Kate's point of view: Peyton looked at me and brought me over to his parents,"Can I please stay here?" His parents looked at us and his mom said,"I'm sorry sweetie but you can't." His mom got in the vehicle and his brother and sister came out of the house and got in the vehicle as well and his dad looked at us and said,"You two can always visit each other. Now come on Peyton say goodbye to your girlfriend. We gotta go." With that his dad got in the vehicle and waited. Peyton turned to me and held me tight and whispered,"I love you Kate. I promise to call you every night." I kissed Peyton on the cheek and said,"I love you too Peyton. You better call me every night." He smiled at me and kissed me and said,"Goodbye Kate." He got in the vehicle and while they were driving off I softly whispered,"Goodbye Peyton."
Peyton's point of view: 4 hours. 4 hours of riding in the truck with my family following the moving truck in front of us. 4 hours that could have been spent with Kate completely wasted. I looked out the window. This was gonna be a long trip. Garrett's point of view: Why do we have to move...again? Do they like moving us around so **** much? I looked over at Peyton who was looking out the window. He's probably thinking about Kate. There's no way they can make a long-distance relationship work. I sighed and lay my head back and turned on my iPod and closed my eyes. Only about 6 more hours to go. ****ing joy. Brianna's point of view: Moving again. You'd think we would be used to it now but we're not. Always moving around from place to place every year or so gets old fast. I looked at Peyton who was looking out the window then I looked at Garrett who was listening to his iPod. Yep. This is usually how it goes whenever we have to move again. Only 6 more hours of this to go..
Kate's point of view: I watched them as they drove away. There goes my world. I sighed. All I wanted to do now was go home and cry some more because I missed him. I got in my car and I got a text from Peyton: I know I may be gone for now but I left you a little present in your room. It's actually a three part present. The first part is very obvious but the other two you will find slowly. Happy hunting Kate I love you. -love Peyton I smiled. He always did this especially if he was going somewhere. I drove home quickly and went upstairs to my room and saw that my whole bed was covered in pink roses. They were my favorite and Peyton knew that. I walked over to my bed and looked at all the roses. He was absolutely the best. I looked to the side and saw a note from Peyton: Congrats on finding part one of your three part present Kate. It's one rose for every day that we have been a couple. I'll love you until the last rose dies. -love Your Peyton I started to cry. These were the things I was going to miss. I got my phone out and texted Peyton: Peyton you are the absolute sweetest. I love that you did this but more importantly I love you. I'll always love you. -Love Kate Peyton text back: I'm sweet because I still constantly try to impress you. I love you too Kate and I will always love you too. -love Peyton I smiled. He was awesome. I took a picture of my bed and the note and put it up on Facebook. The caption underneath the picture of the note said: I believe my boyfriend is the greatest in the world. Not a lot of guys would write a note like this. I love you Peyton. As soon as I uploaded that one I got the picture of my bed. The caption underneath it said: This was my present from Peyton after he left. a rose for everyday we've been a couple I love him. After I uploaded that one I decided to go see my friend Julie. I knew she would continue to cheer me up everyday since Peyton was gone.
Peyton's point of view: *6 hours later* Georgia. We're in ****ing Georgia. Same town we lived in before and same street but different house. I sighed and got my suitcases and went upstairs. I went to the end of the hall and into what was gonna be my room and it was ****ing huge! I looked around at all the space and I was speechless. It was awesome! I text Kate: Hey Kate I'm at my new house. It's pretty ****ing awesome!! But nothing compares to you.(; -love Peyton Kate text back: That's awesome Peyton! You're so sweet. I miss you so much.): -love Kate I text Kate back: I miss you too baby but I'll be back before you know it pretty girl.(; -love Peyt I put my phone back up. Maybe this year would be better than I expected. Maybe it could be the start of something good but it could also be something bad. I was staring off into space when Garrett knocked on my door,"Dude let's go check out the neighborhood and see if any of our friends remember us." I nodded,"Alright man let's go." We went down stairs and I called out,"Mom we're going to see if any of our friends remember us." She called back,"Ok just be careful." Garrett and I walked outside and up the street. Everything still looked the same. Garrett looked at me and said,"I'm gonna go see if Eric remembers me." I nodded,"Alright man I'm gonna see if Logan remembers me." We parted ways and I headed to Logan's house. It's crazy how I still remembered the way to his house after 3 years. I smiled. Logan was gonna flip out. Logan's point of view: **** this was a boring *** day. Nothing to do at all. I looked at the pictures on my wall until I found the one of me and my best friend Peyton when we were like 14. **** I've changed since then. Back then I was a short kid with short hair. Now I'm 6 foot even with medium length brown hair and green eyes. I'm on the baseball team, the soccer team, and the track team. I'm the best there is at my school. If Peyton were here we would be tied for being the best. I shook my head thinking about me and my best friend. We've had some crazy times. I finally got up and went downstairs to get something to eat when I heard a knock at my door. I sighed and mumbled,"Really? When I'm going to get food?" I walked over to the door and opened it and saw some guy who looked my age and.....very familiar...hmm. The guy looked at me and said,"Come on superman don't tell me you forgot about your best friend?" I looked at him. No way this was twitch. He finally said,"Logan come on." I shook my head in disbelief,"Peyton what the ****?!" He laughed,"Had to move back. I'm surprised you remembered the nicknames coach gave us." I laughed,"Yeah I'm surprised you did too. Come on in man it's been a while." He came in and we talked nonstop for two hours just catching up. He showed me a picture of his girlfriend and **** she was ****ing sexy as ****. I shook my head,"Dude she's hot." He nodded,"Yeah I know. I hated leaving her though." I nodded back,"I bet man. I'd hate to leave her behind too." We talked an hour more and he got up and said,"Well superman I gotta go. It's good to see you again." I nodded,"Yeah you too twitch." He waved bye and left. **** I missed my best friend. It's good to have him back where he belongs now.
Kate's point of view: It's been a week since Peyton left and his text messages to me were becoming shorter and less frequent. I still got text messages from him everyday but still I was worried. It was 11 pm on Friday night and I was hanging out with Julie and Austin and Cody waiting to hear from Peyton. While I was waiting I decided to go on Facebook and kill some time. I was reading everybody's statuses when I saw that Peyton was tagged in a picture. The album was titled: Superman and Twitch ballin again!! I looked at the picture and saw Peyton.... With a beer in his hand and his arm......... Around some other......girl?!?!?!
Peyton's point of view: Friday night. I survived my first full week back in Georgia quite well. I tried out for soccer, baseball, and track and I made it on all three teams. I came down the stairs in shorts and a shortsleeved shirt to get some food and saw Logan,"Dude what are you doing here?" Logan looked at me like I was stupid and said,"Uh, heeeellllllloooooo!! We're gonna go party and get ****ing wasted." I rolled my eyes and shook my head,"Logan I'm not gonna go get drunk. I gotta call Kate tonight and if I'm drunk she will lecture me for an hour. Trust me she's capable of it." He laughed and shook his head,"Dude you're so ****ing whipped." I walk into the kitchen with him following behind me,"I'm not whipped. I just know the difference between keeping my girlfriend happy and getting her pissed at me." Logan looked at me like you're a ****ing idiot and said,"Dude you can walk outside of the party to call you're beloved Kate." I looked at him a little annoyed,"Logan she's my girlfriend. I put her up on a pedestal like she's a princess and I treat her like a princess because I love her and want to keep her. When you get a girlfriend that you love you'll understand." Logan rolled his eyes,"Well twitch I do have a girlfriend and you'll meet her tonight at the party if you come with me." I sigh,"Fine. I'll go with you." He nods,"Good. Go change cause you ain't wearing that if you're walking in with me." I glare at him and go upstairs and change into some jeans and a polo shirt Kate had gotten me for my birthday. I came back downstairs and Logan said,"****much better man. Alright let's go. There's a ****ing six pack calling my name." I rolled my eyes and followed him and wouldn't you believe the party was at Logan's house. I walk in and the smell of alcohol came rushing at me. I looked beside me and Logan had grabbed a beer and threw it to me. I caught it and opened it up and took a drink. I liked it ok but it's not something I would drink every Friday or Saturday night. I went and sat on the couch when some girl came and sat down beside me. I looked at her. She was pretty. She looked about 5-8 with blonde hair and blue eyes and she seemed very....familiar. I kept looking at her and she looked at me and said,"Having trouble remembering who I am twitchy?"
Peyton's point of view: I looked at her closely,"No. No way! Keeley!" She smiled and sat back,"It's about time you idiot." I laughed,"Yeah I guess so. I can't believe I haven't seen you around. How have you been?" She smiled at me and said,"I've been good. I've been really busy lately so that might be why you haven't seen me until now." I nodded and asked,"Wait why are you here?" She rolled her eyes and smiled,"Logan didn't tell you?" I shook my head,"Tell me what?" She laughed,"Figures. Classic Logan. Logan and I are dating now." I looked at her in complete shock. I couldn't believe it. My two best friends before I left are dating now. She saw my shocked expression and laughed,"Come on Peyt. You know it was just a matter of time before it happened." I nodded,"Yeah I guess you're right." Just then Logan came over and said,"Ah I see you and Keeley finally got to talking again. Come on you two get together. I'm gonna take a picture to make this a memorable day for the three bandits." Keeley and I looked at each and I said,"She's your girlfriend now. Shouldn't I be taking a picture of you and her?" He shook his head,"We got too many pictures of us on Facebook as it is. Now come on don't be a wuss." I looked at Keeley and smiled and got a little closer to her and put my arm around her without touching her and held my beer up. The last thing I wanted to do was betray Kate and I was gonna try to keep it that way.
Kate's point of view: I didn't want to think of Peyton cheating. I mean come on it was Peyton. But that girl made him look happy. I decided to call Peyton and make sure that he wasn't. I went outside and dialed his number. RINGRINGRING I heard the phone click and Peyton's voice came through,"Hey Kate!" He sounded happy. I sighed and said,"Hey Peyt. So um I was on Facebook and I saw someone posted a picture of you with some girl.." Peyton laughed,"Kate sweetie there's nothing to worry about she was one of my best friends when I was here and she's dating another one of my best friends. I love you Kate and only you." I was quiet for a minute and finally said,"Ok Peyton. I love you too. I gotta go. I'll talk to you later. Bye." Peyton said,"Alright Kate. Have a good night. Bye." I hung up my phone and sat there. I wasn't in the mood to have fun anymore. I wanted to believe Peyton but this long distance thing was killing me...
Peyton's point of view: It was the next day and I had a massive ****ing hangover. I got up and went downstairs and got some coffee going. I laid my head down and heard someone pounding on the front door. I groaned and sat there wishing it would go away. It kept pounding and pounding. I finally got up and opened the door and said,"What the ****ing **** do you want?!" My vision was still a little blurred but it finally focused on my godfather, James. The color drained out of my face as I started stammering,"I-I-I'm s-s-so s-s-sorry." James laughed and said,"Rough night huh? I remember those days." I rolled my eyes and let him in and went back to the kitchen and got my coffee and offered him some,"You want some coffee while I got it going?" He nodded,"If ya don't mind kid." I shook my head,"I don't mind and I'm not a kid." James laughed,"Yeah I guess you're not a kid anymore especially if you can get drunk and face the consequences of the next morning like a wuss. Oh yeah you're not a kid you're a man." I rolled my eyes. I hated his sarcasm. I brought his coffee to him and sat down with mine. I didn't feel like adding anything in it so I just drank it straight. I drank about half of it and laid my head down again and said,"If you're looking for mom and dad they went out." James laughed and shook his head,"I know you're parents are out. They sent me over here to keep an eye on their precious children." I looked up at him,"You enjoy being sarcastic about everything don't you?" He laughed loudly which made my head hurt about 30 times worse and said,"Yeah I do enjoy being sarcastic. It's hilarious to see people get mad at you when you're sarcastic." I nodded and laid my head back down and James sighed and said,"Kid go back upstairs and take an aspirin and lay the fuck down." I nodded,"Alright." I went back upstairs and took an aspirin and I was about to lay back down when I got the most heartbreaking text from Kate that I would ever get...
Peyton's point of view: Breakups. Breakups equal heartbreak. Heartbreak equals heartache. Heartache equals pain. Pain equals.....depression. That's where I was at now. Depression. I loved Kate. Loved her. I understood why she broke up with me I mean **** we were far away from each other and it isn't a healthy relationship if you don't see each other but still. It's been three days since Kate broke up with me and I still read that message: Peyton I'm sorry but I can't keep doing this anymore. I do love you but this is just really hard to keep this up. You'll always have my heart. I just think we need to break up for a while I'm so sorry Peyton. -love Kate Everytime I read that message I cried. I never cry. Never. But having Kate break up with me was difficult to get past. I didn't talk to my parents or my brother or sister. I didn't talk to anyone but Logan and Keeley. I started drinking a lot more and getting in trouble a lot more. In two days I got arrested 3 times for stupid stuff that I would normally never do but then again I've never had my heart truly broken. It was now Tuesday morning and I didn't want to go to school. I was starting to fail all my classes because I just didn't care anymore. What was the point of it if I didn't have Kate anymore? I got ready for school quickly and without a word to my parents or my brother and sister I walked out the door and drove to school. I sat in my car for about 10 minutes and finally opened my glove compartment and took out some cigarettes and a lighter. I had also started smoking a lot. I just didn't care anymore. I smoked 3 cigarettes by the time Logan got there and said,"Dude put the **** cigarettes down. You're gonna ****ingkill yourself." I put them down but the thought of death stayed in my mind. Would it really be so bad if I died?
Garrett's point of view: I hated seeing Peyton like this. He got all depressed and moody since Kate broke up with him. He didn't talk to me or Brianna like he used to. He was just...quiet all the time. All he did was just play his guitar and shut everyone out. That is until he gets his stupid *** arrested for doing some stupid *** shit with Logan. I swear Logan is gonna be the death of him if he doesn't realize it soon. I got to school with Brianna and saw Peyton smoking. Mom and dad don't know that he smokes and drinks and if they did they would probably take his phone and car away but honestly I don't think he would care. He probably wouldn't care if someone had a knife on him. He would probably just beg them to kill him. I hated that Kate had broken up with him but I understood and now it was my turn to protect my older brother instead of him protecting me. This is gonna be exhausting.
Peyton's point of view: Death. Death was worth a shot right? If you were dead you didn't have to worry about shit. I contemplated killing myself the whole day and how I would come about doing it but I kept coming up with questions like: well what about Kate? What if Kate wants to get back together? My thoughts of Kate kept me from killing myself even though being without her made me want to kill myself. Now instead of killing myself I just play my guitar and drink and smoke my pain away. I left school as soon as it was over and headed home. I got up to my room and shut the door and grabbed my guitar. My guitar made me feel safe now. It eased my pain until it was barely noticeable to me. I started playing and singing Chris Daughtry's song Start of Something Good: You never know when you're gonna meet someone And your whole wide world in a moment comes undone You're just walking around and suddenly Everything that you thought that you knew about love is gone You find out it's all been wrong And all my scars don't seem to matter anymore Cause they led me here to you I know that its gonna take sometime I've got to admit that the thought has crossed my mind This might end up like it should And I'm gonna say what I need to say And hope to god that it don't scare you away Don't wanna be misunderstood But I'm starting to believe that this could be the start of something good I looked up and saw my brother standing there,"What the mother ****ing ****are you doing?" He shook his head and came in,"It amazes me how only that guitar can get you through anything." I nodded because well it was true,"Yeah well it helps me forget about Kate." He was quiet and finally said,"Come on let's go play some basketball." I nodded and wiped my guitar down and put it up gently and followed him outside to the basketball court. We played for 3 hours and it actually kept my mind off of the breakup. Maybe I can get through this.
Garrett's point of view: Keeping Peyton's mind off of Kate was difficult. Everytime he went to his room to play guitar I would go and get his *** outside. For two months we had 15 paintball wars, 5 basketball games, 18 races, 12 horseback rides, and a shit load of other stuff. All I could do was keep him active. He seems to be getting better though but tomorrow was spring break and we were going back down to Mississippi for the week of spring break. This should be interesting... Peyton's point of view: Garrett is probably the greatest brother I could ask for. He's been constantly keeping my mind off Kate for two months and it's been great...sorta. I mean yeah he kept my mind off of her for a short amount of time but at night it still hurt. At night I would always get my pocket knife out and just cut up my arm. It really took the pain of not having Kate with me anymore away. I had long scars up my arms and my sides. Some were deep but I didn't care I still wanted death to come but I could never bring myself to cut deep enough to kill myself. Tomorrow was the start of spring break and I would be going back down to Mississippi with my family for a week. Great....more pain and cutting..
Peyton's point of view: BEEPBEEP I slammed my alarm clock to make it shut up and got up and stretched and took a quick shower and got dressed. Today we were leaving to go to Mississippi for a week for spring break. Woo ****ing hoo. I went downstairs and got a pot of coffee started and started making breakfast. I made eggs, bacon, and biscuits. I'm the one who usually does most of the cooking in my family since my parents are always busy. I had just finished cooking everything when the rest of my family came down. We all got our plates and sat down to eat and while I was eating I noticed everyone staring at me. I looked up at them and said,"What?" The horrified look on my moms face was clear. They all saw the cuts on my arms. I cursed myself for forgetting to put on a longsleeve shirt and sighed and sat back and said,"Alright. Let me hear it. I know I'm gonna hear it sooner or later." My mom just stared at me for a minute and said,"Peyton why would you do this to yourself." I looked her dead in the eye and said,"Because it's the only thing that makes me forget about my pain from not being with Kate." My dad shook his head,"No **** girl is worth that." I jumped up from the table. I could feel my blood boiling,"Kate is worth EVERYTHING!! Even if it ****ing means cutting up my god **** arms then so ****ing be it! I'm so ****ing tired of everybody trying to tell me how to ****ing feel!! Last time I checked this was my life!! I'll do whatever I god **** please to do it!!" I left the table and went back up to my room and locked my door. **** this god **** ****. I pulled out my knife and started to cut on my stomach. This time it wasn't just lines. It was a name. Kate.