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When He Came Back - Chapter 2

Haley Lucas and Nathan all just stand there unsure of what to do next

Haley Lucas and Nathan all just stand there unsure of what to do next.

"WHAT?" Lucas yells with a mixture of emotions. "But how?"

"He…he ah got out of jail!" Brooke replies.

"Oh my god!" Haley is in shock.

"Ah when did this happen?" Nathan says.

"I dunno!" Brooke replies.

"Peyton do you know?" Haley asks Peyton with a worried look on her face.

Peyton didn't reply, she just sat there with her head hung low.

"Peyton? Are you alright?" Haley says as she moves slowly towards Peyton. Still no answer. Haley pulls Peyton into a hug and Peyton immediately starts balling her eyes again.

Lucas looks on, he hated seeing Peyton like this, but what could he do.

"Mummy, who's psycho Derek?" Jamie asks Haley.

Haley pulls away from Peyton and turns to Jamie "honey, not now come on, I'll take you up to your room and you can play with your toys OK?" Jamie nods, Haley then takes him up to his room. She wants to focus on Peyton at the moment.

Peyton is still crying her eyes out, and Brook eventually gets her to calm down. Brooke leaves Peyton sitting on the couch with her head still hung low, while she goes to get a drink of water from the kitchen with Nathan. As she moves out of the room, she turns to Luke, "Will you look after her for a second?" nodding her head towards Peyton.

"Yeah, course" Lucas replies quickly. Lucas is more than happy to help out especially when is involves Peyton.

Peyton looks up to see him moving towards her.

"Oh, damn I can't deal with Luke right now" Peyton thinks to herself.

"Hey, you alright?" Lucas asks her as he sits down beside her.

Peyton was surprised. She knew he knew about Derek, well of course he did he was there when she broke down…everyone was.

"He just wants to talk about his aborted wedding towards Lindsey. Why would he? That's not the Lucas I know?" Peyton thinks to herself.

Peyton was glad though, to know he still cared about her, even if it was just as a friend. She had to accept that…one day.

Peyton is snapped back to reality, "Peyton?"

"Oh, um no not really" Peyton gives a small smile.

"It's gonna be alright, I- we'll all help you through this. I wont let this psycho hurt you, not again ok?"

"Thanks Luke" Peyton replies.

Lucas then puts his arm around Peyton, she immediately feels safe, she always felt safe when she was with Lucas. She cuddles up to him, she knew that was probably not a good thing to do, but she needed to feel safe, especially now. It felt so right, like they never even broke up. They quickly broke apart as Brooke and Nathan returned from the kitchen and Haley returned from upstairs.

They didn't notice how awkward it was between Lucas and Peyton. They just started to discuss the new living arrangements for Peyton.

It seems Nathan, Haley and Brooke just couldn't and didn't have the time for Peyton to move in.

"It's alright, I'll just stay at my place, really!" Peyton argues.

"No, were not leaving you alone when that psycho is out there!" Brooke quickly argues back.

Nathan, Haley and Brooke continue their discussion until they were suddenly stopped when "She can stay at my house!" Lucas pips up.

They all stop immediately and just stare at him.

"I'm serious, she c-" he gets cut of by Peyton.

"It's alright, I'll be fine" Peyton says, knowing how awkward it is between them two.

"No, I insist, wouldn't have it any other way" Luke explains.

Peyton realises there's nothing she could do, she had to give in. She knows when Lucas makes up his mind about something, he sticks to it. Peyton knows that more than anyone else.

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