A/N: Chapter re-did, a bit! haha enjoy.
Payton Noles was what every man seemed to be looking for in a woman. She was young, quite beautiful, funny, and warm hearted. The only thing wrong was that she never seemed to be interested in any of them, sure there were an odd few, but no one really caught her attention. Until, that is, this young lady boarded a plane to London, England.
"Oi, Matt lets go get a few drinks in while we can." Pete hollered from downstairs of his brother's residence. The night was young, and the firm was planning on having a fun night out.
"Yeah yeah" Matt grinned, fixing the collar of his jacket while rushing downstairs.
"See ya later sis" He quickly kissed his sister on the cheek and opened the door.
"Lata Shannon" Pete winked laughing, and following Matt outside.
Shannon rolled her eyes and shut the door behind them, watching them carefully as they strutted down the street.
"So.." Pete started.
"So..?" Matt replied dryly
"Are ya comin' to the Liverpool game this weekend or what?" Pete asked
Matt hesitated a bit.
"Aw, c'mon. Like you have any other plans" Pete laughed coolly
"Well Shannon wants me to go visit my dad, tell him about Harvard." Matt explained opening the door for the bar, and stepping in.
"Pftt" Pete rolled his eyes, opening the pub door.
"Ill talk to Shannon about it.."
Pete was about to reply when Ike yelled toward them. "Oi, over here"
The pair walked over to the table, all the firm was practically drunk. "Whatcha say we have another round boys!" Pete yelled over the crowded bar. Loud roars erupted.
"Would you look at that." Dave whispered to the firm. They all followed his stare.
Payton walked into the bar closely behind her new co worker, Molly. The two had recently just met at Vogue magazine, where Payton was just offered a job.
"A little sketchy in here, eh?" Payton laughed lightly nudging Molly.
"My brother comes here a lot." "Hes probably here.." Molly quickly scanned over the room. "Oh there he is." Molly pointed toward a big group of guys. "His friends are obsessed with football." Molly whispered.
"Ey, isn't that your sister Ike?" Swill asked confusingly
"Yeah, it is." "Mate, thats my sister!" Ike bellowed at Dave who was scanning the two.
"The girl beside her mate" Dave defended himself. "Pete, oi, Pete!" Dave nudged him.
"What?" Pete asked angrily, he and Bovver were in a heated discussion about the last West Ham game.
"What do ya think of the lady over there..the one with Ike's little sister?" Dave asked leaning into him, while staring at the girls.
Pete looked up immediately to see. He had to admit, she was rather goodlooking, okay, really goodlooking. "She's good mate." "Who's she?"
"dunna" Dave replied.
"Looks like they're all looking." Molly laughed. "Do you wanna say hello?" Molly asked excitedly
"You sure seem excited to." Payton sniggered
"Well.." Molly whispered "his friends are lookers" she giggled.
"Alright then, lets go say hi" Payton rolled her eyes jokingly.
"Oi, Oi!" "Theyre coming over." One of the members called lightly. "Lads, lads!" Dave hit a few, shushing them. He jerked his head toward the girls.
"Hey brother" Molly said toward Ike.
"Ello sis. Who's your lovely friend here." He replied grinning.
"Boys, this is Payton."
Payton waved lightly, looking over the group. She had to admit, the boys were pretty good looking. But only one really stood out. He looked a bit woozy and maybe even drunk, but his eyes were striking blue and kind looking. His hair was shaved and his face was defined and strong.
His eyes connected to hers for awhile until she looked towards Molly.
"Would you ladies like to join us?" Dave smiled kindly.
Molly gave her an is-it-okay? Kind of look. Payton nodded giving them a warm smile.
"Alright Payton, lets introduce you to the lads." "I'm Dave, this is Ike, thats Swill, Matt a yank, Kevin, Neil, Frankie, George, Marcus, Oliver, Pete, and Bovver."
"Hey" Payton said shyly. She would definitely NOT remember all of their names.
"Oi, do we have another yank here?" Bovver said somewhat disgustedly
"Actually Canadian." Payton said smoothly
"Ahh..i like those better" Bovver said dully drinking a shot, then taking a drag of his cigarette.
Payton felt eyes on her throughout her conversations with Dave and Ike. She looked around the table to find Pete eying her. She turned her face toward him.
"You like to stare do you?" She asked him somewhat playfully(probably had something to do with the four beers she chugged), from across the table. Most of the boys and Molly had just gone and played some pool, and the ones that were there were passed out.
"Only at certain things ya" Pete said steadily grinning a bit, leaned back in his seat.
Payton raised an eyebrow, the alcohol getting to her head a bit more now.
Pete's grin grew wider as his took a light sip of his beer.
"You must be one of those rich folks back in America" Pete said laying back in his seat and smoking his cig.
"Canada.." She corrected him. "I guess you can say that, yeah."
"Mmm, so..what's a fit..I mean, young lady like yourself doing in good ol' England?" "And to go even further, in this this non posh of a pub?" Pete chuckled to himself.
Payton let a light laugh out, "Well.. Ive come to England 'cause I got a job here. To get out of the city I was in is another reason I guess. And im here in this fine, upbeat pub because Molly wanted to" She said all in one breath. Feeling oddly infatuated by him, she leaned in closer resting her head in the palm of her hand. It might have been the cigarette smoke going to her head, or maybe even the beers, who knows.
"Hmm, well then I guess ill just have to show you around" "Wouldnt want someone like you getting lost around here"
Just then Molly came up beside them. "Ready to go?" "We have work tomorrow and these boys are getting mad at me for slaughtering them at pool" Molly said proudly.
Payton laughed lightly. "Yeah, i think the cigarette smoke has gotten to my head."
"See you Pete" Molly waved giving a quick smile. He waved in return.
Payton gave him a small smile while picking up her coat. "Maybe I'll take you up on that tour"
"Isnt he fit?" Molly asked Payton while they walked out of the pub.
"Who..?"
"Pete, obviously. Dont think I didn't know you two talkin' over there" Molly snickered
"Yeah, he is pretty good looking I'll give you that" Payton said
"Pretty good looking " Molly exclaimed, laughing a bit. "Absolutely gorgeous you mean. Although I think Dave is a bit more fit" Molly winked.
Payton could lie to Molly, but she couldn't lie to herself; Pete Dunham was actually very, very gorgeous.
"Having a bit of fun with the new lady are we?" Dave laughed thumping down on the seat next to Pete.
Pete smiled widely but looked down a bit. "Ahh, fuck off" Pete chuckled pushing Dave away.
A week had gone by without much excitement. Payton was finding her job very time consuming, so she didn't see Pete after that one night.
"Hey Payton" Molly said happily coming into her small office with a pile of papers.
"Hey" She smiled looking up from her computer. Payton glanced at the papers Molly was holding. "Lots of work this weekend?"
"No no.." "Im just giving this to Andre"
"Ohh" Payton said lightly
"Hey, I'm going out with Oliver you know? The guy from the pub?" Payton nodded, only slightly remembering him. "Yeah, well were going out with the guys and a few of their other girlfriends, do you wanna come?
Payton didn't hesitate long before answering. "Sure, sounds fun" "Where were you guys planning to go?"
"A new-ish club called Elix" "It should be fun" Molly grinned. "So want me to pick you up from your apartment?" "Cause I'm meeting Oliver there"
Payton nodded. "Yeah, thatd be good"
"Alright, I'll come around 10:30" "I should probably go get these to Andre before our boss kills me!"
Payton laughed "Kay!"
Payton hurried out of work, and rushed back to her apartment. It was 7 o'clock, so she had a few hours to get ready.
She quickly made some soup, and began roaming inside her walk-in closet. Payton didn't know what exactly to wear. A dress, or jeans and a top? She decided just to go with the jeans a top.
After about a half an hour of picking out clothes, she finally decided on an outfit. It was dark fitted skinny jeans, with a teal coloured tank top with beaded designing, and black high heels.
Payton quickly looked over herself in the mirror. She nodded in approval just as Molly knocked on her door and came in.
"Ohh, you clean up nice" Molly smiled taking a seat by Payton's mini bar.
"Thanks, you too" Payton said. Molly was wearing a mini dress. It was silk, plum coloured, with a low V neck, she paired it off with black flats.
"Someones going to be very impressed" Molly said under her breath, while making her way to the door.
"What?" Payton said following closely behind her.
"Oh nothing, just a certain bloke has been talking about you." Molly grinned widely, opening the door for Payton and then trailing after her.
"Who?" Payton asked, holding back a small smile. Secretly she was hoping only one person.
"Nope" "Im not saying a word" Molly shook her head
"Oh c'mon, please!" "Please" Dawn begged giving her best puppy dog face.
"Nope, your getting nothing out of me"
Payton begged the whole drive to the club, but Molly didn't budge.
"Humph" Payton said crossing her arms like a child. "Youre mean" She gave Molly the evil eye.
"You Canadians sure are persistent." Molly rolled her eyes, and got out of the car.
The two ladies walked towards the entrance. "Oh, there he is" Molly grabbed Payton's hand quickly, and smiled ecstatically.
Payton smiled back at her with just as must excitement. "Molly, you didn't tell me Pete was going to be here!" She whispered harshly.
Molly glanced at her and then grinned. "Is that a bad thing?" she asked with a smile
"Noo..but if i knew i would have dressed a bit better!"
"Sluttier you mean" Molly winked, Payton slapped her slightly.
By then the two girls got to the group and said their hellos. Pete walked up to Payton slowly, his walk seemed confident, but his eyes said differently.
"Ello" Pete smiled lightly, throwing away his cigarette.
"Hey" Payton smile shyly.
"You look fantastic.." He looked down at his feet quickly.
Payton grinned. "Thanks"
"I hope you'll save me a dance" he whispered as he lead her into the club.
Payton grinned "Gotta show me some of your moves "
Authors Note: Just my first chapter, so dont be too hard on me. Please R&R:):)? thanks;)