♥A/n- New chapter!!! Please review with any questions, comments or ideas♥
Chapter 3-
"What? Because of me?" Lucas asked shocked. What did he do? He hardly said 3 words to Chase. How were Brooke and Chase breaking up his fault?
"Yea, he said because he thinks I'm still in love with you."
"What?" Lucas said backing up and sitting on the couch. It was his fault, he hurt Brooke again.
"I don't Lucas; it's just that he said that I look at you like I'm in love with you. I don't think I look at you any different."
"Maybe that's the problem Brooke," Lucas started. Brooke looked at him confused. "You never stopped loving me did you?" Lucas ended.
"Lucas…"
"Brooke, I understand how you feel. I love you too." Lucas said waiting for her to come and kiss him.
"Lucas, just stop! I'm not ready and I'm sorry but I would know better than to get back together with you. I'd be competing with Peyton and you know that. I don't want to be hurt again." Brooke said. Lucas replayed that in his head, 'I would know better than to get back together with you.' That hit him.
"Brooke, I should have stayed with Peyton, at least I would have someone who would love me back." Lucas walked to the door and slammed it shut. He couldn't believe her. Why would she have said that? He got in his car and drove to someone's house who Brooke would hate to see him with.
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Brooke broke down. She lost another person in one day! How could she say that? How could he say that? The only person that could and would be there for everything now hated her. That was just in a matter of 5 minutes. She went to her room and locked the door. She blasted the radio and just cried. She just sat there and cried. Brooke hadn't cried like this since she had found out about Lucas and Peyton. Now nothing would ever be the same, this time for real.
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"Peyton, are you here?" Lucas asked opening the door to Peyton's room.
"Lucas? Um, hold on one minute. I'm changing in the bathroom." Peyton said lying. She needed to cover up what she did to her arm and clean up the blood.
"Hey," Peyton said finally opening the door and seeing Lucas looking through some of her albums.
"Hi, we need to talk."
"What do you want to talk about?" Peyton asked now sitting with her legs crossed on her bed.
"About us, I was wrong. I do love you; I want to be with you, not Brooke."
"Lucas, I don't know what to say," Peyton said getting up and walking up to him.
"I love you," Lucas said leaning in for a kiss.
"I love you too," Peyton said completing the kiss and pulling him down to the bed.
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"Peyton, answer the phone," Brooke said to Peyton's answering machine. Peyton and Lucas heard it and knew she was calling, but didn't answer it. Peyton did feel bad but she was finally with the man of her dreams, the one she loved. Too bad Lucas wasn't there for the same reason. He heard Brooke and started to feel guilty for this. He heard the sadness in her voice and decided that what he was doing was wrong. He was using Peyton.
"Peyton," Lucas said as she was opening his belt.
"Yea," Peyton answered not stopping.
"I can't do this," Lucas said standing up and closing his belt buckle.
"What? Why not?" Peyton asked disappointed.
"We are both doing this for the wrong reasons."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not in love with you," Lucas said trying to avoid her eyes.
"You just said you were."
"I lied. I'm sorry, it's just that Brooke and I had a fight today and I knew it would hurt her to see us together again."
"Lucas, why? I knew that Brooke was in this somehow. It's always about Brooke. I can't believe that you would want to sleep with me to get your revenge."
"I know and I'm sorry I can't stop hurting anyone. I'm just gonna go far away so that no one else gets anymore hurt."
"Then go, believe me, no one will miss you," Peyton said and Lucas left. He got in the car and drove to his house. There he packed some clothes and wrote four letters. One to Nathan and Haley apologizing for not being there for their son, one to his mom telling her he loved her and that he would be staying with Keith in New York, one to Peyton apologizing for all he did to her (playing with her emotions), and the last one to Brooke saying that he was sorry for everything he did to her from when her met her to now. Lucas felt he was doing the right thing by leaving. He would be able to stop hurting everyone and go on with his life. Lucas was going to move in with his uncle Keith who lived in New York. He would redo his life and this time not come back to Tree Hill like he did when he moved with Keith the last time.
When he finished the last letter to Brooke, he put all four letters on his kitchen table and left to New York.
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"Lucas, I'm home," Karen said as she opened her back door entering through the kitchen.
"Lucas?" Karen asked again. She walked over to the table and saw the letters. She opened the one that said 'To Mom' and sat down in a chair.
Dear Mom,
I'm sorry for doing this to you and leaving you again. But this time I really need time away. I am hurting everyone around me and I don't want to be that person anymore. I don't want to grow up to be just like Dan. I'll be living with Keith in New York and I don't want you to worry about me. I love you and I know you do your best raising me. I want you to know that I'm not leaving because of you.
Love your Son,
Lucas
Karen reread this over and over. She couldn't believe what was happening. Her baby boy was moving far away from her and she couldn't do anything to stop it.
A/n- The next chapter will be the the last before it turns into a future story.
