26 pages, y'all. A new record for me.
"You ready?" Nathan asked as they headed to school.
"No."
Nathan waited a moment.
"You ready?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. You want me to drive?"
"Not particularly."
"Can I anyways?"
"I guess so."
Nathan took the keys from Lucas and ran out to the car.
"It's just a car Nate."
"This is a kickass BMW and you know it, rich boy."
"Huh?"
"What?"
"Rich boy?"
"Your step dad is the richest guy in town."
"True."
"This car is frickin' awesome." Nathan said, pulling out of the driveway and zooming down the street.
"How poetic."
"You're not fun today."
"I just got dumped by my girlfriend."
"Point taken."
"So was this was the worst weekend ever for me to go out of town to visit my cousins or what?" Jake said, walking up to Nathan and Lucas at their lockers.
Lucas gave Jake a weak smile before turning back to his locker.
"You talked to Peyton?" Nathan asked.
"No. Well yes, but also the gossip mill is just going strong as usual."
"Fantastic." Lucas sighed.
"Crap." Jake said.
"What?"
"They're coming."
Lucas slammed his locker shut and walked off down the hall without a word.
"Have fun." Nathan muttered before catching up with Lucas.
"Oh great." Brooke sighed as she and Peyton caught up with Jake.
"He's upset." Jake said tiredly.
"Are you siding with him?" Brooke asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Wow Brooke, welcome to high school, where we're a bit more mature than that. And also, I know neither one of your stories. I heard it from a bunch of kids talking about you two breaking up."
"We're just on a break." Brooke insisted.
"Okay…well what happened?"
"What?"
"With you and Luke. I want to know both your stories."
"Friday night Lucas and I had plans, and like an hour before he was supposed to pick me up he calls me and tells me he would rather stay home and play video games with Nathan or whatever. It's just ridiculous how much time those two spend with each other. It's like when anyone else is around, they don't matter."
"Okay." Jake said simply, kissing Peyton and going off to find Lucas and Nathan.
Lucas sat in his classroom, once again willing the bell to ring as he classmates whispered not so quietly behind him.
"Yeah, they broke up again."
"Probably cheated on her again."
"They never learn."
"He did a good job convincing her she changed."
"I heard she dumped him because of Nathan."
"Well nobody stands in the way of the BFF Brothers."
"It's ridiculous."
"I still think he probably hooked up with some other girl."
"Well at least it's not Peyton this time, unless Jake is really stupid too."
Lucas swallowed hard, memorizing every inch of his desk.
"Your turn." Jake said, sitting down next to Lucas.
"What are we doing?" Lucas asked, looking up and sighing with relief that he had a friend with him finally.
"Brooke told me her side and now I want to hear yours."
"Okay. You know how Nate was grounded last week?"
"Yeah."
"Well he was really bummed out Friday about it. He was upset because he couldn't spend time with Theresa. I just wanted to spend one night with him so he wouldn't be lonely. I apologized to her; I said I would make it up to her. Then she just started yelling at me about how I spend too much time with Nathan and I don't value her."
"Okay…"
"I just feel like it came out of nowhere. And now everyone is talking about it…"
"Yeah, I've heard." Jake sighed, feeling terrible for Lucas.
"Look, I don't want you to be caught in the middle. I know how much that sucks."
"Yeah…I don't really know what to do."
"Sucks to be you." Lucas said with a wry smile.
"Yeah…so how are you holding up?"
"Haven't punched a wall yet."
"There is that."
"I'm tempted to bang my head against the wall though with all these rumors."
"Want to know what I think?"
"Sure."
"I think that you should talk to her. Neither of you are happy. You still want to be with her don't you?"
"Yeah…I just don't know what I've been doing wrong. I don't want to keep making her unhappy. But she never tells me these things. She did this to me like a freaking month ago."
"Talk it out with her."
"I want to."
"You should. I know you crazy kids can work it out." Jake said, pinching Lucas' cheek.
"Oh boy." Lucas said, rolling his eyes.
"Brooke can we talk?" Lucas asked, catching Brooke on her way to lunch.
"Fine." Brooke sighed.
"So are you going to tell me what's been going on?"
"I told you. You don't seem to have time for me anymore."
"That's not true Brooke. I just wanted to help out Nathan. We just played video games all night, it wasn't anything important."
"Oh. I'm glad you broke our date for nothing important!"
"Brooke, that's not what I meant."
"It's fine, Nathan is more important than me-"
"That's not true!"
"Well you have a funny way of showing me that it's not!"
"Brooke, I'm really trying here. You're not letting me try to fix it! If this is what you want, just go ahead and do it."
"Do what?"
"Make this thing permanent."
"Lucas!"
"Just tell me. Soon." Lucas said, walking away.
"You're coming with me?" Nathan asked after school.
"I figured I would. I don't want to come back here in an hour when I could just as easily sit and read in the gym."
"It's just that…you know how I'm not really fond of Whitey at the moment?"
"Still?"
"Yeah."
"Oh. Sure."
"Well he made some comment about how I was wasting my future. Just because I wanted to go pick you up from bridal shopping torture."
"That sucks. You were just doing me a favor."
"Yeah. Well he was being a jackass. He said I could either stay and practice or 'cuddle on the couch' with you."
"The hell?"
"Yeah…so you still want to come?"
"Yeah."
"Okay ladies, give me a moment and I'll be right with you…Lucas what are you doing here?"
"Watching practice. I have to take Nate home." Lucas said simply.
"Oh…well then…"
"Yeah, and then we're going to cuddle." Lucas smirked.
Nathan laughed, while the others tittered nervously, despite themselves.
"Move on up the bleachers, Lucas and keep your mouth shut if you want to stay."
Lucas raised his eyebrows and silently picked up his stuff.
Nathan turned around to look at Lucas, who shrugged and started reading his book.
"What the hell was that?" Jake asked quietly.
"Long story I'll-" Nathan began to say as Whitey blasted his whistle.
"I'll fill you in later." Nathan said quietly, jogging out onto the court.
Whitey instructed them to do drills on their own and then made his way to where Lucas was sitting.
"So now you're off the team, the respect ends? Is that how you see it?"
"Nope. But Nathan told me what you said, and I just wanted to point out how ridiculous that was."
"I was frustrated with him that day, it just came out."
"Well judging by how much he bitches about practice every day, you haven't let up or apologized." Lucas said evenly.
"We'll talk it out soon. Just stay up here and don't disrupt my practice." Whitey warned.
On the other side of the gym, Brooke and the other cheerleaders were getting ready for practice. Actually, Brooke was just staring at Lucas talking to Whitey.
"Like what you see?" Peyton teased.
"Why do I keep doing this? I swear, I must be the only idiot to dump their perfect guy twice in one month."
"Probably not."
"He seems fine though. He was laughing with Nathan yesterday, he doesn't want to talk to me today, and he's still hanging out with him."
"Brooke, I will bet you anything that they were laughing at something stupid Nathan said or did."
"How do you know?"
"I dated him for a long time. He said stupid things, both funny and hurtful."
"Right…"
"Besides, I'll let you in on a little secret. Jake told me that Lucas was miserable today. He didn't even talk to anyone for the most part."
"Oh…"
"Yeah…"
"So you think I was wrong for what I did?"
"What you did? Yes. The reasoning behind it? I think you had every reason to be upset with him. But blindsiding him is not the way to do it. You've got one brooding, sensitive boy over there, and he is probably still wondering why he can't make things right."
"I should've told him."
"There you go, now you're getting it."
"But I am not crazy, right? Those two are like attached at the hip almost all the time."
"Yeah, they're making up for lost time. I think that sometimes they don't know how much."
"Yeah…" Brooke said.
"Just talk to him." Peyton said firmly.
"That's what I should've been doing all along."
"Work it out with him."
"I will…" Brooke trailed off, watching Lucas as he started reading alone again.
Lucas walked out of school with Nathan after practice, Nathan rushing towards the car so he could drive again.
"I'm not interested, okay?" Lucas heard Brooke say.
Nathan glanced at Lucas, who followed the voices.
"Come on, you know you want to." Some guy said, leaning over her.
"I'm still with Lucas."
"I heard you two broke up."
"We're on a break. Now, please let me go."
"Hey!" Lucas said, rounding the corner.
"What the hell do you want, Scott?"
"I think you should leave my girlfriend alone."
"What are you going to do about it? I'm pretty sure if you tried anything your weakass heart would just give out."
"Do you really want to find out?" Lucas said, stepping closer.
"I'm pretty sure he doesn't." Nathan said, coming up to them.
"Oh good, the boy scouts are here. Forget this." The guy said, stalking off.
"You okay?" Lucas asked Brooke.
Brooke nodded silently, trying not to cry.
"Who was that prick?" Nathan asked.
"His name is Mark." Brooke said quietly.
"It's okay…" Lucas said, pulling her close.
"I'm sorry, I just didn't know what to do."
"It's okay, you're okay…hey Nate, I'm going to take Brooke home." Lucas said, tossing Nathan the keys to his car.
"Okay."
"I'm fine." Brooke said quickly, rushing off.
"Or…never mind?" Lucas said quietly.
"I wonder where Eric is." Nathan wondered out loud at the rehearsal dinner.
"What?" Lucas asked, taking his gaze off Brooke.
"Nothing. Continue the creepy staring thing." Nathan sighed.
Lucas had barely spoken to anyone all week, and neither had Brooke. Both just seemed content with watching the other when they weren't looking. Or when they thought they weren't looking.
"Okay." Lucas said.
Karen and Andy were walking around talking to guests, when the stereo starting playing "You and Me" softly.
Lucas looked up and smiled, starting to get up.
"I hate this song." Nathan complained.
"Shut up I asked if they would play it."
"Oh. Because of the whole Homecoming dance?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm."
"I'm gonna do it. I don't care who was wrong, hell, we were probably both wrong, but I can't just sit here."
"Finally."
"Wish me luck."
"Good luck."
"You know, you should go ask your ex-wife to dance since Eric isn't here."
"Are you encouraging me to go be with someone who isn't my girlfriend?"
"For old times sake. You two could use some closure. For all our sakes."
"Fine. Go to your girl."
"I am." Lucas grinned.
He walked up to Brooke, who was sitting and staring into space.
"Hey I know it's been done to death…but this is kind of our song…do you want to dance?" Lucas asked.
"Okay." Brooke whispered.
"Are you okay after what happened with that guy?" Lucas asked quietly.
"I feel so stupid."
"Why? Because of that tool?"
"I wanted to be able to take care of myself, even when we're broken up I still need you to fight my battles."
"You were doing pretty good for yourself. That guy was just a jerk."
"I know…you and Nathan were so nice though."
"Always."
"Lucas, I'm so sorry. I should've told you how I felt. I know we just went through all this like last month…"
"I'm sorry that I still suck at this." Lucas said quietly.
"You don't. I just get really jealous."
"Of Nate?"
"Well, yeah."
"Why?"
"I've never had a close relationship with anybody in my family. There was always someone or something that was more important than me."
"Brooke…"
"I know it's silly."
"It's not."
"I just miss my parents…even though they never seemed to care…its just so hard being on my own, you know? You know I love how sweet you are to Nathan, but at the same time I get so jealous because I've known that feeling too many times before. I think that when we started dating again, I wanted to pretend like you were my family, and so when you decided to break our date it was like…"
"Oh…I get it. I really do. I'm so sorry Brooke."
"It's really stupid though."
"It is not."
"It is. I can't believe I just told you that!" Brooke exclaimed, pulling back.
"Why?"
"I sound like a stupid little girl…'I wanted to pretend you were my family'? I'm such a loser."
"You are not. You don't need to pretend. Brooke, I promise you that I am going to do better, I am going to be there for you." Lucas said, pulling her back.
"Really?"
"I promise. I don't see myself falling out of love with you anytime soon."
"I hope not."
"Are we okay?"
"I think we're more than okay." Brooke said, putting her head on his shoulder.
"Good. You have to tell me these things, Brooke."
"I know…it wasn't fair for me to spring all that on you. Again."
"It's okay."
"We still have issues to work out and I know our relationship is far from perfect, but I just want to know that you'll be here."
"I'll be here. I'll always be here." Lucas promised.
Nathan drummed his fingers on the table, now watching Haley as she sat alone at the table.
The hell with it. Lucas could be right. They needed closure.
He stood up, suddenly getting excited about asking Haley to dance. It kind of reminded him of when he was on his first date with her, and he didn't really show it, but he was nervous.
"Hi…" He said quietly, coming to sit down next to her.
"Oh hey. How…how have you been?"
"I've been good. And you?"
"Can't complain. So, you and Theresa are good?"
"Um, yeah. We're good. Having fun. And you and…"
"Eric? Yeah it's been great."
"Kind of weird though, isn't it?"
"A little." Haley admitted.
"So are you excited for this weekend?"
"Yeah, Karen really deserves it. Andy is a great guy. And Lucas is so excited."
"I know, he could barely talk about anything else…before the whole thing with Brooke."
"How is he? I feel terrible, I feel like we never get to talk anymore."
"He's doing okay. Considering all that happened."
"At least he didn't hurt himself this time. I still can't believe he did that to himself."
"Yeah…"
"Looks like they're making up now." Haley said, nodding towards Lucas and Brooke, talking and slow dancing.
"That's good." Nathan said.
"So um…"
"Hey, do you want-"
"Hey. Sorry I'm late." Eric said, running up to the table and giving Haley a quick kiss.
"Hi, don't worry about it." Haley smiled, standing up.
"I guess I made it in time for the dancing?" Eric laughed.
"Yeah, I guess Andy and Karen wanted it to be romantic for everyone." Nathan said.
"Yeah." Haley said, glancing between the two guys.
"So uh, Haley you wanna dance?" Eric asked.
"Sure," Haley said, standing up. "Oh wait, Nathan you wanted to ask me something?"
"Oh. Never mind. It's not important." Nathan said quickly.
"You sure?"
"Positive."
"See you later then." Haley said as Eric led her over to the other couples.
"Not important at all…" He mumbled to himself, slamming his hand down on the table and standing up.
A few minutes later, Lucas walked by to grab Brooke's stuff for her.
"Luke can I talk to you?" Nathan asked.
"Can it wait? I have to bring this to Brooke and then I'm walking her out to her car-"
"Sure. No problem." Nathan said listlessly.
"See ya in a little while." Lucas said, clapping his brother on the shoulder and going over to Brooke.
"I'll be in the car." Nathan shouted to Lucas.
"Okay!" Lucas said, turning around and tossing Nathan the keys.
Nathan sat in the car, blasting the radio and leaning back in the seat. He shut his eyes, trying to make some sense out of what happened that night.
He was going to ask Haley to dance. For closure, right? Maybe. But then Eric swooped in and interrupted the moment.
Was he jealous?
Entirely possible.
Holy shit. He couldn't possibly be jealous. Could he?
"Okay, yeah. I'll see you then. Uh huh. Okay. Love you too. Bye." Lucas said later that night on the phone.
"Your mom?" Dan asked.
"Andy."
"I see."
"Yeah. I'm going to head up to bed. Night." Lucas said, leaving the room.
Dan turned to Deb, who was sitting at the table reading a magazine.
"Yes Dan?" Deb asked without looking up.
"Why the hell does the Keebler Elf get to say I love you to my kid?"
"They're a family too."
"I know." Dan sighed.
"You're going to have to start being a little friendlier towards them."
"I am friendly. I…I'm civil at least."
"Yes, but behind their backs you're not."
"What do you mean?"
"Well no more Keebler Elf, Tiny Tim, or when Lucas is at their house, saying he's at the Munchkin Palace."
Dan laughed despite himself.
"Dan." Deb scolded gently.
"What? It's funny."
"Yeah, yeah." Deb rolled her eyes.
Nathan sat in between his father and Theresa in the church, taking in the scene around him.
Brooke, Haley, and Deb were standing up at the front of the church in beautiful blue dresses. Andy was standing across from them with a wide smile on his face, his best friend standing nearby.
The church was filled with familiar faces. He smiled at Peyton and Jake, who was holding Jenny on his lap.
Haley was smiling. She had such a pretty smile. He glanced over at Theresa, who flashed him an equally pretty smile. He gave her hand a squeeze and continued his perusal of the church.
As Nathan sat lost in thoughts, the music began to play and everyone stood up and turned to the back of the church.
Lucas walked arm in arm with Karen, both unable to stop smiling. Karen reached her other hand over and placed it on top of his.
They reached the altar, where Lucas kissed his mom on the cheek and began to let go. Karen however pulled her son into a tight hug.
"I love you Mom." Lucas said softly.
"I love you too."
"You look beautiful." He said, taking both her hands in his and giving one more smile before taking his place and Karen walked up to face Andy.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…"
"Can you believe this is finally happening?" Brooke squealed.
"I'm so happy. Andy and Mom are so excited." Lucas smiled.
"You look like you slept with a hanger in your mouth." Brooke laughed.
"Huh?"
"Can't stop smiling there, Broody. I might have to give you a new nickname."
"I can't help it." Lucas said.
"It's nice to see."
"Yeah…"
"So boyfriend, how about we go out to the dance floor now that the bride and groom's first dance is over?"
"Alright." Lucas said, standing up and taking Brooke's hand.
They moved to the center of the floor, where many other couples were already together, swaying to the music.
"I love you." Brooke whispered as she placed her head on his chest.
"I love you so much, pretty girl."
"This has been such a perfect day."
"I know."
"So what happens with the honeymoon?"
"They're going to Europe for three weeks. My mom really wants to see Italy again."
"That's so romantic."
"Yeah, so I'm with my Dad for three weeks."
"Well that should be fun."
"Yeah, I'm excited."
"Excited about what?" Nathan said, awkwardly dancing over with Theresa, who was holding back laughter.
"Nice moves there, Nate." Theresa rolled her eyes.
Brooke laughed.
"Are you mocking me?" Nathan teased.
"Yes." Brooke, Theresa and Lucas all said at once.
"I feel so loved. Anyways, back to my original question."
"I was just telling Brooke about how I get to stay with you for three weeks while my mom and Andy are on their honeymoon."
"Yeah. It's gonna be awesome." Nathan nodded.
"Brooke I love you dress by the way." Theresa said.
"Thanks. I'm so happy Karen didn't saddle Haley and me with ugly poofy dresses. That would've been terrible."
Nathan and Lucas rolled their eyes as their girlfriends began talking about dresses and shoes, letting go of their boyfriends.
"Wanna go get a drink?" Nathan asked Lucas.
"Yeah. We'll be right back."
"Where are you going?" Brooke asked.
"Drinks. We'll be back." Nathan said, dragging Lucas off.
Nathan poured himself a glass of champagne and downed it quickly.
"Easy there, buddy. Save some for later." Lucas laughed.
"I just needed a little boost."
"I see. So how's Dad doing?"
"I think he's having fun. He even spoke to Andy without being sarcastic or outright rude."
"That's progress."
"Yeah, he and my mom went up to congratulate them."
"That's good."
"Yeah. So today's been really great for you. You can't stop smiling."
"Why does everyone keep commenting on that?" Lucas laughed.
"Because. Your girlfriend calls you Broody for a reason." Nathan teased.
"Yeah whatever." Lucas chuckled.
"Hey guys." Eric said, approaching tentatively.
"Hey Eric, having fun?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah. Haley thought it might be weird for like our fourth date to be a wedding, but we're having a good time."
"I'm glad." Lucas said.
Nathan stayed silent and got himself a glass of water.
"So, I guess I'll get back to Haley since the girls finally stopped talking fashion." Eric said.
"Okay. See you later, man." Lucas said.
Nathan tipped his head back and finished his water.
"You could try talking to him." Lucas chided.
"I could. But he's dating my ex-wife."
"And you have a great girlfriend over there."
"You're right…I don't know. It's just so weird. If we see him again, I'll talk to him, alright?"
"Okay. Let's go back." Lucas said, putting down his glass on the table and following Nathan back to where Brooke and Theresa were standing. Haley and Eric were sitting down at the table, talking.
"No drinks for us?" Brooke asked.
"Whoops." Lucas laughed.
"Yeah, whatever. Let's go get something to eat." Brooke said.
"Yeah. I'm starving." Nathan nodded.
"Okay, we'll see you later." Theresa said, taking Nathan's hand and going to their table. Nathan glanced back at Lucas and smiled, then his gaze drifted towards Haley and Eric.
He couldn't help but notice how pretty she looked. He watched as she smiled and laughed with Eric, not noticing his gaze.
"Nathan?" Theresa asked, breaking his thoughts.
"Oh, sorry, what?"
"Just making sure you're still with me." Theresa smiled weakly.
"Yeah, sorry. What were we talking about?" Nathan asked, downing another glass of champagne.
"Have you talked to Haley yet?" Brooke asked Lucas as they sat down.
"Yes…I was talking to her before you and my mom shoved me out of the room."
"We did not shove you."
"Wanna bet?"
"Yeah, well. We had to get ready."
"Deb's the only sane one in the bridal party."
"Watch yourself, Broody." Brooke raised her eyebrows.
"I love you?"
"Uh huh." Brooke said, leaning over and giving him a quick kiss.
He pulled her closer and kissed her again.
"I love weddings." Brooke whispered.
"Me too."
"Having fun?" Dan asked, walking up to the table.
"Yeah, it's great. How about you?"
"It's alright." Dan smiled, walking off to find Deb.
Dan made his way past a bunch of people, smiling and waving to familiar faces, but he stopped short when he saw one standing outside, hidden from the rest of the guests.
"Well looks who's back." Dan said, walking outside.
"Hello Danny." Keith said simply.
"So you decided to crash Karen's wedding, huh? Are you such a masochist big brother, to see the woman you love marrying someone else?"
"I don't know, are you?"
"Deb's not the one getting married."
"Well last time I checked, you two were in the middle of a divorce."
"When was the last time you checked in with anything around here?"
"That's none of your business."
"You told Lucas there was nothing to come back for, right?"
"That was a long time ago, I was angry-"
"You're right. It was a long time ago. It's been long enough that everyone in your life moved on."
"Yeah? Since when do you have so much insight? Karen got married to Andy, so what? It's not like everything has changed."
"Oh, I think you're wrong about that."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well why don't you stick around this time and find out?"
"That's rich, coming from you."
"I'm making up for my past mistakes. You've been ignoring Lucas for months."
"You ignored him for years."
"That's true. But like I said, I'm making up for it. Now if you excuse me, I have to get back."
"How the hell did you get invited to this anyway?"
"Deb is the maid of honor, it's my son's mother getting married, et cetera et cetera." Dan said coolly.
"You can't be serious."
"Oh, I am."
"Forget it. I'm leaving."
"Out of town again? Nothing to say to your nephew who has been trying to reach you for months?"
"I'll be around. I'm not going anywhere this time."
"Go home, Keith. He doesn't need you anymore. He may still miss you, but he's moved on."
"We'll see about that. It's not up to you to decide for him."
"I'm his father."
"Nice of you to admit it for once. I'm the one who really cares for him."
"You didn't come to the hospital. He was in a car accident, he had a heart attack. I was there. I saw him, lying in that bed, I was not sure if I was ever going to talk to him again, make up for what I did. Where were you?"
"I'm here now. We'll see who's right." Keith said darkly.
"Yeah we will." Dan said, returning to the party.
Jake came up to Lucas, trying to stifle his laughter.
"What?" Lucas asked, laughing a little too.
"Um, Nate wants you."
"Why is that funny?"
"He is so gone, man. Theresa had to leave early, so his new date was alcohol."
"Great…"
"Luke!" Nathan called out when they got over to a group of chairs.
"Nate!" Lucas imitated.
"Ha, that was funny." Nathan laughed.
"Uh huh…so had a little to drink, eh?"
"Come sit with me." Nathan said, pulling Lucas down next to him and putting his arm around him.
"Uh…well…I should get-" Jake began.
"I love my big brother." Nathan smiled.
"I love you too, Nate."
"Uh huh. He's funny, see? And then he also takes care of me. He doesn't always take care of himself though. He hurt his hand when Brooke broke up with him." Nathan rambled.
"I remember." Jake said, uncomfortable.
"He just loves her a lot. He would do anything for her. He would do anything for anyone. Except maybe people he doesn't like. You know?"
"Uh huh…let's go Nate." Lucas said, trying to get Nathan to stand up.
"I'm okay."
"You're drunk."
"Yes, but I won't punch you this time. I promise."
"That's good…"
"I'm tired."
"I bet."
"Is Dad going to yell at me?"
"No idea."
"Would you ask him? But don't tell him I asked." Nathan whispered loudly.
Jake couldn't help himself anymore, he just started laughing.
"You suck." Lucas smirked.
"Sorry." Jake laughed.
Lucas supported his brother's weight as they made their way upstairs.
Lucas let Nathan drop onto his bed with a loud thud.
"Ow…"
"Sorry buddy." Lucas laughed.
"Bitch." Nathan grumbled.
"This is the drunk Nathan I remember." Lucas teased.
"Uh huh…" Nathan said, starting to fall asleep.
"You okay?"
"Love you…" Nathan mumbled into his pillow.
"Yeah you made that apparent."
"So smart…pretty…"
Lucas frowned. The hell?
"Haley…" Nathan whispered.
Lucas sighed. He couldn't believe the situation was coming up again.
"Night Nate." He said to his sleeping brother, walking over to the dresser.
He looked at a picture of him and Brooke on his dresser. He was so happy to be back together with her. Then he pulled the Polaroid of him, Andy and Karen from the wedding party and placed it next to the other pictures on his desk. A picture of him, Deb and Dan at the beach house, the basketball team, him and Jake playing guitar…and a picture of Keith carrying him around the house when he was little.
Quietly he sat down on the bed, where Nathan was now snoring. He dropped his head into his hands, wondering how life got so complicated again. He glanced once more at Nathan, wondering how accurate Nathan's drunken ramblings were.
Heeheehee...dramaaa
I've been working on the next three chapters as well, so hopefully...very soon!