A/N: Ok so apparently my kids like daring me to write stories that I wouldn't normally write... LOL... This story is a dare from my 10 year old son... * groans and looks at Katie * That's it your step son and your niece can dare you next! So this story will eventually be a Leyton fic but before that happens we get the angst and hurt and comfort and all around screwed up Peyton... So lets see how this turns out because I have no idea... Oh yea this is set during Season 4... I'm just not sure which part... I think I will have it set after the attack on Peyton from Ian Banks... Well the 1st attack...
Disclaimer: I don't own OTH... * clears throat * After this I'm not sure I want to claim my best friends fiance's son as my own anymore...
**** WARNING *** THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MENTION OF ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT... I WON'T GO INTO DETAIL ON IT BUT IT IS SKIMMED OVER *** WARNING ***
Peyton had tears in her eyes as she walked up to Lucas's door. She had just saw her brother off who was being shipped off and didn't know when he would return. She was sad but she knew that seeing Lucas and being with him would cheer her up some. She didn't even think to knock before she entered because she had been told many times in the past that she didn't have to knock.
As soon as she opened up the door and walked into his bedroom she wished that she had knocked. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw Lucas kissing Brooke. Her heart shattered in that moment and no matter how much she wanted to take her eyes off of them she couldn't. She blinked the tears away but couldn't prevent the sob from escaping which caused the two in the bed to look towards the door.
Lucas paled as he saw Peyton standing just inside his room and he swallowed hard and said "Peyton."
Peyton shook her head and looked at her boyfriend well now her ex and her once best friend and she said "I should have known. I hope you're both happy now. You both deserve one another. I'm done with both of you. I don't ever want to talk to either of you again."
With that she turned on her heel and ran out of Lucas's bedroom. She couldn't stop the tears from falling down her face. She couldn't stop her heart from breaking. Hell she couldn't stop anything. At that moment all she wanted to do was curl up into a ball and give up on everything. She knew that what she was always drawing and saying was the truth. People always left in one way or another and she really couldn't take much more.
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Lucas flopped back on his bed and groaned and shut his eyes. He couldn't believe that he had kissed Brooke. He knew that he messed up but he also knew that at least for now he wouldn't be able to fix it and it killed him to know that. He loved Peyton he really did. He has loved her for what seems like forever.
He opened up his eyes and turned his head towards Brooke and growled "Get out of my bed and out of my life!"
Brooke gasped as she looked at Lucas. "You don't mean that Lucas. You love me and you know it."
Lucas shook his head. "I loved you once Brooke. There's no denying that but I love Peyton and I always have. We shouldn't have kissed. I'm as much at fault as you are if not more but I just destroyed any chance I had with Peyton when we just got back together."
Brooke glared at Lucas and said harshly "It's always Peyton with you isn't it Lucas? Even when you were with me I never fully had your heart because you still loved Peyton."
Lucas sighed but didn't deny what Brooke had said because he couldn't. "I'm sorry Brooke. I never meant to hurt you. You're right even when I was with you I still loved Peyton. I don't get why you're so mad. You're the one who told me to go to her. Why are you angry now? I just don't get it Brooke."
Brooke sighed because she knew that was Lucas said was the truth and she had found someone that she likes but it was like she couldn't stop herself from kissing Lucas when she knew she shouldn't have. "I'm not really angry at you Lucas. I'm angry at myself. Peyton and I had just started trying to talk again and now it's all fucked up again. On top of that I found a guy that I like and I probably just messed it up with him. One of us needs to go after Peyton."
Lucas sighed but shook his head even though he wanted nothing more than to go after Peyton. "Neither of us can be the one to go after her Brooke. She doesn't want to see or talk to us right now. I'll call Nathan and ask him to go and look for her."
Brooke nodded even though she hated the thought of someone other than her or Lucas going to look for Peyton. "Call me and let me know when Nathan finds her. I'm going to go over to Chase's and talk to him."
Lucas nodded but didn't say anything to her because Nathan had just answered and he said to his brother "Nate, I need you to go and look for Peyton. She walked in on Brooke and me kissing and she didn't give either of us time to explain. I'd go myself but she said she never wanted to see me again and I want to give her time to cool down some."
Nathan gasped and then groaned. "God damn it Luke! What in the hell were you thinking? How long ago did Peyt leave? You do know that after I find her and make sure that she's alright that I'm going to kick your ass don't you? She's been hurt enough in one way or another. Damn it Lucas I swear you'll pay for this!"
Lucas didn't say anything about the threats that Nathan gave him because he knew that he deserved to get his ass kicked for hurting Peyton yet again. "I'll let you kick my ass little brother. But you'll go and find her right and make sure that she's okay?"
Nathan rubbed his hand over his face as he grabbed his keys up off of the table and he said "Yeah, I'll go and look for her. I'll take Haley with me in case Peyton won't talk to me. God Lucas you royally screwed up this evening."
Lucas sighed. "You're not telling me anything I don't already know Nathan. I'll find a way to fix this some how. I swear to you I will."
Nathan sighed and motioned for his wife to follow him as he said into his phone "You better Lucas. I'll call you when I find her."
With that Nathan hung up and looked at his pregnant wife. "We need to go and search for Peyton. Lucas royally fucked up and Peyton caught him kissing Brooke."
Haley's mouth dropped open and she actually swore and said "I'm going to kill that boy. What in the hell was he thinking?"
Nathan shrugged his shoulders and said "I don't know but we need to go and find Peyton before she does something stupid. You know how she is when it comes to Lucas."
Haley nodded and grabbed her jacket and followed her husband out of their apartment. She just hoped that when they found Peyton that she was okay or as okay as she could be after finding the man she loved with her whole heart kissing her best friend.
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Peyton ended up at Tric and thanked her lucky stars that Karen wasn't there because that meant she was able to get a drink without having to worry about Karen telling her no or taking it away from her. After ordering her drink from the bartender she settled back into a booth and preceded to drink her troubles away. Or rather she tried to drink her troubles away.
She was on her third drink when a guy she didn't know came over to her with a drink in his hand and gave it to her before settling down into the booth across from her. "You look like you could use another one. I'm Mark."
Peyton eyed the guy and then shrugged after coming to the conclusion that he was harmless and took the drink he sat down in front of her and downed it in one swallow. "I'm Peyton."
Mark smiled at Peyton and said "It looks like you're in deep thought. Would you like to talk about it?"
Peyton shook her head making her blonde curls bounce slightly. "No, I don't want to talk about it. What I want to do is forget about it."
Mark smiled and said "Well how about we go and dance then?"
Peyton thought for a minute and then nodded. She let him help her up but as soon as she was standing the room started to spin but she fought it off and followed him to the dance floor. She didn't understand why all of a sudden she was feeling sick and sleepy.
After the song ended Peyton pulled her hand away from Mark and said "I think I'm going to head home. I don't feel good all of a sudden."
Mark had to keep the grin from spreading across his face because he knew what was wrong with her. "Let me walk you out then."
Peyton nodded and let him lead her out of Tric. After they got to the parking lot she tried to lead the way to her car but was stopped by Mark as he roughly pulled her to the side of the building and slammed her up against the wall. She tried to fight him off but she was feeling slugish. After trying to hit him she felt a sharp pain in her side and looked down to see a knife sticking out of her side. When she tried to scream Mark punched her in the face.
"Now you'll be quiet or you'll get worse. Just be a good little girl and take whats coming to you." Mark said in a harsh voice as he ripped Peyton's clothes off of her before taking his off and sexual assaulting her.
Just as he finished he heard someone walking towards where they are and he looked down at Peyton and picked her up and slammed her hard against the brick building before he landed a few punches to her stomach. He was in a rush as he heard the footsteps coming close that he totally forgot about the knife that was sticking in Peyton's side from where he stabbed her the first time and the second time.
As he was looking at his handy work he heard someone shout "Hey you what are you doing over there?"
He didn't think about anything he just took off running. After running several blocks he came to a stop and swore as he realized that he had left his knife in the side of the girl.
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Haley was inside Tric looking for Peyton and Nathan was outside checking to make sure she wasn't in her car. When he heard a noise he followed it to the side of the building and saw a guy.
He saw that the guy was leaning over something and he shouted "Hey you what are you doing over there?"
His mouth dropped open when instead of turning towards him the guy took off running. That was when he walked quickly over and saw that someone was lying on the ground with their clothes in taters. As he got closer he saw the blonde curly hair and his heart just about beat out of his chest.
He ran the rest of the way over and dropped down to his knees not caring that the ground was hard as he saw who it was laying there unmoving and bleeding. "Peyton!"
He knew that he should stay with her but he needed to get help and he didn't have his phone on him so he quickly got up and ran towards the front of Tric and then inside and he yelled "SOMEONE CALL 911! A GIRL HAS BEEN ATTACKED OUTSIDE AND SHE'S UNCONSCIOUS AND BLEEDING!"
At that Haley ran towards her husband and could tell with just one look at him that it was Peyton. She followed him outside with Karen hot on her heels who had just arrived five minutes before.
Nathan ran back towards where Peyton was at and dropped down to his knees again beside her and he looked up as he heard Karen gasp and yell "OH MY GOD! PEYTON!"