Bless The Broken Road Chapter 1: Haley Peyton Brooke, an one tree hill fanfic

Bless This Broken Road

Part 3 of One Tree Hill The Road Series

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Part 1 Persistence of Time

(Lucas Writing in Italics)

Paracelsus wrote that, "Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design?"

Chapter 1 Haley Peyton Brooke

March Almost Four Years Later

(Song Lyrics in Italics)

It was quiet in the studio, and the three women went about what they were doing with a simple ease, with the environment, each other, and the task at hand. Even the aggressive red color of the walls did seem to bother them. There were a few things that seemed to break the silence in the sounds of music in the room, and the sounds of the photo quality printer on the desk.

"Thank God for digital photos", Haley said as she walked away from the desk carrying another stack of pictures, on photo quality paper. She dropped them in front of a blonde and a brunette who were huddling over several open scrapbooks, and with scissors.

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
How did our eyes get so red
And what the hell is on Joey's head

And this is where I grew up
I think the present owner fixed it up
I never knew we'd ever went without
The second floor is hard for sneaking out

"Yeah, considering I have to do four of these things," Brooke, the brunette, said.

The blonde laughed and looked at the books and then over to the pulled out bed, where three three-year olds were sleeping. They were the three youngest, all daughters, of these three friends were sleeping. There was Brooke's daughter Kendall, Haley's daughter Lydia or LK, and her daughter Sawyer.

"What's wrong, Peyton?" Brooke asked the blonde.

"Just thinking of things," she said.

"What things?" Haley said as she sat down, and took up her cup of coffee.

"Just how so much has changed," she said, and looked at a picture of a young couple in formal attire.

"Well, things have changed," Brooke said.

Peyton nodded, and moved a picture, "Yeah, I raised a son and three daughters, and still have one to raise," she said, "Did you ever find out what happened between Keith and Izzy?"

Brooke shook her head, "No nothing, she was very quiet about it," Brooke said, "How did things go with Lucas?"

And this is where I went to school
Most of the time had better things to do
Criminal record says I broke in twice
I must have done it half a dozen times

I wonder if it's too late
Should I go back and try to graduate
Life's better now than it was back then
If I was them I wouldn't let me in

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I

Peyton shrugged, "Good, bad, indifferent, it was rough what we went through with Candi and Lindsay," Peyton shrugged, "I was really surprised how handy she was to have around, with Ellie getting sick and Sawyer."

"Have you talked with my nieces and nephew?" Haley asked.

Peyton shrugged, "Kay has been busy, they are in the Big East Championship, and probably will be a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament. Candi is doing well and Duke will be heading towards the NCAA, and, well, Keith is doing good, they should be playing and he's dating a really nice girl," she said and looked down at the pictures, "Remember when this picture was taken?"

Brooke nodded, "Their junior year, the formal," she replied.

"They looked so happy then," Haley said.

Brooke nodded, "So when do you have to leave for Raleigh?" she asked looking at Haley.

"Soon, since James and Ashlyn are both are going on the road, so I'll be watching Brett," Haley said.

Peyton nodded, "Hard to believe that she was able to hide it from the town," she said.

"It is amazing," Brooke said, and looked at her one books, and shrugged, "Do you think the kids will like these things?"

Haley looked at Brooke, "Your girls love you so much that they'd love them," she said.

Brooke nodded, "Yeah, I understand", she said.

Every memory of looking out the back door
I had the photo album spread out on my bedroom floor
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.
Every memory of walking out the front door
I found the photo of the friend that I was looking for
It's hard to say it, time to say it
Goodbye, goodbye.

Peyton stood up and grabbed her mug. She walked over to the bed and looked at the three sleeping girls. Brooke walked over and placed her arms around her.

"They're so beautiful, aren't they?" Peyton asked.

"Yes, they are," Brooke said, "I can't imagine ever not having her."

"I almost lost one of my babies," Peyton said.

Brooke nodded and rubbed Peyton's shoulders, "I know, it's scary, I almost lost one of mine."

Peyton nodded, "I just don't want to leave her, especially with the others out of the house. With Ellie getting sick like that, Brooke, I'm scared."

Brooke nodded. Haley walked up, "Peyton, how's the label doing?"

Peyton nodded, "Brian should be home from tour soon, but I'm going to need to find another act".

Haley nodded, and looked over and smiled, "There's my best friend."

"Hey girls", Lucas said, holding several pizzas, "I brought some pizzas", he said.

Peyton smiled, "Good, and how was practice?" she asked.

He put the pizzas down at a nearby table, shrugged, rolled his eyes.

"That bad?" Peyton asked.

Remember the old arcade
Blew every dollar that we ever made
The cops hated us hangin' out
They say somebody went and burned it down

We used to listen to the radio
And sing along with every song we know
We said someday we'd find out how it feels
To sing to more than just the steering wheel

Lucas nodded, and took his wife of twenty-one years in his arms. She laughed, ignoring their two friend's snorts and whines. He kissed her and looked deep into her eyes.

"If we didn't have Willa, we'd not have a win, and they can't seem to win," he said, "But I really don't want to talk about practice anymore."

"Oh it was really that bad," she said.

Kim's the first girl I kissed
I was so nervous that I nearly missed
She's had a couple of kids since then
I haven't seen her since god knows when

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, god, I

He nodded, "Yeah," he said, and then kissed her on her forehead. He then turned to look at the three sleeping girls on the coach bed. He looked at the blonde hair girl, and smiled. He loved all his five children, but each held a special place in his heart. Sawyer, the baby, always made him smile, and well it was a compotation on who spoiled her more, him, or his wife.

Peyton smiled, and loved how her husband's face would light up when ever he saw their daughter. Finally he led him over to the table where Brooke and Haley were still working. He hugged and kissed each woman. He looked down at the scrap books they were making. He focused on a picture of his son and one of Brooke's daughters, it was after he won the state championship his junior year.

I miss that town
I miss the faces
You can't erase
You can't replace it
I miss it now
I can't believe it
So hard to stay
Too hard to leave it

If I could I relive those days
I know the one thing that would never change

"That is a good picture of them," Brooke said, with her usual husky voice.

He nodded, "Yeah, that was an amazing weekend."

"Do you know what happened between them?" Brooke asked.

"Does Peyton know?" Lucas asked.

Brooke shook her head, "No."

"Then there would be an answer. Because everything I know, she knows," he said, and looked at the pictures, this time it was a high school graduation photo, of the group of friends, "Honestly, I wish I knew too," he finally said, "Well, dinner's here."

Brooke nodded, "And Luke, thanks for allowing me to rent the space," she said.

He nodded, "Well, I owned it and it's empty, no one better than you to rent it."

She smiled and they all headed to where the pizzas were spread out.

Look at this photograph
Every time I do it makes me laugh
Every time I do it makes me...