-Anna.

-She had waited so long for this moment that to finally be able to see her, it brought tears to her eyes. Lucas seemed to sense her amazement because he stayed quiet and the two of them stared at Anna in silence.

-She couldn't believe that it had been more than a year since she had seen her little girl, but when she looked at her she saw it. She had grown so much, she was beautiful.

-She watched as they stopped and Brooke put Anna on her feet and took her hand before they started walking once again. Lucas was right, her and Brooke seemed really close. They were talking and laughing. Anna, she looked happy. They both looked happy.

-She couldn't believe that she had missed her daughter's first year at school. What had she done to deserve that? All she had done was get on that stupid plane. She didn't take her eyes off her daughter until her and Brooke were in the cab and it drove off.

-"She looks happy." She admitted sadly staring at where she had seen her last.

-"She is." He started. She looked at him and she could see that he was thinking about something. She was considering that maybe he wasn't going to tell her when he spoke again.

-"It took her a long time to get there Peyton." He took a deep breath. "And she still misses you everyday. You can see it in her eyes."

-She nodded sadly and for a second she felt like he had more to say but his cell phone interrupted him.

-He dug it out of his pocket and looked at the screen.

-"It's Brooke." He said to her before answering it.

-"Hello." He said into the phone.

-"Hey daddy." At that he smiled, but it faded when he saw the look on Peyton's face. He put a finger to his lips indicating her to be quiet and then he pressed a button, putting the phone on speaker.

-"Hey Ann. How was school?" He asked giving Peyton a small smile.

-"Really great daddy. We painted with our fingers today." Her breath caught in her throat as tears silently rolled down her cheeks. Her daughter was speaking, it was so great to hear her voice again. She never thought she would be so happy just at hearing her voice, but here she was.

-"Great. So what are you guys up to?" He asked keeping an eye on Peyton to make sure she wouldn't speak up.

-"Brooke, she wanted me to ask if it was okay if we went to the park before dinner and then to the movies. She said I could pick. Can we go daddy." She was doing her puppy dog eyes right now, he could already see them in his mind.

-"Sure, you can go. Could you put Brooke on the phone baby?"

-"Okay." She seemed to hesitate. "Are you okay daddy?" She asked with a quiet voice. He took a deep breath looking at Peyton. "Yeah Ann, I'm fine. I'll see you tonight okay."

-"Okay. I love you daddy."

-"I love you too."

-Her head was spinning as there was a short silence. Daddy! Anna had called Lucas daddy. When had that happened? She had no idea what was going on. She was torn out of her thought by another voice that she hadn't heard in ages, Brooke.

-"Hey Scott." Brooke said into the phone. "How's the date going?"

-"It's not a date Brooke." Lucas said sternly refusing to look at her. She felt stupid, it was clear from the interaction between the two that they were not together. Her first thought shouldn't have been that they were.

-"Sure Scott. So is it okay if I take her to the movies after dinner?"

-"It's fine but…"

-"Nothing not child-friendly, I know. I've done that before you know. I'm not completely clueless." Brooke argued into the phone and Peyton smiled.

-"Sorry…"

-"So, you're going to tell me what's going on. You almost never not pick Anna up from school. Which makes me think, you are so going to inform them that I'm not Anna's nanny. They keep calling me that, it's annoying."

-Lucas smiled and they heard Anna laugh in the background.

-"What can I say, it's not my fault if you look like the nanny."

-"You'd so get slap right now if we weren't on the phone. But Luke…" Peyton smiled at the bickering between the two, obviously they spoke often.

-"Something came up. You'll know soon enough, believe me." He finished looking at Peyton who looked down at her shoes.

-"Fine. So we'll see you tonight. I'll call."

-"Thanks Brooke."

-"Sure, no problem. You know I love that kid."

-"Yeah." And with that he hung up the phone, leaving the two of them alone with each other once more.

-"So, they do that often, Brooke and Anna?" She asked quietly.

-"Once or twice a week. Most of the times they stay in though, just play in her room."

-She nodded not knowing what to say. It was so weird to think that at that moment Brooke probably knew her daughter better than she did. It hurt her so much to think about all the things that she had missed because of all this and the worst was that some of the things that she had missed, like Anna's first day of school for example, she was never going to be able to get back.

-"So, ready to tell me what the hell is going on?" He asked barely containing the anger in his voice.

-She took a deep breath dreading this.

-"Do you mind if we do this at your place?" She asked.

-She was buying time, they both knew it, but nonetheless he nodded and the two of them got into a cab for another silent drive.

-She was pretty sure that the Gods were mocking her or something. Whereas the drive to the school had seemed to last forever when she had desperatly wanted it to go quickly, the one to get them back to his apartment had gone faster than she had thought possible. When they walked in, she still wasn't sure of how exactly she was suppose to handle this, she didn't know what she should say or not say. He took the decision for her.

-"What the hell is going on Peyton, they told me you were dead. They told Anna you were dead." The anger was visible in his eyes again, and she decided that she hated it, hated seeing it there.

-"Did you get the letter?" She asked. Before she started, she needed to know.

-His eyes clouded for a few seconds before he spoke.

-"Yeah I did."

-"She called you daddy." She couldn't help it, it was bothering her. She knew that right now it was the least of their problems, but she was convinced that she had told him in the letter that Anna wasn't his.

-"Yeah." She was beginning to get irritated. Wasn't he a writer. He should be able to form sentences with more than a few words.

-"So you know that she…" She couldn't say it. As true as it was, the words just wouldn't come out of her mouth.

-"Isn't genetically mine. Yeah I know. It doesn't change anything though. Beside, she's the one that started it, she asked if it was okay, if she could call me daddy and I said yes."

-Once again, all she could do was nod. It was starting to become a trademark move for her. Everything that was going on, it was leaving her speechless.

-"Peyton, what happened?" He looked concerned.

-She took a deep breath before starting the explanation that she knew he needed to hear.