Lucas woke up and grabbed his head. There was some blood on his hands when he looked at them.

"Oh great." he groaned.

He got up, with a severe headache and could see the light outside. He looked at his cell phone and saw it was 12:00. He opened his phone and dialed 911.

Karen woke up at the kitchen table. She had fallen asleep there waiting for Lucas to come home. Nathan told her he wouldn't be home that night, but she couldn't sleep, she felt so awful about the things she said. She started to worry when she saw it was around 12:30. Then the phone rang.

"Hello."

"Mrs. Scott. This is Chief Shotti from the Wilmington police station. Your son Lucas Scott is at our hospital."

"Oh my god, is he okay."

"He needed about four stitches in his head, but other then that he will be fine."

"What happened?" Karen cried out.

The man took a deep breath and started to explain.

Lucas was sitting at a chair in the waiting room, with an ice pack on his head.

"Lucas!" He herd from behind.

He turned around and saw Haley and Nathan.

"Hey." he said to them.

"Oh my god, your mom called, and she said what happened, and your bleeding, and Dan did that, and oh my god are you okay?" Haley gasped.

"Haley calm down." Lucas had to laugh at her rambling.

She smacked his arm. " It's not funny Lucas." she hugged him.

"Are you okay?" Nathan asked him.

"Yeah, I'll be fine."

"I can't believe this," Nathan went and looked at Lucas's head and sighed.

"Nate, I want you to be careful, he said something about seeing you soon."

Nathan looked up confused. "Yeah I hope he does,"

"Nathan." Haley started.

"No, I want him to Haley, I want him to see the disgust in my face, I want him to know that I hate him. I know I used to say it before, and act like I didn't like him, but I seriously hate him Haley. I hate my dad."

Lucas rubbed Nathan's shoulder. "Sorry Nathan."

"Hey, you are the one that was attacked in that crappy motel thing."

"Why were you there anyway?" Haley asked.

"Oh Lucas." Karen cried from behind. She ran up and hugged him, Lucas didn't hug back.

"Lucas I..." Karen started

"Yeah I know mom, this is my fault too." Lucas snapped.

"Lucas." Karen cried.

"Don't worry mom, no one got hurt but me this time, so there is no need for you to yell at me again." he glared at his mom with such an evil look and turned to Haley and Nathan. "Can you guys give me a ride?"

Karen stood there, digesting all of what Lucas said. She was crying and walked past them and out the doors.

"Lucas you really should.." Haley started but could see the tears in Lucas's eyes and she stopped.

Lucas just followed Nathan and Haley to their car without any of them saying a word to one another. It was a long drive home. Lucas didn't realize how far he ran, and then with that man taking him to that motel, they weren't even in Tree Hill anymore.

Lucas fell asleep on the way home and Haley looked back and Nathan could see how bothered she was with Karen and Lucas fighting like this, she sighed and Nathan grabbed her hand and kissed it.

"It will be fine." He told her softly. She nodded and leaned her head back.

"You know for a cripple you're pretty hot." Brooke came in the room, and Peyton was laying on her bed drawing.

"Shut up." Peyton laughed and three a pillow at her.

"How are you doing P-sawyer?"

"A lot better actually." she started. "How's Lucas.?"

"It's bothering him, he is blaming himself, but I really don't know where he is. I called him yesterday, and this morning but he didn't answer."

"He is probably somewhere with Karen, maybe at the hospital with Keith."

"Yeah. I feel so hopeless though I mean this is such a big thing, and I'm afraid I wont be able to help him through it." Brooke said sadly.

"Brooke, you are the queen of making people happy when they are sad, trust me if anyone should know that, its me." Peyton smiled.

"See this is why you are my best friend." Brooke hugged Peyton.

Peyton yawned. When her dad walked in.

"Okay time for Peyton to take her nap." he told Brooke.

"Dad, you act like im five years old." Peyton laughed.

"Oh okay well I'll let little baby Peyton to take her napy-wapy so she won't be tired anymore." Brooke said in her baby voice.

They all started to laugh when Brooke gave Peyton a hug and left.

Nathan was driving Haley and Lucas were still sleeping when he went over a bump causing Lucas to wake up.

"Dude, head injury." he laughed.

"Sorry, didn't see it." Nathan started. "You okay?"

"Yeah fine,"

"So you're really pissed at your mom." Nathan stated.

"Oh, you noticed?" Lucas laughed.

"I think you really hurt her man."

"Good. As bad as that sounds, she deserves it." Lucas told him. "I don't want to go home yet," he noticed they were back in Tree Hill.

"You can come back to my house, Haley is coming over."

"Nah, if you don't mind could you drop me off at Brookes."

"Yeah no problem."

Brooke was sitting on the couch sewing a dress when the doorbell rang.

"Pizza!" she said happily.

She ran to the door and opened it but was surprised to find none other then Lucas.

"Oh, hi!" she said happily.

"Sorry I just came without calling, I just really needed to see you." he mumbled.

"Oh of course," she hugged him, and they walked to the couch, and when he sat down she say the stitches on the back of the head.

"Lucas, what happened." she yelled, gently rubbing around the cut.

"Let's just say I had a run in with Dan."

"What, oh my god ."

He explained what happened, with his mom, and how he got to the hotel, and when Dan broke in his room. Unfortunately they got no information that could help them with where Dan went. The man who let him rent the motel said he really didn't see his face the whole time he was there, and the name he gave was false. They talked for so long they didn't even realize how late it got and by the time Lucas got done explaining he was practically in tears again.

Brooke just grabbed him gently and kissed his lips and let him rest on her. Soon enough they both fell asleep on one another.