Painted On My Heart
Season 1;
Peyton and Nathan are broken up and his with Haley now.
Lucas and Brooke are together, he never cheated on her with Peyton.
Lucas never got in an accident; this is placed around the time of the Classic.
Lucas Scott watched as Peyton Sawyer walked down the hallway of Tree Hill High. He once thought she had been the one for him, and part of him still felt that way , which he really shouldn't be thinking considering he was dating her best friend, or ex best friend ?, Brooke David. Peyton and Brooke had been best friends, but when Brooke had started dating Lucas, Peyton had slowly cut her out of her life. Peyton mostly only hung out with Jake Jagielski now. He thought over time he would begin to love Brooke and forget about Peyton but now he was beginning to wonder if that was true.
Nathan Scott sat with his girlfriend Haley quietly eating his lunch, she was babbling about a fight had with her friend. He knew he should be concentrating what his girlfriend was saying but all he could see was the curly haired blonde sitting a few tables away. The blonde had once been his girlfriend, and although he had never showed it he had really and truly loved her. He loved Haley, but his love for Peyton had been different. It had been hot and passionate love, while his love for Haley was sweet and new. Peyton noticed him staring and gave him a quick smile, he smiled back and then quickly zoned in on Haley.
"Nathan? Where were you just now?" She asked softly, noticing he hadn't been paying attention to a word she said.
"Sorry" He mumbled quickly "A lot on my mind. Dan, school, basketball, the usual"
"Need to talk?" She asked, taking his hand and rubbing it softly and giving that Haley smile that usually made him melt
"No, it's nothing … really" he gave her a quick kiss and stood up "I got to go talk to Whity.. Catch up with you later?"
"Sure" she nodded her voice just a little above a whisper. Lately Nathan was always off in a world of his own and she was worried she would lose him as quickly as she had found him.
Peyton sat on the steps of the school, stretching out her legs and basking in some of the last bit of warm sun before winter. The skirt of her cheerleading uniform rose dangerously high but she wasn't very worried. She closed her eyes and tilted her head upwards. "Peyt" a familiar voice said
She opened her eyes to find her ex boyfriend Nathan's piercing blue ones starring into her own "Nate" she said softly
"What are you doing here Sawyer? Cheerleading practice was over awhile ago" he asked, plopping down beside her
"So was basketball" she countered, closing her eyes once more
"You know I like to stay later then the others" he reminded, he checked out her legs and gave a little gulp. It seemed that those legs still had the same affect on him.
"hmm" was her only reply
"And your here because?" he asked again, resisting the urge to just reach out and touch her
"Jake" She sighed, opening her eyes and sitting fully up "He had to talk to Whitey"
"Right" he nodded "You guys are pretty tight these days. What's going on there"
"Were friends" she crooked her eyebrow "not that it's really any of your concerns".
"Ah there's the Peyton I know" Nathan smirked
She gave her crooked little smile and everything felt normal for a spilt moment.
"Peyton" Jake's voice interrupted as he jogged down the steps "Ready?"
Peyton quickly stood up "See yah around Nate" she nodded and walked off with Jake. But Nathan sat for a few more minutes and wondered to himself what thing would be like if he had treated Peyton the way he should have.