Peyton's phone was ringing, she turned over and checked the clock it was 6am, and she cursed loudly and flipped her phone open.
'Casey, what the hell do you want and why are you calling this early?'
'Good morning to you as well sunshine-just though I should let you know that my plane has landed and I need a ride'
'Case, get a cab and I'll see you at Luke's for breakfast' She gave the cab driver her address and sat back against the cushiony seat. It was a short ride and she had a few butterflies of her own anticipating what the day would hold for her.
Luke opened his eyes and saw Peyton leaning over him, putting her phone back on the nightstand he pulled her down on top of him and kissed her lips.
'Good Morning beautiful'
'Hey you'
'God you look amazing this morning' he reached up and tucked a curl behind her ear, she smiled at him and pressed her lips against his, her hands roamed over his naked chest and he grasped her a little tighter. She ran her hands up his torso and palmed his face, he deepened the kiss and then flipped her on her back, and he raised himself above her and kissed her jaw and then her chest. She moaned deep in her throat and he felt himself getting more and more hard just listening to her moaning. He couldn't wait any longer, he pushed himself into her and felt her gasp in surprise and then she started to move in rhythm to his thrusts. He sucked gently on her bottom lip and then he moved his lips and captured her nipple in between his teeth and lightly nipped at her flesh, she could feel the pressure building. God he was good at this, he pushed a little harder and then they were both moaning at the same time, he came inside her and she felt tingles break out all over her body as she shuddered into him.
'It just keeps getting better' She sighed the last part out and then kissed his lips. He looked at her and knew he loved her.
'Peyt, I love you' She smiled; she grabbed his face between her hands and rubbed her nose against his.
'I love you too' four little words and suddenly everything was different between them, it wasn't casual anymore. They had made a silent promise to one another and there was no going back. It was real and it felt right. She kissed him again and then stopped midway through.
'Fuck'
'Yes please' She giggled at him and shook her head.
'Babe, I would love to do that again and more, but my newest artist is about to turn up at any moment and I would rather she didn't see us making love. Let's have a shower and then get ready'
'I'll go turn the water on, can you grab us some coffee' Luke made his way to the kitchen and came back with two coffees.
Peyton was already in the shower, he joined her and handed her the coffee, and she took a sip and kissed him. She tasted so good in the mornings, he hummed to himself and couldn't believe how lucky he had gotten, she was all his and she was amazing.
They showered quickly and got dressed, several kisses later. He wore a blue button down shirt over casual jeans and she put on her oldest most comfortable ripped jeans and band t-shirt, she went barefoot and all he wanted to do was take her clothes off. She stepped out of the bedroom and felt his hands grasp her waist. He pushed her up against the wall and placed kisses to her neck and then lightly sucked on her bottom lip. She wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him passionately on the mouth.
'Babe, we are going to have continue this later. I forgot Casey was arriving today-but I promise it will be worth the wait'
He grinned at her and set her down her feet.
'I'll hold you to that Peyt' He kissed her once more and they both heard the knock on the door.
'We'll be right there Case'. She giggled as Luke nipped her neck and placed a kiss on her lips-god it was tempting to just forget today and spend all her time wrapped up in her Luke, but she took her job seriously and Casey had flown all this way just to take a meeting with her so it would be rude to ignore her.
'Casey, I'm so glad you could make it. This is Luke'
'Hi Luke, it's nice to meet you. So this is whom you blew off New York for huh? Don't blame you, I would have done the same thing myself' She shook his hand and kissed him on the cheek, Peyton looked on with a smile on her face. She had known those two would get on. Casey was laid back in the same way that Luke was and she could see them all being great friends.
'I'm starving, did you guys eat already?'
'Nope. Luke will make us something to eat-it's one of his many talents. Let's go get settled in the lounge. Babe could you bring us some coffee'
'Sure thing babe' He pressed a kiss to her lips and then headed in the direction of the kitchen.
Casey looked at Peyton and saw the look in her eyes as Luke walked into the kitchen. She had it bad and it looked like the feeling was mutual. She had a desperate urge to call Brooke and let her know big things were happening. She had become more of a friend with these two than an employee and it stemmed from her upbringing, she had told Brooke that she was the black sheep of her family, she was from old money and when she had taken off for the bright lights of New York city and left her betrothed behind her parents had cut her off without a cent. She hadn't been back in years and she found a family in Peyton and Brooke, she had gone to stay with her uncle who also happened to be an outcast as well. He had found success in the city and offered his niece a place to stay and somewhere to work, he knew what it was like when you needed someone to give you a chance and Casey was fortunate that her uncle had been there when she fallen from grace.
'Peyt, I just need to make a call, can you handle things for a little while, I won't be long' Peyton nodded her head and went and joined Luke in the kitchen, he turned around as soon as he sense her presence in the kitchen. He was making omelettes and fresh coffee it all smelt delicious.
'What you doing over there?' He waved the fish slice in his hand and pointed at the coffee pot and the set table.
'Just making you ladies some brain food and some coffee. You're going to need all the energy you can save for what I have planned later' He smirked at her and she hopped up on the bench. He stood between her legs and she clutched his collar pulling him closer to her. She pressed her lips against his and he ran his hands through her curls. The things that she made him feel where unlike anything he had ever felt before, it tasted like a little like tomorrow and today all rolled into one. He couldn't get enough of her, it didn't matter how complicated their lives were, they would somehow make this work. He simply couldn't imagine his life without her in it in some way. He could tell she felt the same way.
She kissed him and suddenly it didn't matter anymore where they were coming from or where they were going, just as long as they ended up in the same place-she really didn't care what she had to do.
'Luke…' She whispered his name against his lips and he pressed himself closer to her, she was so damn sexy right now. She squeezed his thighs a little tighter and wrapped them around his mid section. It took a lot of self will on his part to restrain himself, she was pressing him in all the right ways and he really wished Casey had arrived later in the day.
'Babe, don't start something you can't finish. God knows I want you honey, but we have a guest and I don't think she would appreciate witnessing our love life' She grinned against his forehead and pressed a kiss just above his eyebrow.
'He's right you know, I really could live my entire life without needing to see the two of you going at it' Casey had finished her call to Brooke and it had been full of squeals of joy and so many questions. She had walked to the kitchen and seen some pretty serious lip action she had waited until they had pulled apart to announce her presence. Peyton looked up at her friend, squeezed Luke one last time and kissed him on the lips.
'Don't worry Case; we can put a pin in it until you're gone. So the sooner we get this meeting started the sooner well….you really don't need to know' He chuckled at her and stepped away, she slipped off the bench and ran her hand down his back as she made her way to the kitchen table.
Luke finished cooking and set the food on the table, it was gone within minutes and everyone smiled at each other enjoying the company and letting the food settle. Peyton stood up cleared the table and loaded the dishwasher.
'Luke thanks for the food-it was delicious. We'll be in the den-give us a shout if you need anything' He kissed her lightly on the lips just because he could and when she looked the way she did it felt wrong not to.
They sat in the den seated comfortably on the couch. Peyton offered Casey a starting contract and the papers would be drawn up when they got back to Manhattan. They could lay down a track when they had some lyrics to add to a melody, Peyton wanted all new material-it wasn't that she hadn't liked the demo but she felt it would sound fresher if they started from scratch. Casey trusted Peyton's intuition about her music and they spent the afternoon discussing themes and ideas. Three happy hours later they were all finished, Peyton put in a call to her assistant and asked her to rent a beach house.
Luke had spent the time writing on his laptop a new story idea had come to him and he had felt compelled to write it. Peyton walked up behind him and hugged his neck he breathed in her scent and swivelled his chair, he pulled her so that she was sitting his lap. He kissed long and slow and asked how it all went.
'It was great, Casey has some really good ideas for her debut album and I just rented a beach house. I'm gonna stay for a while, the new band can come down here and set up. I just need to send some e-mails detailing the equipment I need and we can have a recording studio set up at the beach house. It makes sense to be here, I don't need to go back to New York right now. When they need me I can take the jet and be there only when it's absolutely necessary'.
Luke just smiled; she had it all figured out. Too bad he couldn't have predicted the future, so although Peyton predicted more time spent in Tree Hill she was actually needed in New York. She flew back the next day and Serena told her that she had spoken to Adam, they were thinking about getting back together but she needed to get out of the city for a while and clear her head.
Peyton had the perfect solution, she offered her the beach house, she went the same day and met up with Casey-they too were friends and it would be a perfect living situation. The house was huge and had more than enough room for them, all the recording equipment and even the band.
'Luke honey it's me. I'm flying down on Wednesday. I'll be in town for a month-do you know of any good places that I could stay' He chuckled at her and said he could think of a few actually.
'Peyt, I miss you. Call me when your plane lands, I really want to see you' She hung up and called Brooke.
'Brooke I've sent Serena to stay with Casey in Tree Hill. I'm heading there next Wednesday and I need you to handle any and all foundation business. I've just signed to new artists and I really need to be there at the beginning stages'
'Sure thing P Sawyer, my assistant has just been promoted she is now going to be taking over our roles as I'm busy with the new line and really can't attend any meetings. Julian wants to take a break as well. He has almost finished shooting on location and I need a break if I'm honest'
'Stay with Casey and Serena at the beach house, It's huge and you won't be in anyone's way. We can all fly down there next week and see how everything's going'
'Sounds great honey. See you on Wednesday' Brooke hung up and felt like Peyton's idea sounded perfect, it would be a great chance for them all to hang out. It had been such a long time since they had all been together and it was the perfect setting.
Wednesday couldn't come soon enough, Peyton had literally counted down the days until she could leave New York, her weekend had dragged and she had sighed on more than one occasion. Her staff had seen her impatience and steered clear of the broody blond, she didn't suffer fools gladly and any time spent apart from Luke was grating on her.
Peyton buckled herself in next to Brooke and Julian sat across the aisle from them, he had his head buried in his latest script and Brooke was flicking through her latest sketches. Peyton had her laptop set up on a table and was busy typing away a press release for Casey's new album. She was mainly just writing the back story to her road to success and including little anecdotes about her time spent in New York, basically what she had been up to since she had met the label president Peyton. It was a light fluffy piece that she would get Luke to have a look at once they landed.
Peyton had been tapping her foot in impatience ever since they had taken to the sky and flew up and over Manhattan.
'Peyton honey I know you can't wait to see Luke but could you stop jiggling your leg-it's very distracting' Peyton scowled at Brooke and looked at her leg, it had been an unconscious action on her part. She hadn't noticed until Brooke pointed it out.
'I can't help it Brooke, I haven't had sex in a nearly a week and I'm going crazy over here'
'Whoa, a whole week-how do you do it? Peyton you went without for nearly a year. I hardly think a week is going to kill you. Just wait till you get married and you both get so busy that you have to schedule time to do that'
Peyton had a far away look in her eyes, marriage to Luke sounded pretty damn good to her, it should have scared her and made her want to stay in New York, it had the opposite effect. It made her want to fly the plane there faster, she wanted to touch and taste him and have him smiling at her in the way that he did that had a little weak in the knees. It was first kisses, it was being pressed up against a wall as his hands roamed over her, claiming their stake on her and making her just that little bit more his. Yes, Peyton was in love and she had no idea what she was going to do, her life was already beyond busy and she had room for him in it, but it all felt like it was a dream and someone would wake her from it and give her a dose of reality.
'Peyton are you even listening to me?'
'Give it up baby-she has that look in her eye, all she's seeing right now is Luke. How about you come over here and leave her to her brooding' Julian winked at his gorgeous wife and she settled herself in his lap, he linked his arms around her and pressed a kiss to her lips. She felt herself go a little, even after all this time he still made her pulse race. One kiss for him and she was considering Peyton to the cockpit while she got her own little cock going. Brooke was naughty in a way that you couldn't help falling in love with, she was the most cheery person you would ever meet and yet she had a tough exterior that had attributed to her success in the fashion industry.
'Finally'. The wheels scorched along the runway and Peyton closed her eyes in excitement, the plane ride was relatively short and Brooke and Julian had spent the time cuddling and kissing and in general being all lovey dovey, Peyton was jealous. They taxied to a stop and Peyton was the first to disembark, her bags had been sent earlier in the week and Casey had picked them up and dropped them round at Luke's, all that was missing was Peyton.
Luke had woken up early and saw the text from Peyton when he opened his eyes; she left little texts throughout the day. Each one informing him of what she was doing, some were short others were signed P xx. He always got a goofy look on his face when his phone beeped indicating an incoming text. Just hearing from her made him miss her even more, he drove to the airport wearing a shirt she had a bought for him and then proceeded to strip off him when they were inside the changing rooms, they had almost got thrown out, it was only when they realized who Peyton was that the attendant just smiled and excused herself. Peyton had giggled and then tipped the attendant as they left the store. Luke had shrugged his shoulders and kissed her as they waited in line, he really didn't care if they got caught.
He got to the airport early and seated himself in a café; he had some time to kill before her plane got in. He saw a flash of curls and the biggest smile, he ran over to her and caught her in his arms, he twirled them around as he kissed her. She dove straight in and her tongue wrestled with his, he knew she was forever-she was all his and he had never felt more in love than he did right there in that moment with her in his arms.
'God I've missed you' Peyton broke from his arms as she saw Brooke and Julian walk over to them.
'Hi Luke-it's good to see you' He shook hands with Julian and Brooke kissed him chastely on the cheeks.
'I don't think I've ever spent a more unpleasant week with Peyton than the one we just went through. She's been in a bad mood since she got back, I felt like leaving Manhattan-it was so depressing'
'Babe, I could have flown up to see you, I had some free time'
'I wanted to wait, that way when we saw each other again it would all have been worth it'
'It was worth the wait and I've been a little off since you left as well. Skills could mad at me for not concentrating at practice, but all I thought about was you'. She kissed him again and they walked out together, his arm around her shoulder and she felt like this was it, she didn't need grand gestures and promises of a forever all she needed was a Luke and many more moments like this one.
They got into Haley's SUV, she waved from the passenger seat and introductions were hastily made as everyone piled into the car. Brooke introduced herself and the two sat chatting the entire way to the beach house. Brooke and Julian waved goodbye and promised to meet up later with them all for drinks and dinner. They drove to Luke's and Haley waved goodbye and said she had some papers to grade and that she would get Nathan to drive them over to Casey and Serena's later on. They had all hung out in the week that had passed and Haley was fast becoming friends with Peyton's crew. There was a lot of love between the girls and Haley had missed the camaraderie that came with having girlfriends, Casey has especially welcomed her presence as they both had a passion for music.
Luke held her hand as they walked to the front door; she paused, as they got closer to being inside.
'What's going on in that head of yours Peyt?'
'Luke, I really love you-and this us, it's a lot to take in'
'Peyt I love you too more than you'll know and this is huge for me as well. Let's take things slow ok?' She nodded her head and they stepped inside together.
They spent the night talking and catching up, it always took them a moment to find their rhythm with one another and it was right and comfortable along with all the fireworks that went off every time they touched. No matter how innocent it was it still lit Peyton up and she would grab his collar and press him up against the wall, she would kiss his lips and run her hands up his back. He buried his hands in her curls and then swooped her up in his arms, they were both amazed at how restrained they had been considering they hadn't been together in that way in a week. He lowered her gently on his bed and she sat up looking at him with lust and all sorts of things shining out of her eyes.
'God it's good to have you here'
'Luke…' She breathed his name out and he crashed his lips on hers, she fell back against the pillows and he placed his weight a little more on her.