Hey guys! Here's a new fic for you guys. It's a short one, only three chapters, but it was for a challenge. Hope that you guys like it. Tell me what you think! Thanks to Kelsey for being my beta for this story.

Chapter One

Peyton knocked on the door impatiently. "Lucas Scott! Get your happy ass out of bed!"

Suddenly the door swung open , revealing a half-asleep Lucas. "What do you want, Peyton?"

Peyton grinned, holding up the coffee and bag of doughnuts. "I brought breakfast."

Lucas shook his head as he stepped back to let her in. "What time is it?"

"It's about 9:00."

"9:00? Peyton! I only have a few weeks left of summer vacation and you're waking me up at 9:00?" Lucas groaned as he plopped back onto his bed.

"Oh, stop whining." Peyton tossed him the bag and handed him his coffee. "I heard from Brooke last night."

Lucas flinched. "Peyton, didn't we talk about his? Please stop mentioning her to see how I react."

Right after graduation Brooke had broken it off with Lucas. She had been about to head back to California and decided that Lucas wasn't what she wanted. She would be going off to New York in the fall and Lucas would be going to Los Angeles. Brooke had decided that she didn't want the hassle of a long distance relationship.

Lucas had been devastated. He'd just bought an engagement ring and had been planning to propose that very night. He'd really closed up and wouldn't talk to anyone for days. Finally Haley was able to get him to open up. It still hurt him to think of her, but he'd moved on with his life,

Peyton shrugged, sheepishly. "I'm sorry. I really wasn't this time. I just wanted to let you know that she said hi."

"Uh huh, sure." Lucas rolled his eyes and pulled her down next to him, He kissed her lightly. "So, do we have any plans for the day?"

Peyton shrugged. "Not really, but we do need to talk."

"About?"

Peyton rolled her eyes. "What we're going to do when we go away to school in a few weeks."

Lucas sighed. "Do we have to?"

Peyton laughed. "Yes." She paused. "With me going to the community college here and you heading off to LA, we need to make some decisions."

"Are you gonna dump me like Brooke?"

Peyton playfully hit his arm. "No. And if I was I'd have to wait until right before you left to do it."

"Comforting." Lucas sat up and began drinking his coffee.

Peyton leaned back against the wall and focused on Lucas. "What do you want for us? I mean, are we going to try and plan a future or just see how things go?"

Lucas shrugged. "I think that at first we're going to want to see how things go. I don't want to break up, but we might want to see other people."

Peyton looked at him in disbelief. "You want us to be non-exclusive in a long distance relationship?" She shook her head. "We won't last very long like that."

Lucas shrugged. "I'm sorry, Pey. What do you want from me? Do you want me to lie to you and tell you that I will always love you and only you? That I'm sure that there's no one else out there for me? I'm sorry, but I can't do that."

"I'm not asking you to lie to me, Lucas. But I'm being honest here, too. I don't think that we'll last in that kind of a relationship." Peyton paused. "You're still hoping that Brooke will want you back, aren't you?"

"Oh, my God!" Lucas jumped off of the bed. "I thought that we decided BEFORE we got together that you wouldn't pull this crap on me." He shook his head. "I told you that there was no way that I could deal with the insecurity from you, too. That's part of what drove me and Brooke apart."

"I know. I'm sorry." She looked down at her hands. "It's just that I love you and I don't want to lose you again." She glanced back up at him. "I'm tired of losing the people that I love."

Lucas sighed as he walked over to Peyton, taking her into his arms. "I know, baby. I'm sorry. I love you, too, but you have to trust me." He paused. "We'll try things exclusively, but if either of us meets someone we'll discuss it again. How's that?"

Peyton shrugged. "I guess it'll have to do."

Suddenly Lucas's phone rang. He reached over and grabbed it. "Hello."

"Hey, Luke."

"Hey, Hales. What's up?"

"I wanted to let you know that Brooke's flying into town tonight."

"What!" Lucas glanced over at Peyton.

"She was going to surprise us, apparently. I called her parent's house to talk to her and her mom told me. I just thought that you might want to know."

"Thanks, Hales. Bye." He hung up the phone and sighed. "Brooke's coming into town tonight to surprise all of us."

"What?" Peyton's mouth dropped open.

"Apparently Brooke decided that she would surprise everyone by just showing up." He paused. "Did you ever get around to telling her that we got back together?"

Peyton shook her head. "I didn't want to cause anymore friction."

Lucas sighed. "Well, I guess that tonight's going to be interesting."