Peyton Sawyer

Infobox soap character
colour = #A7B0C1
name = Peyton Sawyer


caption = Hilarie Burton as Peyton Sawyer
first = Pilot
(episode 1.01)
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nickname = P. Sawyer, Curly,, Blondie, Fake Blondie, Peyt, Peyton Marie Sawyer (PMS), Goldilocks, and Skinny Girl
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age = 23
current number of episodes (as of 9/29/08)= 111
born = 1988
death =
occupation = Record Label Founder| title = Red Bedroom Records
family = Mick Wolf (biological father)
Ellie Harp (biological mother, deceased)
Larry Sawyer (adoptive father)
Anna Rebecca Sawyer (adoptive mother, deceased)
Derek Sommers (biological paternal half-brother)
romances = Lucas Scott (fiancé)
Nathan Scott (ex-boyfriend)

Jake Jagielski (ex-boyfriend)
Pete Wentz (non-sexual fling)
children =
relatives =
episode = 111
portrayer = Hilarie Burton
creator = Mark Schwahn

Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer is a fictional character on the CW television series "One Tree Hill", played by Hilarie Burton. A cheerleader, as well as a talented visual and musical artist, Peyton has a heavily guarded heart due to the number of lost loved ones in her life. She goes through life changes throughout the series as she finds love from Lucas, to Jake and back to Lucas again.

Fictional character biography

Peyton Elizabeth Sawyer was born to Elizabeth Harp and her boyfriend Mick Wolf. Soon after her birth, Peyton was adopted by a young couple, Larry Sawyer and Anna Sawyer. However, her middle name comes from her biological mother. Anna Sawyer was killed in a car accident when Peyton was eight years old. Her father then decides never to bring up her real mother Ellie, but that does not keep her from finding out that she was adopted when her biological mother shows up at the end of the second season. She later finds out that she also has a half brother.

Peyton is a beautiful, talented artist who portrays her emotions through her art. She keeps her heart guarded most of the time, for fear that if she lets anyone in close she will lose them like many others. She forged a friendship with Brooke Davis during the third grade and that friendship has continued over the years. She then joined the cheerleading squad for Brooke and they have shared their ups and downs together. Peyton drives a 1963 Mercury Comet Convertible in all five seasons which at times happens to be a major plot point as it was because of it that she met and first spoke to Lucas.

She is often inspirational for other people such as Stella (played by Andrea Bowen) with whom she felt a kinship (they were both artists with similar personalities) and helped reunite with her foster family in deleted scenes, or Molly, a young girl who admired the Peyton from Lucas' book. Over the years she has grown apart from art and closer to music, which she used between others to launch a CD to raise money against breast cancer and create her own label.

As of September 29, 2008, Peyton has been in a total of 110 episodes (only missing from one episode so far).

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During the first season, Peyton is the girlfriend of popular jock Nathan Scott, but they soon break up when Peyton reasons that their relationship is more about the "benefits" than love. In addition, she realizes that she does not want to be the star basketball player's girlfriend anymore. She has a romantic interest in her ex's brooding half brother, Lucas Scott. Through various interactions with Lucas, she finds that he is kind and thoughtful towards her, in contrast to Nathans arrogant and cruel treatment of her. Lucas has had a huge childhood crush on the brooding teen and always dreamed that she would be his one day. Because of the encounters he has with his nemesis Nathan, Lucas and Peyton see each other more, soon after producing a spark between the two. However, at a party in Nathan's home, Peyton becomes scared and runs from Lucas after he admits his want and need for her; Lucas is left heartbroken and desperate. Later, at a frat party, Peyton meets up with a guy who puts a date-rape drug in her drink. Peyton's best friend, Brooke, saves her right before she is about to be raped. Brooke then calls Lucas for help and Lucas takes care of her for the night. Oddly enough, Lucas and Brooke bond over taking care of a drugged Peyton.

Peyton later goes to visit Lucas and professes that she wants what he wants. But Peyton is too late; Peyton walks in on the two, and Brooke is wearing nothing but Lucas's sweatshirt (Peyton, then knowing that the two are "together"). Lucas is then forced to make a decision, and chooses Brooke because he is afraid that Peyton will hurt him again. The two remain great friends, even as Brooke shows jealousy regarding their growing friendship. After taking a trip to see if Peyton's dad was killed during a storm while he was out at sea, an emotionally-wrecked Peyton kisses Lucas. The two lose themselves in heated passion and almost have sex, but Lucas's necklace, which Brooke had given him, gets caught in Peyton's hair and they soon stop what they were doing. On their way home, Peyton tells Lucas to bury what happened and that it did not mean anything. A disappointed Lucas asks if it really did not, with Peyton shortly after saying, "Of course it did." The two remain secret lovers, though no sex is involved, and they finally declare their love for each other. Stolen kisses are shared, but they both know it is wrong, and that they should both tell Brooke.

On the night that they decide to tell Brooke, Lucas gets into a car accident, which brings back painful memories for Peyton because her mother had died in a car crash. Lucas subsequently goes into a coma. When Lucas finally comes home from the hospital, he breaks up with Brooke with an explanation of their relationship not being the best thing for right now. Peyton comes to comfort Lucas for his return, but soon avoids Lucas after realizing how much the breakup is hurting Brooke. Lucas, who feels he has to see Peyton, sneaks out of his house to go see her. As the two begin to talk, Lucas suddenly falls back on her bed with a high fever. Peyton calls Karen to meet the two at the hospital. But Brooke is with Karen at the time and goes to check on Lucas; she catches the two through Peyton's webcam being affectionate in more than just a friendly way, as a passionate kiss is shared between them. Lucas's computer is on, with Peyton's website up on his screen. Peyton ends their secret affair and explains that they are hurting Brooke too much, and says that she does not want to be "a bad person". Lucas is crushed, as well as Peyton. Later that night, Brooke stops by Peyton's and explains she saw her friend and her ex together. She breaks off their friendship. Lucas watches the event unravel on Peyton's webcam.

Peyton continues to avoid Lucas while Brooke continues to avoid Peyton. Brooke declares her friendship with Peyton to be over, but they soon bond over a cheerleading event in Charlotte. After that, Brooke shuns Peyton once again. Peyton begins spending more time with Luke's best friend, Haley James, and with Jake Jagielski, along with Jake's daughter, Jenny. Eventually her friendship with Lucas is slowly reformed, the two even attending a party together at Nathan's apartment. But at the party, Peyton and Nicki, Jake's ex and Jenny's mother, fight. Peyton realises Nicki is the girl Lucas hooked up with at a bar, shortly after getting dumped by Peyton. Peyton is furious and feels betrayed, along with Brooke. This draws a wedge between Lucas and Peyton, but reconciles the friendship between Brooke and Peyton. The season ends with Peyton spending more time with Jake, and helping him escape from Nicki, who tries to take their daughter from Jake's grasp. Peyton's relationship with Lucas remains broken.

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In season two, Peyton at first goes through a difficult time. Although at first she has initial success with getting an all-ages club TRIC opened, and with encouraging Haley to perform at the club, which eventually fuels Haley's desire to be a singer, Peyton begins to get involved with cocaine. She feels alone, as her father is away again, and she does not know where Jake is. She feels down that everyone is dealing with their issues and not helping her or realizing that she is upset or going through a very difficult time in her life. She is accused of being a lesbian by Felix Taggaro and faces public humiliation when he writes DYKE on her locker, just so his sister, Anna Taggaro, will not get upset by talk of her being a lesbian (it is later revealed that Anna is bisexual, though she also uses the word "gay" to assert her sexuality).

Hope comes for Peyton when just as she is about to fall off her mantle and buy some cocaine, Jake comes back into her life. It turns out that an argument between Lucas and Peyton made Lucas realize that he had not been there for Peyton, and knew he could not pick up the pieces of her broken heart. As a result, he was the one who called Jake, knowing that Jake would have a positive effect on her. This does, and sparks a turnaround for Peyton, and she and Jake fall in love. But this happiness is short-lived as Nicki comes back wanting custody of Jenny. Nicki eventually takes Jenny away from Jake and runs off, causing Jake to run after her, which leaves Peyton alone and heartbroken.

Soon, someone named Ellie Harp gets in contact with Peyton saying that she is from "Alternative Press" magazine and wants to do an interview. But when Peyton starts receiving some strange e-mails from someone named 'WATCHMEWATCHU', she begins to suspect that it is Ellie. Ellie, however, denies sending the e-mails and shockingly informs Peyton that she is Peyton's mother. The finale ends with a crying, bewildered Peyton on a beach, and Lucas coming to comfort her. "Looks like it's just me and you this summer," is his response, and the two share a very meaningful hug.

Season 3

At the beginning of the third season, it is revealed that Peyton is actually adopted, and that her biological mother is alive. It is announced that Ellie is Peyton's biological mother, but Peyton soon rejects her; not able to have a mother who repeatedly lies. Lucas tells Peyton he found Ellie buying drugs the other day, but because she has breast cancer. Peyton later believes her mother and soon connects with her, even worked together to release a CD where its profits goes to the breast cancer foundation. On the same day when the CD is released, Ellie died which left Peyton devastated.

A school shooting breaks out later in the season, where Peyton is left fighting for her life after being the one shot. She was with Brooke when the event unraveled, but Brooke fled the building without knowing Peyton was not behind her. Brooke tells Lucas that Peyton is still inside, having Lucas then run inside the building to save his friend; he finds her bleeding out of her leg inside the school's library. Peyton cannot walk due to the injury, so escaping is out of the question. Lucas and Peyton stay in hiding. Lucas wraps a tourniquet around her leg, hoping to subside the blood and pain, but as Peyton is falling out of consciousness, he forces her to talk about a fun day she once had. Minutes later, after earning a promise from Lucas about everything being okay, Peyton loses the hope of her surviving, despite Lucas's promise to get her out of there alive, and kisses Lucas; letting him know that she loves him before she passes. However, Lucas returns the kiss. Peyton falls unconscious. Lucas not wanting her to die, carries her out of the building, even at the risk of being killed by the shooter.

Before Ellie passes, she leaves a piece of advice to Peyton regarding Peyton's love life. Peyton decides to give love another try and dates Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy. Their relationship does not work out, since Pete is busy with touring. Peyton's father tells her to follow her heart and listen to it, so Peyton decides to give Jake a visit in Savannah; she knows that she still loves him and feels that this will be enough for them to be happy. She renews her relationship with Jake and Jenny, and even goes far enough to propose marriage to Jake, who gladly accepts. But that happiness fades once Jake overhears Peyton say, "I love you, Lucas," in her sleep. Peyton is then forced to confront Jake about the kiss she and Lucas shared on the day of the shooting. Jake figures that while Peyton loves him, she is in love with Lucas. He tells her to go back to Tree Hill, and to find out if Lucas is still in her heart. If he is not, Jake promises to still be there, waiting. Peyton does as Jake has advised.

In the season three finale, Brooke ends her friendship once again with Peyton after Peyton tells her that she still has romantic feelings for Lucas. Lucas later tells Brooke about the kiss in the library. At the end of the episode, Peyton burns pictures of herself with Brooke. She then picks up a picture of the three of them (herself, Brooke and Lucas) and rips the part of Brooke off and burns it. She puts her own picture together, Lucas and her, and places it onto the table.

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Peyton discovers that she has a half brother named Derek and, with prompting from Lucas, agrees to meet him. But the guy she meets isn't her half-brother, but an internet stalker who is the owner of the "WATCHMEWATCHU" emails and has been taking pictures of her, listening to her podcast, watching her on her webcam, and even going so far as to get a tattoo of Ellie's drawing of her on his back and making a prostitute dress like Peyton before they had sex. Unaware of all this and, in an attempt to be more trusting, Peyton accepts him. However, Lucas soon grows suspicious of this 'Derek' when he catches him sniffing Peyton's hair during a hug and finds Peyton's jacket, which had gone missing, on the beaten prostitute still dressed as Peyton. Peyton soon realizes the truth and, in a terrifying encounter, is manhandled and nearly molested by "Psycho Derek". Lucas and the real Derek come to her rescue, pushing him out a window, but by the time the police show up, he has disappeared.

The event causes Peyton to withdraw into herself, becoming scared and even skipping school and getting four locks on her bedroom door. Derek, who is in the Marine Corps and unwilling to open his heart to people after trying that at first only to watch them die, avoids Peyton until Lucas comes and talks some sense into him. He and Peyton develop a healthy sibling relationship and he helps her come to terms with her fear, not only of Derek but of confessing her feelings to Lucas. Peyton is unwilling to ruin the friendship that she and Lucas have, especially until she is sure that he and Brooke are over. At Derek's encouragement, she asks Lucas to a banquet to honor Whitey, only to find out he is going with Brooke. Disappointed, she takes Derek instead. Derek tells her that he is being deployed to Iraq. That night Lucas comes over to Peyton's to tell her that it is finally over between him and Brooke. She immediately confesses that she's in love with him, to which Lucas just says "Oh." It's not until after winning the state finals that Lucas realizes that it is Peyton he wants and the two start dating, officially this time. Lucas has a heart attack that same night and almost dies, causing Peyton to fear that she will lose him like everyone else and get distant. However, she and Lucas soon resolve this and decide to just be happy.

They decide to go all the way during a party in the room where Peyton first rejected Lucas in Season One, but they are interrupted when Peyton hears everyone cat-calling at what she thinks is a sex tape of her and Nathan. When Lucas and Peyton rush out to put an end to the tape, they, and everyone else, discover that it is in fact, of Nathan and Brooke. Peyton is enraged at Brooke and punches her, giving Brooke a black eye. Later, while at home, she yells at Brooke (who had come to egg her house) that she didn't ruin their friendship. Brooke ruined it a long time ago. Following this, Peyton decides to skip prom, but gets convinced not to do so by Nathan. As she walks to her door to answer it (thinking it's Lucas) the man behind the door turns around and it's actually her stalker, Psycho Derek. He ties her up in his basement and proceeds to make a mock prom for them. Brooke arrives, knowing that Peyton would never skip prom. Psycho Derek tries to kill Brooke, but Peyton pretends to want to do it. Instead, she stabs "him". Together, they then defeat him and he ends up in jail. She begins having visions of him and visits him in jail and discovers he was stalking her because she looked like his dead girlfriend. Telling him they both forgive him, she tells him to never come back to her. She then lives together with Brooke, with whom she has made up with. After making sure with Lucas, she decides to take an internship in L.A. and thus spent the whole summer with Brooke.

Missing years

One year after Season 4, Peyton is surprised by Lucas who comes to LA to propose. Feeling it is too soon, she says "someday", unknowingly setting their breakup in motion.One Tree Hill Episode 5.05 I Forgot to Remember to Forget] One year later, Lucas's novel becomes a best seller and he is scheduled to have a book signing in L.A. Having missed her, he calls her and invites her to come to the signing. Peyton comes, but witnesses Lindsey giving Lucas a congratulatory kiss, assumes that Lindsey and Lucas are in a relationship, and leaves thinking there is no hope for her and Lucas to be together. Lucas thought Peyton didn't bother to come, and consequently went on his first date with Lindsey the same night and began dating her, despite his feelings for Peyton.One Tree Hill Episode 5.01 Four Years Six Months and Two Days]

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Peyton works as the assistant to the assistant, as her boss likes to reminds her. Unable to make it in the music business and fearing to lose her integrity, she decides to quit and goes back to Tree Hill with her old best friend, Brooke Davis,One Tree Hill Episode 5.03 My way home is through you] but things get rocky and Haley convinces her to fire him and keep Mia, the keyboard player, as she is the true heart of the group. She also struggles with her feelings towards Lucas, especially since his girlfriend tries to be nice to herOne Tree Hill Episode 5.04 It's alright Ma I'm only bleeding] but soon antagonizes her after visiting her old house and remembering how she thought she'd always be with Lucas. This then escalates into a fight with him as he confronts her about not being the same Peyton he used to know but she retorts that he gave up on the two of them.One Tree Hill Episode 5.06 Don't Dream it's Over] She then realizes herself and reveals to Lucas that she came back to Tree Hill for him and that she still loves him. She kisses him, and he kisses back but when she goes by his house, she finds out he has just proposed to Lindsey.One Tree Hill Episode 5.07 In Da Club] After the initial shock, she tells him that if it is what he wants, she will bury her romantic feelings for him [One Tree Hill Episode 5.08 Please Please Please Let me Get What I Want] but winds up lashing out at Lindsey when Lindsey pushes her buttons as they are stuck in Tree Hill High's library. Peyton regrets her hostile remarks toward Lindsey when she discovers Lindsey's dad died from cancer, which prompts the two to start from a clean slate regarding their interaction. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.09 For Tonight You're Only Here to Know]

Peyton tricks her former boss into helping her launch Mia under her label. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.10] She goes to Lucas's bachelor party with Chase (Brooke's former boyfriend) to seem like she is over Lucas. Chase and Peyton kiss to make Lucas and Brooke jealous after they catch them watching. [One Tree Hill episode 5x11 You're Gonna Need Someone on Your Side] On Lucas and Lindsey's wedding day, Peyton puts on a brave face while watching her true love say "I do" to another woman (Lindsey). Although the wedding ends up falling apart, she still is hurt because Lucas went through with his wedding vows. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.12 Hundred] After apologizing to him, [One Tree Hill Episode 5.14 What do you Go Home to?] she focuses on making Haley's new album and helping Brooke with baby Angie. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.15 Life is Short] Feeling guilty, she tries to have Lindsey reconcile with Lucas, but Lindsey tells her to read his book. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.16 Crying Won't Help You Now] One night, Peyton finds Lucas drunk at a bar and gets him home, where he utters that he hates her. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.17 Hate is Safer Than Love] Distraught, she starts to spend her time throwing water balloons on people as a form of therapy and later paints "Love song" from the Cure on the River Court to tell Lucas that she will always be in love with him, after which he apologizes for saying that he hates her. During this time, Peyton also gets word from Mia about a man who claims to have known her biological mother Ellie. From what is given, this man could possibly be her biological father. [One Tree Hill Episode 5.18 What Comes After the Blue] In the season finale, Lucas calls someone asking that someone if she wants to get married at Las Vegas - the someone could be Lindsey, Peyton or Brooke.

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In the season premiere, it is discovered that the person whom Lucas calls is Peyton. She goes to the airport and they hop on a plane to Vegas to get married. Once they get there, the chapel is too trashy, so they do not get married. Instead, they drive to L.A. and Lucas proposes to her in the same hotel room he did years before. [One Tree Hill Episode 601 Touch Me, I'm Going To Scream Part 1.] The two are still in L.A. during Brooke's attack. After Brooke calls Peyton and sounds weird, Lucas and Peyton decide to head back to Tree Hill and have the wedding there instead. Peyton sees Brooke beaten up, but Brooke lies and says she fell down the stairs, and Peyton believes her, not knowing that her friend was attacked. [One Tree Hill Episode 602 One Million Billionth Of A Millisecond On A Sunday Morning.] After finding out about Quentin's death, she goes to see Brooke at her store and Brooke, throwing clothes out of her store, begins yelling at Peyton and asks for her house key back in order to feel safe in her home. She later apologizes for this. Peyton also comforts Lucas after Q's death and tells him the wedding can wait until everything is back to normal. [One Tree Hill Episode 603 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.]

Peyton meets a famous musician named Mick Wolf, who used to know Ellie. He is the one who asked Mia about Peyton during the tour. He keeps dodging around the subject of Peyton's real father, but says a little more about him each time Peyton brings him up. [One Tree Hill Episode 604 Bridge Over Troubled Water] Peyton continues to get to know Mick and continues to ask about her real father. Then, something inside her snapped when she asks him why her parents gave her up and he replies, "We... I mean us, all had a tough decision." Mick accidentally let the truth slip out, and suddenly Peyton realized this is her father. She invited him over for a nice dinner together but instead of showing up, he went and got drunk at a bar after being sober for a year. She and Lucas have also set a date for their wedding, which causes conflict between Lucas and Lindsey with regards to the book tour for Luke's new book, The Comet. [One Tree Hill Episode 605 You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It Fly.]

ee also

* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/One_Tree_Hill Quotes]

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/peytonsawyer Peyton's MySpace page]
* [http://peytonspodcast1.blogspot.com Peyton's podcast]
* [http://www.punkndisorderly.com Peyton's website]