"Further" 1/-
A complicated story of two people, Lucas and Peyton, who fall for each other while they are committed to a relationship with another, Brooke and Jake. Will they break through the unforgivable barrier which keeps them apart from each other or will they remain faithful to those who love them?
'Further' was inspired by Long-view's "Further."
The story will switch points of views between Lucas and Peyton either every other chapter or a sporadic way. It depends on whoever I feel like writing from their stand point really.
Chapter One: Eyes closed tight
Chapter Note: Chapter title was inspired by Mae's "Skyline Drive," check it out.
The warm summer breeze softly wound its soothing way through the open, curtained window of Lucas Scott's bedroom. Summer was soon coming to a close, but that thought didn't even linger on the sleeping angelic-like blonde's mind. A secret and very vulnerable dream was playing itself out as he slept, wishing it was real life instead of a fairy tale in the depth of his soul.
Lucas was dreaming about a broody, curly blonde anonymous artist. She was very much like him in ways, but also very different, too. She, unlike him, always pushed people away to protect her ever guarded heart and would go to many lengths to make sure of that. But in this dream, he had finally broken through the wall and had seen her as she truly was, a fallen angel. Peyton was so beautiful, but she felt alone because of traumatic and hurtful events from her past. Lucas though, at last, found his way into her heart and she let him stay there because of their hidden love.
She looked up at him with tears in her eyes looking so vulnerable yet determined at the same time. Peyton cleared her throat, "Ah, Luke?"
Lucas stepped towards her until their lips were only inches away from each other. "Yeah?" He asked curiously, his heart racing. Luke never felt this way before, as if he were complete and nothing else in the world mattered, but Peyton.
"I-I can't begin to explain what I'm feeling right now," she said shakily.
Her sweet scent invaded his senses, but he kept his concentration. "Me neither."
Slowly they both leaned towards each other until their lips finally brushed against the other's. Her vanilla scent was intoxicating enough, but now, Lucas was so enthralled by her and the kiss. This kiss exposed them to so many things, but together they would be able to defeat them.
Peyton leisurely broke the kiss and smiled softly. "Luke," she said as her hazel eyes gazed up into his, "I love--"
Knock. Knock.
"Ugh," Lucas said groggily, secretly cursing about be awoken from the best dream he had had in a long time.
"Lucas," his mother, Karen, said defiantly standing in his doorframe. "Wake up sleepy-head, I need you to work a shift for me at the café 'cause Haley called in 'sick.'"
"I bet she's usick/u alright," Lucas said getting up in an irritated fashion from his bed.
Karen laughed, "So will you or won't you?"
Lucas scratched the back of his head as he walked into his bathroom, "Do I really have a choice?"
"No, not really," Karen called back with an amused look on her face as she walked back into the kitchen.
"That's what I thought," whispered Lucas as he turned the knob of the shower on hot and the water began to run.
Fifteen minutes later, Lucas was out of the shower, dressed, and ready. He was walking into the kitchen to get a quick bite to eat when he heard his mom talking to someone else. Lucas walked further down the hall and rounded the corner to find his girlfriend, Brooke Davis, enjoying a small breakfast with his mom.
She turned around laughing as she saw his mom's gaze suddenly look over at him. "Hey there, boyfriend!"
Lucas pushed the lingering dream out of his mind and plastered a smile on his face. "Hi there, Brooke."
Brooke rose with a happy smile on her face and walked over to Lucas and gave him a quick kiss as Karen was bent over washing the morning dishes over at the sink.
When they broke from the kiss, Brooke looked up at Lucas mischievously. "We'll have to do some more that tonight at my place."
Lucas laughed, "Don't you just wanna chill tonight? You know, we have been doing this sort of thing a lot lately." He tried to keep the topic as brief and as general as possible seeing as his mom was in the room.
Brooke looked a little hurt by his proposition, but got over it easily. "Sure, what do you have in mind?"
Hearing her say this, Luke was relieved because even though he was attracted to Brooke and that he really did like her, but she wasn't Peyton. "Ugh, we could just hang around the town or something."
"Oh, wait! I told Peyton that we would come to Tric for her and Jake's six month celebration bash," Brooke said excitedly. "Isn't it great that they've stayed together that long? I can't wait till we get to celebrate for ours." Then she looked up at him seductively, "But we'll have to have our own little celebration of our own after it."
Lucas looked down at her and laughed, "You have more hormones than me!"
Brooke laughed, "I know, right?"
Karen turned around from the sink and leaned against it, "Sorry to break up this love fest, but Lucas here needs to get over to the café before it opens."
Lucas silently thanked his mom for interrupting, "Ah, yeah! I better head over there before any of the early customers do."
"Well, I guess I better get going since I'm helping out with the final preparations for the party tonight." Brooke said eagerly; he knew she loved decorating. "Pick me up around 8 o'clock tonight so we can get there early and tell everyone what to do." Then she gave Luke a quick peck and left.
As the kitchen door closed, Lucas let out a breath that he had been holding subconsciously. A lot of energy seemed to be taken from him from the whole ordeal. He hated how he was using Brooke the way he was, as some sort of comfort zone. Six months ago, when he had found out that Peyton and Jake were going out officially he needed solidarity and a couple of months later, Brooke confessed that she liked him. When he says "confessed" he means she cornered him in the Boys' locker room after Basketball practice in nothing but her black bra and panties. Since Lucas was lonely and hurting, he took up her enticing offer and became her boyfriend.
It pained him even more thinking about it, about he and Brooke together. But it hurt him even more when he thought of Peyton and Jake together happy in their own little world. They were like a family now playing house, Jake the dad, Peyton the mom, and Jennie the daughter. It made him sick to his stomach and angry to just think about it.
"Luke?" His mom asked.
"Huh?" Lucas asked breaking his train of thought.
"Are you all right? You were just spacing out there for a minute."
Lucas nodded, "Oh, I'm fine. I was only thinking."
Karen smiled softly, "Well not to be a pain or anything, but get a move on!"
Lucas laughed and grabbed the keys off the kitchen counter and left for the café.
Eight o'clock rolled by and Lucas walked up to Brooke's house and rang the doorbell.
"Coming!" She called just as her heard footsteps hammering towards the door.
The red door swung open a minute revealing Brooke. "Hey there, sexy boy!" She greeted him happily as she hugged him after closing the door behind her. "Can you wait? This is going to be so fun!"
"Yeah, fun." Lucas said out loud accidentally.
Brooke looked up at him in surprise, "Well, I know it's not what we were initially planning on, but let's not be a party-pooper."
Lucas laughed, "I know, I'll have a blast when I get there, I bet."
"That's more like it!" Brooke said as she pecked him quickly, "Now let's head on over to the club before they get there."
They finally got there ten minutes later and the drive over there was a very tense one for Lucas. He knew that he was going to have a horrible time and wallow in his own pity, too. But all in all, he knew that he would have to fake it because he didn't want Brooke or anyone else to be suspicious of his secret heartache.
As Brooke opened the door to the club, Lucas' breath was taken away by the decorations. "Wow!"
"Yeah, I know. Isn't it awesome?" Brooke said giddily quickly walking over to the DJ area and pulled out two presents. "Here, this is the gift you bought them two weeks ago. Give it to them later on, okay?"
Lucas nodded, "Okay." He had gotten them a scrapbook with pictures of them together and separate in there. It ripped him apart when he was putting it together, but nonetheless, he made it.
The door opened behind them and people from Tree Hill High started filing into Tric. They all deposited their gifts to the two at a table near the back and then mingled with one another until Brooke announced that the couple would be arriving in five minutes. After she made the announcement, everyone seemed to get excited knowing the party was about to take off finally.
Lucas wound his way through the crowd near a secluded corner and plopped himself on a couch with a huff. He rubbed his temples trying to ease his oncoming migraine before it hit, but his efforts were futile because the migraine came on stronger than ever. He closed his eyes trying to relax himself and used some deep breathing exercises.
"Hey!" Mouth said plopping down beside Lucas.
"Hi," Luke said tiredly which pinching the arch of his nose.
Mouth seemed to sense the uneasiness with the disgruntled Luke. "Ah, Luke, are you okay, man?"
Lucas nodded and looked over at Mouth, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Right," Mouth said flatly, but Lucas gave no attempt in swaying his thoughts, "So, isn't it great that Peyton and Jake are able to have such a long-lasting relationship?"
Lucas started to laugh causing Mouth to look at him strangely, "Yeah," he said sarcastically.
Obviously becoming uncomfortable, Mouth got up from his seat. "Well, I'll see you around, Luke."
Lucas just waved choppily to Mouth showing only his irritation even more. He laid his head back lazily against the wall and tried to space out, but just as he was about to escape into his thoughts, he heard his name being called.
"Lucas! Get over here; they're almost here." Brooke said jovially as she grabbed Luke's arm and pulled him to the front of crowd. "Stay here, hot stuff, I'll be right back."
Brooke walked to the center of the crowd of high schoolers. "Hello, may I have your attention quickly? Okay. Now Peyton and Jake are about here, so when they come through the door over there," she pointed toward the main entrance, "scream 'Happy sixth month anniversary!'"
"Why are we even celebrating this in the first place?" Someone shouted from the crowd.
Lucas couldn't help but think the same very thing, but probably for different reasons.
Brooke looked over in the general direction of the question. "First off, you probably are a loser so you wouldn't know! Second of all, you probably don't have a girl-friend so of course you don't have a clue to what's happening in the first place," many people in the crowd 'ooed' at that, "And lastly, ishut up/i If you think this is stupid, then leave, but to me, you'll be missing out on a great party." Brooke looked dangerously around at everyone else in the crowd, "Does anyone else have a question?" Many people literally shook their heads 'no,' which Brooke said a confident, "Good," to.
Soon everyone in the crowd were talking amongst themselves and Lucas saw this as an opportune moment as to slip over to the bar and sit over there. He sat down on the bar stool next to the wall and leaned his head against the cool wall. It seemed like a second later the entrance doors opened and everyone in the club shouted, "Happy sixth month anniversary," to a surprised Peyton and Jake. A pang shot to his heart when he saw Peyton laugh excitedly and kiss Jake before Brooke grabbed both of their hands and lead them around the club, showing them the cool decorations and everything else that had been put in here especially for them.
Lucas finally took his eyes off them and looked around to see a bartender serving some refreshments to others. "Bartender," Luke called over to the guy.
He leisurely walked over to Lucas with a small smile on his face, "What can I get you?"
Lucas thought for a moment, "Well, what are you serving?"
The Bartender seemed to see where this conversation was leading to. "Non-alcoholic beverages."
"Right," Lucas said in a defeated manner. "So I guess I'll have a coke, then."
The Bartender smiled, "Coming your way, then," and began to pour the soda into the glass cup. He slid the drink down to Lucas, "There you go!"
Lucas drank it as if he were trying to wash away his painful emotions and heartache. He put his head against the wall again and tried to escape from his surroundings. But no sooner than a minute later someone plopped themselves down in the seat next to him and began to talk to him.
"Usually people tend to sleep when it's quiet and in their bed at home."
Lucas knew that voice, after all, he had known the person since his childhood. Without opening his eyes to look at her he said, "Hey Hales."
Immediately he knew that she sensed something was bothering him. "What's wrong, Lucas?"
"You know me too well, Hales, but I'm not going to talk about it right now." Lucas said still having his eyes closed trying to ease himself.
He could sense that Haley was staring him down as if she were trying to solve what was bothering him with his body language. "Stop staring at me," Lucas said finally opening his eyes.
Haley quickly looked the other way, trying to hide that she was trying to read him. "I wasn't staring!"
"Right, and I'm the Queen of England," Lucas said sarcastically with a know-it-all smile.
"You're the Queen of England! When did you get the sex change and all of the plastic surgeries your Highness?" Haley said just as sarcastic as Lucas.
"Funny," Lucas said now looking around, "so was brought you to my lonesome corner of the party?"
"Well because it looked like you needed some company." Haley said seriously; concern was written all over her face.
Lucas was now getting irritated again, "Gosh! Will people just get off that subject already!"
"Luke, I was only worried about— "
"Well don't be! I don't need everybody coming up to me asking me if I'm okay because I iam/i okay!" Lucas berated, finally letting his frustration out. He began to calm down after a moment and felt really suffocated and curtly said, "I'm going to get some air."
Lucas quickly made his way through the crowd saying 'excuse me' rather ferociously each time he bumped into someone. A couple of minutes later as he tediously made his way to the back entrance, he opened the door roughly. The cool night's air hit him immediate and he felt relaxed for the first time since he was at the party.
The back entrance was a iron balcony with stairs leading from the staff parking lot which made the area unknown to all of the guests. He leaned against the railing and took deep breaths trying to calm himself down from all of the wild and intense emotions he was enduring all at once. Lucas looked up at the inky black sky and let out a breath of air that he had been holding.
"Hey there," someone said from behind him.
Lucas jumped slightly and placed his hand over his rapidly beating heart. He turned around to see the one person he was not wanting to make confrontation with, Peyton. All of the anxiety and tension he had lost a moment ago were now back and going full throttle. Lucas wanted more than anything for everything that was functioning on full speed to stop, but of course that effort was futile because he couldn't control his emotions around her. He couldn't help but love her.
Well, that's the end to chapter one and I hope that you all liked it! This one just came to me while I was listening to music and then I couldn't stop writing. This is definitely the longest chapter I've even written yet from any of my fanfics! But anyways, I hope you all liked the first chapter and believe me this is a Lucas and Peyton fanfic so just stay with me while I work with all of the obstacles and everything. If you feel like I portrayed any of the characters wrongly, please tell me and I'll try to change any of the quirks. Thanks for reading and I hope to hear what you think!
Oh and if you go back and look at the chapter title again and you understand the irony in the title, tell me and if you it right I will either make you a graphic of your choice or a fanfic of your choice! Well, you don't have to participate, only if you wanna. Thanks again for reading!