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Her long legs caused his eyes to flicker from his team running 1660's and take in her stunning, blonde beauty. He caught her eye, and couldn't stop the smile that crept onto his face. All he wanted was to run his fingers through her silky hair and kiss the special spot just above her collarbone. He would do later as well, and that thought pushed all others out of his mind. As he blew his whistle, her eyes were drawn to his, and it was as if all the teenagers in the gym vanished, just for a minute. Then Haley interrupted the bizarrely intense atmosphere.

"Peyton, hi! Come to check out practice?"

"Hey foxy, how you feeling?"

"Good thanks, getting bigger by the minute. Jamie thinks its hilarious! Here for Luke?

There was no denying that in a room of thousands, she only had eyes for him. She blushed, as she realized this was written across her face.

"I…uh…was looking for you, actually. Got a sec?"

Haley frowned, wondering what was going on. "Sure, wanna take a walk?"

Peyton nodded, and didn't meet Lucas' gaze as she left her old high school gym. Distracted by the scuffle that was about to break out on the court, he pulled his thoughts from Peyton.

"So… everything ok, Peyton? You seem kind of sad?" Haley's brown eyes swam with concern as her hand drifted towards her growing stomach.

Peyton sighed. "I'm fine, really. Lucas and I talked all night the other night about Lindsey, and the wedding… we're not past all the drama, I mean it is me and Luke, but we're in a good place. No actually, I wanted to ask you about… Brooke. Have you heard from her lately?"

Haley looked up, and saw the anxiety in her friends eyes. "I got a text from her a few weeks ago, I've called her 5 or 6 times since, but she never answers…" Haley hesitated. "She asked how I was, and when I told her I was pregnant, she didn't reply. I don't know what's going on with her, maybe work has gotten crazy? Do you guys not…?"

"I haven't heard from Brooke since my pregnancy scare in LA, she stopped returning my calls and eventually I stopped making them. I just miss her sometimes, y'know?"

There was a silence that Haley waited for Peyton to fill. But she didn't.

"Peyton."

Haley's tone made Peyton look up and take a deep breath.

"I wanted to know that she's ok. I saw Lindsey last week, and losing Lucas just broke her. She was so sad, and so angry at me. Like I took something from her that I shouldn't have. And Lucas and I were in bed last night and it was like a flashback, to junior year." Haley flinched, as she remembered the mess Brooke, Lucas and Peyton got into.

"Do you remember when I was worried my dad had drowned while he was out at sea? Lucas and I, we went to see if a body they recovered was his, and we had to stay overnight at a motel. He took such good care of me and…we kissed, while he was dating Brooke. His necklace caught in my hair, a necklace from Brooke, and if it wasn't for that I don't think anything could have stopped us, there in that moment. I felt awful."

As Peyton was stuck in the past, Haley wondered where this was going.

"Haley, it felt just like it did years ago. I felt guilty, and dirty, like I stole someone elses life. I loved Lucas then, and I love him now, but I was thinking about Brooke and the past and… I feel responsible, for Lindsey's pain and Brooke and how much I hurt Lucas in LA… all of it."

Haley stepped forward and hugged Peyton, despite the bulge of her stomach. She didn't understand where it all came from, but she understood Peyton's confusion. She just wished she could do something for her best friend.

"Ok, Peyton, you have to stop this. I've seen you blame yourself for everything that's gone wrong since high school and its just… its ridiculous! Yes Brooke got hurt, but Lucas had a part in that too. You both could've walked away, but you didn't, because you can't. Brooke, Lindsey, and even me saw the pull between you two long before you did. You guys are like destiny or something, like your meant to be. Don't carry the weight of Lucas' poor actions around with you, what happened with Lindsey wasn't your fault, ok? You deserve to be happy Peyton, and you deserve to be happy with Lucas."

"Damn right she does." Lucas voice interrupted the girl talk, and Peyton smiled as Lucas wrapped his arms around her waist and she felt his kiss on her hair.

"What were you two talking about anyway, before I came over?" Lucas asked. Peyton winked at Haley.

Haley managed to convince Lucas he hadn't missed anything, as they headed for Peyton's car. Lucas' gaze drifted to Haley's stomach as he watched her climb carefully into the front seat, and he smiled at the thought of being an uncle again. As he then looked at his beautiful fiancé he saw, or he thought he saw, a flicker of something in her eyes as she too looked at Haley's ever growing beautiful baby bump.

Jealousy?