𝗙𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀
::  xx. | every time

"Yes, yes, perfect!" Quinn yelled, snapping shots of Alex who was posing in front of a brick wall. She was modeling for Brooke's women line.

Chad stood on the sidelines watching. He sipped his coffee that Millie had gotten him. Once the shooting was done, Millie made her way over to Alex who was sitting down. Alex eye caught Julian who was all over Brooke. She thought it was cute.

"Brooke's dating the help guy?" She questioned Millie.

Millie turned her gaze towards them, "No, he's a movie producer." Just within a second, Millie knew she made a mistake. "Wait—he's the help guy." She tried to take it back.

"No." Alex shook her head with a chuckle, "You said movie producer."

Millie knew she fucked up, so she tried to put Alex's gaze in a new direction, "Well see that guy over there? He's the guy for Brooke's men line and he's a musician."

"What's his name?" Alex tilted her head as she looked at him.

"Chad Donovan." Millie replied.

"How come I never heard any of his music?" Alex ask a question Millie didn't know how to answer . . . yet.

It took Millie a second or two but she finally figured out a good lie, "His record label sucks."

Alex nodded, "He needs a new one. Is he single?" Of course, that was the most important question to Alex.

Millie knew whatever her answer was, she was in hot water but she had no other choice. "Yes."

A smile grew on Alex's face as she stood up from her chair. She made her way to Quinn and told her she wants to take pictures with stefan. Her sudden nickname for Chad. Quinn didn't know how to answer that so she went to talk to Brooke about it who then went to talk to alex.

"So you want to take pictures with Chad?" Brooke wanted to clarify if she heard correctly. She was in the moment to defend her friend who dating him but that suddenly changed of what Alex said next.

"Millie said it was cool. Unless there's a reason I shouldn't? Are you dating him too?" She questioned. Alex glanced at Chad then Julian and then turned back to Brooke.

Brooke followed her gaze and immediately understood where she was getting at. "No, there is no problem."

"Good." And with that Alex parted ways from Brooke and headed towards Chad.

• • •

Chad and Alex were now on the beach. This line was summer and so Brooke wanted a different scenery.

"Just a couple more shots, then we'll be good." Quinn gave the two models a thumbs up. "Oh and Chad? Lose the shirt. It's great open but better off." She suggested.

"I would agree." Alex leaned in and whispered to him.

Chad chuckled as he began to take off the button up beach shirt.

Millie and Brooke watch as Alex lightly flirted with Chad.

"Peyton's gonna disown us." Millie said with her eyes glued to the two models.

Brooke sighed agreeing, "I know."

• • •

While everyone was at their job, Lucas sat at the island in Haley's kitchen. He just started trying to get back into writing and being at his house right now wasn't working and so he tried a different environment.

"Write anything new yet?" Nathan walked into the kitchen heading to the refrigerator.

"Not one word. It's like I have writer's block. Something's in the way." Lucas told him as Nathan tossed him a soda.

"You mean someone." Nathan cracked opened his soda, then taking a sip of it.

"I don't want to talk about it." Lucas shook his head.

"Write what you know. The first book you wrote about was a comet and so this one should be about the asteroid. How he came down and shift everything." Nathan spoke in code but Lucas understood where he was heading.

"That's actually not a bad idea...." Lucas trailed off and he immediately started typing.

Nathan gave Luke a pat on the back before heading upstairs to get ready to go to practice since he was now on the Bobcats.

Lucas pulled out his phone and called his publisher, Lindsey. He pitched his idea to her and she fell in love with it. And so from there, Lucas continued to write. But he had to start at the beginning, not high school but when he first proposed to Peyton— in LA. Thinking about it, was he making a mistake? Was it wrong for him to write about everything that went wrong in their relationship? Or maybe it's the only way he could find a way to let go.

• • •

"I knew this would happen!" Ashely screamed through the phone. She got excited when her brother finally told her that Peyton and him were finally back together.

"Are you trying to burn out my ears?" He replied and Ashely just rolled her eyes at his comment.

"We both knew Brooke wasn't the one for you." Ashely spoke calmly as if she knew Chad would agree.

And he did, "Yeah."

"So, idiot, when's the wedding?" Ashely flaunt that word around like it was so easy, casual.

"Woah there sis, we just got back together. Nobody's thinking about marriage and she literally just ended an engagement." He was almost terrified of that word when it include him in the sentence.

"Alright but when you propose, think about me and how much you owe me." Ashely was being a little insensitive to the situation.

"Ash, we both know I don't do marriage. It isn't for me. I'm in for the long haul but that's it." He reminded her.

"Yeah and Peyton obviously wants to get married some day or she wouldn't have said yes to Lucas. I'd advise you to talk about this with her." She told him.

"I know, I know. Eventually." He assured her.

Ashely hung up and Chad let out a deep sigh before getting out the car and walking up the stairs into Tric. It was his first day of recording music, professionally. He already was nervous but now after his talk with his sister, he's even more nervous.

a/n:
LAST CHAPTER
OF ACT 11.
what do you think
about Chad's decision
of not wanting to get
married? how do you
think Peyton would
react?