I'm Your Fiancé

Author's Note: Ok so I don't know how to respond to comments through fanfiction so unless someone wants to try to explain that to me I will probably stick to responding in author's notes.

Alysef- yes Lucas does appear to be a pussy because he won't own up to the fact that he doesn't work with Peyton. But he feels more comfortable with Peyton then he would feel starting over or putting himself out there for Brooke again because she has hurt him multiple times.

GottaluvNaley- And I'm really enjoying showing the selfish bitch Peyton acts like. They will be splitting up and fighting a lot before they do so I hope you enjoy :)

Tess mtiv- Thanks. I haven't been very clear on this and it's an important back story that will be completely explained as the story goes… however what I can tell you now is that Brook and Lucas went to college at Duke with Nathan and Haley and the four of them lived together Lucas broke up with Peyton a few months after Beth was born they remained close and Peyton was always trying to get Lucas back but he was trying to show Brooke he wanted to be with her after college they moved back to Tree Hill and bought a house but lived in separate rooms and were only friends… I don't wanna get into too much detail becuz that will come later… but basically they got into a fight and Lucas stormed out and got plastered and slept with Peyton, Brooke walked into his room to apologize for yelling and found Peyton in his bed… after about 6 months of Leyton dating Peyton demanded Brooke move out… I hope that clears up some of the confusion and the rest will be explained later. I hope you like the Haley and Brooke interaction in this chapter.

Lucas walks out of the bedroom to find Peyton glaring at Brooke. He hugs Brooke good night and takes Peyton's hand.

As they are walking out the door Lucas hears Beth yell, "DADDY!" Brooke turns and races towards her daughter's bedroom with Lucas following closely behind leaving Peyton dumbfounded in the doorway.

"What's wrong pumpkin?" Brooke asks as she reaches the bedroom.

"I want my daddy!" Beth responds indignantly, "and don't tell me he isn't here cause he just came in here!"

"I'm right here my little pretty girl. What's the matter?" Lucas kneels down next to her bed.

"I need to speak to you… alone daddy." Beth looks at her mother.

"Okay," Brooke smiles softly, "I get it. It's a father daughter conversation." She backs out of the room slowly. She goes to find Peyton still in the doorway. "They might be awhile and it's late. Why don't you go home and I'll send Lucas as soon as he's done."

"No Brooke, don't mother me for god sakes! I will not be leaving here without my fiancé! He's mine don't you understand that?" Peyton has begun screaming again. Before Brooke can even respond her daughter has bolted by her and is standing right in front of Peyton.

"You don't yell at my mommy, you mean lady! You take my daddy time away and you ruin my family night and now you yelling at my mommy? You a mean lady and I don't like you!" By the time Beth has finished her tirade one hand is on her hip and the other is pointing at Peyton. Brooke knows she should scold her daughter for talking to an adult that way, but she figures she can let Lucas handle it this time. Instead he just picks up his daughter.

As he's carrying her back to her room he turns over his shoulder and says, "Peyt, Beth needs me here tonight. I'll be home in the morning and we can hang out until I have to pick Beth up at 2."

"But, Lucas" she begins to call before being cut off by a stern Brooke.

"I think you've caused enough drama in my household for tonight. Goodbye Peyton." Brooke says curtly as she closes the door.

As she collapses against the door the phone begins to ring. She hurriedly answers it. "Hello tutor mom," she says with a smile covering her tired face.

"Hello tiger. How was your day? Did you enjoy dinner with Lucas and Beth?" Haley asks.

"My day was great up until I got to Lucas's house tonight." Brooke sighs out.

"Oh Brookie what happened? Did Peyton call or was Lucas just in a bad mood from one of their fights?" Haley asks concernedly.

"Worse. She was at the house when I got there. Apparently she surprised Lucas with a visit. She even asked me if Beth could spend the night and skip school tomorrow!"

"Oh wow. What did Lucas say? I'm sure he was on your side. He's never been able to say no to you."

Lucas looks on to the conversation as Brooke sits in her chair with the glass of wine and sighs. He wishes he could fix this all, but he knows she would never let him. He ruined that chance too many times. They are great friends and work well together as parents. But listening to her talk to Haley about how the whole Peyton situation hurt her almost killed him. He hated that she wouldn't let him protect her, but he didn't want to be alone and Peyton would never leave him. As he's listening to her he hears something that grabs his attention, "Oh yea, his name is Julian. He was a really sweet guy and he gave me his number, but I don't know Haley. Why don't we talk about it over lunch tomorrow? Lucas is still here and you should probs go take care of hot shot. Text me in the morning about lunch. Ok Haley, love you too." Brooke hangs up her phone and slumps back in her chair.

All the sudden she feels hands on her shoulders and she jumps. "Relax Brooke, it's just me," Lucas chuckles softly.

"You scared the shit out of me Lucas!" Brooke says turning around with a slight smile.

"Oh I'm sorry Brooke is there anything I can do to make it up to you." Brooke rolls her eyes slightly at his sarcasm. "So," Lucas draws out, "should we talk about this?"

"What's this?" Brooke laughs, "Oh, you mean our daughter's little outburst?"

"Yes, our daughter's outburst… along with Peyton's outburst and my outburst in the car from earlier." Lucas sighs.

"We don't have to talk about Peyton… I know she's going to be your wife and I'm just the mother of your child, but when it comes to our daughter I am her mother and I won't have Peyton telling me what is going on with my daughter! You and I make the final decisions and she does not get a say!"

"Of course, Brooke I totally agree. I want you to know that I am trying to find the balance in all of this. She's going to be my wife and I don't know how I can make sure I am being a good husband and a good father to Beth. Peyton wants me to move to Miami with her. She has three or four more bands she'd like to record and she wants to have me there with her."

"Oh," Brooke chooses her next words carefully, "that would be a hard adjustment for Beth. Not seeing you for months at a time. Unless you were planning on coming to visit."

"She suggested I bring Beth with me." Before Lucas can even finish explaining Brooke has cut him off.

"NO! My daughter is not going to live in Florida with some hoe-bag. She is my daughter! She's already stolen enough from me, I will not let my daughter be influenced by that backstabbing, two-faced bitch that I once thought was my friend."

"Brooke, if you had let me finish I was going to tell you exactly that. I told Peyton that I couldn't leave my daughter and I was not moving my daughter to some new place without her mother. Will you please trust me? I'm not going to take your daughter away."

"Okay Lucas, you could've led with that."

"I'm sorry. Anyways about her outburst back there."

"Oh Lucas I'm sorry for that. I've never seen her act like that before."

"I know Brooke, I just don't know what we should handle it. Peyton is going to be a part of her life and she needs to get used to that. But, at the same time she was only standing up for her mother when you were being attacked."

"I think we tell her thank you for trying to defend me, but she can't yell at any adult like that."

"Ok, if you think that's the best thing to do, Brooke."

"I need to get some sleep, good night Lucas." Brooke drops a kiss on his forehead as she walks by.

Note: Okay, I kinda feel like Lucas comes across as kind of an ass towards the end… but I don't know how to change that so here it is.