That Girl

That Girl - 8 -

Kristy came home a few days later asking if I knew what was up with Peyton. Yeah I did, she remembers what happened at her birthday and is yet to decide what she wants.

"I mean you guys talk too, do you know?" She asks again as I shake my head

"What has she been like?" I ask

"Well I went around to go and help her with her prezzies earlier and I swear she was acting as if she got her heart broken" This caught my attention. So she does care about me. "For the last few weeks, she's been happy and herself again, while she was sleeping with Taylor she was down and now it's like she's worse, I tried to help but she said I can't help her, it's all on her"

I looked away for a moment before picking up my phone and seeing a message from Peyton 'Can we talk please?' I reply 'Be there in half an hour'

"She'll come right in her own time" I look at the time and it says three o'clock. I smell good and walk to my room to grab my keys "I'll see you in a couple of hours, I'm going around to Luke's"

It only took me about ten minutes to get to her place. I need to be near her, I've been thinking about her constantly and I've missed her these past few days. I knock on her door and as she opens it, I can see what my sister means.

Dark circles under her eyes like she hasn't had sleep and looked like she needed to be held... By me. I needed to feel her in my arms and that's what I did.

"I'm sorry" She muttered into my chest "I want you, soooo bad but I'm scared of losing her... She's always been there for me and me being with you, she might feel betrayed" I use my fingers to force her to look up at me and I could see tears falling from her eyes. I kiss them away walking back inside her place

"I understand, I just need you to come to terms with the truth, if you're not ready to come out of hiding I can wait... It just kills me seeing the look of regret in your eyes"

She nods her head slowly as we sit down on the couch but instead of her sitting beside me, I place her sitting across my lap with her legs on either side. "I'm sure when the moment arrives, we can tackle it together, yeah?" She nods again as I move her so that she is cuddled up against me on the couch.

While we watch movies I hear a faint snore come from her and I smile knowing she's fallen asleep. I kiss the top of her head and let her stay there for just a little while longer

**

"Kristy! Peyton's here!" I yell making Peyton giggle. I left around dinner time to go home because I knew she wanted to speak with Kristy. I was currently sitting on the couch by myself when she came and stood behind me and touched my face gently then pulled on my cheeks, hard

"Shit!" This of course made her laugh but I looked up and glared at her "You better watch it babe" She smirked down at me and was about to lean down and give me a kiss when we heard footsteps pound down the stairs

"Hun you look better! Work things out with your new mystery mister" I turned back to my programme and smiled

"Yeah I have" I heard a few steps walk away and up the stairs before I was left alone again.

**

While I wait for my exam results, I picked up extra hours at a clothing store I work at. I was only working part time but I needed more hours and didn't want to get stuck at home doing nothing because that's what I would've done. What's even better is that it is mainly day work so I either spend my night chilling with Luke when Peyton is busy and her trainings or my club basketball games

Since Peyton's birthday we've been going strong for the last two months. Our parents know about us, at first it was a little awkward but they came around to the idea. We are still yet to speak with Kristy. We can never find the right time to tell her, only because she makes comments like 'Stop hitting on my best friend James' or 'Really guys?'