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Lucas wakes with a start, sitting up in his bed.

What a dream, he thinks, running his hands through his hair. He dreamt Nathan came over last night and the two of them actually slept in the same bed.

Suddenly he feels someone shift next to him. Startled, he looks over, and…

Holy shit; it wasn't a dream.

Nathan is curled up beside him, sleeping soundly. Lucas just stares at him for a second to make sure he isn't hallucinating. He's never seen his brother's face so peaceful, and Lucas wishes he can just keep him like this forever; rescue him from all of the stress Dan puts on him because of basketball.

Smiling, Lucas leans over and kisses Nathan on the forehead before laying back down. Nathan stirs a bit and wraps his arm across Lucas's waist, pulling him closer and resting his head on Lucas's chest.

Lucas is pretty sure that this is what heaven feels like.

"Mmm," Nathan grumbles.

"Morning," Lucas says, kissing the top of his head. "Sleep good?"

"Best sleep I've had in a while," Nathan says.

"Agreed," Lucas says.

Suddenly he can feel Nathan laughing.

"What's up?" Lucas asks him, chuckling.

"Your heart's racing."

"I'm actually really freaking nervous right now," Lucas admits.

"How come?" Nathan asks, looking up at Lucas.

"Cause I really like you," Lucas answers, which makes Nathan smile. "And I'm afraid I'm going to say the wrong thing and you're going to run away again."

"No running away, promise," Nathan says. He lifts up and gives Lucas a kiss. "But…"

"But…?" Lucas sighs.

"Haley," Nathan says.

Shit. Lucas totally forgot about the fact that she and Nathan are dating. Now he just feels like an ass.

"What are you gonna tell her?" Lucas asks him. Nathan shrugs in response.

"I don't know, but I can't exactly tell her that we're… wait, what are we exactly?"

"We can't really be anything until you break up with her," Lucas answers.

"Can we still kiss in the meantime?" Nathan asks him, smirking.

As much as his loyalty to his best friend is wanting him to say no, how in the hell can he resist when Nathan's looking at him with those gorgeous blue eyes?

"Sure," Lucas answers, which causes Nathan to smile and kiss him again.

"Well, guess it's time to get back to the madness," Lucas says. Nathan groans and rests his head on Lucas's chest again, holding him tight.

"Are you sure you wanna get up already?" Nathan asks him in a provocative tone. Suddenly he feels Nathan's hands on his dick.

Goddamn it.

"Not until you break up with Haley," Lucas says, grabbing Nathan's hand and pulling it off of his now hard dick. God knows he wants to have sex with him, but he can't betray his friend more than he already has.

"Fine," Nathan grumbles, getting out of bed. "But can I shower here, at least? I really don't feel like seeing my parents after last night."

"Yeah, I'll grab you some clothes," Lucas replies, jumping out of bed to rifle through his drawers. He's about to grab a shirt and sweats when he feels Nathan's arms wrapped around his waist.

"Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for saving me."

Nathan kisses the back of his neck and then steps back. Lucas grabs the clothes and throws them to Nathan, who smiles at Lucas before heading out of the room to the shower.

Lucas smacks himself to make sure he's really awake.

Just checking.

He gets dressed and heads to the kitchen to pour himself a bowl of cereal. His Uncle Keith is sitting at the table reading the paper and drinking coffee. Thank god he didn't come into his room.

"Morning," Lucas says, grabbing the cereal from the top of fridge. Keith looks up from his paper and gives Lucas a perplexed look.

"Luke? Who the hell's in the shower? Your girlfriend or something?" Keith asks, taking a sip of his coffee.

"Nathan."

Keith nearly chokes on his coffee.

"Nathan?!" Keith asks, looking at Lucas with wide eyes. "He wandered out of the hospital last night and his parents are worried sick!"

"He came here," Lucas says pouring his cereal into a bowl. "He didn't really want to face his parents after last night."

Keith reaches for the phone, but Lucas jumps over and snatches it out of his hand.

"Lucas!"

"Look, don't tell them, okay? The whole reason he ended up in the hospital was because of Dan in the first place. I'll make sure he goes home after school," Lucas says.

"Since when are you two best friends?" Keith asks him.

"Things change," Lucas answers, shrugging and taking bite of cereal.

"Uh huh," Keith answers, grabbing his paper and going back to reading.

A few moments later, Nathan walks into the kitchen. Keith eyes him curiously.

"Hey, Keith," Nathan says.

"Nathan," Keith responds, tilting his head.

"You ready?" Nathan asks Lucas.

The two of them walk out, and Lucas wishes the whole time that he could take a picture of Keith's face and frame it.

They hold hands the entire way to school, only breaking apart once Tree Hill High comes into view.

"I really wish we didn't have practice today," Nathan sighs.

Lucas notices everyone giving them weird looks as they pull into the parking lot; probably never seen the two of them actually acting civil toward each other.

He and Nathan are greeted by Haley as soon as they get out of the car.

"Nathan!" Haley yells, running and giving Nathan a hug. "I was worried sick! I tried calling you a million times! Where were you?"

"At Lucas's," Nathan replies apprehensively.

"What?" Haley asks, looking completely puzzled.

Yep, Lucas feels like the biggest ass in the world right now, so he's just going to go.

"I'll leave you two alone," Lucas says, walking behind Nathan and whispering "good luck" in his ear before making his exit.

He barely makes it five feet away from them when Brooke pops up beside him and links her arm around his.

"So what are you all smiley about?" She asks him, her brow raised.

"Nothing," Lucas answers, smirking like he just scored a fine piece of ass.

"Liar."

"Nathan came over last night," Lucas tells her. Brooke squeals with excitement.

"Details; gimme the details," Brooke gushes.

"We just… cuddled all night, and it was really amazing," Lucas says. "And he told me how much he wants to be with me."

"You were in bed with Nathan Scott and all you did was cuddle?" Brooke asks him, sounding extremely disappointed in him.

"It's not just about the sex for me, Brooke. It's deeper than that. Plus, he's still dating Haley, and she is my best friend."

"So is he breaking up with her or what?" Brooke asks.

"Should be; I told him I'm not putting out until he does," Lucas says.

"You're better than I am; I would've been all over that by now, Haley be damned," Brooke laughs.

"Well we're not all easy, Brooke," Lucas quips, unlinking his arm and walking towards his first class.

"Hey! I'm not easy!" Brooke says before pausing for a second, "… am I?"

"I'll see you later, okay?" Lucas says, chuckling.

Later that day in study hall, he sees a text from Nathan.

Nathan: Hey you

Lucas: Hey :-)

Nathan: So I'm looking at this guy right now

Lucas: Yeah?

Nathan: He's gorgeous

Lucas: Oh really. Who is he?

Nathan: I think his name's Lucas

Lucas: You're a dork

Nathan: You love it :P

Lucas: Maybe

Nathan: Meet me by the back bookshelf?

Lucas: Now?

Nathan: No, tomorrow

Nathan: Yes now

Lucas: Ass

Lucas flips his phone shut and sees Nathan get up from his table and start walking towards the back of the library. He waits a minute before getting up and following. Nathan pulls him into a kiss before he can even get a word out.

"Missed you," Nathan says in between kisses. Lucas pulls away before they get caught.

"Someone's gonna see us!" Lucas whispers.

"Sorry; couldn't resist," Nathan says, smirking.

"So, how did it go?" Lucas asks.

"What?"

"Haley."

"Oh, about that…," Nathan starts, scratching the back of his head. Of course he didn't break up with her yet.

"Nate!"

"I tried, okay? I just don't wanna hurt her," Nathan says.

"We already are!"

"I promise I'll do it later. Please don't be mad at me?" Nathan says, pouting like a three year old who's trying to get out of a timeout.

"Fine," Lucas says, leaning in and kissing Nathan again. "God, I'm the worst best friend ever."

"No you're not."

"Alright, let's get back before someone sees us," Lucas says, kissing Nathan one more time before heading back to his chair.

All of this still feels all too surreal to him. Him and Nathan sending each other cute texts, sneaking off to make out in the library; it's like a wet dream come to life.

Then Lucas glances over and sees Haley, and he's brought back to reality. Nathan needs to break things off with her, and fast, because what they're doing isn't fair to her.

After school, Lucas finds the whole basketball team standing in front of the gym.

"What's going on, guys?" Lucas asks. No one answers him. He looks and sees a piece of paper taped to the doors: Basketball cancelled until further notice. He can't help but think that Nathan's incident last night has something to do with this.

"This sucks!" Tim yells.

"Speak for yourself, Whitey's doing me a favor," Jake Jagielski says.

"Yeah, me too," Nathan says, turning to walk away. Lucas runs up to him.

"Going home to face the parents?" Lucas asks him. Nathan scowls.

"Can't avoid them forever, I guess," Nathan replies.

"Call me if you need anything, okay?" Lucas offers.

"Wish me luck," Nathan says, looking like he wants to lean forward and kiss Lucas, but then he remembers the entire basketball is standing right behind them. Instead Nathan just winks at him and walks away.

When Lucas gets home, he sees Haley sitting on the end of his bed, looking extremely angry. Before he can say anything, she's already talking.

"We need to talk, Lucas."

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