I stood by my locker as I slowly turned the lock and pulled it off before shoving my books into the locker. I headed to the cafeteria then stopped suddenly when I heard someone call my name. I spun around on my heel and faced Eric. It's been a month since we met and I barely spoke to Eric, I didn't want to make Tyler upset.

"Hey Eric."

"Hey Payton. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable, I noticed you trying your best to avoid me."

"No it's t-"

"Tyler, I know. You love him and all that." He walked forward and I leaned against the wall as he flashed a bright smile in my direction.

"But you know Payton, i'm not a bad guy or anything. I won't hurt you."

"Yeah I know Eric."

"Okay well in that case do you want to go out to the new cafe near the school?"

"Eric I-"

"It's not a date, just to get to know you better. Plus, I promise I won't try anything" I sighed and gave in.

"Fine." He smiled brightly and his dark eyes sparkled. I realized if Tyler found out he would be upset but ignoring Eric isn't doing anything. Besides, it wasn't like Eric was going to  try anything right? He promised.

Eric's Point Of View:

I knew Payton was too nice to ignore me forever. Tyler was lucky to have her, he always had the perfect girlfriends. This time he won't. He may have Payton for now, but he won't have her forever. Not if I have anything to do with it.

Payton's Point Of View:

"Just let me go tell Tyler okay? He's going to  worry if I don't show up for lunch."

"But won't he get upset if he finds out?"

"I trust him and he should trust me. I can't keep anything from him, I love him to much to lie." He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Fine." 

"I'll be right back." I walked into the cafeteria and scanned the crowd, looking at my usual table I spotted Abby and Tyler then walked towards them.

"Hey Payton!"

"Hi Abby!" She stood up and raced over to me then hugged me tightly. Abby was always so energetic I just loved her. Whenever I needed a pick me up, she was there to cheer me up. We became inseperable and whenever I wasn't with Tyler, I was with her. Although most of the time I tried to be with them both. I pulled away from the hug and looked at Tyler who flashed me one of his dazziling smiles.

"Hey beautiful." I blushed and looked at the floor.  Even after being with Tyler for a while, everytime he talked I felt heat fill my body. I still wasn't used to it and I was glad. I enjoyed the sensation I got whenever I was around him.

"Hi Tyler." He pulled me onto his lap and kissed me passionatly making me smile.

"Can we talk for a minute?" His smile dropped into a frown, breaking his perfect features.

"You don't want to break up do you? Did I do something wrong?"

"No of course not Ty." He smiled again and stood up while taking my hand.

"Okay so what did you want to talk about?" We had left the cafeteria and now we stood in the library near my locker, where Eric was waiting.

"Eric wanted me to have lunch with him at that new cafe up the block. Not as a date or anything, just to talk." His smile formed a thin line and his brown eyes grew cold.

"Tyler?"

"You weren't actually considering going were you?"