Hey guys, well this is a first for me, not a first fic, but a first chaptered one. I usually write one shots, but I thought I'd give this a go seeing as my last one shot was pretty long. Anyway, I hope you like it and I'll try and update as much as I can.

Seeing Red

Night's out usually mean fun, a time to let your hair down, have a few drinks, dance, party, be carefree, enjoy yourself, forget about life and escape the trouble's that come with it, but night's out in Tree Hill usually come with a drama and tonight was no exception...

Seeing Lucas walk into her office, Peyton let out a groan. "Ugh, you know what, just rip up the cheque, I'm moving office's anyway." She said.

The two of them had been in an argument the night before, stemming from their previous relationship and how it ended. Accusation's were made, book's were thrown and things were said that probably shouldn't have been...Peyton telling Lucas to stop being nice to her and how she'd pay him rent for starters.

She'd been following him around TRIC for most of tonight with a cheque and although he seemed adamant that he wouldn't take it, she eventually found a way of giving it to him, but now she thought it would be easier to just move places.

"Let me ask you something, do you have like an alarm in your head that goes off every time I'm happy with someone else?" Lucas asked as he reached her, but he was met by silence. "What do you want from me?!" He then yelled making Peyton jump a little and she turned around to face him. "I fly to L.A, I ask you to marry me, you said no so I moved on." He told her as she stood up. "Why haven't you?" He then asked and instead of bottling things up and getting into another fight with him, she thought it was time to just be honest with him.

"Because I should have said yes." She simply replied and now it was his turn to be silenced. "Luke, I was young and I was scared and I never realised that by saying I wasn't ready it would mean that we'd never be together again, had I known that, I would have said yes." She explained and he shook his head, not wanting her to go any further.

"Peyton..." He started and put his hand up to stop her, but she stopped him.

"No. Luke, I miss you every day and I've told everyone here that I didn't come back for you, but I did. Of course I did." She admitted and he looked at her with sudden pain and sadness in his eyes. This was everything he wanted to hear and it meant everything to him, but he was with Lindsey now. "I still love you Lucas." Peyton whispered and he shook his head, feeling torn and confused.

"Peyton I..." He started, but she stopped him by kissing him.

It barely lasted seconds before he pushed her away, but he felt it; that same spark that he only got when he kissed her and as he looked into her eyes, he suddenly felt alive again, like that kiss had brought him back to life. All the love, everything he felt for her, it had suddenly re-awakened him. He knew it was wrong, but before he could stop himself he was kissing her and everything felt as it should.

"You still love me don't you?" Peyton whispered when they pulled away and Lucas knew he had to end things with Lindsey before he could answer that question.

"I have to go see Lindsey." He told her and Peyton couldn't hide the disappointment on her face, she felt the spark between them when they kissed and she was sure he had too, but now she assumed he just felt guilt and regret.

Making his way home from TRIC Lucas sighed, he knew he was already in the dog house with Lindsey after she'd stormed off earlier in the evening, they'd not been getting on too well lately, infact ever since Peyton came home and him breaking this to her would just be the icing on top of her cake!

"Linds?" He called as he walked into his house and two thought's suddenly sprung into his mind that he'd never realised before. He still thought of this place as his house not theirs, even though they lived together and he'd never called Lindsey anything other than Linds. In the past when he was with Peyton, he'd called her 'babe', 'baby' and other various terms of endearment, but with Lindsey, it had always been the shortened version of her name. It really wasn't love.

"When were you planning on telling me?" He suddenly heard her teary voice say, bringing him out of his thoughts and towards his bedroom where her voice was coming from.

He suddenly panicked to himself, wondering how she knew? He'd only kissed Peyton about 10 minutes ago and as far as he knew, Lindsey hadn't been there to witness it or suspect that he was about to break up with her.

"I didn't even know you were thinking about it!" She added, still sounding teary and as Lucas walked into his room, he got a shock of his own.

There she stood with tears running down her cheeks, a box in her hand and a smile on her face. She'd found the ring, she'd found Peyton's ring and she'd put two and two together and had come up with five!

"I'm sorry, but I was packing some things and I found it in one of the drawers." She explained and it was at this point that Lucas noticed her half packed bags on the bed. She was obviously going to leave him, but now she was on about marrying him?!

"Lindsey..." He started

"Yes." She said and he looked at her dumbstruck. He wasn't about to propose, he was about to explain!

Meanwhile over at TRIC, Peyton was confessing her doubts to Brooke, she hadn't let on that she'd kissed Lucas or told Brooke how she felt about him, but she did admit that he was the reason she'd come back home.

Brooke wasn't at all surprised, she'd known from the moment Peyton had called her from L.A! What did surprise her though was how unsure Peyton was about Luke's feeling's. It seemed Peyton was convinced that his feeling's were with Lindsey now and there was nothing she could do about it.

"Hunnie, Lindsey doesn't stand a chance, trust me." Brooke told her and Peyton still didn't look convinced. "Listen, I have been the 'Lindsey' between Lucas and Peyton and it is not a great place to be." She added with a laugh.

"Yeah, well neither's the place I'm at." Peyton told her, still hearing Luke's voice in her head saying how he had to go and see Lindsey after they'd kissed.

"Are you kidding? You're Peyton Sawyer, the guy wrote a whole book about how much he loves you." Brooke said and Peyton looked at her.

"You think he still does?" She asked and Brooke looked at her seriously.

"It has always been Lucas and Peyton, you guys are meant to be together, it's the way it's supposed to be." She confirmed, rubbing a comforting hand on Peyton's shoulder. "So go and get your man and this time if he proposes, please say yes." Brooke added and Peyton laughed.

"Ok." She said and then hugged her best friend and thanked her before leaving the club.

It didn't take her long to get to Luke's and although she didn't know what to expect when she saw Lindsey open the door, nothing prepared her for what she got!

"Lindsey, I'm sorry, I..." Peyton started, but she was soon cut off.

"Lucas asked me to marry him." Lindsey told her, holding up her left hand. "And I said yes." She added.

Peyton just stood numb to the spot and as Lucas appeared, he saw the same pain and heartbreak hitting her, like it was him.

"Wow...erm congratulations!" Peyton said after a few moments of silence. "I'm really happy for you both." She added and Lindsey smiled like the cat who'd got the cream.

"Thanks...what was it you came over for?" She asked and Peyton went blank, she was still trying to process what she'd just been told and why she'd ended up congratulating them?

"Oh erm...it was just something to do with TRIC that I wanted to run by Lucas, it can wait though, I'm sure you guys want to be celebrating your engagement, I'll leave you to it." She replied with a fake smile and Lindsey just nodded.

As Peyton turned to leave, she finally let the tears she'd been holding back, glaze over her eyes and fall down her cheeks.

She was halfway to Brooke's when she heard his voice calling her, but she didn't turn around.

"Peyton please!" He said as he grabbed her arm and forced her to stop and look at him. It broke his heart seeing the state she was in.

"Lucas just leave me alone." She told him.

"Not until you let me explain!" He said, but she shook her head and pushed past him.

"There's nothing to explain...I get it ok!" She shouted.

"You don't! Please Peyton just hear me out!" He begged, starting to catch up with her again.

"No, you hear me out!" She shouted stopping in her tracks. "I don't want to see or speak to you ever again Lucas Scott, got it?" She yelled with fire in her eyes and tears cascading down her cheeks, all Luke wanted to do was wipe them away and pull her into his arms, but he was too shocked by what she'd just said to react. "Good." She said into the silence. "Now leave me the hell alone!" She added before walking away from him.

She didn't bother letting herself into Brooke's place when she finally got there, it was late now and she knew she'd wake her, if not from the sound of the door closing then from the sound of the sobs that were now racking her body.

Instead she got into her Comet and cried until she had no more tears left. Her head was all over the place and she hadn't felt this emotionally stressed since her Mom died. That's when it suddenly hit her! There was only one thing she wanted to do now and she wasn't sure if it was for the thrill of it or to just forget the pain, anger and confusion that was whirling around in her head, but she turned the key in the ignition and set off down the road.

The light's went from red to green and Peyton stopped, she was really doing this again. As she waited for them to change, she got a flashback to her High School days and the last time she'd done this.

"My Mom ran one red light, I run them all the time and nothing happens." She heard her young voice telling Lucas. She never thought he'd be part of the reason she was sat here re-living it again all these years later.

The light's then went from green to red and that's when she took off, roaring down the road, but unlike the last time she'd done this, something did happen, something terrible! Another car shot out in front of her and Peyton hit it full on!

The last things she remembered before everything went black was the sound of screaming, the smell of smoke and telling Lucas that she never wanted to see or speak to him ever again.