on TV and in the movies. Or even just when I saw kids at the park with their dads. Needless to say it never happened. And eventually I learned to accept that. I mean I had my mom and Keith and Hales. When high school started, it was just Hales and I for those two years. And I was ok with that, that meant that I never had to see him or Nathan who I hated at the time. Then I joined the team and suddenly Haley and I were thrown into this world of popularity and everything changed. Hell Nathan and I even learned to get along. And that was cool. That was all I needed. We formed a… group and Dan was an ass to me so I didn't care about not having him as my father. And then he had the heart attack and he really wanted to get to know me. And the only thing I could think about was getting revenge. And now he's dead and I have to live with that." Brooke cuddled up to Lucas.
"Luke, how could you not want revenge? After everything he's done to you and Nathan and your mom, Deb, Keith, Whitey. Hell even Peyton and me. The guy was an ass Luke, and I would've wanted revenge too. Don't feel guilty ok?" Lucas nodded but inside he knew this was something he'd carry around for the rest of his life.

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"Nathan darling. I thought you and that lovely Haley girl got married. Why is she not staying here with you tonight?" May asked.

"Uh… because…"
"Because Peyton's dad is away on a business trip, and Peyton does not like staying in that big house alone, so she asked Haley to stay with her." Deb replied for Nathan. May nodded and mumbled and "I see." May thought there was something odd going on, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Deb sensed what May was thinking and spoke again. "It's getting late and we have an early and long day tomorrow. Why don't we all hit the hay?" Deb asked not quite believing she just said hit the hay. Everyone agreed and headed up the stairs. They were in the hallway when May spoke again. "Where in the world is Keith?"

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Years later, whenever anyone asked any of Dan's "close" family or friends what happened during the funeral, they honestly could not remember the whole thing because that day and the few that followed passed by in a dream like daze.

There was hardly anyone that cried during the funeral—except for May because well Dan was her son. The golden boy. And Deb was crying too. Not because she was sad but because she was relieved. Relieved that Dan would never be there to bully Lucas or Nathan, insult her or Karen, or Keith, or Whitey. No Deborah Scott was not upset in the least about her husband's passing. As far as she was concerned, Dan had his death coming. She personally hoped they would not figure out who killed Dan because she thought they did the world a favour.

Nathan and Haley played the happy couple beautifully. They held hands, and kissed (only on the cheek. The line has to be drawn somewhere). Yes, no one suspected a thing.

And Brooke was at Lucas's side the whole time. She even managed not to laugh when the priest called Dan " a loving and caring father and husband." It took all she had in her not to laugh, but she didn't. however, if you looked in her eyes at that minute like Lucas happened to do, you could tell she was laughing inside.

Karen and Andy had caught the first flight out from New Zealand. They were severely jet lagged, but they were there. The crowd was shocked to see Karen come in with Andy, her head held high, her face like stone, and sit behind Deb. What the crowd did not understand was that she was there for Deb, Lucas, and Nathan. The crowd thought she was there to get some sort of bizarre satisfaction or something. Andy stood beside his girlfriend, trying to appear sad, but in reality he thought Dan got exactly what was coming to him.

Yes everyone was there—except two people, Jake and Keith. Jake was missing for obvious reasons, and Keith, well no one knew why he was missing. And May for the life of her could not figure out why.

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Later on, at the Scott residence, Deb, Karen, and May were cleaning up the house from the wake they had after the funeral. Lucas Brooke and Peyton, had all gone to Peyton's to watch a movie. Nathan and Haley had gone God knows where telling Deb that they needed to talk. Karen and Deb were discussing the events of the day when May spoke. "Will one of you two tell me where the hell Keith is? Don't you dare lie to me either." May exclaimed. Karen and Deb exchanged looks. There was no way to make this sound pretty. "May, sit down. This is a long story. You remem—" Deb was cut off by the phone ringing. Karen answered it. The two other ladies stood there for a minute then Karen handed Deb the phone. "Hello… this is…" Deb turned sheet white. " Ok…I'll be there soon…thank you …bye" Deb hung up the phone. " I have to go to the station for questioning, and they may have found who killed Dan.

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Oooooo! The suspense! Go cast your votes for either: a) Keith, b) Jules, c) Deb, or d) a mysterious stranger so I can write the next chapter.

Also, I am so sorry it took so long for me to get this chapter posted. I had the worst writer's block. Well it wasn't exactly writer's block, I knew what I wanted to happen, but I couldn't get it out on paper. And when I finally could, I must have started over a million times. I'm still not sure if I'm satisfied with this chapter or not. Anyway, I'll post a little note thing on Wednesday saying that the polls are officially closed. Then I'll have the next chapter up at the earliest Friday and at the latest Monday.

SPOILERS:

WHO DID IT? Aww the suspense… I don't even know yet…

The Trial

A Summer Carnival

And some medical news for a certain blond Scott brother we all love.

You know I love you guys!

See ya on the flipside,

BlAiR! MUAH!

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