Hey!
Shorter chap. I just wrote this as a quickie, because I am finishing up one of my stories "Teach Me to Believe in Something". Tell me what you think.
Xoxo HaLeY
Chapter 6: "Your voice is small and fading"
Peyton Sawyer sat in her apartment alone. This was her first night away from Spencer… at least she knew for sure he is in good hands…
Tears slowly ran down her face. They were silent cries of regret. Would Spencer have gotten into the fight in school had she told Lucas he was his father? What would their worlds be like? … Would they still draw in only black…
~ Lucas peeked into the backseat at Spencer. Lucas had arranged him awhile back so he could wear his seat belt while still lying down. His curly head laid atop his power rangers pillow, with a baby blanket lightly tossed over him. Spencers body drew out soft, even breaths.
Lucas watched the tail lights ahead of him on the highway… They were almost in Miami.
He wondered what Peyton was doing. If it weren't for her drawing he would have been hesitant leaving her up to her own devices for so long… Something had changed with her since high school, it wasn't just Spencer, and Luke was determined to find out what.
It was 6:00 in the morning when Luke pulled up at the Hilton hotel in Miami. He had chosen to drive straight through the night, only stopping for meals, or when he or Spencer had to go to the bathroom.
Lucas stepped out of the car and popped the trunk. He grabbed his duffel bag and went inside… He saw Nathan in the lobby.
"Luke!" He said greeting his brother with a manly hug.
"Hey man." He said.
"We were expecting you awhile ago."
"Yeah, … well I got stuck in Wexford-" Suddenly then he remembered he had left Spencer in the car! "Oh my god!" He said dropping his bag and running out into the parking lot where Spencer stood, pillow under one arm, and blanket in the other.
"Luke!" He said running over to him.
Lucas picked him up.
"I am so sorry Spence. I forgot that you were asleep in the car."
"Who's kid?" Nathan asked
"Peytons…" Luke said
"PEYTON SAWYER?" Nathan said in surprise.
Later Luke and Spencer got settled in the room that they would be sharing with Jake and Jenny.
"Have you ever been to a wedding before?" Lucas asked
Spencer shook his head no. Right then Jake and Jenny walked in.
"Luke!" Jake said "Finally you are no longer MIA."
"Uncle Luke!" Jenny said running up to hug him.
"Hey!"
"Who's that?" She asked pointing to Spencer.
"That is my friend Spencer. Spencer this is Jenny and Jake."
"Hi." Spencer said.
"Hey." Jenny responded showing a missing tooth on her bottom row.
"Haley has been looking for you." Jake said sitting on the bed.
"Really?" He asked. "Is she around?"
"Yeah. Room 206. Want me to watch Spencer for you while you go see her?"
"You mind?" Luke asked rubbing his newly forming facial hair.
"No prob. Man." Jake said.
"I'll be right back Spence."
"'kay." He said
Lucas walked to room 206, and knocked gently…
"Come in." He heard his best friends voice softly call.
"Hey Hales." He said walking in
"Luke!" She sprang off of the bed and hugged him. And then shoved him in the chest. "Where the hell have you been?"
"What?"
"Well I figure since your best friend is marrying your brother, the only thing that would keep you from being the first one here was like… I donno Peyton!" She said all in one breath. She looked Luke in the eyes… "You ran into Peyton?" She said in disbelief.
"We don't need to talk about this tonight. It's a couple days until the wedding."
"I'm fine. All I've been hearing about is the wedding. Now what happened with you and Peyton?" She asked as they sat no the bed.
"Cold Feet?" Lucas said
"Don't try to change the subject." She said nudging his shoulder.
"I was in this diner, and I saw this boy, … anyway, make a long story short, Peyton works at the diner and the boy is Peyton's son." Luke said
"Peyton had a baby?" Haley asked in disbelief
"Well not a baby anymore, … Spencer is four."
"So she had to have gotten pregnant with him right before she-"
"Left." Lucas finished for her.
"Is he yours?" Haley asked jaw still ajar.
Luke put his head in his hands…
"I don't know."
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"Peyton won't talk to me about his father."
"Well did she say it's not you?" She asked
"Yeah but-"
"You don't believe her." Haley said grabbing Luke by the hair and pulling his head from his hands.
"You gotta see him Hales. He makes my puppy dog face."
"Ah the infamous Scott puppy dog face."
"And the way he shoots and dribbles… I mean, it's gotta be genetic." Luke said smiling.
"You really got attached to this kid huh?"
Lucas nodded.
"You got a pic?" Haley asked
Lucas shook his head no.
"He's down the hall." Lucas said looking her in the eyes.
"WHAT! Explain!" Haley said.