Peyton walked and walked and before she knew it, she was standing outside of Nathan's house. She wondered how he was, what with Haley being back in Tree Hill and all. Then a memory popped into her head. One that she hadn't thought about in a very long time, and one that still to this day made her have butterflies in her stomach….

Peyton walked into Nathan's house without even ringing the doorbell. She had become so accustomed with doing this. After all, her and Nathan had been together for almost a year. Nathan had called her earlier that evening, telling her to meet him up in his room for a surprise. She came as fast as she could, knowing that this was something that didn't happen very often.

"Nathan?" She called from the outside of his door.

"Yea…. come on in." He called back. When she opened the door, there were candles light all over and rose pedals on the bed. And then she saw him…. He was standing right by the door and she hadn't even noticed him.

"Nathan? What is this? I don't get it…." She was stopped by him putting his hand over her mouth.

"Peyton, I just wanted to do this for you." He said softly. She looked at him, really trying to see what he meant. There must be something in it for him.

"Nate…. this is really sweet and all, well it seems really sweet, but if I know you, then there must be something in it for you." He walked over to the bed and sat down at the edge.

"Peyton, your right, there is something that I get from this, and that is that I get to spend time with you… I feel like I hardly do." He said sincerely, looking away.

She was surprised, she of course knew that he was a good guy, but it was rare. She went over and sat down by him on the bed.

"So your telling me that this little plan of yours wasn't to get into my pants?" She said smirking. And he began to laugh as well.

"Peyton, I feel like that's all we do sometimes… tonight I just want to talk to you."

And that is just what they did…. they talked for hours and then they fell asleep together.

The whole time that Peyton was with Nathan, everyone just assumed that they were only in it for the sex. And for some reason she would just go along with it. Of course a lot of the time, sex did seem like the only reason they were together, but before basketball and before Nathan felt like he had to impress all of the guys, he was the only person she could talk to. And then right when she was thinking of ending the relationship, Nathan did something like that for her, and she realized that he needed her maybe even more then she needed him.

So she went up to the door, and rang the doorbell for once. She could hear him coming to the door, and for some reason her stomach filled with butterflies. He opened the door and smiled.

"Peyton…. I thought that you were going to be someone else. What are doing outside… you always just walk in." He said smirking.

"Yea well I thought that things were different now so maybe I shouldn't." She told him as she walked into the house and he shut the door.

"Yea well next time, just come in, I like it better that way." He said as he led her upstairs into his room. "So what brings you here?"

"Umm… I was just wondering how you were doing, I mean I saw Haley and I just figured that she had been here…." She said carefully, not wanting to make him mad, but he just turned around and ignored the question, "Nathan?"

"Yea… you know, I'm fine, I really am." He said, still not looking at her.

"Are you sure?" she asked, knowing that he was lying. He turned around and looked at her. She saw it then, his eyes were sad and not the same as they usually were.

"No, I'm not fine. Haley always does this, she thinks that she can just come back and everything will be fine between us, but it's not and it never will be. I just want it to go back to how it used to be, I want to stop being sad about her and stop thinking about her. I want to move on," She walked over to him and hugged him. "I want to move on, Peyton," He said softly. "I know, Nate, I know," She told him.

They separated and he walked over to his bed and sat down at the edge, "I'm sorry about that Peyton…But I couldn't help but notice that you seemed kind of sad when you walked in. Is it because of Jake leaving again?" She walked over and sat down next to him, something compelled her to tell him everything about her mom and the lady claiming to be her mom. How the lady said that she got pregnant with Peyton's dad and when she gave birth to her, she freaked out and left her with her dad. Her dad got married and the lady she always thought was her birth mother adopted her. But then she died… leaving Peyton with no mother, until now. Peyton didn't know why she could tell Nathan all of this, and not Luke. Maybe it was because for some reason, she always felt more comfortable with him.

"Oh my god, Peyton… I don't know what to say. I'm sorry, this must be really confusing for you to hear." He said, as he looked her in the eye.

"Yea it is…. Hey, don't you have the High Flyers camp coming up?" She asked, wanting to change the subject.

He nodded his head, "Yep, that's why I'm packing because I leave tomorrow."

"What? Tomorrow? Great, now I really am all by myself. I mean Brooke is gone, Luke is going to be best friends with Haley, my dad is never here, and Jake left me again, and now your leaving for two months. And of course you leave right when we start to talk and hang out and have fun together again. And now I'll actually really miss you." She ended, smiling at him.

"Thanks… I think. I know what you mean. I just can't stay in Tree Hill for the summer." She nodded showing that she felt the same way.

"Hey! Come with me!" he said standing up all of a sudden.

"What? Nathan, what are you talking about?" she said surprisingly.

"Yea, I mean you're alone here, and lets face it, this town sucks with out me. Plus you don't want to be here either. Come on, it's a great idea. I mean, I'll play basketball and you can stay at the same hotel that I'm staying at. And when I'm not playing basketball, we'll be together. It would be awesome!" She stood up and walked next to him.

"That's a good idea, but I don't think I could. Plus, I would just be a disturbance to you, and you don't need that. I think I'll just stay here." She said walking to the door, "I'll come say good bye tomorrow, ok?"

He nodded, "but Peyton, you would never be a disturbance to me… just think about it, ok?"

She smiled at him, "Ok" and she walked out.

What do you guys think? Will Peyton go? Will she stay? What do you think?

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