The first glimpse…of him…doesn't do my dream justice. Smiling at him, she ran a sweaty nervous hand through her curly hair.
"Hey Luke, how's it going?"
"Good, how was last night with your dad?"
"Cool, we hung out and then I had a rather vivid dream," her eyes hit the floor as she revealed the last bit and her cheeks flushed a scarlet red.
Tipping her head up, he smiled down into her eyes, "Vivid, was I in it?" arching an eyebrow mischievously.
Looking up, she laughed in sheer delight. "What'd you think?" hitting him softly on the shoulder.
"I've got English with Haley, see you at lunch," leaning down he kissed her lingeringly.
Her heart raced as she watched him jog away to the school. I hope…I wish………
School was over for the day, tonight was theirs.
Luke sat back on her couch, popcorn on his lap as he waited for her to bring through her selection of junk food. Red Vines, Milk Duds, Junior Mints, M&M's, Smarties, Licorice.
"C'mon Peyton, I wanna get some-" he trailed off as he watch Peyton stumble drunkenly across the room.
Sinking onto the couch, she held her head in her hands. "Luke I-" her voice broke and she started shaking.
"Peyton, what is it?" he took her in his arms.
"My dad" her voice broke, "his boat went missing in a huge storm and I have" sobs wracked her body, "have to go identify a body they found."
"What if it's him Luke? What will I do?" her mind was a blank.
"I'll be all alone, I have no one."
"You have me, you know that." Lucas hugged her tightly, "When do you have to go and where?"
She told him, sobs wracking her body, she couldn't stop shivering.
"We'll leave right now."
A/N: This is completely based on the eppy, "Crash Course in Polite Conversations," however the outcome might be different. Of course, there's no Brucas in my AU version, so no worries, so for such a long delay, but I just felt the only way left to go was to have Leyton do it, end of story, so I added a twist, hopefully you like it.