Hey everyone! I'm sorry for the looooong wait! I got a little distracted :) So anyway, I'm back and here is the newest chapter to my story. I know it's short but I promise it's really vital in the story and you would soon find out why! Hope you don't get dissapointed with this. I promise you that in the end it will be Brucas so don't worry, but I'm not telling you when that will happen yet! So you've gotta stay tuned to the next chapters which I will hopefully post soon.

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So without further ado, here it is, the latest chapter of In The End. Enjoy:)

Chapter 10

A New Day Has Begun

Lucas lay on his bed for hours but didn't get any sleep. He was too busy thinking about a lot of things, trying to process the things that happened, and the things that may happen. Actually he didn't really try to sleep. He was afraid that if he fell asleep, when he would wake up, he wouldn't see her again. So many thoughts ran through his mind. He kept wondering if Brooke was really going to leave, and it broke his heart just thinking about it. He tried everything to make her stay but she was just too afraid. She had been hurt so badly that it had scarred her permanently. He knew that it was entirely his fault in the first place and he deserved to get hurt, not Brooke.

"I'm tired of this Luke. I've been through so much and I don't know how much more I can take. I'm tired of fearing what kind of tragedy might happen right after this one moment of love that I get. What if this won't work? I don't know if I can take another heartbreak. I love you Luke, with all my heart, but I've got to learn to love myself too. If you really love me, then you'd let me go."

So that's what he did. He did it for her, just to prove that he really did love her, and it hurt him to see her hurt.

He tossed and turned on his bed trying to find a comfortable position in which he could settle, but it seemed as though no inch in this bed would be comfortable without her beside him. How could he sleep when he knew that the girl he loved was leaving?

He was so lost in his thoughts that he almost didn't even notice the sun rising outside his window, its rays slowly giving light to the room which was previously engulfed in nothing but darkness. His thoughts were momentarily conveyed by the beautiful sight. Sunrise.

After every evening of darkness and shadows, comes morning that gives us light, but after a moment of brightness and salvation, darkness once again comes to blind our sight.

This is how the world works, how it shifts from night to day, and then from day to night once again. We know how it goes, but sometimes we are still caught off-guard and unprepared because though we know it is bound to come, when it does come cannot always be easily recognized. You just got to let your intuition guide you. Sometimes, it may mislead you but still, you've got to take chances because its better that way than closing yourself trying to avoid making mistakes. Playing it safe may not give you pain, but spending the rest of your life alone without love, is the greater tragedy than any heartbreak you may encounter. If you want happiness, you've got to be ready to face the costs. Prepare for the misery that follows after bliss for no matter how much you avoid it, just like the night that follows after every day, it is bound to happen. Though do not lose hope, for after every gloomy night, the sun shall always be there to shire right after, and after mourning there is bound to be rejoicing. This is life. This is how it works.

As they say "every song ends, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the music."

So why shouldn't they? Getting hurt again and again, for him was worth it as long as he had her by her side.

As he watched the sun taking its place in the sky, he knew that a new day has begun; A new day of chances, beginnings, and hope. Yes, hope. Hope that things would get better, hope that everything would work out, and hope that maybe she believed him. The odds were against him, but he had to try once again hoping that maybe, just maybe, this time it would work.

He put on a shirt and ran as fast as his feet could carry him to Brooke. He should've taken his truck, it was much faster and it was the rational thing to do, but right at that moment reason was not important. His heart knew where to go and for once, he let himself follow.

When he ran across the hallway towards her room, he was surprised to see Peyton standing there leaning against the doorframe, staring at the empty closet that used to be stacked with Brooke's designer clothes. The room was empty. All her luggage was gone; she was gone.

"I'm sorry, I tried." Peyton said in a soft whisper with tears forming in her eyes.

Tears suddenly flowed from Lucas' eyes. He rarely cried, but this was one time that he just couldn't stop them anymore.

"Argh! Brooke!" He cried out here name full of such anguish and pain as he pounded his fist on the wooden door beside him. He was just so devastated, angry, guilty, and just plain hurt at the same time. He couldn't believe that she still left him after everything last night. She didn't even call him to say goodbye.

Peyton held him in her arms as they both grieved inside the now very empty room. Grieved probably is an understament to how they felt. The two of them loved each other, but they love her way more. Too bad they only realized it now. They both loved her so much, and now, she was gone, forever.

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