Peyton opened her eyes slowly when she woke Monday morning. 'My god... it did happen. Sadie really is in my bed. In my arms. Wow...'

She tried to move but she realised that one of her arms was trapped under Sadie and the other, which was wrapped around her tummy, was being held by Sadie. There was no way she could move without waking the girl.

She struggled to crane her neck around to check the time. If they were going to make it to school on time they had to get up soon.

"Sadie?" She whispered because she hated the idea of waking her although she knew she had no choice.

"Sadie wake up." She called a little above a whisper now.

Sadie did not stir. With a sigh Peyton fought to pull away her hand that Sadie held secure around her tummy. That did the trick because Sadie turned onto her back with a groan.

"Nooo... put it baaack..." she whined with still closed eyes.

Peyton smiled at her cuteness, "we have to get ready for school. We're late."

"Who needs an education?"

"We do." Peyton chuckled.

"I'd rather stay here and be a warm, cozy dunce with your arms around me than be a cold, uncomfortable, unhugged scholar."

"Unhugged?"

"Didn't I just tell you I want to be a dunce?"

Peyton chuckled once more, "come on Sadie, nothing is stopping me from hugging you in school. Wouldn't you rather be a hugged scholar?"

Sadie smiled at Peyton's attempt at a middle ground, "can't we skip? Please?"

"You can but I can't."

"Why not?"

"Things are a bit on the rocks with me and school right now... and I really don't want Mr and Mrs D to have to get involved."

Sadie finally opened her eyes and looked at Peyton, "what do you mean? What's going on?"

"Uhh... could you just let me get back my hand first?"

Sadie looked at her confused and she clarified, "you're lying on my arm."

Sadie looked and realised she infact was and so she sat up.

Peyton sat up too, "damn girl, you killed my entire arm." Peyton said as she tried to move her hand but she had no control over it. It was completely numb.

"Let me rub it out for you." Sadie offered as she got closer to Peyton and began massaging her arm. "Now, tell me what's going on in school. I haven't been there for a while..."

"I missed you you know?"

Sadie blushed and mumbled, "I missed you too..."

Peyton beamed at her response and continued her story, "you know Ms Kruger?"

Sadie nodded, "everyone knows that crab."

"Well she has a personal vendetta out against me. Ever since the first day. She's the one who sent me to the principal for wearing the guys uniform. Anyhow, as you know, I am not exactly one to keep my mouth shut. And I seem to have a lot of comebacks for her. So anyhow she practically hates me now and I think I put the icing on the cake last Friday..."

"Peyton! What did you tell the woman?!"

"Well, it's not exactly what I told her but what I did... I have no freaking idea why, but she asked us to draw our family tree. I mean, what the hell does that have to do with geography? Anyhow... She told us to make it creative. You know, not just some straight lines with names. So, yours truly, drew the most beautiful cactus ever and put in the names on the thorns. She had to go and bitch on me saying that it made no sense to use a cactus and I could have drawn a proper tree like all the other unoriginal people. But I told her it does make sense because whereas everyone else had big beautiful trees with their family members in cute little leaves, it would have been a lie for me to do that because I just have a cactus full of pricks."

"Peyton! Why would you do that?!"

Peyton shrugged, "she threatened to have me suspended but I begged it off so now I'm stuck with lunch time detention with her everyday until the end of the school year."

Sadie shook her head but she could not stop the smile that was forcing its way onto her face.

"You think it's funny don't you?" Peyton asked with a smile.

"No." Sadie answered, unable to get the smile off of her face.

"Really? Your face says otherwise."

"Okay, fine, it's hilarious. Stupid but hilarious." She shook her head, "you're one of a kind Peyton. How's your arm feeling now?"

Peyton smiled, "much better thanks. But somewhere else is hurting too. Will you massage it for me?"

Sadie nodded, "but I thought we were going to be late?"

Peyton smiled sheepishly, "I lied... we still have a little more than an hour to get ready."

Sadie poked her in her tummy, "why'd you do that? I could still be sleeping!"

"I wanted to spend some time with you..."

Sadie couldn't help but smile at Peyton's adorable behaviour, "okay. What's hurting you?"

Peyton lay down on her back and looked up at Sadie, "well, it's kind of technical to get at it but we can improvise."

Sadie creased her eyebrows, "what is it?"

With a pout Peyton said, "my heart."

"Peyton!" Sadie exclaimed grabbing a pillow and throwing it at her. "You're a..."

Peyton cut her off chuckling, "I know, I'm a meanie."

She placed the pillow back in its rightful place and looked up at Sadie, "you mad at me?"

Sadie's response was not what she was expecting. She leaned over, pecked Peyton on the lips and proceeded to lie on her side resting her head on Peyton's shoulder and draping her arm over her stomach. Instinctively, Peyton wrapped one arm around Sadie and played with the fingers of Sadie's hand that rested on her tummy with the other.

Peyton knew it was not a wise move but she did it anyhow. "Sadie?" She whispered, "I love you."

There was silence as Sadie shifted her arm on Peyton's tummy so that she was tracing invisible patterns onto her stomach. "I know..." she whispered.

Before Peyton could decide how she felt about that response her door was flung open and Kimmy waltzed in, "Peyton, get your lazy butt... WHOA MAMA!!!" She stopped when she saw the scene in front of her.

Peyton blushed furiously as Sadie flew up and stood, "h... h... hey Kimmy..."

Kimberly smiled from ear to ear, "well hello there Sadie. Sleep well?"

"Kimmy!" Peyton scolded as she came up next to Sadie, "what's up?"

"If you were a guy I would ask you that."

"Kimmy! Out!" Peyton pointed to the open door.

Kimberly just smiled, chuckled, shook her head and began walking away as she said in a sing-song voice, "see you lovebirds at breakfast."

When Kimberly was gone and the door was closed Peyton apologised, "sorry about that... it's just she knows how I feel about you..."

Sadie smiled, "it's okay. I'm not mad or anything. I love seeing you two interact. It's cute."

"You know, she's the first person I fell for."

Sadie appeared shocked, "really?!" When Peyton nodded she asked because she was dying to know, "and what number am I?"

Peyton was confused at first but she understood quickly, "second."

Sadie blushed, "honest?"

Peyton nodded.

Sadie began fiddling with her hands as she mumbled, "you're my first."

Peyton honestly did not understand what Sadie had said. The only word she caught was 'you're'. "I'm what?" She asked curiously.

Sadie shook her head and looked intently at the floor, "nothing..."

"Sadie, come on, what'd you say?" Sadie didn't offer any answer whatsoever so Peyton took matters into her own hands because she really wanted to know what it was that Sadie had said.

Peyton took hold of Sadie's waist gently and slowly walked her backward until her back was pressed against the wall. She moved one hand from Sadie's waist and placed her fingers under her chin and lifted her head. Sadie refused to meet her eyes so Peyton gave her a soft kiss on the lips before whispering in her ear, "what am I Sadie?" Still no response so she kissed her once more, a little longer this time and when she pulled away she could see that Sadie wanted to continue the kiss but she refused to give her that until she got her answer. "What am I?" Sadie looked her in the eye now. "What am I Sadie?" Sadie shook her head slightly and leaned forward but just as she was a quarter inch away from Peyton's lips, Peyton pulled back and pointed at her own lips, "you're not getting these until you tell me what you said."

"Peyton!" Sadie whined.

"I'm a meanie remember? Now, what'd you say?"

"I said..." Sadie took a deep breath and looked Peyton deep in her eyes, "you're my first." She knew Peyton would ask 'you're first what?' so she continued, "you're the first person I have fallen in love with Peyton." Then, she just could not stop herself, "I realised yesterday that I fell for you a long time ago but I refused to acknowledge it. And when I realised that I was starting to love you - after that Thursday - I couldn't deal with it so I pushed you away. I know this will sound really fucked up but I was distancing myself from you because I realised that I love you and I was falling hard for you but I honestly thought that being gay was wrong. I spent the last four years of my life convincing myself that homosexuality is wrong and so when I realised that I was in love with a girl... well, I didn't want to be a hypocrite... but after talking to mom yesterday and remembering everything you told me, I realise that I was wrong. You were right, I think I am a bisexual. I'm sorry Peyton. I am so sorry for all the pain I have caused you. I hope you can forgive me and I really hope you still love me and I am not too late."

A single tear rolled down Petyon's cheek as she looked at Sadie in complete and utter astonishment.

In one swift move Sadie turned them around so Peyton was now pressed against the wall and she whispered, "I love you Peyton Saunders."

Several more tears rolled down Peyton's cheeks as she searched Sadie's eyes for a lie or a joke or something to tell her that Sadie was messing with her. But as hard as she tried she could only find honesty and genuinity in Sadie's eyes.

Sadie leaned in then and captured Peyton's lips as she kissed her and held nothing back. It was not long - barely two seconds - before Peyton kissed her back and they shared a kiss that neither girl had experienced before. It was deep. It was passionate. It was filled with love.