I'm sorry to everyone who has questions regarding Peyton and Karen. To clear it up, Karen dislikes Peyton because she is aware that Peyton often caused Nathan to cheat on his girlfriends. Karen walked in on Peyton in the bathroom once after Peyton spent the night with Nathan. This must have been one of the parts where I thought I covered well, but did not. Sorry for the confusion everyone.
And I do realize that I haven't updated my other stories in a bit, but I have been really caught up with this one.
Peyton was surprised at how quickly Lucas had drifted asleep. She lay in the hospital bed with him, his arms wrapped tightly around her waist. Her head was rested on his shoulder, and she couldn't help but smile. It felt so right to finally be in his arms. Even if they were in a hospital, she was happy. Peyton slowly closed her eyes, but immediately the door opened up and a brunette stood in front of her.
"Peyton…" the girl spoke quietly, causing Peyton to open her eyes and sigh.
"What do you want Brooke?" Peyton said in annoyed voice.
"Peyton stop with the attitude okay? I didn't come here to argue with you about this. I just wanted to see him." Brooke took a few steps forward and sat down in the chair next to the bed.
"If Lucas didn't totally have a death grip around me right now I would so get up so you could kiss him a few times." Peyton laughed quietly to herself.
"You have no reason to be mad. You slept with my boyfriend! All I did was kiss a guy that you keep playing your dumb little games with, so stop acting like the victim here."
Peyton tried to sit up, but Lucas' arms held her down close to him. Peyton eyes opened up wide and stared at Brooke. Brooke's words stung her. "Look, I'm sorry Brooke. I'm sorry! It only happened once. Nathan and I hooked up a lot before you were even dating him! It just kinda happened. I'm sorry!"
"Then I guess it was one-to-many times." Brooke slowly stood up and headed for the door. "I finally worked up the courage to come in here and talk to him." She said pointing towards Lucas. "But, so much for that, right? Brooke reached out for the door and quickly left the room, slamming the door behind her.
At the sound of the slam, Lucas quickly raised his head to see Peyton's eyes begin to hold tears. He had heard their entire conversation. Lucas placed and arm around Peyton's shoulders as she sat up. "I'm sorry Peyton." Lucas whispered.
"I should go." Peyton swung her legs off of the bed so they touched the ground. She stood up and turned to face Lucas. "Sorry about the Brooke thing." Peyton leaned forward and kissed Lucas on the cheek. She waved softly at him and turned to exit the room.
"Peyton…" Lucas spoke softly, causing her to turn around. "I get to go home tomorrow, but I have to stay in and rest. Would you-" Lucas began, but was cut off by Peyton.
"Yes Lucas, I will come see you tomorrow." She flashed a smile at him before leaving his room.
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The Next day Lucas was watching a basketball game on TV when Peyton entered his room. "Hey you." She said smiling as she saw him. "What are you up to?" she walked over to him and kissed him softly.
"Well, I was watching the Mavericks and Warrior game." Lucas said smiling up at her as he lay on his bed.
"Was?" she asked laughing?
"Yeah." Lucas smiled at her once again and pointed the remote at the TV, turning it off. Lucas reached out and grabbed her by the waist, pulling Peyton on top of him.
Peyton began to giggle as she fell into his arms. "Luke..." she said trying to pull away from him, but still couldn't help but laugh. "You're supposed to be resting! That was the deal I had to make with Keith…I had to let you rest." Peyton rolled over next to him.
"I am so tired of resting." He turned on his side to face her. "And I have missed you." Lucas reached over and touched the side of Peyton's face gently with his hand. "What are we?" Lucas asked unexpectedly as the smile faded from his face, afraid of her answer.
Peyton bit her bottom lip, unsure of how to answer him. "I don't know." She allowed her eyes to slowly meet with his. "I know what I want us to be." She pulled her hand up to her face and laid it on his own hand, which still rested on her cheek.
"You better not say anything that has to do with us being friends." Lucas smiled at her.
"Believe me; I do not want to be your friend." She joked. She grabbed a hold of his hand that still touched her face and pulled it towards her lips, kissing it.
Lucas smiled as her lips made contact with his hand. He used his other hand to push a strand of blonde hair out of her face, tucking it behind her ear. "Then what are we?" he repeated the question, studying her face.
She let out a deep sigh. "If I tell you what I want, you might have another heart attack."
"Unless…We are on the same page."
"Are we on the same page Lucas?" she asked quietly.
Lucas smiled at her and nodded his head slightly. "Yeah, we are."
She smiled at him and cupped his face in her hands. "I love you." She said softly, pulling him towards her and kissing him. She had waited for this moment for so long.
Lucas rolled over on top of Peyton and smiled. "Isn't it a bit soon for 'I love yous' already?"
She smiled at him and kissed him again. "Not if I mean it." Lucas rolled back over next to her, lying on his back. "I'm sorry…" she said slowly. "Does that upset you?"
Lucas shook his head. "Nope." He smiled over at her. "No, I guess I'm just a bit shocked." He paused for a moment and then turned over to face her once again. "But, I love you too."
Lucas heard a knock on the door so he rolled over on his back. "Come in!" he hollered.
The door opened and Nathan stood in the doorway. "Hey Peyton." He said when he saw her and then turned back to look at Lucas. "Hey Luke, it's time for dinner, you ready to eat?"
"Only if Peyton can stay." He said as he glanced over at the blonde beside him.
"No, I shouldn't. I should get home." Peyton said as she looked at Lucas, and then back at Nathan.
"Please, Peyton? I really want you to." Lucas pleaded, smiling at her.
Peyton couldn't help but smile back. How could she say no to that smile of his? "Okay." She said giving in.
"I'll go tell Karen to set out another plate for Peyton then." Nathan said smiling at each of them as he left the room.
Peyton climbed out of Lucas' bed and walked over to his side. "Let me help you up." She said offering a hand to him, which he took. She wrapped an arm around his waist as he stood up.
He turned to face her and placed one hand on the side of her face and pulled her face closer to his own, taking her lips into his. Peyton wrapped her arms around his neck as the kiss deepened with passion.
When Lucas pulled away he smiled at her. "You make me happy." He said as he kissed her quickly one last time before the two of them headed for the kitchen.
Not much really happened in this chapter, just a bunch of Leyton fluff. : ) Next chapter will have a lot of drama in it though.