Reyton Oneshot part 3:

The time was 7:30 PM. It was a school night for everybody, who were still recording episodes despite school being in session. The filming for the day had just finished, as Rowan, Peyton, Sabrina and Corey had elected to go out and get some froyo at their spot not far from the set. Of course, the press was all over it. They had a plan, and they were going to execute it. Little did the four stars know, they were going to be in for a wild ride of interviews that night.

"Hi Rowan! You're awesome and I love you!" A fan shouted from quite the distance away. Rowan laughed slightly and yelled back a thanks, while continuing on her walk with the other three.

"Row, why do you always get all the love!" Sabrina exclaimed.

"I don't! You had more mentions than me on twitter today!" Rowan replied.

"How do you know?" Sabrina asked.

"I didn't check my twitter, but I see that I only got... 15 notifications," Rowan responded.

"Exactly! You normally have like hundreds a day! How do you do it?!" Sabrina asked.

"I post on Twitter. People like my thoughts and pictures. They don't follow me to see me talk to everyone else!"

"So I should tweet more?" Sabrina asked.

"Tweet deeply. Meaningful stuff is always good. Corey is the one who needs to tweet more," Rowan said.

"Me? Nah, I tweet when I want to and need to," Corey replied.

"Peyton! You've been quiet. Say something!" Sabrina said.

"Hi," Peyton replied.

"I don't think that's what she meant, Pey," Rowan replied.

"Then what?" Peyton asked.

"Something... Interesting. What did you learn in class today?" Rowan asked, genuinely interested. She cared for her castmates just like everyone else, of course, because she's Rowan. She cares for everyone.

"Not much, you?" Peyton asked.

"You learned something! What did you learn in... Chemistry?" Rowan asked.

"The difference between distilled water and H2O,"

"Which is?"

"Distilled water isn't pure. You're turn," Peyton said, wanting to hear Rowan talk.

"Uh... Guys... There's a press ambush in front of the froyo place..." Rowan says randomly.

"Yeah, and? What's the worst they can do?" Peyton said.

"Bill us as a couple, try to force Sabrina and Corey together, ask for spoilers, many different things. Don't say anything," Rowan informed.

"Of course not, we are pros at this by now," Corey said.

"Rowan! Over here!" One press person shouted.

"Peyton! Over here!" Another one on the opposite side of the line yelled.

"Sabrina! Sabrina!" Someone yelled closer to Peyton, but with quite the distance still.

"Corey! Fogelmanis!" Another said, between Rowan and Sabrina. The group looked confused, but decided to each take their own interviews.

"What do you think of Peyton Meyer?" Rowan's reporter asked her.

"He's a good actor and I'm glad he's in the cast," She responded calmly.

"You two seem to be together a lot outside of the show as well, any chance you two do a photo shoot together?" Rowan was asked.

"Not today or tomorrow, I'm quite busy as is," Rowan answered.

"What's your favorite moment with Peyton so far in the show?" The press hounded.

"All of them. No more questions about Peyton please," Rowan asked politely.

"Are you and Peyton a couple, or were you at some point?" Rowan responded with a No before walking away calmly, but internally frustrated with the questioning.

Meanwhile, Peyton himself was getting hounded also.

"Peyton! Favorite moment with Rowan so far?" He was asked.

"Nothing in particular yet," Peyton responds.

"What do you feel about Rowan?" Another asked.

"That she's a great castmate and a good friend," the press was not getting answers,

"Do you plan on asking Rowan out at some point, you two seem to be real close since season two started filming,"

"No. We are not, have not, and likely will not be a couple in real life any time soon. As for the show, that's up to the writers. Danielle and Ben never got married, and they are one of the best on screen couples in my lifetime. That's all for today," Peyton ended, before joining Rowan inside the shop while Sabrina and Corey still got questioned by the press.

"They are crazy! Why does everyone always ask if we are together?" Rowan asked.

"I think it's because of Rucas on the show," Peyton replied.

"That shouldn't mean anything though, look at Ben and Dannielle,"

"It's almost like they're trying to set us up,"

"They are, Pey. We just have to keep telling them we don't like each other, just like we have been, it's been working fine,"

"You mean like like, right? I mean, I want everyone to think we get along, because I think we do,"

"Peyton! Yes that's what I mean!"

"So, to be clear, we don't say anything about how we like each other?"

"No! Wait... Yes. Wait... Maybe. Huh? What? I don't know!" Rowan replied frantically.

"So you do like me!" Peyton exclaimed.

"Of course I do, I mean everyone in the cast likes you!" Rowan replied.

"Not like you do, though," Peyton added.

"Whadayamean?" Row replied quickly.

"You, like, me," Peyton teased. Rowan looked confused. "It's okay, I like you too," Peyton told, while Rowan looked even more confused.

"I mean, I'd hope so, I mean if you didn't like me that would be a problem and it wouldn't be good and it would cause problems and problems aren't good because they're problems, which means something is bad which is the opposite of good which is not good which is sad which is bad which is," Rowan rambles, but stops while Peyton smiles at her.

"You are kind of like Riley. It's cute," Peyton says.

"Thanks," Rowan responds blushing.

"But why ramble? You're not hiding something are you?" Peyton asks.

"Why would I be hiding something from you, I mean I tell you like everything about like everything going on in my life, why would I-" Rowan starts to ramble again, realizing that just proves Peyton's point.

"Well?" Peyton asked waiting for an answer.

"No comment?" Rowan tried.

"Would you rather tell me, or those people?" Peyton asked.

"Nobody," Rowan answered completely.

"You gotta tell someone," Peyton said.

"I did," Row replied.

"Who, other than yourself," Peyton asked smirking.

"Sabrina," Rowan said smiling, while Peyton just sighed.

"But... That's not fair! You tell her everything!" Peyton tried.

"Yeah, and? You don't tell Corey everything?" Rowan questioned.

"No... I don't even know who he likes, honestly,"

"It's not Sabrina or me. It's someone off cast. Who he likes isn't important, it's who you like that's important," Rowan said.

"I'm not telling unless you do,"

"Is it me?"

"Why would you think that?"

"Because people only say that if it's the person they're talking to," Rowan replied smiling. Not only because she liked Peyton, but she finally got him to say the same.

"Um... Uh... Nnnnness? Yo?" Peyton said, as he ran out the door, luckily avoiding Corey who was just walking in, as he ran from everyone. From Rowan, the press, Sabrina and Corey. He went straight to the set, and didn't even think about going anywhere else. He asked his mom to pick him up, and just sat their dwelling in his thoughts for about 15 minutes. Rowan, meanwhile, was thinking about her own Peyton/boy issues.

"Row, he's a guy. He can't be that terrible," Corey said.

"He's the one you've liked forever too. Even better," Sabrina said.

"Corey, you contradicted yourself. Sab, nobody else knew that," Rowan corrected.

"I did not contradict myself, and by the way, the whole world knew that to be honest," Corey responded, starting a debate with Rowan.

"Then how didn't he know!" Rowan cried out.

"The same way you didn't know he likes you back!" Sabrina exclaimed back.

"Then why did he run?!" Row argued.

"He's scared you don't like him back," Corey added.

"Of course he is, so am I with him, doesn't mean you run from the problem," Rowan said, mostly confused why Peyton never confessed than not doing anything about it.

"What do you expect? Row, here's my suggestion; I'd say either call him, or go to his house since you know he's going to get picked up before you get there. Meet him there, even if you call his mom first," Sabrina said.

"I'm not so sure about that. Honestly, as a guy, he's probably freaking out right now, and doesn't want to talk to anyone, especially about girls, and even more so to you, let alone to you about you. Tomorrow on set requires less work and you're more likely to get a better result," Corey said.

"So... Don't talk to him tonight?" Rowan asked Corey.

"No. Unless he wants to talk, in which case NEVER ever ignore him. Just answer and stay cool, without bringing up the topic of relationships. If he brings it up, then great!"

"Sab?" She asked.

"Yeah, I don't know enough about guys to know what to do. I say do what Corey says. Or ask Bradley. I just say don't force him. He will just clam up and not talk. You're goal is to get him to tell you he likes you, not confess that he likes you," Sabrina added.

"Hmm... Good point. Thanks you guys. I'll let you know what's up," Rowan responded as she walked outside to get ambushed by reporters. Rowan quickly blew them off, as she knew she could always talk later. She instead decided to walk back home and just wait for Peyton to call her like he normally would before he went to sleep. Instead, she found her phone message less after he was supposed to fall asleep. She gave up hope that Peyton would talk to her, so she shut off her lights, thankful she decided to take her friends' advice. She wouldn't have told anyone at the time but she was quite disappointed. It had almost been a tradition. At 9:45 Peyton would call, and they would hang up sometime between 10 and 10:15 ready for the next day. The seconds ticked by, and after what felt like an eternity for Rowan, she eventually fell into a slumber more peaceful than she could have asked for considering how her day had gone.