Total Eclipse of the Heart

Peyton furiously paced her studio apartment. Her blonde curls swirling around her like a tornado let loose on a stormy day. Peyton was overwhelmed with work and the current heart dilemma that Lucas had caused. Peyton started to grumble and mumble about the fact that he walked right back into her life like an eclipse comes into the sky.

Peyton and Brooke hadn't really spoken since the airport incident. Peyton was having a hard time dealing with the fact that Brooke betrayed her trust by omission. Lucas felt like a fleeting image, lost in the mirage of the lake to her.

For the fact that she hadn't spoken his name or seen her face since that precise moment when her heart had vivaciously healed and broke again simultaneously.

The song Don't Cha started playing out of the blue. Peyton ran over to her cell phone and without glancing at the caller I.D., she flipped it open and said

"hello"

"Hi' the caller cautiously said. Peyton recognized the voice immediately but couldn't believe her ears. Quickly she checked the caller I.D., put the phone back to her ear and shockingly mumbled Lucas.

"Yeah Peyton it's me. I wanted to know if you would come to my house warming party tomorrow night, maybe we could hang out and talk?" rushed Lucas. When he didn't receive an immediate answer, he continued on nervously.

"You don't have to, it was stupid of me to call, but I really wanted to see you."

"ok" was all Peyton managed to say. Lucas told her it started at seven and ended the conversation.

Peyton hung onto the phone numbly as the dial tone echoed in her ear. When she finally snapped out of her stupor she snapped her phone closed, walked over to Brooke's house to talk about her newest dilemma.

Brooke was the one person that Peyton counted on for everything. The one person she had deemed trustworthy.

When Peyton reached Brooke's doorstep, she tapped lightly on the red door. A brown haired girl with bright brown eyed opened the door and warmly smiled at her best friend.

"Hey Peyton" Brooke said. "Why don't you come in" Brooke said warmly. She could see that Peyton was distressed as soon as she laid eyes upon her.

Peyton walked into the house and headed over to the couch, sat down and buried her head into her hands.

"Where's your head at?" asked Brooke.

"I got a phone call today from a certain someone asking me to a party." stated Peyton. Everything then clicked into place for Brooke. Why Peyton had looked so sad and why she had decided to come over after not talking to Brooke for many weeks. Peyton was lost and needed guidance.

Brooke's Motherly instincts went into overdrive, like they always did whenever Peyton was concerned. Brooke vowed that she would ask Lucas what the hell he had been thinking. In what Universe did he think inviting Peyton to a party after breaking her heart was a good idea.

Author's note... I will be posting the 3rd schapter later on i decided to break this story up into smaller chapters. So enjoy and please Review