Curtain Call
Chapter 36
When I saw Lucas again. He seemed different in a way I couldn't figure out.
That is until he started talking.
(I will never not care about you Peyton. But our romantic relationship ended some time ago.)
(And I think the only way for us to truly move forward is if we stick to being strictly friends.)
(No more romantic encounters. Just strictly friends.) Lucas suggested.
(Us being friends worked once and I think it can work again.)Lucas proclaimed.
(You may be able to do that but I can't. It's not enough for me Luke.)
(I want and need so much more and I know you feel the same way.) Peyton replied.
(We are better off as friends.) Lucas proclaimed.
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Jake had checked off all the boxes. But there was something.
Keeping her from letting him all the way in. And she knew it was because.
Her heart couldn't let Lucas go fully and she didn't understand why.
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