Ok... Sorry for taking 10 years to update! My house is crazy! Plus OTH started back this week and Ahhh! You guys have been kinda killing me on reviews too... I thought maybe if I took a little longer to update then more people would read it and leave a review... Guess not... hahaha. I am almost finished with my other story so when I finish it I will have way more time to focus on this one. Hope you like this chapter! Please review!
"Its Peyton!" Brooke squealed hugging Peyton tight and jumping up and down
"Oh my God Linda, Jeff! This is my bestest most wonderful friend in the whole wide world times like a gazillion! Emma get your cute little butt in here... Peyton's here!" Brooke yelled not being able to control her excitement; she didn't even notice the upset look on Peyton's face
"Wow... The place is huge! Yea, Brooke can we talk?" Peyton asked pulling Brooke towards the living room
"Yea... I'll be back Luke... Be a good host" Brooke said leaving Lucas in the dining room with Linda and Jeff
"What's wrong Peyt?" Brooke asked once they were alone in the living room
"Um... Jake and I... we had a falling out, to the point where one of us needed to get out of town for awhile and it was easier if I was the one" Peyton said breaking down
"Peyton...I'm sorry" Brooke comforted
"Yea... I got a hotel and"
"What? No! Peyton Sawyer you are not staying in a hotel when Lucas and I have this huge house that has way too many bedrooms... you stay as long as you need!" Brooke couldn't believe her best friend in the whole world thought she had to stay in a hotel.
"Are you sure? I mean I don't want to be a burden" Peyton said wiping her eyes
"Peyton... Come on, besides you can help me with Emmy and Austin...After what happened last week... I am going to need it" Brooke laughed
"Are you sure Lucas wont mind?" Peyton asked not wanting to intrude on Lucas and Brooke's lives
"He wont... and if he does he will have to deal with me" Brooke giggled hugging Peyton tight
"Alright if you say so"
Lucas waited at the table with Linda and Jeff. Both sat quietly as Lucas tried to hear what Peyton and Brooke were talking about but it wasn't any use.
"So... that was who?" Jeff asked
"Peyton... She and Brooke have been really tight for a really long time" Lucas answered still trying to listen
"And I am guessing that you were the wedge that came between them?" Linda laughed
"Yea... How did you know?"
"Because My best friend and I had someone like you... Jeff. Ashley was crazy and wild and in too everything, including my man. I wasn't... Guess that's why you chose me isn't it sweetie?" Linda said smiling at Jeff
"Guess so" Jeff laughed kissing Linda
"So Peyton, she was like Ashley?"
"God no, Defiantly Brooke was... On our first date we got drunk, tattooed, and I lost my virginity with in 4 hours" Lucas laughed remembering how much fun it had been. Sure he had gotten grounded and all that good stuff but looking back on it now it had been worth every minute
"Wow... Brooke? She seems so I don't know... sweet," Jeff said
"She is, probably one of the sweetest people you will ever meet but she is as crazy and wild as they come... But it's her craziness that made me fall in love with her. When I am with her I live life rather than watch it pass bye... She lives by one rule, No regrets...Guess that's why we have 2 children already" Lucas laughed
"And Peyton? Did you date her?" Linda asked
"If you count cheating on Brooke with Peyton for a week and a ½ dating...It was a long really bad experience" Lucas said running his fingers through his hair giving up on trying to hear the girls conversation
"Ah... So what happened? Did Brooke find out?" Jeff asked interested
"Oh yea... Then she made mine and Peyton's lives hell for the next month until I moved...Long story short I wrote her a letter, she found me, we got back together, she was pregnant, we're married" Lucas laughed realizing how much he had actually left out
"Broody! Guess what? I'll tell ya Peyton's staying with us for awhile" Brooke told Lucas as she and Peyton walked back into the dining room not giving him a chance to say no
"Yea... I figured" Lucas said as Brooke plopped down in his lap giving Peyton her seat
"Oh! Maybe we can have that threesome Brooke was always so crazy about having" Peyton joked trying to break the tension
"Are you sure she isn't the crazy one?" Linda asked laughing
"I'm sure"
"So... Jeff and Linda is it? I'm Peyton" Peyton said shaking their hands
"Nice to meet you... Linda and I better head" Jeff smiled standing up from the table
"No...come on you guys! Please stay! We even get to get into the margaritas!" Brooke complained
"No... Linda has a treatment tomorrow and she cat drink... It's better if she just gets some rest"
"Treatment?" Both Brooke and Lucas asked at the same time
"Yea... my chemo... Didn't you guys know?" Linda asked
"N-No..." Brooke and Lucas stuttered
"I have breast cancer... Its no big deal I mean I had surgery and they are pretty sure they got it all, now we are just doing the chemo to make sure" Linda answered
"I thought that looked like a wig" Peyton said looking at Linda's hair
"Yea, its not a wig... My hair hasn't fallen out" Linda said grabbing at her hair
"We had better go... I'll see you at practice Luke, Thanks for dinner Brooke" Jeff said smiling and opening the door for Linda
"So that's my replacement?" Peyton asked
"Are you kidding me Goldilocks? There is and will always be only one and only Peyton Sawyer... My best friend!" Brooke said hugging Peyton again. She was so glad to see her. Finally she could rant about all her girl problems to someone other than Lucas who really didn't care.
"And you Luke? Are you sure your ok, I'm here?" Peyton asked
"Peyton...You know I don't care... It's nice to have a familiar face around here... and now Brooke cal tell all her girl problems to you and I can be free of the torture!" Lucas laughed.
"I knew you were lying when you said you liked hearing them!"
"Well Now I don't have too" Lucas said grabbing her around the waste
"Right... That would be by Q to leave and go and find my favorite niece and nephew" Peyton said rolling her eyes at Brooke and Lucas
"Austin's asleep and Emma is probably on her 4th hour of Dawson's creek... Good Luck" Brooke laughed
Peyton walked down the long hall to Emma's room. The room was painted light purple with Dragonflies across as a boarder and a huge canopy bed. The room was so classic and elegant until you saw the huge Dawson's creek poster against her closet door. Emma sitting on her mini couch with Bella watching Dawson and Joey walk in the rain.
As Peyton watched this she couldn't help but wish this had been her life, that Lucas had chosen her instead of Brooke. Not that she would ever want to break up what Lucas and Brooke had. She just wanted to have it with someone special too. Someone who understands her like Lucas understood Brooke. There had been a time where Lucas had been that person for her but all that had been shot to hell when he had really gotten to know Brooke. Now she was left living with them watching as they lived out their lives.
"Hey there Monkey... How's my favorite niece?" Peyton asked walking over and sitting beside Emma on the tiny couch
"Peyton!" Emma squealed jumping into her arms
"Miss me?" Peyton laughed
"Yes... Look" Emma said showing Peyton her casted arm
"What happened?" Peyton asked shocked
"I gotted stuck in the potty" Emma giggled
"Interesting... Only you, so what you watching?" Peyton asked looking at the TV
"Joey gotted mad at Dawson" Emma said throwing her bear at the TV
"I see your as violent as your mother" Peyton laughed putting her arm around Emma
"Did you bing Natan?" Emma asked excitedly
"Nope... sorry he's at home with Haley and Amber"
"Oh...Why?" Emma asked as she randomly pressed buttons on the remote trying to turn it off
"I don't know" Peyton laughed
Brooke laid with her head on Lucas's lap on the couch in silence. She wasn't sure if he was doing his usual brooding or asleep so she just laid there thinking. It was really bothering her that Peyton and Jake had had such a bad break up that Peyton had had to leave town. What could have been that bad? Jake and Peyton were so cute together and she could tell Peyton really missed him. She had that sadness in her eyes, that same sadness Brooke had had when she had found out about Lucas and Peyton and it really hurt her to see Peyton that way.
"Hey what's wrong?" Lucas asked running his fingers through her hair
"Nothing... I was just trying to figure this whole Peyton Jake thing out, what was so bad she had to leave town?"
"I left town after I cheated on you... maybe she cheated on him" Lucas laughed
"Luke... Its not funny, She is really worrying me and I cant take anymore worry!" Brooke said playing with his fingers
"She's just lonely... After being in this house for a few days she'll be ok" Lucas comforted
"I hope so...I hate to say it but I am glad she's here, even if it is for the wrong reasons. I have really missed her" Brooke said closing her eyes.
Lucas laid in bed beside Brooke staring at the ceiling as he did most nights. After he had gotten Peyton settled in the room down the hall she had fallen asleep with in 10 minutes. He looked over at Brooke who was asleep with a smile on her face. She couldn't ever remember seeing her sleep not smiling, even when she was mad or upset she always smiled. He hoped that meant she was dreaming something happy... or in Brooke's case it was probably something dirty that made her happy.
The clock flashed 3:02 and Brooke rolled over flinging her arms and legs on top of him like she did every night. No wonder he couldn't sleep. He leaned over and tried to push her over but she wasn't going to budge.
"Brooke... Come on Brooke roll over" Lucas coaxed
"Our cell phones don't have roll over Luke" Brooke mumbled
"No... You roll over" Lucas laughed
Finally she rolled over... a little too far and then there was the thump.
"Ouch!" Brooke yelled as she hit the floor
"We need a bigger bed" she whined as she crawled back next to Lucas who was trying hard to contain his laughter
"They don't come any bigger"
"What's wrong? Couldn't sleep?" Brooke yawned. She worried about him. His not sleeping seemed to be getting worse and worse. She wasn't sure if it was because of stress or his shoulder but something was keeping him awake.
"I'm just not tired" Lucas said. He wasn't sure how Brooke knew but she could always tell when he wasn't sleeping... It was like a sixth sense or something and it drove him crazy.
"Wanna go for a walk and talk?" Brooke asked slipping on her sweatshirt
"What are we going to talk about?"
"Well, my parents for one thing... The there's the oh so fun task of choosing Emma a activity since it seems like everyone else at her preschool has one and then there's us" Brooke said dragging him out of bed
"What about the kids?"
"Peyton's here...come on, you're awake... I'm awake, Lets walk and talk" Brooke said pulling him up
"I have class tomorrow" Lucas complained
"So what? What's the difference in not sleeping here and not sleeping as you walk with your beautiful wife?"
"You have a point... Alright lets go" Lucas caved
Peyton listened as Brooke and Lucas talked in the other room. She had to admit she was surprised that they were talking and not having sex. She had always imagined Lucas and Brooke getting dirty every night, not having actual conversations. She listened as they walked downstairs, Brooke giggling something about the pool and Lucas telling her that it wasn't going to happen. She and Jake had had that once...before "it" had happened
It had all started when the court opted for joint custody of Jenny pretty much turning Jake into Jenny's weekend daddy. Things had gone down hill from there. Jake never wanted to talk and she hadn't tried to force it, then out of the blue "it" happened.
Brooke and Lucas walked down the long driveway with his arm around her.
"So... here I am walking down the driveway with my beautiful wife at 3:00 in the morning and it's freezing out"
"Yes you are and yes it is" Brooke giggled the way she always did at him
"So are we gonna make out or what?" Lucas laughed
"Yes we are... Right after we talk" Brooke said making her serious face as Lucas called it
"Right... I have to say Brooke Scott, I never thought I would see the day when you chose talking over making out"
"Ditto Lucas Scott, but reversed or something" Brooke said confused
"So Emma needs a activity?"
"Yea... and you are going to laugh when I tell you what our prissy daughter wants to do... I mean really laugh" Brooke said
"Ballet?" Lucas guessed
"Tae Kwon Do... They have a Little Tigers program for 3-5 year olds and she wants to kick people and look good doing it" Brooke laughed
"Emmalyne Scott... Black belt, I can see that..."
"Yea well I saw Ballet dancer..." Brooke said disappointed.
"Well maybe she won't like it"
"She will, they had a trial at preschool today... Cooper is going to do it too she says, but the way Cooper's mom is a doubt it. Poor kid" Brooke said as they turned down the street
"I met Cooper's dad... He's helps with the team, nice guy"
"The mother is loony" Brooke laughed
"Ok next order of business... Your parents"
"They suck... Ok lets move onto us" Brooke said quickly
"Brooke..."
"Lucas..." Brooke mocked
"Alright fine... If you wanna be stubborn be that way" Lucas laughed stopping next to a park bench.
"Us now? Please? No more talking" Brooke begged
"In the words of Joey Tribianni... Can't say no to that"
Peyton walked down stairs to find Brooke and Lucas asleep on the couch. Maybe the couldn't go a night with out sex... It was early but she couldn't resist waking them up.
"Hey... Lucy, Ricky get up!" She yelled
"What time is it?" Brooke mumbled
"Like 5:30" Peyton laughed
"Peyton... are you kidding me? We just got home like 30 minutes ago" Brooke whined
"Come on Brooke! I figured you and I could have a girls day... Just us" Peyton said sitting down next to them
"Lucas... shoot her" Brooke said plainly
"The gun's in the cabinet" Lucas laughed
"Brooke... come on!" Peyton begged
"Lucas has class and practice today... I cant, kids remember?" Brooke said hoping that that would get her out of waking up.
"Well Austin is awake and dressed for daycare and Emma is getting ready for school" Peyton smiled
"And she agreed to go to school?" Lucas asked not believing what he was hearing
"Yes... I told her I would meet Cooper, whoever that is"
"Hey boyfriend...Ok I'm up, but I'm not happy about it at all Peyton Sawyer! Not at all!" Brooke complained
"Yea, yea... you need a chick day..."
Brooke finally agreed to the chick day leaving Lucas at home to take Emma and Austin to school on his way to class. Peyton drove in the traffic cussing and giving the finger to everyone she saw heading towards the mall.
"So how are Nate and Tutor Girl?"
"Obsessed over that kid... I swear" Peyton laughed
"Yea... she called me like a week ago to tell me that Amber spit up... I was like Ok tutor Girl she is like 10 months old now... I don't care!" Brooke laughed
"Yea... Nathan already has her playing basketball... it's cute"
"And Karen and Keith?" Brooke asked
"Obsessed too" Peyton laughed
"I guess we will have to deal with them in a few weeks for the wedding" Brooke complained
"Yea...Ok were here!"
Lucas drove away from Austin's daycare towards school. He was so tired he could barely keep his eyes open. He just hoped he could go home and get some sleep before practice since the Blue vs. White game was next week and he needed to be at his best. He drove into the nearest parking spot and headed towards class. He really wasn't looking forward to an hour and ½ of Math this morning.
"Hey dude!" Jeff yelled from behind him
"Hey"
"Dude... you look like crap... Brooke keep you up all night?" Jeff laughed
"Yea actually... well most of it anyway"
"I wish Linda was as into that as Brooke is... But she wants to wait until we are married" Jeff complained
"Yea...my best friend was the same way" Lucas comforted
"He didn't want sex?"
"No... She didn't want sex...until she was married so she married my brother at the age of 16" Lucas laughed
"I swear! You have the weirdest life!" Jeff joked
"So how's Linda?" Lucas asked
"Great... her treatment ends at 12 so I will go and get her to her parents in time for practice"
"Well I better go... Math calls" Lucas complained
"Bye dude"
Brooke and Peyton walked through the mall carrying more chopping bags then they could handle.
"Can I help you ladies?"
Brooke and Peyton turned around to see Victor standing behind them
"No... We're big girls... we can handle it" Peyton said
"Victor this is Peyton, Peyton Victor" Brooke said introducing the two
"Hi..." Peyton said embarrassed
"So, you two are shopping?" Victor laughed
"No... We're milking a cow... of course we're shopping" Brooke said sarcastically
"Right... So may I join you two?"
"We're getting ready to go actually... Sorry... The spa awaits!" Peyton said pulling Brooke away
"Bye Brooke Scott!" Victor yelled after Brooke
"I'll see you tonight" he mumbled under his breath.
Spoilers: Trouble in paradise... Victor decides its time to win Brooke over, what happened between Peyton and Jake and will she make a huge mistake with Lucas? The Blue and White game, More with Jeff and Linda. Plus they head back to Tree Hill for Karen and Keith's wedding! PLEASE REVIEW!