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Nathan and Deb:

It was warm. That was the first thing that registered in Nathan's mind. His head hurt horribly, and he felt as if he had spent the last few hours throwing up. It took him a few minutes to get his bearings enough for him to get the strength to open his eyes.

The room was white; annoying beeping sounds surrounded him. Looking to his left he saw a familiar blond, "Mom?" his voice was barely above a whisper. He watched as his mothers' head shot up, and her eyes blinked sleepily.

"Nathan! Thank goodness, you had us all worried sick!" Deb took Nathan's hand in hers and squeezed lightly.

"Where am I?" He barely recognized his hoarse voice.

Deb smiled softly and answered her son, "Your in the hospital . . . you passed out on us in Karen's Diner, you almost gave me a heart attack!" She looked down at her lap as she continued. "You were rushed here, the doctor said that you were experiencing sleep deprivation, on top of de-hydration!"

Nathan closed his eyes and tried to clear his fuzzy mind. Lucas! "Mom, did anyone find Lucas?" Nathan knew the answer to that question before his mom even gave the answer, the story was plainly written across her face.

Lucas was still missing!

"No hun, Lucas is still missing. Don't worry, lots of good people are looking for him." Deb tried to tell what he son was feeling, but his face was impassive. Nathan was in shock, and it killed her to see her only son like this.

Nathan struggled into a sitting position. I have to get out of here! He repeated in his mind over and over. "Mom I have to find Lucas!"

Deb watched in shock as Nathan threw his legs over the side of the bed. "Nathan lay back down this instant, you are in no condition to be walking around, let alone searching the entire town!"

It was hard for Nathan to stand up, his legs felt like Jell-O, but he knew what had to be done. His brother needed to be found, and he couldn't do that sitting down.

"Mom, I don't have time for you're crappy reasoning skills!" Nathan blared angrily, searching for his clothing.

A gasp escaped Deb, she knew she son was desperate, but if he didn't calm down and take a break, she was sure he was going to have a breakdown.

"Nathan!" Deb shouted. She was surprised when her only son stopped quickly and turned around to face her. "You need to sit down! There is NOTHING you can do right now! Peyton, Brooke, and Karen are looking for him with everyone else, it's covered, and you need to rest!"

Defeat shone clearly on Nathan's face. His feet dragged him back to the distasteful hospital bed, and with one last glare at his mother he slumped heavily down onto the hard mattress.

Deb embraced Nathan, holding him as he finally broke down. She spoke soothing words to him, silently praying that everything would work out. That Lucas would be fine, and that her son would let nature run its course through his tortured body.

It only took ten minutes for her baby boy to fall asleep in her arms. She realized something about him that day, no matter how old her son got, he would still be her baby boy.

Brooke:

Brooke had searched for Lucas for over 15 hours straight. He heart wrenched when she was told the first time that he was missing.

The call had been made before she got on the plane to California. Lucas had professed his love to her and she had rejected him. If she could take it back, she would do it in a heartbeat.

Many tears had been lost over this situation. Karen had turned to jelly in her arms when the police had told her that her son had probably ran away.

Brooke had her suspicions about why Karen had acted so angry. She thought Karen knew better, that Lucas had not ran away, that something had happened. That guess had scared her beyond any words could ever describe.

She had remembered when Lucas was in that car accident, the blond boy had been comatose. He had almost passed over into the world of the shadows, she realized she would have lost something that would have left a huge hole in her heart.

"Brooke!" a voice boomed behind her. She quickly pulled the sleeve to her eyes and wiped away the tears. When she turned around, she was shocked to see who was there.

"Felix?" She asked with hint of bitterness in her voice.

He didn't catch her unpleasantness. His pace was quick, and he caught up to her pulling her into a tight embrace.

"What are you doing here Felix?" Brooke asked, unwilling to believe he had changed. "I thought you were in boot camp."

Felix's jaw tightened. "My mom called me and told me that Lucas was missing, they let me come home to help look for him!"

Brooke's eyes softened a little at that. "Thanks Felix, we need all the help we can get!" And with that, Brooke grabbed Felix's arm and pulled him into the Diner. Maybe with his help we could really find him! The thought passed through Brooke's mind.

Must you wait for another Chapter? But not for long . . . I promise!