No Happy Ending or Maybe So

Ch. 19 Oh Hell No

Brooke had dropped Peyton and the kids off at her house. She told Peyton that she needed to run a few errands and thought it would be best if Peyton rested. She didn't have any errands to run, but she did need to see Brooke.

Lucas was still in Julie's bedroom. He was going to make everything perfect for his little girl. He heard a knock at the door, "Come in it's opened," he yelled.

He continued to look at all the things he had bought for Julie. He had every girly thing he could think of. Brooke walked in and smiled, "Wow this looks amazing."

"Only the best for my daughter," he said with a big smile on his face. "You think she is going to like it?"

Brooke sighed, "Well..." Lucas cut her off.

"What's going on?" he could tell by Brooke's voice that something was up.

She took a deep breath, "I think Julie is going to love it if you show to her before she leaves."

Lucas was thorougly confused, "What do you mean when she leaves?"

Brooke sat on the bed next to Luke, "You have to convince her to stay."

"Brooke, will you please tell me what the hell you are talking about?"

Brooke looked at him. She was hurting for him in every way. "Peyton has decided to take the kids back to LA permanently."

Lucas' face turned three shades of red. He was furious, "She can't do that," he got off the bed.

"Well she is unless you can convince her otherwise."

"I just met Julie, she can't take her away from me," he was heartbroken. "I won't let her."

"She thinks they would be better off in LA," Brooke told him sadly.

"I can't believe that she thinks it would be better for my daughter to be away from me again. I missed four years of Julie's life, but I will not miss any more. I can guarantee you that," he said angrily.

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Later that night after Brooke got home she kept expecting Lucas to show up, but he didn't. She was surprised but thought that it might be for the best.

Peyton was in her room packing her things. She hadn't brought that many things with her, but Brooke had bought her a whole new wadrobe which Peyton adored. She didn't want to leave, but she had too. She had already packed the kids things for the trip. Christine had booked them a flight for the next day. Peyton wasn't thrilled that her mother in law was still trying to rule her life, but she knew that Christine deserved to see her grandchildren.

She was throwing things into her suitcase when she heard the door open, "Bro..." she turned around to see Lucas standing behind her. "Lucas what are you doing here?"

"What are you doing Peyton?" he said in a rather calm voice.

She scrunched her forehead at him in confusion, "I'm packing, but I don't see how that is any of your business."

"It is most definitely my business Peyton," he shut the door behind him.

"Lucas why are you so upset?"

"I can't believe you are doing this to me," he yelled at her.

"What am I doing to you?" she asked but she already knew the answer. Brooke had gotten to him.

He clinched his fist, "You know damn well what you are doing to me Peyton, and I'll be damned if I let you get away with it."

"Do not talk to me that way Lucas," she hissed at him.

"Don't take her from me Peyton," he demanded.

"Brooke shouldn't have told you."

He clinched his fist even tighter, "What the hell Peyton? Was I just supposed to come over here and find out for myself that you had taken my daughter away from me."

"I was going to bring her by Luke I promise," Peyton told him.

"Your promises don't mean a damn thing to me," his words hurt her more than she thought they would. "You promised that I would get to be apart of her life, and now you are just going to take her away from me just like that. I won't let you," Lucas yelled at her.

"You can't stop me. She's my daughter," Peyton warned him.

"You've kept her from me for four years, I think the courts might see things my way," Lucas glared at her.

"You wouldn't take me to court?"

"I would do anything to be with my daughter. You know what Peyton I have been very calm about this whole situation. I haven't really yelled at you or let my emotions get the best of me, but there is no way in hell I'm gonna let you take her from me. I can't let you do that," he was furious with Peyton and she could tell.

"I don't want to take her from you Luke," she had tears in her eyes, "But living here is what Julian wanted, and I can't."

"You can," he told her.

Peyton sat down on the bed, "After we met, and Julian found out where I was from he said that one day we would live here together. He had it all figured out Luke. He wanted to live in Tree Hill and grow old together, but now I have to grow old without him, and I don't think I can do it in that house."

She was crying but Lucas was still mad at her, "I don't care what you have to do Peyton, but please don't take Julie away from me. I love her more than I ever thought possible. I need her in my life. Before you came back, and before I found out Julie was my daughter I was in a very dark place, but she's brought me out of that, and I can't lose her. Think of something Peyton, but I can't lose her." He was now crying. Peyton hadn't seen Lucas cry that many times even when things had gotten really bad. She knew that this was killing him. She knew telling Christine that they were going to stay in Tree Hill would be difficult, but seeing Lucas cry was much more difficult.

"We'll stay," she said quietly.

"You will?"

She sighed, "I would do anything for you Lucas."

"Don't ever take her from me Peyton. I don't know what I would do if I lost her. She means to much to me," he told her. Peyton could tell that Lucas loved his daughter.

"But I still have to go to LA tomorrow. I guess I'll be packing up my things," she informed him.

"Then I'll go with you," he said.

"Luke, you don't have to do that."

"Yes I do," he said as he walked to the door. "I'll see you in the morning." He walked out of her room, and just like that Lucas was helping her again. She didn't want his help, but she knew she would always need it.

Ok So I hope you guys liked that chapter. I hope I did it justice. I wasn't going to update tonight, but your reviews made me happy and I was very motivated. I really hope you guys enjoy, and I hope all of you that celebrate have a very Merry Christmas. If you guys are generous I may find time to update tomorrow.