Tuesday...
I knew that Peyton was here at Haley's house, she couldn't be staying anywhere else. Lucas knocked on the door and waited until someone opened it up. He let himself in, not noticing that Peyton was the one that opened the door.
"Lucas?" Peyton asked, confused on why he was here. She couldn't kick him out but she didn't want him to see her like this. Without any makeup and something proper to wear. Lucas turned around sharply, he wasn't angry but he just wanted to talk to her. He was someone on a mission, to save his friend and to save himself from having his heart broken again.
"Can we talk?" He asked, Peyton nodded and took him into the back. The sun was beaming on their face but it felt good. It was good to have a little sun in their face with everything being so dark. They sat down in the white chair that was near the large tree that was in front of them. Peyton glanced over at him, her heart was racing out of her chest. She bit her lip, hoping that he would finally confess that he was in love with her. Those are the words that she wanted to hear.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Peyton asked him.
"I know why you're here….I know why Lindsay's here too. I knew it before I even saw you…" Lucas confessed, Peyton wasn't mad at him but she was a little confused on why I didn't tell her sooner. "I didn't know what to do at the moment, knowing that you guys were here but the first person that popped inside my head…Brooke." Lucas told her, the word Brooke burned inside Peyton's skin. Peyton moved around, clearing her throat. She didn't want to talk about Brooke, she didn't even want to hear her name.
"If your going to tell me that you love Brooke, I swear-" Peyton started to say, warning him that she was going to punch him. I chuckled, shaking my head. Even if I did, she wouldn't love me back.
"No, that's not what I'm here for. I knew that you were going to go after Brooke. I don't know what I have to do to tell you that Brooke didn't do anything wrong. She was just there for me." I told her, trying to make her listen.
"Just imagine how it looks in my eyes, Lucas. She's the reason that you didn't come after me or give me a second chance-" Peyton tried to argue.
"I'm glad she did because I didn't see what I was doing. No one should ever chase someone that left them. She saved me from getting my heart broken again." I shot back, defending Brooke.
"She lied to you, Lucas. She didn't tell you the truth." Peyton told him. She glanced up and could see Haley looking out of the window. This was the moment that she would have to tell Lucas. "I didn't leave you for another man. I left because I had to figure myself out. I left because I didn't want you to fall in love with me and I was still damaged inside. I wanted to be perfect for you." Peyton told me, I sat there in silence. I was shocked at what she was telling me. I felt sorry. I didn't know what to say, I wanted her to tell me that she was lying. That all of it was a lie. Brooke couldn't do something like that. "I guess she was trying to protect you." Peyton shrugged her shoulders. That's not how I wanted to be protected. I tried to act like what she just told me didn't hurt me but it did. I cleared my throat and licked my dry lips, I looked down at the bright green grass.
"I only came here to tell you that you need to leave Brooke alone. She…" I couldn't finish my sentence, I was still shocked at Brooke lying to me and not telling me the truth. Why would she do something like that?
"You don't know the whole truth Lucas but if that's what you want." Peyton nodded, standing up from the chair and walked off. I stood outside for a moment, trying to think on what I should do. I started to walk up the stairs and I saw Haley walked towards me.
"Did you know about this? Were you lying to me too?" I asked her, Haley tried to speak but no words were coming out.
"I was trying to tell you but you kept me away. She didn't want me to speak to you. She blocked everyone from talking to you." Haley tried to explain, it was like boiling and I didn't know how to calm myself down. I walked inside and could see Nathan talking to someone. If I could talk to anyone, I could talk to Nathan. I walked closer and could see the person that I never thought I would see again. The person that I thought that was going to be locked away for the rest of his life.
"Nathan?" I asked, he turned around like he had seen a ghost.
"Lucas…son." Dan called my name and everything in my head just exploded. I tried to punch him but Nathan held me back.
"Don't call me son!" I yelled at the top of my lungs. Nathan pushed me out of the hallway, still holding onto me. I pushed him off and walked outside. I turned around Haley and Nathan were standing on their porch, waiting for me to call down. "What the hell is going on!" I yelled at him. "I feel like everyone is lying to me!" I screamed. I was so angry, frustrated with the town and the people that I call friends.
"He just got out of jail, he wanted to see Jamie." Nathan tried to explain to me. I wasn't listening to him, I felt like he was lair and not my brother.
"He changed Lucas, he's better." Haley slightly said, trying to smile at me.
"Changed?! He killed someone! Not just someone but Keith!" My teeth grinded.
"He's your father Lucas." Nathan told me.
"He's not my father, he's yours." I shot back. I backed away from them. "I'm done." I placed my hands up like cop is in front of me with a gun. "I can't take this anymore." Lucas felt like his laugh was over. I turned around and drove off, I didn't want to see them anymore. If I saw Nathan, I'm going to punch him in the face.