Prefect Match

Chapter 22

The drive back to the beach house was a quite one, Peyton watched him closely knowing that he had to be experiencing a million different emotions. After Emily's little break down, she clam down a bit to let them know that Christina had cancer in the liver, which has now spread throughout her body. Lucas didn't speak the whole time Emily talked, and all Peyton could do was think of Katie, and Joshua, both innocence little kids who will never get to know their mother.

The pulled in the driveway and Lucas turned off the car, " Luke" she whispered, as she noticed he wasn't making no move to get out of the car.

" I'm going to take a walk" he said, before opening up his car door.

She got out of the car, " Do you want me to come with you?" she asked hoping he said, yes.

" No, " He said, as he shook his head. he them put his hands in his pockets. And walked towards the beach. She leaned up against the car watching him walk away. She knew he was hurting, and she knew he just needed to be alone, but it still hurt that he wasn't talking to her.

She walked in the house quietly since it was after eleven she figured everyone was sleeping. " Hey," she said, as she noticed Dan and Karen sitting at the kitchen table. " Sorry we were out so late, I meant to call you, "

" Peyton it's okay, we love spending time with our granddaughters." Karen said. with a warm smile.

Peyton give her a little smile, she loved how Luke's family took Kelly in with open arms. She was glad Kelly was getting a chance at having grandparents, with both her parents already gone before she was born, and Marshall parents didn't really keep in contract after she moved back to New York. then sadly they both died last year in a plane crash. Before Kelly got a chance to really know them.

" Where's Lucas?" Dan questioned..

Peyton sighed, " He took a walk" she sat down at the table between the two, " He needed to clear his head."

Karen and Dan exchanged looks, " Everything okay between you two?" Dan asked.

" Yeah... I think so..." She bit her bottom lip , wondering if it was or not, she did say somethings she didn't mean, and she did slap him, But then maybe he forgot about it all after hearing about Christina, she thought about telling them about Christina, she wondered if Lucas would be upset with her.

"Peyton, honey you can talk to us about anything" Karen reassured her. reaching over patting her hand. " Dan and I are here for you to,"

" Is the girls sleeping?" she needed to make sure Katie didn't hear anything she was about to say. She knew their was a chance Lucas might get upset with her, for telling his parents for him. But he would get over it, But if Katie overhear he probably would be more than pissed off. at her Since she didn't know if he was even planning on telling her about him seeing her mom and the first place. ..

" yeah, we stopped at the skating ring after taking them for ice cream, So they would both pretty tired, a sleep before there heads hit the pillow." Dan laughed.

She smiled, " Look, I got something to tell you guys, " she run her fingers through her hair.. " Tonight Christina show up here..." she begun, she then sat there and told them everything that happen tonight...

" Wow I can't believe it" was all Karen said, as she sat there starring into space.

" She looked really health when we saw her a few weeks ago." Dan said, " Why can't Emily, take in Josh, I mean I get that he's Katie's half brother, but..."

" I don't know, I wanted to asks but I felt like it wasn't the right time you know." Peyton told them as the both nodded.

" Well. Emily's husband left her a few months ago, for some younger girl, so she works, the cafe and the local market, And she has three kids, Tim is 6, Mike is 4,, and she just had a baby right before he left her, so I kind of understand why she could take on anymore kids." Karen told them.

" Wow, that does make sense, I feel bad for her," Peyton told her. As she sat there trying to gather her thoughts,

After talking Karen and Dan Peyton decided to go check on Lucas. He was sitting on the beach starring out into the ocean. As she got closer, she seen the tears, her heart broke for him. She sat down beside him, without saying a word, she just reached over grabbing his hand holding it between hers.

He didn't look at her, " Things like this remind me that life is really short, death can happen at anytime. We aren't promise tomorrow."

" Yeah, it can without warning which really sucks, especially if you're not ready for it." she said, as she looked down at their hands. Lucas looked at her, wondering if she was thinking of her parents, or Marshall, maybe both.

" You know for the longest time I wanted to hate her, I had so much planned out in my head if I ever saw her again. I never understood how she just walked away like she did, like she didn't care, I wondered if she even had a heart, leaving me and our daughter like that, I never pictured myself been a single parent, "

" Well, I don't think anyone pictures themselves as a single parent, some do it because they don't have a choice, some choose to do it. "

" If Marshall didn't die, do you think you would still be with him today?"

She looked up at him, his eyes burning into hers. " Well, I think we were of stayed together for Kelly, " she admitted, " love wouldn't have kept us together, I fell out of love with him, before Kelly was born, I stay with him because I didn't want to be alone, I didn't want to be a single parent, I wanted my child to have a family, not a broken one, like I did...What about you?" she asked, as they still looked at each other. " If Christina never left would you two be together today."

" Probably, " he answered, as he thought about life would have been like.. Peyton looked away, hoping she was able to keep her tears at bay. She knew she shouldn't be jealous, Christina was his first love, so it makes sense that he still missed her, or thought about her sometimes. " We would have probably gotten married, cause I was planning on asking her that weekend. I was so in love her, I thought I was so lucky to find love so early in life, I had our whole future planned out.." She left go of his hands and wrapped her arms around herself, trying not to break down. This was so not how she thought their little chat would go. She thought she would come out in comfort him and he would tell her thanks and he loves her, she didn't think she would have to sit here in listen to him go on and on about his future with his ex he didn't get.

" Well, your don't always get what you want, life is very unpredictable, " she said in a bitter voice. She turned her head to the side,

" Peyton," he whispered, She turned back to look at him. Praying he couldn't see she was about to cry. He looked at her, giving her a look she rarely see, a look that had her worried about their future, it they had one. The he said, what she was fearing " I don't want to be your boyfriend anymore "

Emily sat on her couch, starring at the tv, she was mad, hurt, angry and ashamed, She kept picturing Lucas's face as she told him about Christina's cancer. The sadness in his eyes, how quite he was, she thought he was just taking by surprise or he was figuring out how to tell Kelly. " I'm going to hell." she stated, as Christina walked in the room..

" Oh please Em, " she rolled her eyes, as she sat her suit case by the door, " You didn't do anything wrong, stop worrying.."

" I lied to Lucas, and his girlfriend, Lying is a sin"

" Emily, God, will forgive you, it was just a little white lie. No big deal and no one will ever know." She told her sister as she put her shoes on.

" I will know, it's something I will have to live with, and God will know to Chris. I have never told a life in my whole entire life."

" Look, what you did was a good thing, please believe that honey," she said, as she kneel in front of her. " Joshua will thank you one day, you are giving him a life, I or you could never give him. "

Emily shook her head, " You don't even know if Lucas is really going to take him back with him or not. You didn't come outside to talk to them or nothing, "

" I couldn't " she said, " Lucas knows me to well, even if it's been six years, I think he could still tell when I'm lying about something, so that's why I needed you to do it for me, Cause Luke knows you don't lie, he would believe whatever you tell him. "

" He's going to want to talk to you about it."

" Well, just tell him I got upset with you for telling him and I left in the middle of the night and you have no clue where I am. Which is true, cause I don't know where I'm going either, John said it was a surprise.." she smiled, like a teenage in love..

" Tell me again, why Josh can't be with you?"

" I'm not you Em, I can't be a mom, I don't want to be a mom, "

" Quit having sex then"

" Well, I can't do that sex is way to much fun." She laughed, she stood up, " Look you won't have to worry about me coming back with more babies, I got fixed after having Josh, John paid for it, we love our on the road lifestyle, no kids holding us down, no worries, we don't want kids, we are both happy without them."

" Just because, you got them thinking you're dying, and you leave town before he can talk to you, doesn't mean he's going to take Josh in."

She picked up her bags, as the horn outside beeped, " I might not know Luke the way I use to, but I know one thing about him didn't change. He still has a big heart, it's one of the reasons I fell for him, Luke can give him everything I can't, and he's not doing it alone he's got Peyton who seems pretty nice and I bet she has a big heart to, She told me they were moving in together, so you know marriage is next, That how I know I'm doing the right thing, both my kids will be happy, they will get the love and comfort that I can't give them. Everything will work out Emily, just believe. " She kissed her on the cheek. " I'll call you in a week or two, love you" she said, as she walked out the door.

Emily walked over to the cradle that Joshua was sleeping in, " God, I hope she's right" she whispered, as she covered him up with his blanket.