I'm just trying to get the story rolling here, so 3 chapters in one day. Please review, tell me good, bad, should I keep going or just stop?

Breathe in for luck, Breathe in so deep, this air is blessed

You share with me

This night is wild so calm and dull

These hearts they race from self control

It had become the anthem of Peyton's life. Whenever she got upset or some new drama had sprung up around her, she just popped in Dashboard and played the c.d. over and over again. This week, the drama was of course Jake, every week, the same problems over and over again. It was become hard to remember why she stayed with him in the first place. A silent tear rolled off her cheek as the second track started playing.

Sometimes you've got to fall before you're found out,

Thanks for waiting this long

To show yourself, yourself

Because now that I can see you, I don't think you're worth a second glance

She loved Jake, she loved him with her all heart but she didn't think she could put up with his antics night after night. The guy she had fallen in love with was not the man she knew now. She remembered back to a time when things seemed perfect with them.

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"Hey babe, I missed you."

"Jake, I went to the store; I was gone for what a whole 5 minutes. But its good to know you care."

"Of course I care! So how about I cook you dinner tonight. My parents won't be home." He said suggestively

"Oh really, well in that case, dinner at your house sounds great!"

Turns out Jake was having a barbeque with the whole group over. Still it was fun.

"What's going on with you and Jake nowadays?" Brooke asked, seeming generally interested.

"Well, you know, things are great. He's such a sweetheart. He's just so…perfect." A smile played across Peyton's lips just thinking about her boyfriend.

(Later that night)

"hey peyt, can you come inside quickly, I need help with something"

Peyton got up and sauntered into the house, wondering what she needed to bring out this time. She could feel everyone's eyes on her as she walked into the house. A small gasp escaped from her lips as she saw what lay in front of her. The house was filled with candles and white rose petals lay strewn across the floor.

"Jake?"

When there was no response she followed the path of rose petals up the stairs and into Jake's bedroom. He was standing there with a rose in his hand and when she came in walked right up to her.

"Peyton, I've wanted to say this for such a long time, so I'm just gonna say it, I've never felt this way about anyone in my life. Peyton, I love you so much and I've fallen so hard for you these past couple months and if you don't feel the same way, I'd be devastated. But here, he got down on one knee and produced a small velvet box from his pocket."

"Oh my god Jake. You're not proposing are you because I love you too but we're way too young to be married."

"Proposing? What no! This is a promise ring." He opened the small box revealing a ring with a silver band a single red diamond set in the middle, it was her birthstone. Inscribed on the inside of the ring was P & J 3/12/04. "See, no engagement ring. But I am promising to you that I will be loyal and faithful to you. I'll be here for you no matter what Peyton, and I love you so much."

A crying Peyton just nodded, accepting the ring and slipping it on her finger.

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Those were the days, she thought to herself. Peyton and Jake had been so in love, she couldn't point to one spot in time where everything just started to fall apart. Over time, he had just stopped loving her, or that's what she felt like anway.

They're relationship became constant fighting over such trivial topics such as what to do on the weekend, or what music to listen to in the car. They would just pick each other apart piece by piece, finding all the faults the other possessed. Sometimes she wished that he would just hit her, it would make breaking up with him so much easier. Jake would never do that though. He still believed that there was hope for them. He regretted so deeply all the mistakes he had made, especially since they all hurt the one person in life he truly cared about other than Jenny.

The mistakes he made in the past needed to be cleaned up and unfortunately the only way to do that was to break up with Peyton. The most devastating thing he could do. But there was a lot at stake.

As he got in his car and turned on the radio right as How Do You Keep Love Alive by Ryan Adams blasted over the stereo.

What does it mean?
What does it mean?
What does it mean to be so sad?
When someone you love
Someone you love is supposed to make you happy
What do you do
How do you keep love alive?
When it won't

This was definitely going to be the hardest thing that Jake has done in life. Breaking the heart of the one person that loved you was not going to be an easy task.