A/N: Ahhh! Guys I finally got a new computer and I am seriously so excited so I could pretty much type a novel. Downside… I lost all my work that I had started… or not finished. So I am going to start with a clean slate. Please bare with me through this transition but I cannot begin to explain how happy I am right now. I went from a chromebook to a macbook air and I am just so excited. Please enjoy whatever comes out of my brain in this new story. I have no clue what it's going to be yet. I'm just going to write and see what happens. But it is LEYTON!

Plot Line: I have no idea… I'm just writing. I don't know if it's a chapter fic or not. Also have no clue if it will follow the show, probably not, I don't know. I own NOTHING : ) except my own original characters… if there are any.

Peyton took a deep breath and looked out the window. "I don't want to be here." She sighed.

"I understand that but you don't have a choice." Brooke glanced over at Peyton.

"But why?" Peyton was frustrated and tired. All she really wanted to do was go home and crawl into bed.

"Because it's Haley's birthday and you are not missing another one." Brooke stated and continued down the street toward Haley and Nathan's.

"Whatever." Peyton groaned and pulled out her phone.

It had been 3 years since Peyton had been in Tree Hill. It was for good reasons too. After her internship she had decided to stay in LA. She didn't want to come home and be around Lucas so she stayed. She got a small studio apartment and made a life for herself. She had made it a mission to not ask about things in Tree Hill. Brooke had spent most of the last 3 years trying to get Peyton home and it only worked this time because Peyton had run out of excuses. That's how they got to where they are now. A block away from their past.

"Why do you have to be so difficult Peyton?" Brooke groaned. "It's important to Haley that you are here and it's important to Jamie because he hasn't seen his aunt Peyton in 3 years."

Peyton chose to ignore Brooke. It had become easier to do over the years. Peyton sighed and climbed out of the car as soon as Brooke put it into park.

"Peyton!" Brooke hollered.

"What?" Peyton asked, slightly irritated.

"Put on a smile and pretend like you want to be here. Okay?" Brooke put her hands on her hips waiting for Peyton to reply to her.

"Fine." Peyton threw her hands up. "As you wish." She gave Brooke a look and made her way to the door with Brooke close on her heels.

Brooke eagerly knocked on the door. Haley swung open the door and screamed when she saw Peyton and Brooke.

Brooke threw her arms around Haley and Peyton stood on the side watching. Sure she had missed Haley but she liked the peace and quiet of her apartment in LA and the fact that there was no drama there.

Haley turned to Peyton and smiled and Peyton knew she had to return the smile and give Haley a hug or she would never hear the end of it from Brooke. She obliged and did just that.

"Hales." Peyton smiled. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too! It's been a long time." Haley pulled out of the hug and then led the women into the kitchen where the whole gang had gathered to celebrate Haley's birthday.

Skills was the only person in the kitchen that wasn't going to grill her with questions. She chose to grab a glass of wine and sit at the island with him.

Moments later Lucas and Lindsey walked into the kitchen. Lucas quickly noticed the blonde that was sitting next to skills. He could recognize those legs anywhere. Lindsey followed Lucas' eyes and was confused as to who the girl was that had taken her fiance's attention away from her.

Haley quickly intervened and took Lucas' attention off of Peyton and on to herself. "Hey Luke!"

"Hey Hales. Happy birthday!" Lucas greeted his best friend. He was trying very hard to maintain eye contact with Haley during the duration of their conversation. All he wanted to do was ask why Peyton was there.

Peyton didn't even flinch at the sound of his voice talking to Haley. She continued her conversation with Skills as if nothing had even changed in the room.

Brooke watched Peyton and had expected some kind of reaction when Lucas came into the room but she saw nothing. Peyton didn't move a muscle.

Brooke wasn't the only one to notice. The whole room had been waiting to see what would happen between the two for 3 years. Nathan, Haley, Skills, Fergie, Mouth, and Junk had at least expected something to happen. Anything. They witnessed nothing.

Peyton was all but screaming on her insides. She hadn't wanted to come and see him happy. She didn't want to see that he had moved on. No one had known what happen between them and that's how Peyton planned on keeping it. All she had to do was avoid looking Lucas in the eyes and she would be fine. She could do this. She continued to give herself a mental pep talk while still maintaining the conversation with skills and now mouth.

"So Peyton, when are you going to move back?" Mouth asked. He was hoping Peyton didn't slap him or something for the question.

"I'm not. I plan on staying in LA." Peyton said nonchalantly.

"Why not?" Mouth knew he was pushing it on the questions. Skills knew it too but he wanted to know the answer also. He just wasn't willing to take the beat down that Peyton would give them.

"I have a job in LA and I don't want to leave that behind. I don't have a career here." Peyton said taking a slip of her wine. She was going to need a whole bottle by the end of this conversation.

In that moment Brooke interjected. "I told Peyton she should open a recording studio here and have her own label." Peyton had shot down this idea every time Brooke even tried to bring it up.

Everyone's eyes were on Peyton know. Especially Lindsey's she wanted to know if her fiance's ex girlfriend would be moving back. The ex that he wrote an entire book about.

Peyton could feel all the eyes on her. "And I tell you every time that I do not have money for that."

"I want to invest in it." Brooke stated.

"I don't want to owe you anything." Peyton sighed. "I like my job."

"Well will you at least think about it?" Haley asked.

Lucas could feel his heart beating really fast. He loved Lindsey and Peyton moving home could mess everything up. They had finally moved past everything by not being around each other. Peyton moving back could cause more trouble than help anything.

"I'll think about it…" Peyton trailed off and grabbed the bottle of wine off the counter and left the room.

"Someone needs to talk to her." Brooke said. "She doesn't listen to me anymore."

"I'll do it."

Everyone turned their heads in shock.

"What?" Lindsey questioned. She could feel her blood boiling.

"I'll go talk to her." Lucas turned and followed after Peyton.

Lindsey watched as her fiancé followed after his ex girlfriend.