Disclaimer: I do not own OTH just my ideas.
Lucas and Peyton stared speechless at each other for a good five minutes. The only thought running through both blondes' minds was "No, no, no, no." Somewhere between the intense stares and a few mumbled words Brooke finally tried to break the ice, "Man, if I didn't know better I would think you two know each other and this reunion isn't a joyful one!" At this remark Peyton quickly snapped out of her gaze and quickly added, "No!! I just never pictured you with this type of guy." Brooke laughed whole heartedly and Peyton sent her one of her famous smirks. "Oh no not with the smirk! But yeah I understand what you are saying. It was a whirlwind romance and we still are recovering from it" Brooke added with a hint of sadness and honesty. Peyton picked up on this and looked around quickly to find that Luke or Lucas whatever his name was, was no where to be found and she just assumed he took her luggage because it was all gone too. "It's okay B. Davis let's get out of here. You do know sooner or later you will have to tell me what is going on between you guys. I mean I have only been here for 20 minutes and he's already disappeared and you're sad" Peyton said as they walked towards the car while Brooke nodded in response.
Peyton sat in the back of the car because Brooke had argued that is was safer for the baby and Lucas had yet to look at her again or even speak to her. Peyton knew that the guilt was probably eating him alive because it was eating her alive too. She also knew that he probably didn't really care about her because hey she was only a one night stand and one night stands aren't suppose to bite you in the ass, but when has her life ever been easy. Also, no one ever picks her over Brooke Davis. That is the way it has always been so why would that all change now. Or maybe it would change because of the other person she would be delivering in about three months. This other person would happen to share half of Brooke's husbands genes, but at that thought Peyton decided to actually listen to Brooke's story about some fashion show because she couldn't deal with the fact that she was indeed pregnant with her best friend's husband's baby.
"Peyton are you listening to me??" Brooke said as she waved her hands up and down in front of Peyton's face. "Oh yeah Sorry B I'm just tired and I kind of zoned out" Peyton replied lamely. "That's okay P. I was just saying that I have a fashion show in two weeks so I'll be making a couple of trips to New York getting everything ready so you'll just have to stay here with Lucas" Brooke saw the look at Peyton's face and quickly added "I'm sorry I already had everything planned before I knew you were coming. I mean Lucas is fine with it. Right Lucas?" Brooke looked straight at Lucas with a glare that would easily set him on fire if he said no. "Yeah its fine" was all Lucas could squeeze out. His voice sounded odd and child like, but Brooke chose to ignore it and looked to Peyton for her answer. "Yeah I mean that is okay. I understand" Peyton said before she turned her head to stare out the window for the rest of the trip to the house.
Lucas had never been so happy to see his house before. All he had wanted to do was run into his office and internalize what was happening since the moment her saw her. Well that was not completely true. His first instinct was to kiss her senseless and whisper how great it was so have her back where she belongs, with him, before ripping her clothes off and having his way with her. He knew that he shouldn't think like that, but he couldn't help it. Her body was amazing. She had new curves due to their child growing inside of her and she glowed. It was like the glow she had after he had just made her come. He quickly changed his thought process to how he was going to tell Brooke when he started to feel an erection coming on. He desperately need to talk to Peyton, but now was not the right time. He needed time to gather his thoughts so that he could make her understand that he never wanted to leave her.
"Lucas, will you put Peyton's bags in the guest bedroom next to your office?" Lucas nodded and Brooke looked towards Peyton "I thought that you could stay on the first floor since you are about to pop and walking up the stairs will probably get hard plus there aren't any other bedrooms upstairs." "That is perfect, Brooke. Thank you again so much for this. I am going to find a house as soon as I can" Peyton said before following Brooke into the house.
The house was completely amazing, but not homey. It was completely modern and did not have one unique touch too it. There were no pictures of them together or even of their families just pieces of art hanging from the walls. Brooke showed Peyton the house starting with the second floor. This consisted of the master bedroom and bathroom with a guest bedroom that had been turned into Brooke's office. Downstairs was the gourmet kitchen, breakfast area, formal dining room, living room, two guest bedrooms, a bathroom, and a den that had been converted into Lucas's office.
"Wow B, this is some house" Peyton said while sitting down on the bed in "her" room. "Yeah it's nice. It reminded me of the one I grew up in so I had to buy it. Lucas hates it though" Brooke said quietly while sitting beside her best friend. Peyton was really starting to get nosey about why her best friend wanted out of her marriage. She desperately hoped it had nothing to do with her. "So what is the deal with you and Lucas?" Peyton carefully asked. Brooke didn't know how to answer that question. She didn't want to tell Peyton that her husband of one year cheated on her. She didn't want Peyton to think that she couldn't keep her husband happy, but in all honesty they weren't happy when they got married so why would it change after they got married. Brooke let out a sign and she knew Peyton deserved to know the truth. "Well I guess it started before we got married. See, we had broken up about three weeks before we got married because we just knew that we weren't made for each other, but then I found out about the baby. Lucas wanted to be there for me and the baby so we just decided that we would get married. I mean we got married a month after I found out that I was pregnant. That is why I never told you about him before the engagement because I never thought he was going to be a serious thing. I mean Peyton we had only been dating for 5 months before I got pregnant and I never wanted to move here" Brooke said softly while trying to discretely wipe the tears from her eyes. "Oh Brooke, I never knew all of this. Why didn't you tell me? I would have come home. You know that. Gosh B I'm so sorry" Peyton said while she pulled Brooke into a hug. The more Brooke mourned the loss of her baby and the life she never got to have the guiltier Peyton felt for having the baby she wanted and the life she wanted. "Well as you can tell, I miscarried about 3 weeks after we got married and we've been living separate lives since then. We haven't even touched each other in six months! No kisses or hugs nothing, and I am okay with that. We just live in complete silence. I work on my clothing line and he works on his new novel. I kinda think we both are too stubborn to admit defeat and give up, but we are killing each other slowly. I deserve someone who is in love with me not someone who married me because I was pregnant" Brooke admitted softly. Peyton didn't know how to respond to this so she just gathered Brooke has close to her as possible and held her as the cried.
After an hour or so of holding a crying Brooke she finally felt the brunette fall into dreamland. Peyton was emotionally and physically exhausted. She had not even had time to think about Luke. Well to think about him in the last two hours. She knew she needed to talk to him, but he was avoiding her and she was happy that he was. She needed to figure out how to handle this, but first she need to sleep. So she curled up next to her best friend and prayed that this wouldn't be the last time they did this.
A/N Thanks for all of the reviews! They are greatly apprecaited since this is my first story!