Mainly just LP fluff in this one :) please keep reviewing


Chapter 14

It was Christmas break now and classes were out for three weeks, Lucas was happy to be out of school it would mean time to spend with Peyton without feeling guilty about it under Brooke and Jakes wandering eyes. Since she had gotten out of the hospital they had spent pretty much every waking moment together and though she made her annoyance of it well known he wouldn't let her do anything for herself not even wash dishes. She knew he was just worried about her but it was still irritating her slightly. It was the first week of the break and Lucas and Peyton were sitting her in her room listening to a Travis record as she sketched and he read it was perfect in her opinion. It didn't matter that they weren't talking it still felt like she had never been more connected to anyone in her life. Every once in a while he would look up from his book just to see her concentration on her sketch, he loved the way she looked when she was really into a drawing and she would always pretend she didn't notice he was looking but she could feel it like a sudden rush of heat that made her heart skip a beat.

"Okay your going to have to stop it, I can't concentrate on my sketch with you looking at me like that," Peyton said without looking up from her page.

"How do you know I was looking you didn't even look up," Lucas said with a laugh as he put his book down.

Peyton closed her sketchbook and put her pencil down before turning to look at him.

"You think I can't tell when you are looking at me?" she said," okay here, stand up and turn around,"

He did it though he thought it was silly though to be honest he would do anything she asked him to do no matter how stupid it sounded. He stood there a minute waiting and feeling stupid until he felt it, a warm feeling and the hair on the back of his neck stood up. He smiled and turned around to see her standing right there hunched over her crutches just looking at him.

"See you can feel it," she proudly announced

"Ya I can," he said but meant more than just her eyes on him.

"Well I'm not going to be able to concentrate on my sketch with you looking at me like that either," she replied slowly feeling her heart starting to beat faster, she wondered if there would ever come a day when Lucas wouldn't have this effect on her but hoped that day would never come.

"Well I find it hard to concentrate on anything with you in the room," he bent down and picked up is book showing her that in two hours he hadn't made it past the first page," You're the only thing I want to concentrate on,"

She couldn't help but laugh because it sounded like a pick up line but the laughter soon turned to nervous butterflies when he placed his hands on her hips. She stood there looking at him for a minute feeling completely overwhelmed by the way he made her feel. Soon she reached up as far as her crutches would allow her and pushed their lips together and he leaned down a little seeing that she was struggling to reach him. His hands moved from her waist to her face and he buried one in her blonde curls as she dropped her crutches and threw her arms around his neck to steady herself they were making it difficult to get close to him so they had to go. He moved his lips across her face and down to her neck causing her to cling to him tighter mainly to steady her weak knees. He soon picked her up and moved her to the bed pushing the papers out of the way at the same time and smiled at her before kissing her again. He ran one hand up her good leg and knew he would never cease to be amazed that even though her legs looked beautiful they felt even better. Several minutes had passed and he had just begun to unbutton her shirt when he heard her whimper in a way that worried him.

"Peyton are you okay?" he said worried

"Ya its okay," she said as she pulled him back down into a kiss and he almost gave in again but stopped himself.

"No its not okay did I hurt you some how?"

"You just accidentally put some of your weight on my leg," she said pointing to her bad leg," But its okay come here."

It was no use and she knew it as he rolled off of her and slid up so he was sitting next to her near the pillows. She laid there for a minute hoping he would give in and come back down but when she saw that he wouldn't she slowly pulled herself up so she was sitting as well wincing as she moved her leg. It still hurt a lot but she tried to hide it from Lucas as much as possible this is why she would never let him help her change the bandage because she knew that he would be worried when he saw the severity of the wound. She looked over at him and knew that he was torturing himself inside for hurting her so she placed her hands on the side of his face and turned his head to face her.

"Peyton I'm sorry I should have been more careful," he said

"Oh Luke its alright,"

"No its not and you wouldn't have even said anything to me about it so I would have kept going if you hadn't made a noise," he said seriously.

She thought for a moment and knew he was right, there was no amount of pain in her leg that would make her tell him to stop touching her the way he was.

"Probably not," she said but added with a wink," but only because everything else you were doing felt great so maybe you should come back over here and continue,"

She began tugging on his shirt collar and when he didn't react she bent in and kissed his neck making him turn his head to give her better access. Damn she was making it hard to resist he thought.

"No, no more of this until your leg is a bit better at least," he said reluctantly and sensing that she was a little angry he added," Its just that you intoxicate me and I just get really into you and sometimes forget what I'm doing,"

"Well maybe I'm wrong but isn't that a good thing," she said with a smirk

"Well normally yes, but I can't take the chance that I'll hurt you again I mean you have a bullet wound for gods sake its not like it's a small scratch," he said," and by the way you can stop pretending it doesn't hurt, do you really think I can't tell when you are in pain Sawyer?"

He looked at her raising an eyebrow and she laughed knowing he was right there really was no point in pretending it was fine that was the one thing about their chemistry it didn't allow them to keep things from each other because they knew each other so well so she gave in.

"So nothing till it heals? Are you sure you can handle that?" she laughed

"I'm not saying it wont be difficult," he paused for a moment thinking of how difficult it would be," And I'm not saying nothing, I'm just saying nothing to heavy,"

"Okay well after you better be ready for me to jump you,"

"Well I think its safe to say that you should be prepared as well," he said as he leaned in kissing her again.

A few minutes later he pulled away and looked at his watch.

"Oh god Peyton we are going to be late for lunch at my place," he said before getting up and picking up her discarded crutches.

"Ya you really know how to spoil the moment Scott," she said with a laugh

"Well we have all of tonight to create a new one," he winked and helped her up

They made their way out of the room and Lucas waited patiently for Peyton to make it down the stairs, she still hadn't mastered them with her crutches but was getting better each time she attempted. He opened the car door for her and she climbed in as he got in the drivers seat loving that Peyton was letting him drive her car. Tonight was going to be a big step in their relationship, for the past couple weeks they had basically held up in her place alone away from the world getting used to the quirks of being in love with someone who you have known your whole life, but tonight they were taking a step out into the word and were telling Karen that they were together. Lucas knew that she would be happy for them so this one would be easy but telling everyone else would be harder especially after they had each denied feelings for each other so often.

"So are you ready for this," Peyton said searching for answers in his eyes

"Are you kidding me," he said taking her hand," I have been wanting to shout to the world that I am in love with you."

She laughed and thought about how she loved that he always knew the right thing to say to make her feel better. Peyton knew that Karen cared about her but she wasn't sure how she would feel about her dating her son, but deep down she knew it would be okay.

"Okay good because you realize this is going to be the easy one right," she replied," In a couple weeks we are going to be heading back to school as a couple and I can just see the shock on peoples faces."

"The only reason they will be shocked is because they will wonder how someone like me could land someone like you," he said making her blush," I mean you have to know your gorgeous right."

"I know, but its nice to hear it, your not so bad yourself handsome," she teased.

"And plus I think that anything will be easy with you by my side, so lets just worry about that when we get there deal?" he asked

"Deal," she replied.

Lucas turned the corner towards his place and parked in the spot Peyton always parked in. It felt strange to be home since he had barely spent any time there since he and Peyton had gotten together. He got out and helped her out of the car then picked up her crutches handing them to her as she used the car as support. She began hobbling up the walk way and he took smaller steps so he would walk at the same pace as her. She grumbled something about wishing she wasn't so slow but he really didn't mind he would move at any speed to be near her. When they finally made it to the door Karen was already there waiting and was excited to see them. She opened the door and moved the clutter from the porch so Peyton would be able to maneuver better and gave them both hugs.

"Well Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer in my house, this is an odd occurrence as of late," Karen teased

"Well I have been pretty immobile," Peyton said pointing to her leg," and this kid has been following me around making sure I don't strain myself. Did you know Karen that even lifting a TV remote is now considered a strenuous activity?"

They both laughed as Lucas shook his head

"Hey the doctor said that you need to take it easy, and it's my job to make sure you follow the orders so get used to it already," Lucas smiled

"Well you two come on in dinner is ready and the table is set I just have to set out the plates so go ahead and sit down I'll be out in a minute."

Lucas and Peyton made their way into the dining room and he pulled out her chair and took her crutches placing them against the wall out of the way before pushing her into the table and taking the seat next to her. Karen was taking down plates from the cupboard when she looked out and saw them caught up deep in one of their witty banters. But she couldn't help but sense that something was different mainly in the way Lucas was looking at her. He had a different look in his eyes, one of complete adoration but she pushed the thoughts out of her head knowing that with these two you never really know what is going on and she didn't want to get her hopes up only to have them crushed again. So she brought out the plates and then went back inside to grab the food. They said grace and began to dig in, Peyton loved eating at Lucas's because it was always so delicious that was something she could always count on.

"So Peyton how are you doing?" Karen said seriously

"Oh I'm fine Karen," she said darting a look at Lucas who looked like he was about to contradict her.

"Well I'm glad to hear it, I worry about you sometimes and I was thinking that maybe you should move in here at least for Christmas break until your dad can make it home," Karen said as Lucas's eyes lit up," I don't like you being alone,"

"That's okay Karen I'll be fine besides my dad calls me every hour anyways, he feels so guilty that he can't make it back for a couple more weeks," Peyton explained.

"Peyton I think you should move in here too," Lucas said giving her a look

"Of course you would, then you could watch me every second of the day," she replied

"Exactly," he said looking at her in a way that made her feel uncomfortable in front of Karen something that Karen picked up on.

"Ya Peyton I think it would be a really good idea, plus then maybe I will get to see my son during the break," Karen said with a laugh.

"Okay fine, but no treating me like a child okay?" she said looking in Lucas's direction," I am not completely helpless."

"Okay deal," Lucas said grabbing her hand under the table," But there is something you should know mom before this goes ahead."

Peyton shot him a worried look thinking that this wasn't the best time to tell her but he just squeezed her hand a little tighter and waited for his mom to respond.

"Okay shoot," Karen said

"Well Karen there is a reason that Lucas had been spending so much time at my place, well other than to follow me around like a babysitter," she said pausing a moment to find the right words.

"We are together mom," Lucas said sensing that Peyton was faltering

Karen looked from Lucas to Peyton and saw that she had an unsure look on her face as she waited for some sort of reaction. Karen just smiled and wondered how Peyton could be worried about her reaction when this was what she had been hoping for all along. So she reached out and took Peyton's free hand.

"Wow finally," she said with a laugh," I am happy that the two of you found your way to each other."

"So your fine with this?" Peyton said with a sense of relief.

"Oh course I am, and its not like I haven't seen it coming I always told Lucas one day he would look at you and see something different and I guess that day as come," Karen said," Not to mention the many conversations I have had with him since the beginning of the school year about you."

Lucas shot his mom an embarrassed look as Peyton looked at him and laughed.

"So does the holiday move in offer still stand, because I understand if it doesn't," Peyton asked.

Lucas looked at Karen to wage her reaction to the question but saw that she was smiling and nodding.

"Of course Peyton, but there will be some ground rules," she started," First off being that Lucas will be taking the couch."

"No no I will take the couch," Peyton insisted

"No no you wont," Lucas said shutting that idea down right away," I will take the couch."

"Fine," Peyton said smiling at him and realizing there was no arguing about this one.

"Okay good, well why don't you two go and gather Peyton's things now while I clean up dinner?"

"Will do," Lucas said as he stood up and walked over to the wall grabbing Peyton's crutches.

"Okay we will be back soon," Peyton told Karen as Lucas helped her up and she slid her crutches under her arm.

Karen stood there at the table and watched the two of them head off down the hall towards the door. She couldn't help but smile when she saw the way her son was so attentive to her watching her every move and being there to open any door or move any obstacle out of her way, although she knew that it was probably irritating Peyton beyond belief since she was always very independent. When they were gone she began clearing the plates and carrying them into the kitchen.

"Well this is going to be an interesting holiday," she said to herself with a laugh.

As soon as the door was closed and Peyton was outside Lucas caught her off guard with a passionate kiss. He was just so happy that his mom knew and that they would be spending the holidays together.

"Wow," she said a little out of breath as he pulled away," it's a good thing I have these things or I may have fallen down after that one, If I would have known that I would have suggested moving in together a long time ago,"

"Come on roomy," he said as he helped her down the stairs," If you think that was good just think about what you have in store when that leg of yours is healed."

He smirked at her in the way that always made her knee's weak and she continued hobbling down the walkway and got into the car taking his hand again as they drove off back to her place to get her things.