Chapter 7- Curiosity killed the cat.

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Have you ever felt like at this time and point you had just realized that you had made a terrible mistake and wished that you could just go back and fix it? Have you ever felt like you had pushed away the person that you care about to the edge because of the pain and conflicted drama you had brought upon said person's life? That's how I felt as I felt the crushed and broken look that escaped and showed on Peyton's face, one that has been haunting, burning me for the past 10 hours. Peyton Sawyer was many things, natural beauty, a martyr, a person that gets sucked into the cycle of drama since the age she could walk yet that's what attracts us to her; her fiery wit, her sarcasm, her ability to ease up awkward situations, after everything she has been through in her life, she was still the Peyton Sawyer whom we all know and love and as I caught the look on her face as she heard of the engagement between Lindsay and I , I had never seen her so lost, shattered,broken, empty, like she was dead to the world and frankly that scared me. Another bolt of lightening was heard and I shivered as I felt a sinking feeling burst through me, like something drastic had just happened, like a part of me has been taken from me and is doing everything it can to contact me, I shook my head convincing myself to go to sleep and try to get some sleep done; that is till I heard a loud banging echoe through the living room door.

" Lucas, what's going on?"

" I don't know, Linds. I'll go check it out," I said as I placed a kiss to her lips, smiling uneasily as I realized that her lips were hard and rough, raw instead of soft and delicate that I loved so much. I shook my head battling with my innerself to stop comparing Peyton and Lindsay; everyone knows who would win.

" be careful,"

" I will." I walked quickly to the front door and looked at the 2 visitors shocked as they stood before me, clinging to each other wet, soaked and tears slipping out of their eyes like a waterfall.

" Brooke? Kaylee? wh-" that's all I got out as the 3 year old girl still dressed in her barbie pajamas rushed into my arms and clung to me, her tears soaking up my shirt.

"hey,hey." I lifted up her tear-strickened face that broke my heart more then it already is and wiped her tears away.

" what's wrong princess?"

" momma!" sniffed the 3 year old, at the mention of her name and the look on their faces I grew worried and turned to Brooke.

" what? what's wrong with Peyton,Brooke?"

"Lucas..." I panicked, Everyone knows Brooke Davis never calls me by my first name unless it's deadly serious.

" Brooke, what's going on? you've got me shaking out of my bones." Brooke sighed, tears slipping down her face.

" peyton's.. peyton's..."

" Peyton's what? what's wrong with the blonde?"

I rolled my eyes at Lindsay and sighed frustratingly.

" that's what we're trying to find out!" I looked at Brooke, urging her to go on.

" Peyton's.. Peyton's been kidnapped." and just like that, that sinking feeling in my chest had grown larger and I felt tears slip out of my eyes. Peyton,my Peyton, was gone. The woman that I had just seen 10 short hours ago all heartbroken because she had found out about my proposal with Lindsay ( all because she had found her ring and I turned into a coward) was gone. I felt my knee's shake violently and I sat down, feeling the wind knock out of me.

Lindsay frowned as she looked at the people around her. She never got to know her maid of honor so needless to say she didn't know how to react about Peyton's kidnapping; although her and the blonde rarely talked she still considered her as a friend nevertheless an acquaintance and as the situation at hand dawned on her that her 'friend' was kidnapped, and may or may not be alive, she realized that she had to support her fiancee and put a hand on the crying mess; having never seen him at this broken state before and smiled uneasily.

"c'mon Luke, I think we should go to be, it's been a long day." Luke nodded and hugged Brooke, Kaylee still clinging to him like bees and a jar of honey.

" there's 2 extra rooms. why don't you and kaylee sleep in there, although I think you should share; I think Kaylee doesn't wanna be alone tonight."

" are you sure?- I could always sleep at Naley's, I don't wanna put a damper on things and-"

" there's no problem, Brooke." Brooke could only nod, she just knew she couldn't sleep at home today. Kaylee's eyes widened as she felt her god-mother take her away from her daddy and wiggled down from her embrace, sticking to her daddy's legs, her nails digging into his skin.

" No!No!" yelled the blonde, her little pigtails hitting her smack in the face.

" I wanna stay wif you-"

" Kaylee..."

" pwease?" she sniffed, tears coming out of her eyes.

" I- I need woo." Lucas nodded, captivated by the big, serious blue eyes staring at him and could've sworn that he was looking into a mirror once again.

" ok,princess." Lindsay looked at her fiancee bewildered, was he kidding? was he seriously allowing this?

" Lucas, you can't obviously tell me that you're gonna let a 3 year old stomp all over you, she's just a kid." Lucas frowned at her, feeling fume come out of his ears. How could she not understand the situation at hand!? he thought Incredulously.

" well, this so called 'kid' has a name and she needs me. she's going through an emotional state and she's only 3! she's depending on me and I'm gonna give her all the attention she needs!" He took deep breaths.

"you know what? we'll discuss this in the morning."

" Oh yeah, and where am I supposed to sleep!?" scoffed, Lindsay which had Kaylee smirking, despite the odds.

" on de couch, don't let de bedbugs bite!" she hugged her god-mother tightly.

"G'night Aunt B,"

"G'night Kaylee," rasped the brunette and with that she settled back into her father's embrace. Lucas changed the 3 year old into one of Jamie's shorts and matching shirts and instantly settled himself on the bed, Kaylee's little head on his chest, her hand under it with his protective arm over her waist, she yawned.

" she's gon' be otay, wight? pwease tell me she'll be otay." the blonde- haired man kissed her forehead.

" she'll be okay, princess. Mommy's strong, she can handle it." was the last thing he said as the 3 year old managed to close her eyes, falling into a deep slumber.

" please god, let her be okay." he muttered as he felt a lone tear make it's way down his face.

Lindsay frowned angrily as she settled into the uncomfortable position of the livingroom couch. She couldn't believe that the stupid mutt that the 3 year old had was sleeping in the other available room while she was stuck here. She couldn't help but let anger radiate through her at the 3 year old. She was like a wizard, her eyes sucking people in deviously. She had Lucas wrapped around her finger and that's what scared her; she knew he was coming close to finding out the truth, she could feel the father-daughter chemistry in the air when he defended her over his fiancee and could only feel a little guilt overwash her as she remembered that day.

Flashback- 3 years ago.

Lindsay grinned as she looked at the sleeping body beside her. He not only was the sexiest man to ever walk on the face of the earth but was awfully adorable when he was sleeping peacefully, she placed a sweet kiss to his cheek and walked down the set of stairs to starr breakfast. She couldn't explain the happiness that surged through her, today was her and Luke's one month anniversary and she wasn't ashamed to say that she was on cloud nine right now; she couldn't help but thank the heavens that she had gotten the chance to date him after she had heard about the notorious breakup between him and peyton; the supposed fairytale. She had had her eye on him for months and felt guilty for doing so, but now she was out of the picture, there was nothing stopping them.

"one new message," she heard loudly and curiosity got the best of her as she opened it, her voice flowing through the room." h-hi luke, I-it's me peyton, look Luke, we really need to talk. I wanna marry you, now if we have to, i don't care! I just- look I was scared and I, I'll just blurt it out and say it, I'm 2 months pregnant! I'm freaked, scared out of my mind and need you to come support me; please baby, I can't go through this by myslef, I need you. Please give me a call, I miss you, I love you and your family needs you, Love peyton." and with that the message ended. Lindsay panicked, she didn't know what to do, she couldn't believe that the little blonde hiding her little horns had gotten pregnant with her boyfriend! she felt anger rip through her, she had just gotten together with him and she was very much in love with him, he was slowly starting to forget about the blonde and if he found out about this, he would pack all his things and take the first plane to L.A running back to blondie's arms. She shook her head, staring at the phone. She wasn't gonna let her hardwork and effort crash and burn and go to the waste bin like a big fat pile of nothing; she deserved Lucas and wasn't about to let Peyton win again. She clicked delete amd smiled succesfully as she heard the message flow into the air.

" message deleted." she laughed, and with that her retreating form went back to snuggle up with her boyfriend, breakfast forgotten as guilt passed through her slowly; and that was the beginning to the end of the epic romance that is Lucas and Peyton.