Let's Get Lost.
He'd seen her around before the last time he saw her she was with brunette and they where laughing as they walked around the Columbia campus that was almost a year ago he wasn't that high school senior he was then he was now college freshman.
He didn't know why he was watching her but something about her seemed so familiar maybe it was because she was a blonde and tall or maybe it was because she didn't seem to be anything like Serena he wasn't sure but something about her made him want to get to know her.
He approached her casually she was sitting alone so if she told him to leave her alone he'd wouldn't have to deal her friends seeing it as got closer to her he saw that she was crying he didn't know what to do with this strange girl comfort her or just walk away pretending he didn't see her for some reason he couldn't do that this girl was calling him in so he decided to see if she was okay.
'Excuse me are you okay'
he asked gently as he handed her a tissue, she looked up her him and nodded
'No I just broke up with my boyfriend'
he gave her an apologetic look as he handed her a tissue
'I'm sorry to here that'
'Thanks but it was my fault'
'How do you work that one out'
She turned to look at this boy who had taken an interest in the break up of her relationship, she couldn't help notice that he was attractive, he had gentle blue eyes and she was a sucker for a pair of blue eyes that's why see couldn't resist the charm of either of the Scott boy's.
'He asked me to marry him last week and I said no but I didn't say no because I didn't love him but because I wasn't ready to become someone's wife I'm only 18. I've never been one of those girls who wanted to get married right away I've never thought of myself as the marrying type and now I guess I'll never know because I threw my one shot at true happiness away'.
Her voice broke at the end of her sentence as the tears rolled down her face, he didn't know why he did but he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder
'That guy was an idiot letting you go, I would have stuck around until you where ready to become my wife some guys don't know how lucky they are sometimes'
she looked at him and smiled
'Thank you, I don't even know your name'
he smiled back
'I'm Nate Archibald and you are?'
'I'm Peyton Sawyer'
'It's a pleasure meeting you Peyton'
'You too I wish I met you on a different day because now you'll remember as that girl the sad who was crying'
'No I'll remember you as the beautiful girl who was sad and then when you smiled I realized that your smile could light the earth'
she looked down embarrassed.
That was the first time Nate Archibald and Peyton Sawyer spoke.
They ran into each other a month later she is walking out of the building
'Hey'
She turns and smiles at the boy she's only meet once before but she never forgets a face as beautiful as his.
Nate runs towards her, his hair is windswept but she likes it, it suits him but then she thinks that maybe there isn't a hairstyle that doesn't suit this boy's face.
'Hey, how are you?'.
She asks him as he walks beside her trying to catch his breath.
'I'm good, I'm glad the weekend is finally here, what about you ?'.
'I'm cool, I'm on my way to meet my best friend at grand central station she just got back from a business trip in LA
'Business trip what does your friend do'
'She's a fashion designer she started her clothing line in our senior year of high school and now she's working with Victoria Secret on a new line'
'That's sounds cool it must be strange having a friend who already has there life figured out, my best friend owns his own club and hotel'
'Well some people just know what they want, while others just stumble through until they find there place'.
he nodded in agreement
'So what are you and your friend the fashion designer doing tonight?',
'Well my plan was to stay in and do nothing maybe order some take out and slouch around in my PJ's and knowing Brooke she'll find some party to go too why?'.
'Well my friend Chuck is having a party at his club Victrola, maybe instead of staying in your PJ's you and your friend would like to come and check it out'.
She shrugged
'Maybe I will come and check it out'.
'Well here let me give you the address just in case you do come'.
He wrote the address on a scrap of paper she hands him.
'Thanks'
She takes the paper from him and folds it and put's into her pocket of her plaid shirt before flipping her hair out of her face and putting it into a messy bun, this girl is nothing like the girl's he dated in the past and grew up with, she's isn't a Waldorf or a Van Der Woodsen, she's a sawyer and while that may mean nothing on the upper east side it mean's something to him and he can't figure out why,.
'Well I better go'
She say's smiling at him and turning to hail a taxi and one pulls up right in front of them and she turns to face him.
'Hopefully I'll see you and your friend tonight'
'Maybe you will'
She hugs him without really thinking about it before getting in the car he watches as the it blends into the New York traffic before heading towards his apartment building.
'A party, I say hell yes'
Brooke exclaims as she puts her suitcase in her room
'Well it should be good Nate's friend owns the club so it should be a good night'
Peyton called to her as she kicked of her shoes shook her hair free from the bun she had put it in as Brooke walked into her room and sat on the edge of Peyton's bed.
'So tell me about this Nate guy ?'.
She asked looking at Peyton with that classic Brooke Davis 'I need the juicy details' look.
'What's to say we met like a month ago he was comforting me about Lucas'
'Really so how come's you've never mentioned him before'.
Peyton shrugged
'Well I hardly know him but he seems like a really cool guy'.
'So does this Nate have a last name or is he too cool for that ?'.
'Ha Ha his last name is Archibald'.
'NO WAY'.
Peyton looked at Brooke in surprise
'What's wrong'.
'Nothing is wrong you have no idea who Nate is do you?'.
'A guy that goes to Columbia with me'.
'No he's a Archibald that's huge he's Epic and he's asking you to his friend's party that's amazing'.
'Okay well his last name means nothing to me, he's just a guy like I'm just a girl too him'.
Brooke smiled at Peyton as she stood up and walked over to her best friend
'You may see it that way but I think that it's possible that Nate could be the next great romance for Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer'
'Brooke I just got out of a pretty serious relationship I'm not ready to get back into one with a guy I barely know'
'But do you want to get know him'
'Maybe I don't Brooke I though I was going to be with Lucas forever but I was wrong and Nate he's different okay yeah he's got the blue eyes but he's not Lucas he doesn't know anything about me, I like that I have some mystery with him'.
'So maybe that's why you should get to know him, I loved you and Lucas together but maybe Lucas made it perfectly clear that he wasn't the guy for you when he walked away from your relationship'
'Brooke that wasn't his fault that was mine'
'Why is it your fault because you turned down his proposal,Peyton your not Haley and Nathan and even marriage is difficult for them so don't start blaming yourself for how your relationship ended you told him you weren't ready and he walked out of the door so now stop dwelling on Lucas Scott and be happy that's all I want for you and I think that Nate Archibald could make you happy'.
'You really like saying his last name don't you'.
'Yeah I kind of do but I still want you to be happy'.
Peyton hugged Brooke tightly
'Thanks Brooke'
'That's what I'm here for now let me pick out something for you to wear tonight'
Brooke pulled Peyton into her closet as she picked out Peyton's outfit.
'Peyton Sawyer, what kind of name is that'
Nate rolled his eyes at Blair who was laying back on a chair with a glass of white wine in her hands.
'She's a really cool girl okay, I don't care what her last name is'
'But you should the last two girls you dated had terrible surnames and one was awful what if she's like Vanessa.'
'Blair I know you aren't Vanessa biggest fan but she isn't anything like Vanessa'
Blair snorted in disgust at the very mention of Vanessa's name and walked into Chuck's bedroom, Chuck handed him a whiskey and sat opposite him
'So what is it about this Sawyer girl that's got you so hooked'
Nate shrugged
'I don't know man, she's different not Vanessa different but totally different, if see comes tonight and you get to meet her you'll see it too she's not like Blair,Serena or Vanessa, she just her, she has no expectations of me and I like that'.
'If you want I can call my investigator let him run a background check on her'
'Chuck I don't think I'm going to need your investigator with this one, so is it cool that I invited her and her friend tonight?'.
'Nathaniel it's fine I'd like to meet the girl who's got you wound up like this'.
Nate laughed as his phone rang he looked at the screen not recognizing the number
'Hello'
'Hey Nate it's Peyton I just wanted to let you know that me and Brooke my friend are coming tonight'
'Good I'm really glad'
'Well thank Brooke she wasn't exactly taking no for answer'.
'Well I thank her when I see her'
'Okay well I better start getting ready I'll see you later tonight'.
'Yeah I'll see you tonight'.
Nate hung up and turned to see Chuck looking at him with a bemused expression on his face.
'Wow this place is different'.
Brooke said as she and Peyton walked into Victrola
'It's no Tric that's for sure'
Peyton replied as she looked around the luxuriously decorated club
'We are not In Tree Hill anymore , let's get a drink'.
Peyton followed Brooke to the bar and was facing the bar when someone tapper her shoulder softly, she turned around and smiled at Nate who was standing behind them looking even more handsome that he did before even though he was dressed in a simple navy shirt and black trousers.
'You made it'
He said warmly
'Yeah I told you I would'
'Well I'm glad you did you look amazing by the way'
Peyton looked down at her outfit Brooke had forced her to wear a deep red mini dress which was open in the back and pulled in at the waist with a small black belt and she wore black ankle boots which made her legs seem much longer but he liked to think that they never ended.
'Well Thank you, but Brooke dressed me'
At the mention of her name Brooke turned round and smiled at Nate.
'You must be Nate, I've heard a lot of things about you, someone wouldn't shut up about you'.
Peyton gave Brooke a look which she ignored and which cause Nate to chuckle before smiling at Brooke
'It's nice to meet you Brooke and thank you for getting her to come out tonight'.
'It's not a problem'.
She replied and winked at Peyton.
Nate looked between them.
'Come meet my friends'.
'Sure'
Peyton smiled at him as Brooke handed her a drink and they followed Nate to a corner booth where a beautiful brunette girl sat with a stunning blonde and a handsome brunette who had on a tie.
Peyton felt like kicking herself of course Nate wasn't single and the blonde who made her feel like disappearing down a black hole was obviously his girlfriend as the two brunettes seemed to only have eyes for each other.
Brooke noticed Peyton's face change as she looked at the blonde girl who smiled at them both as she stood up to make room for them.
'Hi I'm Serena'.
Brooke smiled at her while Peyton stood there silently.
'I'm Brooke and this is Peyton'.
Peyton smiled softly at them
Blair eyed Peyton and then smiled at the girl.
'I'm Blair'
Brooke looked at Blair and smiled
'I love your dress, Dior right'.
Blair smiled warmly and ran her hand across the fabric of her dress
'You have a good eye, I love your Phillip Lim and your YSL are to die for'.
Brooke laughed
'I almost did die for them'.
Chuck was the last to introduce himself he seemed to be having a very intense argument with someone but he hung up as soon as he noticed Peyton, she reminded him of Serena but he could see what Nate meant about her being different and he looked at Nate curiously before looking at Peyton
'Hello Peyton I'm Chuck Bass'
Peyton smiled at him and nervously played with her necklaces before sitting down next to Brooke who had already started a conversation with Blair and Serena about Fashion.
Nate was at the bar when Chuck approached him
'So what do you think ?'.
He asked waiting for the judging to start.
'She is very attractive, Nathaniel but there is something familiar about her, she seems to look like another blonde we know and love so well'.
'She's nothing like Serena, Chuck at first I thought that's what my attraction to her was but it's not something else I mean yeah she's blonde and leggy but she's not Serena and even if she was I don't want Serena anymore'
'That's good to know because I think she likes you but then I also think that she thinks you are with Serena'.
Nate looked at Chuck and then over to the table where Peyton was still sitting playing with her drink and not really talking with the girls.
'Why would she think that'.
Chuck shrugged
'I don't know but if you like her you better make it clear that you and Serena aren't together'.
Nate looked at him just as Peyton walked towards the bar
'Miss Sawyer'
Chuck said as he slipped away.
'What was that about'
Nate shrugged and smiled at her.
'Nothing just Chuck being Chuck, are you having a good time'
'Yeah I am this is actually my first night out in New York and so far it's living up to it's expectations'
'This is your first night out in New York that's not right your missing out on so much'
'I know but Brooke's always working and I don't know many people here it's not like I have a tour guide
'You do now I'm going to take you out'
'Are you sure Serena won't mind'.
'Serena wouldn't care because me and Serena aren't together'.
'Oh great now I feel like a idiot'.
'Don't worry about it so what do you say to a real New York night out with a born and breed New Yorker',
'So would it be like a date'
Nate was shocked did she want him to ask her on a date
'No date, it can be two friends going out but if you want it to be a date it can be no pressure, I'm going to shut up now'
Peyton laughed a laugh that made him want to hear it again
'I'd like it if it was a date but no pressure'
'No Pressure, let me get you a drink'
She laughed as they turned to face the bar across the room Blair and Brooke where watching them.
'I like her'.
Brooke looked at Blair
'Sorry'
Blair looked at Brooke
'Sorry we are a very critical group and well the last girl he dated wasn't exactly someone I would call a friend but Peyton seems like a girl I could be friends with'.
'Peyton's the best we've been friends for 12 years and I couldn't ask for a better friend, she's been through a tough time and all I want is for her to be happy again'.
'Just like we want to see Nate happy'
They tapped champagne glasses, just as Serena returned from the bathroom.
'What are we drinking too?'.
She asked as she sat down.
'New Friends'
Blair said smiling at her and Brooke.
Peyton was sitting in the coffee shop around the corner from Columbia when Nate walked in and crept up behind her and covered her eyes with his hands.
'Guess who'.
He said and she smiled
'Zac Efron'.
'Hey'.
He exclaimed pretending to be hurt and she smiled at him as he put his bag down on the floor next to her's and pulled out a chair.
'How was the rest of your weekend?'.
She asked him turning of her Ipod so she could listen to what he had to say.
'It was good after the drinking that we indulged in on Friday night I spent most of my Saturday recovering and then yesterday I went to the central park to play football with my friend Dan, what about you?'.
'Well I was supposed to be recovering but my Saturday recovery involved shopping with Brooke and then yesterday I down to Brooklyn and just drew'.
'I'd love to see some of your drawing's sometime'.
She looked out of the window and he could tell that something he said had got to her even though they where still getting to know each other her every movement intrigued him.
'Are you okay'
She turned to face him her light green eyes looked almost sad and he smiled at her and the sadness seemed to fade away as she looked at him.
'Yeah it's just the last person I should my art to was Lucas'
'Oh I'm sorry'
'It's not your fault'
He looked at her and smiled
'So what's the rest of your day looking like'
'I haven't got any classes for the rest of the day why?'
'Well looks like we are in the same boat and I know I'm taking you on your big New York date on Wednesday but I was wondering if you'd like to do something now'.
She thought for a moment.
'What where you thinking?'.
'We could go back to my apartment and watch a movie and order some food'.
'What would we watch ?'.
'Quarantine'.
'That looked really good or well from the trailer's I saw it looked good'.
He chuckled
'Trailers, you really are a girl'
'What do you mean by that'
'Well I have a theory that girls only watch movies based on the how the trailer looks or the lead male, why do you think Twilight was such a big hit because of the leading male'
Peyton looked at him and then started to laugh
'Is that why you watched Twilight because of Robert Pattinson'
'No I watched it for Kristen Stewart'
They both looked at each other then started to laugh once again
'Okay enough Twilight talk, I'd like to come to yours and watch a movie with you'.
'Good but are you sure Brooke won't be upset me stealing you away from her'.
'Brooke is in the Hampton shooting her first magazine cover, she's really excited about'
'I think anyone would be excited to have the face on the cover of a national magazine''
'I can't watch it's to scary'
Peyton had head in a cushion as another person got killed
'It's all over now'
she looked up to see a man getting dragged away and she screamed
'Your such a liar'
she said as she buried her head in his chest, he looked down and couldn't help but running a hand over her hair he watched the screen faded to black
'Hey it's really over this time'
he whispered and she peered up at him
'Do you promise'
her voice was soft as she looked up into his eyes and he was blown away by the look on her face it was innocent and sexy all at the same time he had to blink twice before answering
'I promise'
she looked away from him and towards the TV where the end credits where running, She sat up and hit him with the cushion she was originally hiding behind
'Whoa what's that for'
he asked as he grabbed a cushion to protect himself with
'That was for lying to me'
she replied as she hit him one more time with the cushion but apparently Nate didn't think the fight was over and as soon as her back was turned her hit with a cushion, she jumped in shock and looked at him.
'Hey it's over'.
He shook his head at her.
'It's not over until I say it's over'.
'Fine whatever you say but don't blame me if I'm forced to hurt you'.
'Bring it on Sawyer'.
There pillow fight carried on for a while until Peyton was sitting on Nate
'Say it'.
She said and he shook his head
'Never'.
'Nate all you have to say is I won and I'll get up'.
He smirked
'I know that's all I have to say but you didn't win, you cheated'.
'How did I cheat',
'Using your womanly charms is cheating'.
'It's not my fault you can't resist me'.
She said playfully before getting up and then helping him up before picking stray feathers out of her hair.
'You missed one'.
She felt him standing behind her and her heart start to race as his hand came to her lower back and she turned and looked at him as he lowered his lips to her's slowly, she could feel his warm breath on her lips and she looked into his eyes as she let out a shaky breath just before there lips met in a soft kiss, they both pulled back and looked at each other letting there minds catch up to the fact that there stepping out of friendship territory and into something else.
'We shouldn't have done that'.
Peyton said not losing eye contact with him
'I know but I wanted too'.
'I wanted you too'.
Without any more encouragement, he leaned in and kissed her again his hand coming to her cheek as he caressed it gently as she put her hands in his hair.
They stumbled backwards there lips never disconnecting until they where laying on his black leather sofa, he rested between her legs as he ran his hands down the smooth lines of her body and she gripped his arms feeling his muscles flex involuntary under her touch.
He pulled back and looked down at her, her lips where slightly swollen from there kissing and her skin was flushed with a soft sheen but it was her eyes that made him want to kiss her again they where practically dancing as she looked at him, she leaned up and kissed him just under his jaw and he groaned and sat up and pulled her up with him so that her legs where now draped on either side of him and he smiled at her as he brought her back into kiss her, his hands going to her waist,
This maybe the first time Nate had just enjoyed the simple pleasure of kissing someone when he knew that it wasn't going to go any further than that.