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Recap:
Peyton was close with Nathan. They had the closeness of emotion, and the physical closeness. She was used to that. And then you have Lucas. He was so.timid, always hesitant. Where as Nathan was, well the opposite. His kisses weren't timid. They evoked passion and desire. She wanted that with Lucas, on a different level, if that makes sense to anyone but her.
Ugh. She could not get the Scott brothers off her mind.
Part 11
Peyton was walking down a dimly lit street engrossed in her own thoughts. But a very familiar laugh pulled her from her thoughts. The name was on the tip of her tongue, yet she couldn't put a face to that laugh. She thought about Brooke. Wasn't her. She was thinking about what girls on the squad it might me. Yet still no mental picture.
"I don't know," the girl said, taking her time to answer. After a short pause she answered, "I suppose."
Peyton turned to the source of the voice. She watched them look at each other for a few moments before laugh for, what to her seemed like no reason at all. Then all of a sudden she recognized it. That laughter belonged to none other than Haley James. And that meant that was Nathan Scott. Peyton's mouth hung open. Haley was wearing his varsity jacket. He barely ever gave that thing up for her to wear. Nathan leaned down and kissed Haley.
Peyton kept walking but their voices seemed to travel so far up the street. Her mind must love to torture her.
"I'll call you tomorrow," Nathan said happily. Peyton could hear the cheerful tone in his voice. She hadn't heard that tone from him in months.
"You better."
Peyton didn't want to be upset with Haley. She and Nathan were over with, done, no more. That's way she wanted it. Didn't she? Now she wasn't sure.
"Peyton?"
'Damn it. I've been spotted,' she cursed herself.
She slowly turned around. "Nathan."
"What are you doing out?" he asked, to chipper for her taste.
She looked at him. "Walking. You know it's when you put one foot in front of the other."
Nathan rolled his eyes. "Funny. I meant why aren't you with Brooke? Or Lucas?"
Peyton sarcastically looked shocked. "Does Mr. Nathan Scott dare utter the bastard son's name? What alternate universe have I tripped and fallen into?"
He half laughed. "I was kind of being stupid about that," he admitted.
"Damn, Haley really has done a number on you." Peyton realized that it has been awhile since Nathan had staged any sort of embarrassing scene for Lucas. She eyed him. He either had something really sneaky and devious up his sleeve or he did really care about this girl. Care enough about her to go against his father and befriend his half-brother.
"What?" he asked her. "I know that look. You looked at me that way, way too many times."
Peyton looked confused. "What look?"
"You have suspicion in you eyes," Nathan surveyed. "Yea I've seen that quite a bit."
They were still walking. Nathan was walking in the direction of his car and Peyton just walking in step with him until she decided she had had enough.
"What?" Nathan asked exasperated. "If you have something you want to say, just say it already."
"I've already asked you this, but that was awhile ago. Are you playing her?"
Nathan looked at her as if she had five heads. "No."
Peyton didn't believe him. She gave him the cut-the-crap look. "Give me the truth Nathan. It's the least you can do."
"The least I can do about what?" he asked slightly angry. He was having a good night, no a great night and a run in with Peyton was not going to ruin that.
"The least you can do after the way you treated me. Ditching me, leaving me stranded when my car broke down, not caring about me."
"I did care about you Peyton," he corrected her.
Peyton retorted, clearly annoyed with this conversation. "Jeez I'm sorry I must have missed that. Tell me where you were when the anniversary of my mother's death came around? I've known you for a long time now, and I know I have mentioned it to you in the past."
Nathan stared at her blankly. "We were broken up. I figured you wouldn't want to see my face. Since I did try talking to you but you shrugged me off and ignored me. Sorry Peyton. I don't follow you around any more like Lucas does."
"No, you just follow Haley around now."
"Is that what this is all about?" Nathan asked, suddenly getting hit with a wave of understanding.
"I just want to know if what you told me was a lie. When we were dating you told me she meant nothing to you. Was that true?"
He sighed heavily. He could see his car in the very near distance. "Yes and no," Nathan began to explain. "It was only supposed to be a way to piss Lucas off. That was it. But then.somewhere along the lines things changed. And eventually I changed." He shook his head. "I'm not sure exactly when that was but it happened."
"I'm so happy for you," Peyton said sarcastically. Haley had Nathan's heart, and Lucas hasn't realized it yet but Haley also has his heart; leaving her, and Brooke out of the loop. Brooke will just love that one. "Look there's your car. I'm just going to go. See ya." Peyton took off running before Nathan could offer a ride, or even say good night.
Then a thought popped into her head. Haley changed Nathan, why can't she try and change Lucas a bit?
END PART 11
Recap:
Peyton was close with Nathan. They had the closeness of emotion, and the physical closeness. She was used to that. And then you have Lucas. He was so.timid, always hesitant. Where as Nathan was, well the opposite. His kisses weren't timid. They evoked passion and desire. She wanted that with Lucas, on a different level, if that makes sense to anyone but her.
Ugh. She could not get the Scott brothers off her mind.
Part 11
Peyton was walking down a dimly lit street engrossed in her own thoughts. But a very familiar laugh pulled her from her thoughts. The name was on the tip of her tongue, yet she couldn't put a face to that laugh. She thought about Brooke. Wasn't her. She was thinking about what girls on the squad it might me. Yet still no mental picture.
"I don't know," the girl said, taking her time to answer. After a short pause she answered, "I suppose."
Peyton turned to the source of the voice. She watched them look at each other for a few moments before laugh for, what to her seemed like no reason at all. Then all of a sudden she recognized it. That laughter belonged to none other than Haley James. And that meant that was Nathan Scott. Peyton's mouth hung open. Haley was wearing his varsity jacket. He barely ever gave that thing up for her to wear. Nathan leaned down and kissed Haley.
Peyton kept walking but their voices seemed to travel so far up the street. Her mind must love to torture her.
"I'll call you tomorrow," Nathan said happily. Peyton could hear the cheerful tone in his voice. She hadn't heard that tone from him in months.
"You better."
Peyton didn't want to be upset with Haley. She and Nathan were over with, done, no more. That's way she wanted it. Didn't she? Now she wasn't sure.
"Peyton?"
'Damn it. I've been spotted,' she cursed herself.
She slowly turned around. "Nathan."
"What are you doing out?" he asked, to chipper for her taste.
She looked at him. "Walking. You know it's when you put one foot in front of the other."
Nathan rolled his eyes. "Funny. I meant why aren't you with Brooke? Or Lucas?"
Peyton sarcastically looked shocked. "Does Mr. Nathan Scott dare utter the bastard son's name? What alternate universe have I tripped and fallen into?"
He half laughed. "I was kind of being stupid about that," he admitted.
"Damn, Haley really has done a number on you." Peyton realized that it has been awhile since Nathan had staged any sort of embarrassing scene for Lucas. She eyed him. He either had something really sneaky and devious up his sleeve or he did really care about this girl. Care enough about her to go against his father and befriend his half-brother.
"What?" he asked her. "I know that look. You looked at me that way, way too many times."
Peyton looked confused. "What look?"
"You have suspicion in you eyes," Nathan surveyed. "Yea I've seen that quite a bit."
They were still walking. Nathan was walking in the direction of his car and Peyton just walking in step with him until she decided she had had enough.
"What?" Nathan asked exasperated. "If you have something you want to say, just say it already."
"I've already asked you this, but that was awhile ago. Are you playing her?"
Nathan looked at her as if she had five heads. "No."
Peyton didn't believe him. She gave him the cut-the-crap look. "Give me the truth Nathan. It's the least you can do."
"The least I can do about what?" he asked slightly angry. He was having a good night, no a great night and a run in with Peyton was not going to ruin that.
"The least you can do after the way you treated me. Ditching me, leaving me stranded when my car broke down, not caring about me."
"I did care about you Peyton," he corrected her.
Peyton retorted, clearly annoyed with this conversation. "Jeez I'm sorry I must have missed that. Tell me where you were when the anniversary of my mother's death came around? I've known you for a long time now, and I know I have mentioned it to you in the past."
Nathan stared at her blankly. "We were broken up. I figured you wouldn't want to see my face. Since I did try talking to you but you shrugged me off and ignored me. Sorry Peyton. I don't follow you around any more like Lucas does."
"No, you just follow Haley around now."
"Is that what this is all about?" Nathan asked, suddenly getting hit with a wave of understanding.
"I just want to know if what you told me was a lie. When we were dating you told me she meant nothing to you. Was that true?"
He sighed heavily. He could see his car in the very near distance. "Yes and no," Nathan began to explain. "It was only supposed to be a way to piss Lucas off. That was it. But then.somewhere along the lines things changed. And eventually I changed." He shook his head. "I'm not sure exactly when that was but it happened."
"I'm so happy for you," Peyton said sarcastically. Haley had Nathan's heart, and Lucas hasn't realized it yet but Haley also has his heart; leaving her, and Brooke out of the loop. Brooke will just love that one. "Look there's your car. I'm just going to go. See ya." Peyton took off running before Nathan could offer a ride, or even say good night.
Then a thought popped into her head. Haley changed Nathan, why can't she try and change Lucas a bit?
END PART 11
