So heres the second chapter. Its kinda short, which Im sorry for lol But I reallly liked how I ended it so I wanted to post it today. It probably took me like a half hour to write ths so Im quite proud of my self lol
"Well that's the rest of it." Peyton said as she finished picking up the last pieces of glass.
After bandaging up his wound, Peyton and Luke began cleaning up the mess off the floor. Luke had insisted on doing it but Peyton just ignored his request and continued the clean.
Now standing there in awkward silence, Peyton was the first to break it.
"So how's your hand feeling?"
"It's better now...Thank you." He said genuinely and gave her a soft smile. He took a deep breath and continued.
"Listen, Peyton about before..."
She let out a frustrated sigh "Luke, can we please just forget this whole thing ok? Let's just pretend we never said anything and go back to the way things were" she said with a small voice, and a hint of sadness, which didn't go unnoticed.
"I don't think I can, Peyton...not until you let me explain."
"You don't have too-"
"But I want to Peyton, You need to know the truth….please?'' he said, with pleading eyes.
If it wasn't for his crippled hand and the desperation in his voice, Peyton would have told him to leave…But the way he was looking at her right now, she wanted nothing more than to fall into his arms. She gave a slight nod.
He smiled bright, grabbed her hand and led her out to the front porch.
They sat down, side by side, in comfortable silence and just breathed in the cool summer air. It was nights like these that made life seem simple and safe. It took you from reality and showed you how beautiful things really are. Lucas looked over and watched Peyton. She had her eyes closed, as if
savoring the moment before it would vanish. This gave him a chance to just soak her in, like all the times he's done before.
She opened her eyes and looked over to see him looking at her. He then turned away, slightly blushing.
Lucas Scott, Blushing? Who knew? A small smile tugged at the side of her lip.
"So…" they said at the same time. They shared a light chuckle and Lucas began to speak.
"Peyton…I sorry about before, upstairs. I shouldn't have said that."
"Luke...You were right."
His eyebrows raised, slightly confused "What?''
"I kept running, from us and what we were. Every time we had the chance to be together I just blew it and walked away."
"Peyt-" she held up her hand
"Just let me get this off my chest." He nodded for her to continue.
"No one's ever wanted me the way you did Luke, not even Nathan. You said you wanted to be here" she placed her hand to her chest"… and I never let anyone here. When we went behind Brookes back, I just couldn't help myself, I felt like I had to be with you. It was the only thing that made sense in my life. But then I just got...scared." She finished in a small voice and looked down, afraid to meet his eyes.
He scooted closer and lifted her chin with his hand. She looked up and he could have sworn he fell in love all over again.
"Scared of what Peyt?''
She looked into his eyes, finding the courage to continue. She let out an uneasy breath.
"Scared of you…"
He looked at, her taken back at what she just said. He realized his hand was still holding her chin, and that moment his gaze fell to her lips. Her voice brought him back.
" I had never let a guy take control of my heart and my feelings, but then you came along. I was scared at how much you had felt for me… ". She wasn't aware of the few tears that had fallen but she wiped them away and sat up straight
"Let's just forget it...Luke ok...Just..." she began to stutter " What we had was just fling, it meant nothing…and it's over now"
"Peyton you have to listen to me when I say...I never said you were a mistake"
"Luke its fine ok I get it, you told Brooke so she would know that you still love her and its fine really." She began to ramble and stood up off the bench. She began to walk to the front door until she heard his voice.
"I meant what we did was a mistake". She froze in her spot and began to turn around.
"Us, going behind her back, THAT was a mistake…, Never you. Never us." He started to walk over to Peyton and stopped, rather closely and took her hands.
"The only real mistake I made with us...Was letting you go that night you came to my room."
She looked up at him, shock written all over his face.
"If I never let you go that night, we would still be together.''
And in one small movement, he cupped her face and stared into her eyes, and crashed his lips into hers.
It took her less than a minute to wrap her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss. He snaked his arms around her waist and pushed her lightly against the door. A whole year worth of pent up love and tension was released in that kiss. In that moment there was no Brooke, there was no Jake.
It was just a reunion of two lips.
Lucas and Peyton.
So there it is. I kinda went a different route then I wanted to, so now I dunno what Ima do the next chapter lol I gona bring up brooke and the box and stuff and Luke still needs to tell her he loves her so I have some work to do lol
And the ending was HARD TO WRITE lol i had no idea how to describe a freakin kiss, and it was an LP kiss so I wanted to make it perfect or somewhat perfect lol anywoo let me know what you think, your reviews and thoughts are love to me! thank you )