Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill

Oh, and question: How many of you want a Lucas and Lilly brother/sister reunion type thing? I haven't decided if I wanted that for the ending, so I thought I would let you decide. No, this is not the end and no, this is not even close.

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Lilly and Carter continued to date, and Lilly continued to keep him away from her family. The only people who knew what he looked like were Peyton, Haley and Jamie. Although, Jamie never talked to him. Still, every chance he got, Jamie let her know he didn't approve. It was weird, though. Lucas was more interested in her relationship with Carter, asking all sorts of questions about him, wondering when he would meet Carter. Lilly almost forgot she didn't like him, almost forgot who he was. Karen was the total opposite. She didn't act like she had any interest in Lillys boyfriend, or if he was good enough for her.

Not that she objected. If Karen had met him, Lilly knew she would have a cow. Saying what a bad kid he was, using Peyton's nickname for him 'Creepy Criminal'. Lilly wasn't even sure if they were boyfriend-girlfriend. Carter never brought up the topic, and Lilly was too nervous to bring it up herself.

They went on several dates over the next couple of weeks; mostly they went to his gigs. He did his thing, and she listened to his songs. He had never sung a love song, nor did she expect him to. HE wasn't that type of guy, even if she wished he was. They talked about little things. She asked questions about things she had wondered about him, and he answered some of them. Not all of them. She had never been to his house, and it was getting terribly hard not to ignore her annoyance over not knowing anything about him.

Another thing that continued, was the reading of Lucas's book. They were almost to the end, close. That was what kept Lilly's mouth shut. That soon, it would be over. She would be sitting in class and random kids would turn and look at her at random times. She was annoyed. She couldn't yell at them to turn around or she would get another detention slip like she had the first couple of times she did yell. One kid even came up to her after class asking what it was like to be Lucas' sister. She told him Lucas had done a complete 180 and had turned into an alcoholic, beating his own kids. Nobody ever asked her about Lucas ever again.

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Everything seemed to be going smoothly, all things considered. Until one day in English, when they had just gotten past the school shooting. Lilly knew little about the school shooting. Nobody really talked to her about it. She didn't think too much of it, chalking it up as the event having taken a toll on those involved. They read about how everyone's reaction, how difficult it had been for Lucas to attend Jimmy's funeral. They read about their weekend getaway to Rachel's, and how Nathan proposed to Haley. They read about how Lucas felt when senior year came, and about Peyton's psycho stalker, and about Nathan's relationship with Daunte, they read about Brooke and Nathan's sex tape, and how Peyton didn't want to go to Prom, and then what happened to her and Brooke on Prom night.

She was right about to fall asleep when something Mrs. Schultz said caught her attention. She looked up, turning the page in her book. And there it was.

My father had killed Keith.

It was like time had stopped. Lilly just stared at the sentence, wondering if it was true. It couldn't be. Her father had died in a car accident, her mom had told her so. And her mother wouldn't lie to her, would she?

Would she?

Standing up, Lilly grabbed her bag and ran out the door ignoring Mrs. Schultz calls. She ran out of the school, found her car and hopped in. There weren't a lot of people in the bookstore when Lilly walked in, so Karen was sitting in the back, doing some type of paperwork. She stood up when she saw Lilly, getting ready to yell at her for not being in school.

"How could you lie to me?!" Lilly demanded. "How could you lie to me about Dad?"

Karen took a deep breath, standing up. "Lilly-"

"No," Lilly had tears falling down her face now. "No, out of all the things you've done. Wishing I was Lucas, treating me like you never wanted me, this hurts worse. How could you not tell me?"

"I was just trying to protect you." Karen said, stepping closer to her.

"Protect me? He was my father! I deserve to know what happened to him and why he isn't here!"

She stormed out of the store, getting in her car and driving as fast as she could. She knew where she was going. Since it wasn't yet basketball season, Lucas was a stay at home dad while he wrote his next book. Not bothering to knock, Lilly barged in, letting the door slam against the wall behind it. She ran into his office, where he was seated at his computer typing. His smile faded when he saw how mad she was.

"How could you?" She screamed, tears falling freely.

Lucas stood up, "Lilly, what are you-?"

"How could you keep that from me? I deserve to know who killed my father!"

Realization dawned on him. He looked down, taking a deep breath. "Lilly, I'm sorry-"

"Bullshit! He was my father!"

"I know, Lilly. And I wanted to tell you, but Mom-"

"Oh right, Mom says something and you follow right? You don't care." She scoffed, turning and storming out of the house. Lucas followed.

"Lilly, wait!"

She didn't listen to him, though, getting in her car and driving off. She was so mad. She couldn't contain herself. She just wanted to scream. How could they keep this from her? She had a right to know. Keith was her father. A father she never got to know. She didn't know where to go, didn't know what to do. She was just driving around, crying, looking for something to make it better. That's when she saw him. He was walking down the street, hands in pockets, whistling. Whistling, Lilly scoffed, pulling her car over and jumping out. She ran over, stopping him in his tracks.

"Lilly, what a surprise-"Dan started to wrap his arms around her, planning on giving her a hug but stopped at the harshness of her words.

"You son of a bitch!" She screamed as he pulled back. "You fucking son of a bitch!"

She stood there, yelling at him for who knows how long. She didn't realize how long it had been until she felt hands on her elbows, pulling her back. She knew it was Jamie before she turned around. He wrapped his arms around her and let her cry on his shoulder.

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She and Jamie went back to his house. She cried on his shoulder, as he listen to her. She was saying how she should've known her mother would lie to her like this. Jamie did his best to comfort her, and not let her know he knew the whole time. She would flip on him, if she knew.

Haley and Nathan had walked in while she was crying but Jamie had shooed them away, signaling to them that he would tell them everything later without Lilly seeing.

When Lilly calmed down, they watched some movies. They were in the middle of The Breakfast Club when Jamie fell asleep. Lilly laughed for the first time that day, finding it funny that Jamie fell asleep when it was usually the other way around. When she was absolutely positive Jamie wasn't going to wake up, she carefully stood up and walked out the back door.

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Lilly didn't know how to find him, really. She had called but he hadn't answered. So, naturally she went to the coffee shop they often went to. He wasn't in there, but she saw Mac, the guy who owned the place that Lilly met one time. She walked over, and waited while he helped a customer.

"Lilly!" He greeted emphatically, smiling. "Where's you other half?"

She smiled slightly. "I was actually hoping you could answer that."

"Have you checked his apartment?"

She tried to hide the fact that she had no idea he lived in an apartment. She wasn't sure if it had worked or not. He just smiled politely and told her where it was.

When she knocked on the door, she heard yelling.

"You stupid, stupid kid!" She heard a crash. And more yelling. "I told you to be here on time, dammit!"

She knocked again, wanting the yelling to stop. The yelling did and she heard footsteps. The door opened, and she saw his face. His cheek was red, and his eyes screamed surprise. He stepped out and closed the door behind himself.

"Hey." He said, running his hand through his long hair. "What are you doing here?"

She stumbled for words. "I…uh, no big deal." She raised her hand, tentatively placing it on his cheek where it had turned red. "What's going on? What happened?"

He sighed, pushing her hand away. "Nothing. What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to talk to you. Seriously, Carter what's going on? Your face is red, and all that yelling. I heard-"

"I said I don't want to talk about it!" He screamed at her.

She stood there in shock, taken aback by his tone. "Why don't you ever want to talk about it? All we ever do is talk about me. I know nothing about you. What is going on?!"

It happened so fast, Lilly didn't have time to react. One minute he was standing there, all mad and somewhat sexy and the next minute the back of his hand was on her cheek, hard. She stumbled back, her hand immediately flying to her cheek to try and soothe the pain. HE stood there, breathing hard.

"I said I don't want to talk about it." He said quietly before walking back inside his apartment.

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Dun Dun Dun! Ahhah! Finally, we get to the real drama. Let me know what you think.

Oh, and just to be safe, I'm gonna apologize here. I didn't know how Lucas said it in his book, so I kinda just winged it. If you know where I can find out, or what the real words are, tell me and I will change them. Thanks!