Forgive Me

By: Dream Knight

Chapter II

Obscure Thoughts

A movement answered Nathan's hold on his brother. Could it be? Had Lucas actually woken up? Nathan didn't want to live off false hopes, he wanted his brother to wake because he wanted only the best. Hs eyes pressed together, he would so anything to keep him alive. The doctors though, seem to have no hope.

"Nate," a familiar voice coughed out. Nathan couldn't believe it. Lucas was awake. He set his fragile brother's body down. His paleness was fading away.

"Lucas. What happened?" Nathan rushed out. His brother opened his eyes. They seemed to wander off to his surroundings.

"Nate, I should be asking you that. Where…where am I?" Lucas asked, his eyes finally opened. The light seemed to blind him. Nathan seemed to have wings of light behind him.

"Well Luke… you almost had what seemed like a heart attack although it isn't the best way to describe it since the doctors don't even know for sure yet. I drove you here, to the hospital as fast as I could." Nathan explained. Lucas heard the fears and worries for him come out with every sound from Nathan's sweet lips which he had never had the chance to kiss. "Give me a minute Luke, I'm going to get the doctor. After that, if I can, I'll take you home." Nathan added.

"Hurry up…please. I can't stand being here." Lucas said to his brother. Nathan nodded just before he walked out. As Nathan disappeared from the corner of Lucas's eye, Lucas couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if he would have passed away. Would it really mean anything to anyone? Would it mean anything to him?

A couple of minutes passed as the aches around Luke's body slowly began to fade away. He heard Nathan's voice approaching along with someone else's. Hopefully it was the doctor because Lucas wanted to get rid of the sanitized air odor. There were only a few things he hated in his life, one of the was sterilized air. The door opened revealing two figures.

"Here he is doctor," Nathan conversed with the doctor, "I couldn't believe it myself. He just woke up. Good thing he did though." Nathan did all he could to sound convincing enough. In the past, he wasn't the best person to cajole anyone. Now, he tried harder than ever.

"We'll see how well he is, I doubt that I can release him today though." the older man spoke to Nathan. Both of them walked over to Lucas's bed. The doctor took a series of quick tests before writing the results on his clipboard.

"Is he alright?" Nathan asked with a face more serious and concentrated than usual, in fact, Lucas had never seen this side of Nathan before. The doctor took a few seconds before getting back to Nathan.

"Yeah, he should be able to leave today. Just give me a minute to fill out his release forms. A smile formed on both Lucas's and Nathan's face. Just then, Lucas looked at the clock. It was 6:49. Nearly seven hours passed since they went shopping. Most of the time though had been spent shopping around for wedding things. A questioning look on Lucas's face was answered by Nathan's nod.

The doctor returned and let Nathan sign a few papers of meaningless words. It was only minutes before They left the suffocating feel of the room. When the doctor left them alone, Nathan helped his brother stand up. He grabbed the plastic bag left with all of Luke's clothes from the side and took them out. He then took the hospital robes from Lucas leaving to his sight a nearly naked Lucas. The only article of clothing on him was his black boxers. Avoiding much attention to Lucas's he dressed him in a manner that could be called carelessly. The last touch to make his brother look like himself again was a small stroke of his hand through his hair. Perfect. Now they were on their way out.

Lucas couldn't walk well from the looks of it. Nathan wrapped one of Luke's arms his neck to support him. Both brothers stepped outside to expose themselves to the "normal" air they were used to. Taking every step very carefully, it was about ten minutes before they came to view of the car. When they saw the car, Brooke was leaning on its side.

"Lucas! Don't scare me like that." Brooke yelled as she ran to the brothers after spotting them. Tears ran down her eyes. This was one of the times that Brooke Davis was actually being honest. She leaned forward to kiss Lucas when he turned to face his brother instead.

"Last time I checked, we were not a couple. Has that changed?" Lucas said to Brooke. He accepted her hug although it only made him feel cold.

"Be that way. I was trying to be nice for once but it's nothing to make you go all berserk on me." Brooke talked back to her ex-boyfriend. She put a slight smile on her face because she thought he was playing with her.

"Sorry Brooke. I'm just very short-tempered and it's not because of you in any way." Lucas said as he tugged Nathan a bit to continue walking. Nathan understood his brother's message.

"I'm going to take him to eat. We haven't eaten for hours." Nathan told Brooke as he continued walking. Brooke then told them that she too had to leave, she was heading back to Peyton to continue the silent treatment.

"Bye Brooke." Both brothers yelled out to Brooke in unison. Then Nathan sat Lucas down on the seat of the vehicle and closed the door for him. It seemed as if whatever happened to Lucas affected his whole body temporarily. Nathan went to the driver's side of the car and buckled himself up and shut the driver door.

It suddenly hurt Lucas to speak. "What do you do Nathan…when…you love someone" Lucas forced out from himself unable to finish his actual question.

"Lucas, what do you mean what do you do?" Nathan asked. He couldn't really understand what his brother was asking him. The real question to Nathan was, why. Why was he asking him that?

"What can I do if I love some…one who I can't have…Nate?" Lucas asked before all his strength was drained from him.

"You fight for them. Like I did for Haley." Nathan answered not assured that it was the right answer. Lucas was always better at managing relationships although it never seemed like it. He knew the only reason that kept Lucas from marrying before him was that he didn't want to take things too fast. These questions were not like him. If there was one thing many people knew, it was that Lucas was capable of solving love problems. It never seemed like it but it was the absolute truth.

"Thanks Nate. Now can we go eat? I feel my empty stomach killing me." Lucas asked as he placed a hand on his abdominal area.

"Sure. Where do you want to go?" Nathan replied. He too couldn't deny the hunger.

"Anywhere. Does anyone know about what happened Nate? I didn't want to worry anyone." Lucas said to Nathan.

"No, I made sure of it." Nate replied.

"Wh-what about Brooke" Lucas stammered.

"Don't worry, I asked her not to say a word earlier today." Nathan consoled his brother. Lucas nodded.

"Nathan…" Lucas began, "can I stay with you and Haley tonight, I don't want my mother to see me like this. Tomorrow I'll be better."

"No problem, you can use the spare room." Nathan said. Finally, Nathan started the car. He headed to a Burger King and ordered food through the drive through. They parked the car just in front of the restaurant and ate in the car.

Silent was kept between both of them. Running through their minds were the words they exchanged. Luke was worried that his questions were revealing his emotions for his brother while Nathan worried that he may not had answered as he should have.

When they both finished eating, Nathan stepped out of the car and took the trash to a nearby bin. The drive home was empty. No voices, no sounds, nothing. It was only about half an hour until they reached their destination. From their Nathan's cell phone, Lucas called his mother to tell her that he was staying the night with Nathan.

I'm sorry that I didn't leave a preview for the next chapter. I might not do it for the remaining chapters because it will be a spoiler to the plot. I hope you enjoyed and all reviews are welcome.