Author's Notes: Sorry, this took me so long to get out. But, I just graduated from high school and then I took two trips with three days in between them and top of that I'm moving cross-country. This story takes place after "The Goodbye Girl". So nobody knows about Luke's little affair. Oh, thanks to sparkycola1 for guilting me into writing this chapter. If you guys ever want me to write more of a story just review or email me. Thanks, also to hotterthnu and paints-the-sky for reviewing the first chapter! Enjoy! BTW, the song in the chapter names is "Waitin' on a Sunny Day" by Bruce Springsteen.

Lonesome Day

Chapter 2

The joke's on me, but it's gonna be okay

If I can just get through this lonesome day

Luke Ward stood in the doorway of Harbor High School's student union. His eyes drifted from face to face, looking for one in particular. He hoped she was here. He didn't want to have to spend his whole lunch break looking for her. And he had to talk to her. He had to tell her. Today it had hit him just how much he was hurting her. Again. He didn't want to anymore. He was through hurting and lying to Marissa Cooper. If he had to give up a totally awesome women in the process, than so be it.

Finally, he spotted her sitting reading on a couch towards the back of the room. He hurried through the lunch crowd to get to her. He didn't want to lose his nerve. He couldn't lose his nerve. He didn't want to break her heart, again, but he knew that it was the right thing do.

His heart was pounding when he sat down next to her on the couch. She lowered her book and smiled when she saw it was him. Boy, was she beautiful and boy, was he was the biggest jerk to mess things up with her. Again.

"I have to tell you something," He struggled to get out as he skipped over the pleasantries. He didn't have time for pleasantries. He could already feel the words that he had gone over in his head while his teachers droned on, disappear.

"Okay," She said the smile still on her face. Completely unaware that Luke Ward was going to turn her world upside down. Again. Damn, he had just gotten her to be civil with him again.

"It's about your mom," He said slowly, hating what he was about to say.

"What about her?" She asked as the smile drained from her face. He wished he had taken a picture of it. He knew that he wouldn't be seeing it again for a while. By the time they graduated if he was lucky. Of course, that was only if Summer and Ryan didn't beat him to a pulp before graduation.

He turned his head away from her and faced the pool tables. What other high school had pool tables? He didn't want to see the look on her face when he said what he was about to say, "I've been doing her,"

He wished he had blessed with the gift of eloquence. Or at least tact.