Chapter 2

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Lucas Scott always believed that there was someone out there for everyone. It felt as if he didn't have any other option but to believe in real love, especially when he could see the relationship that was bound to happen between his mom, Karen, and his uncle Keith.

Lucas thought that they were holding back to protect him. For years, Lucas wished that they would become a couple. Partly because he knew that they would be good together, great even. But also, because he has always wanted Keith to be his dad. After all Keith was the only father figure he had in his life, and he would do anything not to acknowledge his biological father, Dan.

There was only ever one time in his life when Lucas wished that he would have grown up with Dan in his life.

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When Lucas was 10 years old, his favorite thing to do was play basketball. He loved it so much that he asked his mom to sign him up for a 6-week basketball day camp. The original sign-up sheet had Whitey Durham, Tree Hill High's basketball coach, as the coach for the camp.

On the first day of camp, it was brought to the attention of all of the participants and their parents that Coach Durham would not be able to coach the camp because his wife was ill. Instead, the camp would be coach by Dan Scott, former Tree Hill High basketball star. The program director explained that Dan was the next best choice because he was the town star and could "inspire" the children.

Lucas wasn't sure how he was supposed to feel about this. His mom had explained to him when he was younger that Dan is his father, and he has another family. Lucas was not upset by this information because it had always been his mom, Keith, and him, he didn't need anyone else.

During his time at camp, Lucas watched how Dan treated his son Nathan. Dan yelled at Nathan more than anyone else, he made him run more, and he always had to stay after everyone went home to practice shooting. Lucas felt glad that Dan was not in his life because if he was that mean to Nathan, he would probably be meaner to Lucas.

Lucas remembered a day when he had to wait for his uncle Keith to pick him up from camp because his mom had to work late.

Lucas was sitting on the bleachers watching the other kids leaving. Nathan had just left the locker room when Dan started to yell at him.

"NATHAN! You should have been better today. I expected more from you. You disgraced the Scott name today."

"I'm so sorry dad. I was so tired today, I felt like I couldn't move my arms." Nathan said.

"You know the drill, grab a ball, we aren't leaving until you can make ten baskets in a row. You miss a shot; you take a lap. Every time you miss more than 5 shots, you're going to run an extra lap." Dan said angrily.

Nathan grabbed a ball and stood at the free throw line. He made 6 shots in a row and missed the 7th.

Nathan put the ball on the rack and began running a lap around the gym. While he was running, he noticed Lucas sitting on the bleachers staring.

Nathan became mad, why did HE have to watch his dad do this today. He started running hard not noticing that Dan stepped in front of him as he reached the end of his lap.

Nathan smacked right into Dan and fell backwards.

"Nathan you need to pay more attention to what you're doing. This is why you aren't getting any better, you're going to end up hurt if you don't listen to me." Dan said.

"Now GET UP!" Dan yelled while walking away and gathering the rest of the equipment.

Just as Dan finished yelling at Nathan, Keith walked in.

"Hey Luke! Are you ready to go, or do you just want to sit there? I can go have dinner with your mom and Haley by myself." Keith said smirking.

"Oh, Hi Uncle Keith! Sorry, I was distracted. I didn't even see you walk in." Lucas said smiling.

"I thought mom had to work, isn't that why you came to get me today?"

"Yes, but she still wants us to have dinner together. She doesn't want to miss anytime with you. So were going to have dinner at the café."

"Cool. I'm going to order three sandwiches." Lucas became quiet as they stood there.

"Uncle Keith, should I be practicing like that?" Lucas said as he nodded his head in Nathan's direction.

"No Luke, right now you should just focus on having fun when you play. There will be plenty of time to practice like that when your older. I promise."

"Ok... I like when spending time with you Uncle Keith."

Keith smiled at Lucas and put his arm around his shoulders.

"Alright buddy, let's not keep the women in our lives waiting."

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Lucas and Nathan avoided each other at all cost after that basketball camp. They had different groups of friends and Lucas decided that maybe he should play a different sport for a little while. Lucas told his mom he wanted to switch to see if he could be good at something else, but deep down he didn't like playing the same sport as his brother, knowing that his father would be there to support the son he loved more.

When he told this to his best friend Haley James, she yelled at him and told him he shouldn't give up basketball because he's afraid he won't have the same support. Haley told Lucas he didn't need to worry about his dad only being at games to support his brother because he had more than just one person, he had a team.

Lucas would squint his eyes and look at Haley like he didn't know what she was talking about when he knew she was right.

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The next time Lucas and Nathan interacted with each other was their freshmen year of high school. They were placed in the same homeroom and that teacher decided that the class would have assigned seats in alphabetical order.

Their homeroom teacher was also their first period freshman advising teacher. In advising the teacher made them work in pairs or small groups. Nathan and Lucas had to work together in that class. They made an agreement that they would only deal with each other in freshman advising, and that outside of that class they didn't know each other.

When Nathan started dating Peyton that year, Lucas became jealous and decided that he would hate Nathan forever for preventing him from having the chance with the only girl he had ever had a crush on.

Lucas was so upset when he found out, he went straight to Haley and complained about how it always felt like Nathan had all the chances he could never get in life. Haley told Lucas that even though it appeared that Nathan was given more chances in life, Lucas didn't need them because he was given what was truly important the first time around.

Eventually Lucas came to terms with the fact that the girl he was crushing on was dating his estranged brother. But that didn't stop Lucas from daydreaming about her every day. At least until his sight was set on a different girl for the next 2 years.

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