It was a few weeks before graduation and Peyton was happier than ever. In fact, she had been happy ever since she and Lucas finally got together. He was the only person in the world that could always make her happy. Now that she had him, it didn't seem like she needed anything else. Anything else except one thing that is. That was her dad. She couldn't stand him always being away. She had really started to not notice as much because she had Lucas, but now that graduation was a few weeks away, she was coming to the realization that this summer would be the last she could spend with her father. College was starting in the fall, and this was the last chance she would ever have to spend real time with him. Unfortunately, Peyton's father was set to go on a job in California for the entire summer, and possibly for good if it went well. She really wanted to tell him how she felt, and to ask him to stay, but she knew that his job was important to him, so she didn't. Peyton thought that her last chance to spend time with her father was gone, but little did she know that that would soon change.