The Truth
One Tree Hill Lucas/Peyton w/ mention of Naley/Brooke&?/Lucas&Lindsay
(sections in the first person are from Peyton's writing)
Prologue: Where I End And You Begin
Okay so it's common knowledge that everyone has secrets, right? Especially in a small town like Tree Hill. Of course there's also the flip side: the gossip anybody and everybody knows and when you walk down the street you gets these looks from people 'cause they know what you did or said or whatever. There's secrets you don't want anyone to know and there's secrets that everyone finds out anyway.
So where do I fall on the spectrum? Well . . . .all of the above—and then some. What started out as simple infatuation transformed into a web of lies to tangled that sometimes even I forget where it all started.
But . . . we won't go into that now. That's a story for another time . . . literally. And hey, if you want to hear that story pick up your very own copy of An Unkindness of Ravens. He tells it so much better than I do. Where we will begin this tale is with a girl–that would be me–driving in a car on her–my–way to pick someone up. Well, two people actually.
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"I know, I'm running late. I'm so sorry." She held the cell phone against her ear with her neck while her hands were on the wheel and eyes fixated on the road in front of her.
"Miss Sawyer, you know that school is done at 3:14 and parents are supposed to pick up their children between 3:14 and 4:00. It is now 5:30."
"I know, I know. I'm so sorry, Principal Wickem. I got held up at work and traffic is insane. I should be there in like . . . fifteen minutes."
"Miss Sawyer, the school closed at 4:00." Principal Wickem said.
"I'm almost there, I swear," Peyton said.
"Do hurry, Miss Sawyer," Principal Wickem hung up.
"I will," Peyton shut off the phone and threw it on the empty passenger seat beside her.
The light turned red and she halted to a stop.
Crash!
To Be Continued . . .