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Chapter 6: "Who Knew"

You took my hand
You showed me how
You promised me you'd be around
Uh huh
That's right
I took your words
And I believed
In everything
You said to me
Yeah huhThat's right

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them up
Cause they're all wrong
I know better
Cause you said forever
And ever
Who knew

Remember when we were such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no
No no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything

When someone said count your blessings now
For they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
They knew better
Still you said forever
And ever
Who knew

Yeah yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head
Until we meet again
Until we
Until we meet again
And I won't forget you my friend
What happened

If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
Cause they're all wrong and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes
It harderI wish I could remember
But I keep
Your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who knew

Haley woke up, in a cold sweat. Her hands and legs were trembling and her heart was pounding. She could feel a shiver in her voice as her sobs began to surface. She sat up, and stared down at her shaking hands. Her sobs got louder as her hands shook more. She glanced quickly over at her daughter, who was sleeping soundly in her crib. Her breaths became short and she couldn't catch them. She hadn't realized how loud her crying had gotten until she saw Lucas run into her room.

"Haley? What's wrong?" He asked in a panic, dashing to her side. She looked like she was shocked, like everything just came crashing onto her at once, terrifying her.

She continued to cry, as the words spoken in her dream played in her head like a broken record. If you walk out of our daughter's life, don't bother coming back when it's too late. And he walked out.

He pulled Haley into his side as he sat next to her on her bed. Her body was shaking with terror. He pulled her head into the curve of his neck to comfort her. Taking a deep breath, she whispered. "He's not coming back." Lucas closed his eyes, feeling her pain go right through his body

"Nathan? You home?" Lucas called as his voice echoed through Deb And Dan's huge house. It was morning and Lucas couldn't stop thinking about the pain that Nathan had caused his sister the night before. Nathan came down the stairs holding two big suitcases. "Going somewhere?"

"Back home, then on the road, I have a few games." Nathan said, out of breath from packing. He turned towards the closet and grabbed his jacket.

"Home? Which one? The one that you promised Haley you'd start your family in? Or, the one that you crushed all those dreams in?" Lucas said casually, at the same time trying to hold himself back from punching his brother.

"What do you want Lucas?" Nathan said impatiently.

"I just want to know why! Really, because it can't all be because of basketball! I don't understand! Please! Enlighten me!" Lucas yelled.

"What do you want to know?" Nathan said, barely louder than a whisper.

Lucas's temper began to get the best of him. " I want to know what has you so scared about having a child, that you'd leave your family. Leaving my sister waking up in the night time crying so hard she can't breathe!" Lucas yelled. It actually felt good, it had been awhile since he was able to defend Haley. Since he was able to show up on Nathan's doorstep to protect her.

"Im just like him and I don't want to do those things to her!" Nathan shouted, his emotions surfaces.

"Like who?" Lucas yelled back.

"DAN!" Nathan yelled, throwing his arm to the side to point at a picture of their "happy family" on the wall. "He ruined me! And Im just like him! But the difference is, I don't want to be!" Nathan yelled.

"Then don't!" Lucas yelled.

"That's why Im staying away! Im scared okay? Im not ready for this!" Nathan yelled, but soon, his yell became a faint whisper.

"I used to think you'd be ready for it, even though I didn't want to admit it. I tried to convince Haley to stay away from you, and she still chose you over all of her family. And deep down, I knew you'd be okay. But, you're right!You're not ready for this!" Lucas began to yell again. "But still, I can't see the logic in this. You don't want to be like Dan, so you walk in his footsteps, leaving his child fatherless because he wasn't ready." Lucas snapped at him.

Nathan tried to take in what Lucas was saying. He had never thought of what Dan did to Lucas, only what he did to him, at least he stuck around for Nathan.

"But you know, Dan tried after, he was going to come back, until you happened of course. Then, he tried getting custody and to be in my life. You? You're just leaving. So, technically, you're worst then Dan." Lucas snapped bitterly, then turned and walked out the door, slamming it behind him. Nathan stood there, not really in shock, but more or less, in a daze of realization, that everything Lucas had just said, was right.

Lucas walked through the door, to find Brooke sitting in the kitchen. It felt great to come home from such a stressful time, and see her sitting there. He slung his keys on the counter and ploppeddown on the stool across from Brooke in frustration.

Brooke was looking at a magazine, and didn't even look up to ask, "What's wrong?"

"I went to talk to Nathan." Lucas said, rubbing his forehead. Brooke looked up in shock, then smiled sweetly.

"Why?"

"Because, I hate what he's doing to Haley. I just needed to see if there was anything I could-" Brooke noticed his frustration and reached over to touch his handstopping him in mid sentence.

Lucas stared down at his hand, wondering if she could feel it shake beneath her's. "That was really sweet of you. Don't worry though, they'll be okay." She smiled, then whispered, "People who are meant to be together always find their way in the end."

Lucas's eyes widened as he stared at her. For a second, in her eyes, he could see a little flicker of hope.

"Daddy, can we go to the park?" Erica whined as she walked into the kitchen, ignoring the awkward exchange.

Lucas turned his attention to his daughter as he pulled her into his lap. "Sure." He smiled as he kissed the top of her head.

He would have been a great father, Brooke thought, smiling over at them.

"Brooke, would you and Michael like to come with us?" Lucas offered.

Me? Lucas, Erica and Michael? All together at the park? Like a family thing? Brooke panicked to herself. No way! "Sure!" She smiled. Wait? What the hell did I just say? Brooke thought. "I mean..." I mean Hell no! "Let me get Mikey!" She darted out of the room. Way to listen to your instincts, she thought.

"So, how's life back here in Tree Hill?" Brooke asked, trying to break the awkward silence. They were sitting on a bench in the park as the kids played.

"Boring, as usual. But still, full of drama." Lucas laughed. "Not the same without Tree Hill's biggest trouble maker though." He laughed again as he nudged Brooke. This time Brooke laughed too.

"Well, they'll never get her back." She laughed. Lucas's laughter stopped as he thought about what she had just said, wondering if it were a hint that she wouldn't be back. Brooke noticed the look on his face and continued, "Well, you know. Since I've grown up and matured and had a kid and stuff..." She rambled. Lucas laughed at her again. "Okay, wow, way too weird." She sighed. Causing both of them to laugh again. Secretly, they were both thinking about how nice it was that they could sit and laugh like this.

"So, New York seems nice, is it?" Lucas asked, and automatically bit his tongue.

"Yea... it is.. Wait? You were there?" Brooke gasped.

"Yea, Brooke, we don't really need to talk about this..." Lucas said in frustration.

Brooke rolled her eyes at him. "Lucas. We're not in highschool anymore, we've grown up, it's okay to talk about these things." She smiled an encouraging smile.

Lucas nodded, and continued, "For the first few months after you left, I was there looking for you, off and on, but, I couldn't find you so I -"

"Gave up?" Brooke finished for him, then smiled sadly. "We were doing a lot of that back then huh?" She sighed. Lucas just stared at her, and slowly nodded.

"There's something I wanted to talk to you about." Lucas edged out.

"What?"

"Michael." He said quietly. " I want to be part of his life Brooke. He needs to know that Im his father, and that Erica is his sister!" Lucas's voice became louder.

"Shh!" Brooke demanded as she nodded towards the kids. She was dreading this day for a long time, because for some reason, she was expecting it. "Michael loves it here, you know." Brooke said sadly, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "He wants to move here."

Lucas secretly smiled hopefully, but continued to comfort Brooke. "Then move here, I can see him, and be around more." Lucas tried convincing her.

"It's too late for convincing Lucas." Brooke seemed to snap at him. What was he thinking? Trying to get her to stay? After all this time he should have known that it was too much, and that there was no way that she would stay. Lucas looked down in disappointment.

"I already bought a house." Brooke said, tears finally falling onto her cheeks, she was already terrified of what was to come. "We're moving our stuff down with us next weekend."

Lucas just smiled, in shock then let out a sigh of relief, it was finally time that he could make it all right again.

"Lucas, I understand that you want a part in Michael's life, I always knew you would, I don't even know why I shut him out of your life in the first place, the stupidity of a teenager I guess. And now, I'll let you into his life. But Im not sure if I can let you into mine yet." Brooke said in a high, shaky voice. Lucas nodded understandingly.

OKay! there it was, hope you liked it.. review review review! lol...

Michelley P.