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This is the fourth chapter entitled, "The Argument".
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The next morning in school started like nothing had happened the day before, but that wasn't going to last. Nathan was called by Whitey, the coach of the basketball team.
"Don't forget to come to the practice after school, Nathan." he said.
"What practice?" asked Nathan, apparently confused.
"Don't play dumb on me, Nate." answered the coach, "You signed up for the team!"
He left before Nathan could reply; he didn't sign up for anything. 'I bet that Lucas signed me in,' thought Nathan. He knew that he would face him later on.
Nathan went to the basketball practice and headed towards Lucas.
"Luke, we need to talk, now!" he exclaimed.
"Let's practice now, then we'll talk." he replied.
He continued with his practice not giving Nathan a chance to talk. Nathan started practicing as well since he couldn't do anything else, but he was determined to talk to Lucas.
After the team finished their practice session, they went to the locker room and took a quick shower. After that, Nathan searched the locker room for Lucas, and he found him talking to Tim.
"Oh, hey Nate! We were just talking about you." said Tim.
"Yeah! Look at you, signing up for the basketball team to be just like your brother!" exclaimed Lucas, clearly showing off.
"But you…"
"And you're even built up just like me!" he interrupted Nathan, then turned his face to Tim, "But I'm a little bigger than him if you know what I mean."
He winked at Tim as he nudged Nathan in his ribs. Nathan had had it.
"That's it!" shouted Nathan, "Stop it already!"
He took off, and Lucas followed him.
"What's wrong?" asked Lucas, "I was just messing around."
"Everything's wrong!" answered Nathan, "I don't want this!"
"Then why did you sign up?"
"You signed…" Nathan stopped, clearly frustrated, "Ugh, you don't understand! It's over! I'm done!"
"With what?"
"With everything! I'm done with all of this, with following your steps, with doing what you want me to do, and I'm also done with hunting!"
Lucas was clearly shocked when he heard these words.
"I wanna start over! I want a new life! And it's gonna be my life, and my life only, whether you like it or not!"
With these final words, Nathan left the locker room relieved that he let it all out, but he also felt guilty about what he had told his brother.