A Father's Love Chapter 2, an one tree hill fanfic

A Father's Love

Ch. 2- Short Skirts

Peyton was sitting outside of Tree Hill High waiting on her best friend. She couldn't wait to tell Haley what had happened between her and the hunky Lucas Scott. Peyton was smiling from ear to ear when Haley walked outside. "Oh my God what happened? Why are you smiling?" Haley questioned in a cheerful way.

"Lucas Scott asked me out. We have to go to the basketball game, and then we have to go to a party" Peyton squealed.

Haley laughed "Peyton, I hate basketball, he invited you not me, and have you met your father lately?" Haley gave her a look.

Peyton bit her lip "Yeah but you have to come with me, you can do this one thing for me, and I was hoping you could come up with some kind of plan"

Haley shook her head "Why me?" The girls started walking to Haley's car.

"Because you are my best friend in the whole world, and you're better at coming up with plans than I am" Peyton gave her the puppy face.

"Ok, we'll just tell your dad that you are spending the night with me. I seriously can't believe he asked you out." Haley smiled

"I know me either. It is like a dream come true" Peyton was in heaven or at least she thought so. They got into Haley's car, and Haley pointed at Peyton's skirt.

"Aren't you going to change?" Haley questioned knowing that Larry would have a fit if he saw his daughter in the outfit she had on.

Peyton shook her head "My dad is at work, I'll change when I get home."

"Ok"

"Haley you were so right about looking sexy today. This really is like the best day ever."

Haley smiled and started the car "You and Lucas are so gonna get married one day, and I can be the maid of honor."

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Lucas was in the gym shooting around, but his mind wasn't on basketball. It was on the beautiful blonde girl he had finally found the nerve to talk to. She was absolutely beautiful, sweet, and perfect. He had no idea why he hadn't talked to her before. Lucas took another shot but this time he missed.

"If you shoot like that tonight we're sure to lose" Nathan said as he walked into the gym. Nathan was Lucas' little brother by three months. They were best friends although they didn't grow up that way. Their love for basketball pulled them together, and they realized it was a waste of time to hate each other. "I guess I'll have to show you how it is done" He takes the ball and scores "See you could learn a lot from me big brother" Nathan smiled as he made yet another basket.

"Thanks for the tip, but my mind isn't on basketball" Lucas admitted.

"Well you better get it together because we have to win tonight. What's on your mind anyway? Are you having problems with Brooke?"

"I'm done with Brooke" Lucas said with no emotion on his face. Their relationship had fallen apart a long time ago, and everyone knew it. He was tired of denying it. He wanted so much more than Brooke wanted.

Nathan laughed and shot the ball again "Come on man, you guys break up and get back together more than people change their underwear"

Lucas shook his head and stole the ball from Nathan "It is for real this time Nate. I'm done with her."

"Is there someone else?" Nathan questioned. Lucas didn't answer. He shot the ball and missed again. "I take that as a yes. Who is she?"

"You probably don't even know her, but I've been watching her for a while, and I think she's really cool"

"Ok man you can't turn into a stalker cause that's weird." Nathan made a face of disgust.

"I'm not a stalker. It is not like that. She'll be at the party tonight."

"She's not a cheerleader. We don't date girls that aren't cheerleaders" Nathan told him. It was one of their rules since they were the stars of the team.

"Well maybe it is time for a change. I've got to go help my mom at the cafe. I'll see you later" Lucas said as he walked out of the gym. Nathan couldn't believe that he was considering dating a non cheerleader. The Scott brothers didnt' do things like that, but then again maybe Lucas was onto something.

Peyton and Haley had made it to Peyton's house. Peyton walked into the kitchen, "I'll fix us something to drink" She told her as Haley walked up the stairs.

Peyton was standing by the counter fixing the drinks with her back towards the door. "What the hell are you wearing?" Larry questioned as he entered the house.

Peyton's heart dropped into her chest because she knew she was in trouble. She took a second answering because she was trying to come up with a good lie that he might actually believe. "Dad"

He cut her off, "I cannot believe you wore that to school after I told you not too"

"I um dad" She couldn't think of anything to say. She knew she was in trouble.

"Your grounded" He said calmly. Her eyes grew large. He couldn't possibly ground her. She had a date with Lucas Scott.

"Dad please you can't not tonight" Peyton begged.

"I can, and I did. You have got to learn that you cannot get away with bad behavior. Tell Haley to go home." Larry said as he walked into the living room. Peyton closed her eyes she knew she should have taken the skirt off at school. Why didn't she listen to Haley?

Upstairs Haley had heard the whole conversation and was packing some of Peyton's clothes into a bag. Peyton entered the room, "You have to go home I just got myself grounded" Peyton sighed. She saw Haley packing things into a bag. "What are you doing?"

"I'm coming up with a plan since you think I'm so good at it." Haley continued to get Peyton's things together. "You are going to go back downstairs and tell your father that you have to go to the library tonight because you have a huge paper due, and you have to look up stuff at the library."

Peyton shook her head as she fell on her bed "No way, he's not going to fall for that, and even if he did he would want to see the paper that I wrote, and I'm not writing a paper"

"I have the perfect paper you can show him. I'll print it off at home. I'll be back to get you at six. Make sure you sound convincing when you talk to him" She said as she grabbed Peyton's bag and headed down the stairs.

Peyton spent thirty minutes trying to work up the nerve to talk to her father. The truth was she wasn't very good at standing up to him. She finally walked downstairs, and he was sitting at his desk looking over some papers. "Daddy"

Larry didn't even look up from his papers "Peyton I don't want to hear any excuses. Your punishment stands"

"I know" She took a deep breath "You were right to ground me" Larry looked up from his papers "I should have listened to you, and I'm sorry I broke the rules. I know rules are rules, and they aren't meant to be broken" He always said that. "But I have a big history paper due Monday and I need to go to the library tonight" She said hopeful that he would let her go.

"No" He said sternly

"Please, you wouldn't want me to fail would you?"

"No I wouldn't want you to fail, but why do you have to go to the library? You have your own computer" Larry questioned

"I know...I know but I need to look up stuff in books...Please daddy it is just the library" Peyton said giving him a look of innocence.

"I am glad to see you changed, and I'll be burning that skirt by the way"

Peyton nodded "Ok"

"You can go. I'm guessing Haley will be with you"

"Yes sir"

"You are to be home by twelve because that is what time the library closes. If you are home any later I'm adding another week to your sentence" He said standing up from his chair.

Peyton was so happy, "I understand, thank you daddy" She went to walk out of the room.

"But remember Peyton I trust you and I wouldn't expect you to break that trust" Larry said with confidence in his daughter. Peyton felt so guilty for lying to him, but then again she was so happy because she was finally going to get her chance to be with Lucas. That's all she ever wanted.

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