Chapter One: Peyton

As we pulled into Tree Hill I felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I'd only been away from my home town for eleven months, but that, for me felt more like a lifetime. I glanced over at my husband, he must've been felling the same way because the corners of his mouth were tilted up. I looked behind me and immediately smiled, Sawyer was nearly a year old now and was becoming more stunning everyday.

My family had moved from Tree Hill eleven months ago. Luke and I had thought it would be better for our daughter to grow up away from this place. There was to much history there, too much pain and sorrow. But the more we looked back on the last eight years of our lives we realised, Tree Hill wasn't just full of grief and anguish. It was full of incredible friends and memories. It was a place full of joy and happiness. Tree Hill was home. And that was what had brought us back here today and this time we'd be staying.

"Peyton, Where do you want these boxes?" asked Mouth, He'd come over almost instantaneously when he'd heard Luke was coming back.

"Umm, Oh there Luke's books. Just put them in the living room please Mouth" I said.

"Ok" he replied stumbling towards the living room.

I laughed silently, good old Mouth he's always here to help. I heard a happy giggle and I looked down, Sawyer tugged on my leg and held her arms up towards me.

"Hey Honey" I said picking her up "Where's your Daddy?"

Just as I was asking I felt two strong arms wrap around my waist, "He's right hear" I heard Lucas murmur in my ear.

I sighed happily and turned to kiss his cheek. Sawyer giggled and clapped her hands together she leaned forward and copied me kissing her dads cheek. Lucas chuckled and took Sawyer from me. He kissed her hand and smiled "Hey there baby girl"

I crossed my arms and beamed "So who knows we're back?"

He looked up from Sawyer and smiled "I've just talked to Skills, turns out he, Mouth and Julian managed to keep it to themselves that we're back" He smirked and looked at his watch "It's only two thirty, the time difference has finally payed off"

I pursed my lips and looked around. This was the house I'd grew up in, there were so many memories here. Luke and I had bought it as soon as it had gone on the market. I hadn't been up to my room yet I wasn't sure what I'd find. I was scared and excited at the same time but I just couldn't bring myself to look. I was stranding in my living room. It was so different to what it had been just a few years ago. It was to formal for my taste. Three of the walls were painted cream, the one remaining wall was blue and had a floral pattern printed on it. The flowers printed on it were black and they ran up to the ceiling almost as if it was the sun and they were reaching for it, as if they were fighting to live for another day. On that same wall there was a grand fireplace before it, it was unlike the one I was used to, it was very different. It was white, but it wasn't plain like the rest of the room. It was detailed, at the top of the mantel piece there was a single rose carved onto it, but it was surrounded by interact swirls that stretched down either side and cameto a sudden stop. I suppose I could live with that..

"Peyton?" Lucas was looking at me, I hadn't spoken in around two minutes.

"Sorry Honey, what?"

He chuckled "So who are we visiting first?"