Okay, so I know some aren't fans of Jeyton but I promise it wont be all candy canes and sunshine for them, I just wanted to explore other relationships (JP and BL) before diving into my favorite LP, thanks for the reviews and please give me some more :)

Chapter 6

As Jake walked in the room and she turned around he couldn't help but be stunned, she looked so beautiful as she always did and she smelt great to, he couldn't believe how lucky he was.

"Hey, god you look beautiful," he said as he handed her a single red rose

Peyton smiled and took the rose and placed it next to her bed so she could look at it when she got home. When she looked at him she realized how good he looked too, he was wearing a black button up shirt and a pair of dark jeans. His dark hair was styled and his shirt brought out his incredible green eyes. Finally she grabbed her bag and followed Jake out the door.

"So where are we going?"

"Well I thought we would go for dinner first and then maybe for a walk and see where it goes, sound good?"

"That sounds perfect to me," she smiled the perfect smile that he loved.

He opened her door for her and then walked over to the drivers seat and they were on their way. They talked the entire drive about anything they could think of, from school to family to interests. Peyton really loved getting to know him; it just made him even more attractive to her. When they pulled up outside the most expensive French restaurant in town she was shocked.

"Jake, we don't have to go here, it's to expensive, I would be happy eating a hot dog as long as it was with you,"

"No its okay, I want to," He took her hand and looked into her eyes," I want to take you to an establishment that is worthy of your beauty"

Peyton laughed and gave him a look

"Okay so I admit that was a prepared statement, but still I want to take you here, so lets go okay," they headed inside and were seated. They ordered their meals and then got some more time to talk before the food came out.

Peyton took a bite of her salmon dish and realized it was the best food she had ever tasted, but was not sure if it was because of the food or because her company was making her so happy.

"So how is it?" Jake asked

"It's great, it's really great, do you want to try it," she gestured and he nodded so she picked up a piece with her fork and placed it gently in his mouth

"Wow it really is great," Jake said as Peyton delicately took another piece and placed it in her own mouth, the way she clasped her lips softly around the fork sliding it out slowly was the sexiest thing he had ever seen.

So after some more pleasant conversation they got the bill and Peyton excused herself while Jake paid it. When she came out of the bathroom he was waiting outside for her on the pier and he asked her if she wanted to take a walk on the beach, she said she would love too so they headed down near the water. She got up the nerve to grab his hand and he locked his fingers around hers tightly making her heard flutter with just one small movement. They continued walking down the beach talking and laughing for about a half an hour before Jake stopped walking and pulled her in close and softly kissed her lips then pulled away and looked her in the eyes waiting for her reaction. He didn't expect her to pull him in for a urgent passionate kiss with her lips gliding over his so he slipped his tongue into her mouth and dug his fingers in her beautiful blond curls to kiss her deeper. She placed her hands on the back of his neck clinging to him then ran one of her hand down the front of his shirt causing him to shudder slightly which she loved. When they parted he pressed his fore head against hers not wanting to let go.

"Wow, I had no idea," Jake gasped

"Had no idea what?"

"That you would be so good at that, I had no idea," Jake said as he took her hand and they began walking again.

It was different now though it was like everything she did had a hidden sexiness that he took notice to, like the way she would innocently tuck her hair behind her ears, or the way she would rub the top of his hand with her thumb, and she was so beautiful, this was all he could think about. He wanted to kiss her again but decided it would be best to refrain because he didn't want to overwhelm her, little did he know she was feeling the exact same desire.

Jake looked at his watched and realized it was nearing on midnight so he decided he should probably get Peyton home, so he lead her to the car and opened her door for her before they drove off still hand in hand. He pulled up outside her house and stopped, feeling the heavy desire clouding the air she let go of his hand.

"So, do you want to come in?" Peyton asked in that way that made it impossible to say no to

"What about your dad?"

"He's working out of town right now, he won't be back for a couple months, haven't you ever wondered why I am always at Lucas's place?"

"I just thought you liked it there," Jake responded as he was trying to decide whether going inside was the best idea or not.

He remembered what Lucas said earlier about taking it slow, but Peyton wanted him to come in, and he wouldn't do anything she didn't want him to do. Finally he decided to go in so she took his hand and lead him up the stairs to her bedroom. She went inside while he stood in the door way not sure what to do, until she looked at him batting her green eyes they way she did that always made him weak, there was no fighting this he realized so he stepped inside and inched a little closer to Peyton. She was putting on a record and when he realized what it was he couldn't help but smile. It was the cure, the record they had both been reaching for the first day they met.

"Wow it really does sound better in your room, you weren't lying," Jake smiled

"A lot of things are better in my room," Peyton raised her eyebrow, which Jake interpreted as an invite to kiss her again.

He pulled her close with his hands on her hips turning her to face him as he pulled her face closer into a strong kiss, he pulled back slightly to kiss her lips softly before he glided his tongue into her mouth and allowed it to dance with hers while running his hands up the back of her shirt making her lean in even closer. She couldn't believe how good he was at this, she took her hands from around his neck and slowly untucked his shirt and began working on the buttons, by the time she was finished he was kissing her neck in a way that sent shivers down her spine. She pushed his shirt back causing his arms to lock behind his back slightly as he slid it off, the moment of not being able to touch her was torturous but it brought his excitement level beyond belief.

Once his arms were free he threw his shirt down and picked her up gently to place her on the bed. She looked up at him and he looked so beautiful, his bare chiseled chest and strong-arms over top of her just felt right. He continued kissing her gently at first and then rougher as they continued on. He pushed up on her in a way that nearly drove her over the edge just before he trailed down her body and lifted her shirt to kiss her stomach. She arched her back and he took off her shirt throwing it as well across the room as he continued to kiss her while running his hands up and down her body making her feel things that she had no idea existed. She let out a moan as he began to kiss her neck again, so he pulled back and looked her in the eyes.

She looked so beautiful and vulnerable lying under him and as sexy as ever, after a while she ran her hand down his back causing him to close his eyes for a second to control himself before he went back to kissing her neck, arms, chest, anything that was exposed sending shockwaves of pleasure through Peyton's body. She reached for his belt and began to undo it, but Jake stopped her, pulled back and rolled off of her for a second.

Peyton wasn't sure what was going on, had he changed his mind, was he not attracted to her anymore, she just didn't understand, but just then he spoke.

"Peyton I don't want to do this," words that really hurt her and he could tell by the way she turned away and wouldn't look at him.

"Then why don't you just leave," she said as she pulled her shirt back on and stepped away from him.

"No I don't mean it that way, I do want to do this believe me I do, its taking everything I have to not throw you down and do this," Jake said

Peyton was now confused

"Okay I don't understand then, if you want to and so do I, then why are we stopping?"

"Because I don't want to do it like this, I want to wait and slow it down a little so that when we do it, it will mean something to both of us,"

Peyton was pretty sure she fell in love with him in that moment, how did she find this great of a guy, someone who wanted to wait and make things right before they had sex, he wanted it to mean something. She slowly crawled closer to him on the bed again and looked into his eyes smiling.

"I didn't know that guys like you existed," she said which made him laugh," its just that I know you are much more experienced that me, and I didn't want to drive you away"

Jake pulled Peyton close

"Okay girlie, listen to me, I don't want this to go any faster than you do, if you want to wait then so do I. Besides last time I had sex I promised myself I wouldn't do it again till I was in love, so when you are ready, I will be too," making Peyton smile as he pulled her in close," and besides Lucas already gave me the angry don't pressure her into anything speech and believe me I got the message,"

"He did what! Remind me to kill him tomorrow," Peyton laughed though she did feel good that Lucas was looking out for her, it was just to know he was there when her dad wasn't.

"Okay well I hate to end this bliss, but I really should be getting home before my parents send out a search party," Jake said as he leaned over and kissed her one last time then jumped up grabbing his shirt and heading out the door," I'll call you"

"Okay bye," Peyton said as Jake left.

She laid back on her bed in sheer disbelief of how great the night went, she looked over and saw the rose on her bedside table and reached over to grab it. She looked at the rose and began running all the events of the evening of the night, she realized that she was not going to get to sleep at this point. She thought about going over to Lucas's she did promise him that she would come over after and tell him about her date, she just didn't think she would be getting home so late. She decided to get up and go anyways, and if his light weren't on she would just come home and try and get some sleep.

Across town Lucas was lying awake in his bed running conspiracy theories through his head as to why Peyton hadn't come over like she said she would. He went from her and Jake eloped, to she just feel asleep, but he decided not to worry about it since it really wasn't any of his business anyways, and he was sure Peyton would have a perfectly good explanation for why she didn't come over. Instead he turned his mind to the strange events of the day with Brooke, he still couldn't believe that she had any interest him in. He had been going to school with Brooke since elementary and she had never talked to him never mind showed any interest in him. Maybe Peyton was right, joining the basketball team was a good idea Lucas thought as he smiled. The only problem was the torturous problem of having to tell his mom, deep down he knew that she would say she was okay with it, but he knew in some way this would hurt her. But she was going to have to stop protecting him and let him make some decisions about his life at some point, he saw playing basketball as one of these choices. He heard a car pulling up outside that interrupted his thoughts and he realized it was probably Peyton, so he switched on his bedside lamp so she wouldn't leave after seeing the lights off. Soon enough just as he though, Peyton came barging through the door.

"Do you ever knock?"

"Why bother, its not like you are ever doing anything,"

"Well you never know, I could be sleeping naked or something,"

"Okay ew, don't make me sick Luke," Peyton faked a dry heave

"Whatever," he laughed," How was your date? Must have been pretty good since you're so late."

"Well for your information it was, and I am only late because I was hesitating coming over here to tell you about it," she confessed.

Lucas looked at her with his squint

"Why would you be hesitant to tell me about it?"

"Well just because it's another side to a friendship and I didn't know if it would make things weird between us, I mean Luke I know we are close, but we never talk about stuff like this. I just don't want to make things awkward,"

"Well I see what you mean, but Peyton honestly I think we will be fine, I know we are charting into some new boy girl best friend waters here but I honestly think we will be fine,"

Peyton smiled, she was relieved that they were going to be fine, she didn't want anything to change between them because she didn't know how she would get through life without him.

"Okay, fine if you insist," she said which made him laugh as he laid back down listening to her," Well it was nothing out of the ordinary, just dinner, a stroll on the beach, a little kissing nothing major, but great at the same time, and he brought me a single rose."

"Wow pretty slick guy now isn't he, what do you mean by a little kissing," Lucas asked, not sure why he wanted to know.

"Nothing really just a good night kiss," Peyton said, she didn't want to tell him about the ladder part of her night, she felt that was something that should stay just between her and Jake.

Lucas smiled he was slightly relieved that Jake had kept his promise, maybe he didn't have to worry about Peyton, he could just trust Jake to take care of her and turn his attention to getting a hold of Brooke Davis, who he had a feeling wasn't going to make it easy for him.

"Oh how sweet," he said making her roll her eyes," So are you guys like together now?

"I'm not sure, but I think so, I guess I'll find out when he calls me again," she responded," So enough about me, how was your evening?"

Lucas smiled at the thought of his evening before contemplating telling Peyton about Brooke, "why not right" he thought, she told him about Jake why couldn't he tell her about Brooke, the deal should work both ways.

"Well basketball practice after school was odd, me and Nathan called some sort of an on court truce," Peyton raised her eyebrows," And then it got stranger from there, when I walked out of the gym Brooke pulled me into a closet and kissed me."

"What!" Peyton said shocked," Well I guess I mean what? On both counts, the Nathan thing and the Brooke too!"

"Ya I know its strange, but I think me and Nathan might be alright, and I don't know about Brooke, its just a little strange, I mean she has never showed any interest in me before, its just all a little odd,"

"Well that's not true Lucas," he looked at her," actually she did ask me to introduce you guys a couple days ago but I had just forgotten about it, so maybe she does like you,"

"What, she wanted you to introduce us! Peyton could you do me a favor, next time a hot girl asks you to introduce us could you maybe not forget?"

"I'll do my best," she said teasing him," though I had other things on my mind,"

He couldn't help but laugh at her last statement, he knew she was talking about Jake and it was nice, but strange at the same time to see her in such a cloud nine mood, it made her eyes and smile shine even brighter than normal. He looked over at the clock and noticed it was pretty late.

"You thinking maybe you should get home soon," he said pointing towards the clock," I don't like you driving home alone this late,"

"Lucas I'm not a child I can take care of myself," she teased," and I don't really want to go home yet, I'm still totally buzzed and probably wont be able to sleep for hours, couldn't I just stay here?"

"Um, ya I suppose im pretty sure my mom wouldn't care," Lucas said.

They had been talking about their days for a couple more hours when Lucas noticed Peyton yawning, so he slid over in his bed and motioned for her to climb in next to him which she did, they said their good nights and she snuggled in and found a comfortable place. He got up to turn off the light, and when he turned around and saw her lying there so peaceful he couldn't help but think she had never looked so beautiful. He pushed the thought out of his head and climbed in beside her and tried to get some sleep, although they had done this many times in their lived it felt different this time for some reason. He turned over to look at her and noticed she wasn't showing any signs of this being strange, so he decided to just ignore it and get some sleep, which he did.