Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill, but if I did, I would own Chad. Duh!

All right, this is the third chapter, and get ready for faster updates, cause now I have a lot more time, I was blessed to receive a laptop from a complete stranger

I have this all planned out, so I know how this will go and end, furthermore, I have it written on paper, just have to type it up, like I'm doing now, lol.

Timeline: This chapter picks up just like the show, Peyton wakes up, and fears Jake is gone, and in my own words, mingled with what I remember from the show, it sets up the rest of my story. Enjoy and please review!

Chapter 3: I Saw You

Peyton awakes hoping she hadn't been dreaming, 'Please God, tell me Jake really came home last night.'

"Morning beautiful."

"Jake! Your really here!"

"Yeah, I'm here. And you better hurry or you'll be late for school."

"Will you be here when I get home?"

"Yeah, I'll be here for awhile."

"Where's Jenny?"

"Safe."

"Good, hey you want to come with me to school, I know everyone would love to see you."

"That would be great, I need to say hi while I'm here right?"

"Yeah."

"So, how is everyone?" asked Jake as he sat down on the edge of Peyton's bed while she went about getting ready for school, from the bathroom she replied, " Their good, Brooke is seeing this guy Felix, their doing 'friends with benefits'."

"Brooke? She's smarter than that."

"Yeah, but the thing with Lucas."

"Right, I forgot. How's Lucas?"

"He's good, dating this girl Anna."

"He called me, you know, said he thought you needed someone to talk to."

"Then I owe him a big thanks." She said coming out of the bathroom wearing jeans and a light blue T-shirt.

"We'll talk your problems when you get home. For now though, catch me up on everyone else."

"Haley and Nathan got married."

"What? Are you sure?"

"Yeah I'm sure, why?"

"Cause last night when I was arriving at the bus depot, I saw Haley kissing some guy."

"Who?"

"Don't know, never saw him before. He was short, age 16 I guess, blonde spiky hair…you know him?"

"Yeah, it's someone she shouldn't be kissing."

"Well you better talk to her, before she does something stupid."

"Yeah, let's go."

Haley slams her locker shut, she turns to see Peyton standing there, "Hey Peyton."

"Hey Haley, we need to talk."

"About what?"

"About you kissing Chris."

"What?"

"You kissed Chris last night."

"Oh no, how did you find out?" asked Haley. Her mind was racing, she had been so sure that no one had seen her, and now there was someone. Last night she had decided not to tell Nathan about the kiss or the fact that she almost left him. Now someone else was going to do the telling for her. She was going to lose Nathan!

"So it's true. Look it doesn't matter how I found out. The point is, what were you thinking?"

"Chris was leaving for New York…"

"And?"

"And he asked me to go with him."

"Haley! Tell me you weren't thinking of going with him!"

"At first, yeah, not cause I love him or anything, just because he has connections in the music world. But I told him I couldn't go."

"And how did end up with you kissing him?"

"Before I told him I wasn't going, he kissed, and I let him."

"Haley! Nathan loves you so much, how could you?"

"I know, and I love him too. It was stupid."

"Yeah it was. How did Nathan react when you told him?"

"I didn't."

"You lied?"

"I had to. This would end my marriage."

"Do you love Chris?"

"No."

"So it's just about connections in the music industry."

"Yeah."

"Then I will help you, and you don't have to leave Nate for me."

Haley laughs, "Thanks Peyton."

"No problem, but you better hope he never finds out about that kiss."

"Well he shouldn't if you don't tell him."

"I won't."

"And Chris is gone, so there is no way, or reason for him to find out."

"I hope for your sake, that you're right."

"Me too."

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A little side note here, on Sept 6 I am going to start taking classes online for about a month, in the time there will be no updates, as I have to focus on my studies. However, I will be writing offline, so when I get back to updating I may post 7 straight chapters.

I am sorry for the delay this will cause, but it can't be helped, and it's something I need to do for myself.