Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from or One Tree Hill itself.

A/N: These next two chapters are the last two in the story. If I get reviews I might get motivated to write a new fic.

Lucas was shuffling through his drawers, packing his bag for the game tonight. The Ravens had a chance to go to states this year and winning this game would seal their birth to the playoffs. As he searched for his jersey, only one thing came to mind: Peyton. After that kiss, he and Peyton had spent more and more time together. He never thought it possible to be as happy as he was. Her kisses sent shivers down his spine and he could not get enough. He was suddenly brought out of his trance by Haley, who had just entered his room.

"Did I disturb a dream, Luke?" She inquired.

"It's not a dream anymore." Luke smiled. "So, what's up?"

"Nathan and I wanted to go to the game tonight and I was wondering if you had directions to the school."

"Yeah I got them somewhere." Lucas rifled through a pile of papers on his desk. Finally he found them. "Here they are. And Hales, make sure you remind your husband that we miss him on the team."

Haley smiled, "I will." She left Lucas to go back to his thoughts on Peyton.

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"Earth to Peyton, is she somewhere in that curly haired head of yours." Peyton was immediately brought out of a trance.

"Sorry Brooke, I just have some things on my mind."

"Nice try, you have someone on your mind. You can't fool me Peyton."

Peyton blushed. She knew that Brooke was right. It had been several days since that kiss and she just could not get enough of Lucas. They spent hours together, but for Peyton it only felt like a few minutes. Time plays tricks with your mind when you're in love, she thought to herself.

"Okay, I have my skirt, makeup, curling iron." Brooke looked at Peyton, "Am I missing anything else."

"Yeah, maybe your brain."

"Hah, very funny. Well let's go or we're going to be late." Brooke practically pulled Peyton out of the house and into her car.

As they drove down the road, Brooke finally gave into Peyton and let her talk about Lucas.

"You know, I haven't seen you this happy in a long time Peyton."

Peyton turned her head and smiled, "Well if you don't like it you can blame Lucas. He is the reason for my good mood. I just can't help but be happy knowing that I am his girl. I wanted that for so long and now that it is here, I just don't want to give it up."

"Not trying to bust your bubble girl, cause I am really happy for you, but the honeymoon period will end eventually. Just remember that when the going gets tough, running away from it is not the answer."

With that Peyton turned and stared out her window. She knew Brooke was right, but was not worried. She believed there was never going to be any bumps between her Lucas; never.

The Ravens won the game, with a buzzer beater shot from Lucas. He was the hero and everyone gathered around him, but there was only one person Lucas wanted to be with and she was coming towards him. He had to admit seeing her in the cheerleading uniform was pretty sexy.

"Hey, nice shot out there." He let his actions speak for his words. He pulled her towards him and kissed her with all the passion he possibly could. They were in a place all their own, or so they thought.

"Could you please get a room before you start doing that in front of everybody?" Brooke and the others agreed. With that Lucas went to the locker room to change and get back on the bus. Before he left though, Peyton made sure he was reminded of what was to come when they got home, so she kissed him ever so softly on his lips.

"I can't wait to see you later tonight."

As soon Peyton got home she prepared her room for a romantic night with Lucas. She thought it was only necessary for the hero on the court to get a reward. While she was setting out candles on her nightstand her phone rang.

"Hey, it's me." It was Lucas; she was afraid what was coming next. He sounded sad, but she still thought for the best.

"I am really sorry, but I am not gonna be able to come over. I promised Mouth that we would study for a math test we have tomorrow." Peyton thought that was strange, but she went along with it.

"That's okay. I mean it is not like I had a huge event planned. I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye."

With that Peyton hung up the phone, tears beginning to form in her eyes. She did not understand why Lucas did not want to come over. She needed to find out, and find out soon before she put her heart into something that would only hurt her.

Lucas pulled up to the Riverside court around 11pm. She said that she would meet him here and she was late; "What a surprise" Lucas thought. Headlights flashed in Lucas's direction and then they disappeared. She walked toward Lucas with a questioning look. It was Haley.

"Luke, what's the emergency. Why did you need to meet me here? You could have come to the apartment."

"I know, but I just need someone to talk to and this was a private place. No Nathan, no Peyton, just us."

"Luke, I'm married in case you forgot. Whatever you're feeling about us is probably just hormonal."

Lucas laughed. Haley thought that he had brought her here to profess his love to her. "Hales, that's not what this is about." Haley turned bright red, obviously embarrassed.

"So what is it, something wrong with you and Peyton?"

"I guess you could say that." Haley looked more concerned.

"That night of the club opening, when we got back together; I told her I loved her Hales."

"Lucas that's great isn't it. I know that she feels the same way."

"Well obviously you were getting sent mixed signals, because I don't think she feels that way."

"What do you mean?"

"She didn't return the compliment Hales. She just said goodnight and that was it. I don't think she feels the same way as me. She just didn't want me to be with Carly. If she can't have me then no one else can either."

"Lucas, you don't know what you are saying. Maybe you need to just talk to her about your feelings."

"We tried that once and it didn't work. I guess I can always try again though."

Haley hugged Lucas and told him that everything would work out. However they did not know that they were being watched by someone and she could not believe her eyes.

After letting her emotions get the best of her, Peyton needed some fresh air. She decided to head down to the basketball courts, since no one would suspect that she would be there. Something about those courts reminded her of Lucas and she just wanted to be close to him right now. She turned off her headlights as soon as she saw two cars parked in the lot. She recognized the truck right away, it was Lucas's, but she was unsure of the other. She thought that it might belong to one of Lucas's friends who he plays basketball with. She got out of her car and walked towards the courts. It was at that moment when Peyton's heart stopped. Lucas was hugging another girl. She sort of recognized the figure, but was completely sure until she got closer. It was Haley. She ran back into her car, with tears once again running down her face.

As she drove her mind processed what she just saw. Lucas had lied to her. He was at the courts with Haley and even if nothing was going on, he still had lied to her. They hadn't been together for more than a week and already Lucas had broken her trust. She did not think, she just drove and ended up at Nathan and Haley's apartment.

Nathan was awake, waiting for Haley, when he heard a knock. He got up and was surprised to see Peyton, but something was wrong; she looked as if she had been crying.

"Peyton…are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just did not want to be alone and this is where I ended up."

"Peyton, I'm married. You are pretty and everything, but I thought you had Lucas."

"I thought I did too. By the way, is Haley here?"

"No, she had to go see Lucas, but she should be back any minute."
Nathan let Peyton in and offered her the couch. He knew it was not much, but that was the best he could do.

Haley wandered into her apartment and saw a body asleep on the couch. She recognized Peyton right away, but didn't understand why she was here. As she walked into her bedroom, Nathan was already prepared with an answer.

"She did not want to be alone, so she came here. I offered her the couch. I hope you're not mad."

"Of course not, it was pretty sweet of you."

"So, what did Lucas want?"

Haley hesitated, afraid to speak in case Peyton heard, "He had some problems with his homework."

"Oh. Goodnight baby." Nathan kissed her softly before falling into a deep slumber.

The next morning, Lucas knocked on Peyton's door. He had brought her breakfast to make up for the night before. With no response, Lucas used the spare key and walked up to her room. Her bed was made, but Peyton was nowhere to be found. He then heard the front door open. She walked upstairs and walked into her room. Lucas was sitting on the end of her bed. Lucas noticed that she was the wearing the same clothes as the last time he had seen her. "How am I going to explain this to him" Peyton wondered.

"Good morning, Lucas"

"Good morning, I was worried when you weren't here." Lucas got up to hug her, but Peyton pulled away.

She tried to explain, "I just smell and haven't gotten a shower. I don't want to smell you up."

"I don't mind." He tried once again, but she still pulled away.

"Look, I really need to take a shower. Besides I was planning on driving to school today. I have a lot of errands to run after practice, so I think you should probably just head to breakfast without me."

"Alright." He was obviously hurt. "I'll see you at school" He leaned in and kissed her on the lips, but it was not the same. It was if she was trying to push her lips away from him.

After Lucas left Peyton got in the shower and held her head in her hands. Tears dripped down and mixed with the water washing them away, but that was not enough. Peyton's tears would not wash away that easily until she knew the truth about Lucas and Haley.

Lucas walked into school feeling unsure about what had transpired earlier in the morning. Why had Peyton pushed away from him twice and then let him kiss her, but yet she still tried to push away from him. These thoughts were broken when Haley approached him.

"Hey, are you still down from last night"

"Yeah, it's just Peyton was acting strange this morning."

"Maybe that's because she slept on our couch and she probably did not get a good night of sleep."

"Wait, Peyton slept on your couch. Why?"

"I don't know. Nathan said she showed up while I was gone and seemed pretty upset. She didn't want to be alone so Nathan said she could stay on the couch. She left before we had gotten up."

"That explains it."

"Explains what"

"When I came to get her for breakfast, she wasn't there. She showed up a few minutes after I did. She still had on the same clothes from the last night and she was pushing me away. She said she smelled, but I don't buy it."

"You need to talk to her Lucas. Sitting here talking to me is not going to do any good."

Lucas gave her a hug and that is when Peyton came upon them.

"Couldn't do that in a private place; could you Lucas."

"Peyton, what are you talking about."

"Nothing, I gotta go to class. See ya."

"Peyton…wait"

She walked away deaf to his cry to her. She could not be here, she had to leave and so she did.