Brooke and Lucas were on their 6th drink, no was it their 7th drink. Needless to say Brooke was kind of tipsy and had lost count. Lucas was no better if anything he was worse.
"Brooke, whatever happened to that guy that you were seeing?"
"What guy Lucas?"
"You know the one, you went on and on about him and how happy he was making you..."
"Umm Luke I still don't know who you are talking about, give a girl a clue here – did he have a name?"
"Well I'm sure he did, but you never told me it, you started seeing him just before Peyton and I broke up"
Brooke thought back to that time, just before Peyton and Lucas had broken up he had proposed to her, but it was before that when Brooke had told Lucas how a certain guy was making her so happy. That certain guy had been him, but she couldn't just come right out and say it. Her and Lucas had been spending a lot of time together as his publisher was based in NY so whenever he was in town they had caught up. Brooke had sworn the last time they had seen each other before that conversation Lucas was hinting at breaking up with Peyton because of her. He had even tried to kiss her, but Brooke would never do that to anyone, let alone Peyton. She knew what it felt like to be cheated on, and she wouldn't wish it upon her worst enemy.
So the next time they spoke Brooke thought she would let Lucas know that he did make happy, but Lucas just went and proposed to Peyton so she must have read the signals wrong.
"Well you see Luke, funny story behind that guy..."
Brooke was debating in her head whether to tell him the truth or make someone up, what's it matter it's in the past.
"Funny? Really Brooke well let's hear it"
"That guy that made me so happy..." Brooke paused she couldn't tell him what had been going through her head and her heart back then, because those thoughts and feeling were still there, and she had let Lucas Scott break her heart before, she was not letting it happen again.
"He turned out like most guys and just was a jerk"
"I'm sorry about that Brooke, you really deserve the best there is, far better than me." He added the last part barely above a whisper.
As Lucas finished he glanced at Brooke, this conversation was getting a bit sentimental for his current state, and he knew if the subject wasn't changed he would be confessing his love for the brunette beauty in front of him.
Brooke had been fidgeting with her straw when she heard Lucas's last words; did he honestly think that he wasn't good enough for her? Brooke glanced up and looked into Lucas's eyes, all she saw was sincerity, and she was about to reassure him that this wasn't the case when...
"B. Davis fancy bumping into you here?"
Brooke looked sideways to see Peyton standing there, with a smirk on her face. Brooke couldn't believe her.
"Peyton, thought you were staying in tonight?"
"Well since you decided to head out I thought I would join you, catch up with old friends – isn't that how you put it?"
"Yes, I did but..."
"I need a drink" Lucas cut Brooke off before she could get anymore out
"Brooke you want another?"
"Yeah, sure Luke that would be great"
"Lucas, I will have a gin and tonic" Peyton added in, praying that Lucas was still as polite as ever and wouldn't refuse a direct request
"Sure I'll be back in a sec, grab a seat Peyton"
Peyton couldn't believe her luck, he was been nice to her, and maybe seeing her had done the same thing to him as it had to her.
As Lucas walked to the bar so many thoughts swirled through his mind, the main one been Brooke thought he wasn't good enough for her. Not that he could blame her, he had hurt her so many times – cheated on her and he knew what that felt like...
Lucas lay in his bed in his hotel room and all he could think about was Brooke. Would she be happy that he had proposed to Peyton? It hardly even crossed his mind that Peyton had yet to answer, what was really concerning his was why had Brooke told him about this mystery guy but not Peyton. He picked up his cell phone and scrolled through his phone book until he came to Brooke's number.
"Hello" the raspy voice he loved so much, that made him shivers at the very sound of it
"Hey Brooke, sorry to wake you but I needed to talk to someone..."
"Sure Luke, what's up?"
"I asked Peyton to marry me..."
Brooke pinched herself she must be having a nightmare, only a couple of days ago Brooke had truly believed that Lucas was going to break up with Peyton for her, and now he had proposed to her.
"Oh well congrats Luke!"
"She hasn't said yes" Lucas left the statement hanging in the air, there was no hurt in his voice just a matter of fact statement.
"Oh, umm well I have to say it is a bit of a shock, she is just overwhelmed I'm sure"
"Yeah I spose, she did ask to think about it."
"Luke why don't you go and see her, I'm sure since she has had the night to think about it as soon as she sees you she will tell you yes."
"Thanks Brooke, I'll talk to you soon"
With that Lucas hung up quickly had a shower and called a cab to go to Peyton's apartment.
As Lucas was sitting in the cab on the way to Peyton's he kept thinking about Brooke's reaction she sounded happy and this made his happy, it cemented for him that he was doing the right thing.
It wasn't that he didn't love Peyton, he did it was just she was his number 2, Brooke would always be his number 1, but she had moved on and he had to too.
Lucas paid the cab driver and walked up the stairs to Peyton's floor he didn't worry about knocking he had a key so just let himself in. As soon as he opened the door he could hear screams and moans, he immediately ran to the bedroom scared that something bad was happening to Peyton, as he flung the door opened to her bedroom he was met with a sight that shocked him that he just stood there and stared.
Peyton was on top of some guy moaning in pleasure that he was the best she had ever had.
The nameless guy and Peyton were oblivious to his presence and just kept going at it, something in Lucas finally snapped.
"You fucking whore!"
Both the nameless guy and Peyton froze. Peyton was not looking at the door but she knew that voice, even with the anger it currently held. She climbed off and quickly grabbed a shirt lying beside the bed. It was one of Lucas's that he had left from his last visit.
"Don't Peyton; you do not get to wear my clothes"
"Luke, this isn't what it looks like"
"You have to be kidding me, I walk in on you riding some guy like you're in a rodeo and it's not what it looks like?"
"Peyton... who is that?"
Peyton paused she had forgotten that there was someone else in the room besides her and Lucas.
"That's my boyfriend"
"Fuck no, I'm not anymore. You two can go back to screwing each other's brains out"
