Hey guys. I'm so, so, so sorry about the long wait. I went on holidayfor almost a moth and then I totally forgot to update but now I'm updating both the last chapter and the epilogue at the same time so I hope you like it and please review.

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Chapter ten: Let me go

Lucas was sitting in the classroom trying to listen to what the teacher said. Haley had not yet arrived, she was never late but Lucas assumed she had been up late with Oliver and gotten little sleep. He glanced out the window and saw Brooke's car driving by on its way to the school, she was probably breaking some rules with the speed she was travelling in but he ignored it and turned back toward the blackboard.

When you have a child with someone you love you have a connection with them, Lucas thought, a deep connection. So deep that you might even feel the other person even when they are not there. That's why, after he heard the shrieking brakes outside the building, he felt like he had been punched in the stomach. He was up from his seat and out the door before anyone had registered the sound of the shrieking brakes or the sound of metal hitting something soft and fragile. When he ran across the parking lot he saw Brooke sitting in her car, she was in shock. He could see tears finding their way from her perfect brown eyes, he could she her hyperventilating as she did not dare to look at what was in front of her car. Lucas did not want to look any more than she did but he already knew what he would see so he looked and fell to his knees by the broken body, legs sticking out in the wrong angles. He grabbed her hand and held it tight.

"Lucas?" Haley's voice asked as she tried to turn against him.

"Yes sweetie, I'm here. Don't leave me okay?" He said as tears made their way down his cheeks.

"Lucas, take care of Oliver." He could hear that every word that left her lips was a battle to form.

"You will be here to help me take care of him honey. We'll be a family; we'll get married and grow old together. Don't leave me now, I need you." His broken voice begged her.

"I love you." Her words sounded so final.

"That sounds like goodbye, don't say goodbye. Don't leave me." He begged.

"Lucas, just let me go." She tried to smile reassuringly but failed as it hurt too much.

"No! I won't, I need you. Don't you dare give up now." He yelled with a broken voice.

"Let me go." She whispered as she closed her eyes and her hand lost its firm grip on his. He let out a cry of grieve as he held her body close, not wanting to let her go. He cried into her hair as the bell rung and other students came to see what had happened. He wouldn't let anyone come near him or Haley as he sat on the ground hugging her body as her soul left it.

One more kiss could be the best thing
But one more lie could be the worst
And all these thoughts are never resting
And you're not something I deserve

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you don't know who I am
So let me go
Let me go

I dream ahead to what I hope for
And I turn my back on loving you
How can this love be a good thing
When I know what I'm going through

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
You love me but you don't know who I am
So let me go
Just Let me go
Let me go

And no matter how hard I try
I can't escape these things inside I know
I know
When all the pieces fall apart
You will be the only one who knows
Who knows

You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you don't know Who I am
So let me go
Just let me go

and you love me but you don't
you love me but you don't
you love me but you don't know who I am
and you love me but you don't
you love me but you don't
you love me but you don't know me