A/N: I haven't watched the latest episode, so I really don't know what Lucas' reaction is. But here's my version anyway. Thank you's are at the bottom. Just reposting. Nothing new. :)
The Other Half: Never Quite Discussed
Surprise, Surprise!
"Hello?" She answered the phone as it went off madly. It had been going off for quite a while now. Out of curiosity, she picked it up.
"Hey baby." The voice on the other end of the line said. It sounded surprised, and teasing. "I didn't expect you to answer my call." She'd remember that voice anywhere. She hates it so much that she couldn't forget about it.
"Why are you calling Lucas?" She asks.
"I'm making his book into a movie, or have you forgotten about that too?" Julian says letting Peyton hear his evil laughs.
"Screw you!" She cussed and then hung up. She's already having a bad day as it is and she really doesn't need him to add to it.
"What was that?" Lucas who stood behind her, quite surprised asked. He looks upset. She then recalls about what Nathan told her.
"Lucas, baby, you need to let me explain okay?" She says, and she starts to panic. What goes around really comes around.
"Why? So you can feed me more of your lies Peyton?" He replies, his voice rising every second that passed.
"I didn't mean for it to happen! The next thing I know, I was naked in bed with him!" Her tears started to fall as she inched closer to him, but as she took one step forward, he made two steps back.
"What?!" He hadn't expected to find out about that. Hell, he hadn't thought that something like that happened.
"We just broke up Luke. I was so lost…and then Julian came and it happened…" Her voice trailed off, wanting him to say something. "He was there for me and I had no choice!"
"Julian?" He started to pace around. "The movie producer?" He asks, and when Peyton started to cry some more, he took it as a yes. "But you met him and you acted like you don't know him!" He says, suddenly feeling stupid. He finds it hard to believe that what she's telling him is even half of what really happened.
"I know…I should've told you Luke, but it was in the past, it doesn't matter anymore." She argues. Unfortunately, she didn't know that to Lucas, the past matters, a lot.
"You know what? I don't want to hear it." He says, and he's sure he sees a glint of hope in her eyes, which slowly vanished when he spoke his next words. "I want you out of here when I get back."
"Lucas, please! Please Luke! We didn't mean for it to happen." She begged and she hugged him, but he only pushed her back.
"Now I know how Brooke felt when we did what we did to her in high school. The sad part is, Julian isn't even my best friend." He spat and it only caused Peyton to cry more.
"We were broken up! You can't do this Luke! We're getting married! Please, we can fix this." She begs once more, but none of her words seem to reach him.
"I guess our wedding isn't meant to happen. We're not meant to be like everyone says. We're just a fucking lie." He spats angrily at her. Seeing her on her knees doesn't even trigger a feeling of pity. "And you know what? I wasn't even talking about you sleeping with Julian." He adds, and her eyes grew bigger.
"No! You're only saying that because you're mad right now. Please, we have to talk Lucas." She says once more, failing to meet his eyes this time.
He scoffs. He couldn't believe she thinks he's only capable of saying that when he's mad. "I should be sorry, but I'm not. No wedding is happening. I don't want to find you here when I get back." He says and he storms out of his own house slamming the door as he did so.
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"Have you reached Brooke yet?" Nathan asked Haley who is still on her phone waiting for someone to pick up on the other end of the line.
"No." She replies when she ends the call. "Her phone just keeps on ringing, maybe I should check on her." She says, growing worried of the brunette.
"Lucas isn't picking up either." Nathan says as he too ended the call he's making. "What do you think happened yesterday?" He asks.
"Most likely than not, Lucas tried to rehash the past and the two of them got into a fight." Haley concluded, and Nathan could only nod in agreement. That's something that's not impossible to happen between Brooke and Lucas.
"I tried Peyton's cell and she's not answering either." Nathan says and Haley had to shake her head. Boy, if they only knew what happened.
They hear a knock on their front door, both hoping it's either Lucas or Brooke. "Peyton?" Nathan was surprised to see her there, he's even more surprised to see her crying. "Haley! A little help here!" He called out as he dragged in Peyton's things and let the blonde in.
"What the – Peyt? What happened?" Haley rushed to her side. She hadn't been expecting to see her, much less see her crying.
"Lucas…angry…he…engagement…" She said in between sobs, but Haley could only understand so much.
"Honey, you need to calm down." She says, running a hand through the blonde's back. "Calm down first, okay? Then you can tell me what happened." She adds, as she motioned for Nathan to call Lucas.
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Sure he was so drunk last night that Nathan had to get him home. That doesn't mean he's not aware of what happened, that he didn't know he said some things and punched Owen in the process, because he does.
He'd just been to her house in an attempt to redeem himself, but there was no luck. It was either she's really out or she's just too mad to open the door for him. He thinks it's the latter. So for now, he leaves, coming up with a better plan. He'll just keep calling her.
"Hi Brooke, it's Lucas…again. I'm pretty sure I'm filling up your voicemail. Please---"
That must've been his 20th message or so, but like the ones that came before it, she deleted it before she heard its end. Everyone's been calling her, Nathan, Haley, Lucas, even Peyton. She guesses they all know about what happened now. It appears too that all of her friends can't get the hint that she doesn't want to talk right now.
When she hears another knock on the door, she snaps and rushes to it. She decides to tell off whoever it is, because she's mad and she wants to be alone. She swung the door open, more than ready to blow out all her anger when she sees the last person she expects to see on the other side.
"Hi." He greets with an awkward smile. A bit flushed, maybe due to Brooke's angry glare. She after all, hasn't really forgiven him.
"What are you doing here?" She asks, demanding an answer right away. When nothing came, she slams to door to his face but he holds it back.
"Wait, wait." He says, hoping she'd face him again.
"What do you want Owen?" She's more pissed this time.
"Okay." He says, letting out a heavy sigh, as if trying to draw out all the courage that he can muster. "Last night, someone told me I don't deserve you, and maybe he's right. Maybe I don't. But I'll prove to you that I'm worth another chance." He finishes, waiting for her to say something.
"I don't fall for speeches anymore." She says bitterly, about to turn away when she sees him smile.
"Good, because this is a first for me." He says with a goofy smile. "What's under all the clothes, Brooke Davis?" He says with his signature tone. Without letting her speak another word, he took off.
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"He what?!" To say Haley was surprised would be an understatement. Her eyes grew big. She's so surprised, she jumped to her seat.
"Please don't make me say it again Hales." Peyton mumbled. She had just stopped crying, and is now starting again. She was yet to tell them about the reason why Lucas did so.
"But why would he do that? It's something that happened in the past!" Haley marveled. She herself is beginning to wonder. Haley's words alarmed Peyton. Do they know about Julian? Or do they know about what Lucas knows?
They all looked at each other awkwardly, when they hear the voice of the person they least expect to see, at least not when Peyton is still in their house.
"Nate!" Lucas' voice called out again. To their horror, he sees to be approaching the living room.
"It's okay." Peyton bravely says, even though she wanted to hide herself behind the couch just so he wouldn't see her.
"Hey…" His voice trailed off when he realized that Peyton is with Nathan and Haley. Suddenly, they all feel the tension that's starting to build up. "You know what? I'll just go back later." He says and leaves.
When Lucas was gone, probably, almost out of their door, Nathan turns to Haley and Peyton. "I'll talk to him." He says, and then runs after his brother.
"Lucas!" Nathan called out. Fortunately, his brother stopped and faced him. "What the hell was that?"
"I'm just trying to lessen the arguments. Believe me, I'm doing us all a favor." He laughs bitterly and started to walk away.
"By what? By breaking of your engagement with Peyton? Just because what? Just because she told Brooke she's in love with you?" Nathan taunted. He knew very well not to play those cards, then again, he doesn't know everything. This caused Lucas to stop and face Nathan again.
Lucas scoffed. He can't believe he's hearing this. "Is that what she told you?" He shook his head. "Sure. I'm mad about that too." He says with an irate laugh and once again, turned away.
"If not that, then what?" He's eager to know because he's finally able to come to terms with what everybody says that Lucas Scott and Peyton Sawyer are meant to be. Even though what he and Haley truly believe is far from that.
Lucas fell silent. He could care less if Nathan found out about it. "Just ask her, I really don't want to talk about it." His eyes refusing to meet his brother's.
"So this ends your epic love story? This is how it ends? You're supposed to be in love with her! That doesn't just go away, and you know it." Nathan told him and somehow he's not affected by what he's saying. Right now, he could careless about love. What he feels for Peyton Sawyer right now? It's nowhere near that feeling.
He walks away, not knowing if he should tell Nathan what he thinks. Should he tell him that after finding out the answer to the question that continued to plague his mind until yesterday, all his supposedly nauseating feelings for Peyton Sawyer vanished into thin air? Was that even believable?
From a few steps away, he hears Nathan shout. "You can't run forever Luke. You're going to have to face this sooner or later." He could only shake his head. So much for hoping to take Jamie with him…
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She thinks all of her friends got tired of dialing her number, well except for Lucas who's still calling her. If ever Nathan, Haley or Peyton called, she might answer, but not if it's Lucas. She's in a slightly better mood now, because of Owen, even though she still refuses to admit that, Owen did cheer her up a little.
Her phone rings again, noting a total of 63 missed calls from him, 57 of which came with voice mails. She doesn't bother to answer one of his calls. But something happened that had her to reconsider.
Her voice mail started to play, "Hi, you've reach Brooke Davis, I can't answer the phone right now, so…leave a message."
She then next hears Lucas' voice, but it sounded nearer, louder than she expected. As near as outside her door. "Brooke! I'm sorry! I'm an ass! I'm sure you already know that, but please, can we talk?" Her voice mail beeped already, and she stopped hearing his voice too.
She was going to retreat back to her room, assuming the blonde probably left again and will be back later, when he heard him once again. "Brooke, I'm not leaving! So you better just come out now." He's still shouting, but she could imagine him laughing a little.
She approaches the door, and she hears him speak continuously. "Like I said, I'm an ass. Just please, let's talk." His voice begs as she leaned on her door to listen to him. His next words really made her open the door in an instant. If she wasn't leaning to it, she might not have heard of it. "I broke off the engagement with Peyton."
"You what?!" She says in a surprised, angry tone that caused him to stumble back. He's not sure if he's surprised with her reaction or just really happy, because he finds it a little funny. If he didn't hold himself back, he might've even flashed her a smile.
Suddenly, he remembers about the movie. Boy, he's got a lot of explaining to do. Come to think of it, Julian hasn't called him yet. Then again, he's thankful that he hasn't. He wouldn't know what to say to him.
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Okay. There's your update. Now, if you only tell me what you think, I might get one up again. Lol. But really, I'd love to hear from you guys. It keeps me motivated.
Thanks to those who read last chapter, those who favorite this and to those who put it on their alert list.
PeterPanTinkerBell27 – What's up with Peyton? Well…I haven't really gotten to that yet. :)
Kajal – What goes around, comes around! I used that, got the idea from you though. So thanks. Peyton and dumb in a sentence! Perfect! Lol. I'll try to stop bashing her now.
bjames238 – I'm glad there's still an element of surprise. Well, you'll just have to wait and see..
LadyB25 – You love Leyton? Okay, I'm fine with that, but please don't be mad when I screw with them, because I'm making it clear, I hate Leyton! Lol. But anyways, thanks for reviewing. As for what really happened between Julian and Peyton, you'll have to tune in for next chapter.
theduckone – thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love that idea too! It's Peyton's turn to get cut out! Lol (even if it's just in this fic). You were right, Peyton did spill more of her lies! She's a lying liar who lies! Hahaha.
othfan326 – It went that way because I want Peyton to spill more of her *evil laugh* secrets. I think Brooke's part of the story should really be given focus on the show even just a little, compared to what they are currently doing! I'm hope you're happy with the update. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
CMM 4EVER – Puketon! Lol. I'll use try to use that in reference to her one time. I'm seriously wishing for that too, but a wish is just a wish, so, it never happens. But whatever! Lol. I'm making it happen, even if it's just in this fic. Haha.
Princesakarlita411 – Yeah, I wished he'd find out about it in the real OTH, but like what the others said, it's never gonna happen. :( Anyway, what can you say about Lucas and Peyton's 'talk?' Jealous Lucas? Maybe… :)
b r u c a s . b r a c h e l – I honestly don't know what is it with your name! hehe. He should be! He's been looking for that answer for the last four years! (at least in this fic. Lol.) Leyton is a lie! Haha. It's like you read my mind and saw their whole fight coming already! I wish that could happen for real too. :(
cRaZyGuRl093 – He isn't happy alright! Peyton got what she deserves! Lol. I still don't like her. Lol.
Iz-Belle91 – I'm glad you're liking it. I hope you keep reading. Looking forward to what you have to say next chapter. :)