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Summary -The sequel to One Night Can Change Everything. Peyton and Maddy are now out of Hogwarts and fully fledged witches but how will they deal with living in the big bad world on their own and without mummy and daddy near them to run back to when they get scared. But more importantly how will Peyton deal with her identical twin sister getting everything that she has wanted since she was a young child?

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Anyways now onto our feature presentation. Here's Chapter Thirteen. All I ask of you is to enjoy and to please leave a review at the end.

Chapter Thirteen – Ben Comes Home

A couple of weeks later Ben got the all clear and was allowed home from hospital. Peyton, Maddy and Matt went to go and get him but when they got there Ben didn't seem very pleased to see Peyton. He picked up his bags and walked out of the room with Matt leaving Maddy and Peyton to walk behind them. As they followed their boyfriends, Maddy and Peyton spoke quietly to each other.

"I wonder why he did that? He didn't even say hello to you," Maddy said to her.

"I really don't know. I said sorry to him every time I saw him but he just doesn't seem to have taken it in. What do I do Mads?"

"Personally I think the end of your relationship with him is here. This is it and I think that you're going to break up soon. Peyton you need to decide whether you want to be with him and watch him dump you or for you to actually dump him."

Peyton nodded as she processed what Maddy had just said to her. Did she really want to be dumped or should see dump him first? She really didn't know and decided that she would talk to Ben when they got home. As soon as they got home, Ben went into his bedroom that he shared with Peyton and laid on the bed. Peyton followed him into the room and shut the door behind her. Ben looked up at her when he heard the door shut and glared at her.

"What do you want?" he snapped.

"I want to talk about us."

"Well get on with it then."

"Why didn't you say hello to me at the hospital? It didn't seem like you were very happy to see me," Peyton asked.

Ben sighed then looked at Peyton.

"Because I didn't want to. After all it was your fault I was in the hospital if you hadn't have run off then I wouldn't have gone after you in the car and crashed. The car is now written off, we have no car!"

"Well I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to come after me! It's your own fault really!"

Ben stood up and hovered over Peyton.

"IT WAS YOUR FAULT! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING TOGETHER! THE ONLY REASON I WAS YOUR BOYFRIEND WAS BECAUSE I PITIED YOU! YOU ARE THE MOST UGLY GIRL I HAVE EVER MET IN MY LIFE AND WHEN I MET YOU I PITIED YOU! YOU WERE ACTING LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO! POOR LITTLE PEYTON POTTER WHO GOT HERSELF KNOCKED UP THEN LOST THE BABY!" Ben shouted at her.

This angered Peyton and she stood up in front of him. However her height wasn't much of a match to Ben because she fell 6 inches short of his height.

"HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU EVEN SAY THINGS LIKE THAT! MADDY WAS RIGHT THIS RELATIONSHIP IS COMING TO AN END!"

Ben didn't like the fact that Peyton was finally standing up to him and slapped her across her face just like he had done a couple of months ago. Peyton held her cheek then glared at Ben.

"How dare you! You will never lay a hand on me again! We're over! You can go and sleep in the living room! Get your stuff and go!" Peyton told him angrily.

"Oh don't worry I'm gone! I'll find myself another girl!" Ben retorted.

"Oh yeah that's right go and get yourself a hooker!" Peyton shouted after him as he walked out of the door.

She slammed the door after him and sat down on the bed. She saw a picture of her and Ben in happier times on the bedside table and picked it up. She looked at it then flung it across the room. It hit the door and the glass smashed into pieces. Peyton wiped her eyes then did something that she hadn't done since she was seventeen. She sang softly to herself.

It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here but all I want
Is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe
Miracles could happen
Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care

I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star
That's coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you

I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
and Once upon a song

Now I know your not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Cause I liked the view
When there was me and you

However what she didn't realise was that Britty Boo and Maddy had heard everything that had gone on and were now outside the door listening to her sing. Once everything in the bedroom had gone quiet they walked in slowly and sat down on the bed. Maddy lay down next to Peyton and hugged her very awkwardly because of her ever growing bump.

"It'll be okay. Remember when you broke up with Dan? You wouldn't talk to anyone for weeks and weeks. You got through that didn't you? You'll get through this I know it," Maddy told her.

Peyton nodded and sniffed then sat up.

"Dan! Maddy you're a genius! He said that if I ever needed a friend then he would there for me. He came round and gave me his address. He lives in Oxford now and he told me that he still loves me! I could go and see him!" Peyton gabbled.

Maddy nodded along and watched as Peyton ran out of the bedroom and out of the apartment. They knew she had gone because they both heard the front door shut. Britty Boo looked at Maddy and sighed.

"She can sing?" Britty Boo asked.

"Yeah. She used to sing all the time but she stopped when we were seventeen. She hasn't sung since we left school. I might ask her to sing at the reception as my wedding present. Oh and I wouldn't expect her back tonight. She has some catching up to do with Dan and I just hope that she doesn't do anything stupid!" Maddy replied.

Britty Boo laughed and both she and Maddy walked back into the front room and continued to watch the television. Peyton arrived at Dan's house and knocked on the door. He opened it and looked at the person stood on his doorstep.

"Peyton what's wrong? What's that on your face?" he asked.

"He slapped me again and I ended it. Then Maddy made me realise something," Peyton replied.

"Come in! You can't tell me on the doorstep and you need to put a cold compress on that mark. It'll stop it swelling."

Peyton nodded and followed Dan into his house. They sat down in the front room and Dan got a cold compress. He sat down next to Peyton and put it onto the mark on her face.

"So what did you realise?" he asked.

"She mentioned when we broke up and said that I'd get through it and that made me realise that I was like I was when we broke up because I still loved you. When I realised that I realised that I still do love you! I've never stopped loving you!"

Dan smiled and put the compress onto the coffee table.

"You don't know how happy that has made me," he told her.

Peyton smiled at him and closed her eyes. Dan saw her close her eyes and gently kissed her. He had only meant for it to be a quick kiss but it lead to much more than that.

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