The Contradiction of Love
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters on One Tree Hill.
Intro: Peyton knew it was over between her and Lucas as he proposed to Lindsey Strauss in front of her and everyone else at Tric that night. If there was one way to hurt Peyton more than he had already had this was it. That night after everyone was gone from Tric Peyton was in her office with a bottle of scotch and a shot glass there she sat drinking shot after shot hoping to numb the pain of the night. There was a knock at her door and by this time Peyton was wasted.
Author's Note: Don't worry I am going to keep writing Lost Destiny. I have had this idea for the last two weeks and last night I just sat down and started writing. I also want to thank everyone that has been reading Lost Destiny and all of your reviews.
Chapter 1
That night Peyton does not remember driving home. She throws some close into a suitcase and put it in her Comet and was gone like a Comet. Peyton turned her cell phone off after it kept ringing. She did not feel like talking to anyone at anytime. She pulled into the first motel she saw after driving for several hours. Peyton got a room and crashed onto the bed. She was not sure how long she slept but her head was pounding, she has one hell of a hangover. She got up and took a shower and got dressed. She was going to find somewhere to eat.
Brooke was frantic she could not get an answer by calling her house or her cell. So Brooke went to Peyton's house only to find her not there and her bedroom in a shambles. There were close everywhere. Her car was not there. She knew then that Peyton took off. Brooke called Haley to see if she had heard from Peyton.
"Haley, have you heard or seen Peyton today?" "I am at her house now no sign of her she is not answering her cell either." Brooke told her.
"No sorry Brooke have not seen or heard from her since last night." "Do you think she took off?" asked Haley.
"Yeah I do." "I am really worried about her in the state she is in I am not sure what she is going to do." Brooke told her.
"I know if I hear from her or anything about her I will let you know." Haley said.
Luke and Lindsey walked into Karen's café for breakfast. Mouth and Skills were there they immediately paid their bills and left.
"Well that was rude they did not even have the decency to come over and congratulate us." Lindsey said to Luke.
"Lindsey does that really surprise you?" "You know how they feel about Peyton it is going to take time for them to accept us being together like this." Luke said.
"I do have to say the look on Peyton's face when you got down on one knee and asked me to marry you in front of her was classic." "I loved every second of it." Lindsey said smirking.
Haley was working the morning shift today she knew she had to go over to their table.
"What can I get you this morning?" Haley asked.
"No good morning or a hug for your best friend?" Luke asked.
"Do you need more time to decide?" asked Haley.
"No I think we made up our minds." "Lucas lets go somewhere else for breakfast somewhere we feel welcome." Lindsey stated.
"So that is two orders to go." stated Haley as she walked away.
"Lindsey when you say things like that it just makes it more difficult for them to accept you." Lucas told her.
"Haley was being a bitch." "I don't feel I deserve her attitude." Lindsey said.
"Let's just leave and go somewhere else." Lucas said.
As Lindsey and Lucas were leaving Brooke walked in and right passed them. Lindsey went to say something but Luke grabbed her hand and pulled her out the door.
"Lindsey just stop it believe me they know how you feel you are just making it worse for everyone." Luke told her.
"We are engaged now I thought they would embrace us." "Instead they side with Peyton." "I just do not understand it." Lindsey whined.
"Lindsey, Peyton and all the others have been friends since we were young and that is a bond that won't be broken." "If you are asking if they will accept you to anything close to what they have with Peyton, no you never will have that kind of bond with them." "Maybe some type of civilized relationship." Luke told her.
Peyton found a dinner and went in and sat at the counter. A waitress came over and asked her if she would like some coffee. Peyton told her yes; the waitress handed her a menu. A few minutes later she came back with the coffee.
"Are you ready to order Miss?" the waitress asked.
Peyton looked at the waitress she looked like she had just been through hell and felt like it too.
"You are new around here aren't you?" asked the waitress.
"Yeah just came in last night." "Truth is I am not sure where here is." Peyton said.
"You are about twenty miles west of Atlanta." "Have a rough night last night?" questioned the waitress.
"Something like that." "Hi I am Peyton." she told the waitress.
"I am Mary Kay." she said.
"How about just some toast for now I don't think I could keep anything else down right now." Peyton told her.
"I will be right back with it." she said.
After Luke and Lindsey had breakfast they went for a walk and ran into Dan.
"I hear you took my place as Tree Hill's most hated man, nice work son." Dan said as he smirked and walked away.
Luke and Lindsey went back to Lucas's place.
"Lindsey, I have been thinking even before I asked you to marry me; let's move to New York that is where your office is and it is where the publishing house is." "Truth be known it will just make it a lot simpler that way." Lucas told her.
"Oh Lucas I was going to suggest we move to New York too, it is obvious that we are not wanted here." she told him.
"So it is settled we start to make the arrangements to move." Luke said as he kissed her.
The next few days the word had spread that Lucas and Lindsey were moving to New York. No one came to help with the packing or anything else.
"Well Luke it looks like your so called friends are just busting the door down to say good bye." Lindsey said.
"It does not matter you and I are together and that is all I need." Luke told her.
After staying another night at the motel Peyton got back on the road where she was going to end up she had no idea. All she knew is she wanted to get as far away from Tree Hill as she could.