Title: Crossroads
Author/Artist: Falconwolf3
Claim: Marissa Cooper and Lucas Scott
Theme: Love Conquers All
Theme Set: #2
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or The O.C.

Love Conquers All

Deb watched Lucas and Marissa walk out the door. She couldn't help but think that the two had already fallen in love. She knew Marissa was trying to get over a broken heart and Lucas was as well, but they were proving that love conquers all.

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Lucas opened the door at Tric for Marissa. Marissa saw amazed that a club like this was in South Carolina. Lucas took her by the hand and pulled her through the crowd toward the bar.

"Hey Lucas," said Karen.

"Hey mom, this is Marissa, Deb's niece."

"Nice to meet you Marissa."

"Nice to meet you too. Is this your place?"

"Yes it is."

"Wow, it's amazing."

"Thank you; what can I get you two to drink."

"Coke please," said Lucas.

"Diet coke, please," smiled Marissa.

"Diet? You don't need diet," joked Lucas.

"All right, regular," smiled Marissa. "I'm on vacation, need to relax right?"

"Right."

Karen handed both their drinks, "Peyton is working tonight; you want to go say hey?"

"Yeah, Marissa, you want to meet Peyton?"

"Nathan's ex-girlfriend?"

"Yeah, you met her?"

"Yeah, she's cool, her taste in men needs help though," joked Marissa.

Karen chuckled.

"What did I say?"

"I dated Peyton for awhile," said Lucas.

"Oh, sorry."

"No problem, is Haley performing tonight?"

"Yeah, she's in the back with Nathan."

"Ok, we'll head back there after saying hey to Peyton."

"All right."

Two hours later…

Marissa and Lucas walked up the driveway to the mansion.

Marissa turned to Lucas and asked, "Is she what you meant when you said you had hurt people?"

"Who?"

"Peyton."

"She one of them, yes. I guess I should tell you. After Peyton and I broke up, I moved on with Brooke, her best friend. However, I messed up and made out with Peyton. I broke Brooke's heart. I recently asked her to give me another chance and she said no and left for LA."

"Wow, I have to admit, I know exactly what you mean. I was dating this guy Luke and then I fell for this guy Ryan. Ryan messed up, got his ex-girlfriend pregnant, and left me. While he was away, I moved on with DJ, Ryan came back. I didn't tell Ryan about DJ and I didn't tell DJ about Ryan. I moved on with DJ, but Ryan was in my heart. However, I left him behind in Newport. I'm through with the drama we cause when we are together."

"So you are ready to move on?"

"Yeah, I am, are you?"

"Yeah."

"So are we going to try something here?"

"We'll see," he said as he leaned over and gently kissed Marissa.

To be continued…