I don't own One tree hill.
He watched as the ground came closer to him, he took a deep breath as he disembarked from that plane. Made his way to the terminal read the sign welcome to Tree Hill and almost broke down. It was just fourteen months before that he'd left this tiny town of his youth, to spend more time with his mother little sister Lily along with his new Wife Peyton and their four month old daughter Sawyer Brooke Scott. He'd left part of a family and he was coming home alone and broken once again.
He grabbed his luggage and hailed a cab, he looked up at that house. The house that held good memories and haunted him all at the same time, sighing he got out and paid the driver. He made his way to the door. Black paint covered red. He sighed and opened the door. Setting his suitcase down on the bed he fell down and finally let the tears fall.
His whole life felt like a lie. He glanced over at the bedside table. A picture sat there of him and Peyton and him. A picture taken on their wedding day. The day he made one of the biggest mistakes of his life. He picked up the picture. They looked so happy so in love. He felt anger and bitterness well up inside of him as he hurled the picture against the wall. Glass shattered and bounced around the room. He had to tell them his friends he was back in time but he couldn't admit he messed up once again. Or maybe it wasn't that he didn't want to admit he was wrong, no really he'd admit that a thousand times over. Take all the pain the tears and the truth if only he could protect her. Brooke she was the one he was trying to protect. When she found out the truth. It would kill her.
How was he going to hide it though? She would see him, and even if she didn't even if he could hide in that house for the rest of his life. Julian had to tell her, he couldn't not, Would he. Lucas laughed bitterly of course he would. This was the same man that had helped Peyton lie for two years, but was it better for her to know the truth and break. Or to never know, it killed him but he knew she had to know the truth.
Before he could even consider doing that though he had to get some sleep so he closed his eyes and hoped for a dreamless sleep. He woke up hours later the night dark outside. He sat up rubbing his hand over his face. It was now or never. It was better to tell her well he was there. She knew she would refuse to believe him without proof and the only way he could give it to her was for her to see the look on his face and the piece of paper he know clutched in his hand. The paper that said with no doubt that Lucas Scott was not the father of Peyton Sawyer's daughter. The little girl he'd spent the last two years rising. The little girl who he prayed for every night she was in her mother stomach. It killed him to walk away but he couldn't even stand to look at Peyton at the moment. He made his way down the street on foot letting the cold air hit him in the face.
He found himself at Brooke's house memories once again assailing him. He knocked on the door and took a deep breath.
Brooke looked up from her drawings and glanced over at Julian who was sitting on the couch. "Were you expecting anyone?"
"No," Julian shook his head. She stood up and made her way to the door expecting to see Haley at the door as she couldn't think of anyone else who would be at her house. She swung the door open and was surprised to see Lucas Scott standing on the other side.
"Luke," She breathed.
"Hey Brooke." He gave her a ghost of a smile. "Can I come in?"
"Of course" she stepped back and looked behind him. "Where are Peyton and Sawyer?"
"They're not with me." Brooke noticed the pain that flashed in his blue eyes. If you knew Lucas Scott well enough you would know how to read him like an open book.
"Luke what's wrong?" She shut the door behind them. Lucas looked around the house and his eyes connected with Julian's. "Why don't you ask your boyfriend?"
"What?" She was confused as she looked between the two men. "Julian what is he talking about?" she noticed how pale he'd gotten.
"I have no idea." Julian tried to evade the question wondering why Peyton had let the secret slip. Why she hadn't called and let him know the secret was out. What had happened?
"You ass." Lucas seethed. As he handed Brooke the piece of paper that was in his hand.
"What?" she started to ask as she glanced down at the paper. "Oh my god." She breathed no she refused to believe it. This couldn't be right Lucas not Sawyer's father. Then she thought about what Lucas said. "Why don't you ask you boyfriend." Those words ran over and over through her head. She looked at Julian and could read the truth etched across his face. How could she how did she miss this. "No" She shook her head. Tears running down her face her hands shaking as she let the paper flutter to the ground. Just when she though life was settling for her. She got everything pulled out from under her and Lucas Scott thrown back into her life with news she'd never expected in her life.
"Its not true please tell me it's not true," She pleaded. She was feeling dizzy lightheaded and she started to fall to the ground. Lucas rushed to her catching her before she hit the ground.
He lifted her and placed her on the couch running his hands over her face. "Brooke wake up, Pretty girl come on I'm sorry I had to tell you, If I could have I'd have left you out of it." He pleaded with her. His words slipped into her unconscious. She heard his words she heard him call her pretty girl and her eyes fluttered open she never thought she'd have heard those words again. And again she was seventeen. Only this time the triangle had became a square and was so much more complicated.
She sat up and tried to straighten her clothes her hair. Anything to keep her hands moving and her mind from thinking. Julian was standing in the middle of the floor. When Lucas had caught Brooke Julian had picked up the paper that had fallen to the floor. And he read it the words. Oh he'd always known that Lucas Scott wasn't the father of Payton Sawyer's child. But everyone knew when Peyton Sawyer wanted something she got it, and she had wanted Lucas Scott. So even though the child she carried wasn't Lucas's even though she'd been having an active affair with Julian though out the whole time she was with Lucas she was going to become Mrs. Lucas Scott if it was the last thing she did. And she had. But he wondered now once again why did she tell why did she crash her own world and his.
It wasn't that he didn't want to be a part of Sawyer's life he did, and he also loved Brooke but he wasn't strong enough to fight the whirlwind that was Peyton Sawyer. And also he'd figured that the child was better off with Lucas Scott as a father.
"Is Sawyer ok?" Julian asked.
Lucas had almost forgotten he was even in the room. "Yes she's fine," he couldn't help but feel sorry for the man at that moment. He knew the power Peyton Sawyer could wield if she really wanted to. That didn't mean he didn't hate the man with every fiber of his body.
"So she is yours." Brooke looked up at him. And Julian nodded his head.
"Yes she's mine," he didn't say anymore and Brooke felt tears well in her eyes again. Her fairytale was going up in flames once again and once again it was all Peyton Sawyer's fault.
"And I'm sure you're going to run to Peyton right now to." She choked out.
"Well Lucas is here I have to go if not for Peyton then for Sawyer." He tried to explain.
"Yeah right like you care about Sawyer now two years later. Luke why didn't you bring her with you."
"Peyton wouldn't let me. I found out the truth and Peyton packed up and left. I really don't know where she is not that I really could look at her if I did." He said somberly and Brooke hugged him trying to take his pain because well she was hurting she realized he was hurting more and she hated to see him hurting. Neither of them noticed as Julian slipped out of the front door.
A/N this is my new story I wanted to play around with season 7 and thought what if Peyton's baby wasn't really Lucas's and what if that put Brooke back into a triangle. What will happen. Brucas with lots of Laley and Brathan and Lathan friendships. Please review.