Here is the next installment to the Leyton Saga :) Hope you guys enjoy this chapter. Once you finish read my bottom notes ;) Enjoy :)
It was 10 before 9 and Peyton was working. She was cleaning up the cafe when the door's bell rang. Biggest smile grazed her lips when she saw who it was. He winked at her as he went to the back to see Karen.
"Hey mom" Lucas said hugging Karen.
"Lucas, It feels like forever since I last saw you and as happy as I am to see. You didn't come here to see me did you?" Karen said at her obvious love sick son with a smile.
"Of course I came to see you. Why else would I be here?" He told his mother sweetly.
"You know Lucas, mother's know when their child is lying to them and you my boy are definitely lying to your dear old mom."
"I'm not lying."
"Ah Ha you sure you didn't come here to see a certain blonde who's out front?"
"Well.. I came to see the two most important woman in my life."
"Uh Huh now was that so hard?" Karen said laughing
"Umm .. no. What's going on Ma?" Lucas asked knowing something was up with his mother.
"I've been meaning to talk to you for a while but I just didn't know how to tell you this."
"Tell me what? Your scaring me mom." Lucas said worried.
"Well I decided to take Lily and leave town for a bit." She explained to a stunned Lucas.
"What? Why? You can't do that. I've only been back a few months and now you want to leave?"
"Lucas, your 23 years old; you have a life of your own. You have a beautiful girlfriend who clearly cares about you a lot, you have your brother, Jamie and Haley. A good job. You are settled now I need to get out of here for a bit to discover myself too. I got accepted to this culinary school in London and I'm going there."
"London? What? What about the cafe? Who's gonna run this place?" Lucas asked taking all of this in.
"Well Haley agreed to run it during the day and Peyton will still do nights."
"So your telling me Haley and Peyton knew about this before me? Your own son."
"I needed to make plans before I confirmed with the school that I would be attending so I kinda had to ask them. Yes."
"How long? How long have they known?" Karen stayed quiet knowing he wasn't gonna like the answer.
"Mom, tell me. How long have they been keeping a secret from me."
"Lucas, this wasn't a secret. I asked them to let me be the one to tell you so if your gonna be mad at someone be mad at me not them."
"How long mom?"
"About 3 months."
"3 months? My girlfriend and sister in law kept this from me for 3 months?" Lucas yelled .
Peyton was closing up the front of the store when she saw Lucas out back. She knew Karen had planned to tell him about her plans to leave this weekend so she stayed out front to let them talk. When she heard Lucas start to get angry she decided to try to go and defuse the situation. When Lucas saw her approach, he glared at her.
"You, my mom and Haley have been lying to me for three months?" Lucas yelled at Peyton.
"We didn't lie Lucas. Your mom asked us if we could run the shop for her and then told us she wanted to tell you. It wasn't my place to tell you." Peyton said calmly but defensively. Lucas just angrily laughed.
"Seriously? Your my girlfriend! You shoulda told me."
"Lucas don't be mad at her." Karen intercepted.
"Don't be mad. Your the reason she lied to me."
"Lucas please, let's just talk about this." Peyton begged. He was hurt that the three woman in his life lied to him. He wasn't furious or outraged, he was just reeling from the hurt that they didn't think he could handle the news.
"I need to get out of here." He said as he stormed past Karen and Peyton. Peyton ran after him and grabbed his arm.
"Luke don't leave. Please." Peyton begged him. Lucas could saw this was hurting her but right now in this moment he didn't care all he knew was he couldn't stay in the same room as them.
"Peyton... right now I need to be alone. Don't wait up for me." He stormed outta there. For the last 2 months every Friday night Lucas would come by right before close and wait for Peyton and afterwards they would go by her place. It had become a sort of ritual of theirs. She loved waking up in his arms every Saturday morning with a smile on her face. It was the highlight of her week; the one day she couldn't wait for. But this time he wouldn't be coming by, her face fell when he told her not to wait up for him. She knew he wasn't gonna go home either. She had to warn her. Haley. Haley needed to know that Lucas was probably on his way over there to confront her.
"Hales?" Peyton said nervously.
"What is it Peyton?"
"Umm.. he knows. Lucas knows."
"OH! And he's angry and I think he's going to your house." Haley knew he wouldn't take the news so well.
"Okay well I'll try to explain to him that Karen deserves this."
"No you don't get it. He's angry at us for not telling him."
"Why?"
"He thinks we kept a secret from him. Karen tried to explain it to him. Hell even I did but he's hurt that we didn't tell him. Look I'm just about done here and then I'm coming over."
"Okay. See you soon then." Haley said as she hung up the phone. Just then there was a pounding on the door. He was here. Lucas was pounding on her door as she heard Nathan open the door.
"What the hell man?" Nathan asked clearly not knowing what was going on.
"Where's your wife?"
"I'm right here Lucas. Look, before you say anything" She started
"Don't Hales. How could you and Peyton keep this from me."
"Keep what?" Nathan asked not knowing what Lucas was angry about.
"My mom is moving to London with Lily to go to some culinary school."
"Well that's good isn't it?" Nathan asked Lucas. He was happy for her, he was and he would have supported her had it not been for them keeping it a secret for 3 months.
"Yeah except your WIFE and my GIRLFRIEND." He said saying every syllable slowly. "They've known for 3 months."
"What?" Nathan asked. "I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation"
"Nope." Lucas said.
"Karen begged us to let her be the one to tell you. We weren't about to argue with your mom, Lucas."
"That doesn't excuse it."
"But why did she tell you guys and not Lucas?" Nathan asked still not knowing the full details.
"Oh well cause it seems like she asked THEM to run the cafe while she was gone. She wanted to make sure everything was covered before she made the decision to go."
"You accepted without talking to me?" Nathan said to Haley who was now also angry with Haley for not making this decision together.
"Ok first of all, you need to chill Lucas. Nathan it's no big deal; I'm gonna run the shop during the day while Peyton runs it at nights."
"You still made the decision without me." Nathan said angrily. Lucas took a step back as he watched the bickering and yelling between his brother and sister in law. The front door opened and Peyton walked in. He walked out of the room as soon as he saw her. Peyton followed him as he took a step outside to the bakcyard.
"Luke" Peyton said as she approached him. He was sitting by the pool.
"Peyton please right now, I just don't want to hear it." Her heart broke at the sound of his voice.
"I can't just leave it like this. I'm sorry I didn't tell you. Can you just understand that I didn't want your mom to be angry with me. Lucas she's your mother." Peyton needed to make this better. She knew she shoulda told him in fact she kept asking Karen daily when she was gonna tell Lucas.
"Exactly why you should have told ME." He said back with a little more force then he intended.
"I didn't want her to hate me. I want her to like me Lucas and telling you would have caused a rift in my relationship with her and I couldn't stand the thought of her hating me. I don't have a mother Lucas cause she's dead and my father walked out on me when he married my step monster and your mother, well she's the closest thing I have to a parental figure so can you understand that I didn't want to ruin that and please, please forgive me?" Peyton begged hoping she'd get through to him.
Lucas glanced at her as she confessed. Even though he understood a bit more why she hadn't told him he was still angry and he couldn't just let it go.
"Just leave Peyton. I need time to process all of this." Lucas said as he looked down at his hands. Peyton didn't know what else she could say; she felt defeated. So she got up, nodded her head in understanding and whispered with her broken voice
"I'm sorry" with that she left him there to ponder. Lucas just watched her go. He was still angry but he also never wanted to see her hurt and he strugled with himself as he sat still by the pool.
Peyton made her way through the Scott household invisibly as Nathan and Haley we're still yelling.
"Where you going?" Nathan asked Peyton as she was about to leave.
"Home. I said what I could but he doesn't wanna hear it so hopefully he'll come to me when he's ready." She said as her emotions we're going in overdrive.
"At least she's smart." Nathan said as Haley took a step back not believing the words he just said.
"You know what? Wait up Peyton I'm coming with you." Haley said angrily as she glared at Nathan. If looks could kill he'd be 10 feet under. They slammed the door hard before he had a chance to speak. Nathan turned as he saw Lucas walking in.
"Where's Haley?" Lucas asked
"She left with Peyton." Nathan said as they both stood there watching the door almost wishing it would open again.
In the car ride back to Peyton's house, it was nothing but silence. They wanted to cry but they didn't; they we're trying to keep it together for one another. Once they reached the house, they laid beside each other in Peyton's bed and that's when it all came out. They both fell asleep with teary eyes.
Lucas and Nathan we're sitting on the couch watching a basketball game. Lucas and Nathan kept looking at each other then turned back to the game.
"I miss her" Lucas said to Nathan as he stood up and started pacing
"I miss Hales" Nathan put his head in between his hands and shook his head.
Lucas lost his nerve as he grabbed his jacket and keys.
"Where you going?" Nathan asked
"To get my girl" Lucas said as he headed for the door.
"Wait up. I'm coming too." Nathan said as they both left together.
Once they reached Peyton's house the lights we're off, they knew they we're probably sleeping.
"How are we gonna get in? Looks like they're sleeping." Nathan asked as Lucas pulled out his keys, Nathan stared at him.
"What?"
"Peyton gave you a key to her house?" Nathan asked surprised.
"Yeah? What's the big deal?" Lucas asked.
"Nothing I just didn't know you two we're this serious"
"I guess we are." Lucas said as he opened the door to the house. They made their made to Peyton's bedroom and both smiled as they watched them sleep.
"I'm gonna wake Haley up first." Nathan said as he approached her.
"Hales wake up" Nathan said nudging her as she stirred awake.
"Nathan? What? What's going on?" Haley asked semi asleep
"We're going home babe. Come I'll carry you." Nathan said as he swept her up in his arms. He winked at Lucas and whispered "Good Luck" as he passed by him and walked down the stairs.
"Nathan" Haley murmured
"Me too Hales, Me too." Nathan said as they left Peyton's.
Lucas watched Peyton sleeping as a smile grazed his lips, he came a bit closer and could see she had been crying. He cautiously laid down in the spot Haley was just laying in and continued to stare at her. After a few minutes Lucas gently nudged her but she was in a deep sleep and didn't wake so he nudged her again.
"Haley stop touching me." Peyton moaned as Lucas laughed. Peyton went back to sleep and again Lucas nudged her this time Peyton jumped up.
"Haley I said stop touching..." And she stopped as her eyes locked with Lucas's. Peyton blinked her eyes but he was still there. She looked around the room no sign of Haley. She looked back at Lucas and then asked "You're real?" Lucas laughed at a sleepy Peyton. as he nodded his head.
"Yes Peyton I'm real." Peyton jumped in his arms and hugged him tighter then she ever had before as she started crying. He could feel her tears soaking in his shirt.
"Shhh don't cry. You know I hate to see you cry." Lucas said pulling her back. She had her head down.
"Look at me" Lucas said as he lifted her chin up but kept her eyes closed.
"Open your eyes beautiful." He said as she reluctantly opened them and looked up at him.
"I'm sorry" Peyton said.
"I know you are."
"If I could go back I would, I would tell you right away even if your mom would hate me; I would tell you because I can't lose you."
"Hey, your not losing me. Okay?" Lucas said as Peyton nodded her head.
"It's gonna take a whole lot more for that to happen and even then I don't think there's anything you could do to lose me. You have no clue how much you mean to me. But no more lies please."
"No more lies." Peyton said grogily. It had been an emotional day and they both needed their rest.
"Let's go to bed Peyton." Lucas said. He removed his pants and shirt and laid under the blanket as Peyton snuggled into him.
"Goodnight Lucas" Peyton whispered as she titled his head towards her and captured his lips. It was a kiss full of emotion. Peyton pulled back and smiled at him. He kissed her nose sweetly
"Goodnight Peyton"
Peyton fell asleep quickly as Lucas laid there watching her sleeping so peaceful remembering the events of the day. Sleep was about to overtake him when he heard Peyton whisper
"Lucas I ..." and just as suddenly it went quiet. His eyes shot open. Was she just about to tell him what he thought she was?
"You what?" Lucas asked. Silence. He looked down at Peyton who was sleeping.
"Me too baby" He whispered as he let sleep take him.
So I didn't want their ILY's to be done like this. Just thought I'd give something for Lucas to ponder on. Next chapter I'll delve more into that which should be up tonight. Took me all day to write this chapter and it was a bit draining to write the fight scene. :) I wanted to have Lucas and Peyton deal with everyday issues. I don't know how long I plan on making this story. Like I mentioned before right now I have lots of inspiration to write which is why I'm giving you guys 2 chapters daily as long as I have ideas it'll keep going anyways my question for ya'll is how would you like Leyton to tell each other their ILY's. I wanna make it special so... do you want it during a fight? after a fight? during morning bliss? during an emotional scene? Leave your answers in the comments but be quick cause it might be in the next chapter or not all depends on what I decide to do for the next chapter. Well don't forget to send me a comment :)