Hey guys! Thanks for the wonderful reviews and keep them coming. This chapter was much longer but I decided to divide it into two chapters so I'm posting this one first. Its sort of short but I decided to leave it with somewhat of a "cliffhanger" at the end. Hope you enjoy and dont forget to review.

Cristy

Chapter 4: It Always Comes Down To Those Life Altering Moments

Lucas quickly went from thinking about the best night of his life to the worst. From remembering the night he was with the woman he loved, to remembering the night he was with the woman that by now he had learned to hate. He started to wonder how Brooke could have been so different during the few months they were dating. How can a person change so much? Or was she really just hiding her true self during that time, but if she was, that means that she was doing it ever since Peyton and her met back in their childhood and became best friends? How can you do this to a person you called a best friend for so long? Rapidly his mind shifted back to the events of that whole day and to the disastrous things that happened that night.

Light started to come in shyly through their window, but Lucas had been already awake for a while now. He had always been the early riser while she was more of the very tardy risers. Lucky for them neither had class today.

He just watched her sleep, she looked like an angel, she was so beautiful, she was so perfect; he just couldn't believe that she had chosen him as the man of her life, and he felt so thankful for that. He never wanted her to leave his side. He could just hold her in his arms forever, exactly like they were now.

Peyton's head was resting on his shoulders and shifted sides every once in a while, but never getting an inch further away from him. She was deep in her sleep, while it suddenly came to his mind that he wanted to show how much last night meant to him; he wanted her to know how much she meant to him. She wasn't going to be up for a while so he figured he had a couple of hours to prepare a romantic meal.

He carefully and silently got up from her bed and got dressed. He took her car keys and drove downtown. Even though it was pretty early he knew he would find the grocery store open because it worked 24/7, so he decided that was going to be his first stop. He took his keys and left her a note before leaving the house. It was a short drive to the store so he knew he had to make his mind up quickly about what he needed to buy.

"Strawberries, chocolate syrup, pancake mix, eggs, flowers and candles, tons of them, champagne." As he thought of how happy ad surprised she would be a light smirk appeared on his face. She might just give him some kind of special reward after this. "No, Luke focus. Try not to think about sex and Peyton together for a couple of hours." Before he knew it he was entering the parking lot of the grocery store. He quickly got off, took a shopping cart, and started to search for everything he had just written down in his mental list. All of a sudden, he felt his cell phone vibrating and quickly reached into his pockets thinking it must be either Peyton or Jon. "Jon! Oh Shit! He must be at the gym waiting for me." He tried to reach the phone even faster now, a million excuses already flashing through his mind. But strangely the number that blinked on his called id screen was unknown to him. Lucas flipped the phone opened and waited silently for someone to talk on the other end.

"Lucas are you there?"

"Brooke!" he stopped dead on his tracks when he heard her voice.

"I see you haven't forgotten my voice, Broody."

"Wao! Its been like what, six, years?" he said with a hint of surprise in his voice. "How've you been?" he asked in a more cordial tone.

"Look, Broody we can do the catching up later tonight. Right now I'm just calling to tell you that I'll be meeting you at the restaurant La Tratoria tonight at 8pm. Do you know where La Tratoria is?"

"Yeah, it's really close to my place actually. But why exactly do you want us to meet today and on such a short notice? I work and I'm not even sure if Peyton has class tonight."

"Who said anything about Peyton? I'm expecting you at the restaurant tonight, not you and Peyton. And the reason I'm calling you on such short notice is because I'm only in town for a few days and your phone is very hard to get. So I've wasted half my time here just trying to find a way to get in touch with you."

"Wait, so you are telling me you want me to have dinner with you without my girlfriend being there?"

"I don't bite Broody. You'll be fine. Or do you need Peyton babysitting you 24/7?"

"No Brooke, its not that. Its just that…"

"Its nothing Lucas. The reason why Peyton can't be there is because I want to talk to you about her. Look I heard you guys were going serious and I thought you should know some stuff before you might do something you will regret later on."

"And what would you have to say that concerns Peyton?"

"Lucas please remember the fact that I am, or was, Peyton's best friend for many years. I know her better than anybody. Do you love her?"

"With all my heart."

"Then I'll be waiting for you tonight at 8. Lucas the truth is that it's a really delicate matter. It's too important to talk about it through the phone."

"Alright I'll be there. 8 o'clock, right?"

"Yes Broody, 8 o'clock. See you then. Bye." Brooke was about to hang up when she heard Lucas's voice on the other end.

"Brooke this better be important. I have a lot of things, important things to do and I'm going to put them aside for a few hours just for this."

"Trust me it is. Oh and one more thing Lucas, just don't tell Peyton anything about our little rendez-vous."

"Brooke that's impossible. Me and Peyton, we don't have any secrets. I have to tell her."

"So you think Peyton will be glad that you are meeting a very hot girl, who just happens to be your ex-girlfriend and her ex-best friend for dinner at a very expensive restaurant and that she is not invited?"

"Brooke I…"

"Lucas it's the best thing and the right thing to do." And before he even had a chance to answer he heard the other line beep. Brooke had just hung up on him.

On the other end of the phone Brooke Davis was celebrating the outcome of part one from her plan, she had already managed to get Lucas to meet her. She seriously thought it would be harder than it was. She had a whole speech prepared for him; amazingly she didn't need it, at least not for now. Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer were going down and they wouldn't even know what hit them.