Connected
Chapter 43
'm not here to raise you
Not my responsibility
I do not care to chase you. Tell me when you're ready to evolve.
By a boy impersonatin' an adult.
Hours later
"What do you mean Brooke left you?" Haley proclaimed. As she entered into the bedroom her and Nathan shared.
Closing the door behind herself.
"I woke up and she had packed up herself and Serenity."
"I left the house last night and ended up running into Peyton."
"Things were said and i explained that to Brooke."
"I don't understand why she would react this way."
"I made it clear to her. To Nathan."
"I choose her yet i get left alone. How am i supposed to take that?"
"The woman i'm engaged to and building a family with doesn't trust me the way she should."
"I could of kept running into her to myself. Yet she treats me as if i have something to feel guilty about." Lucas explained.
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"I thought the ground rules for you staying here were clearly made."
"No causing trouble for us. Or my brother and Brooke. They are my family." Nathan proclaimed. Standing at Peyton's doorway.
"I have nothing to feel guilty about. We talked." Peyton replied.
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Brooke looked around at the beach. She had reached out to Lucas assuring him that they were safe but besides that she had nothing more to say to him.
Serenity was making sandcastles nearby.
Brooke had explained this was a daughter/mom trip. And there were no other questions asked about that. From the young girl.
"You know I understand needing time yourself to think and figure out what comes next but this feels like more then that." Rachel admitted.
Brooke took off her sunglasses. The expression on her face softened.
"I feel like the Karen. In the Karen/Dan/Deb triangle."
"Yes he may of loved her. But in the end none of that mattered."
"I don't know if my love for him is worth the lack of trust and belief he leaves me with. I can't pretend and act as if she's not going to always insert herself into our life."
"Is there anything more he's keeping from me?" Brooke asked.
"You've been a true friend through all of this and i need that."
"So be honest what do you know that i don't?" Brooke asked.
Rachel swallowed hard. She hated that Lucas put her in this position. She loved Brooke and had attempted all along for them to work out.
But now she didn't know where things were headed. And she wanted to be there for Brooke when it counted.
"That's for Lucas to answer." Rachel replied.
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"You are ruining my life. I hate you. I wish you never came back." Lucas proclaimed.
"Its okay. You don't have to keep acting like this. I want us too." Peyton said.
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