Chapter 1
I looked at you like the stars that shined.
She said I was seven and you were nine I looked at you like the stars that shine the pretty lights
Peyton Sawyer and Lucas Scott were best friends. They have been since they were little babies. Growing up just down the road from each other, they never left each other's side. It was like they were attached at the hip. Some people often mistook them as brother and sister; that's how close they were.
From the day they met and then on they had each other's back. If someone was to pick on Peyton in anyway Lucas would be right there to tell them to get lost and then cheer her up. Same goes for Peyton, if she seen anyone picking on him for his love of books or anything like that then she'd push them down. No one could mess with them.
It was around the time when she was seven and he was nine. There was something that Peyton started to keep a secret from everyone but herself. She would never tell a single soul ... she had the biggest crush on Lucas, but she couldn't tell that to her other friends because boys 'supposedly' had cooties and girls at her age weren't supposed to like boys. She couldn't help it though; every time she looked right at him she couldn't help but get lost in those ocean blue eyes of his. So, she had to keep her secret locked in her diary where no one could find it.
Lucas had a secret too, though. He had a 'crush' on Peyton. He couldn't help but get lost in those green eyes of hers, or not notice how her smile lit up the room. Every time she got near his heart beat a little faster. He believed that there was no other girl in the world like her, and that she would always hold a special place in his heart no matter what. His mom was the only one that knew about is little 'crush' on his best friend, and she had to swear that she wouldn't tell a single soul, and so she kept her word. The both of them would keep his little secret between just the two of them for as long as it took.
As Peyton sat on her front porch swing looking through an old photo album she couldn't help but smile at the childhood memories. Remembering the child hood that they both cherished dearly, and kept close to their hearts. She knew that Lucas Scott would always be her best friend no matter what or where their life took them.
Our daddies used to joke about the two of us growing up and falling in love and our mommas smiled and rolled their eyes and said oh my my my
She couldn't suppress her smile as she remembered their dads joking around saying they were going to get married someday. She and Lucas denied everything of course. They couldn't see themselves getting married at all. At least that's what each of them led everyone to believe, while they secretly hoped that it was true. Their moms just rolled their eyes because they knew for sure that it was most likely true.