Lucas
smiled, and held her shoulders in his hand.
"Peyton i'm sorry.
It's just Haley said some things that kind of freaked me out, and I
started to think I was rushing things…"
"But?" Peyton
asked, innocently, staring into his eyes.
"But I was wrong. Of
course I want you to come back to Tree Hill with me."
Peyton
smiled, and their lips collided.
Lucas looked a little nervous,
after he pulled away. "It's just, Haley is coming to bring me
back to Tree Hill…and I guess I just-"
"Lucas, it's okay.
We'll tell her together. She's your friend Luke, I am sure she
will understand."
Lucas agreed, and smiled. They held their
hands together, and sat down back on the bench to wait for
Haley.
Brooke was at her clothing store, flipping through a
magazine while her staff took care of customers. She heard someone
come through the back, "All the stock is out front, there is no
need to be back here," she said sounding bored.
"Brooke, hey?"
Nathan said questioning if him coming back was appropriate.
"Oh
Nathan, sorry," she stood up, and shut her magazine, fixing her
top. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm on lunch break so I
just wanted to apologize for the way I acted in the gym. We were
wrong to do what we did, and I was wrong to blame you. Haley isn't
returning my calls and you caught me at a bad time. I just hate this
drama, I feel like i'm back in high school. I made a mistake, i'm
going to own up to it, and hope Haley can forgive me somehow. Anyway,
that's all I wanted to say, so i'm sorry." Nathan spilled
without pausing.
"It's okay, I understand. I'm sure Haley
will forgive you." Brooke walked over and hugged him. "She's
with Luke in New York right now, but…"
"I heard. I guess i'm
going to head over to the airport to apologize again."
"That's
a good idea." Brooke agreed.
"Yeah. You can come with me, if
you want?"
"Uhm, that's a bad idea." She smiled. "Look,
if Haley won't forgive me, i'll be fine, just as long as she
forgives you, that's the important thing.
"You know what, i'm
hoping she'll forgive both of us, and don't know what I would do
if she left to go back on tour mad at me like this." Nathan was
kicking his feet out awkwardly. "Well i'm going to head
out."
"Thanks for stopping by Nate."
"Anytime."
Nathan walked out of the store.
"LUCAS SCOTT TO LUGGAGE
CHECK, LUCAS SCOTT LUGGAGE CHECK" A female spoke into the PA
outside the airport.
"That's our cue." Lucas said,
standing.
"Alright let's do this," Peyton sounded comforting
as she wrapped her arm around Lucas' waist.
"Peyton!?"
Haley dropped one of her bags. "What are you doing here?" Haley
was confused, and looked to Luke for an explanation.
"Look
Haley, we're asking you if you would please give us a chance, I
mean-" Peyton started.
"Uhm, excuse me." She butted in the
way of Peyton, and hugged Lucas, pulling away fast. She whispered
loudly, "what the hell is Peyton here for!"
"Haley please
don't be upset. She came back, and I was wrong to doubt her because
of the things you said."
"Oh that's great Luke, why is
everyone turning against me, God!" Haley sounded
frustrated.
"Haley, please don't do this to Luke. Just let him
be happy!" Peyton butted it, standing up for Lucas.
"Oh happy!
Right! Just like the last time, I mean he was just glowing for months
after you left town!" Haley yelled into Peyton's face.
"Haley,
lower your voice. Please, your acting like your 14 years old."
Peyton rebounded.
"Don't you dare talk to me like that, Luke
let's go." Haley tugged at her arm.
Lucas backed away
silently.
"Oh okay, that's how it's going to be. First
Nathan and Brooke, now you too Lucas. You know what, you guys can
drive back to Tree Hill, because i'm leaving." Haley picked up
her bags, and started walking away.
"Wait!" Lucas grabbed her
arm.
She snatched it away, and kept walking.
Peyton caught up
with Lucas, and rubbed his back. "I'm sorry Luke, I didn't mean
to start that." Peyton sounded a little upset.
"Hey, hey. No.
It's not your fault," he rubbed her head, "Let's go and see
if we can get a flight out."
"We can drive my car over, if you
want." Peyton offered.
"We already called for it to be driven
over when we asked to get your things transported to the airport."
Lucas said, as they began walking to ticket purchasing lines.
They
got a flight out that was just leaving, and were expected to be back
to Tree Hill in an hour or so.
Nathan got ready, and headed to
the airport after he got back from coaching the team.
He stood at
the opening gates for New York to Tree Hill flights, where they all
centrally flew in. He had no idea what time their flight was coming
in at, so he sat down and made himself comfortable.
About half an
hour later Lucas and Peyton walked through the door.
Nathan sprang
up, "Hey guys." He hugged Peyton, and did the bro-hug with Lucas.
"Where's Haley?"
"Sorry dude, she's not coming." Lucas
broke the news to him as gently as he could.
"I'm sorry
Nathan." Peyton said rubbing his shoulder.
"Man, I got to go
find her."
Lucas looked confused. "She went back on tour, how
are you going to do that?"
"Easy. I'm going to see where her
next show is." Nathan pulled out his cell phone.
"Well look,
we got to go claim Peyton's stuff, and we'll meet you back here
in a few minutes."
Nathan called the tour ticket line, and asked
when Haley James Scott would be performing, he got his answer and
walked off.
He caught up with Peyton and Luke while they were
still in the luggage line.
"Oh hey. This line is taking
forever." Peyton stared at the slip in his hand. "You got a
ticket?"
"Yeah. She's playing in Chicago tomorrow night, so
i'm going to fly out tonight." Nathan said determined.
"Man,
are you sure. She'll be back in a month or so, maybe you should
wait till things cool off." Lucas offered his advice.
"It
could be to late, I got to go tonight. I'm going to go grab a bite
somewhere, look around a bit." He handed Lucas his keys. "You
guys can take my car back to your apartment. Luke, your going to have
to take over the team for a few days till I get back. I'll call you
guys."
"Are you sure you don't want to come back with us,
and get a change of clothes or something. We'll drive you out right
away." Peyton offered.
"Nah, don't worry i'll just wait
here, thanks guys."
Lucas nodded, and they exchanged goodbyes.
