Its been two years since the last time she's been home, Skylar sighs as she drives her 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible through the dark streets of Tree Hill, she parks her car in front of the familiar café her mom owns and steps out. She smiles when she sees a familiar brunette sitting a table talking to a blonde.
"Hey stranger." Skylar says when she gets close enough
"Oh my god!" Haley yells before launching herself at the newcomer almost making the girl fall backwards "You're here! How are you here? I thought you were in New York? Oh does Lucas know?" she rambles making the blonde laugh
"Yes I'm here. I drove. I was. And no Lucas does not know." Skylar says as the two girls release each other from the hug "I figured I'd drive down and surprise mom for when she gets back." She says, she clears her throat when she notices the other girl at the table sitting there awkwardly. "Hey." Skylar says to which Peyton nods in a hello
"Oh Skye this is Peyton. Peyton this is Skylar. She's Lucas's sister." Haley says as she sits back down, Skylar sits in the open seat.
"Sister?" Peyton says shocked, Skylar smirks
"I take it he doesn't talk about me much…" she says, Peyton shakes her head no.
"So umm anyway…Peyton what did you need to talk to me about?" Haley asks, Peyton looks at Skylar nervously
"You know what I'm going to get some coffee and maybe something to eat" Skylar says standing up, knowing she's intruding. She flashes Peyton a sweet smile before walking into the kitchen.
When she comes out a few minutes later with a sandwich and a cup of coffee, Peyton's gone.
"Hey where's Peyton?" Skylar asks as she sits down
"Oh…she left." Haley says distractedly
"Everything okay?"
"Yeah. Yeah everything's fine." Skylar nods her head not going to push her friend
"So…tell me. What happened in Tree Hill since I've been gone."
"A lot…" Haley says with a chuckle, Skylar smirks as she takes a bite out of her sandwich and motions for her friend to continue "Okay so…Lucas joined the basketball team. Lucas has a girlfriend. And I have a boyfriend."
"Really?" Skylar asks with a raised eyebrow, Haley nods her head with a small blush "Haley James…who is it?"
"Its…okay promise you wont freak out?" Skylar nods "Its Nathan." Haley says making Skylar choke on her coffee
"As in…?"
"As in Nathan Scott." Haley says watching the blonde for her reaction "Please say something?" Haley says when the other girl doesn't respond.
"I mean…what do you want me to say Hales?" Skylar says looking at her seriously "I mean…this totally blind sided me…. congrats." she says with a smirk, Haley laughs in relief
"Jerk. Don't scare me like that." She says, playfully hitting her on the shoulder making the blonde laugh. "Enough about me…tell me about New York."
"Well…it was good, made some friends, passed my classes…." Skylar says as she tries not to think about what happened "But I think I'm going to stay in town nowadays…its just not the same you know?" Haley nods, the two girls spend the rest of the night talking about everything and nothing.
_TIME SKIP: _
Skylar quietly walks into her house and begins to tip toe over to the stairs
"Hey Lucas?" A familiar voice calls making Skylar freeze "Whose car is that-" Keith stops mid sentence when he sees that it isn't Lucas. "Skylar."
"Hey Keith." Skylar says with a small smile, Keith smiles before walking over an eloping her in a hug.
"What are you doing here?" He asks happily when they pull apart
"Figured I'd come home and surprise Mom when she gets back from her trip." She says as she follows Keith into the kitchen.
"She'd love to see you." Keith says as they sit down at the table "She misses you you know. We all do." He says making Skylar give him a small smile.
"yeah. I missed you guys to." Skylar says before changing the subject "So have you finally grown the courage to ask my mom out yet?"
"What?" Keith asks shocked, Skylar grins at him
"Please I've known you've been in love with Mom since I knew how to walk." She says easily, Keith stares the blonde girl across from him before letting out a chuckle as he shakes his head.
"You've been gone for two years and you still haven't changed. Still as curious and Perceptive as ever." He says "And as for me and your mom…she kissed me."
"She did!?" Skylar asks excitedly a grin taking up her whole face, Keith nods "When?"
"Before she left for the airport."
"Awe…I'm so happy for you guys." She says, Keith nods
"Now how was New York?" He asks, they both look up when they hear the door open to see Lucas standing there in surprise.
"Lucas!" Skylar yells before getting up and hugging her brother
"Skylar. What are you doing here?" he asks, Skylar rolls her eyes already tired of the question. She leads her twin brother back to the table where Keith is and tells them about her time in New York.