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"NO..FUCKING WAY!" Peyton repeated. Chris just walked into Tric, and it was like some..nightmare--ish...deja vu.
Chris laughed as he made his way over to his manager. "I'm sorry, do I know you?" He asked, feigning innocence.
Peyton shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. But I'm pretty sure you know Nathan..The guy whose LIFE you practically RUINED." Peyton said, her eyes burning with anger.
Chris's manager looked between the two. "I'm sorry. Do you two know eachother?"
Peyton spoke quickly. "NO!"
Unfortunately, Chris spoke at the same time. "Yeah."
Peyton shook her head. "Yes we know eachother. NO I can't..AND..WON'T..work with him."
Chris laughed. He was definately enjoying this. "Come on, Sawyer. Put your personal feelings for me aside. I know our breakup sucked, but I'm willing to be professional if you are."
Peyton scoffed, turning to the manager. "Puh-lease. We did NOT date." She then turned to Chris. "We did NOT date!" She said, equally as pissed off.
Chris rolled his eyes, turning to Alan, his manager. "She's still a little sour about the breakup. Can I have some alone time with my little Peyton bunny"
He said her 'pet name' as if he were talking to a baby.
Alan nodded his head. "Yeah, actually, Peyton offered to show you around town. Maybe the time alone together will smooth things over." He said, thinking that he came up with some brilliant plan.
Peyton reluctantly nodded her head. "Come on, boyfriend." She said, hastily grabbing Chris and dragging him out of the club.
Once they were outside, Peyton hastily pushed him. "You...are a JACKASS." She spit out, angrily.
Chris stifled a laugh. "I'm sorry?" He asked, more as a question than a statement.
Peyton hid the smile that was playing her lips. "Yeah, well..you should be." She said. Wow, that came out lame. Peyton shook her head as she made her way to her car. "Where do you wanna go?" She asked, once he slipped into the passenger side of her car.
"Uhh, the cafe'?" He said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Peyton's eyes widened. "NO." She then proceeded to turn her body so that she was facing him. "You listen to me, okay! Stay away from Nathan and Haley. They're JUST getting their life together back on track. They don't NEED you coming in and ruining things for them again. Got it!" She was angry. Nathan and Haley were like the Tree Hill poster children for True Love. If they couldn't make it, then it was probably useless to even fall in love.
Chris actually looked slightly scared, but quickly regained his cool. "Look, goldilocks, I didn't MAKE Haley do ANYTHING she didn't want to. Was there a gun to her head? A knife to her throat? A grenade threatening to fall from my hands?" He paused for affect, daring her to challenge him. "I didn't think so." He finished, narrowing his eyes at the blonde.
Peyton swallowed the lump in her throat before turning back around in her seat, and starting the ignition. The silence was broken by Peyton. "Ya know, you don't have to be such an asshole about it. Nathan is one of my BEST friends, and you nearly ruined his life. We're NOT cool, got it?" She asked, challenging him to answer HER.
Chris continued looking out the window, not bothering to look at her. "Trust me, the feeling is DEFINATELY mutual. We're business partners. That's it."
Peyton nodded her head. "We don't even have to speak." She said, turning the stereo on to drown out the silence.