"I told you already, I didn't see anything!" Nathan snapped at the detective.

"Hey, im just asking kid."

"Yeah, you asked about ten different times."

"Why are you getting so mad, do you have anything to hide?"

Nathan looked at him with such disgust.

"Are you serious?" Nathan yelled. "What the hell kind of man are you, do you realize what we went through today? We were hostage, you're a freaking detective so I'm guessing you know what that means. We had a gun pointed in our faces, being threatened that we would be shot. Then to find out my dad tried to kill my uncle. And now your asking me this? You're an asshole man, a real asshole."

The man just looked at Nathan, like he was studying him. " You can go now, were done hear."

"Lucas, Lucas wake up."

Lucas slowly opened his eyes, he didn't feel himself fall asleep. He was so tired and so emotionally drained from that day he couldn't help but doze off.

"Lucas , he wants to see you." Karen told him.

"How long was I out?"

"An hour or so,"

Lucas got up and saw Haley, Nathan , and Brooke still sitting there. Brooke and Haley however she and Brooke were sleeping. Nathan was in the middle, staring off into space.

"Nathan, you okay?" Lucas broke his trance.

"What? Oh yeah I'm fine."

"Are you coming?"

"I..I don't know man."

Lucas looked at Nathan, it was obvious about how much this was bothering him.

"Come on." Lucas helped Nathan getup without waking Haley.

- -

Lucas walked in and his heart dropped. There was Keith, he looked so weak, so tired. He had bags under his eyes. He looked at his gunshot wound. It was so close to the heart, Lucas just thought about what if..what if Keith had died.

"Hey" Keith said weakly breaking off Lucas's concentration.

"Keith, how are you." Nathan asked right away.

"As best as I can be, considering the day I've had." Keith tried to make them smile.

"Did Dan really do it?" Lucas asked.

"Boys, I guess you should hear the whole thing from me , before anyone else."

Lucas and Nathan both took a seat at the side of his bed and listened, scared of what Keith was going to say.

"The fire.. The fire at Dan Scott Motors, Dan thinks, That I... um... That I did it. That I tired to kill him. He accused me and I told him it wasn't true but I guess he doesn't believe me."

"What." Nathan said in disbelief. He just thought about his last talk with his mom, with her admitting that she did it, she tried to kill Dan, and now Keith was lying in a hospital bed because of it.

"Where is Dan now?" Lucas asked. He wasn't saying much. He just filled up with anger and hate.

"I don't know."

"Keith, you don't deserve this." Nathan told him.

"Excuse me? I'm sorry visiting time is over."

Nathan and Lucas said goodbye to Keith and walked out of the room. Lucas was heading back to Haley and Brooke, and Karen went into Keith's room to say goodnight. Lucas saw Nathan go the wrong way.

"Nathan,"

Nathan didn't stop, he didn't even answer, he just kept walking.

"Nathan." Lucas called again. Following his brother, Nathan went to the doors and went outside.

"I need some air." He mumbled.

"Nathan, man, I'm sorry."

"Keith didn't try to kill Dan." Nathan told him.

Lucas looked up at Nathan, "I know."

"No, Lucas I'm serious, it wasn't Keith. It was my mom." Nathan blurted out. He didn't mean it, he just let it slip out, but to Nathan's surprise Lucas didn't seem shocked at all

Lucas just looked away.

"What?" Nathan asked him wondering why he wasn't shocked at what he just told him.

"Its just.."

"What Lucas, what is it!"

"I knew."

Nathan just stared in disbelief and confusion. Lucas was about to start explaining when Nathan cut him off.

"So you knew that my mom, was the one to try and murder my dad, and you just kept it quiet?"

Lucas was surprised at Nathan's outburst.

"No, Nate its not like that its just.."

"Just what?"

"Complicated."

Nathan looked at Lucas, and before starting another argument just turned around, slammed the doors open hard, and walked inside.

"Nathan!" Lucas called.

"Dammit!" Lucas whispered to himself.

Nathan went in to go get Haley, her and Brooke were awake, talking waiting for them.

"Ready to go?" Nathan asked her.

Haley could see that Nathan was pissed off about something.

"Where's Lucas?" Brooke asked him.

"Out there." he mumbled. "I can give you a ride if you want,"

"No, its okay I'll go meet Luke. Thanks though."

Nathan nodded and him and Haley went off and Brooke found Lucas. He was sitting on a curb with his head in his hands.

"Hey, what's wrong." she asked kindly.

"Oh nothing out of the normal, I screwed up..again."

"Luke, what happened."

Lucas turned to Brooke, he had tried to keep his calm all day, he was so emotionally stressed and angry at what was happening, but he kept it all bottled up that day. His hands were trembling.

"Brooke, I feel...I feel like this is my fault."

"Why, Lucas you didn't do anything."

"That's just it Brooke, I didn't do anything. I just sat there, I just left, I could of... done something..anything." Lucas started to yell.

"Lucas, you were carrying Peyton, she was bleeding. You had to get out of there, you couldn't of known what would of happened."

"I didn't even see Dan in there." Lucas started to choke up. "Brooke, everything is so messed up right now."

Brooke looked at him and could see the tears building up in his eyes, she didn't know what to say, instead she grabbed him close and let him cry on her shoulder.

- - - - - - - - -

"So you want to talk about it." Haley asked Nathan when they were sitting on her couch.

"Talk about what Hales?"

"What you and Lucas fought about."

Nathan looked at her and took a deep breathe.

"Nothing important, just.. We were just both really tense about today and all"

"Oh, okay" Haley started. " I mean you two fighting right now isn't the best timing, with everything going on. I mean your mom is coming home, dealing with Dan, and Karen and Keith are really going to need all of us."

Nathan nodded and kissed her forehead. He knew she was right, and tomorrow he really wanted to talk with Lucas, he had so many questions. He was just afraid to talk to him tonight, because he was so angry, so hurt he didn't want to freak out on him and make the situation worse.

Then he thought about his mom, what he was going to say to her. He was so mad at her, he blamed her. How the hell could she of done what she did. All she had to do was leave him, that's all. Just pack up and go. But no. His mom couldn't, he thought of her as a coward. He just took another deep breathe and leaned his head on Haley's head and just tried to relax.