It was the end of Peyton's second year of College and she was packing her clothes and her stuff up from her dorm room.
"See you next year Karrie." She said as her roommate left with her stuff. Peyton's half-brother Tyson walked in and smiled as he ran over to her and hugged her leg. He was only two yet he could walk and run like a five year old.
The year she came home from Montuck she went to Goode public school, and after Peyton 'accidentally' broke someone's nose, her mom was called in and that's where she met Paul, Peyton's step-dad. They were married for a year, and been dating for a year.
Tyson was an accident, but one of those good accidents. When you trip on the sidewalk and find a $50 bill in front of your face, that good accident.
Peyton loved Tyson to death and it killed her when she was staying in a dorm, away from her family. Although she hadn't been the Montuck in years, four years, she hadn't forgotten the blonde boy, Jason, who gave her first kiss. She felt her heart break when she had found out Jason stopped calling one day.
She'd call every once and a while but nobody would pick up. After a few months, she gave up and hadn't heard from him in four years.
She packed the last of her things and saw her best friends Annabeth, and Piper standing there.
"We're going to Montuck, all summer." Piper announced. Peyton was ecstatic, she couldn't wait. She couldn't help but hope Jason would be there.
"We rented the big beach house for the whole summer with Annabeth's old friend Thalia, and her brother with his friends."
Peyton ran over and tackled her friends with hugs. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!" She yelled, grabbing her suitcase and running out.
"We still need to get a few more things from your house." Annabeth scolded. Peyton sighed as she climbed into the backseat and they drove to Peyton's house.
"Peyton! You're home!" Sally exclaimed. "I heard your going to Montuck this summer."
Peyton nodded ecstatically. She ran down the hall with her suitcase rolling behind her and started unpacking her winter stuff and threw in her summer clothing.
Sally walked in and smirked. "Maybe he'll be there." Peyton's heart raced. She hadn't forgotten either.
"Maybe." Peyton mumbled, trying to hide the excitement she had, for the fact he might be there.
"What was his name again? Jack?"
Peyton sighed in exasperation as she finished packing.
"I love you Pey." Sally said, kissing her daughter's cheek as she rolled her suitcase out the door and put it in the back of Piper's red Prius.
It took about three hours but they finally reached Montuck, there was this huge beach house that was mainly white with blue accents and lots of windows.
Annabeth ran over and hugged a girl with spiky black hair. Peyton's heart dropped.
"Thalia?" She called out. The girl looked up from Annabeth's shoulder and widened her eyes. She detached herself from Annabeth and tackled Peyton in a hug.
"It's been four years!" She exclaimed. Peyton nodded then Thalia gasped. "Jason's gonna be ecstatic. He's literally not dated anyone since he met you, claiming someone else stole his heart." Peyton blushed.
She walked over and grabbed her suitcase. "Come on!" Thalia yelled as the four girls walked in on four guys sitting on the couch, watching Cinderella.
"Come on bro! I get it's your favorite movie, but why?" The guy with shaggy brown hair complained. We only saw the back of their heads, but when she saw the cropped blonde hair, it's like she ate a family of butterflies and they just woke up.
"Well, I met this girl a few years ago and she's amazing, anyways, the day I met her, she had dropped her necklace going home so I went to give it to her, and we watched this movie." He explained.
"Thanks Sparky, I'm glad you think so highly of me." Peyton said. Jason's head shot up and he got up so fast the couch tipped over.
"KELP HEAD!" He yelled as he tackled her in a hug. "I missed you so much!" Peyton smirked as her eyes drifted down to the shark-tooth necklace she had given him they day she'd left.
"Nice necklace. Where'd you get it?" She smirked. He lifted a hand up to touch it.
"I haven't taken it off." He grinned. Thalia butt in.
"He's not kidding, we went to our cousin's wedding and he was the best man, wore the necklace." Peyton blushed.
Jason grabbed her hand and led her into the kitchen. "We've got some catching up to do."
"How has your life been the past four years?" She asked, getting up to make dinner since it was almost six.
Jason sat at one of the stools at the breakfast bar. "It's been good. I guess, nothing super interesting has happened except for the fact I'm going to school on a scholarship for flight and aircraft."
Peyton gleamed at him. "How about you?" Jason asked. "Any boyfriends?"
Peyton chuckled as she stirred the dry noodles in the pot. "Nah, I manged to stay in that school for a good two years. My mom got a boyfriend, and I've got a little half-brother named Tyson. He's the cutest."
Peyton's phone rang. She grabbed it out of her back pocket and rolled her eyes before answering it.
"What Kalvin?" She asked angrily into the phone. "For the last god-damn time, I'm not interested in you!" She yelled and hung up the phone.
Jason looked at her, confused, as she stayed quiet.
"That was Kalvin, he's been asking me out all year."
Jason felt a pang of jealousy, but then he remembered it's been four years. She's probably moved on.
"Hey Jason?" Peyton called. His head shot up. "Can you open this?" She asked, gesturing to the closed jar of tomato sauce. He walked over and grabbed it, accidentally placing his hands on hers. He felt fireworks explode on his fingertips and butterflies in his stomach.
He moved his hand away from hers and opened the jar. When he handed it back, she poured it into a separate pot.
Peyton spun around to grab something but slipped and fell, Jason noticed and caught her. They were inches away from each other's faces when someone cleared their throat.
The two de-tangled themselves from each other and turned to the group of eight people smirking.
"Who's your friend Jason?" One of Jason's friends, Leo smirked.
"Friends, this is Peyton Jackson, Peyton this is Leo, Hazel, Nico and Frank." Jason introduced. Leo tried to flirt, Jason felt a wave of jealousy.
"Well, That's Piper and Annabeth. You already know Thalia." Peyton greeted. Peyton ran over and turned off the stove.
"I made spaghetti." She beamed. Jason whined. "I helped." Peyton snickered.
"You opened a jar."
"A jar you couldn't open."
Peyton rolled her eyes as she set the table.
After dinner, Peyton was walking down the beach when she found The Rock, they had named it Peyton's Rock and the small cave the found, Jason's Cave.
She looked on the rock and found the small heart they had carved into the rock. She sat down, looking off into the distance.
She remembered the day Jason and her had met, and the last day she saw him.
Did he kiss me because he liked me? She pondered. It's been four years, he's probably over you by now.
Jason was sitting on the balcony, when his eyes landed on Peyton, sitting on Peyton's rock. He ran down the stairs and sprinted down the beach. He was wearing a pair of jeans and a sweater because it was slightly raining and cold
"Peyton?" He called out, the raven-haired girl looked away from her trance and smiled. "Can I sit?" He asked. She moved over and he sat down.
"I really missed you. I feel really guilty for not calling you." He sighed. Peyton hugged him.
When she pulled away, she shivered because of the cold winds. Jason noticed and handed her his college hoodie.
She put it on, and it was a little too big for her. Jason thought she looked adorable.
Jason wrapped an arm around her back and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Hey guys- oh am I interrupting something?" Nico teased as he walked over. Peyton shook her head as she jumped off the rock.
"Hey Nico." Peyton smiled. Jason blushed so hard, a tomato would have a tough time competing.
The three sat as they talked for hours, explaining the heart, the rock and the cave. The one thing they didn't say, was the last day they saw each other for four years.
They walked back and Peyton would occasionally trip, and Jason would catch her. Jason got tired of her tripping, so he picked her up bridal style and carried her, ignoring her cries to put her down.
When they reached the house, Jason set Peyton down, and they walked in. Nico had walked ahead claiming 'he couldn't take all the flirting'.
When they walked in, the group was talking in hushed tones at the kitchen table so they decided to watch a movie.
"Cinderella?" Jason suggested. Peyton laughed as she set up the movie. She fell back on the couch and laid her head in Jason's lap. He was playing with her hair as they watched the movie. When the part came on when they were dancing at the ball, Jason stood up.
"May I have this dance?" He asked, putting out his hand. Peyton stood up and placed her hand in his. "You may." She said. She placed her other hand on his shoulder, and he placed her other hand on her waist as their other hands were clasped together. They danced around the living room laughing.
Jason spun her around and started getting into the dancing even though the movie was almost over. The both fell over laughing.
"Did you take ballroom dancing in Highschool?" Peyton smirked. Jason blushed as he nodded. Peyton shot up.
"No way!" She exclaimed. Jason stuck his tongue out at her
"I bet you did something embarrassing." Peyton shook her head.
"Nope, I'm just perfect." She grinned. Jason agreed under his breath. "Wanna dance again?" Jason asked. Peyton nodded as she played a song on the stereo.
They took the same positioning as before then they started dancing. They tried to be serious and started dancing like they did in Jason's ballroom dancing unit in drama.
What they didn't realize was Piper was recording this, Thalia was smiling at her brother and Annabeth looked smug.
Jason spun Peyton around, landing it perfectly as he dipped her. Their faces were inches apart, then Peyton fell.
"Oh my god! Are you ok?" Jason panicked. Peyton chuckled as she got up.
"I'm fine." She assured, while getting up. They noticed the group of people watching them.
Jason and Peyton blushed deeply as Piper put her phone in her pocket. "How long have you been there?" Jason asked. Annabeth shrugged.
"The whole time."
"I'm gonna go to bed, night!" Peyton called out, running up the stairs. Jason walked past the girls and into the kitchen to grab a snack.
"Jason! Hey!" Leo waved. Jason turned around. "Are you and Peyton dating?" He asked. Jason turned bright red. As much as Jason wanted to say yes, that would be a lie.
"No. She's my friend." He stated blankly as he grabbed an apple and walked upstairs. He knocked on Peyton's door and walked in. She was sitting on her phone, half asleep.
Jason grabbed her phone, put in his number and placed on her side table, and plugged it in. He picked her up and tucked her in. He kissed her forehead and walked out.