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Chapter 9- Peyton POV- The Reveal

The next day, I walked into school with my new friends.

"Hey, um Erin, so, you know how you told me about going to the movies this Friday?" I asked.

"Yeah," she replied.

"Well, Greyson asked me if I wanted to go with him, so if it's okay with all of you, I'll be going too," I explained with a toothless smile. All the girls went crazy.

"Oh my god, Peyton, what happened last night?" Erin gushed.

"Well we were studying, but then we kind of got distracted, and he kissed me," I explained, blushing. Everyone when crazy again.

"Oh my god, Peyton, I knew it from the second I saw the way he looked at you," Erin said. I smiled.

"You two are going to be so cute together," Carly added.

"Agreed," Danielle said.

After everyone had simmered down, English class came and went. I was excited because now it was time for Calc and I got to see Grey. I walked with Erin to my locker and put my English binder away and grabbed my Calc one.

"Isn't this the class you have with Greyson?" Erin asked, looking at me devilishly.

"Yup," I said with a laugh. Then, Greyson appeared at my locker.

"Hey P, ready to go?" he asked me. Erin gave me a smirk.

"Yeah, let's hit it," I replied. He put his hand in mine, which kind of surprised me. But, I guess getting the word out sooner was probably better. We walked into class and Mr. Mason was wiping away at the whiteboard. We found our spots and then one of the seniors came over to us.

"Sup, Grey," he said. He looked at me with a little smirk and half smiled at Greyson.

"Peyton, this is Josh. He's a friend of mine on the football team. Josh, this is Peyton," Greyson explained.

"Nice to meet you," I said.

"You as well. Aren't you Meredith's little sister?" Josh asked.

"Yeah," I replied.

"She's hot," Josh said, looking at Greyson, laughing.

"I'm happy you think so. I'll ask her if she thinks the same about you. I doubt it though because immaturity is usually one thing she doesn't like as much," I replied back sarcastically. Greyson started to laugh.

"I can see what you see in her Grey. I think I could learn to like this chick," he said. I smiled. The bell rang and Josh went back to his seat.

"That was awesome," Greyson whispered. We both laughed quietly.

As the class went on, Greyson and I had done the packet correctly. He told me he felt way ready for the quiz tomorrow. And I trusted him. I walked to French, which I had with Danielle. We sat together, but our teacher was absent that day. A plump woman with curly red hair and bright green eyes scrambled into the room, coffee in one hand, and a plethora of papers and folders in another.

"Hello class, Mrs. Young will not be here today so I will be your sub. I am Mrs. Dunlap, so please take your seats. I have a packet for you to work on. Mrs. Young said it was okay for you all to talk amongst yourselves to get it done, but it will be due at the end of class today. Questions?" she asked. Nobody said a word. "Alright, get to it!" Danielle and I worked through the packet together. A guy I didn't know walked over to us, he was good looking with wavy blonde hair and green eyes. He was muscular and wore a varsity jacket, so I assumed he played football. He sat down next to Danielle and put his arm around her.

"Hey Danielle," he said flirtatiously. He kissed her cheek. Boyfriend alert.

"Hey Sassy," she said back. He chuckled.

"Who's this?" he asked.

"Oh, this is Peyton," Danielle explained. I gave him a toothless smile.

"Ah, your Grey's new girl, huh?" he asked me.

"Yeah," I confirmed.

"Well, I'm Matt. Nice to meet you. I heard you're coming with us to the movies this Friday, that will be fun," he said.

"Yeah, I'm excited," I replied.

The three of us laughed and talked, as we sort of worked on our packets. I got to know Matt, he was so funny and very respectful. He seemed like a cool guy, and I was happy for Danielle.

After French, the rest of the day flew by. Each class was easy, and I continued to do well, but intentionally not too well.