Quicksand
Chapter 9
Authors Note : I appreciate the love and support my readers thank you. Needed clarity
Brucas will be a slow burn romance.
Lucas and Peyton didn't work out simply because they soon realized after having Ellison that they were better off as friends. This chapter is going to be messy.
Why'd I have to break what I love so much?
I'm the one who burned us down
But it's not what I meant.
"I have sketching and stuff to do." "I need a shower."
"I'm just going to get dressed and go." Brooke rambled. Once she was able to compose herself.
"You can just shower here and hang out for awhile."
"Its only us here. Unless you really want to leave.?" Lucas questioned.
"I don't want too. But i should."
"What i said. Didn't mean. You just have this affect on me."
"I should explain myself. After i shower. Don't go anywhere." Brooke replied.
As she got out of bed and wrapped a guest towel around herself.
Lucas sighed deeply. That announcement from Brooke.
Made it clear that this arrangement between them had to end.
He would bring it up to her after his own shower.
...
Awhile Later
Brooke emerged from the bathroom and got dressed in the clothes she had arrived in.
Her stomach twisting in knots. She couldn't keep this lie going.
"Brooke we should talk." Lucas announced.
"I've been wanting too. Its just being vunerable."
"Especially with you is hard for me." Brooke admitted.
"This friends with benefits situation was supposed to be fun with no emotional ties."
"You told me you loved me. I think we should just stop and go back to being friends only." Lucas proclaimed.
Brooke took a deep breath and looked to him.
"That's the thing. I wasn't caught up in a moment. My confession wasn't a reflex."
"I love you. I'm in love with you."
"I know i ended our relationship back in high school."
"But that was because of my own fear and insecurity."
"I'm in love with you. You have my heart. And i want yours."
"There is no reason we can't be together now." Brooke revealed.
"Actually there is. I love you but i'm not in love with you."
"Peyton's back in town and I want to give what her and I shared another chance."
"Her and I share a history. A child."
"You wouldn't understand." Lucas replied.
Brooke felt her heart shatter.
"I really should go." Brooke replied.
