[English Class

Peytons POV

Here I was sitting by the window again, waiting for what was going to be another boring lecture on Shakespeare's plays. Ms. Shepperd, that was our english teacher, was more interested talking about Shakespeare's life than actually reading his plays. This year we were gonna read one of my favorite plays, Macbeth. However, when we do actually start reading the play, I had no clue.

It was beautiful outside, the sun was shinning, birds were chirping, what was going to be another typical summer day at Tree Hill High. Lucas walked in, said his "hi's" and pretty much sat at the desk behind where Brooke and Rachel sat. Nathan and Hailey walked in, gave a small wave and sat on the other side of the room. Ms. Shepperd was really annoyed at how we always talked in her class, and therefore she gave us a seating plan. So the group was pretty much seperated. I was only thankful that I wasnt sitting beside Brooke or Rachel. It's been almost a year, since Brooke slapped me for revealing my feelings for Lucas at Nathan and Haley's Wedding. Since then, we pretty much haven't said two words to each other. But if looks could kill, i swear i would have been killed at least a 100 times, the way Brooke always looked at me.

There was still 10 minutes to go before class started, so i plopped out my MP3 player and was about to put on my earphones, when a girl, wearing black leather pants, black tank top, has black straight hair, brown eyes and red lipstick walked in. I swear it felt like the world stopped spinning as everyone gazed at the new girl. Boys, obviously droowling, and girls, well lets just say that girl must have gotten a 100 bullets struck at her, for just entering the room. She had a small smile on her face, obviously realizing the attention towards her, but couldn't care less. She was pretty much walking towards me, and sat to the desk right beside me.

"Hey, I'm Faith and you are?" wow this girl doesn't waste any time.

"I'm Peyton"

"Well, well, this is english right? Sorry im new here, and still trying to figure out where my damn classes are!"

"Yup, your in the right class! It's cool, you'll find your way around, it's not that big of a high school!" She just smiled at me, and I was mesmerized by her beauty, not to mention, leather on a hot day.

"So Peyt? Do you know anyone in this class?" Here we go, now I had to introduce her to the rest of the crew. But i was glad she didnt want to personally meet them, just wanted a name to the face. So i pretty much just pointed and went on about the introduction.

"This is Nathan, head basketball player, thats his wife Haley, whose a singer and also a tutor girl, so if any troubles with school work she can always help. That's Lucas, also a basketball player and Nathan's brother from another mother. That's Rachel, part of our cheerleader squad, not to mention the biggest bitch you will find in this school, along with her friend Brooke, who is the head cheerleader and is, well i guess was my best friend, thats Mouth, he pretty much hosts all the basketball games on the radio and web. And that's Chris, Damon, Sarah and I have no idea who the rest are"

"Nice, so was ey?" I couldn't believe out of the whole introduction, the part that I hoped she never ask was about Brooke.

"Yeah, was is the right word, for someone who WAS your best friend!" She realized my uncomfortable tone talking about Brooke and just dropped the subject. Now it was my turn to ask her a few questions.

"So Faith, where ya from? What you like/dislike.." She interrupted my 21 question game.

"Hey babe, I dont know if the rest of Tree Hill High loves to talk about themselves, but me, I aint one of them. You will just learn who i am, what i like or dislike through time. Patience, my friend" Before I could say anything, here came Ms. Shepperd in with a pile of papers in her hand.

"Well Good Morning class, I hope you all had a good night sleep. As we will continue talking about Shakespeare's life. But first, according to my attendance sheet here, we have a new student joining us, all the way from Boston, everyone give a warm welcome to Faith Adams. Faith would you like to introduce yourself to the class?" She hesitated at first to get up, but she did finally get up.

"Well you all know my name and where I came from, which was more than anyone's business really. Thats all i have to say Ms." And with that statement she sat back on her seat.

"Well then, everyone if you can turn to page 178 of your text books we shall continue reading about the different eras of literature and proceed with Shakespeare" Faith didnt have a book so she pretty much dragged her chair to sit beside me and share the textbook. Obviously she didnt care for literature, because she was too busy messaging on her cellphone, to what seemed like at least 20 different people, while me on the other hand, i coudn't really focus on the text, because 1. her cell was constantly vibrating and 2. I had a hot brunette sitting right beside me.

There was about 5 minutes left of English before lunch. Faith looked at me, then the teacher, then the time. She took out a piece of paper and scribbled something on it and passed it to me.

Lunch in 5 minutes, I aint much of a caf fan, so wanna go out and grab something? I got a car, and money aint a issue, so what do u say? Plus this class is toooooo boring,

I couldn't believe in 50 minutes, she pretty much considered us to be friends. Or must be a really good person, but my guts pretty much said "all to the contrary" of her being an overall good person. It had been a while since i left the caf and ate outside. Me and Brooke always went out for lunch, but since that day, I've been eating caf food, and to my surprise so was Brooke. So i scribbled back on the piece of paper.

Sure, i know a great cafe we can go too. Its called Karan Cafe, only a 5 minute Drive, and since your new here, this one is my treat!! And yeah, Ms. Shepperd can be boring, but if you wanna pass this class you got to pay attention! Faith just read the note, folded it and smiled, which pretty much meant she agreed. The bell finally went off, signalling it was lunch time.

Lucas approached me, and asked if we were still having our regular lunch together.

"Sorry Lucas, Faith wants to go out and I thought i show her your mom's cafe. How about tomorrow?" Lucas smiled and agreed. He was always a good guy, totally understood my position and left with Nathan and Haley. I knew Brooke was staring at me, i didnt even have to look at her to know shes boiled up with anger. Now why is she angry with me finally having a new friend. But this time i brushed it off and followed Faith outside the room. I guided her towards the students parking lot, now it was her turn to show me where her car was parked.

"That's my car!" She pointed at the Black 2007 Infinite G35 Coupe and damn was this car sexy and totally matching her outfit. So not only was she sexy but her car was too. Okay note to self, stop calling her sexy. I opened the passenger door only to feel the hot sensation of the leather seats. The seats were obviously burning from the heat of the sun and to my discomfort I got out of the car.

"Sorry, the seats are too hot to sit on Faith!"

"I know, who said sit down, i give my car a good 5 minutes of air conditioning before i sit in there." And with that she took out a cigarette and lit it. I didnt know she was a smoker, and pretty much loved her car sooo much that she wouldn't even smoke in the car. So i was staring at the other students coming out of the school, until she interrupted my thoughts.

"So Peyt? You didnt tell me anything about you?"

"Well, I love art and music and i am also part of the cheerleading squad, and im single!" Whoa where the hell did the last part come out of.
"Cheerleading ey? I never thought that one?" Thank God, she ignored the last part, or was doing a real good job pretending like i never said it.

"It wasn't my idea. Brooke had forced me into doing it with her and then it eventually became a part of my life. Not to mention, today is our first cheerleading practice since we havent been friends. So totally looking forward to that" I said the last part in sarcasm. She pretty much nodded and told me to get in as she threw down her cigarette and stepping on it before sitting in her car. Finally, so much better to sit down on.

Her car was beautiful, silver and black. A touch-screen navigation system, manual gears, small tv with a dvd player, though i did wonder how she would watch movies and drive at the same time, cd player, mp3 player and a satellite radio too. Damn, this was definitely a hot car. She turned on the CD player and played it to her favorite track, it was a song by P. Diddy feat. Christina Aguilara. With the music blasting and everyone looking at her car, she made a quick right and out the parking lot we went.

[Cafeteria

Lucas was sitting with Nathan and the rest of the basketball team discussing plans and practices for the game on Friday.

"How about we meet this..." Lucas was interrupted by Brooke patting on his shoulder.

"Sorry to interrupt, but wheres Peyton, Lucas. Did she ditch you?"

"Actually shes gone out with the new girl for lunch!" Before Brooke could ask where, she was grabbed by the arm and led into the girls washroom.

"Owww! Rachel, that hurt!" Brooke gently rubbed her arm up and down, looking at the big red mark.

"Sorry, but when did you start caring where Peyton went or what she did? I thought you guys werent best friends?" Rachel slowly approached Brooke, obviously really didnt care about the answer but had other things in her mind, as she slowly nibbled on Brooke's earlobe.

"Mmmm, Rachel! Not now, not here man. We're suppose to keep this a secret"
"Ahan, and Brooke there's nobody here in the washroom" She slowly started placing wet kisses across Brooke's jawline and slowly made it to her lips. Without a warning, Brooke grabbed Rachel's hip and pushed her to the opposite wall, getting a hold of her lips with her own, and kissing hungrily. Rachel's hand were gribbed firmly on Brooke's ass and brought her even closer towards herself, which ended up deeping the kiss more. It was literally a fight who was more hungry. At the moment, it was quite even, before Rachel pushed Brooke back to the previous wall where they were initially and started to bite her collarbone.

"You have got to stop doing this Rachel? How many times am i going to tell people I have some sort of allergy."

"Well, I guess until we dont go public, its an allergy"

Suddenly the door was opening slowly, which led Rachel to jump and run into one of the stalls. But whoever was planning on coming in, decided to change their mind before looking inside and left back to the cafeteria. Brooke was relieved, another close on. This was hard, to keep this a secret. Rachel on the other hand, remained in the washroom stall, playing with toilet paper.

"Rachel, the person is gone! Now let's go and grab something to eat before lunch is over!" Rachel flushed the toilet even though she never used it and walked towards the mirror to fix up her makeup and hair, and soon Brooke realized she had to do the same thing. She took out her conceler and tried her best to hide all the red marks across her neck.

"One day I will get you back Rachel!"

"Oh please, no you wont!" With that both girls left the bathroom and towards the line to buy food.

[Karan's Cafe

Obviously, what would take a normal person 5 minutes to get there, it took Faith only 3 minutes. Girl was a fast driver. She parked in front of the cafe and followed my lead. I opened the door, and was greated by the best mom of Tree Hill High, Karan. She gave me a hug and then looked past my shoulder to see the surprise guest i belong with me.

"Karan this is Faith, a new girl at our school and Faith this is Karan!"

"Well nice to meet you Faith. Anything you girls want? Coffee? Tea? Hot Chocolate?"

"Actually a hot chocolate with your roast beef sandwich is good for me"

"Make that two" I agreed with Faith's choice of order. We sat down in a booth, and as usual it was quite busy around this time. And then soon, Dan walked into the cafe. After Keith's death, he became a regular at Karan's cafe.

"That's Nathan and Lucas's dad, Karan's ex, Karan's late fiance's brother, and not to mention the Mayor of Tree Hill!"

"Wow, that guy seems busy!" Faith just looked into my hazel eyes, I guess she was trying to read something from me, but I'm really good at hiding what really goes on in my life, except Brooke who doesn't seem to ever be fooled.

"Why do you always think of her?" Wow, okay, so much for hiding stuff Peyton. Play cool, play innocent.

"Of who?"

"Brooke! She seems to always be on your mind. It bothered you that she looked at you angrily when leaving english, it bothers you that you have to see her tonight for practice, and somehow, I get the feeling you think about her a lot!"

"Well, Faith, I really dont know you, and like i said she was my best friend for 10 years, so it could be kind of hard to just stop thinking about her!"

"Well, thats funny, considering she moved on pretty quick to that Rachel girl!" Now i was hurt, but it was definitely an eye opener. I guess Faith was trying to tell me to move on, but how?! She just changed the topic when i wouldn't say anything, her next topic was about her schedule.

"So do we have any other classes together or just boring old english!" I looked at her schedule, and to my surprise, we had the exact same schedule.

We finished our lunch and headed back to school. Faith headed towards class, as i just made a quick stop to my locker and there she was, coming right towards me.

"Where were you Peyton?" Brooke asked. Wow, a year almost goes by, and no hi just where was i.

"Why does it matter to you? As far as i remember we arent friends so i dont have to tell you where and what i was doing, right?"

"It doesnt matter, just wanted to tell you we have a practice tonight, so try and be prompt and try to not bring your new friend with you!"

"Jealous? Is Brooke Davis finally jealous, that I finally found someone and no longer have to be sad and lonely. Maybe even a better friend?" Okay the last part was harsh, and i knew it hurt her because her expression changed for a split second but then changed back to anger.

"Naw Peyton, the only person who would be jealous would be that new girl, because no matter how hard she tries to be your friend, she will realize Peyton Sawyer can never get over Brooke Davis!" With that statement she left with Rachel to another class we shared together and I was left at my locker, having that statement of Brooke's repeating over and over in my mind "Peyton Sawyer can never get over Brooke Davis!" I grabbed my Math book, and headed towards class. There was Brooke talking to Faith, great now she's going to try and take Faith away from me. But to my surprise Faith smiled while Brooke was pissed off. Now I know something didnt go right there.

Mr. Cook, came in and told us to start working on Page 122, questions 1-6 while he finishes grading our last test on his desk. Faith slid me a note, while she actually was doing some math questions.

Thanks for the lunch, we should defintely go out more often. Your ex-best friend seems quite jealous of me and you hanging out, well that's what i think. She was trying to convince me to hang out with her and Rachel at lunch, but I told her, I am happy chilling out with my new girl friend Peyton. Anyways i was thinking, after your cheerleading practice, if you want to go out for dinner? And no, i am not asking you out on a date, so dont get any freaky ideas Peyton :P

I looked at the note, but this was going too fast. I hardly knew the girl, and I didnt know if its another psycho derek on the loose after me. I scribbled a reply back to her.

Sorry, but I think were going too fast. We barely know each other, and I already had some bad experiences with taking it too fast with strangers aka stalkers. I am really tired, so I am probably going to get some sleep after practice, but maybe some other time. Sorry!!

She looked a bit disappointed by my reply, but then smiled and understood where i was coming from. Soon school was over, me and Faith gave our goodbyes and I headed towards the girls changeroom to change into my cheerleading outfit. Brooke and Rachel walked in, with a smile across their face. Rachel left to get changed, she knew better not to mess with me, but Brooke just couldnt get enough.

"So wheres your new friend?"

"Brooke, we havent spoken in a year, so please mind your own business!" I was about to leave towards the gym before Brooke grabbed my arm and pushed me to the wall. Ouch, that hurt, but surprisingly she came really close and whispered

"Your mine Peyton, even though we arent friends, you will ALWAYS be mine!" And then Brooke left with Rachel to the gym. Here i was completely shocked, at what Brooke meant or said by "completely mine" in the 10 years i have known her, she was never possessive, but what did she mean that i am "hers"! Anyways, i brushed off her comment and headed towards the gym, and to my surprise there was Faith sitting on the bleachers looking at me.

"You know, you look hot in that outfit" Faith smirked, and I couldn't help but blush.

"I thought you were going!"
"Well, i was thinking of going, but a part of me didnt want to leave you yet, so i thought i might see this side of you while i am here!" Faith looked past me, and I could see the reflection of Brooke looking at us. Faith smiled at Brooke and I knew things were going to be heated between my ex-best friend and who may soon be current best friend.

TBC