Chapter 4

I've been in such a good mood recently because it turns out that I did better than I thought I would in my exams so I'm really happy which apparently makes me want to write more or it could be something to do with the really awesome reviews that I'm getting.

"I'm not doing this," Peyton argued for what felt like the thousandth time in the past two weeks, this time however it wasn't with someone involved in the movie, it was from her boss.

"Peyton you have to understand that anything that they use as promotion for the movie will automatically double up as promotion for the label," John explained in a patronising manner to her and she couldn't help but roll her eyes. She fully understood the business benefits to staying married to Lucas but she wasn't going to do it, there was just no way.

"John you really don't understand I can't stay married to him and there's no way in hell that I'm living with him," she insisted as she had been doing for the past hour.

After Julian had told her that the people who were working on Lucas' movie had heard the rumours that the two of them got married, it had been decided that if the rumours got out and then the two got an annulment then the movie would basically be called a lie and people wouldn't go see it. At least that was the theory they had come up with.

It would be best for everyone.

That was the phrase that she had been hearing constantly for the past two weeks and it simply wasn't true. How was it better for her to be living with her ex-boyfriend who until recently she hadn't spoken to in four years? The truth was that they just didn't want their bosses to fire them if the movie was a failure and their bosses didn't want to waste all of their money on a film that wasn't going to be successful. Nobody seemed to be taking her opinion into consideration and it was annoying the hell out of her.

"You keep saying that Peyton but as of yet you haven't even given me a real reason why you can't do it," John pushed and it was true, the best reason that Peyton had come up with so far was 'I don't want to.'

Her reasoning was on the tip of her tongue but at the last second all she could say was, "I just can't do it."

"Well until you give me a real reason then you don't have much of an argument, besides you were together for a while, how hard can it be to live with him?" John asked what he intended to be a rhetorical question and began to walk out of the office only to receive a response from Peyton, then again he probably should have expected that after working with her for almost six years.

"You can't even begin to understand how hard it would be," she said forcefully, "we broke up for a reason."

"I'm not asking you to sleep with him Peyton," he sighed unsympathetically.

The moment he said it she looked down at the floor and her mind just couldn't think of an argument fast enough before he had walked out of the room leaving her alone with her thoughts.

After her meeting with John all Peyton wanted to do was curl up in bed and sleep however the moment that she got into bed she heard her phone make a small chiming noise, knowing that her phone made that noise when she received an email she assumed it would be from her dad considering she had been avoiding his calls since she had returned from Las Vegas. She was extremely surprised however when she had an email from Brooke Davis, she and Brooke never emailed each other, literally never.

When she opened the email she was once again surprised when the only content was a link to some website.

She was horrified when she opened the link.

An Unkindness of Ravens author Lucas Scott married to real life Peyton Sawyer?

It looks like the Lucas and Peyton from Lucas Scott's bestselling novel An Unkindness of Ravens have finally got married, at least in real life they have.

A source has reported that she met the two in Las Vegas almost a month ago where they eloped in a small wedding chapel.

"They were both really excited about getting married and looked really in love," the source claims.

It was previously reported that Scott and Sawyer had broken up before the book, which is soon to be transformed into a movie, was released. So when did the two rekindle their romance? And why were they eloping? After all Peyton's best friend is Brooke Davis, owner of Clothes Over Bros, whose passion for weddings was revealed in Scott's novel.

The article went on to describe Lucas' novel in much more detail and their supposed love story before ending the article with 'Congratulations to the happy couple.'

After sitting in a stunned silence for ten minutes just reading the article over and over again until she probably had memorised it by heart she picked up the phone and rang her best friend.

"Hey P. Sawyer."

Brooke's voice was sympathetic and it made Peyton feel like crying again, she knew that Brooke was only trying to help and be kind to her but right now she was exhausted and she just wasn't in the mood for this.

"I don't understand why this is happening now," she said to Brooke innocently, she had never had to deal with this before. Sure she'd done a few interviews about bands at the label and some of them had involved a couple of questions about An Unkindness of Ravens but there had never been a gossip article written about her.

"People have been talking about it on fan sites for Ravens practically since the day it happened and then someone said something on twitter which caught people's eye so I guess they've only just caught on," Brooke explained in a matter of fact voice that was unfamiliar to Peyton.

"This doesn't change anything does it?" Peyton asked uncertainly.

"It means that other people are going to start reporting it too and then people are probably going to become more interested in your lives so you're going to have to decide now Peyton, do you want to get an annulment or start living with him?"

"I can't live with him Brooke," she said tiredly.

"Peyton if you and Lucas get an annulment now then nobody will care about the movie, they'll think it was a lie and there are a lot of people's careers resting on this movie," she admitted.

"Brooke," Peyton began only to be cut off again.

"I know that it's not fair that I'm asking this of you but this is the first movie that Julian's directing and he needs it to be successful, so does Luke; it's his first time writing a script."

"I don't know Brooke, I'd have to live with him and I can't do that right now," she told her although even she had to admit that it sounded pathetic. She wanted to tell her the truth so badly but every time the words were about to leave her head and be spoken she chickened out and said something stupid instead.

"He has a book tour in a few months anyway so he wouldn't even be around, it's only until the movie is released."

She sighed as she thought about Julian and how hard he'd worked to get this opportunity and Lucas deserved it too, besides it wasn't like it was for forever and if they got an annulment now then there would still be questions asked of her. Now that the news had broken there wasn't any easy way out.

"Okay, I'll do it."

Besides how hard could it be to hide a pregnancy?

Did none of you pick up on my not-so-subtle hint in the last chapter?

I know there was no leyton again but I promise that there will be some in the next chapter, at least I think there will I haven't written all of it yet.

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Just something to think about…