Peyton was surprised when she asked Jessica if she wanted to be shown around Tree Hill. Earlier she just wanted to be alone, but she enjoyed hanging out with Jessica. As it turns out Jessica moved to Tree Hill because she needed some time and space away from Seattle. The two of them laughed together and Peyton was beginning to like her.

They each went their own ways after they ate dinner, not so surprisingly at Karen's, but as she walked home Peyton started to think about her. She's really nice, once you get to know her... wait a second Peyton, just because you spent a day with her doesn't mean you know her. But she is really cute. Whoa, where did that come from? Am I developing a crush on the new cheerleader? That'll make a great topic for the boy's locker room, I can see it now 'Cheerleaders: what do they really do in the girls locker room?' Why am I thinking these thoughts?

Before she knew it, Peyton was in her room, and she was as confused as ever. Little did she know that things were about to get even more confusing.

Jessica sat in her apartment, she was bored and considering getting up for the bottle of Malibu she had in the freezer, but she was tired from walking around all day, not that there was much to see, but Peyton had made everything interesting, telling her personal stories about certain parts of Tree Hill, even showing her where she lived. Jessica thought that Peyton was cute, the way her hair was so curly and that she didn't wear much makeup. They had talked about music, and found out that they were both into a lot of the same bands. Peyton had told Jessica that she was in fact on the cheerleading squad, to which Jessica replied by saying "Awesome!" in an airhead cheerleader way.

On Monday Peyton spent the entire day trying to avoid Jessica. She couldn't believe that on Saturday night, she actually imagined kissing her. She knew that it wasn't a huge issue, she was a teenager right? Her life is supposed to be confusing, if what people kept telling her was true.

Peyton couldn't ignore her during cheer practice though, it was kind of impossible. Every other girl on the squad besides her and Brooke didn't want anything to do with her. Jessica just replied with witty come-backs that the airheaded cheerleaders couldn't respond to. It was difficult to focus on the routine when Jessica was standing in front of her the entire time wearing black spandex shorts, the kind that dancers wear. Peyton couldn't stop looking at her, and wondering why she felt so attracted to her. Maybe it's because every guy in my life has let me down. Nathan, for just being and ass, Lucas for choosing Brooke, Dad for just leaving... that list just keeps going on and on.

When practice finally ended, Peyton ran out of the school and straight to her car. She had just about made it to the door of her car when she heard Jessica call her name. "Peyton!"

She turned around slowly and faced Jessica, who's face was red from running after Peyton. "Hey Jess, what's up?"

"You tell me."

Oh shit, does she know? Did she see me checking her out during practice? Oh crap..."

"I don't know what you mean." Peyton tried to act cool, but she knew that she was a crappy liar.

"Oh come on, you were totally avoiding me today."

"Oh, yea... sorry, I just had a lot of stuff to do, you know, like for school."

"Kay, just wondering if I kinda weirded you out yesterday or something."

"NO! You really didn't"

"Hey, it's like six by now, did you want to come over to my place? I could make dinner or something."

Peyton was dealing with the conflicting thoughts, should she go and learn more about this very interesting girl, or should she not go and spend the night wishing she had. When she realized that Jessica was staring at her, waiting for an answer, she said the first thing that came to mind. "Sure."