A Brucas story.

"Over My Head"

Summary: Lucas and Brooke decide that they just aren't right for each other and break up. So if they're broken up then why are they sneaking in closets and having midnight sleepovers?

This is set during and after episode 4x08 just to let you know ;)

Chapter 1

After the sports banquet, Lucas walked Brooke to her door.

"Thanks Lucas, for tonight."

"No problem."

There was a silence.

"Lucas, don't hate me for saying this but I think this was a mistake." Brooke said.

"Yeah, me too. I was listening to Whitey's speech and…" Lucas began.

"It didn't describe us." Brooke finished.

"Yeah." Lucas sighed.

"Friends?" Brooke asked.

"Friends." Lucas agreed.

Lucas hugged Brooke and made sure she got in okay, then left. He left with a smile on his face because he knew that he would still have Brooke in his life, even if they weren't dating. Maybe they weren't right, maybe he really wasn't the guy for Brooke Davis. It still pained him to say it because he would always care about her but maybe that wasn't enough.

Lucas went over to Peyton's house to see how she was doing. He hadn't really talked to her the whole night so he was just checking up on her.

"Hey Peyton, sorry I didn't really talk to you at the banquet."

"It's okay, you were with Brooke. I mean you guys are dating now."

"Actually, it's over between us." Lucas said.

"What?"

"Yeah, we agreed that going was a mistake. We're over." He said.

"Oh, well then Lucas I have to tell you something."

"Okay." Lucas said noticing the seriousness in her voice.

"Well, okay so I was thinking about how we were almost a couple before and how we didn't really get our chance because you fell in love with Brooke but I just wanted to let you know that those feelings I had before didn't go away. I love you Lucas, I always have." Peyton said.

Lucas was surprised. He knew Peyton loved him but he thought that it was just in a friendly way. At least, that's what he looked at her as, just a friend. He didn't love Peyton in a boyfriend/girlfriend way. But the trouble now was, telling her.

"Peyton…" Lucas began.

"If you still have feelings for Brooke, then just tell me now." Peyton interrupted.

"No, this isn't about Brooke, it's just Peyton you know I love you…just in a friendship kind of way." Lucas said.

Peyton suddenly got his drift.

"Oh." Peyton said, not bothering to mask her hurt.

Lucas walked over and hugged her.

"I'm sorry." He whispered.

"Yeah, me too." Peyton said.

Lucas looked at her, not sure of what to say or do next. He still wanted to be friends with Peyton because he cared about her, but he didn't want it to be weird.

"So, still friends?" Lucas asked.

Peyton just hurt more. He was so clueless, but then again, he was a guy.

"Friends." Peyton lied. She wasn't sure if she could go back to being his friend. It would be awkward and she hated awkward.

"Great." Lucas said.

"Yep." She replied.

"So, how was your night?" Lucas asked.

"Derek's gone." Peyton said sadly.

"What?" Lucas asked surprised for the second time tonight.

"Yeah, he went on a new mission and he won't be back for a while." Peyton said.

"I'm sorry Peyton, I'm sure he will come back soon."

"Thanks. You know it's funny, I used to talk to Brooke about this stuff. I guess things change huh?" Peyton asked.

She didn't know the half of it. Lucas had changed so much in one night and he felt like he couldn't catch up with himself.

"Yeah, you have no idea." He replied.

Peyton just smiled.

"Well, I should go. I'll see you at school tomorrow." Lucas said and walked out of Peyton's house still unsure if their friendship was okay or not.

Peyton sat on her bed and cried.

Lucas walked into his house and flipped the lights on. Karen was waiting at the kitchen table.

"Look mom, I'm sorry for being late but…"

"Lucas I'm not mad at you for being late, I want to know how everything went with Brooke."

"Since when were you interested in me and Brooke?" Lucas asked and smiled.

"Well, I thought she was good for you. So what happened?" Karen asked.

"We are officially over." Lucas said and sat down.

"Oh Lucas, I'm sorry."

"No, it's okay we both agreed on it." he said.

Karen was taken aback. She knew Brooke, and Brooke didn't usually do the breaking up unless it was because of something big.

"What did you do?" Karen asked.

"What?"

"Well Brooke doesn't usually break up with someone unless they did something big so spill it…what did you do?"

"Really mom, I did nothing, we just agreed on it." He said honestly.

Karen saw the seriousness in her son's eyes.

"Alright I believe you." Karen said and sighed.

"I'm going to bed mom. Goodnight."

"Goodnight Lucas. I'm sorry things didn't work out with Brooke."

Lucas nodded and walked into his bedroom to forget about everything that happened tonight and just try and focus on him being single and ready to try new things without being worried about cheating with a best friend, and worrying about another person. Even though, he knew he would be doing that anyways.

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