Thanks for reading and reviewing! I decided to expand this story a little bit, because I really like the Lucas/Nathan brotherly relationship. This will also deal with other relationships (such as Nathan/Haley, Lucas/Brooke, Lucas/Dan, etc)

"God I feel like hell," Nathan complained, rolling out of bed.

"You look like it too," Lucas quipped as he began making Nathan's bed.

"Nice, man. What are you doing?" Nathan asked as he pulled clothes from his dresser.

"Making your bed." Lucas laughed.

"Huh."

"Yeah, lazy. So, did you sleep at all?"

"I kind of just stared at the ceiling."

Lucas just laughed for a moment.

"Well okay then. So should I go?"

"You don't have to, we could hang out." Nathan said, tossing Lucas a gray t-shirt and some black shorts. "You can wear these, I hope they're not too big for your scrawny ass."

"Gee thanks," Lucas said sarcastically and went into the bathroom to change.

He emerged a few minutes later, and Nathan was checking his cell phone.

"What's up Nate?"

"Just checking my phone. I'm starving."

"Me too."

The boys headed downstairs to an empty kitchen.

"Where's Deb? At the café?"

"I guess. So…PopTarts?" Nathan suggested.

"Sounds good."

They were eating and looking for something to watch on T.V. when Deb came in.

"Hey mom, what's up?"

"I need to talk to you. Oh, Lucas, good you're here. Did you spend the night?" Deb asked.

"Yes I did, what did you need to tell us?" Lucas responded.

"Well, boys, there was a fire at the dealership last night…" Deb began.

"Is Dad okay?" Nathan asked, standing up.

"He has some burns on his back and shoulders, but luckily he was found before it got worse."

"What happened?" Lucas asked.

"Well, apparently, Dan was drugged." Deb said with emphasis.

"The hell?" Nathan said in confusion.

"The police concluded that someone drugged Dan and set the dealership on fire to try…and kill him."

"Oh my God," said Lucas.

"Look, boys, he's going to be okay. Don't worry. I can take you over to see him in a little while if you like," Deb said gently.

"I better not," said Lucas.

"Why not? You're his son too." Nathan said.

"Not according to him." Lucas sighed.

"He probably didn't mean it, whatever fight you had," Deb said reassuringly.

"I'll think about it," Lucas said, sinking back down on to the couch. Nathan sat next to him and patted his shoulder. They sat in silence for awhile watching music videos. Nathan grew sick of the silence and decided to talk.

"So do you want to talk about Brooke?"

"No."

"But we're going to, right?"

"I guess."

"What happened, Luke? Felix is out of the picture, and you two are into each other." Nathan asked.

"I guess she wasn't into me. I told her I wanted to be with her and she just left." Lucas said, then added, "and I kissed her."

"Before or after you told her you wanted to be with her?"

"Um, before…"

"Aww, Luke!" Nathan laughed.

"I know! I just kinda got carried away." Lucas laughed too. The situation sucked, but he had to admit it was funny.

"What are you going to do?"

"Apologize for forcing it on her, and then…something." Lucas said uselessly.

"Wow. Good plan."

"Well she won't be back for awhile, so I have awhile to think of what to do next."

"True."

"God, this summer sucks so far." Lucas sighed, running his hands through his hair.

"Hopefully it won't for long," Nathan said, patting Lucas' knee and standing up. "Should…we visit Dan…Dad?"

"I'm not sure if I should go."

"You sure? I guess I should..." Nathan trailed off. "You want to play at the Rivercourt later?"

"Can you talk to him for me?" Lucas asked, ignoring his question.

"And say what?"

"I don't know, tell him I'm sorry, ask him if he wants to see me," Lucas responded.

"You got it. But you really could go too…God, our family is so messed up!" Nathan said suddenly.

"So very true. I guess I'm gonna head home if you're going to the hospital."

"Alright man. See ya."

"Call me later and tell me how it went."

"You got it." Nathan paused for a moment, and the brothers slapped hands.

"Bye"

Lucas got home to his empty house. He really missed his mom already. He took a shower, and picked up a book. He was almost asleep when his phone rang.

Haha, a cliffhanger! A lame one, but oh well. Thanks for all the reviews. Keep 'em coming:)