So Far Away
As Peyton reached her house, she felt like punching a wall, everything with her and Lucas was great until Brooke and Jake had come back, not that Peyton wasn't happy to see them because she was, she just wasn't happy about the way things had been going with her and Lucas that day, it was like their whole relationship had fell to pieces in just a few short hours, she knew that sounded crazy, but it was true, one of the craziest things about the day was that Brooke and Jake came back on the same day. Peyton sighed as she walked up the stairs of her house and entered her room where earlier her and Lucas had been, together, happy together. She slowly unzipped her leather jacket she had worn on her walk home, she was soaked again from the rain, Peyton removed her clothes and changed into a pair of sweatpants and a tshirt, with her hair still in a ponytail, Peyton sat at her computer desk, clicking up the music file on her desktop, she opened a song that would fit her mood at the moment, So Far Away by Crossfade, she had it playing loudly as she began to draw. She tried to draw something, but everything that came out on the paper looked wrong to her, somehow it didn't fit. Peyton huffed in anger and threw her drawing pad and pencil across the room, as it hit her closet door, a few tears fell from her eyes. She woudln't lie, she was in pain, knowing the fact that she could not have Lucas in her life, have him to love her, it made her want to curl up and cry. As the song continued to play, Peyton saw her cellphone lighting up and vibrating, she turned down the music as she answered it.
"Hello." She said in a low voice as she whiped away a few tears.
"Peyt." Lucas said with a tone that could tell he was upset too.
"Lucas, why are you calling?" She asked trying not to let her pain show through in her tone.
"I need to talk to you." He told her as he stood in his bathroom, he went in there to hide from Brooke.
"We need to talk." Peyton told him knowing what she had to do.
"I know." He said about ready to tell her his decision.
"Lucas, we can't be together right now." Peyton blurted out interupting him.
"What do you mean, Peyton?" He asked in suprise at what she said to him.
"Lucas, it's just getting too hard, we can't hurt people we care about." She said as her voice started to crack showing she was crying.
"It's not, we can make this work!" He said to her knowing she was crying.
"No, we can't." Peyton told him as she hung up her phone.
He honestly couldn't believe what she had done. She claimed to love him, but hurt him like this, he didn't understand, he knew how she felt about him, he knew she wanted to be with him. As a few tears fell from his eyes, he began to punch the wall in anger, Lucas couldn't believe that the girl he loved had broke his heart. Well, he had done the same to her awhile ago, he had broken her heart, and he was sure seeing Brooke come back hurt Peyton too, about as much as kissing Jake hurt Lucas. Brooke heart comotion come from the bathroom as she sat on Luke's bed. Brooke slowly got up and opened the bathroom door. "Lucas." She said in a low voice as she saw him standing there with a bloody knuckle. He only looked up at her for a second until he turned around washing his hand off in the sink. "Are you okay?" She asked standing in the doorway. "No." He told her as he walked past her, walking to his bed to sit down, he looked at her. Shrugging, he got up, walking closer to Brooke, she took a deep breath. Lucas finally stood infront of her, he grabbed her pulling her closer, he needed something, he wasn't sure what, but this would do, he began to kiss Brooke with a passion he had only kissed Peyton with.
She sat there at her desk with tears coming down her cheeks still. She couldn't believe what she had just done, it's what she felt was best, atleast for now. Peyton knew Lucas loved her, she had to fix this, she had to fix her heart. Peyton got up, running out her front door, not even noticing the rain had stopped, Peyton ran to his house. As she reached his house, she got nervous, Peyton walked to the door that linked onto his room and opened the door, walking in she saw him with Brooke, her heart sank into the pit of her stomach, she felt sick, she felt betrayed. Lucas looked up seeing she was standing there. As Peyton shook her head standing there, he didn't know what to say to her, he knew this hurt her more then anything. He walked closer to her trying to touch her, but she only jerked away. Peyton speechless turned around and ran, ran to Jake's house. As she reached his front poarch, she knocked on the door. The door finally opened up, seeing Jake standing there, Peyton walked in wrapping her arms around him, she cried. "I made a mistake.." She told him as he hugged her back. "It's okay." He told her as he began to kiss her.