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.