Chapter 14- Invitation
Haley walked down the streets of New York City pushing the stroller. Jamie was getting bigger and heavier and she really didn't like to carry him around. She knew she could have just drove, but walking was so much more fun. Jamie was now ten months old. The boy was really big, he could already walk but it was something she didn't like, to have him walking around New York, pushing him around was so much easier and faster. They were both on the way to Nathan's office. They would be having lunch together today, something they did every Wednesday.
Not paying much attention to where she was going she bumped with someone. Feeling that the stroller had hit something, or rather someone she hit.
"Hey" she said, softly and a little shy.
He looked at her and back to the stroller, "hey."
"Umm… How… how you doing? It's been a long time."
He moved his eyes back to her and gave her a simple nod, "yeah, I'm sorry. I just… I didn't couldn't get over it."
"Lucas, I didn't ask you too. I just wanted you to know the truth, not telling… Not telling you was killing me, I couldn't do it anymore, you deserved to know."
"you lied, Haley. You lied and still stayed with me."
"Luke… I don't want to fight" she said, rubbing her forehead.
"Wanna grab some lunch?" he asked her. He really wanted to talk to her again. She had been his best friend for years before she became his girlfriend then wife. He missed having her around and telling her about things he couldn't talk to anyone else about.
"I'd love to, but… I was on my way to lunch" she shook her head and waived her hand, "you know what, yeah, let me just make a call." Getting a nod from him she took out her phone and made her call.
Lucas
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Looking at the invitation in front of her she would have never believed it. She didn't think he would be thinking of inviting her, or to even think about her period but here it was. There it was right in her hands, the proof that he did still think about her. She slowly put it on her desk and returned to her computer, just trying not to think about it.
"Miss Davis, there is a call on line five for you" Millie said walking in her office.
Brooke looked at the phone then turned back to Millie. As much as she wanted to distract herself from the whole invitation thing, she couldn't. It was right there in front of her asking her to just RSVP. "Millie, please hold my calls today, and also cancel all my meetings." She grabbed her purse as she said it all and walked towards the door.
Millie didn't know what the reason for all this was, but she needed something to tell everyone. "What do you want me to say?"
"I had an emergency" she said facing her, and quickly turning around to leave the office.
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"He's really big" he pointed out, looking at Jamie, who sat right next to his mother on a booster seat.
Haley turned to look at her son and smiled, then turned back to her ex-husband. "Yeah, he is."
"How old is he now?"
"He'll be one in two months" she told him.
"So how you doing?" he asked, trying to change the subject. It was weird to be talking to her like nothing ever happened, and even harder when she had a child next to her. He was suppose to be his, he was suppose to be the one that was with her and having a baby boy.
She let out a sigh and rubbed her palms on her pants, "Lucas, you know I'm sorry, right?"
He nodded, "I know" he said in a soft mere whisper.
She reached towards him and held his hand. "I loved you, I was just not in love with you anymore. I guess I missed my best friend, and getting married just screwed that up a bit. I wish-"
"Don't" he order, but his voice was soft. "I know what you're gonna say. Just don't, Haley." He pause and continued, "I don't regret it. Any of it."
"You don't?"
He shook his head, "no, Hales. I loved you, still do. You are the one person that knows everything about me, and probably the only person I would ever tell everything to."
Haley let a small tear roll down her cheek but quickly wiped it off, she picked up the menu and asked him if he was ready to order. Getting the nod from him they both began to order their meals and continued to talk about what they've done over the passed year and a half.
Lucas explained to her that he had been working on a new book and that he had a very good feeling about it, that he believe that this one would be picked up and become a best seller. He didn't tell her what it was about, but he told her what he thought would come out of it.
She told him about life with a new man, and how hard it was to actually have a child around. All the joy that Jamie brought by day, was something she hated by night. The long nights with no sleep, the feeding, and all the other stuff in between. She loves her son, she really does but having to be up for two to three hours in the middle of the night was something she didn't like.
"He's a cute kid" he complimented. The boy was now sleeping in his stroller while his mother spoke to Lucas.
Haley smiled and nodded. Turning her attention back to Lucas she asked him something she wanted to do. "Umm, Lucas… I know this is not the right time or place" she said, "but I… umm, I was wondering if you would go to my wedding."
"You're getting married again?" he was shocked, he didn't expect that to come out of her mouth.
She smiled and chuckle a little as she shook her head. Haley knew what he was thinking, "no, not again… well, yes, but no. Let me explain" she told him, noticing the confused look on his face. "Nathan and I… we are renewing our vows. I mean, the first time we just kinda did it, but now we want to do it the right way. We just wanted Jamie to get older so we didn't have to have a baby around. I know he still is, but he's older now, you know. I mean, he's not just a baby, he's more like a toddler" she rambled. "Do you get what I'm saying?"
Lucas chuckled, "I missed that" he admitted.
"What?" she asked, a little confused.
Lucas pointed to her in circles, "that" he said, "you rambling. I missed it."
She blushed at his words, "I missed you" she admitted.
The moment was getting a little personal and intense for his liking, so he changed the subject. Clapping his hands together and rubbing them he spoke, "so, when is this wedding?" he asked.
Haley smiled at him, "in two months, two days after Jamie's birthday."
"Nice"
"I know. Nathan's idea."
Lucas nodded, his lips pressed tightly. He would never admit it to her, but he really didn't like to hear Nathan's name. He was the one that stole his wife, and the one that cheated on his current girlfriend. "I think I better go" he said, "but call me sometime, I would really like to do this again." He handed her a card and kissed the top of her head. With that he made his way out and continued with his day.
Haley stood up a little after he had left, she had to get home and get Jamie ready for a party they had that night. She was happy to know that she had patched things up with Lucas, or at least started to patch them. Their relationship won't be healed with just one lunch date, but it was nice to know that he wanted to be part of her life once more.
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After finishing everything he needed to do, he made his way to his house. Now standing outside his door he walked in. It was extremely quiet, nothing he had experienced before. That was unless Brooke wasn't home, which he knew she was, her car was outside.
"Brooke?" he asked, walking in the house, inspecting and waiting for her to just pop out.
"Hey!" she said excited to see him. She jumped on him and wrapped her legs around him. She placed a passionate kiss on his lips and released her legs getting set back on ground.
"Hello to you too" he said licking his lips. He loved it when she welcomed him that way.
"So… Ummm" she began saying as they made their way to the kitchen, hands intertwined and all. "I got something in the mail today."
Lucas was confused, what could she get that she couldn't just tell him about it. "What?"
Brooke picked up the envelope and handed it to him, "an invitation" she said, as she saw him opening the envelope. She waited for him to read it through, and for him to have the first word after he read it.
He closed the invitation and set it back on the counter, then he walked to the fridge and pulled out a beer.
"Don't you have anything to say?" she asked, a little confused with his relaxed reaction.
"I know" he said, "I saw Haley today, we had lunch."
"You had lunch?" she asked, a little hurt but at the same time angry that he never told her about his plans.
"Yeah" he said nodding, putting his bottle down.
"You had lunch with her and you didn't tell me?"
"Brooke, it wasn't like that. We're just friends. She actually invited me to the wedding in person, she didn't have an address, so she invited me in person."
"Do you still like her?" She knew the question was stupid. She knew he loved her and he didn't have feelings for Haley, she and Nathan were a constant topic in their household.
"No" he said, "no, I don't. She's just a friend." He walked closer to her and pulled her to him, his hands resting on her hips, "I love you, and only you."
She reached up to him and gave him a sweet, soft peck, "I love you, too."
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Both Nathan and Haley were now laying in bed ready to go to sleep. As her head rested on his chest and his arm was wrapped securely around her they both just enjoyed being there with each other.
"How was lunch?" he asked.
Haley thought back to the day she had and smiled a little, "it was great."
"Who was your friend?"
"Lucas" she said, "I invited him to the wedding."
"Lucas Roe, as in your ex-husband?"
"Yeah, that's him."
"What did you guys talk about?" he asked, worried that she might be having feelings for him again.
Haley looked up at him, she knew him so well she knew what he was thinking. "You know you're the one I love, right? I love Lucas, but I'm not in love with him. You're the only one for me" she said, knowing how cheese that sounded, but not caring at all.
"You're the only one for me, too" he added, pulling her a little closer and placing a soft kiss on her forehead, "goodnight."
"Night."
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A/N- There you go, we had some Lucas and Haley. This story probably has like two chapters left. I was hoping on having some Lucas and Nathan on the next chapter, but not before I have some Brooke and Nathan. Tell me what you think, I really love to hear all your thoughts and ideas.
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