Alright, you guys can yell at me if you want for not updating any of my other stories and starting a new one but, I promise I'll make sure that I'll keep frequently updating on this one and I'll finish it. i just keep ramming into brick walls with my other stories so I decided to write something else until I get some inspiration to continue my other stories.
This one takes place after season 4, after Peyton leaves for LA. It's a different outlook on how season 5 could have went.
The streetlights and signs of the bodegas and streetlights lit up the street as she walked the sidewalks of LA on her way home. She could have taken a cab home like she had done numerous times before and was advised to do but tonight was a different night. She'd be returning to Tree Hill tomorrow. Living in LA for four years should have been a dream for her but most of the people in the city made it harder to comprehend that.
But fours years later and her judgment was still vague for this city. The only amiable thing that she looked forward to after her long shifts at work was her fiancé, Kevin. A tall blonde man who had a passion for music much like Peyton's and also played guitar. He had too left his hometown in search for a dream he had been chasing for many years. They had both befriended one another after a month of snide remarks after moving in. It was then that Peyton got to know Kevin better and saw how similar they both were. He had been very good company in the four years that she had lived in LA.
She and Lucas were still together in the first few years she had resided in LA. Kevin was still in a relationship with another woman when he had moved to LA and befriended Peyton. About a year after living in the same loft complex in LA she had ended her relationship with Lucas. His constant visits and phone calls had assured her that they would work well with this long distance relationship. His book wasn't getting published and trying to work, go to school and help out with his mother and sister at home was a bundle of responsibility for him. He let her go to LA to fulfill her dreams but she couldn't help but think that his commitment to her was holding him back from his.
After a year and a half of frequent calling and visits she had called one night and ended it. She couldn't let him convince her otherwise so when she called she had ended it and didn't let him get another word in otherwise. She only told him it was for the best and hung up. She spent the night crying in her loft before a concerned Kevin came over. Kevin had never seen or heard Peyton cry before let alone show any form of emotion that depicted weakness. He stayed with her the whole night she cried and in the morning she opened up to him and explained her situation and reasoning. By the time she had finished he offered her out to breakfast to take her mind off of it. Two weeks after their heartfelt conversation in her loft Kevin had called up his girlfriend and did the same. He understood where Peyton was coming from and didn't want to keep his girlfriend from her dreams either. After he had broken it off with his former girlfriend he told Peyton about it and for the next two years they bonded over the one person that they loved that they had to let go.
During those two years they got really close and at one point dated after Peyton had been informed through Nathan and Haley that Lucas was dating his editor. Peyton and Kevin didn't last for very long because they both had broken up with a very important person in their lives and trying to date immediately following only made it harder for their relationship to work. A few months later on her birthday she had closed her self up in her loft refusing to leave for any reason at all. Kevin knew it was hard for her because she had told him that every birthday the previous few years Lucas would fly in for a surprise visit and take her out for her birthday. Kevin had tried to persuade her to leave her loft but she refused. By the time six o'clock hit he had stopped pestering her and had left the front door of her loft. She was upset and confused as to why he had left and stopped trying. Upon opening her door she found a letter taped to her door from him. He had asked her to dress up and head to the lobby of the loft. She
was confused but did it anyway. Upon reaching the lobby a man in a suit escorted her to a limousine that had taken her to a restaurant across town. When she exited the limo she was met with Kevin who was standing outside the restaurant with a smirk plastered on his face and flower in hand. He had treated her to dinner, desert and a little dancing afterwards. When the night had finished and they arrived at the loft het gave her a kiss before heading across the hall to his apartment. It had been a few months after their first dating encounter so they decided to give it another try and date again. A year later on a whim of a decision he had proposed and she said yes. They hadn't set a date for the wedding mostly because Peyton would need time to square some things away first and Kevin understood.
Peyton always complained to Kevin about her job and Kevin was used to hearing her complain about it. At least once a week they would take a trip to a little café down the street from the loft after she had gotten off work and he had no gigs to play. Spending time with Kevin at the small café made her think of simpler times in high school when she would go to Karen's café with Lucas and just talk. She missed it but she had made a commitment to Kevin now. They sat at the same back booth in the café and their regulars were usually ready and over to their table within five minutes of their arrival. If they didn't talk they'd watch the scenery out the window and get consumed in their thoughts. Kevin was always first to initiate a conversation when they ended up talking. He always knew how to start a conversation pertaining to a serious issue with playful banter.
"How do you feel about going back?" He asked as she watched the cars go by on the busy street
"Honestly I don't really know. I don't know how everyone will react when I go back home to tell them that I'm engaged"
"I'm sure they'll be ecstatic" he placed a hand over hers
"Not all of them"
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