Kate's point of view: I walked into my 5th period and saw some guy...some hot guy who looked...strangely familiar sitting in my seat. I walked over to him and started tapping my foot and he just looked at me and smirked. I was ticked now. I cleared my throat,"You're kinda in my seat." He smirked again and patted his leg. Oh hell naw. He finally spoke and his voice made me weak,"Come on Kate don't be like that to me." I stood there in shock. What the ****ing ****?! Peyton? Here? Now? What?!?!?!?! I felt lightheaded. This was not good not at all.
Peyton's point of view: It was like I could see all of her emotions at once and then I saw a flash of something that worried me. It almost looked like guilt but that could never happen...right? I grabbed Kate by her hips and brought her closer to me and whispered,"Come on baby. You know you want it." I saw the look of shock and I didn't realize how dirty that sounded coming from me but the look on her face said that that was dirty coming from me but I didn't care. She put her stuff down carefully and sat down in my lap and I started rubbing her leg,"**** Kate. You still look fine. There's so much I could do to you right now." I felt her tense up and I knew what I was saying was very wrong but **** it was fun. She shook her head,"Peyton I'm seeing someone." I scoffed,"Yeah ok. When I get done with you you'll be screaming my name for more and I can give you more than the prick you are seeing and I will make him seem like a *****." Everybody gasped and I knew I probably went over then line but it didn't matter to me. She turned around and she was po'd. She hit my chest which kinda hurt and said,"Stop being such a bastard Peyton. You are such a dick now. Austin is a great guy and you had your chance to fuck with me and you didn't take it so lea-" I cut her off,"Give me a chance now and I'll fuck you right here."
Kate's point of view: "Give me a chance and I'll fuck you right here." I couldn't believe Peyton, of all people, said that to me. What the **** has gotten into him. He's not the same Peyton I remember. I couldn't say anything. I didn't know what to say. Everyone around us was whispering about what he had said and Colby, Chase, Julie, Austin, and Cory just looked completely shocked that Peyton had said that. I went to slap him but he caught my hand,"I don't think so Kate. I gave you flubber remember." I sighed and pulled my hand back and Peyton sat up a little and began to whisper in my ear..
Peyton's point of view: I sat up and got to where I could whisper in Kate's ear and I got so close that my lips would brush against her ear and I told her the truth,"You remember during spring break when I wouldn't sleep with you?" She nodded and I continued,"Well the night before we left Georgia to come to Mississippi I got ****ed up and ****ed with another girl." I felt her whole body tense up and I kept going,"I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to lose you but **** right now I don't give a mother ****ing **** whether we are together or not. Now you would be just another notch on the bed. You and I both know that and that I've changed." I could feel her tensing up more and I picked her up off me and stood up and set her down in her desk then leaned over and whispered in her ear again,"Kate you're a **** slut and you know it. I'm done with you. Forever." I looked at her and I could see tears in her eyes. I knew she didn't want us to be completely over but it had to be done. I couldn't keep going back to the past. I had to move forward with my own life. I could feel guilt start rising inside of me. I didn't want to be the bad guy but she had a new boyfriend and it would be wrong to get in the way. I leaned back down and whispered,"I'm sorry Kate." I kissed her softly on the cheek and turned to walk out of the classroom but when I turned around there was a policeman with a drug dog. Fuck! The policeman started walking towards me and said,"You're Zack's boy aren't you?" I shook my head,"Nope. I'm Jerame's son." He looked at me confused and the dog started sniffing my pockets. I had forgotten about my cigarettes. The policeman looked at me,"Empty your pockets." I shrugged and took everything out and said,"You can't arrest me for having a pack of cigarettes." He shook his head,"No but I can arrest you and hold you until your parents come and get you since you are still a minor." My face fell. Shit I had forgotten about that. I put everything back in my pockets and turned around and put my hands behind my back. I was kinda used to this since I had gotten into so much trouble in Georgia. The policeman put the handcuffs on me and took me out of the classroom but the last thing I saw was Kate. She had started crying and I knew it was all my fault and there was no way I could ever get her to forgive me or trust me ever again.
Zack's point of view: It had been almost three days since Peyton left and I was packing some stuff up to go and get him. I had an idea where he would be but it was hard to be certain. As I was packing I got a phone call from the police station in Mississippi. One of my good friends had Peyton in custody up there ready for me to get him. That made things a whole lot easier. I grabbed up my stuff and went downstairs and grabbed my keys and went to my car and put everything up. I had left Holly a note telling her what happened and where I was going. I cranked my car up and started the 10 hour drive to Mississippi. *~*~*~*~*10 Hours Later*~*~*~*~* It was almost 11pm when I arrived in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and I was tired. But I had to go to the police station to get Peyton. I drove through town to the police station and parked in one of the spots and got out. I took a deep breath and walked up to the station and opened the door. The first person I saw was Dyron. I let out a low whistle and said,"The great Dyron actually working?! Never thought I would see the day." He turned and rolled his eyes at me,"Yeah yeah laugh all you want. You know I'm the one that hauled your kid in." I nodded,"Yeah man I know and thanks for doing that man I owe you." He laughed and said,"Yeah you do. So is Jerame really his dad?" I hesitated and finally nodded,"Yeah. Jerame is his real dad." Dyron shook his head,"****. I'm sorry man. You want me to go get Peyton?" I nodded,"Yeah that'd be great Dyron. Thanks." He left the room and I stood there and waited..
Peyton's point of view: I was sitting in a room at a computer looking up tabs for a song I was learning on guitar when the police officer who brought me in the station entered. He looked at me and said,"Well looks like it's your lucky day kid. Your dad is here." I got up and walked through the door and froze when I saw which dad he meant. I turned around to go back but the police officer was standing behind me. I mumbled under my breath,"Shit. ****. Fuck." I knew the police officer heard me because he was trying not to laugh and I sighed and turned back around to face my "impending death". Dad was standing in his army stance looking out the window and I slowly and thought I was quietly approaching him but apparently not because dad, without turning around, said,"Let's go for a little drive. There's some things I want you to know."
Zack's point of view: Peyton and I left the police station and got in the car. I cranked up the car and started driving back to the school. He didn't say a word. I pulled into the school and killed the engine and got out. Peyton got out a little slower and said,"Dad what are we doing here?" I didn't answer his question I just simply said,"Come on." He followed behind me to the doors of the school and I beat on the doors until the security guard came out. He looked at me and said,"Zack McGee. Never thought you would be back at this school again." I nodded remembering that I had said I would never come back to this **** hole and I said,"Yeah well things change. I wanna show my son some things. Is that alright?" The guard nodded,"Yeah come on in." I motioned Peyton on in and followed behind him and the guard flipped the lights on. I walked to the spot where Jerame and I had fought and where he beat my ass. I looked at Peyton and said,"This spot right here is where I fought your real dad. Your mom and I had just broken up and he went after her like she was property he could buy. I called him out and we fought. He beat my ass but at least I was trying to protect your mom." I watched Peyton's expressions and he had gotten pale and his expression was complete shock. We went to more places around the school and I told him about each place. We finally got back down to where we entered in at and I took him to the courtyard and sat at the first table,"Sit down Peyton." He sat across from me and I said,"Right were you are sitting is where I was sitting 17 years and 7 months ago when your mom told me she was pregnant with you. All this may not seem so important to you but the things that seem so insignificant are usually the most important things in your life. I've remembered every little thing and every little detail about you and your brother and sister. Just because you're not my child biologically doesn't mean I don't think of you as my child. You're always going to be my son. There's one more place on this campus that I need to show you." I got up and so did Peyton and he followed me to the parking lot where we had parked. I stopped by the driver side and turned to Peyton,"Right here is where I proposed to your mom a few days after she told me she was pregnant with you. I didn't think about whether you were my kid or not. I wanted to be able to take care of you and your mom and I knew I wanted to be with her until I died. I wanted us to be a family and the fact that she was pregnant made everything more worth while. Peyton I'm sorry that we never told you about your real dad but you have to understand. We didn't want you to be like him. He's not the best role model in the world. I'm not either but at least I've tried to be a good influence to you. That's all I've got to say. I want you to choose. Do you want to go back home to Georgia with me or stay here in Mississippi with Jerame?"
Peyton's point of view: Dad and I rode in silence and I had no idea what to ****ing say to him. I mean come on what are you supposed to tell the dad who you thought was your real dad for like your whole life only to find out that he wasn't your dad? I mean seriously how do you do that ****ing shit cause I would **** well like to know. He pulled in the gate of Neshoba and I was completely lost as **** as to what we were doing at this god-forsaken school. I looked over at dad but he had already turned the engine off and was getting out of the car. I got out and said,"Dad where are we going?" He ignored me and just said,"Come on." I paused before I followed him. Everything felt so awkward right now. We got to the front of the school and dad banged on the door and a guard came out and they talked a bit and dad motioned me in and stooped right in front of my old anatomy teachers room and told me that this is where he fought my real dad trying to protect my mom. I was in awe that even back then my dad was my mom's protector. I could feel the color drain from my face as my dad was telling me all about what happened between him and my real dad. At that moment I could feel myself lose so much respect for my real dad. He lead me around the school a little more and got to the courtyard and hearing my dad tell me everything that happened just completely floored me. We finally got back to the car and he stopped and told me that right where we were standing was where he proposed to mom. I couldn't believe that he remembered all this. How can two people love each other that much? To risk everything to try to be together even if some of their friends said it would never work out? Then my dad asked me,"Do you want to go home to Georgia with me or stay with your dad Jerame?" I didn't know what to say but I didn't know that if I said I wanted to live somewhere else I would get too but I didn't want to because I still had to be honest with three girls in Georgia and I honest to God loved all three of them in some way. I looked at dad and said,"I want to go home. To Georgia."
Peyton's point of view: I saw my dad smile and he came to me and hugged me. That hug gave me the worst feeling in the world. I had been a bad son. I had let my mom and dad down. I had rebelled too much. How could my parents treat me the same again after all that? I could feel tears coming but not of sadness. They were tears of anger. I was angry at myself for acting like such a ******bag. I had to man up now and face my consequences. No more running away from my problems. No more running away from my fears. No more running away from what I was afraid of. I'm going to own up to what I do and take responsibility for my actions. Starting now I'm going to make myself be someone who I want my kids to look back at and be proud to say that's my dad. My dad let go of me and started walking towards the car,"Let's go home Peyt." I nodded,"Dad my car is still over there. Drive me to it and I'll follow behind you." Dad nodded at me and drove me to my car and I got out of dad's car and got in mine and followed the dad the whole 10 hours to Georgia. My home.
Garrett's point of view: It had been almost 4 days since Peyton left and almost 2 since dad left to go get him. The house was strangely quiet and everything was just awkward. Brianna and I had stayed at the top of the stairs when mom and dad told Peyton the truth. It shocked both of us and we had no idea what to do. I mean Peyton who had been our big brother for 16 years wasn't fully our brother. It was crazy. It was 9:00 on a Saturday morning and I was sitting in my room playing my bass. In the 4 days that Peyt was gone I had girls come up to me to want to talk to me. That has never happened before mainly because every girl wanted Peyton but I was kinda glad that he wasn't there. There was one girl though that I had only seen once but it was from far off and my mind always got to thinking about her. I was completely lost in thought when Brianna came busting through my door,"PEYTON IS HOME!!!!" I jumped which caused my bass to fall from my hands and onto the floor. I reached down and picked it up and looked at her,"How do you know?" She went to my window and opened the blinds and pointed and I got up and saw dad getting out of his car and then I saw Peyton's car behind dad's and Peyton getting out of his car. Standing there looking at Peyton I could tell something was different with him but I knew Peyton. This wouldn't last long. He would go back to what he was doing or go into things much worse and knowing Peyton and his temper it wouldn't take much for someone to push him past his breaking point and once Peyton got past his breaking point Hell's gate would open and all hell would break loose from him.
Peyton's point of view: It felt good to be back home. It felt peaceful. I had already gotten what stuff was in my car up to my room so I had nothing to do but play my guitar and that's exactly what I did. I was strumming some song completely lost in thought when Garrett's voice broke through,"You know Logan has been saying he's gonna beat your ass whenever you get back right?" I nodded. I had seen on Facebook and twitter that Logan was talking shit about me and talking shit about fighting me but you know what? I didn't care. Let him try to beat my ass. I looked up at my brother,"Let him try. But he knows how it's gonna go down. One of us or both of us will walk away bloody and I plan on it being him." Garrett just nodded and I could see a look of worry on his face and I said,"Alright man talk to me." He looked up a little confused and said,"What do you mean?" I sighed and put my guitar up and sat in my rolling chair and said,"You got that look that mom always has when she gets worried. So tell me what's wrong. I promise I won't get mad." He looked at me hesitantly and said,"I'm worried about you Peyton." I scoffed at him,"What the fuck for? I can take care of myself." Garrett sat down across from me,"You have a thin line between you being completely fine and you wanting to cut someones throat or, if it's a guy you hate like Logan, ****ing castrating them." I opened my mouth to object but I shut it because I knew he was right. Since when did my little brother give me advice? This was twisted. Garrett got up and gave me a brotherly hit on the back and said,"Just don't do anything stupid alright bro." With that he walked out and I spun my chair around to my laptop. Great. Just ****ing great. I opened my laptop and got on Facebook and updated my status: Tired of some wannabe hotshot saying he's gonna beat my ass. Bitch remember who beat yo ass a few weeks back? Don't mess with twitch cause I am your mother****ing kryptonite mother****er. With that I shut my laptop and knew hell would break loose on Monday and I was ready for it.
Peyton's point of view: *~*~*Monday(bumbumbummmmm)*~*~* I walked into the school with Garrett and Brianna and everyone grew quiet. It had been a few days since I had been at school and I had also heard a rumor that Logan had started saying that he beat the shit out of me and that's why I hadn't been at school. I was really tired of his ass. I walked down the hall wearing my Neshoba Central Baseball shirt and Neshoba Central Baseball shorts. I didn't care about my appearance much today but all the girls still had that **** I would fuck him look on their faces. I shrugged everybody's stares off and walked to where Logan was. His back was towards me and I heard him saying,"I'm gonna beat that mother ****ers mother ****ing ass. I swear that bastard is gonna regret everything." I was right behind him and said,"Then hit me you **** mother ****er." He jumped and turned around quickly and the look on his face showed that he was clearly po'd at me. But you know what? I didn't give a mother ****ing **** if he was po'd at me or not. He just kept looking at me and that made me mad. I got in his face and in a hushed growl I said,"You're not even worth getting the shit knocked out of you by me. Stop acting like a **** mother ****ing spoiled brat and be a **** man you **** pansy." I saw his hands go into a fist and mine automatically did the same thing. He just stared at me with hatred in his eyes and his jaw locked. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around and saw that new guy Zeke. He nodded at me as if to say he had my back. It felt good to actually know I still had at least one friend who wouldn't completely betray me even though Zeke and I really didn't know much about each other. I turned back to Logan,"Well whats it gonna be bitch? We duke it out right here or just let all this die?"
Peyton's point of view: Quiet. Stillness. That's how the hallways of my school were like at that moment. Deathly quiet. I had just called Logan out and it was obvious he didn't like it one bit. We all stood there for 15 minutes and he still didnt say anything so I took a step back and turned around and started walking away with Zeke right in front of me. I had gotten a little distance away when I heard running and then I heard Logan shout at me,"FUCK YOU BASTARD!" I turned around quickly and right when I did I felt this sharp shooting pain in my stomach. I heard girls scream and saw my brother and Zeke lunge at Logan. I tried to help them but I just......I just started......falling. Before I hit the floor I saw what looked like blood on the floor and the last thought that ran through my mind was..... I'm going to die.