Disclaimer: Don't own either, One Tree Hill or Gilmore Girls

A/N: Ok, so this story is a crossover between OTH and GG. It's more OTH, but different characters from GG will make appearances. Basically, we're in Tree Hill, and it's after Season 2 of both OTH and GG (let's pretend that they happened at the same time). Anyway, Tristan and Lucas are cousins in this story, I'll explain the connection later in the story, so bear with me. Anyway, enough of me rambling, happy reading...

Chapter 1: Just You and Me

'Looks like it's just you and me this summer,' Peyton finally turned to look at the boy sitting beside her, and she nodded sadly, then reached out and hugged him. He held her for what seemed like hours, but in reality was only a few short minutes, before she shivered from the cold. He pulled back and looked down at her.

'Peyt, what's wrong?' She pulled away from him slightly, and hung her head; Lucas recognised the move immediately, it was a classic Peyton Sawyer evasive move. 'Come on, let's get you home.' He was surprised when she shook her head, and even more surprised by her words.

'No... I can't be there alone.' She looked up at him, and despite his attempts to look away, he couldn't. 'Will you stay with me?' she asked after a minute of silence.

He wanted to say that wouldn't be a good idea, but he saw the fear in her eyes, so he nodded, and stood, helping her up.

'Alright, let's just stop off at my place first, ok? I gotta talk to my mum, and I'll grab some clothes, I can spend the night.' The smile she gave him tugged on his heart, and not for the first time, he wondered if he'd made a mistake earlier, with Brooke. But he pushed those thoughts out of his head; he'd been down that road before, and it only ended hurting everyone involved. They headed off the beach, and he drove them back to his place in her car.

They pulled up to his house, and they walked up to the side door. He was confused when he hear talking coming from the other side of door.

'Who's your mum with?' Peyton asked, and he shrugged.

'Dunno. Guess we'll find out.' He opened the door, and they walked into the kitchen, and Peyton was shocked to see Karen laughing with a boy their age, who looked almost identical to Lucas. Peyton stood in the doorway, watching as Karen and the boy looked up at them, and saw the grin on the boy's face, and watched as he stood.

'Tristan!' Lucas exclaimed, and made his way towards the other boy, and they embraced quickly, patting each other's backs.

'Lucas, how are you?' Tristan asked.

'I'm good, how are you? I heard about Military School, what was that about?' Tristan laughed, and shook his head.



'That is a long story man.'

'Ok, let's start with what you're doing here then.'

'That's relatively easy. Since the military school is here in North Carolina, and my parents aren't all that happy with me still, I asked if I could come spend the summer with my favourite cousin.' He ended with a quick grin, and once again Peyton saw the resemblance between the two. It was actually scary.

'So you're staying here for the summer? This summer just got interesting.' Peyton hit his arm, and glared at him playfully.

'Hey, are you saying a summer with me wasn't going to be interesting?' she demanded, and Lucas laughed.

'Never, of course. But now there's three, and Tristan can usually make the most boring things interesting, unless of course you've lost your touch in Military School?' He asked, and got a raised eyebrow in response.

'Lost my touch? Not likely.'

'Oh, Lucas, that reminds me, Deb called earlier. Dan was in an accident, there was a fire at the dealership, but he's in recovery. And she told me that Nathan's not going to High Flyers anymore, oh and Haley's back.' Three people watched Lucas' face light up at the last piece of news, his eyes widened and his lips spread into a smile.

'Seriously? She's back? For good?'

'Haley James?' Lucas nodded, and Tristan looked confused. 'Where'd she go?'

'She was on tour with The Wreckers,' Peyton explained, 'it broke Nathan's heart, but she's back now. Actually, this summer really did just get interesting.'

'Who's Nathan and why'd she break his heart? And on tour? Are we talking about the same little bookworm Haley?'

'Yeah, one and the same. And Nathan Scott, my brother, also known as Haley's wife.' Now Peyton watched as Tristan's eyes bugged out.

'Haley's MARRIED?' he asked, clearly shocked.

'Yep, going on 4 months I think.'

'And to your brother – the one who treats you like shit?' he asked, trying to keep up.

'Yep, although he stopped treating me like that before the wedding. Although, it's a different story now...he's not all that pleased with me.'

'What?' now Peyton was the one who was confused. 'When did this happen?' she demanded.

'Uh, today. He found out I went to see Haley, and on top of the Dan stuff... well, he didn't take it too well. I'm just hoping that now Haley's back, he'll forgive me. I don't particularly want to go back to how it was.'

'Yeah, that pretty much sucked for you, right?' Peyton asked cheekily, and he stuck his tongue out, but before she could retort, the doorbell rang, and four heads turned towards it.

'Mum, are you expecting any other late night visitors?' Lucas asked and Karen shrugged. 'I'll get it,' he said, and he moved out of the kitchen towards the door.

He opened the door, and was met by a small brunette, whose bright blue eyes had been looking around her, until they snapped up to meet his, and then suddenly, she launched herself into his arms, and he stumbled from the force, his arms coming around her instinctively to keep her steady, and was confused until he heard her say 'Tristan!' Obviously, she thought he was his cousin, and he was about to point this fact out to her, when the others came into the room, and they heard Tristan's voice.

'Mary?'

A/N: Ok, there you go. So, should I keep going? Let me know!!