A/N- Thank you for the reviews. I don't know exactly where the Pathan relationship is going; it mostly depends on how much I like writing them. I have a loose outline in my head. There is going to be a big event that will rock all of their relationships and most of all everyone's friendship. That won't be for a few chapters. Keep reading and reviewing- if you sign in when you review I'll answer your questions if you want me to. So keep that in mind. The preview for the next episode of One Tree Hill looks intense, I read spoilers and according them this was going happen but I was still surprised when I saw the preview. I can't wait for it. Only twelve more days! I don't know if I can wait.

As It Comes

Chapter Five

Oh the Possibilities

Halloween this year fell on a weekday but there was still a party. Peyton, Nathan, Brooke, and Lucas decided to hit it. Haley being the academic she is, stayed home getting a good night sleeps. No one went to the party dressed up; they went as it was a normal night. The party tonight was hosted by no other than Nathan Scott. People filled Nathan's large house. There were people in the living room, people in the kitchen, people outside playing basketball, and people everywhere. Peyton was sitting talking to some fellow cheerleaders, Brooke had run off with Lucas as always and Nathan was outside playing ball with some basketball players.

"Peyton," asked Bevin, Brooke's friend from before high school and fellow cheerleader, "is Nate still dating that girl, Kady?"

"As far as I know," responded Peyton. Peyton hated to gossip and Bevin was the worse gossip of all- except for Brooke that is.

"Why isn't she here?" Bevin questioned, adjusting her position on the couch so she was facing Peyton.

"Couldn't tell you," Peyton said simply getting up leaving her so called friends to gossip. Peyton began to wander from room to room. Not really looking for anyone or anything- just wandering. That was when she saw it, the boy she had been crushing on for months- Jake Jagielski with his girlfriend of even longer. Their backs were to her, talking to some seniors. Peyton decided to go and say hi. It wasn't going to hurt anyone.

"Hi Jake," Peyton said softly as she got in talking distance.

"Hi," Jake began turning to see who was talking, "Peyton."

"Hey," Peyton repeated.

"You know Nikki, right?" Jake asked, pointing to his girlfriend.

"Not really," replied Peyton. Peyton didn't want to know Nikki.

"Nikki," Jake said tapping her on the shoulder, "meet Peyton Sawyer."

"Hi," she said turning around to reveal a large stomach.

"Hi," Peyton exclaimed, looking at her large, obviously pregnant stomach.

"I'm Nikki," she said extending her hand to Peyton.

"Peyton," she replied taking her hand with her eyes still focused on Nikki's stomach.

"Yeah, I'm pregnant," Nikki said simply, touching her stomach.

"Sorry I didn't mean to stare," Peyton sputtered out.

"I'm used to it," Nikki said sweetly.

"So how far along are you?" asked Peyton, letting her curiosity get the best of her.

"About six months," Nikki said.

"Well congratulations," Peyton said.

"Thanks," Nikki replied.

"So I'm going to go," Peyton said, pointing in the direction of the living room.

"Okay, nice meeting you," Nikki smiled.

"You too," Peyton replied, "see you at school, Jake."

"Yeah, see you," Jake said as Peyton left.

She could not believe it, she thought she had a chance with Jake and there he was with a pregnant girlfriend. Nikki was pregnant. Peyton had to find Brooke; she needed someone to talk to. She made her way up the stairs to the bedrooms of the house, she was sure that was where Brooke and Lucas had made it to. Running through the hall, opening all of the doors, and she did not finding her best friend. Haley wasn't there at the party; the next best thing was Nathan. She made her way to driveway where she had seen Nathan earlier playing ball with his teammates. Out on the driveway was no one. They all must have gone into the house. She ran from room to room looking for any of her best friends, having trouble finding any. Finally she found Nathan in the kitchen pouring a drink.

"Nate!" she exclaimed, running up to friend, "I have been looking for you everywhere."

"So you saw her," Nathan said knowingly. Everyone had known for awhile that Jake's girlfriend was pregnant, all holding off on telling Peyton about it.

"You knew!" Peyton said, slapping her friend.

"We all did," Nathan explained, "sorry, I guess."

"Whatever," Peyton mumbled. So what if they knew, none of them probably wanted to deal with the mess she would become. "Get me a drink."

"Okay," Nathan said, pouring her a cup. "Here you go."

"Thanks," Peyton said, hastily grabbing the cup and taking a large drink. The pair sat around that night talking. Peyton downed quite a few drinks, becoming quite drunk. Since Peyton had driven herself to the party, Nathan offered to drive her home. The drive to Peyton's was quiet. Peyton was slowly falling to sleep. Once they reached Peyton's large house, Nathan lightly hit the dozing off Peyton.

"Peyt," Nathan said quietly, "we are at your house."

"Huh," Peyton mumbled, opening her eyes.

"You're home," Nathan repeated. He had never seen his friend like this before, so vulnerable and so not herself.

"Oh," Peyton said, realizing that the house they were parked in front of was her own. "Want to come in for a bit?" Her dad as always wasn't home.

"Sure," shrugged Nathan. He opened the door of his black SUV and jumped out. He moved to the other side of the vehicle and helped a sobering up, Peyton out of the car. Peyton and Nathan linked arms and walked up to Peyton's front door. Once inside, Peyton went to the stairs and went to her room, Nathan followed. In her room, she went to her walk-in-closet and took off her shirt and jeans and changed into a tank and sweat pants. Nathan watched as Peyton changed.

"So, Nate," Peyton said coming out of her closet, "want to get something to drink or something to snack on?"

"Sure," Nathan said. They walked down the stairs and into Peyton's large kitchen. Peyton grabbed two cokes from the fridge and a bag of chips from the cupboard and sat down on one the four stools surrounding the island in her kitchen.

"Sit," Peyton demanded, pointing to one of the stools. She opened the bag of chips and grabbed a few and ate them noisily.

"Okay," Nathan replied, taking a seat and cracking open the coke that she had handed to her. "So," Nathan said offhandedly.

"So," Peyton said nodding her head.

"This is weird, why can't we find anything to talk about?" Nathan said, "We have known each other forever."

"I know," Peyton squealed. Nathan just laughed in response. "Well, maybe you should go, if we have nothing to talk about."

"Okay," Nathan said. They were just sitting there and he needed to get home and clean up the mess at his house, and the people possibly still there.

"Hold on, though," Peyton said getting up and running to the staircase again, "come with."

"Okay," Nathan replied cocking his left eyebrow and followed her up the stairs.

"Here you go," Peyton said, handing him a t-shirt.

"Oh, thanks," Nathan said, "when did I leave this here?"

"Like in the summer, we all went hot tubing or something," Peyton explained vaguely.

"I don't remember what-so-ever," Nathan laughed.

"We had been drinking, and you made out with Brooke," Peyton filled in the blanks.

"Oh yeah," Nathan said remembering. That night, it was before Lucas and Brooke had gotten back together and Peyton, Nathan and Brooke had been hanging out like they used to except for they got drunk and Brooke being that skank she was, starting to make out with him and he never stopped her. Lucas did not know and he wasn't going to ever find out.

"Yeah," Peyton said slowly. That night was definitely interesting.

"So I'm going," Nathan said waving towards her bedroom door.

"Okay," Peyton said, getting up from her bed where she had collapsed and giving Nathan a hug, "I'll see you tomorrow probably."

"Tomorrow," Nathan replied embracing his friend. Peyton smelt really good, like vanilla and something else.

"Thanks for being there for me tonight," Peyton whispered, not breaking the closeness between their two bodies.

"Peyt," Nathan said, "I'll always be here for you."

"Thanks," Peyton said, "I love you." She didn't add her usual, just as a friend, to that I love you for some reason, today she felt as if she didn't want them to be friends.

"Right back at you," Nathan said, finally breaking their embrace. He gave her a pat on the back and made his way to the door.

"Wait," Peyton whispered.

"What?"

"Um," Peyton mumbled, "I just."

"Get it out," Nathan said.

"I just want to do something," Peyton said slowly.

"Me too," Nathan replied. "But the question is: are we talking about the same thing?"

"You first," Peyton told him. She wasn't going to embarrassed herself. He was going to embarrass himself.

"Okay," Nathan said confidently, he grabbed her hand and pulled her towards himself and kissed her. The kiss was sweet. Peyton kissed him back, proving that this was something they both wanted. Their kiss went from slow to quicker, their lips pressed against each others.

"Wait," Peyton said, breaking the kiss, "What about Kady?"

"Don't" Nathan said, pulling her back towards him. Peyton just melted in his embrace. The two kissed passionately for awhile making their way onto Peyton's bed. Nathan eventually met the hem of Peyton's tank top, to his surprise Peyton didn't protest. "Are you sure?" asked Nathan, he may be a bit of an ass, but he tended to be respectful- especially tonight when the girl was his best friend.

"I'm sure," Peyton whispered into his ear. That night their friendship changed, their emotions weren't ones of friendship but ones of passion. They had become one. Their lives forever changed, it's not every night you have sex with your best friend. Tonight they chose to change everything. Their decision would forever affect them, their friends, and the dynamics of their friendship. That night, Nathan fell asleep in Peyton's bed. Peyton embraced by the arms of Nathan.

"Nate," Peyton whispered, as she woke up to a body beside her. Nathan stirred. He pulled the blankets around himself and turned his body. "Nate," she repeated. Again he didn't wake. Peyton decided she must do what she had to do, "Nate," she yelled into his ear. Nathan shot up in bed, and looked around in a daze. He finally focused on the girl next him; the previous night came flooding back to him. Peyton and he had sex.

"Peyton," Nathan said, giving her a quick peck on the lips. Peyton smiled and kissed him back. The pair continued to kiss, until Nathan broke them apart. "I need to have a shower."

"Okay," Peyton replied, "you know where the bathroom is."

"Okay," Nathan said, giving her another kiss and getting out of bed leaving Peyton lying in the bed by herself. She sat there gathering her thoughts, what would they tell everyone, what about Kady- the girl she had chosen to ignore the night before, and most of all how would they tell everyone.

"Peyton!" exclaimed Brooke from the bottom of the staircase. Brooke had decided to come and cheer up her friend, she knew that last night Peyton had seen Nikki and would be upset.

"Brooke!" Peyton called, jumping from bed and throwing on her sweat and tank top. Brooke had reached Peyton's door just as Peyton had thrown on her clothes.

"How are you, hun?" asked Brooke as she entered the room holding a bag full of food from Karen's Café.

"Okay," Peyton mumbled.

"Oh it's okay," Brooke said filled with sympathy.

"Let's go downstairs," Peyton said, encouraging her friend to exit the room. Brooke knew her friend to well; they always ate in her room. Brooke ventured further into the room.

"Boy's clothes," Brooke exclaimed, seeing a pair of large jeans on the floor, "shower."

"Brooke," Peyton began.

"Who's here, you dirty skank," Brooke exclaimed. Her friend, Peyton, who was a good girl, had dealt with her problems with hooking up with someone. The non Lucas Brooke was proud.

"Nobody," Peyton said, as the shower turned off. "Let's go downstairs," demanded Peyton. Brooke couldn't know who was in her room, it was a disaster.

"No way," Brooke replied, "you have a guy in here."

"Brooke," Peyton protested, Brooke had to get out of her room before Nathan got out of the bathroom.

"Who is it," Brooke demanded. Brooke had to know who Peyton hooked up with.

"Nobody," Peyton explained, grabbing her friend's hand and urging her to exit the room.

"Peyt," called the male voice from the bathroom, "is someone here?"

"Nate!" yelled Brooke, instantly recognizing the voice. Peyton hooked up with Nathan, that she didn't see coming.

"Brooke," Nathan said slowly. He opened the door with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Oh my god," Brooke screamed, "you two hooked up."

"Brooke," Peyton began.

"No way," Brooke said pacing around the room. "Nate, what about Kady?"

"Brooke, I'll deal with everything," Nathan explained.

"Brooke, calm down," Peyton said, her friend was panicking about something that had nothing really to do with her.

"Peyton, don't tell me to calm down," Brooke screamed, "Nate is an ass to his girlfriends and you are going to get hurt and all of our friendships will be ruined."

"What if?" began Peyton.

"Don't what if me," Brooke exclaimed, "I can't believe this happened."

"Brooke, you're such a hypocrite," Nathan yelled, "You don't think things got messy with group's dynamic when you and Lucas broke up. You can't tell us what to do."

"Whatever," Brooke said, storming out of the room, leaving Peyton and Nathan standing in disbelief.

A/N 2- I hope you liked it. It was fun writing. Please review. I love those reviews. They are great! Can't wait for March 1st! I will update as soon as possible.

-Lauren