A/N: Alright, so my schedule is going to be incredible busy for the next two months so updates for my stories will be at random and hopefully once a week. If you don't see an update for this story one week, plan on seeing it the next week. I can't keep to a schedule right now, my apologies, but volunteering is kind of important to me so my writing comes second. I hope you all understand.

There isn't any Julian or Brooke in this chapter and I'm sorry about that, but I had no idea where I was going with this chapter, but peyton13sawyer helped me out a little bit.

Chapter Twenty Four: Afterschool Threat

It had been a few days since Sam had told Peyton that Melissa, Julian's ex was her new Math Teacher.

"I'm stuck on what to do Lucas," Peyton complains as she gets things ready for the studio. "Julian is my friend and Melissa is just plain weird."

"Explain to me how bad she is," Lucas says as he walks away from the kitchen table to the coffee pot. He needed coffee if he was going to sit through what seemed like a very long story.

Peyton took a seat at the table.

"When Julian was dating her, everything was fine. She treated him well. Julian treated her well. With every girl that Julian has dated including me, he didn't talk about Sam until he thought that they might have a future together. Julian loved Melissa until he realized how horrible Melissa treated Sam once she found out he had a daughter."

Lucas furrows his eyebrows.

"Wait; was Melissa before you or after you?"

"Before."

Lucas nods his head and sips his coffee.

"Did she ever abuse Sam?"

"It was mostly verbal from what I know, but the one time that Melissa laid a hand on Sam was the time that Julian ended that relationship quickly. And I only know this because Julian and Melissa fought when she tried to get him back while he was dating me."

"Julian has a history like the residents in Tree Hill."

Peyton purses her lips.

"Yeah, but his whole life is for his daughter. I saw firsthand the lengths that Julian would go to protect his daughter. We were on the beach one day. It was near the end of Julian and I's relationship before we fought and we were just enjoying the day. Julian, Sam and I were sitting on the blanket, enjoying the sun and getting ready to swim when Melissa comes up and then just starts exploding over nothing."

"How old was Sam?"

"Twelve."

-WLOM-

"When do you want to go swimming?" Julian asks his daughter as he passes the sunscreen to Peyton.

Peyton starts applying it to Sam's skin.

"Not yet," Sam says with a grin. "I just want to lay here with you guys."

Peyton grins over Sam's head and looks at Julian who winks at her.

"Well that's good because I could use the company."

After Peyton finishes applying sunscreen on Sam, she applies it to herself.

"So, I was thinking that after-" Julian starts to say, but is quickly interrupted by a person running over to them.

"Julian! Julian, you have to understand," Melissa pleads.

Sam cowers away from Melissa. Peyton stayed frozen, not knowing what to do.

"No, leave my family alone Melissa. You couldn't accept my daughter so our relationship is through and it has been for awhile. I'm with Peyton now."

Melissa throws Peyton a look and shakes her head.

"I don't care about that slut. I care about you. We can be together again," Melissa pleads with a hopeful look on her face. "Sam can just stay with her mother."

Julian shakes his head adamantly.

"I'm not just going to pawn off my daughter to her mother. This is my time with her so leave us alone."

"Yeah, leave us alone!" Sam yelled.

Melissa started to see red. She raised her hand in a moment of anger getting ready to slap Sam, but in a move that surprised everyone, Julian had tackled Melissa to the ground.

"Peyton! Grab Sam and get the hell out of here."

-WLOM-

"It was so surreal, Lucas. I've never seen Julian do anything like that."

"He loves his daughter Peyton. I'd do that to and so would you and so would Haley and Nathan and Brooke. When someone you care about is injured or is going to be injured by someone else's hand that's when we do the unexpected."

Peyton checks the time on the clock and sighs.

"I have to go, but I should be home later tonight."

Lucas nods his head.

"Have you decided on if you are going to tell Julian about Melissa?"

Peyton shakes her head.

"No, I haven't, but I guess I have some time to think about it."

-WLOM-

"Sam, please stay after class," Ms. Harris says as the rest of the class leaves for the day.

Sam rolls her eyes and stays in her seat.

"What's wrong, Ms. Harris?" Sam asks snottily.

"Watch the attitude Samantha. I just wanted to talk."

Sam glares and shakes her head as she gathers her things.

"I'm not going to be your pal. I'm leaving."

"If you walk out that door, I'll give you detention for the entire year."

Sam halts her movements at the door. She hated detention and she wasn't sure if Melissa was bluffing or not. Sam turns her head and smiles.

"Do whatever you want Melissa, but that wouldn't get on my dad's side, would it?"

Sam leaves the room and Melissa is left angrier than ever.

"I hate that girl," Melissa mutters.