Apartment below

Chapter 26

Third person

Peyton left the stage after soundcheck, jogging lightly over to his dressing room as he was now done until the show actually started.

He opened up the door, stopping in his tracks once he saw Vanessa sitting on the couch in the room, her eyes trailing round the room and landing on him. A huge smile grew on her face "Peyton!" She stood up excitedly

"Hey..what're you doing in here?" He asked, letting go of the automatic closing door, stepping further inside his dressing room. "Oh well I was just a bit stuck with the dance to body..so I was wondering if you'd just help me through it.." she kept her smile on her face

"Are the dancers busy? They probably have a better chance of teaching it to you then I do" he chuckled awkwardly. She shrugged, "I thought I'd learn from the artist himself" she smirked

"The artist of the dance would be Sabrina, not me. I didn't choreograph it" he furrowed his eyebrows. She placed her hand on his chest playfully "Right! I'm so silly, honestly" she giggled

Peyton sighed softly, putting down his stuff onto the table and holding the girls hand. She lied, she knew the whole dance, she just wanted to be with him.

"Okay..so now you spin..like that..and then you spin back in..and you stop..here..and you dip slightly.." he explained, twirling the girl around and wrapping his arm around her body and holding her against his side, dipping her slightly.

Sabrina pulled Ceci over to the dressing room, opening the door without warning, not sure if he'd be in here yet. Hers and Ceci's laughter stopped as soon as they saw the image in front of them

Peyton had his arm around the girl, still in the position from the dance, however she had her hand on his cheek, her lips pressed against his.

He pulled away instantly, pushing the girl off of him lightly, his head snapping to the door. Sabrina stood teary eyed, blinking as much as she could to prevent tears from spilling out of her eyes

"Sab.." Peyton sighed, sending Vanessa a small glare. Sabrina turned on her heels, walking as fast as her heels could take her away from the dressing room, back to hers

"Sabrina!" Peyton called, stopping outside his dressing room door, Watching as the blonde ignored him, speeding round the corner away from him

"Why was Serena crying? You two aren't dating?" Vanessa spoke from beside Peyton earning a glare from both of them "You don't even have the decency to say her name right" Ceci spat before leaving the dressing room, following after Sabrina

"Why did you do that?" Peyton asked Vanessa once Ceci had left. She shrugged, an innocent look on her face, "it was in the moment, it's not my fault she's so sensitive. If you had a problem with it, why didn't you pull away?" Vanessa smirked