Peyton Powers was walking down the long sunny street in heels and her feet were killing her. Why couldn't she have been practical? She just had to wear heels on the first day of school. She'd forgotten that'd she'd be walking. Usually she would have driven, but she didn't like to be showy. Her fancy European car definitely would have been a bit flashy in the Grant High School parking lot.

Thankfully no one had noticed her brother, Carson, dropping her off that morning in his equally flashy car. But she was definitely not ready for people to think she was a snob. She'd never been to public school before, and the people were really down to earth and nice, unlike the people at her old boarding school.

When that Jack guy offered her a ride, she really wanted to take it. She should have taken it. But, if looks could kill… that Jack guy's girlfriend would have been a murderer and Peyton would have been dead on the sidewalk.

Just when Peyton was considering taking off her shoes and walking barefoot for the rest of the ten blocks, another car slowed down beside her. She assumed it was another guy; guys always sort of flocked around her… especially the cocky ones, that she just couldn't like. But Peyton was shocked to see that it was the girl she had met that morning, Amy Juergens.

"Hey, need a ride?" Amy called out of her window.

"Yeah!" Peyton said and ran to the car. "You are a lifesaver, honestly."

"It's not a problem," Amy laughed. "Where are we going?"

"Uh…" Peyton said, slightly unsure if this was such a good idea. She weighed her options and said, "this is going to sound really odd, but could you drive me to the Pizza King a few blocks from here?"

Amy smiled, "That is kind of odd, I have a job interview there tonight."

"Really, that's cool." Peyton gulped. Before Amy could ask Peyton why she wanted to go to the Pizza King, the girls heard a cry from the backseat.

"Shh, John." Amy said, looking in her review mirror.

"So, this is John." Peyton said turning around to look at the toddler. "Awe, he is just the cutest little thing."

"I know," Amy spoke with pride at her son, as Peyton turned around to play with him.

"I love babies," Laughed Peyton.

On the other side of town, Ben Boykewich was feeling very depressed. He'd ruined his life. Sure, before he was willing to throw away everything, but being with Amy- his girlfriend who was pregnant by some other guy. But, now that he was going to be a father, she didn't want to be with him and even though he wanted to hate her for treating him like this, he couldn't because he'd tried to hide Adrian's pregnancy. He couldn't bring himself to feel the same way about his own baby, as he had once felt about John. He didn't understand it. What if it had been Amy who had gotten pregnant with his child? He was sure he would have felt differently.

Why did life have to be so cruel? Why did he have to feel so wrong about this?

Ben slammed himself on the bed, getting ready to feel sorry for himself, and have a good long cry.

"Ben, why are you crying?" Leo Boykewich asked his son.

"Dad?" Ben said startled, and wiped his eyes. "I didn't hear you come in."

"Well, it would have been hard to hear me over your wails…" Leo laughed.

"I was wailing?" Ben asked, "Dad, I don't know what to do."

"What do you mean, what is there to do?" Leo said shaking his head, "You've gotten yourself into a mess, that you can't get out of. There isn't anything you can do, Ben. You've just got to be a man, and face the facts. You got Adrian pregnant, you are having a baby. And Amy is allowed to be mad about that. I hate to say it, because she's a nice girl, but she may never want to be with you again…"

"Dad!" Ben yelped.

"Listen, Ben. You know it's true. I know your heart is hurting. But, you need to concentrate on this baby and how you are going to handle this. Because right now, you aren't handling anything, you are just avoiding the whole thing by focusing on Amy." Leo said, patting his son's back.

When Ben didn't say anything, but instead stared off into space, Leo went to get up and told his son that he loved him. But Ben hadn't heard that, he was thinking… thinking really hard. He needed to focus on the baby and Adrian… and he was, but for all the wrong reasons now.

Amy and Peyton had decided that it would be best to go to the Pizza King together, so Amy had told Peyton that she had to drop John off at his father's house. Peyton was curious to find out who John's father was, but was utterly shocked when Amy pulled up to a butcher shop.

"Is this the Sausage King's butcher shop?" Peyton gulped.

"Yeah, Leo is nice." Amy said while trying to get John out of his car seat.

"Oh?" Peyton said. "Wait… is the sausage king's son John's father?"

Amy snorted, "At one point in time, I would have said 'I wish'. But no, John's dad just works here and lives in the apartment above."

Peyton nodded in understanding, and Amy ushered her to come inside with her. As the two girls walked into the butcher shop, Amy with John on her hip and Peyton wearing a nervous look, Ricky came out from the back room taking of his apron.

"Hey John," Ricky said with a smile on his face, and the baby mirrored the same look on his own face.

"Say hi to daddy, John." Amy smiled looking at her happy son. Peyton's mind was racing, Ricky was John's father. How… how confusing. But, Amy seemed so smart, how did she end up pregnant by this… this player? Maybe they had been in a relationship? He didn't seem like the relationship type though, but he hadn't seemed like the dad type either. And right now he was doing a great job of looking like a doting father.

"I have to go upstairs to change, I'll be right back down." Ricky said, and then he finally had noticed Peyton. "Hey," He smiled that suave smile.

"Oh god, just go get changed, Ricky." Amy said rolling her eyes.

"Don't tell me what to do," Ricky said suddenly affronted.

"You said you'd watch John, I have to be at the Pizza King." Amy said, stomping her foot.

"Urgh," Ricky groaned and went upstairs quickly to change.

At first when Peyton saw Amy's face, which was filled with anger and resentment, she had thought that she was still fuming about Ricky, but Amy's glance was now directed towards another boy. Who was skinny, tall and quite cute. He happened to be returning Amy's glance, but longing replaced anger.

"Amy…" Ben Boykewich sighed. "I… we need to talk."

"What is there to say, Ben?" Amy said, rather cooly.

"I… we just need to!" Ben said, urgingly.

Amy shook her head, as though she knew she shouldn't but she also knew that she needed to talk to him. She turned to Peyton, "Could you watch John, just until Ricky comes downstairs?"

Before Peyton could even agree, John was suddenly shoved into her arms, as Amy and Ben were walking out of the store into the parking lot. John's hands were immediately intertwined in Peyton's hair and his eyes grew wide in interest as he pulled and played with it. Peyton was too busy to notice though, as she was watching the fight that was going on outside.

Well, it wasn't so much as a fight, as Amy screaming at Ben and Ben looking as though he wanted to burst into tears and crumble at Amy's feet.

"What is going on out there?" Peyton heard a raspy female voice.

"Fight," Peyton said in a trance.

"I'm Bunny, you are?"

"New." Peyton said, still trance like. But snapped out of it, "I'm Peyton Powers."

"Powers?" Croaked Bunny.

"Yup," Peyton said, then realized she probably shouldn't of said her last name.

"Get out, get out right now!" Bunny said in a stern tone and Peyton's face blushed.

"What's going on here?" Ricky said running down the stairs throwing a shirt on.

"Do you know who this girl is? She needs to leave." Bunny said, sternly again.

"Bunny, what… she's a friend." Ricky said, obviously confused.

Peyton didn't want to be scrutinized so she walked over to Ricky, handed him his son, and started to leave, but turned around looking at Bunny's face and said, "I didn't mean to cause any trouble, I was just with Amy and-"

"And nothing, you need to leave. Now." Bunny said, once again.

So Peyton did leave. She left Ricky stunned, once again. Bunny, looking royally pissed. And John, looking like he had lost his favourite toy in her hair.

Hi Guys! I wrote this really quickly so I apologize if it ROYALLY sucks. Hehe, I like that word today: royally. Anywho, I have an idea for the next chapter. Sorry if they are moving too slow or whatnot. I'd like to give a shout out to my reviewer Jenna-mckenzieloveseddie you rock! Thanks for reviewing! Means the world! And to everyone who is infact reading, thanks Please Review!