At this point, the gym had cleared out and so had most of the team. Nathan, however, was still in the locker-room thinking about his performance tonight and still thinking about the bridge. He continued to get flashbacks no matter how hard he tried to get over it. He was sure Keith saved him, Rachel, and Cooper that day. But he just couldn't allow himself to believe it. And he was starting to think he knew why he couldn't.

…

Lucas was still on an amazing natural high. He was so proud of his performance and knew that Keith was looking down on him smiling. Karen and Brooke went to the café to set up for dinner after Lucas got done at the River Court with Skills to meet this mystery woman he was dating.

They were walking their way to the River Court.

"Dawg, I still can't believe you did that tonight" Skills said with a smile.

Lucas chuckled. "What you thought, I lost all my skills… Skills?"

Skills laughed. "Nah, that aint gonna never happen, but 48 points homie, 5 straight 3's homie, a half court buzzer beater homie. I mean c'mon now. You had that magic with you tonight.

Lucas smirked. "Not magic, Keith".

"That explains it. Damn, I hope Keith wants to help me out sometime between now and the next 3 games.

Lucas laughed out loud at that comment. "But Skills, it was amazing. It was like I knew he was with me, I knew I could do no wrong out there tonight. It was a feeling I can barely explain".

Skills felt really good for Lucas. He was happy that he was back and he was happy that he had the game he had tonight.

They continued to talk as they made their way to the River Court.

…

Nathan finally left the locker-room after a good hour. His mind was still burdened with everything that he had went through these last few weeks. However, at this point, he was more conflicted with what he had to do, then necessarily what had happened that night on the bridge. He finally took a deep breath and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.

…

Lucas and Skills were still walking to the River Court.

"So tell me more about this mystery girl Skills".

"Dawg, she is so amazing, beautiful, smart, quick-witted. Basically everything a brother could want".

Lucas laughed. "Alright, alright, good to know. So you think she is a keeper?"

"Definitely. On the real Luke, I aint never feel like this before. And I'm not an expert on what the real thing is, but I think this might be something like it".

Lucas felt good for Skills. He had never seen him like this, and he was happy for him.

"You know you're my best friend right Luke?" Skills said somewhat out of nowhere.

"Yea of course, and you know your mine right" answered back Lucas.

"Yea no doubt. And just know that I don't want that to change no matter what. Whether it be girls, basketball, popularity, or death I don't want that to ever change".

Lucas smiled. "That means a lot to me Skills, and it won't".

Skills nodded.

…

Nathan was hesitating but he finally dialed. He waited as it rang twice and then someone picked up.

"Hello?" said the person on the other line.

…"Dad, I need to talk about Keith".

The look on Dan's face when Nathan said that was indescribable. Immediately for Dan he began to see everything flash before his eyes, the cryptic messages on his walls, the strange e-mails. Did Nathan know?

…

Skills and Lucas were approaching the River Court and were talking about memories of Keith. Then at center court Skills' mystery woman could be seen. Skills shouted out hey baby and she turned around. Lucas was shocked to see that the woman who turned around was Emily Chambers… formally known as Jules… Keith's fiancé.