Summary- After the death of Peyton's fiancé, Jake, Peyton finds comfort in his best friend, Lucas. Starts off as BL, but eventually will be LP, will have some NH, and possibly some JP flashbacks.

This is an AU story, so many things will be different in the show, but all should be explained. Reviews Appreciated: )

Lucas Scott watched the green eyed blonde from across the room. Her eyes were red and puffy from the excess crying she had been doing all day. Lucas watched her closely as she walked into the kitchen of the house. She opened up a cupboard and pulled out a large bottle of alcohol and soon began sipping on it. She looked around, and many eyes were on her, but she didn't care. She had just lost the love of her life, and she felt like she was allowed to make a scene. There she was, after Jake's funeral she was forced to come back to Jake's house with all of Jake's relatives and close friends, this was torture to her. She took another long drink from the bottle as she watched him walk towards her.

Lucas reached an arm out and pulled the bottle away from her. She quickly hit him on the arm as he placed the bottle down on the counter. "Get the hell away from me!" she screamed. Everyone in the room turned to look at her once again, but she still didn't care.

"Peyton…" he said softly as he tried to calm her down.

"Don't!" she screamed once again. "Just leave me alone Lucas." When she realized that he wasn't going to go anywhere she threw her fists out, hitting him in the chest violently. "Go away!" she yelled in anger.

Lucas caught her hands and held them tightly so she would stop hitting him. He lowered her hands down. "You're making a fool out of yourself, just stop." He whispered lightly.

"This is all your fault, Lucas Scott! I wouldn't be making a fool of myself if it wasn't for you! If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be in this room, surrounded by all of these people, I would be with Jake! It's your fault he is dead. Why couldn't you just drive that night? Then that truck would have rammed into your side of the car and you would be dead! But no, instead he is gone!"

Lucas looked into her eyes and lowered his head. Her eyes were cold and her tone was harsh. He wasn't going to argue with her, the truth was he had been saying the same things to himself all week, but wishing it was him wouldn't change anything. And it for sure wouldn't bring Jake back. Lucas sighed and looked up at her once again. Tears were streaming down her face, and Lucas didn't say anything. He only grabbed a hold of her and pulled her into a tight embracing hug.

Lucas rested his chin on the top of her head as she sobbed into his shoulder. Lucas glanced around the room at everyone who had their eyes fixated on them. He let out a deep sigh and wished that everyone would just go back to their own business. He continued to wrap his arms tightly around her small body, and she continued to cry. He glanced around at the crowd once more, but this time one specific person caught his eye. His girlfriend, Brooke, looked at him with jealousy in her eyes. Lucas shook his head lightly. She had no reason to be jealous, Peyton was his friend and she needed him right now. This would have been what Jake wanted, someone to take care of her when he couldn't.

The next day, Lucas sat quietly as he sipped coffee from a cup at a local coffee shop. He spent a lot of time at this shop, he felt relaxed there. "Peyton wants me to move into that huge house with her." Lucas' friend, Haley said after taking a small bite from a bagel. "She doesn't want to stay in that house by herself, without Jake."

Lucas looked away in sadness as he heard Haley say his name. "He had that house built for them." Lucas began. "Just for the two of them, and Jenny." Lucas said as he pictured the young five year old girl in his mind. "She isn't ready to let go of it yet. I understand."

"Then why don't you move in with her?" Haley giggled at her suggestion.

"What?" Lucas asked as he almost choked on his coffee.

"Yeah, think about it Luke…You have known Peyton since freshman year of college, and you have been in love with her since you saw her for the first time, here in this shop."

Lucas nodded as he looked around at his surroundings. She was right, this was the place where he first met Peyton, and he did fall in love with her the first time his eyes met her beautiful bright green ones. If he hadn't introduced them, Jake and Peyton would have never met. "You are so crazy Hales!" Lucas laughed. "Yeah, here is my plan; I am going to move in with the fiancé of my dead best friend so I can confess my true love for her." Lucas said with sarcasm flowing through his voice. "Yeah, that's exactly what I am going to do." He said rolling his eyes. "Plus, there happens to be this wonderful brunette girl you know…one of your fiends, who I happen to love very much."

"Luke, you said it yourself; you and Brooke are slowly growing apart."

"Haley, are you hearing everything you are saying? Peyton has been through too much. There is no way I am going to even think about telling her how I have felt for the past five years." Lucas smiled. "Please just drop it. Now is the worst time to ever bring up something like that, and telling her is the worst idea ever. It's never going to happen."

So there is the first chapter! Let me know what you guys think, should I continue it? I did get the idea from the movie Catch and Release. So the story will be kinda similar, but not completely the same.