A/N : hey guys, sorry it's been forever since I last updated but I was hard working on my other stories and really busy with school and all that crap…uh yeah it's kinda boring. Two chapters left to this story including this one so be prepared for some serious stuff! Enjoy and review, you guys are so sweet!
Here we go!
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"P. Sawyer, how many times do I have to say it? You're gonna be just fine!" Brooke half shouted. She was standing next to Peyton who was too nervous to practice her speech in front of the mirror.
"I don't know, Brooke. I'm so nervous!"
"I know but you're going to be just fine! It doesn't matter if you don't win. At least, you are trying, right?!"
Peyton looked right at her with round eyes. "Sawyer, you are not running away from this!" Brooke spat.
"I don't know if I can do it, Brooke", she worried.
"Hey" Brooke's voice softened, "you don't need to go all super-peyt and try to be someone else. You've always been my best friend and a really nice girl. People like you! Everything's going to be fine, alright. Just speak with your heart" she finished.
Peyton waited then grinned. She opened her arms wide and gave Brooke a tight, friendly embrace. "I love you B. Davis"
"I know, everyone loves me!" she chuckled. Peyton smacked her on the shoulder and they both laughed.
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Karen was lying on Lucas' bed when he got through the door. She stirred from the noise and their eyes locked. She got up almost instantly.
"You skipped school again!"
"I didn't have the choice.." he groaned.
"What the hell, Lucas! You skip school and you disappear for days! What the fuck is wrong with you?" she shouted. She was just so angry with him right now.
Lucas shook his head and looked down. Then he was staring back and fourth at his hands and his feet. His mom's shouting hurt like if someone was pulling a knife through his chest. It was an emotional searing pain he was going through. Karen stared at him with more anger but she couldn't handle it. Being angry at Lucas was too hard. She sighed and cupped his face in her palms.
"O honey, I didn't mean to be so harsh. I'm just worried about you!" she said. "If you could just tell me what's wrong, I could help you!" she added.
Lucas shook his head, tears glistening in his eyes.
"No, you can't. The only person who ever could is gone now…" he replied in a cold whisper. "I gotta go now" he said then walked out.
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Brooke finally got Peyton out of the bathroom and at that right moment, Nathan passed by. He nodded urgently to Brooke who understood his need to talk. She motioned for him to wait as she got Peyton around the next hallway.
"O Peyt, I forgot a book in my locker and I kinda need to go get it. Go ahead and I'll join you for the elections, alright?" Brooke hurried.
"Uh, sure. See ya" Peyton said.
Brooke quickened her pace to the past corridor where Nathan was still standing, waiting for her to come back so they could talk about everything that has been going on lately. Brooke eyed every spot before she turned full gaze on Nathan.
"What's up?" she asked.
"We need to talk", he said.
"I know, what happened yesterday with your dad?"
"He knows we painted his wall…and he tried to choke me because of it", he replied.
Brooke sighed and looked down, then back up at Nathan. "What did we get ourselves into, Nathan? Dan tried to kill you, Lucas has been acting weird…"
"You think he knows?" Nathan snapped.
"No…he doesn't know what we're doing and I'm sure about that…though, he knows we're doing something. Maybe he thinks you're having an affair with me…"
"Lucas isn't dumb. He wouldn't think that", the brunette guy told.
"Think again…there's a lot of things Lucas could be mistaking…" she said.
"Look, I'll go to Dan's tomorrow and get a confession from him. I'll record it and then we'll be able to use it against him" Brooke added.
"Are you crazy?"
"That's the only way…"
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Haley, Nathan and Brooke were sitting in the auditorium, waiting for the candidates to do their speeches. First, a small, shy girl entered the stage and she made a short, unconvincing description of what she might be able to do. Then, a senior guy climbed the stage and got back as fast, a hand over his mouth to cover the content of his stomach. A third person came up, a nice girl that the sophomores seemed to love. She was nice though.
At the end of the row was Peyton, waiting to speak. She was really nervous. Her hands were wet, soaking the corners of her little sheets with her speech on. She was shaking and pretty sure she'd make a big mess of herself. Never, had she been good in presentation. Even in class, at the second she had to come to the front, she choked. Nothing would come out or she would stand there like an idiot and talk so fast that nobody would get a word of what she was saying even if most of the time it worth it.
She didn't hear her name being called by the coach. Next thing she knew was that a strong hand was pushing her forward and she had to go on stage to make a speech she had just wrote and she had not read it to anyone. Moist and shaking hands, she approached the microphone. She could barely hear her friends shouting her name to give her some courage. The only thing she knew was that she needed to win…and to chill down a little.
"Uh, hey! Everyone. As some of you probably know, my name is Peyton and uh, I'm in the cheerleading squad, I organized the friends with benefits concert and I started the club Tric but…I feel like it's not…you guys think you know me because of that but actually you don't…", she looked at her sheets and the crowd stayed silent. All the students waited for her to speak again. She got nervous then decided she'd give the fear a nice five seconds then she would move on. She counted and when her mind reached five, instinctively, she threw the sheets away.
"I don't need that really, do I?! Because yeah, to be a nice president and a nice vice-president, you really don't need to write down some stupid speech and read it to everyone. I don't think I've got what it takes to write down some words and impress people. I think I have what it takes to lead and to act with my head straight on my shoulders. You guys think you get me but you get me all wrong because I don't even know who I am right now…but what I do know is that if you give me the chance to show you I can really be dynamic and that I can lead you well, you guys are going to have the best school ever. I'll make sure every one of you has what it takes to make this place worth coming. I want to guys to wake up every morning and say 'Oh yeah, it's school today well, it'll be nice!'" she exclaimed. Everyone eyed each other and nodded.
"I think I've got what it takes because I know what I like and what I don't like and I do know what you guys don't like and I'm going to make sure you don't have anything you don't like anymore. We'll create some music clubs, bands, more sport team, comic book clubs and I really want to make sure that you guys know, 'this is your school'!! Vote for me as a vice-president and I'll make sure I help our president well in taking the right decisions! Vote for me!" she shouted.
Everyone applauded to Peyton's speech. The gym was so noisy that she almost had to cover her ears but it wasn't that bad on her because they were all claiming for her. It was all about her now and it felt so good. She had won the heart of the students. Her smile was wide when coach Durham brought the silence back in the gym. At the last second, they all heard a new voice.
"I want to be a candidate too"
They all spun and saw Lucas, standing in the corner of the stage. Nathan frowned and Haley sighed in relief that he was there. All night long she had been wondering where Lucas was and if he was okay. Brooke was startled by her best friend's speech and now her head was spinning in confusion with Lucas' arrival.
"Well…" the coach started.
"Please coach, I want to try" he begged. Whitey sighed then announced Lucas Scott in the microphone. Peyton shot her ex boyfriend a cold gaze then she left on the side along with the old man. Lucas came in front, he didn't seem nervous at all and neither did he seemed prepared. Though, he knew people liked him. He was one of the most popular kids in the school, star shooting guard of the basketball team and brother with the other star of the team. Whenever there was a party, he was told and he had kissed pretty much all the girls from the cheerleading squad even by mistake or relationship.
"Hey everyone, sorry I'm late. I just had stuff to deal with you know…When you think you actually know someone, it hurts to see they can still disappoint you. Do you know how it feels, guys? To buy your girlfriend the coolest gift you can ever imagine then find her with someone else…to spend hours preparing yourself for your date with your boyfriend you know, doing your hairs, buying the most beautiful dress and putting on the prettiest makeup then you have your date and the guy doesn't even make a comment on how you look…Do you know how it feels to refuse to see someone because you're telling this person that you already love someone but then you find this person in bed with your enemy…or your best friend. Do you know how it feels to realize no one knows your name or ever talk to you? I guess even today, people can still disappoint you but when you really get to know them, you can avoid the worse…I'm not a person who will bring any of you down. I'll do my best to never disappoint any of you and make sure no one feels it you know, the pain…I suffered too and I know how it feels. That's why I don't wish it to anyone. Vote for me and I'll make sure no one gets disappointed in school ever again!" Lucas finished his speech and took a second to catch his breath. He closed his eyes and when he opened them back, people were screaming, shouting and whistling for him.
They were all up their seats, clapping their hands together like if someone had only taught them to do that. That warm feeling inside Lucas' stomach made him feel good. They liked him, they wanted him and finally, he wouldn't have to be alone anymore.
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Haley waited outside until she finally spotted Lucas and ran up to him. She hugged him tight and at her surprise, he hugged her back.
"My god Luke, you were incredible!" she said.
"Uh, Thanks!" he smiled at her for what seemed like the first time in a long time.
"Where were you yesterday?" she asked, her face changing.
"Uh, out. I needed to get out you know."
"Sure…what's wrong with you, Luke? I mean, you've been really weird lately"
"Sorry that I've been an ass to you and the others…it's just that lately, I've been thinking a lot about Keith and it kinda makes me sad" he said. It wasn't totally a lie but it wasn't the very truth either. Haley fixed her scarf around her neck and smiled sadly.
"I'm sorry…is there anything I can do to help?" she asked.
"Sure, don't forget to vote for me!" he chuckled. She smiled and shoved him in the arm.
"I love you, Luke!"
"I love you too, Hales. You'll always be my best friend!" he said, hugging her.
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Brooke came back home along with Peyton. She had been spending a lot of time there lately. Peyton sighed and plopped herself on her bed.
"Your speech was really great!" Brooke said.
"Not as much as the Scott star" Peyton sighed. Brooke smiled.
"But you love the Scott star!"
"Not when he beats me at my own game!" exclaimed an angry Peyton.
"Come on, he didn't beat you yet. Plus, I thought you weren't really up to it"
"Only fools don't change their minds!" Peyton replied. They hugged and Brooke kept reassuring Peyton the best she could.
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Ok, so I guess that's all for now. The next chapter is the last one so don't forget to drop a nice little review so it can give me some more inspiration. If you have anything to say just do it. Does my writing suck? Is there anything I can change? Feel free to tell me (constructive comments uh, don't be mean…I can take it though, otherwise how could I change?)
Next time:
On One Tree Hill fanfic finale,
And the winner is…
I know what you did!
I recorded everything!
You're so drunk!
I know what you've been into
Tell me, Brooke!
He's coming after me!!
Brooke!!!!
SSSQQQUUUIIIRRRKKKKKK…
So uh, see you next time and thanks for reading this! Take care, people!
