Peyton pulled away from Nathan quickly and opened her mouth to speak, but Nathan cut her off.

"Hey Brooke," Nathan said casually.

"Hey Hotshot. P.Sawyer. What's going on?" Brooke asked with a mischievous smile, walking towards the sofa.

"…Nothing. Alright, I need to go set up some things by the pool. Um, Peyton you want to help me?" Nathan asked, walking towards the back door.

"Um. Yeah. Sure," Peyton answered, avoiding Brooke's questioning and curious stare.

Nathan nodded and lead the way towards his backyard. Peyton closed the door after he opened it and looked at the large pool.

Nathan smirked at her, "We had some fun in that pool, huh?"

Nathan walked down the stairs and answered the ringing doorbell, to see Peyton on the other side of the door.

"Hey," Nathan said, opening the door wider to let her in.

Peyton nodded, "Hey. Did your parents leave?"

Nathan nodded as he walked further in to the house, "Yup. Forty minutes ago."

Peyton smiled, "So, what do you want to do for the next three hours before we go to Brooke's?"

Nathan shrugged as he walked further in to the house, "I don't know. But, it's hot as hell."

Peyton nodded and looked down at her outfit, a black pair of cotton, extremely, short-shorts and a white beater.

"Well, considering that you have a pool…I thought we could go swimming," Peyton said with a wide grin.

Nathan rolled his eyes, "Peyton. You know I hate going in that pool."

Peyton nodded, "Yeah. And, I really don't know why."

Nathan groaned, "We're not going to go swimming right now."

Peyton shrugged as she walked towards the back door, pulling off her white wife beater at the same time, leaving her in a deep orange string bikini top and her shorts.

Nathan watched her through the windows in his kitchen, as she was standing by the side of the pool, and noticed that she was slipping out of her shorts as well. He sighed inwardly as he realized she was wearing a matching pair of boyshorts. He walked towards the back door and opened it slowly.

"Hey," he called out to her as she pulled her hair out of it's messy bun.

Peyton looked at him and smiled softly, "Coming?"

Nathan shrugged, "Nah. It's getting a little dark. And, we have to go soon."

Peyton rolled her eyes, "Or, you just pretend you're all hard, but you're really afraid of the water."

Nathan raised his eyebrows, "Yeah. Alright."

Peyton gave him an innocent smile before stepping in to the pool, "Do your parents heat it?"

Nathan shook his head as he took off his grey t-shirt and stepped in to the pool with his red basketball shorts on, "I don't know. Probably not."

Peyton nodded.

"You're cold?" Nathan laughed.

Peyton narrowed her eyes at him, "…So?"

"You're the one who wanted to get in to the damn pool," Nathan said.

Peyton rolled her eyes, "Why do I even bother?"

Nathan smirked as he moved closer towards her, "Well, I mean if you're really that cold I can warm you up a little."

Peyton raised her eyebrows and started backing away, "Yeah. I'll pass."

Nathan laughed, "Oh really?"

He lunged at her and grabbed her waist just as she was about to swim away. Nathan then pulled her close to him and as she tried to pull away from his grasp.

"Why do you even bother?" Nathan asked mockingly.

Peyton gasped softly and grinned as Nathan leaned towards her and kissed her neck.

"What're you doing, Nathan?" Peyton asked giggling.

Nathan smiled against her skin, he loved hearing her laugh, or smile, compared to the usual eye roll or yelling.

Peyton eventually wrapped her arms around his neck and he kissed his way up her neck, then her jaw, and eventually made his way to her lips. He then slipped his tongue in her mouth and moved his right hand up her back to the string that tied in the middle of her back, untying it slowly. Nathan groaned as Peyton wrapped her legs around Nathan's waist, and brought her body closer to his.

He found the string that tied around her neck and pulled it swiftly, pulling it off her body and throwing it to the side. Peyton moaned softly as she felt her breasts rubbing against his body. Peyton tried pushing his shorts off his body with her feet, but eventually he let go of her for a couple seconds and pulled them off himself.

Peyton sucked on his neck and felt him pull away

"What?" she asked him while out of breath.

"…I-I don't have a condom," Nathan said.

"…It's okay…" Peyton said, her voice cracking slightly.

"You sure?" Nathan asked, looking in to her eyes, as he continued to hold her body close to his.

Peyton nodded quickly and closed her eyes as he entered her.

"God. Don't remind me," Peyton said softly with a coy smile.

"What?" Nathan asked with raised eyebrows.

Peyton grinned and shrugged, "I don't know. I'd say…You don't perform that great in the water."

Nathan laughed loudly as he walked towards her, but was surprised to hear another person's voice.

"Nathan? Can I talk to you?" Haley asked, her arms crossed as she stood a couple feet away from them.

Nathan looked to Peyton who was staring at Haley.

"Yeah," he said quickly walking away from Peyton and in to the house.

Peyton chewed on her lip as she watched Nathan walk in to the house. Yet, turned around too quickly to see Nathan shoot her an apologetic look, and then he realizing she wasn't looking at him.

"Hey," a tall blonde with icy blue eyes called.

Peyton turned around to see Lucas staring at her, "Hey."

"I've been looking for you. I wasn't sure if you came here," Lucas said, shoving his hands in his pockets and walking closer to her.

Peyton nodded, "I came. With Nate."

Lucas' eyebrows raised slightly, "Nathan?"

Peyton shrugged, "You were talking with Brooke. I didn't really want to interrupt."

Lucas sighed, "We were just talking."

Peyton nodded, "I know. But, I figured that if you were having a good time with her, I shouldn't ruin it."

Peyton cringed inwardly, she hated lying, even though she was pretty good at it.

"Alright, well I just want you to know that we were really just talking," Lucas said.

Lucas wasn't sure whether he was trying to convince her that, or convince himself that, either way he was hoping she believed him.

"…Okay. So, you wanna' head inside?" Peyton asked motioning towards the door.

Lucas nodded and they walked towards the door, opening it for her, before walking through. Peyton smiled, realizing that Nathan hadn't done that for her a couple minutes ago. Nathan rarely "behaved like a gentleman" while they dated, maybe in the beginning.

Peyton saw Nathan sitting on the couch in the family room, and Haley was pacing back and forth in front of him.

"Nathan. I'm just-I don't know what came over me. I think I was just stressed. I kn-The last couple days have been really hard. Without you. I just can't live without you anymore."

Haley looked at Nathan with a sad smile on her face, hoping he was feeling the same way.

"Haley, I don't know what to say. I really thought we were going to spend some time apart. To mature separately first, and then maybe try again," Nathan said, surprising himself, along with the other three people listening, with his words.

Peyton's eyebrows furrowed as she sat at the kitchen table eavesdropping on their conversation. Did he just say that they were going to 'try again?'

Haley smile fell slightly, "Oh. Okay."

Nathan nodded as he stood up and was ready to walk out of the room.

"Nathan," Haley called softly.

Nathan turned around and looked at her, and before he knew it, she had pulled him in to a searing kiss that caught him off guard. In a matter of minutes his tongue was exploring her mouth and his hands were running through her auburn hair.

Haley pulled away and bit her lip before smiling at him. He stared at her for awhile, not really sure of what was going on.

"Hey guys," Lucas called out with Peyton by his side.

Peyton had a fake small on her face, and her hand on her hip, Nathan looked at her, not sure as to whether she saw them kissing.

"Hey," Nathan said, scratching his neck.

"So, am I still going to hear Haley complain about not being able to live with you? Or, is that done?" Lucas asked with a slight smirk causing Haley to blush.

"Luke!" Haley gasped, swatting his arm.

"Looks like they're back together," Peyton said with a sad smile, while avoiding Nathan's gaze.

Peyton then leaned against Lucas and kissed him quickly on the lips, causing him to smile as she pulled away.

"Miss. Sawyer, are you rekindling a relationship?" Haley asked, as she wrapped her arms around Nathan's waist.

Nathan instead stared at the two blondes, trying to understand what Peyton was doing.

Peyton smirked at Haley and laughed softly, "I think so."

Nathan's full attention then turned straight towards the curly haired blonde, and she simply stared at him.