Okay, I'm sorry but this one is really short. But, I figured that nobody would want to read more Pucas, and honestly, I didn't feel like writing more. I just needed Lucas to be able to be mean to her...plus, I love this song. I had to use it. The next three are going to be pure Brucas!
Again, I didn't have a beta, so please forgive the errors.
Don't forget to leave a review! Oh and if anyone has a song by Justin Timberlake in mind that would be a good one for Brucas to meet to...let me know!
Hey girl, is he everything you wanted in a man?
I don't know why I agreed to meet her there. Maybe because I wanted to test myself around her, or maybe because she once meant so much to me. Whatever it was, I still sat across from her, awkwardly tapping my fingers against the table, waiting for her to start the conversation.
"So, Peyton," I began, hoping she would finish.
"Lucas," she opened her mouth like she was going to continue, only to shut it and sit back in her chair.
"How are things with you and Wade?" Okay, that might not have been the best question to ask, but I was bitter. I wanted her to think I was okay with it, and completely over her.
"It's good," she nodded. It was a lie; I could see right through her. She passed me up, and now she was regretting it.
You know I gave you the world
You had me in the palm of your hand
So why your love went away
I just can't seem to understand
Thought it was me and you babe
Me and you until the end
But I guess I was wrong
I would have done anything for this woman while we were together. I doted on her, bought her things. I considered myself the best boyfriend to her. Our future was so bright. I had it all planned out. My book had just ben published. Royalties form that were starting to pour in, and I was finding myself with a lot of extra money.
There was no other girl in the room when I was with her. She held my heart in the palm of her hand. But, she just threw all of that out of the window, and for someone who didn't have half of what I had.
It's funny how things like that turn out. In fact, just the other day I was talking to my mom about it. In high school, she met my father, or sperm donor as I so often refer to him as, and thought she would marry him and live happily ever after. But, things changed, and he ended up getting my mom pregnant, and my brother's mom pregnant within the span of three months. But, watching my mom grow up, I knew I would be able to get over this. She raised me on her own, a constant reminder of the bastard, and was more than okay doing it.
Maybe that was why I was sitting across from her.
"So, just tell me, Peyton," I leaned forward, "when exactly was it that you stopped loving me and fell for him?"
"Do we have to do this, Luke?" She signed and turned away.
"It is why you called me here, right? To get closure and all that good stuff."
"No, I called because I thought it would be okay to be friends again."
"Oh, you did?" I chuckled, and took a sip of my drink. "Do you really think we can be friends? After what you did?"
"Lucas, I know I messed up, but I, I-"
"Just cut the crap, Peyton," I shook my head.
Don't want to think about it
Don't want to talk about it
I'm just so sick about it
Can't believe it's ending this way
Just so confused about it
Feeling the blues about it
I just can't do without ya
Tell me is this fair?
"Do you realize what I would have done for you? The lengths I would have gone to, to make you happy? And you just threw all of it away. Like it was nothing. Like we were nothing. And now you sit here and say you want to be friends with me?"
"I miss you, Lucas," she sobbed, tears streaming down her face.
"And why do you miss me, Peyton? Please, tell me. It couldn't have been something you've done, right?" There was hatred in my voice, and I wanted her to feel it.
"Please, Lucas, can we just stop this?"
"No, we can't stop this, Peyton. Damnit!" I slammed my hands onto the table. "You cheated on me! You threw away my future, our future! We had everything going for us, and you just tossed it to the side!"
"I know I did! What I did was so wrong, I know! But, somewhere along the way I just got lost. I knew who I was with you, but I didn't know who I was alone. You were all I've ever known, Lucas! I wanted to see what everything else was like!"
"Oh, and are you happy about that?"
Is this the way it's really going down?
Is this how we say goodbye?
Should've known better when you came around
That you were gonna make me cry
It's breaking my heart to watch you run around
'Cause I know that you're living a lie
"Yeah, I'm happy." There it was again. A lie. A lie about the same exact thing as before. I wanted to crack her; make her admit she was feeling horrible.
"I should have know you were going to do this. I should have known you couldn't stay happy with me. It's my own fault. All those times in high school people told me those things. And I believed you when you said they weren't true. I gave up so much for you! I lost a lot of friends along the way, you know!"
That's okay baby 'cause in time you will find...
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around
Comes all the way back around
Now girl, I remember everything that you claimed
You said that you were moving on now
And maybe I should do the same
Funny thing about that is
I was ready to give you my name
Thought it was me and you, babe
And now, it's all just a shame
And I guess I was wrong
"Do you realize that I was going to ask you to marry me? I had the ring and everything. I was ready to give you my last name! I wanted to start my life with you. The white picket fence, and the kids. We had it all, Peyton."
"I know we did, Lucas. But, things just happen, you know? I'm sorry for what I did." She wiped her face with her napkin, finally controlling her emotions. "I did give up a lot by leaving you, but Wade. He's a good man. He treats me good."
"Yeah, right, Peyton," I shook my head, and let out a bitter laugh.
"What? He does."
You spend your nights alone
And he never comes home
And every time you call him
All you get's a busy tone
I heard you found out
That he's doing to you
What you did to me
Ain't that the way it goes
"Are you kidding me? I've heard about him, and what he's been doing. In fact, I've even seen him out. You're going to sit there and lie to me about him being such a great man. No, he's not. Because he's doing the exact same thing to you, that you did to me. And, honestly, I can't say that you don't deserve it."
I broke her again. She stared at me in shock for a moment, and then broke down, bawling into her hands. The tiniest part of me actually felt guilty because it was my words that was doing this to her. But, the other other part wouldn't let me feel sorry, not after what she did. She deserved this from me.
When you cheated girl
My heart bleeded girl
So it goes without saying that you left me feeling hurt
Just a classic case
A scenario
Tale as old as time
Girl you got what you deserved
"Now you know how I felt. You cheated on me, Peyton. You let me go on thinking that Wade and you were friends, and actually let me befriend him myself. All the time knowing what you were doing behind my back. And, you know, you didn't even have the balls to tell me. He did. now, he's out there doing the exact same thing to you. How does it feel?"
"Lucas, why are you being so mean? I know he cheats on me, okay!" Finally, she admitted it. "I know! Damn it! I've known for awhile now. But, I need someone! Okay! I needed someone, so I called you! I need you to be my friend, so I can talk to you!"
And now you want somebody
To cure the lonely nights
You wish you had somebody
That could come and make it right
But girl I ain't somebody with a lot of sympathy
You'll see
I scoffed at her. She actually thought I would come to the rescue and save her from the hell she'd put herself in? This girl had lost her mind. I started to stand, knowing this conversation wasn't worth my time.
"You came to the wrong person, Peyton. I'm not going to sit here and tell you that it's going to be okay. Because it's not. You got yourself into this mess, you deal with it. In the mean time, forget that you ever knew me."
(What goes around comes back around)
I thought I told ya, hey
(What goes around comes back around)
I thought I told ya, hey
(What goes around comes back around)
I thought I told ya, hey
(What goes around comes back around)
I thought I told ya, hey
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See?
You should've listened to me, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Because
(What goes around comes back around)
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