As she hears a knock at her door, she walks out of the living room to answer it. Lucas stands before her smiling. She smiles back at him and gives him a big hug.

"Gosh, Luke, you look so different. It hasn't been that long now, has it?" Haley asks once they broken apart. Lucas smiles.

"Yes it has, Hales," he answers. "It's been almost three years now."

Haley chuckles. "Come in." They walk inside. Lucas looks around the house.

"I know. I'm not fully settled, but I will be," she says when she saw Lucas's reaction. "By the way, how did you–?"

"Nathan. He stopped by and–,"

"I see," Haley answers. "I know I should have told you guys, but I didn't want to be a bother. I only came back to take care of things before I–," she stops realizing she almost let her secret out. Luke looks at her curious.

"Before you what?" he asks.

"Uh, before I return back to Chicago. I'm only staying for a while," she answers quickly turning away from him.

"Hales–,"

"How's Brooke?" Haley asks changing the subject.

"She's fine," Luke answers. "But Hales–,"

"That's wonderful. I'm going to have to see her soon. But first I have to get settled in. I mean, I still have to get some furniture for this place." Lucas wrinkles his brow. He couldn't understand why his best friend is behaving so strangely. He walks towards her and hugs her tightly.

"I'm just glad you're back. Really, Hales. I missed you," he whispers. Haley brought her hand slowly around him. She could feel her eyes getting teary but cleared her throat and looks away from him.

"Me too, I missed you too," she answers. Once they let go of each other, they smile. They are both glowing and smiling as if they have a hook around their mouths.

"Why don't you come over for dinner? I mean, you really don't have anything to cook with," Lucas says looking around the house.

Haley laughs. "Thanks but–,"

"Come on, Brooke will be thrill," Luke persists.

Haley laughs at his determination. "Are you sure I won't be a bother?"

"I'm positive. Come over at seven," he says. Haley nods. Lucas hugs her one more time. "Glad to have you back. We're going to have such a great time."

Haley rings the door bell and is answer by Brooke. She looks plump but has a beautiful glow. She is wearing a stretchy white t-shirt and maternity jean. She gasps and quickly threw her arms around Haley. Haley laughs at her enthusiasm and hugs her back.

"Haley, it's so great to see you again," Brooke squeals. She let go of her and yells without turning her head, "Luke, she's here!"

"Yea, I'll be there," he yells back from the kitchen. Brooke leads her to the living room. Once they sit down, Brooke began to question her.

"Haley, what's going on with you? What have you been up too? Why didn't you tell us you were going to be in town?"

Haley chuckles nervously. "Whoa, slow down," she says. "I'm only going to be in town for a while. I'm not sure I'll be able to stay that long anyway."

Brooke's smile faded. "Oh," she says. "Then what are you in town for?"

Haley's expression changes. "Oh, well, I uh..." They are interrupted with a knock at the door. Lucas runs out from the kitchen and answers the door. Haley and Brooke steps out to the hall to discover Nathan and a tall brunette woman standing hand in hand. The brown haired girl is smiling and looking at Haley. Haley couldn't help but stare back.

"Nathan, what a surprise?" Luke asks "Hi Jen." The girl waves at them. Nathan could feel the tension in the house.

"Oh, sorry to intrude. But Jen and I were bored. We thought maybe we could–we didn't know you had guest." Nathan looks at Haley.

"No, it's fine. Luke invite them in," Brooke says. Lucas makes way for them to come inside. The pair slowly enters the house and made their way to the living room.

"We're really sorry, we didn't mean to–," Nathan starts.

"That's right. We just couldn't think of anything to do and so we decided to come and see if you guys were up for anything," Jen finishes his sentence. Nathan blushes. "We didn't know you guys had plans."

Brooke looks at Haley. "Oh, we didn't introduce you. Jen this is Haley. She's an old friend that we grew up with."

Haley waves. "Hi, nice to meet you."

Jen waves back and smiles lightly. "Same here." She turns to look at Nathan. "How come you didn't tell me anything about Haley?"

Nathan stutters.

"Well, Haley left Tree Hill right after high school. She surprised us all by making that decision. We were kinda mad at her for it," Brooke says looking at Haley and winking. "But at least she's back for good now."

Lucas smiles. "That's right. And Jen is Nathan's fiancee. They're in town for their engagement party."

Haley looks up surprise. "Oh, really?" She tries to be enthusiastic about it.

"Yea," Jen says clinging onto Nathan's arm. "We're having the engagement party here and the wedding in LA."

Haley nods smiling politely. "How long have you guys been dating?"

"A year and a half," she answers. "I know it seems like we're rushing it, but, this is the only chance we have. After this, I have to fly between Paris and New York for fashion week and I have some shows to do also."

"Yea, Jen's a model. We get discount on clothes and everything," Brooke says dreamily.

Brooke and Jen laughs. Lucas stands up. "I think dinner's ready."

Everyone sits around the table orderly and says Grace before eating. After Luke says Grace, they began to indulge in a conversation.

"So Haley, how long have you known everyone here?" Jen asks curious.

Haley looks at Brooke nervously. "Um, well, I've known Luke since I was in diapers, uh, Brooke and Nathan, I knew since high school."

Jen's eyes widens. "Wow, so you guys must have been close. Why did you leave then?"

Lucas scoffs and then smiles. "Well, if you must know, Haley is the smartest girl in town. She was offered a full scholarship to Chicago as an intern for the Chicago Times. She is also a great singer, but we won't go into that much." He winks at Haley.

Jen smiles. "So you're a writer?"

Haley nods.

Brooke gasps. Everyone turns to look at her.

Brooke lifts her head and laughs. "The baby kicked!"

Lucas made his way towards her and kneels beside her. He places his hand on her stomach. A smile occurs on his face. "That's amazing."

Everyone begins chattering and encouraging them. Jen turns to Nathan.

"Oh, now I can't wait until we have a little one," she says childishly. "Just imagine us, being parents. It'll be great."

"Yea," Nathan says trying to be enthusiastic about the subject.