Friends and Lovers

Summary: Peyton Sawyer and Lucas Scott have been friends forever, what happens when those feelings start to grow into something more?

Pairings: It will incorporate all couples. But LP will be the main focus. It will have LP/NP/BN/NH/LB, most likely.

Note: This fic is Lucas/Peyton/Leyton centric, but I will try to incorporate all characters and the end couples are undecided but there will be a fair amount of each couple. I know it sounds very Dawson's Creek Joey/Dawson - like and it is kinda where I got the idea from. But I'm gonna try my best to not make it so DC-like. It is AU, but the characters have pretty much the same personalities. This is pretty much just a prologue, and in the next chapter I will set up the plot more, and there are differences but I cant tell you, it will ruin it. I can tell you though, that Karen and Kieth are married and Kieth is still alive. Next chapter, I'll fill you in on the rest. Okay, now im gonna shut up before you slap me for rambling.

AN: This is my first on-going fic. I'm not sure how many chapter it will have though. Maybe 10 or 12 depending on how long I make each one.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except my ideas.
Ah the first day of school. Some love it, some hate it, others despise it. Peyton Sawyer was one of those people. Today she was starting her third year of high school and lets just say, she wasn't exactly thrilled.

"Peyton!" yelled a voice from the bottom of the stairs. Oh great. Peyton thought as she heard her best friend Lucas Scott beckon her name followed by his nearing footsteps.

"You either get up in ten minutes or I'm not driving your lazy ass to school." Lucas said as he reached her door and saw her still laying in her bed.

"…Too early" Peyton grumbled as she rolled over and tried to go back to sleep.

"Come on Peyton, rise and shine." Lucas said, clearly not giving up, he went over to her windows and pulled up the shades allowing the sun to shine in through her window, its rays landing right on Peyton's face, as Lucas hoped it would.

"Ugh, Luke how are you so … awake, this morning?" Peyton said, finally giving in, throwing the covers off herself and getting out of bed.

"I don't know, I guess I'm just a morning person, which you are not." Lucas said.

"Yeah you're right about that." Peyton mumbled as she headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

"Uhuh, I've known you for years Peyt, and not once have you ever been in a good mood in the morning." Lucas said, matter of factly.

"Yeah, well I'm normal. You, my friend, are just … weird." Peyton said from the bathroom door, while walking to her closet.

"Whatever you say blondie, now come on, move it. Don't want to be late for our first day of hell."

"That's an understatement." Peyton mumbled from inside her closet.

"You never know, maybe it wont be so bad this year. I mean, junior year is a big year, college plans and whatnot …maybe people changed over the summer."

"Yeah right, people never change Luke, they just get older." Peyton said as she finished getting ready. "Okay, I'm finished, let's go." Peyton said as she grabbed Lucas' arm and dragged him out the door.

The two pulled up to the school and parked in their usual spot in the lot. There were tons of kids scattered everywhere, all in different clicks, the jocks, the cheerleaders, the nerds, the outcasts, the rich kids, and then there were Lucas and Peyton. They never really fit into a specific group. Peyton had friends, Lucas had friends, they both had good grades, but never really made an effort to join the 'it' crowd. No, these two were in a league of their own, they spent most of their time together .They met when they started junior high, so they were about twelve years old. Ever since then, they were pretty much inseparable. Peyton spent a lot of her time at Lucas' house and his mom's café. Especially since Peyton's mom had passed away and he dad wasn't around much, his job made him travel a lot.

"Ready for this Sawyer?" Lucas asked Peyton as they got their stuff out of the car.

"Ready as I'll ever be Scott." Peyton answered. And with that they entered what they hoped to be a good year. But as long as they had each other, they would survive.

So? What'd ya think? Good? Bad? Horrible? Amazing? Let me know. And if you have any ideas or preferences to share with me, please don't be afraid to tell me. Leave me a rambling review or two, its what I'm famous for doing lol.

I will continue this fic whether or not I get reviews because although I love reviews, I love my ideas more and I have to post them lol.