Chapter 1: "With the lies they told to you"

Hey guys. I am pretty proud of how this story is going. I am pretty into it, and that surprised me. This chap is a bit longer. Expect another one soon. R&R!

Xoxo HaLeY

~Peyton pulled up in front of the Early Start pre-school.

"Alright Spence, come on." She said opening up his door.

"I DON'T WANNA GO!" He yelled

"Come on Spencer I CAN NOT do this today!"

"Then just take me back to the diner with you!"

"You know I can't do that Spencer."

"I'M NOT GOING!" He yelled

"SPENCER GET OUT OF THE CAR RIGHT NOW BEFORE I HAVE TO PULL YOU OUT!" Peyton yelled

Parents and children alike had began to stare at the scene the two were making.

"NO!" Spencer screamed

"Fine then, we will do this the hard way." Peyton unbuckled him as he kicked and screamed and yanked him up with one arm and dragged him into the school kicking and screaming.

"Miss. Sawyer." The teacher said when she entered with the now half calm boy.

"I'm sorry, someone is having a bad morning." She said glaring down at her young son, who just glared back at her.

The two were often mistaken for brother and sister.

Peyton walked back out to her car and slammed her head against the steering wheel in frustration.

Parents began to beep at her.

"I'M GOING!" She yelled to nobody.

Lucas stared out of the window waiting for Peyton's car to re-appear. When it did Lucas was already at the car door before Peyton got the chance to open it.

"Lucas…" She said.

"I think we need to talk." He said rationally as she climbed out of the car.

"We have nothing to talk about Lucas."

"Yes we do."

"No we don't Luke. We're over! We never even began! Now I really need to get to work."

"No Peyton." He grabbed her arm. "WE need to talk!"

Lucas could see in her eyes that nothing changed. She still had up the wall, the wall that he thought he broke down so many years ago.

"Spencer, is he mine?" Lucas asked, as Peyton flung around and looked him in the eye.

"How do you know about Spencer?"

"It doesn't matter." Luke said stepping closer to her. "Is he mine?"

"Of course not." Peyton said through clenched teeth. "I really need to get to work."

"How can he not be mine! Remeb-"

"It never happened." Peyton said as she pushed past him and into the restaurant.

Peyton went about working today dully. What were the chances that Lucas ended up here? In this town? In her diner?

"Where's my coffee!" A heavy set trucker yelled at her.

Peyton rolled her eyes as she set the cup next to him. And felt as though she was going to throw up when she turned around to walk away and felt a hand slap her butt.

"Are you alright?" Gladys another waitress asked her when Peyton came behind the counter.

"I have a migraine like a mother." Peyton said leaning her head against the wall, as Gladys tossed her a bottle of aspirin.

"So who was that guy that was lookin' fo' you earlier?"

"Nobody." Peyton said, her eyes clenched shut

"Nobody was pretty handsome." Gladys said winking

"Nobody is the past."

"Is this nobody a certain Spencer's father?"

That is when Peyton looked and met Gladys' eyes.

"OH MY GOD! I FORGOT TO PICK HIM UP!"

Peyton ran into the bathroom and pulled off her uniform and changed into her normal attire. A pair of jeans, and a white long sleeve shirt with a black shirt over it, with one print or another on it, and a pair of old red tennis shoes, and then grabbed her jacket and ran out the door.

Peyton raced up the stairs and then into the office of the pre-school.

"I am so sorry that I am late honey." She said kneeling down to where Spencer was sitting, drawing, not meeting her eyes.

The principal was giving her a strange look.

"Come on Spence, lets get out of here."

Spencer didn't say a whole word on the way to the car.

"How was school?"

"Okay…"

"What did you do?"

Spencer shrugged, and then pulled a picture out of his Batman backpack.

"I drew this for you." He said.

"Thanks. Spencer." Peyton said smiling.

He smiled as she studied the picture. He was a good artist for his age. At night he would sit beside Peyton and the two would draw together. Both only in black…

"Mom, look." Spencer said

"What?" Peyton said becoming alarmed.

"STOP THE CAR!" Spencer yelled

Peyton slammed on the breaks just in time to stop 6 feet away from Lucas.

"Oh my god." She said putting her head on the steering wheel. "Is fate completely screwing me over today?" She yelled

"Are you okay?"

Peyton hated this role reversal. She hated the fact that at times her child felt the need to take care of HER.

"I'm fine. Just stay in the car." Peyton said kissing his forehead and stepping out. "You trying to get yourself killed?"

"My car stalled awhile down the road."

"And that is reason to jump out in front of my car, and scare the heck out of my kid why?" Peyton said.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out. It is just that my phones not charged, and so I couldn't call a tow truck, and I don't know where a gas station is…"

Suddenly it began to rain.

"MOM!" Spencer yelled out of the car window.

"Come with me Lucas, my house is right up the road." Peyton said not looking him in the eye.

Lucas climbed into the front seat with Peyton, and then turned around to face Spencer…

"Hey, I'm Luke." Lucas said smiling

"Spencer." Spencer said staring hard at Luke, as though he were assessing him.