Zack's point of view: After Peyton had slammed the door I knew he was probably going to try to find his real dad which meant he would probably go to Mississippi. It was 3 in the morning and I finally had to tell Holly to go to bed. She was going to argue with me but decided against it and went upstairs. I sat at the table with a cup of coffee and waited. I could feel my eyes getting heavy and I tried to stay awake but sleep overcame me.... *~*~*~*DREAM*~*~*~* I got up and looked in the mirror at my 17 year old self. I was in love with the most amazing girl ever, Holly. We had already done "the deed" and she was pregnant but we were still going good. I started getting ready for school and saw my phone light up. It was Holly calling me. I answered,"Hey." "Hey," she said uneasily. I got worried then,"Holly what's wrong?" She paused and said,"Zack I don't know if the baby is yours." *~*~*~*REALITY*~*~*~* I was awoken by Holly shaking me awake,"Zack wake the hell up! Peyton still isn't home!" I shook my head to clear the dream and said,"He might have gone back to Mississippi to try to find his real dad." Holly froze and by her expression you could tell she was not happy,"He cannot find his real dad." I looked at her a little ticked off,"You think I don't know that? You think I want him to find his arrogant, self-centered, deadbeat asshole of dad? You think I ****ing want that?! Well I don't so stop *****ing about it to me!" As soon as I said those words I regretted them. Holly's expression showed that what I had said hurt her deeply. Her blue eyes started tearing up and I wrapped my arms around her,"I'm so sorry baby. I didn't mean to snap on you. I'm sorry." She buried her head in my chest and I held her there while she cried. I knew I had to find Peyton and I was going to no matter what. I'll be damned if Peyton wants to stay with his real dad.
Peyton's point of view: I had nowhere to go and I knew it. If I went to any of my family here they would call my parents and I didn't want that. I couldn't go to any of my friends because their parents would call my parents so either way I didn't win. I drove around town and decided to go to the court house to find out who my real dad was. It only took a couple of minutes to get there but when I did I went to straight to the lady who kept all the records. She looked at me and immediately said,"What can I do for you Peyton." I had forgotten that she knew my family and I sighed,"I want to look at my birth records." Her face fell and it was obvious that she knew because she said,"Peyton thats not a good idea. Once you find out what you want to know it will change you." I shook my head,"I want to know who my real dad is and where he lives." She sighed,"Okay Peyton but I must tell you that your real dad isn't someone to be proud of." I shook my head getting a little impatient,"I don't care. I just want to know why he didn't want to be my father." She sighed and pulled up my birth records and wrote down my dads name and address and handed it to me,"Just be careful Peyton." I nodded and said,"Yes mam." I walked quickly out of there and got in my car. I had my real dads name and address. I cranked my car and started driving to his house. I knew exactly where it was since one of my friends lived down that way. I finally got there and my heart started beating 90 to nothing as I walked to the door. I got to the door and knocked slowly. This is it. I'm finally going to meet my real dad. I heard the doorknob turn and heart felt like it stopped when I saw the person who was my dad standing in front of me.