Summery: Different take on life in Tree Hill. Peyton is a 16 year old in love with a guy who will never be good enough for her in the eyes of her father. Lucas has done a lot of bad things, living the life of a thug but is trying to change for love. Leyton all the way.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from One Tree Hill, just the situations they are in.

Chapter 3:

The morning light shone into Peyton's room causing her to wake up. She lifted herself off her pillow and rubbed her eyes, stretching. The best and only way to wake up fully for the day ahead. This day was going to be a good day, she knew that already. She was going shopping with Brooke for the first part of the day and staying with Lucas for the second, although her father didn't need to do that. She hadn't woken up in such a good mood in a long time and so she jumped out of bed, took a quick shower and headed downstairs for breakfast. Her father noticed her happy mood and presumed it was due to her being with Lucas the night before. He knew he made his daughter happy but he couldn't accept that he was good for her although he didn't want to mention that so early in the day.

Larry knew his daughter was spending time with Brooke today and that she would be staying there for the night. He knew a young girl needed her best friend and so he was happy to see them spending time together. Peyton and Larry sat talking until Brooke burst through the door as always, no knocking. 'Hey girly, papa Peyton' 'Hi Brooke'. She made herself comfortable as always, grabbing some pancakes as she waited for Peyton to be ready to go. When they were done they said bye to Peyton's father and each gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before bouncing out of the door in the way that they had done ever since they were kids.

As usual Brooke was happily spending her father's money, advising Peyton on clothes to buy and maxing out her credit cards. This was a usual occurrence for Brooke since she was able to use a credit card. Larry never thought anything of it because the girls had been doing this every Saturday since they were 10. Brooke was happy to cover for Peyton for the night, knowing her best girly was in love. Besides she knew she would get all forms of gossip from her the next day anyway. After about 3 hours they were done and heading off to Brooke's house to hang out until Peyton was due to see Lucas. She couldn't wait but she also loved just hanging out with Brooke, they could be their real selves when they were alone together and they relished in that.

While the girls were having their usual Saturday morning together, Lucas was spending his morning with Haley, just talking and hanging out like always. Eventually their conversation came round to Peyton, as it usually did because she was always on his mind. He wanted to show Haley a necklace he had bought for Peyton, with her 'P' hanging of a petite silver chain. Haley just smiled, her Lucas in love. She was happy, Haley had found love in Nathan and she just wanted him to find the same thing and it was rather obvious he had from the way he looked at Peyton, even early on in their relationship she knew that Peyton would be the girl to change things for him. 'I think she'll love that Luke, it's very pretty'. He just smiled to himself, he knew she'd like it, she liked everything he gave to her. He looked at the clock and it was already 3, I've got to get ready. Haley could tell by his face that she'd better go, best friend's intuition, and she got up and placed a kiss on his cheek 'Have fun Lucas' and with that she was gone.

Lucas rushed around getting ready, he took a quick shower and got himself dressed in a t shirt and black pants. He knew he didn't need to dress up but he loved this girl, he wanted her to know he made an effort for her. After about 45 minutes he was completely ready to go and pick her up and so he jumped in his car and went down to the river court. He must have been early because she wasn't there yet. Lucas got out of his car and rested against the hood when he saw her walking towards him. She looked amazing as always, her blonde hair loosely curled, hanging down near her shoulders. She was wearing a black skirt and a grey spaghetti strap top with a black cardigan over it. She was so beautiful. He noticed a smile creep across her face as she got closer to him and he just wanted to kiss her. He walked over and gently grazed her lips with his own before asking her to turn around. Peyton looked a little confused but did anyway. He told her to lift her hair, which she did again and he placed the necklace around her neck. Peyton dropped her hair and looked at it. 'Lucas, you didn't have to get me anything.' 'I wanted to' Peyton smiled and turned around to grab his face. She kissed him gently 'I love it, thankyou' Lucas just smiled and opened the door for her to get in.

They arrived at Lucas' house and his mom opened the door as soon as she heard the car pull up. She walked up and gave Peyton a hug, 'Hi sweetie, we've missed you around here'. Peyton smiled, Karen was always so nice to her. She treated Peyton as the daughter she had never had and Peyton loved this. They all walked inside and Karen had already finished cooking as the food was set on the table. 'You cooked my favorite' grinned Peyton as she walked over, 'It looks amazing, thanks'. Karen just smiled at her, god she loved this young lady. They all sat down and ate, as Karen and Peyton caught up. Karen caught sight of Peyton wearing the necklace and was happy. She saw how in love her son was and she liked it, which was why she didn't mind Peyton staying the night in Lucas' room. She trusted them not to do anything, they both had too much respect for her.

'Karen, that food was lovely, thanks for going to all this trouble. I'm glad that you're ok with me and Lucas, I wish my dad was as understanding.' Karen could see the pain in the young girl's eyes, she hated to see her hurt and she knew that pain, she often saw it within Lucas' eyes whenever he'd been told he couldn't see her. 'I'm sure he will Peyton, these things just take time, that's all, if you're patient he will learn to accept it'. Peyton smiled, it was nice to have someone understand so much and to have somebody to talk to. It made her feel better considering she couldn't talk to her father about love and she didn't have a mother of her own to talk to.

After a while Karen left the two of them to be alone and popped in a movie for them. She went to see Keith because she knew how much her son needed to just be alone with her. They sat there in complete silence, only listening to each other's steady breathing and heart beat. Every now and then Lucas would play with her hair and gently kiss her forehead. Every time he did this Peyton would close her eyes and allow herself to be completely lost in him. This was how it should be, just the two of them, no words needing to be spoken between the two of them, the silence said it all. The movie came to an end, leaving the two of them in darkness, neither wanting to move but wanting to be closer together. They both had the same thing on their minds and without words Lucas took Peyton's hand and led her to his room.

They both wanted to be together so much and knew that Karen wouldn't be back for a while. They arrived in his room and Lucas moved one hand to her waist and rested the other on her cheek. He moved his face down to join their lips, a spark ignited between the two of them as he did this. Peyton reacted to the kiss as she wrapped her arms around him, deepening the kiss as she did this. Lucas took this as a sign and led her over to his bed. He laid her down and lay himself on her. 'I love you' was the last thing she heard before their lips met again and they prepared themselves to be fulfilled.

Two Hours Later

Karen walked in to a silent and dark hair. Automatically she walked to Lucas' room and opened the door. She saw something truly amazing as Peyton's head was lay on her son's chest and he had an arm protectively wrapped around her waist. She was wearing one of his shirts. The two of them looked truly adorable and she knew just how deeply they cared for each other. She walked over and placed a gentle kiss on each of their heads, 'I hope things work out for the two of you, I really do' and with that Karen left them to sleep, as the angels they appeared to be.