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Chapter Nine

Lies and the written truth

by: D.Sollers

I dreamt of you last night. I was in my room, trying to go to bed and you climbed into it. You kissed me softly on my lips before trailing your mouth down my neck and towards my bare chest. I moaned and you smiled seductively, before making your way down to my stomach. Your hand gently pulled down my boxers and I knew right then and there that I needed you.

That's when I woke up. It's one of those dreams that make you go and take a cold shower, but that didn't work. As soon as I got into the shower, I could see you beside me. I could feel your hands slide up and down my skin and I groaned in frustration.

I've decided that you're going to drive me insane. I am trying so hard to hate you but I can't get you out of my head. Haley and Nathan both try their best not to mention you, but I know they both miss you. And Peyton… she's been a real help to me. We've become really good friends and I think you would really love us for it.

I never realized just how much alike we were. When I had believed that we were supposed to be together, I had never realized that it never would have worked. Now, a year or so later I know that. Peyton and I would have bored each other to death.

That's one of the reasons I love you. Did you know that? Because no matter what we were doing, whether it was reading in front of a fire, or skipping school to go play basketball… or even an occasional skinny dip… the two of us were never boring. We fit so well together. Total opposites that come together and make a complete whole. I love you Brooke Davis. I try so hard not to but I can't. You're inside me. My skin, my heart, my soul… I can't imagine not being with you.

Brooke placed the letter down on the bed and held her breath. His words were so beautiful. Lucas really had loved her. The relationship that had started years ago, just as a meaningless sexual quest- had deepened into something neither of them had expected.

When they had broken up the first time and had somehow managed to gain a friendship, Brooke had thought that was all that was to come. But they had fallen in love and had experienced things she had only dreamt about.

She had thought that perhaps it was her that had felt that way. That Lucas's heart had belonged to Peyton. But his words, had once again proven her wrong. She held the letter to her chest and grinned in happiness. Somehow, they would make it. All of them.

Together.

……

Two hours after Lucas and Karen had arrived at the hospital, Karen had successfully delivered a baby girl. Lucas stood beside his mother and stared down at the beautiful baby. "She looks just like you," he whispered. Karen shook her head no and gently ran her thumb over the babies face.

"She looks like Keith," she managed to say.

Karen smiled at how easy the birth of her daughter had been. Lucas had taken 12 hours of labor and her daughter had taken barely two. She smiled, feeling in her heart that Keith was there helping her along the way. Lucas's cell phone vibrated and he looked down at it.

"It's Brooke."

Karen nodded her head and ran her hand over her sons arm. "Go see Brooke, it's okay Lucas. I'm going to be fine."

"I can't leave you here by yourself…"

Karen shook her head. "I'm not. I have your sister now Lucas. Go get Brooke and tell her I can't wait for her to meet the baby." Lucas nodded his head and did as his mother said. He stopped at the door and turned towards her.

"Keith would be proud of you mom."

Tears welled in her eyes and she nodded her head. She knew he was right and watched as he left the room. Karen began to cradle her baby, soothing the babies cries with a familiar song. When the tears had stopped, she gently placed a tender kiss on the baby's covered hair. "I wish your dad was here…" she whispered into the room as she shut her eyes.

When she opened them, she could see Keith staring at her. He was smiling down at the two of them with tears in his eyes. "Keith," she cried out. He nodded his head, but said nothing. She knew he wasn't really there, that it was her imagination but couldn't help but cry. "Keith…"

"It's okay Karen. I'm here with you," he said.

Karen shook her head. "No. No you're not. This is a dream, I am losing my mind."

"You're not Karen. I am here, everyday. When you feel like you can't go on, just remember that I'm with you. Always."

She imagined him kissing her lips and she cried louder. "I can't do this without you," she begged. Her daughter started to cry out at the noise and she bit her lip, trying her hardest to silence her tears.

"You can and you will. Lucas will be there for you. Karen, you'll find help just when you think you won't. I promise you. I love you Karen, I always have."

Karen nodded her head. "I love you too Keith," she whispered as his figure drifted away. Had he really been there? Had she imagined it? She wasn't sure. Keith was dead, but that didn't mean his ghost didn't live on. A single tear fell down onto her daughters face and she used her fingertips to wipe it away. "Hello Camilla. Camilla Mae Scott," she smiled.

She didn't know when she had picked the name. It had come to her in that moment. Karen wanted to give both a piece of Whitey and the Scott legacy to this child. She knew that Keith would have wanted it to be that way. The door opened, and a nurse walked inside. "How are you feeling Mrs. Scott?" She asked.

Karen sighed. "Miss Roe," she corrected.

Tears once again filled her eyes and she realized that she would never have the chance to have his name. Her hospital room rang and the nurse answered it. "Karen," she said as she handed Karen the phone. "Someone named Andy wants to talk to you."

Karen looked up at her, puzzled by the woman's statement. Andy? As in Andy Hargrove? How had he found out she was having a baby, much less at the hospital? She smiled as she picked up the phone and sighed into it. "Hello Andy…"

……

Peyton was lost. She had no idea where Jake would be in Tree Hill and she felt bad. She needed to tell him exactly where her heart was but didn't know where to start. She had been everywhere. The café, the docks, the music store, the mall… and still had come up empty handed. Her mind drifted back to the playground he had once taken her and Jenny to and she smiled.

As she drove there, her heart beat rapidly against her chest. She wasn't sure what she was doing, but she knew that whatever it was it was the right thing. Jake and her were supposed to work things out, they needed each other. Just like Nathan and Haley. Just like Brooke and Lucas.

She parked her car next to Jake's and smiled, knowing he was there. As she made her away across the green grass towards the park, she saw him pushing Jenny on the swing. He stopped as he saw her approach and smiled slightly. "Peyton…" He greeted her.

Peyton nodded her head and smiled at him. "Jake," she whispered.

Within seconds, she had jumped into his arms. She had missed the feeling of them, the feeling of safety that ran through her body whenever she was around him. "What are you doing here?" He asked her as he pulled away. He turned back to look at his daughter as Peyton bent down to her. Jake watched as Peyton hugged his daughter and he shook his head. "I needed to see you. To tell you the truth…" she explained.

"You don't have to tell me anything Peyton. It's okay. I realize I'm too late."

Peyton shook her head as she stood up. She looked into his eyes and reached out to touch his face. "No Jake. You don't get it. You so don't get it."

"Then tell me what I don't get," he said.

She could tell that Jake didn't want to play any games and she knew that was what she wanted as well. "I love you," she laughed. Peyton remembered telling Lucas that very thing, only a week or so before but she didn't care. She knew that her heart was with Jake, that it had always been with Jake.

"Peyton…"

Peyton cut him off by crashing her lips against his. "So much has changed Jake and I know that. But you're here now and I've never stopped loving you. We deserve this."

Jake nodded his head, knowing that what she was saying was true. After his relationship with Nikki and following her around trying to get his daughter back, he deserved a little bit of happiness. And Peyton Sawyer had always given him that. He brought his hand to her face and pulled her closer towards him. "I love you too Peyton."

"Promise you're not going to leave me again," she pleaded.

Jake kissed her on her lips. "I promise Peyton. I'm never leaving you again."

……

"Thank God you're here Lucas. I am ready to go home," Brooke said as she stood up. He came into the room and she noticed the smile spread across his lips. "What is it? Broody, why are you so… Cheery?"

Lucas laughed at her nicknames but shrugged his shoulders. "Because I love you," he said with a grin.

"Okay but… why with the smiles?" She grabbed a hold of her purse and the box of letters and handed them to him.

Lucas just smiled down at Brooke. "My mom had the baby Brooke."

Brooke brought her hand over her lips and she gushed. "Oh my God, what did she have? Was it a girl? I know it was a girl…" Brooke bounced up and down. She didn't care about her injuries or the growing headache. Karen had given birth to Lucas's sibling and all she wanted to do was see the older woman.

"It's a girl," Lucas agreed with her. Brooke clapped her hands together before turning to him. "She wanted me to come and get you. She wants you to meet my sister."

Brooke bit her lip and nodded her head. She had never known anyone that had given birth to a baby and wasn't sure how to deal with it but nevertheless she was excited. "I have to go to the gift shop first though, okay. Can you take my stuff to the car?" She asked. He nodded his head and bent down to place a kiss on her forehead.

"I'm going to stop by the chapel and light a candle too. I'll meet you in mom's room okay?" Lucas asked.

Brooke nodded her head and made her way out of the room. She turned towards Lucas and smiled slightly. "Lucas?"

He turned to look at her and raised an eyebrow as the brunette continued. "I'm really glad to be here."

"I'm glad you're here too."

……

Dan took a step closer to Nathan and Haley. "Whatever you think you heard… you didn't okay?" He said angrily.

Nathan stepped in front of Haley and shook his head. "Dad, we both heard you. Loud and clear. What did you mean when you said you killed Keith?" He demanded. Haley held out her arm to try and pull Nathan back, but he pushed her away.

Lucas was right, it had to stop. Dan had to be stopped. Once and for all.

"I let him go in there, no one was supposed to go in there…"

Nathan shook his head. "Don't bull shit me dad. I know better than that. What is going on? Did you kill Keith?"

"Nathan," Haley asked calmly. Whatever was going on, she was sure Dan wasn't going to tell him the truth. And to be honest, she was scared. Not only for herself but for her husband and everyone else in Dan's reach. She wanted to protect her husband. "Let's just go home…"

Nathan took a step forward towards his dad and cut Haley off. "Tell me now or I am going to call the police." He brought his cell phone out of his pocket and held it with shaking fingers. Nathan couldn't believe it. First his mother had confessed to him about being the one to set the fire and now this?

His father had actually killed his uncle?

"Put the phone down Nathan. It's over," Dan demanded. "Keith tried to kill me but I killed him. It's as simple as that. Now put down the phone." He turned his back on his son and took a few steps over to the bar. Dan poured himself another drink and drank it.

Nathan turned towards Haley. "Go home Haley."

"I'm not leaving you," Haley said as she shook her head. There was no way she was leaving Nathan. Not after everything Dan had just said.

"I said go home."

She had never heard Nathan sound so angry and tears entered her eyes. Haley nodded her head sadly and walked down the hall, leaving her father in law and Nathan in the background. Once downstairs, she dialed 911.

"Hello, operator? I just witnessed a confession to a murder and I'm scared he's going to do something else…"

TBC.
LoL, okay so I lied. Last chapter for the night. I promise! The last chapter of this story will be out sometime Friday afternoon. Hope you guys enjoyed this update and like always, please leave your reviews.