FOREVERMORE

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not now or will ever own One Tree Hill or its characters

Lucas Scott moved to Charleston with Keith. Dan Died in the dealership fire and Karen moves to Charleston to be with Lucas and Keith after Dan dies.

Three months after Karen's arrival she and Keith get married and Keith adopts Lucas they forge a new life for themselves. Lucas still keeps in touch with Nathan and Haley, and he is still in love with Peyton. He hasn't spoken to her since he left in junior year and he feels like an idiot because she thinks people always leave, and he was supposed to help her realise that it's not always true, but he left and he hasn't seen her since junior year.

Lucas tries not to think about her too much because he left her and he broke her friendship with Brooke and he feels terrible about it but he couldn't help himself, he just had to be with her. He just didn't think that it would all fall to pieces. He normally doesn't think about the big mess he has made for himself but today he was reminded.

Lucas Scott is leaving for college in an hour and he was packing up his bedroom and the car. Everything was ready to go so he went back up to his bedroom just to make sure he has everything he needed and that's when he remembers a certain box hidden at the back of his wardrobe. He digs through what is left of his wardrobe and he pulls out an old shoe box. He slowly goes to sit back on his bed and opens the box that is filled with everything Peyton. It's his little guilty pleasure the box that holds photos of the girl who stole his heart when he 12.

His bedroom door opens and Keith walks in "you good to go Luke?" "Ah... yeah dad I guess I am" "you're taking your Peyton box with you right" Lucas lets out a laugh and says "you knew about this box?" "I'm your father, of course I knew. Lucas if it's meant to be then God will make it happen, look at your mother and me it only took 17 years." Lucas and Keith both laugh at that and then they hear Karen from the door way "But Lucas don't wait 17 years for your heart to be whole again" Karen then joins her boys on the bed with her baby monitor in one hand "is Lilly down for her nap?" Lucas asks about his two year old sister "Yes but she wants to see Lukey off before he leaves so we have to wake her" Karen replies in a teasing voice. "Come on boys let's go down and eat."

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Peyton has had a rough few years the boy she loves left, her friendship with Brooke was destroyed and half rebuilt, she found out she was adopted, and just as she was getting to know her birth mum she dies- 'People always leave right.' Her dad hasn't been home in 5 months and she has the worst hang over ever today, she went out with Brooke to celebrate their last day before they leave for college the only problem was Brooke went off with some guy not ten minutes after arriving and left Peyton on her own so she drank, and drank, and drank, and when she was done drinking she danced. The big problem was she woke up with a killer hangover, and in the bed of some guy she had never met. Her first thought of the day 'God I hate Brooke'.

So after lots and lots of coffee and some Panadol she was packing up her car with Nathan and Haley because today she is leaving for college she is going to UNC and Nathan, Haley and their baby James are going to Duke. They have packed her car up and they decide to order some pizza before they leave. "So bad night?" Nathan asks Peyton who has her head in her hands "yeah well Brookes idea for a fun girls night out is blowing me off after ten minutes to make it with some guy" "so let me guess" Nathan says "you drank and drank and drank" "and I slept with some random guy." Haley and Nathan laugh at her "why does it have to be so hard? I swear nothing has been the same, we were doing so good and then when she asks me why I haven't had a boy friend and I have to open my big mouth and tell her the damn truth, then everything gets weird and she turns into a total bitch and treats me like crap."

"Look at it this way Peyt" Haley says "you're going to UNC, and she is going to New York, you won't have to see her or put up with her treating you like crap."

They are quiet for a while and Peyton can see the looks that Nathan and Haley are sharing "ok guys, what do you need to tell me?" "What are you talking about Peyton?" "Haley don't give me that look" Nathan then jumps in "ok Peyt I'm telling you this because I don't want you to be blind sighted but, um... Lucas is going to UNC as well," "but we didn't tell him you were going" Haley quickly adds in.

Peyton's quiet for a while, she has a piece of pizza in her hands and she is just staring at it. Haley and Nathan look at each other with worried glances "Peyton" Haley whispers. Peyton then looks up with a slight smile on her face "its ok guys, it would be really good to see him again, I really do miss him. That's why your helping me move in isn't it, you want to see Lucas and show him his nephew?" Peyton then asks "yeah we are, will you come with us?" Nathan asks "yeah" Peyton says, "it will be really nice to see him again."

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Lucas is standing out the front of his house with Lilly in his arms "ok baby girl, I have to go now but I need you to be really, really good for mum and dad, because I am not going to be here to help them out so you need to be extra good, and I will come home as often as I can to see you and don't forget you can see me on web cam just ask mummy or daddy ok baby girl" "Lukey lub you mwaa" she then throws her arms around her brothers neck and places a sloppy kiss to his check. Lucas lets out a laugh at his sisters shenanigans and then notices the camera in his mother's hand.

"Alright guys I think it's time for me to go..." "Hey Lucas" Keith says, "how would you feel if your mother, Lilly and myself moved back to tree hill?" Lucas lets a smile grace his face and says "I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet." Karen then pulls her two children into a hug and lets him go after taking Lilly form his hands, he then goes to hug his father "I love you dad- and thanks for everything" Keith has tears in his eyes as he pulls away from his son. He then goes back to his mum and pulls her teary eyed figure into another hug "I'm so Proud of the man you've become Lucas Scott" Lucas then walks away from his family, climbs into his car, and drives off to start the new chapter of his Life. It takes Lucas 5 hrs

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"Hey Peyton, are you ready to go yet" Nathan asks Peyton who has just picked up the phone, "Yeah Nate, can you just give me a minute I'm just trying to call my dad" the phone is ringing, and ringing and to her luck just as she thinks her father is about to answer the phone the answering machine comes on "you've reached Larry Sawyer, I'm not in at the moment but I will call you back when I get in" with an annoyed sigh Peyton speaks into the phone "Hi Dad it's me, Peyton again. I've been trying to call you all week- I just wanted to let you know I'm leaving for college today so if you need me or care try calling my cell. Buy" with a frown on her face Peyton hangs up the phone and walks out the front door.

"You ready to head off now Peyt?" Haley asks, "Yeah lets go, I will follow you guys" with that Peyton hugs her two best friends and jumps into the car behind them and they drive off to UNC where Nathan and Haley will leave Peyton and take their 30 minuet drive to Duke.

They travelled for around two hours before they took a break for Lunch- Jamie woke up and needed to be tended too. They got back onto the road, and made it to UNC in an extra hour.

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Dan had died when his dealership went on fire; they were never able to figure out exactly what happened to make the dealership burn down. They did find a cigar in Dan's lap, and also an empty bottle of scotch. They believed that he fell asleep, tipped the scotch on his lap, and his cigar fell out of his mouth and reacted with the alcohol and lit him and his dealership on fire.

Surprisingly to everyone, especially Lucas, Dan left his eldest Son $25500. Apparently he was putting $1500 every year for Lucas's birthday for all 17 years of his life in an account, Dan was planning to give Lucas the bank account details on his 18th birthday, but considering the circumstances Lucas has already received the bank details, now he is just trying to figure out what he wants to do with the money.

Dan Left Nathan and Haley the remains of the dealership, his beach house and his entire savings account. Nathan and Haley were pretty much set financially, but it didn't mean that they weren't going to accomplish anything for themselves. Nathan was becoming a Duke Blue Devil and hopefully one day play in the NBA. He is also studying Business so he has something to fall back on if his dreams don't come true. Haley is studying teaching- she wants to be a high school English teacher. The money that they got from Dan will help them because not only will they not have to work whilst they study they will also be able to give their son James Lucas Scott whatever he needs including day care when Nathan and Haley are both in class. As for the dealership... they decided to sell it to someone who always dreamed that they would own a dealership- to someone who would make the dealership better and won't be in it for the money alone. They sold the dealership the Keith and Karen Scott.

The group made it to UNC by 2pm and they found Peyton's off campus apartment which her father was paying for and they started to unload her bags, and move her into her new home for the next 4 years. After about an hour of moving the girls, and Jamie are in the apartment unpacking and Nathan is on his way back down to the car, to make sure he hasn't missed anything.

He has his head stuck in the boot of Peyton's car when his phone starts to ring "hello?" Nathan asks "hay Nate how are you?" "Oh Luke I'm good, where are you man?" "I'm just about to pull up to my apartment block so could you and Haley come by and help me move in?" "Yeah Luke about that do you mind if..." Nathan is cut off by a horn beeping behind him, he turns around and he sees Lucas getting out of his car "Nate how'd you know where I was living?" "Hey Nate you almost done?" asks Peyton as she is walking out of the building, her head is down as she is reading a course guide so she doesn't notice Lucas standing there with boxes in his hand. "Peyton..." Lucas says with disbelief in his voice, he can't believe she is here, the girl he can't get out of his head. "Oh, hi Luke, what are you doing here?" "um... I'm going to UNC and I'm moving into this apartment complex; Peyton it's really good to see you again" Lucas says as he approaches her and pulls her into a hug Peyton smiles when she has been released and says "Yeah Luke, you're a great friend, it going to be good to have you back. Now what level are you on?"

FREIND, FREIND I spend the last ten years pining over this girl and apparently I'm a GREAT FREIND "ah Luke?" "Sorry I'm on level 4" "that's cool me too, I guess we'll be neighbours. "Yeah" Lucas mutters as Peyton grabs one of Lucas's boxes and heads upstairs. Nathan can see the disappointment written on Luke's face, so he pats him on the shoulder and says "You've got to walk before you can run Luke. Remember you left proving her theory right, It might take a whole for her to trust you again." Nathan then walks off and Lucas stops him "Hey Nate, when did you get so smart?" "When I married my tutor" Is Nathans quick reply followed by "hurry up Luke, my wife really missed you and you also need to meet you nephew/ godson" Nathan says with a smirk in his face, knowing full well that Lucas didn't know he was Jamie's Godfather. Lucas then runs to catch up with Nathan and says "what, really?" Nathan starts laughing and continues walking "come on big brother."

Lucas barley walks through Peyton's front door when he is pushed to the ground by one Haley James Scott. Wow Hale's you haven't seen me in two years, and the first time you do, you try to kill me." Haley slaps Lucas's shoulder and pulls him in for another hug, "I've missed you Lucas," "I've missed you to buddy. Now where is this alleged Godson of mine?" Lucas asks Haley who is still in his arms.

"Well I'm holding my Godson" Peyton replies "but I'm not sure who you're talking about" she continues with a teasing voice. "Ha, ha, ha" Lucas says, and then pokes his tongue out immaturely at Peyton who then pokes her tongue out at Lucas in return. Haley then puts on her 'mother' voice and says "if you two can't behave yourselves then neither of you get to be godparents" "she started it" Lucas then mutters and everyone including Haley starts laughing at that.

After they all helped move Lucas into his apartment, they all sat in Peyton's lounge room and ate Pizza and talked about what happened in the time Lucas was away from his brother, best friend/ sister in law, and the girl he loves so much but doesn't even know it.

Hi everyone thanks for all your reviews- I just wanted combine chapters 1 and 2 and combine, so let me know if you want me to continue with this story or not, and also if you have any ideas I would really appreciate them, basically anything can happen. Keep up the reviews xx