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Nathan sat on his bed, flipping channels. Lucas had been at his mom's all week, so he had nobody to talk to during the day.
Luckily, Lucas was coming back that day.
However, he didn't know if Lucas was upset with him still.
He perked up when he heard footsteps on the stairs.
"Lucas." He called out.
"Hey." Lucas called from the hallway.
"Can we talk?"
"Give me a sec."
Lucas dropped his backpack on his bed and went across the hall. He leaned against Nathan's doorway.
"Want to go back to school yet?"
"I wanted to go back to school like a week ago." Nathan complained.
"Wow. You must be really bored then."
"Absolutely."
"Notice anything different?" Lucas said, holding up his arms.
"You got your cast off." Nathan noticed.
"Yeah, Dad took me after school."
"Lucky."
"Just a few more weeks with yours."
"True." Nathan sighed.
"Your mom told me you had to get a tutor."
"I'm going to be so behind as it is."
"If you need any help…"
"Thanks...so we're cool?"
"Yeah." Lucas said.
"I'm sorry for how I acted last week."
"It's okay."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. I acted that way too last year after I hurt my shoulder."
"Okay. So how much trouble are you in with your mom?"
"I was grounded last week, and next week when I'm there."
"Wow."
"She was pretty upset, but I think we're good now. I hope."
"How was Andy?"
"I don't know…he was definitely on my mom's side. I'm just sick of everyone asking me why I did this, or why I did that."
"You mean with Dad?"
"Among other things."
"I know what you mean."
"Yeah. Okay, so I have to go back to either my mom's or the café…I left my history book somewhere."
"Typical. See you later." Nathan said, sticking out his fist.
Lucas pounded his fist with Nathan's and left.
Lucas jogged into the café and up to the counter where Karen was making coffee.
"Mom have you seen-"
"Your history book?" Deb said, walking up next to Karen and holding out a textbook.
"Thank you." Lucas said.
"You have also left two novels here since last Friday." Deb said, pulling them out from under the counter.
"I didn't even realize I was missing these."
"Well I saved you a trip." Deb smiled.
"Yes you did. I have to go, I guess I'll see you tonight."
"That you will." Deb said.
"Bye Mom." Lucas said to Karen, and went back outside.
Outside, he nearly collided with Haley.
"Hales." Lucas said, hugging her tight.
"Hey."
"I haven't seen you around."
"I know, I've been working really hard in school to catch up after the tour. How are you feeling?"
"A lot better."
"I'm so sorry I didn't come see you, I just…"
"I understand, don't worry about it. Want to go for a walk?"
"Yeah." Haley smiled.
They set off through the park. A kid went by on his skateboard, so Lucas grabbed Haley's hand and pulled her away.
"Space cadet." He teased.
"Shut up." Haley laughed.
Lucas led her to a bench and they both sat down.
"So how are you?" He asked.
"I'm fine…stressed…and I feel awful about how Nathan and I left things."
"Yeah it didn't sound too good." Lucas said.
"I know he wants me to back off, but how do I know when he'll be ready to talk again?"
"I don't know, he's hurting Hales, and now he has rehab to deal with. I try to help him, but there's only so much I can do for him."
"I know. I just feel awful because we had a huge fight, and I kind of admitted I was a little jealous of you."
"Of me?"
"Yeah. How close you two have gotten, how you two have been able to move on. He told me he loves you more than anything."
Lucas smiled really wide.
"That means a lot to me."
"I'm glad. Seriously though, I was just feeling sorry for myself that night." Haley said.
"In the back of my mind, I've always wanted to know my dad, and my brother. Now…I just can't believe it's happening sometimes."
"You used to tell me about how you wished your dad would just come back and say he was sorry…"
"…And that he loved me and we could be a family again. Then me and my little brother would hang out, grow up together, and play basketball together." Lucas finished.
"Yeah." Haley said quietly.
"Every single birthday and every single Christmas I would wish for that. It would change just a little bit each year, as I got older, but I still wanted it. Even last year, when Nathan and I actually started talking, and he was a jackass, I wanted it."
"Now you have it."
"Yeah, I do." Lucas said happily.
"It's getting dark." Haley noticed.
"Time flies. I better get home." Lucas said, pulling Haley in for a hug.
"See you."
"Bye buddy. Love you."
"Love you too." Haley said.
"Lucas, where have you been?" Deb asked when he walked in.
"I'm sorry, I ran into Haley and lost track of time."
"It's alright, I just thought you were coming straight home."
"Sorry."
"No problem. Dinner will be in 10 minutes."
"Okay, is it okay if I take Brooke to a movie afterwards?"
"As long as you're home by midnight."
"Alright."
"Hey boyfriend."
"Hey." Lucas said, getting into Brooke's car. He still didn't have a car after the accident.
He leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
"Oh come on, you can do better than that." Brooke said.
Lucas put his hands on her face and kissed her.
"Much better." Brooke laughed.
Lucas laughed.
"Okay, so since I am driving I get to pick the movie." Brooke grinned.
"Oh boy."
"How does Elizabethtown sound?"
"That's fine."
"Really?"
"Sure."
They entered the theater and sat in the back.
Lucas grabbed Brooke's hand as the lights went off.
Brooke smiled and squeezed his hand.
In the middle of the movie, Brooke leaned over to Lucas.
"You like it?" She whispered.
"It's alright." Lucas whispered back.
"Are you bored."
"No." Lucas assured her, kissing her hand, which was still clasped with his.
"Well thank you for a lovely evening." Brooke said, standing on Dan's doorstep with Lucas.
"You too, Brooke Davis." Lucas said.
They kissed goodnight and Lucas went inside.
"What's up?" Nathan greeted him. He was sitting at the kitchen table, trying to catch up with his schoolwork.
"Doing homework?"
"Yeah."
"On Friday night."
"Yes. Shut up, my life sucks."
"It will get better." Lucas said, messing up Nathan's hair.
"Yeah, yeah." Nathan said, smacking Lucas' arm away.
"I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow." Lucas said.
As he picked up his jacket, there was a faint sound of thunder. Lucas smiled a little and looked out the window.
"I love thunderstorms." He said.
"Me too." Nathan said, surprised.
"Don't be so shocked little brother." Lucas said.
Nathan laughed.
"Everyone else thinks I'm crazy." Nathan said.
"Well now you're not alone."
A few minutes later, Nathan made his way upstairs. His knee was feeling better, but he knew that it would be awhile before he got back into gear.
He went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. Then he opened his medicine cabinet and took out the bottle of pills.
There were only a few left.
He thought for a minute and got an idea, and headed towards Lucas' room.
Lucas went into his own bathroom. He took his HCM medication, and as he was just shutting the medicine cabinet Nathan appeared in the doorway.
"Jeez!" Lucas said, startled.
"Sorry." Nathan said, feeling bad.
"It's okay. Just remember I have a weak heart." Lucas laughed.
"I didn't mean to scare you."
"It's fine. So did you need something?"
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