A/N: Okay so here's chapter 2. I can give you a little more of a summary. This story does follow the basic plot line of season 1 and eventually season 2 but there will be differences. Everything that happened leading up to the episode has still happened. The whole Peyton Lucas thing. They were still planning to tell Brooke the night of the accident. The only difference is I added some conversations that didn't happen. I can tell you that the Nathan/Haley marriage won't happen. They will still be together but just not married. Nathan will still be living on his own and he and Lucas will develop some brotherly love. Dan may or may not have the heart attack; I have to see if I can work it in. The whole Keith and Lucas moving to Charleston could still happen. There will definitely be no Nikki! I didn't like her and I felt bad for Jake. That's all I can tell you for now. Stay tuned for more. By the end of this chapter you should know the pairing.
Disclaimer: See chapter 1.
Chapter 2: A little talk, a lot of tears
Last time on All I want is HER! " In a minute, first there is something that I need to tell you."
"Okay what's it about?" Brooke asked him. She tried to search his face for an idea but found that for once she couldn't read him and it scared her more than she was willing to admit.
"Its about Peyton…"
"Peyton?" Brooke asked confused…"What do you mean you need to talk to me about Peyton?" Brooke asked confused. The fear she had been feeling was really starting to get to her now. Why would her boyfriend need to talk to her about her best friend?
"No, not I need to talk to you about Peyton. I said Peyton because she's right there."
Brooke followed the direction Lucas nodded in and her eyes fell on her curly headed best friend.
" Hey best friend, long time no see." Brooke said referring to the lack of time she and Peyton had spent together since the accident.
"Yeah, Haley told me Lucas woke up so I thought I'd come by." Peyton answered her friend cautiously. She was beginning to feel very uncomfortable. She didn't think that Brooke would be at the hospital this early.
"Hey Peyton." Lucas said, finally joining the conversation. The tension in the room was really thick. It seemed like an eternity before anyone finally spoke.
"I can come back…if you're busy." Peyton offered finally breaking the silence.
"No that's okay Peyt." Brooke countered. After a brief conversation between Brooke and Lucas that Peyton couldn't hear, Brooke offered to leave the room.
"I'll just go drop some more cash at the gift shop or something and give you two a chance to talk." Brooke offered uneasily. To this statement both Lucas and Peyton only nodded. Once the door was shut Peyton finally let out the breath she had been holding in. She moved over to the bedside and went in for a kiss. She was more than a little shocked when Lucas turned his head causing her lips to connect with his cheek.
"What's up Luc?"
"Nothing I just think we should talk before we do anything else." Lucas informed her.
"Okay," Peyton said as she grabbed his hand in hers and sat at his side. "Let's talk."
"When I was in that car all I could think about was how we were going to tell Brooke about us. That's what was on my mind, but when I saw that car coming towards me I saw my life flash before my eyes, I know it sounds cliched but the fact is that's what happened. It made me reexamine the choices that I've made recently; and it made me realize something." Lucas waited to continue.
"What?" Peyton asked anxiously.
"It made me realize that my life never really began until I met Brooke." He answered.
"What are you saying?" Peyton asked him, the panic in her eyes evident. The tears were streaming down her face as she looked at Lucas expectantly.
" I always thought my life would be perfect when you finally realized that you loved me like I had always loved you, but I was wrong. The moment I met Brooke is when that happened. I always dreamed that I'd end up with you and live happily ever after, and I got caught up in that. When you came to my house that night and confessed your feelings I thought it was finally happening. I was holding onto a fantasy." Lucas stopped talking when he noticed Peyton's tears for the first time.
"I'm not saying this to hurt you, it's just how I feel. The accident made me think about what I want and when I look into the future all I see is her." Lucas finished and looked Peyton directly in the eyes for the first time since she had entered his room.
"Okay, so let me get this straight, what you're saying is…" Peyton left her question unfinished for Lucas, she hoped he wouldn't say what he thought was coming.
" I want Brooke." Lucas finished her thought for her. Peyton couldn't take it anymore. She had to get out of there. On her way out the door she ran directly into the returning form of Brooke Davis.
"Peyt, what's up?" Brooke asked noticing her friends distressed look.
"Nothing, I just have to go." Peyton said. Brooke was about to probe further but the blonde was already too far down the hall.
"What happened between you and Peyton?"
What a loaded question Lucas thought.
" I don't know, must be the hospital or something." Lucas went with the safe answer and hoped Brooke would leave it at that. She seemed to accept that answer and responded with a small nod.
"Before I left you said that you wanted to talk, do you still want to?" Brooke wasn't sure if she really wanted tot but it was better to just get this over with.
"Yeah, let's talk." Lucas said as he moved over to make room for Brooke to sit beside him on the bed.
"Do you remember what you said to me that night after the game?"
"You mean the night I stripped in your car?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah, that night you told me that was the moment that I could look back on and say that's when it all changed."
"I remember."
"You were right. I didn't know it then but you were. The night I met you everything changed for the better, and I'm just glad that I have you in my life." Lucas confessed to a crying Brooke. She was taken aback by his words, she was expecting something along the lines of its not you its me. It had turned out to be much better.
"When I saw that car coming, I didn't think about whether or not I was going to die all I thought about was that I had to be okay so that I could see you again. I saw those headlights coming towards me and I thought about you and that's what got me through."
Brooke wanted to say something, anything in response but she was too choked up and the words just weren't coming. All she could do was kiss him in return.
" I'll take that as, I feel the same."
Brooke nodded in response and laid her head down on Lucas' shoulder.
"What about breakfast?" Lucas asked.
"Later, you're ruining the moment." Brooke answered.
Lucas laughed at her comment and put his arm around her. Breakfast could wait. He just wanted to spend some time with Her.
