A/N: takes place right after the ending in chapter 6
Chapter 7: Oh Come All Ye Faithful
Lucas watched as Peyton walked off towards Brooke, overhearing her tell Julian that she was going to say goodnight to her best friend before they would head off back to Peyton's house. If now was the time for anything Lucas would have to act quickly; he briskly walked towards Julian and wanted to wipe that smirk off his face.
"Well, well, well, look who decides to finally show his face. Getting tired of hiding behind that pillar?"
"I want to talk."
"Talk about what? Peyton? You heard everything she said. All she thinks about your love letter, here…" Julian picked up 'An Unkindness of Ravens' off the table and forcefully shoved it into Lucas' chest his smirk getting wider and wider. "Is that it's all full of crap. Just. Like. You!"
Lucas glared at the man that stood before him. How could Peyton fall for this guy's act? Sweet on the outside, but straight up jackass on the inside. His jaw clenched and his hands turned into fists, turning white within seconds.
"Hey, Luke, is everything okay?"
Peyton noted his tensed body as she walked towards them, his back turned towards her. Julian had defiantly said something to offend him by the look of Lucas' fists.
"Yeah, Luke, is everything okay?"
Julian repeated his girlfriends question faking concern. And it took all what was in Lucas not to bring up his hand and give him a shiner above his right eye.
"Yeah, Julian just wanted to know how everything was going with me and Lindsay since he hadn't seen her around tonight." He looked at Peyton and her face was curious as she realized that she hadn't seen her either. "We broke up."
Peyton was shocked to say the least. She didn't expect him to say that and when those words came out of his mouth she almost smiled. It was half a smile half a frown.
"I'm sorry, Luke."
"It's okay. We figured out that it wouldn't work out. We weren't meant to be."
Peyton only nodded her head.
"Babe, how about we get going already. It's getting late."
"I'll go get my purse then we can go."
She had agreed. She couldn't be in the same room with Lucas without the strong urge to be in his arms. Once she was out of sight Julian snarled at his competition.
"You're something else you know that right? Pulling out the pity me card."
Lucas grinned. He knew exactly what he was doing. Phase one complete. Phase two on the way. Julian's smirk gracing his face again and Lucas wondered why he looked so pleased with himself.
"The girls hot, right, in every way; but then again you already knew that didn't ya. Think you've got everything figured out?" Lucas didn't answer his furrowed eyebrow's gave Julian his answer as he took two steps closer their faces mere inches apart and he whispered. "But tell me this, a week from now if I wanted to I could have her on her back on my mattress."
"Okay, let's go."
Peyton interrupted what Lucas' response was going to be; she hadn't heard what the guys were talking about. If she hadn't shown up, Julian wouldn't be a pretty boy anymore that's for damn sure.
He watched them walk out of Tric's door. His heart telling him to run after them, but his head telling him otherwise. He listened to his head as he walked back to the bar ordering a dry scotch and tequila shot. Brooke notice the drinks were gone within seconds and she walked over to her guy friend.
"You okay?"
The next round of drinks he ordered were gone. He didn't say anything just glanced at her and Brooke could read the hurt all over his face.
"Oh, Luke, I'm sorry."
"Leave me alone, Brooke."
Round after round of drinks were consumed. Brooke didn't say a word, but never left his side as he drowned his sorrows in whiskey.
***
The next morning Lucas was awoken by the door bell ringing, his head pounding; he might have had one too many drinks. He walked towards the door and the sound of the bell ringing again made him cradle his head and cover his ears.
"I'm coming. Just don't push the bell again."
Lucas almost all but screamed. Whoever was at the other end of this door was going to get a verbal warning filled with obscenities. He opened the door and was welcomed when a cardboard box was shoved into his arms.
"Okay, these are all the things I thought you might want to keep. They're basically yours anyway."
He recognized that voice; it was the only one that could make him go weak in the knees. He set the box down and looked at the woman in front of him. She always looks beautiful, no matter what she's wearing. He rummaged through the box only to be confused.
"This is all the things I gave you over our high school years."
"Well technically its stuff I 'borrowed' and never gave back."
She used air quotes and smiled.
"Why are you giving all this back?"
"It's too much stuff to put into storage."
She was being vague and Lucas gave her a look saying he needed to know why.
"Because it won't fit in my apartment in L.A."
She replied as if that was going to answer all his questions.
"So you wanted to give me back these mementos because it wouldn't fit in your apartment? Why didn't you leave it where it was? Julian feeling threatened."
Peyton tried not to roll her eyes.
"My dad's selling the house, Luke. That's why." She saw his face fall. "He held onto it as long as he could thinking I was going to come back from L.A, but now that he knows that I'm not he decided it was finally time to let it go." The silence was overwhelming. "You asked me why I came back and that's why. My dad wanted me to look through stuff that I might want to take back home with me."
She shrugged off her response and without realizing it Lucas' world had just crashed. His one and only wasn't coming back home, ever. She was coming back; well if he had anything to do with it. Peyton belonged in Tree Hill and he was going to make sure she knew that.
"Please, stay."
His pleading was above a whisper and if he wasn't looking at her she wouldn't have read his lips and understand his statement.
"Goodbye, Luke."
Before she could walk out the door he grabbed onto her hand. Pulling her back to him their lips mere inches apart and his nostrils filling in her sent of lavender and vanilla.
"Do I really mean that little to you, Peyt? Where you can just put everything we've built up together in one box."
Lucas' hand coming up to caress Peyton's cheek ever so softly. She froze underneath his touch, relaxed underneath the warmth that is Lucas Scott. Ocean blue eyes looking into forest green ones and soul meeting soul.
"Does the love that we have for each other mean so little that it can all fit in the box that's currently on the ground?"
His questions broke her heart. She wanted to scream 'No!' He didn't have to worry about any of that because she cherished him. She wanted him to stop the questioning. She shook her head from right to left indicating what he wanted her answer to be.
"Do you really mean that?"
The look in his true love's eyes knew that she meant it. He brought his lips down to meet hers and they shared a hungry kiss. They only stopped when breathing became a problem.
"Luke, please."
It was suppose to come out as a protest, but sounded more like a whimpering plead. He brought his lips back to hers as his tongue begged for entrance. Entrance was allowed as she wrapped her arms around his neck out of instinct and they melted into each other.
A/N: So there you have the ending to this chapter...I know very long awaited, but I hope you loved it! Let me know by pushing that review button ;) And I know Julian is a jerk in this chapter, but I had to make him into one so that LP could be together cause I really like Julian and it would have been really hard to write him being sweet and still not get the girl. Oh and the little Luke /Jul conversation was taken from an OC conversation from 3x21. So no props to me on that but to the writers lol…just giving credit where its needed :D so hope you enjoyed it! Only about 3 more chapters left ahhh.
