A Father's Love

Ch. 13 You Get What You Give

It was a Monday morning at Tree Hill High. Peyton's weekend had gone relatively good after the disaster at the dance. She had only gotten to see Lucas once that weekend, and they didn't talk about the fight Peyton had with Brooke. Lucas wasn't too happy that Peyton had resorted to fighting to beat Brooke, but he was mainly upset because he knew she could have gotten hurt. He never wanted anything to happen to her.

Peyton was sitting in science class doodling pictures of her and Lucas on her notebook. He was all she ever thought about that was until she heard her name called. "Miss Sawyer the principle would like to see you in his office," the girl that Peyton had not even seen when she walked into the classroom. Peyton's heart dropped into her stomach. She had never been called to the office before. She got up from her seat and gathered her things.

As she walked to the office she tried to think of why Principle Turner would want to see her, and then it hit her. Brooke must have told him about the fight. Fighting wasn't allowed at school, and she knew Brooke was spiteful enough to do it. She got into the office and took a seat. She was really red and sweating all over because she was extremely nervous.

Brooke walked out of Principle Turner's office and gave Peyton the 'don't mess with me' glare. Peyton usually hated to see Brooke, but she had the ugliest black eye Peyton had ever seen and that gave her great pleasure. Brooke smiled before walking out of the office. She knew Peyton was going to get it. "Miss Sawyer please step into my office," Principle Turner said. Peyton got up from her seat and headed towards his office. She felt like she was walking the plank and wouldn't survive the fall.

"I'm sure you know why you are here Peyton," Principle Turner told her. He looked a little mad as he put his had together and stared at her.

She decided to play the fool since she wasn't exactly sure what Brooke had told him. "No sir," she said holding her breath that he would believe her.

"Miss Davis informed me that the two of you got into a fight at the dance. Is that correct?" Principle Turner questioned.

Peyton decided to be honest, "Yes sir that's true, but Brooke started it."

"I know that girls have disagreements quiet often in high school. I'm not a fool, but fighting is against the rules at this school," Principle Turner told her.

She knew that he was very disappointed in her. Peyton had never gotten in trouble at school before.

Mr. Turner shook his head, "I know you've read the handbook on how I am supposed to handle this matter."

"Suspension," Peyton suddenly felt a great deal of regret about what she did. She couldn't be suspended. Her dad would kill her.

"Yes, but seeing on how you've never gotten in trouble before I'm gonna reduce your sentence to a week of detention," Turner said smiling at her. He liked Peyton and knew that she wouldn't hit someone unless the other person was causing a problem.

"Thank you so much," she said relieved.

He handed her a slip of paper, "But you'll have to get this signed by your father, and don't try to forge his signature. Remember we're pretty good friends," he smiled. They had been friends for a long time so Peyton knew that her father would find out about all of this eventually.

She might have gotten off easy at school but at home would be a different story.

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Lucas was waiting on Peyton at their usual spot. She saw him and smiled, "Hey where have you been?" he asked worried.

"Brooke told on me. I have detention for a week, and my dad has to sign the paper," Peyton told him.

"I'm sorry Peyton. I feel like all of this is my fault," he took her hand in his.

"This isn't your fault Lucas. You didn't tell me to hit her. I just wanted too," Peyton sighed. "Maybe my dad won't kill me."

"I hope he doesn't," he smiled. "I would miss you way too much." They shared a quick kiss before walking to class together.

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Haley drove Peyton home after she got out of detention. She was a whole hour late and knew that her dad was going to want to know why. She was going to be completely honest with him because lying didn't seem to do anything but cause trouble for her.

Larry was sitting at the dinner table tapping his hands on the table. He looked up when Peyton entered the room, "Where the hell have you been young lady?" he asked. She could tell that he was pissed.

"I got detention," she said almost in a mumble.

He heard what she said but couldn't believe his ears, "What?"

"I got in trouble at school, and Turner gave me a week of detention," Peyton knew she was going to get it.

Larry stood up from the table, "Why did you get detention?"

She took a deep breath because she knew he wasn't going to like what she had to say. "I hit Brooke Friday night at the dance," she confessed.

"You hit someone Peyton. That's not like you," Larry was somewhat outraged, but he tried to remain calm.

"Yes sir I know. I'm really sorry, but she was antagonizing me."

"I don't care that doesn't give you any right to hit someone. I did not raise you to be violent," he sat back down trying to cool down. "Why were you at a dance?"

"I went with Haley," she lied, but she wasn't ready for him to know about Lucas.

"Oh," he looked at her. "You should have told me you were going to a dance. You aren't dating anyone are you Peyton?" he asked hoping that she would say no.

She thought about how she should respond, "No sir I'm not dating anyone."

"Good... Because you are not allowed to date," Larry informed her. "But you knew that already. I don't know what to do about this fighting. I thought you would have learned your lesson after being grounded for a month."

"I have dad. I really am sorry about all of this," Peyton said.

"Okay I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I hate to punish you again after you just regained your freedom, but rules are rules right, and you definitely broke some. So I'm gonna take your cell phone for two weeks," he said holding his hand out. "Hand it over," he said firmly.

She did as she was told. She was relieved that it wasn't more. "Can I go to my room now?"

"Yeah go ahead Peyton, but just remember that I punish you because you have to know that actions have consequences."

"I know daddy," she said as she turned around.

"I'm just glad you don't have a boyfriend. I would probably have to kill him," Larry laughed but he wasn't joking. He had told Peyton since she was ten that she wasn't allowed to date until after she graduated.

As she made her way to her bed she knew that she was going to be in a lot of trouble if Larry ever found out about Lucas, but she wasn't ready for him to know the truth. She knew that she couldn't be without Lucas. She was beginning to fall for him, and she wasn't going to let her dad or Brooke ruin that for her.

Ok I am so sorry that it took me a while to update this one, but I had it almost written and my computer turned off and I was unable to finish it. This happened to me twice. I hope you guys like this chapter. The next chapter will have some Haley and Nathan in it plus some Leyton fluff.

Thanks for the reviews from the last chapter.

PLease let me know what you want to happen next.