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Peyton wakes up in an unknown bed, something she knows all too well, she looks at the younger man asleep beside her as she sits up, grabbing her clothes and pull them on, holding her heels in her hand as she walks out of his apartment, not waking him up, she puts her shoes on once she's out of the building, pulling her messy hair into a bun and pulling her sunglasses out of her bag, covering her eyes, she walks down the sidewalk, stopping at the closest coffee shop to her house, stopping and drinking a black coffee there as her phone rings, she grabs it, seeing her best friends name on the screen, "Hey B. Davis Baker" She says as she takes a long sip from her cup,
"Hey blondie! I didn't think you'd be up yet!" The brunette says on the other line, holding the phone on her shoulder as she bounces the little girl on her hip,
"Early morning for me, I know" She rolls her eyes that are covered by her large sunglasses, she looks down at her watch, "Jeez, it's only 6:30?" she yawns, "I only got a few hours she says, standing up as she starts walking back down the street,
"Yeah, yeah, yeah… You're unnecessary sexcapades" She hands the baby to her husband, kissing him softly as she sits on the couch beside her twins, "Have you gotten home yet?" She hears a 'no' on the other side of the line, "I got an invitation for our ten-year high school reunion yesterday"
Peyton unlocks her door to her exclusive apartment building, "And?" Peyton says as she walks in, opening her mailbox as she sees it, "Are you thinking of going back to Tree Hill?" She asks, looking at it before walking up to the elevator, going up to her fifth-floor apartment,
"I want to go" Brooke says, "It would be a great time… You could see your godkids again… You haven't seen Elizabeth in person since she was born"
"I'll go" Peyton is a softy for her godkids, "My dad still has the old house so don't you dare think of getting a hotel room!" Peyton warns as they both laugh,
"Yay!" Brooke squeals on the other line, making her sons look at her weird before looking back at the cartoon playing on the television, "It's going to be just like old times!"
"yeah, the old times" Peyton sighs before saying goodbye to her best friend
Back in Tree Hill Lucas is at the river court with Jamie and Nathan as the sun starts to set, "So, the ten-year reunion" Nathan says as he shoots, Jamie grabs it, playing as the men sit on the picnic table, "Is Lindsey making you go?" Lucas nods, "Haley's making me go too" The brothers groan before laughing, "Do you think Brooke or Peyton will come back?" Making Lucas look at him quickly,
"Peyton left… Why would she come back for this?" He asks, looking down at his iPhone in his hand, looking through his emails, "That's all I need to think about right now" He groans, "Lindsey's on my back again about a family" He says, looking at his brother, "How can I have a child with a woman who's gone every other week?" He asks, continuing before his brother can answer, "And she won't stop travelling, she's become a workaholic and she signed this young, upcoming author who is ALWAYS flirting with her and she thinks it's nothing but I know… I was that guy" Lucas shakes his head, putting his phone in his pocket as he stands up, saying bye to his nephew and brother before walking to his vintage Mustang and taking off back to his house that was empty again
Nathan gets home to Lydia yelling and signing, Quentin crying as Haley tries to calm him and talk to her sister-in-law who is sitting at the table in the kitchen, Haley just finished making Quentin a bottle as Nathan walks in, taking Quentin from her to feed him, "Are you sure you want this?" She asks, exhausted as she pushes her longer blonde hair out of her face, Lindsey laughs as she nods,
"More than anything… I just don't know if Lucas wants it" She runs her finger around the top of her wine glass, "I mean, it's been the same fight for the last seven years" Lindsey looks at her watch, gasping as quickly drinks all of her wine, "I need to get home" She hugs Haley before saying goodbye to Nathan and Jamie who are in the living room, she gets in her Mercedes and heads home, seeing Lucas' car in the driveway, she sighs, "Another fight" She says before walking in, "Luke?" She says as she shuts the door behind her, she walks into his office, "Whatcha workin' so hard on?" She asks,
"Plays for the basketball camp" He says, not looking up from his computer in front of him, Lindsey nods, faking a yawn, "I'll see you in bed in a little?" She asks as he nods, nodding as she walks to their room
It's the morning that Peyton has to leave for the Tree Hill, her alarm goes off, waking her and unfortunately the very attractive but not very smart younger guy lying beside her, she gets out of bed, grabbing her clothes as he sits up, "What's going on? It's only 8" He says as he stretches,
"Yes… But I have a plane to catch in three hours" She says, walking into her bathroom, she takes a fast shower, she gets out, drying her hair as she sees him still in her bed, she's just in her bra and underwear, "What part of I need to leave soon don't you understand?" She asks rudely as she walks into her huge closet, grabbing a pair of ripped dark jeans and a red and black flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled up, putting on a pair of sandals, the years have changed her style, matured it some ways, no more band shirts except for bed, more dresses
"Why not just come to bed for a little longer?" He says, they had been sleeping with each other for a while but not exclusively,
"You mean my bed?" I ask as I shake my head, getting my suitcases and purse, "Why don't you bring me along? Impress all your friends" She laughs, shaking her head,
"No, no, no.. You're for L.A… Not a 'Come home with me to my high school reunion' friend" I say as he gets up and dressed, "You can walk me to the car waiting for me, how about that?" She says as he nods
Peyton walked off the plane and into the airport, seeing one of her best friends standing there with her two youngest kids, "Hales!" I say, hugging her as I drop my bags, looking down at the little girl beside her and the little boy in the stroller, "Oh my goodness" she bends down, saying hi to the little girl, they walk out of the airport together, going to the car, "Thank you for picking me up, my rental car will be ready tomorrow"
"Peyton, nonsense! I'm so happy I got to pick you up! I've missed you! I was so happy when I found out you were coming back… How long are you staying in town?" She looks over at her old friend in her passenger seat of her car, her hair was longer, not blonde anymore but a brunette and not as curly, more like loose beautiful waves,
"Two weeks… I've only taken vacation a few times for the past nine years" She says as she grabs her phone, seeing emails and texts from work, sighing as she puts it back in her bag, "I need to get my dad's house ready for little kids" Peyton laughs as Haley nods,
"Do you want some help? Nathan's home and Deb is staying with us for a while so they can watch these two" She says as Peyton smiles, "Really?" Haley nods, "Then absolutely!" She says
They get done shopping, "You think I have everything I need?" She asks as Haley looks at her full car, "More than enough" She says,
"I just want to be the cool aunt that buys them what they want" She starts, "Since I probably won't have kids" She shrugs as they walk into a restaurant by the beach for dinner, they sit down,
"What do you mean? You're still young" She says as they sit at the table, Peyton shrugs,
"No guys that are worth it… Plus work is going great" She says as she takes a sip from her wine glass, she's not really a wine drinker but sometimes she likes it
Haley frowns, "No one since…"
"No. But no serious relationship since then" She says, not wanting to say his name, "And I'm not hung up on his before you say anything… I know he's married and probably has a family and I'm leaving how I've always wanted to" Peyton puts on a fake smile, lying to herself
Peyton gets home after Haley drops her off, getting her house prepared for three kids, she turns her dads room into Brooke and Julian's room with a pack and play in there for the baby, the guest bedroom with two twin beds in it was changed blankets with trucks and paw patrol on them, the things she knows the boys love, she sighs looking at her work as she's proud, she decides to go to bed
Haley's on the phone with Lindsey, "So I spent the day with Peyton" She tells Lindsey
"She's back? Does Luke know yet?"
"No, she came today for the reunion" Haley pulls her legs up onto the couch and on her husband's lap who is sitting beside her, watching TV
"So, she's leaving in a few days then" Lindsey sighs, leaning her head on the headboard of the bed, Luke still in his office
"She's staying for two weeks"
"Oh" is all Lindsey could get out before they say goodbye for the night
There's a knock-on Peyton's front door early in the morning, surprising her as she's in the kitchen in just pajama shorts and an old van halen shirt, she opens the door to see Nathan standing at the door, "Nathan!" She says, hugging him, "What are you doing here?" She asks, standing to the side to let him in, she shuts the door behind him,
"What happened to the blonde?"
"It's a change" She shrugs as she walks back into the kitchen, her hair as long as it's even been, a little past her shoulder blades, "What are you doing here?" She asks again,
"I know you need someone to take to get your rental car, so here I am!" He says, making Peyton smile, "I'm so glad to see you" she finishes her coffee, "Let me go get dressed"
Peyton walks down a few minutes later in a pair of short white denim high waisted shorts and a black tight crop top, barely showing any skin between her shirt and shorts, "I didn't think it'd be this hot" She says, smiling
"The old Sawyer would have never worn anything like this" Nathan says as he follows her out the door,
"Eh… The old Sawyer is long gone" She gets into his car as he nods,
"Well, I like the new Sawyer more" He says, she hugs him, thanking him before getting out and getting her rental car,
A few hours later she hears an SUV pull up in her driveway, making her get up quickly and open her front door, both the girls scream as they see each other, meeting in the middle and hugging tight, she helps her best friend her best friends husband get everything in, she sits in the living room with the twins and Elizabeth as they get all their stuff situated, Brooke hugs Peyton from behind, "Thank you for all this, best friend!" She says as Peyton laughs,
"Anything for you guys" She says, "You know there's a party at Tric for our class before the reunion tomorrow?" Brookes eyes widen, gasping then looking at her husband,
"Can you watch the kids?" She asks, actually begs as Peyton laughs, watching them, Julian laughs, nodding,
"Of course, Brooke… I told you I'd watch them as much as you wanted to me so you could see everyone again" He gets a quick peck on the cheek before taking Elizabeth and handing her to him and pulling Peyton up to her room, "It's going to be just like high school again… We have to figure out what we're going to wear"
Peyton laughs as they get ready together, Peyton puts on a royal blue short dress that is tight at the top and flares out a little bit at the bottom, a small triangle cut out right underneath her chest, hugging her more womanly figure then she had before, a pair of strappy black heels, and her hair natural, she meets Brooke in the hallway, Brooke spins around, showing off her tight black dress that goes almost to get knees with a deep cut neck in the front, red pumps on and her hair curled, "Ya ready P. Sawyer?" She asks as she locks arms with Peyton,
"As ready as I'll ever be, B. Davis Baker" She says as they walk out the front door into the dark night, getting in Peyton's rental, "Have you ever thought of moving back?" Peyton hears her best friend ask that, shocking her as she looks at her, shrugging,
"I have a good life in L.A" She states as Brooke laughs,
"You mean your job that is killing you and making you drink every single night and the random guys you sleep with almost every night?" She shakes her head as her best friend laughs,
"Exactly, but this is what I've always wanted" Peyton says, lying to both her and her best friend,
"That's a lie, Peyton." Brooke snaps, "And you and I both know that"
Peyton groans, "Well, that was the old Peyton" She says as they pull up to Tric, Peyton gets out and shuts the door before Brooke can say anything,
"Peyton! Brooke!" They hear from the stairs as they see Haley and a strange blonde at the top of the stairs, waving for them to come in,
"Is that…?" Brooke starts as they walk up the stairs, Peyton shrugs as they meet the women inside,
"Peyton! Brooke! This is Lindsey… Lucas' wife" Haley says to her best friends as Peyton puts on a fake smile, shaking the blondes hand,
"It's so great to meet you guys… I feel like I know you guys… I edited Luke's book" Peyton nods,
"That was the old Peyton… Now I'm Peyton 2.0" She says, making them all laugh, they go to the bar as they all order white wine, "Vodka tonic" Peyton says as they all look at her, "I don't have a husband or kids to go to" She shrugs as they start walking around, talking with a few people until Brooke sees the infamous blonde, slapping her best friends arm, making her spill some of her drink on her, "Brooke" Peyton hisses as she looks at what Brooke is staring at,
"Oh my god" She stops in her tracks, seeing her ex-boyfriend, kissing his wife softly, her heart drops as she gets a good look at him, his face was clean shaved, his hair pushed up in the front, he was wearing a black button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and jeans, "I'm going to need more of these" She says, downing her drink before walking to the bar, ordering a shot of tequila and another vodka tonic,
Lucas walks past Peyton without even noticing as he stands near her, ordering a beer as Peyton downs her shot, putting the lime in her mouth as she groans, signaling for another shot. Lucas is too focused on waiting for his beer to noticed his old love interest near him at the bar. The small group of friends at the table across the bar, "Do you think have noticed each other?" Haley asks,
"They could never not notice each other" Nathan says as Lindsey shoots him a look, "Sorry" He says,
"You have no clue how much Peyton drinks now, she's probably focused on those shots she's taking" Brooke says as she sighs, leaning back as she looks at her best friend drowning her sorrows in the alcohol.
Peyton sits on the barstool, stalling as long as she can from the table with her ex and his wife, she orders another shot as the bartender stands near her, "You need to slow it down there, kid" He looks at Peyton as she looks up, groaning,
"And who are you to tell me when to stop?" She takes the shot as Lucas hears her voice, looking at her, time had been well to her, her hair no longer blonde and curly but dark and more of a loose wave that curled at the end, her face the same as before, at least from the side and her body had matured perfectly, slight curves hugged her slender figure, "Peyton?" Lucas says as she looks over at him, pulling the lime out of her mouth as she sees him, running her hand through her longer hair now,
"Here we go" She whispers to herself as she takes a long sip from her drink
Brooke gasps, "They've seen each other!" Brooke sits up, watching the drama