So new chapter. I feel like I havent updated in a while and I thought that Laurie might murder me if I didnt give her LP angst soon so I pushed myself to update. I hope you all like it. Let me know what you think.
"Peyton." I say her name softly and watch as her head snaps up to look at me. Her eyes flash painfully but she quickly covers it up. Her eye move back to Haley and she raises her eyebrows slightly.
"Why didn't you tell me?" She hisses angrily and Haley looks like she has been slapped in the face. I open my mouth to defend Haley but she beats me to it.
"I tired to Peyton but you kept cutting me off." Haley gives her a sympathetic look and Peyton's features soften as she looks at Haley and gives her an awkward half smile.
She turns around again and barely looks at me as she brushes past me and walks out of the room. I stand there for a few minutes looking at the space in front of me thinking about the situation and what I should do next.
I then turn on my heal and run so I can try and catch up to Peyton. I get outside and look around trying to see her and finally spot her walking down the sidewalk.
"PEYTON!" I yell out but she ignores me so I run after her quickly trying to get to the spot where she is so I can walk with her. I walk along side of her and she rolls her eyes.
"I was ignoring you for a reason." I look at her with a slightly hurt look on my face at her bitter comment.
"Peyton please! We never talked about anything that happened back in high school." I plead with her and she stops to glare at me harshly.
"We never talked about it because you wouldn't let us." She states angrily, "But you want to talk? Sure lets talk. Let's talk about how close we got over that summer. Let's talk about you hooking up with Bevin at that party. Let's talk about how you ripped my heart out, chucked it on the ground and then stomped on it until it became minced meat, which in the end lead me into the arms of Felix." I flinch slightly at the mention of her relationship with Felix, it is nor a fond memory. She sighs and then takes a deep breath.
"You made me Luke and Jesus Christ you broke me as well. So don't think that a little chat is going to fix anything, it wont." She steps around me but I just cant give up on her yet.
"Peyton." I say softly as I grab her arm lightly. She spins around and slaps me across my left cheek and my head snaps to the side at the force.
"Stay away from me." She states forcefully and then turns on her heal and walks off.
I place a hand on my cheek and rub it softly trying to ease away the pain. I stand there for a good ten minutes before I find the strength to walk back to Haley's place.
I woke up at 7:30am to the sounds of Jenny singing loudly in the shower. I groan as I recognize the old tune of the Spice Girls. I groan again as I throw back my covers as well as putting on a t-shirt.
I walk down to the kitchen to see Haley cooking breakfast for her kids as well as dancing and humming a tune to one of her favourite songs. She turns around and hands me a plate, before I can give her a thankful smile she says.
"There ya go Kiddo." I raise an eyebrow at her statement and she gives me a grin.
"I'm older than you Haley." I tease her lightly and she dismisses my comment with a wave of her hand.
"That is totally irrelevant Lucas." She states with a grin as I laugh and then move to sit down at the table next to Madison and across from Jake. Jenny walks in a few minutes later and sits next to her father as Haley puts a plate in front of her.
"Good morning Uncle Luke." She states in an overly cheerful voice and I glare at her causing her to grin.
"Oh Uncle Luke did you not like my singing?" She questions and then tries to smile innocently.
"Whatever made you think that I would?" I ask her with a scowl and she mock frowns.
"Why Mum said you loved the Spice Girls and that it was the perfect way for you to be woken up." She shares an evil grin with Haley and I let out an exasperated sigh and they both laugh.
"You are truly evil Haley." She laughs and is about to answer me when the phone rings and she stands up to answer it.
"Hello? Yep just a second." She turns around, "Lucas its your Mum she wants to talk to you." She states with a smile and I stand up to take the phone from her.
"Hey Mum what can I do for you?"
"I want you to go and see Dan today." She informs me and I groan inwardly.
"Mum . . ." I say in my warning tone and I hear her sigh.
"Lucas I know you don't like your Father but during your time here you can't just sit on your ass and do nothing so would you please go and see him? He has a job that he thinks you might be interested in." I sigh knowing that I am not going to get out of this one until she has her way.
"Alright Mum I will go and see him sometime today. Is he at the dealership or the school?"
"He's at the school."
"Alright Mum, gotta go, love you."
"Love you too." I hang up the phone and run my hands over my face. Shortly after I left to join the basketball team Dan became the sports coordinator at the high school but because he didn't need to be there all the time he could still run the dealership.
I walk back into the kitchen to see Haley standing there making sure that jenny is ready. She looks up and smiles at me.
"What was that about?" She asks me softly.
"She wants me to go see Dan today at the school." Haley gives me a sympathetic smile but then it turns into a smile.
"Excellent that means you can take Jenny to school for me because she won't have her car today; it's going in for a service." She explains to me and I nod my head.
"Sure I can do that." I turn to Jenny and give her a warm smile which she returns, "That cool with you Jen?"
"As long as we get my music in the car." She states with a wink and then leaves the room to go and get her school books as I laugh. I feel a tug on my shirt and look down to see Madison looking up at me.
"Uncle Lucas don't you want to spend the day with me?" She asks with a soft pout and I give her a grin as I kneel down to her level.
"Of course I do baby girl but I have to go to school with Jenny first and then we will spend some time together ok?" She beams up at me and then runs out of the room giggling as I move at slower pace to go and get changed.
I walk into the school with Jenny as people point at us and giggle. I turn my head to look at jenny and catch her rolling her eyes at the people around her. She catches my eyes and gives me a grin which I return.
"I'm really sorry about all these losers Uncle Luke, they really have no life." I laugh at her comment and then lean over to kiss her forehead.
"Have a good day Jen; I'll see you at the end of the day ok?"
"Yep that sounds good, are you picking me up?" She questions and I nod my head.
"If you want me to."
"Of course, I want to see how many jealous stares I get." She states with an evil cackle and I shake my head.
"You're terrible Jenny."
"Thank you darling, now go and see your Father." She tells me and I scowl at the mention of my Father causing her to laugh and I mock glare at her before walking towards Dan's office.
I get there and knock on his door; I hear a muffled come in and then enter the room. He looks up as I enter and shock registers on my face.
"I didn't think you would come." He admits and I shake my head in amusement.
"You of all people should know that once my Mother has her mind set on something there is no way of getting out of it." He smirks at my comment and then nods his head.
"You couldn't be more right."
"So a job?" I ask him hesitantly and he snaps out of his trance and nods his head again.
"Yes. Some of the girls have been enquiring about getting a girls basketball team started up. I haven't been able to find a qualified coach yet and Nathan can't take anything else on so I was hoping that you would coach temporarily?" I sit there in shock for a few minutes, taking in all the information he just gave. I can't believe he actually wants me to do something for him.
"You don't have to decide right now but it will have to be in the next couple of days." He informs me and this time it is me nodding my head.
"Well I contact you soon." I say as I stand up and leave the room.
So thanks for the reviews on the last chapter everyone, I am glad that you all liked it so much. Special thanks to Forkey for reading hug Im glad your enjoying it!