Authors Note: I know you all would be heart broken over Lucas and Peyton breaking up, lol, kidding, but I knew some wouldn't like it, there will be suprises in the next few chapters, I promise.
I'd Rather Walk Away
The first day of school, she knew it was coming, as she got ready that morning, Peyton could only think of the things that had went on the previous day, her mind wouldn't be on school atleast not for awhile, things in her life were so screwed up, Peyton had to fix them, she had to crawl out of the space that she sat in at the moment. She felt depressed without Lucas. This was so unlike Peyton, but she had a secret love for Ashlee Simpson's cd, she knew it was so unlike her, but considering the crappy day she had before, she had it playing loudly in the background as she got ready for school. A few songs on the cd just made her feel better about love, like it happened to everyone, that everyone got a broken heart once or twice in their lifetime. Peyton was tempted to grab her cellphone and call him, but would he even answer, wait, no, she couldn't call him, she is the one that caught him making out with his ex, and she went running back to Jake, both of them were in the wrong this time. She finished getting ready, as she walked down the stairs of her house and out the front door, she realized she forgot her bookbag upstairs, along with her cellphone and money. Peyton sighed as she ran back in her house to hear her cellphone ringing. Hoping it was him, she ran upstairs grabbing it, not even looking at the caller ID, she answered. "Hello." She said in a low voice. Realizing it was only Jake she sighed. He could tell she was a bit upset, but didn't say anything, he mainly just told her he'd meet her at school. Peyton said "Okay." and hung up the phone. As she grabbed her book bag, she stuck her cellphone in her pocket. Running down stairs and out the door realizing she was almost late, Peyton got into her car. As she drove fast to school, she replayed the day before in her head, hoping school would get some of it off of her mind.
As he walked through the halls of Tree Hill High, he thought about his life and what he had done yetserday to screw it up. Kissing Brooke right after Peyton had broke his heart was the wrong thing to do, he'd admit that, but she hurt him, she hurt him badly. He knew that she knew she was going to hurt him, but he guessed she felt like she had to do it. Thats just how Peyton was, when she felt as if she had to do something, she did it without always thinking it through. After meeting up with Brooke, he tried to get the thoughts out of his head, but couldn't. He just pretended as if everything was okay, as he put his arm around Brooke, they both walked outside. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Peyton sitting on a bench with Jake, Jake having his arm around her. He looked down at Brooke and smiled. "Hey, i'll be back in a few minutes. I gotta go grab something from my locker." He told her as he grabbed his cellphone texting Peyton. "Meet me in the library." It said under a blocked number. As Peyton grabbed her vibrating cellphone, she read the message and told Jake that she would be back in a few. Getting up, she walked quickly to the library, as she looked around she didn't see anyone. She sighed and walked to the back of the library seeing Lucas. Peyton turned around to walk away, but she couldn't, she couldn't walk away from him, although she would rather walk away, she couldn't bring herself to take another step.
"You mean everything to me." She heard as she slowly turned around facing him.
"Lucas, we can't do this." She told him as she walked a bit closer to him.
"Yes we can. We're not with the ones we truly want to be with, you know that." He told her as his hand cupped her face.
"I know." She told him as he pulled her closer to him, Lucas slowly put his arms around her. Peyton rested her head on his chest.