Title: Totally Lost

Author: tjmack

Category: Angst, Romance, Tragedy

Spoilers: Some Spoilers

Summary: AU After Episode 408. Peyton tells Lucas she loves him, but he's not sure he feels the same way. When a freak accident, lands Peyton in critical condition, Lucas may have to live with the fact that he might not get the chance to confess his love for Peyton.

Notes: This is my first Leyton fic…so please bare with me. I don't own OTH or any of the characters...please R&R

Chapter One: Overdue

Peyton sat on her bed, the night be fore's events following through her head.

"Lucas, I love you," Peyton said, grinning widely.

"I love you too, Peyt," Lucas said back too her.

"You don't understand, I've been holding this in for a really long time. I just need you too know. I love you, I'm in love with you," Peyton said, hoping, no praying that Lucas felt the same way.

Instead of hearing the words she had longed to hear, instead of hearing him tell her how much he loved her, all he could say was oh.

Peyton was brought back to reality when her record stopped playing. She didn't realize that she had just lost an hour. She was due at the school, in fifteen minutes, and she wasn't even dressed. She jumped up off of her bed, and grabbed her cheerleading outfit, she had lying, on her nightstand.

She ran down the hall, and into the bathroom. She turned toward the shower, and turned the knob. At first it was really cold, so she let it warm up before jumping in. She showered quickly, and dressed just as fast. She grabbed her gym bag, and headed for the door. She opened the door, and locked it. Before stepping outside, she glanced at her watch, she only had seven minutes to make a ten minute long drive.

She ran down her steps and into her car, she refused to be late. Especially considering, her and Brooke where still having problems.

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Lucas got his shower ready, thinking back on what Peyton had said to him the night before. Was he really ready to walk down that road again. The last time he was there, everyone involved got hurt. He cared about Peyton, but did he love her, the way that she deserved.

He got in the shower, and his mind automatically went to Peyton again. He just couldn't get her out of his mind, no matter how hard he tried. Did this mean that he really did love her.

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Peyton, ran a stop sign that seemed to jump out of nowhere. Although she was speeding, she still didn't remember that sign being there before. She knew that she should really be careful, but she was down to four minutes and still seven minutes to go. She increased her speed, just a little to get her there a little faster.

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Lucas ran out the door, cell in hand. He figured it out, he did love Peyton, he had to tell her. He dialed her number.

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Peyton, heard her cell ringing. She fumbled threw her bag, while trying to keep her car on the road. She got a hold of her cell, just as she looked up she saw a truck heading straight for her. She gripped the wheel, and turned it hard to the right. She turned it to far, and so the back of her car, fishtailed into the other lane. She went to once again correct it, but this time she over corrected again, and the back of her car, made contact with a tree, which spun her into the other lane, which caused the truck to hit her, on the driver side.

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Lucas, waited as her phone kept ringing, but instead of her answering it, it went to voice mail. The last thing Lucas would hear from Peyton was this

"Hey you've reach Peyton, leave a message, I'll call you back."

Lucas didn't know how much his life would change that day.