Beating The Odds
One Tree Hill A.U.
Prologue: Setting The Stage
Okay before I start the actual fic how about a little backstory just to set the stage. It's season one . . . just different. Jake and Peyton are siblings and they're very close. When Larry and Anna Sawyer adopted Peyton from Ellie, they soon after found out the were pregnant with a baby boy they name Jake. Peyton also has an older half brother named Derek on her real father's side who moved to Tree Hill with his mom when Peyton was 4. She saw Derek a lot growing up . . . since they were 6 years apart he made it his job to take care of his little sister and her other brother. Anna died when Peyton was 8 and Jake almost 7. After Anna died, Larry worked all the time leaving Peyton and Jake to fend for themselves.
Early in high school Peyton began dating Ian Banks . . . a junior to her sophomore. It was a very abusive relationship and Peyton's brothers and best friends Brooke Davis and Nathan Scott tried to get her to end it. When Peyton told Ian she was pregnant, Ian took off. Not long after, Ian's older college sister Nikki mysteriously took off as well. A few months later . . . Jenny Sawyer was born. Peyton didn't tell but a select few that she had a baby and only her circle of friends and family knew. Not long after Jenny was born, Peyton started dating Nathan. He was a good guy . . . but they were just better as friends and shortly after broke up. Now Nathan and Brooke are dating—with Peyton's blessing. At the beginning of summer after Peyton's sophomore year, Derek (now 22) recently went off to war in Iraq.
With everything that's happened to her, Peyton closed herself off from the world . . . only letting in those closest to her. She's long since stopped believing in the good things and constantly worries about the future. Her only release is the drawings she's constantly producing . . . most of them featuring Jenny.
Everything else is pretty much the same. Dan chose Deb and Nathan, leaving Karen to raise Lucas alone. Keith is the father Lucas never had. Deb's always working. Nathan and Lucas grew up in two different houses . . . but Nathan was pressured by Dan to treat Lucas as the enemy even though he wanted to have a brotherly relationship with the blonde Scott. Lucas quit basketball young because it was hurting his mother. Lucas has always had a crush on Peyton . . . but he doesn't know about Jenny. Lucas, Haley, Skills, Mouth, Jimmy, Junk, and Fergie are their own little group.
Currently Jenny's six months old and Peyton hasn't heard from Ian since she told him she was pregnant. Jake has taken a huge role in helping his older sister with Jenny. Summer's over and it's the beginning of junior year. Everything's fairly quiet . . . until Lucas joins the Ravens and everyone's lives kalaidescope . . .
People return, drama ensues, love blossoms, tragedy strikes, kids grow up, parents interfere, and the town of Tree Hill will never be the same . . .
To Be Continued . . .