Peyton

She didn't gave any luck finding Nikki in the phone book. She didn't think she would. Now she wasn't sure what to do.

"Well first things first. I need somewhere to sleep. I'll get a hotel room. I brought enough money." She thought as she felt the wads of cash in her pocket. She drove around looking for a hotel.

"There's one."She thought as she saw one.

"Is there a room available?" She asked the person behind the desk.

"Yeah. You have to pay $65 a night."

"Okay." She handed him $320. "That's all for now." She looked down at all the money she had in her hand. She still had a lot.

"Hello?" the guy said impatiently. "Here's your key."

She looked at the number on her key.

"Room 215." she said aloud. She wondered around until she found it. A dark brown haired girl passed. Peyton didn't really see her face.

"Was that Nikki?" she ran to where the girl had been, but she'd already gone in her room.

"Probably not." Peyton comforted herself, but the voice inside her head was there again, or was it? It said.

Haley

She slept late that morning. She didn't sleep that well until Nathan got there. (She stayed at his house for the night.) Her mind kept wondering to what if Nathan wanted to leave and find Peyton.

"Hey Sleeping Beauty." He smiled. She managed a weak smile.

"Where were you last night." she said sounding concerned.

"I went for a drive. I'm trying to think of things we can do to keep our minds busy. I lost track of time. I'm sorry."

"That's okay I was just a little worried." she opened her mouth to ask him if he wanted to go and find Peyton , but decided not too. "He wouldn't do that." she thought.

"Do you want some breakfast? I made some in case you ever decided to wake up." he laughed. "Thanks honey, I would love some breakfast."

So they sat and ate. They discussed ideas about what they could do. They were just sitting, talking when Haley suddenly asked.

"Nathan?"

"Yeah?"

"Can we go to the beach?" He looked slightly confused but agreed to go anyways. So she changed and combed her hair. When they got there Nathan asked, "why do you want to be here?"

The wind was blowing her hair and she thought about the last time they were here.

"I wanted to see where we got married. Remember the memories her. Feel the feeling I felt. I love this beach." she bent down and picked a purple flower. He came over to her and whispered, "I'll never leave you." It was as if he'd guessed her thoughts and wanted to comfort her. She leaned back against his chest.

"I know." was all she said. She turned to look at him. She was wearing the first smile he'd seen on her all day.

"I love you." she pushed him on his back and started kissing him. She wanted him to know that she believed him and at first he didn't pull away.

"Haley." she felt hurt, but when she looked up she saw a smile play his lips instead of the scowl she'd seen the last time he did this.

"I love you too." then he pulled her back on him and started kissing her. She felt so happy.

"If only it could always be like this." she thought.

Lucas

he was still so frustrated from last night. He couldn't figure out why she was hiding something from him. He didn't go home, instead he drove around in his car. (When he got tired he pulled over and went to sleep.)

"What could she possibly be hiding from me? How could she? We're supposed to be rebuilding our relationship but how can we do that when one of us has a secret?" he thought angrily.

"Okay I need to calm down. Maybe she really was tired and wanted to sleep." he tried to make himself believe. He started thinking of placed he could go to calm down.

"Home? No I didn't go home last night so I wouldn't get any quiet there. Haley's apartment? No Brooke is probably there and I don't feel like seeing her right now. River court? (He looked around his car) nope. Don't have a basketball. I want somewhere I can just relax."

He parked his car and thought for a while.

"The beach? Yeah the beach is where I want to go." he parked and walked to the far side of the beach. He sat down and thought long and hard about Brooke. He didn't see Nathan and Haley, but they saw him and could tell he was angry about something. Lucas,though, was too deep in thought to pay attention to anyone else.