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The sun shone through the small opening between the window and the blinds. It reached just far enough to my bed and onto my open eyes. I would like to say that the brightness of the new day woke me up from a refreshing night of sleep. But that would be a lie. The truth is, I was awake all night. I could not clear my mind, of all my thoughts. Thoughts about about Lucas; Lindsey; happiness. Happiness that my life had limited me over and over again. Nothing made sense. Once again I was more confused then ever. They didn't get married. I should be happy. My heart should be relieved. But in fact it was just the opposite. I can't bring myself to feel happy, while I know that Luke was probably heart broken. And I didn't cause this heartbreak; the girl who he truly loved caused it. The girl he said, "I do" to. There was a light knock at the door, but as usual she didn't wait for a response, she just opened the door and walked in.

"Morning." She said gently. Brooke walked over and lay down next to me. Staring at me expectantly. I knew she was waiting for me to say something, anything. But I couldn't find the words to say anything, so she took this as a queue to say something herself. " So I talked to Haley and Jamie is doing ok. That psycho Nanny is in Jail and Dan is calling Nathan and Luke non-stop, but they have nothing to say to him. So you know, Tree Hill is back to normal. I almost forgot what it was like to have Dan-drama in our lives, but the bastard's back so we can all be reminded. Alleluia." She smiled and her brown eyes looked over at me waiting for a response.

I finally looked over at her, "I'm glad that Jamie is ok. Thank God." Those were the only words I could bring myself to say.

Brooke grabbed my hand and looked me in the eyes, "Peyt, I'm worried about you. I know last night after the wedding you were trying to act strong for Haley and Nathan, but I know that you were upset. And I saw you looking at Lucas multiple times, and I saw him look back at you. You need to talk to him, because no matter how much wise advice I give you, and trust me it is extremely wise," She looked over at me and winked and I couldn't help but crack a smile, "It is not going to do anything to help your heartache. Lucas is the only one who can make you feel resolved and better."

"Brooke, what if he can't? He said, "I do". He was going to spend the rest of his life with her. He wanted to be with her. Her… not me." I quickly wiped away the tear that had begun to fall down my cheek. Stupid tears, when would they finally stop?

Brooke looked at me sympathetically, "Ok P. Sawyer, let me tell you something. At weddings I know everyone likes to look back when the bride is walking down the aisle and rave about how beautiful she looks, especially Lindsey because she was wearing a one of a kind 'Clothes Over Bros' wedding gown I must add. But I always look up at the groom. I like to see his reaction to his bride. To see how much love is in his eyes." She paused, sitting up and turning back to look at me, "And I looked up at Lucas, and he wasn't staring at Lindsey walking down the aisle, he was staring at you, Peyton. You. The girl he's always loved. The girl who he wrote a book about. The girl who he has always looked towards. Trust me, I know all about being the other girl between you two, and it's never been a competition. It's always been about Lucas realizing how much he needs you in his life."

At this point I could not push away the tears falling down my face. There were too many. I sat up and gathered Brooke into my arms and started to sob. She just rubbed my back.

"He loves you, Peyton. He has to love you or I will never believe in true love again. Everyone knows it's there and it always will be. Besides, you're his comet." I pulled away and looked at her in confusion.

'What are you talking about? I'm his what?"

Brooke winced, "Shoot, I promised Haley I wouldn't say anything."

"Well I think you've already broken your promise." I nudged her, "Tell me."

She looked up at me with regret, "Peyton, I can't. Seriously, even if Haley didn't tell me to, I can't. This is something between you and Lucas, and you have to talk to him. Don't hate me, but I am not entering into this little love fiasco you two have going on. Again." She smiled and brushed the hair back out of my face, "Now get up, bathe.. please, and put on your hottest outfit, and you walk over to that boy and tell him how much you love him, and I mean really tell him. He needs to know. OK?"

I nod, hug her once more, take a deep breath and finally get out of bed to face my fears.

Lucas

I stared down into the blue water. My reflection was barely staring back at me. My face looked distorted. This mimicked how I felt. I took a sip of the coffee, and winced as it burnt my tongue. I should have learned by now to let the heat settle, but I was always one to move too quick into trying something. I could never be patient.

I heard, footsteps arrive next to me, and I knew who it was right away. "J. Luke, my man." I looked at him, as he sat down next to me, "How are you doing? You ok?"

"Uncle Lucas, I'm fine. Really, Mommy and Daddy keep asking me too, but everything is good, ok?" I laugh and pat him on the back.

"Ok bud, just checking."

"The real question is; how are you doing?" I sat there in wonderment. How did this four- year old boy seem to say the things that always got me thinking? How was I doing?

"You know, Jaime, I am… I am just confused that's all." He looked up at me and nodded in understanding.

"I'm confused too. I mean mommy told Brooke on the phone that you still loved Peyton. But then why were you marrying Lindsey?" His face looked as if he was trying to make sense of a math problem; trying to put all of the pieces together.

"Mommy said that did she?" Lucas wasn't angry, but this didn't stop him from feeling betrayed. Even his best friend doubted what he told her.

"Jamie, why don't you do me a favor and go in and talk with Daddy, please?" Haley's voice called from behind the two blondes who sat with their feet in the pool.

Jamie sighed and stood up, but put his hand on my back, "Just stop being confused Uncle Luke, just be happy" And with those wise words, he walked back into the house, and Haley replaced him and sat next to me.

"So sometimes you forget when little kids are around you and you tend to just talk and think that they don't really understand what you're saying, but I forget that Jamie understands." She looked up at me with regret in her eyes, "I'm sorry Luke. I'm sorry that I was talking about that with Brooke. And I'm sorry I don't believe you." She put her hand on his and gave it a gentle squeeze.

I sighed and looked over at her, "Why don't you believe me, Hales? I was at the alter. I said, "I do". I went after her. I was supposed to be married right now. I supposed to be on my way to Hawaii right now. She was the one who left me, not the other way around." My voice became louder, filled with anger. No one believed me. "Why do none of you want me to be happy? All of you had this idea in your head that me and Peyton would be the ones to get married and live happily ever after. Well guess what? I did too! And she didn't want that! Lindsey was in love with me. She wanted to get married to me, and none of you were happy about that!" I grab my hand away from hers and look away, quickly shedding the tear that was falling from my eye.

It was silent for a couple seconds. Until Haley got the courage to speak what she believed to be true.

"Lucas Scott, are you listening to what you're saying right now? I was so incredibly happy for you." She grabbed my hand, which I tried to pull away, but she wouldn't allow it,

"You are my best friend, and I saw how hurt you were after things ended with Peyton. I saw you come back from Los Angeles and you were depressed and lonely and I couldn't even get into what you were thinking. There were times when I thought you would never be happy again. You loved her that much. And then you were with Lindsey and saw that change. But you still had that look in your eyes. That lonely look, the look that Lindsey could never change. With every mention of Peyton, your eyes would come alive, and then die when you realized you were not with her." She stopped, and took a deep breath, as if to prepare me for what she was going to say next.

"Luke, everything you just said… it doesn't make sense. If you were over Peyton, why are you still upset that you weren't marrying her? Yesterday, your fiancée left you at the alter, and you are still upset about Peyton rejecting your proposal from two years ago. "

"Haley…"

"No, Luke. Let me finish," I stopped and looked her in the eyes, " You just told me that Lindsey was in love with you; that Lindsey wanted to get married to you. But you didn't say that you loved Lindsey, or that you wanted to get married to her. I think that you proposed to her because you had no doubt in your mind that she wanted it; that she was going to say yes; that she wanted to be with you forever. And it sounded better than going back to Peyton, who you are afraid, will reject you again, even though you still love her. Your damn insecurities got the best of you again, Scott."

I sat there in silence. I had no idea what to say because I knew everything she said was dead on. There was no denying it anymore. Loving Lindsey was painless. She was so in love with me and what I saw in her was easy. My life would be good and easy. And lately it seemed that living like that was better than living with passion and true love, because true love always hurt me. Peyton hurt me more than anybody ever knew.

I then realized that everything I had just though, I had said out loud. Haley looked up at me and smiled, "Well I think, Luke, that we just had a break through." Her hands wrapped around my neck as she pulled me into a hug. I allowed myself to fall into her arms.

"What do I do, Hales?"

"You follow your heart. Like Jamie said, just be happy Luke. That's all I want for you. That's all everybody ever wanted for you."

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