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Our Forever and Always
True Love is Usually the most inconvenient kind
Kiera Cass
Chapter 14:
A tranquil like quiet rested over the small town of Tree Hill. The sunday morning free of noise, excluding the chirps of the small birds resting in tree tops.
Peyton Sawyer stood in front of a table in her record label, looking through a stack of demo tracks she had gotten over the last week.
Her forest greens scanning over each disk, and she separating them into two different piles. One being for the ones she has listened to and the other for the ones she hasn't.
Breaking the woman's concentration, a boy walks into the studio silently, a smirk playing on the edges of his lips.
"Hey Peyton," he speaks loudly, causing the curly blonde to spin around quickly, a hand residing on her chest.
Once Peyton catches sight of the boy, she is brought back to the previous morning.
Light of the new morning seeps through the window, waking the curly haired blonde laying on the bed.
Peyton opens her eyes slowly, they being still groggy from sleep.
In an attempt to feel more awake, the blonde stretches her arms from either side of herself, however, she is startled when feeling her hand hit against another sleeping person.
Her forest greens widen when recognizing the dirty blonde from the club the previous night.
Suddenly, Peyton takes a quick over view of the room she sleeps in, it taking less then a moment to realize she was not sleeping in her own bedroom.
Trying her hardest to be stealthy, the sandy blonde slips out of the bed where the boy, Ryder, still sleeps, and stumbles her way out of the apartment. remarkably, finding her way back to her own apartment.
"What are you doing here?" Peyton asks annoyedly.
Ryder's pale greens get an extra gleam when seeing her reaction, "Well, you left so early yesterday, I didn't get to thank you for that amazing night," he winks, "So I did some asking around, found out that you own this place…and thought bringing this back," He holds up a black bra, "Would be the gentlemanly thing to do."
A blazing rush of heat colors Peyton's cheeks as she grabs the article of clothing from his hand.
"Look," she starts, "I don't know what little game you're playing, and honestly I don't care. What happened friday night, didn't happen."
The dirty blonde korcks, an eyebrow, "Oh yes it did," he argues, "And I have the memories to prove it."
Peyton glares at the boy now sitting relaxedly on a chair.
"You're not amusing, and again, friday night never I've never done that before…have a one night stand I mean…But, isn't it true that you're never suppose to see the person ever again?" She asks.
"So how bout you leave, and just never come back," she speaks with mock enthusiasm and a fake smile.
"Now, now Sawyer, that's not what you were yelling friday night," he counters suggestively.
Peyton glares at the dirty blonde, but before she could respond, a new voice intruded the room.
"Hey P-Sawyer!" The raspy voice of Brooke Davis shouts, before she spots the two blondes in the middle of the room, a wicked grin melting into her features.
"Hey, Ryder? Right?" She asks while standing besides her blonde haired best friend.
The man nods his head at the beautiful brunette, giving her a sweet smile.
"Yeah, and you're Brooke." He states.
Brooke merely gives a nod of the head before speaking, "Well, I just came because I thought you wanted to start moving in to your apartment this morning, but I see you've got other priorities." She tells Peyton.
"No," Peyton almost shouts, thanking God above for her best friend and her perfect timing, "Actually Ryder here was about to leave."
Brooke raises a perfectly plucked eyebrow at her close friend, "Are you sure, I can just come later..."
"Nah, its cool." Ryder ensures, before standing up from his seat. "I've got to get going anyways. It was nice seeing you Brooke, and Peyton…I can't wait to be seeing more of you." He gives the blonde a cocky wink before striding out of Red-bedroom records.
After his leaving, Brooke turns to Peyton, a goofy grin plastered to her features, "Oh my God, you guys did it." She squeals.
A red tint hits Peyton's cheeks, "We did not," she argues.
"Peyton, there is a black bra in your hands…"
"Shot up," the blonde spits like a child, before grabbing Brooke's arm and leading her out of the record label, "Lets just go.""
XOXO
The honey blonde sits with her legs crossed on her couch, a laptop in her hands.
Her caramel orbs glance across the screen, reading more on the Foster care system in Tree Hill.
The young mother has been researching the system ever since finding out what Sam Walker's home life was truly like. Haley trying her hardest to find a way to help the bright student.
She was so concentrated on her task, she did not hear the front door of her home open, not noticing the tall blonde man who tip toes his way in to the room.
The tall blonde shouts out, "Boo!" Causing Haley to shout as well.
After the shock, Haley realizes that the blonde laughing insanely at her reaction was the honey blonde's best friend.
"Lucas Scott, I swear you are a child." She tells him, sitting back down into the comfortable position she was in before.
"Jamie, your Uncle Luke is here!" Haley shouts towards her son's bed room.
"Sorry Hales," Lucas apologizes, still trying to hold down his laughter, "But that was perfect."
"Yeah whatever," she mumbles as the man takes a seat besides her on the couch.
"So Lucas," she starts to ask, "Where've you been? You weren't answering your phone yesterday."
"Sorry, but I was kind of on a role, I finished fixing The Comet, and sent it to Lindsay last night."
Haley raises an eyebrow, "Wow, how'd that happen. One second you don't have a clue how to fix one scene in the book, and the next you've completed it." Haley speaks astounded by her best friend's incredible talent.
The blonde gives her a shrug of the shoulder, "I don't know, I just got a new burst of inspiration I guess."
Haley nods, "How cryptic of you author Scott," she teases.
A moment passes before Lucas decides to ask the honey blonde what is on his mind.
"Hales…Can I give you a hypothetical and get your honest response?"
Haley looks up from the web page she was reading, and sets her laptop on the coffee table. "Course you can Luke, just ask."
Lucas takes a breath before speaking, "Lets pretend that you started having feelings about one of your exs again…like Ckriss-"
"Okay, first of all, me and Kriss were never a thing." Haley interrupts, "And which ex are we talking abou here."
"This isn't advice for me," Lucas tries to convince the honey blonde, "Just a hypothetical…for a new novel I'm thinking of writing." He lies not so smoothly.
Haley nods, pretending as if she believes her close friend for a moment. She motions the blonde to go on.
"Well…" Lucas begins, "These two haven't been in a relationship with one another for a long time. The last time they were together, they had a pretty bad break up, and eventually both agreed that back than wasn't their moment to be together. But, one of them starts to feel things towards the other again, and doesn't know what to do about it."
"The person should just grow up and tell the other person how he or she, feels." Haley answers easily.
"That's the problem, the other person may or may not be in a relationship with someone else."
"So its not known?" Haley asks, receiving a nod from the blonde.
"Well if that's the case, then it should be found out sooner rather then later, and the feelings need to be figured out."
Lucas stares down at his hands, knowing that the honey blonde is speaking the right thing to do, but a part of him was reluctant to act on what he felt for Brooke.
It seems as if every time the two end up in a relationship together, the result is a strained and torn friendship, and that is the one thing Lucas does not want to happen.
He wasn't quite sure how he could have a good life without her, she had become to big a part of his world.
Lucas can not pin point the exact moment when Brooke Davis became the most important part of his world, but looking at the petite brunette now, he could not imagine a life without her.
The blonde's thoughts were cut off by the sound of his god son running in to the room, a fishing pole in one hand and his portable game system in the other. "I'm ready Uncle Luke," he announces.
The pair on the couch laugh at the boy, the two standing up.
"Okay Jimmy, promise you'll bring a nice big fish for dinner tonight." The boy's mother asks.
"I promise mama, now come on Uncle Luke, its gonna get to late!" He exclaims.
"Right behind ya Jay-Luke,"
XOXO
Peyton collapses on top her newly made bed, "Finally, we've finished." She says exhaustedly.
Brooke laughs at the blonde before laying besides her on the bed, "Tell me about it…and just think…this was only your bed room." Brooke drawls, causing both the girls to laugh.
Peyton now sits up on her bed, legs crossed underneath her, "Well now that you've helped me over come my not even quarter of life crisis," Peyton starts, "How are you doing with the store."
Sitting up as well, the brunette gives her close friend a sad smile, "Its going as good as it possibly could. I'm just taking it a step at a time. And besides, Lucas and Milli are being super supportive-" Her sentence falters when seeing the look that crosses Peyton's face.
"what was that?" The hazel eyed woman asks.
Peyton raises an eyebrow innocently, "What?"
"You had that look I give you when ever you deny eating the last slice of chocolate cake when I know you did," Brooke informs.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Peyton continues to act clueless.
"Yes you do, now tell me." Brooke presses.
"Its nothing…Just thinking that you and Luke have been spending a lot of time together lately," the blonde observes.
"You're not jealous are you? I just thought-"
Peyton's laughter cuts Brooke's sentence short, "Trust me B-Davis, I am not jealous. I was just making an observation is all."
"Okay…Well I don't know what you think, but its probably wrong. Lucas and I are just friends."
"I never doubted your friendship, just wondering when exactly friends started eye humping each other in public, or is that just a Brooke and Lucas friendship kind of thing." Peyton teases.
"Peyton!" The brunette yells. "We do not!"
"Oh please Brooke, Lucas is about one tank top away from drooling all over you."
Seeing her friend about to deny it, Peyton speaks before she has the chance, "And don't try to deny it Brooke Davis, even Jamie thinks Lucas stares at you like a lost puppy."
"He does not!" Brooke argues.
"Yes, he does," Peyton argues.
"I can't believe I'm letting you talk about my non existent romantic relationship with Lucas, when you slept with that tall glass of sexy friday nigh and didn't even tell me." Brooke exclaims, "And don't even try to lie to me P Sawyer." she warns.
"Brooke, I was drunk and it was late, I honestly didn't know what I was doing." Peyton explains.
"Oh please, that boy is so hot. So tell me was he any good?" She whispers as if it was a juicy secret.
"Don't you have to be somewhere, learning how to say stuff in French, or watching James Bonds movies." Peyton says as a response.
"That's what I thought," Brooke winks. "And yes, I actually am meeting Milli at the store. So just call me later on the details?" She suggests.
"Om, how about no." Peyton responds with a laugh.
"Bye B-Davis," she calls as the brunette walks out of the apartment door.
"Bye P-Sawyer," she responds.
XOXO
The two players danced across the court, the cobalt eyed man tries to shoot the ball in to the net, while the chocolate eyed boy blocks him.
"Come on Nate," the chocolate eyed boy teases, "You can't go passed me."
Nathan gives the boy a smile. He pretends to fade left, and when Quintin falls for the trick, like Nathan knew he would, the raven haired man shoots the ball, which easily swishes through the net.
"Now that was a good tactic," the chocolate skinned boy admits with a wide grin.
"Man, the Mad Ants are going to regret not taking you when they could have."
Nathan laughs at the boys optimism, "I'm not to sure about that. I'm still not as good as I use to be."
"Nah man, you can't think like that. Nate you're doing something respectable, and you're gonna make it back up there and eventually to the NBA, and that fool Mad Ant coach is just gonna regret it."
"Yeah, well when I make it to the NBA, I'll be sure to loosen a few strings and get you in." Nathan promises.
"Now thats all I'm asking for…" Quintin says before throwing the ball to Nathan, "Now come on, lets see you try to get me twice."
An hour later, the boys stopped the game, both being drenched in sweat.
"I think I'm gonna head home," Nathan informs, "You wanna come over for dinner? Jamie has been asking about you, he's got a present for ya."
"Thats why Jimmy is my favorite kid," Quintin smiles.
"So can i take that as a yes?"
"I wish you could," Quintin responds. "But tonight is sunday night dinner with the family, if I miss another one of those, my mama is going to kill me."
"Thats cool, I'll tell Jamie he could just give it to you tomorrow," Nathan assures.
The boys say their goodbye's before heading opposite ways.
XOXO
Jamie sits in the back seat of his uncle's car, a bag carrying a store bought fish, in his hands.
"Are you sure mama isn't gonna find out that we bought it." the miniature blonde asks his uncle.
"Don't worry about it Jay-Luke, I've been pulling this trick for years." he assures his god son while turning into a different street.
"Okay, but I had fun trying to catch fish anyways." He smiles, "Next time can we take Aunt Brooke and show her how to fish?"
"Maybe," Lucas starts, parking at the stop light, "But I think Owen will be the one who teaches her how to fish," Lucas tells the small blonde.
"You mean bar tender Owen?" Jamie questions.
"Thats the one…Do you like bar tender Owen?"
Jamie shrugs his small shoulders, "I don't think Aunt Brooke really liked him, she said that he never got to see what was underneath the clothes."
Lucas finds himself glancing up at the ceiling of his car, thanking God above for that.
"Uncle Luke?" the small boy starts to ask.
"Yeah little man," Lucas answers while continuing to drive.
"Were you ever in love with aunt Brooke?"
Lucas lets out a deep breath, "That's a long story James." Lucas answers simply.
"Well I think that would be the coolest thing. Having my favorite aunt and uncle together."
"You think so?" Lucas asks, his thoughts drifting to the lovely brunette in mention.
"Yeah," Jamie responds simply.
XOXO
After dropping off his god son, Lucas finds himself taking the familiar route to a certain brunette's home.
XOXO
The chocolate skinned boy parks his car in the gass station's parking lot.
Climbing out of the vehicle, the tall boy walks in to the small store, prepared to search for some sort of chocolate bar, but is shocked to find what was there.
The cashier laid dead and bloody on the ground, and three men stood in the store, two of them cleaning out the cash register, while one held a gun.
The moment Quintin walked in to the store, the gun pointed to him.
Now, Quintin stands still,, the last thing he sees is the cold face of the man holding a gun. Then, the bullet hits him, and everything is black.
XOXO
Brooke sits in front of her kitchen counter, flipping through the last peaces of paper work she had to syne, officially giving the company over to her mother.
No matter how sure the brunette is in her decision to give up the company, it still hurt like nothing else giving it up.
The sound of her doorbell pierces the quietness like an arrow.
Thankful for the distraction from the papers in front of her, Brooke walks towards her front door, asking who it is.
Recognizing the voice from the other side, the brunette opens the door to find a tired looking Lucas Scott.
"Hey stranger," she greets, moving aside to allow him in.
Lucas smiles at the brunette as he walks in to her home.
"Hey back at ya," he greets.
"So what's up at ten thirty at night?" she asks with a laugh.
"Are you seeing Owen again," Lucas asks abruptly, not bothering with casual conversation.
The brunette gives him a odd look before answering, "No…why?"
A feeling of relief flooded through the blonde's body, he not realizing how badly he wanted that to be the answer.
And when he looks into her hazel-green orbs, Lucas feels the same way he had in that small diner, weeks ago, when he first found out that The Comet would be turned into a novel.
As if nothing else in the world existed or mattered, all he saw was the beautiful face of Brooke Davis.
The words of his best friend popping into his thoughts, he needed to figure out what exactly he felt towards this beautiful brunette, even though he is quite certain what it is he feels towards her.
Lucas parts his lips to speak, but before any words came out, his phone started to vibrate in his pocket.
XOXO
Confused would be putting things moderately when speaking of how Brooke felt when hearing Lucas ask her that question.
Are you seeing Owen again?
What did Lucas care if Brooke was seeing Owen again.
And now he stood in front of her, his face contorted in a way that makes it seem as if he didn't know how to speak. But when he finally opens his lips to speak, his phone starts to ring.
Brooke watches as he answers the smart phone, watching his features shift from confusion to horrified.
He cuts the line and looks back in to her hazel greens, his ocean blues looking shocked, and horrified.
"Lucas?" Brooke questions quietly.
"Quintin Fields is dead," he speaks in a hollow, empty voice.
Suddenly, that feeling of a need to help him washes over the petite woman, and she wraps herself around him, hugging him tightly.
A/N: I KNOW COMPLETELY AWFUL!
Don't even try and tell me that it was a good chapter BECAUSE IT SUCKS! and I know it, So I'm EXTREMELY sorry, I don't know why, but this chapter was just really hard for me to write. But these are just somethings in the story that needs to happen now for everything else to get started.
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: YAY! you were the first person to review this chapter! So thank you for that :D I completely agree about how Brucas should have ended up together, and I ADORE THEM they are my greatest OTP :D I am so happy that you are liking my story line for this story, and you are just such a sweetheart, I am so happy that you actually like my writing :D Sorry for the let down that was this chapter, but I promise to make the next ones WAY better :D
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