Nothings bigger than love!

*Authors Note* So I was personally outraged that the seventh, eighth and ninth seasons of one tree hill didn't feature the Leyton family which I could have loved forever and ever and this disappointment mainly lead to me not being really able to get into the seventh and eighth season and not really connect to the characters of Clay and Quinn (Other than my initial love of them when I was unaware of the Leyton factor, when I had only just started watching the show and I wasn't madly in love with the relationship that was Lucas and Peyton's and I was watching season seven clips on youtube). But I realised in one of my mind boggling moments that it was kind of a blessing that they did get to leave as a family unit when they did, they both went through so much crap and they had finally reached this extatically happy zone where they were healthy with baby in tow, (And I know the show isnt real and that they arent real) It was kind of refreshing to think that their life was going to be toned down in the drama stakes. This story is going to be about The years between the time that they moved away from Tree Hill and when they returned in my stories under the title of Live on through. I have no affiliation to the show One Tree Hill this story Is purely something for my own pleasure and enjoyment and hopefully for the people that read it is the same. So please read it and review it with some feedback or ideas, Thanks!*

The car pulled up at the getty four hours away, it had been a long trip but now they were here with their small family unit looking on at the bright sun above them and the mass of ocean in front of them. This was the most scary and amazing time in their lives, neither of them had experienced anything like it, holding their baby girl in their arms had confirmed what they already knew this was going to be an amazingly difficult journey and he couldn't imagine doing it with anyone else. They knew that in Tree Hill they would be surronded by friends and family and a constant phone tree of help a text message away but they needed a break, They loved Tree Hill it was their home all the good moments were there but so were the incredibly bad and like always it was the bad memories that you remembered the clearest and first. They wanted to raise their girl in a less dramatic setting, in a relaxed and not constantly worried about what crazy Tree Hill circus was going to rock up next fashion, this didn't mean they didn't love Tree Hill or the people that they had met and loved that still lived there infact this was one of the hardest decisions they had ever had to make and at this current moment they knew it was a decision they had to make; move away from Tree Hill for a bit and move in with Andy, Karen and Lily.

Lucas quickly ran around the car in the direction of his wife's car door, she looked up at him smiling but he walked past her door and ran around the back of the car as Peyton's eyes followed him, he opened the roof of the comet and looked at his freshly woken baby girl, lifting her out with a massive grin on his face as his wife got out of the car and shut the door

"I see how it is" she said as he turned to her "There is a new favourite in town" Peyton giggled

"Well can you blame me" he said turning the little chubby cheeked girl around to her mama

"definetly not" she said leaning in and kissing every spot on the babies face that was exposed

"I don't get kissed like that anymore" Lucas pretended to sulk as Peyton smiled at him and got up on her tipytoes before kissing all over his face in the same way she had her daughters twenty seconds earlier.

"I don't think my granddaughter needs to see that" A voice behind them bellowed up the boardwalk, they turned to see Andy walking towards them with Lily quickly running up behind him, Lucas put Sawyer in Peyton's arms and braced himself for the impact of his not so little anymore sister. Lily jumped into his arms and Lucas span her around as she giggled uncontrollably, her step father not too far behind her with a massive grin on his face, he looked at Lucas as he put Lily on the ground and smiled "My turn my turn" with a chukle in his tone.

"I could try" Lucas said trying to detatch Lily from his legs with no luck whatsoever, Andy moved on to Peyton placing a kiss on her cheek and then turning his doteing attention to the curious baby girl who was looking up at him, Andy had officially met the baby girl yet, he had sent Karen off to get Lucas up on his feet as a father when Peyton was in a coma but he had stayed behind to watch over Lily and keep her as much out of the truth as he could until they actually knew something about how Peyton was, But Karen had come back with a beaming smile and about a hundred photos and videos of the precious new addition. He had asked her how it was possible for her to have that many photos in such a short amount of time of this one little baby and she had responded that she was pretty sure that she didn't sleep the whole trip anyway and that she would sneak into the little girls nursery and watch her sleep, and well take pictures of her. Peyton passed him the little girl and he literally cooed as Peyton smiled looking on. Much like anyone who had looked into those baby blues he was sucked into a dazey haze of instant adoration it was much like the feeling he got when he had held Lily for the first time, the eyes piercing into his soul with the intent of changing his life forever. Andy drew himself out of the haze and looked up at Peyton who was still smiling and Lucas who was running around after his little sister already, lets just say Lily had this ability to get any adult male to eat out of the palm of her hand within seconds.

"Your mum is going to kill me if I keep hogging you two" he said passing back the baby and helping Lucas get some of the bags out of the comet and lock it up, telling him that there was no point getting all the bags out just yet. They walked up the boardwalk together Lily now connected to Peyton's hand " I cant even describe how excited your mum is that you're all here and staying with us"

"Really?" Lucas asked as they continued to walk

"You just wait and see my man, I'm pretty sure that she cried when you called and said you were running late, she thought you were going to cancel on her, she has missed you you know Luke" As Andy finished they approached the boat and a scream was heard from inside the cabin before a pattering of heavy feet approached them. "Don't sink the boat Karen" Andy joked as he showed the Scott family onto the boat. Karen ran out, her hair swept up in a ponytale and an apron around her waist with a massive cheesy grin on her face hugging her son and then daughter in law as tightly as she could "I'm so glad you're here" she said before scooping her granddaughter out of Peyton's arms.

"Come on guys I will show you around the boat while your mum has her moment with Sawy" he said directing them to the upper half of the boat.

For a couple of weeks the plan was to not live on the boat, at night it was too rough and humid to get a good night sleep so Karen and Andy had hired a beach front property for them all to stay at until the weather had chilled out alittle bit, but in the daytime they would take little trips around the place with Peyton and Lucas always welcome to come. As the sun shone brightly throughout the day they all as a group sat out on the deck, Andy driving the boat, Karen and Lily fussing over baby Sawyer and Lucas and Peyton enjoying the family and the scenary that surronded them. As the day quickly approached the end of the beautiful bright sunlight they took Peyton and Lucas to the beach house, letting them unpack as the others took Lily down to the beach for a swim, Lucas followed soon after as Peyton waited for Sawyer to wake up from her nap.

When Sawyer finally did wake Peyton rugged her up and took her down the road to the beach, she walked across the road looking on as in the distance she could see a dark haired woman presumably her mother in law sitting on the sand wrapped in a blanket throwing her head back in laughter, Peyton smiled and then looked in the direction of Karen's head, she looked on and saw Lucas chasing Lily around on the beach with a ball in her hands, Lily threw the ball to Andy who was standing behind Lucas and Lucas quickly ran up and tackled his step father over, Peyton smiled knowing that not only was Lucas going to make the most amazing father but that this was actually a great decision for them, They needed this family at the moment it was as simple as that. Peyton walked stepped on the sand and leant down taking her shoes off before walking over to Karen and sitting down next to her, Karen was smitten with her granddaughter and was quickly holding her again, not that Peyton minded, she looked on as Karen entertained the little girl. Lily ran up to the girls kicking sand accidently onto the towel they were sitting on so that they didn't get sand on themselves.

"Lily you have to be carefully darling" Karen said looking up at her daughter before indicating that the girl move her face forward and kissing her cheek, Lily quickly put her concentration and attention on Peyton, and Peyton smiled back at her

"Peyton?"

"Yes Lily" Peyton asked trying to look as intently at Lily as Lily was looking at her

"Do you want to play with us? We can have a girls team and a boys team" Lily said putting on her irresistible smile, she already knew how to work it.

"I'd love to" Peyton said standing up from the towel and wiping the sand off her bum "Are you okay with her Karen?" she said looking down at the black haired woman who nodded quickly at her. The sun was setting as the game restarted and Lucas informed Peyton that she should 'watch her back'. Peyton threw the ball to Lily and Andy ran past the little girl lifting her up in the air with the intent of tickling her to get the ball but before he could Lily threw the ball to Peyton who began to run with Lucas fast on her tail, she was nearly at the line that they had drawn to indicate the goal, she ran through the water in the attempt to slow Lucas down and it was working, she was three steps away from the line when she felt her feet leave the ground and felt the water submerge her, she jumped quickly up from the water, completely drenched giving her husband the look of death as he stood still giving her the Lucas Scott look, she walked towards him "I'm going to kill you Luke Scott" she said continuing to move forward

"I love you" he said trying to soften the blow but she still continued to walk towards him "Please don't kill me" he said before darting up the beach with his wife following behind.

Chapter one complete!