Everybody thinks you're well
Everybody thinks I'm ill
Watching me fall apart
Falling under your spell

Peyton sat there for minutes. Should she call him or not? She finally decided that questioning herself wasn't going to work so she got the courage to call him and waited for him to pick up.

Lucas had to admit he was having fun hanging out with Brooke but a part of him felt wrong. This wasn't the girl he was supposed to be out with. Peyton was supposed to be with right now and the fact that she wasn't only left him in pain and then his phone rang. Out of Area. But his curiosity got the best of him and he answered it.

After hearing his voice Peyton's butterflies were coming back but she decided it was now or never. "Hey Lucas" she responded. Lucas was shocked, she called him, he was on the phone with her right now, yeah they were friends but still, she was calling him. He was snapped out of his daze when Peyton kept calling his name. "Oh sorry Peyton I kinda got distracted, so what's up?" Peyton was nervous but said "Luke I made a mistake, I need to fix something and I need to see you." Lucas noted her voice was almost pleading with him but he couldn't just leave Brooke could he so he gave her another offer. "I'm kinda busy right now but as soon as I'm done I will give you a call and come over. Is that cool?" He wanted her to agree, he wanted her to be happy, he wanted to be the one who made her happy but he needed to be cool and not give in to her. Peyton replied "Yeah that's fine but just promise me you'll come tonight please, this is really important." Lucas smiled at the thought that she really wanted him there "I promise Peyt, I'll see you later."

When Lucas hung up he had the goofiest smile on his face, something that didn't go unnoticed by Brooke. "Who was that, booty call?" Lucas turned to her, "No just a friend," for some reason he couldn't say Peyton, maybe because he felt like he was playing both of them "Wanted to see me later." Brooke eyed him suspiciously, she barely knew him but she could have sworn he was lying. "Come on I have something to show you." She said while dragging him outside the bar. Once they reached outside "Brooke where are you taking me?" Brooke replied wickedly "Well superstar," she said as she unzipped her pants revealing her Chinese symbol tattoo, "What do you think about this?" Lucas looked at her in shock, he had seen so much of this girl and he hadn't even slept with her. "Uhhm I think that tattoo is uhhm. Listen Brooke, you're a very beautiful girl and you have a great personality but I would be lying to you if I said I hadn't been thinking about somebody else tonight." Brooke looked at him sadly, "Let me guess, she's tall, skinny, blonde, curly hair, my best friend, answers to the name Peyton." Lucas nodded. She continued on "I don't get it Lucas, she rejected you at the basketball party and you're still considering back to her. What is it about her? Why does she get all the boyfriends, or is it just the Scott men?" Lucas looked at her sadly "Brooke you're a great girl and someday you'll meet that guy that'll treat you like a queen, but that guy isn't me Brooke Davis and if we got together I might end up doing something I regret. I know what Peyton did to me was bad and it hurt, hell it still hurts but the way I feel about her just wins out over the pain. You told me it takes a lot for her to open up and I know she's opening up to me. Peyton and I connect on so many levels and she is just so amazing, she makes no excuses for herself yet she is scared. Peyton is such a mystery yet all I want to do is solve it. Besides you can't help who you love." Brooke was in awe, he had never seen anyone speak with so much passion and she felt lucky for her best friend because she finally would have someone that would treat her right. Brooke just nodded and said "Well go get her broody." And with that Lucas left the bar to find Peyton.

Peyton was sitting on her bed working on her latest drawing; it was one of Lucas and Peyton with distance between them and the tag was I Hope It's Not Too Late. She was almost finished when she heard a knock on her door. Peyton looked up to find Lucas Scott's deep stare fixed on her. "Hey" was all she could say. "Hey, you wanted to see me" he replied. "Yeah, I have something to tell you and you may not take it well, you may freak out, you may get mad but I have to tell you for the sake of honesty. So please let me tell you what I have to say with no interruptions because otherwise I may lose my nerve." He nodded in response. "I know the day of the party I rejected you but I was just so afraid, Nathan didn't treat me right and you were just so sweet and such a nice guy but I was scared, I didn't know how to let you in and I still don't know but the only difference is that I'm ready to let you in, I want to let you in because Luke I want all the same things as you and I do want them with you. I want them with you Luke." Lucas looked at her, taking in her expressions, trying to read her, when he realized she was serious he spoke. "Wow I didn't expect that. I mean I wanted to hear those words from you and now you said them and I am speechless." Then he was interrupted by Peyton "Ok I'm sorry I guess you don't feel the same way again, I'm sorry I feel like an idiot now. Can we forget everything that just happened?" She saw Lucas laughing and started getting angry, "Why are you laughing?" Lucas tried to stop "I'm sorry it's just that you're so cute when you're nervous and rambling. Peyton you jumped to conclusions too soon. I still want all that with you. I want it more than you'll ever know. And I'm so happy that that you want that with me and I am so glad that you want to open up to me. I'm glad that you want me." Peyton looked at him with a smile on her face "So that means you want to be with me?" Lucas looked at her seriously, "Yes I want to be with you, I want to be your boyfriend." Peyton then pulled him down and kissed him passionately.