Quicksand

Chapter 14

You begged me not to forget you

I wish we had more time to waste

I wish I didn't have to break for you to hear me.

"If you want i could hang out for awhile.?" Brooke asked.

"I appreciate the offer. But you have never not been a busy person."

"I'm sure you have alot to get done. Plus i wouldn't be much company right now. You should go." Lucas replied.

"Are you sure.?" I really wouldn't mind." Brooke began to say.

"I am. I have enough to deal with. Ellison barely leaves his room."

"I don't really room in my life for anything more then friendship." Lucas explained.

...

He sighed deeply. And locked up the front door and turned on the security system. Once Brooke was gone.

Lucas lingered around the living room for longer then he planned. Various snapshots. Of him Ellison and Peyton were all over the place.

It started off as an arrangement agreed on between them.

But as months turned to years. Lucas began to realize he had longed for this intact family more then he would ever admit.

He had Keith with him and mom. Yet them as a real family was fleeting and was torn apart before they could really enjoy it.

He was thankful that he was able to give his son what he didn't have.

Even though the time was limited.

He loved Peyton. And if he was honest. At some point it went beyond being friends and co parents.

That was what he was struggling to move past. Along with the feelings for Brooke he had to bury. And was not ready to deal with.