Now she had to go find Peyton and catch up on lost time. She went over to her house and knocked on the door. A guy came to the door, and then she realized it was Peyton's brother. She said, "Hey Josh, it's been awhile. Is your sister home by any chance?"
Josh looked at her for a few minutes and then answered, "Hales, it has been awhile. What are you doing here?" he asked getting a little anger in his voice. Josh was older than Peyton by two years and was very protective of her.
She was a little confused because Josh used to joke around with her all the time, but he sounded like he did not want to talk to her now. "I came by to see Peyt, I'm back in town and I wanted to catch up on loss time," she replied weakly.
Josh said very abruptly, "Well she's not here! Maybe if you had kept in touch you would have realized that. Oh that's right, you were to busy worrying about your own miserable life to even care about your best friend."
She could hardly believe what she was hearing and without thinking she said, "Well if she would not have went out with a guy I love then maybe I wouldn't have left!"
Josh was about to go off on her, when someone put his or her hand on his shoulder. Peyton had been in her bedroom when she heard people yelling at each other. Haley was now regretting the last thing that she had said. She was hoping that by some small chance that Peyton had not heard it.
Peyton finally spoke after the moment of silence, "Hey," she said looking at her then continued, "Josh, do you mind leaving us alone? I can handle my friend, I don't need my big brother anymore remember I'm 17!" Josh finally got the point and walked back inside, but not before giving Haley an evil look.
Peyton then looked at her again while closing the door behind her so they could talk on the porch. "I'm sorry about that. You know how he is when he thinks he knows what the right thing to do is. He shouldn't have gone off on you," she said apologetically.
She answered, "No, he was right I shouldn't have left like I did. It was just with everything that was going on and everybody so happy around me I couldn't take it anymore."
Peyton came closer and whispered, "You don't have to apologize. I understand why you left and all. I just want to know one thing, are you still blaming me or Nate for your reason of leaving?"
She was taken back with the mention of his name. She gasped, "No, I never blamed either one of you. I've told you that before, I had to leave because of the condition I was in. I had to get away where no one would know me."
They both stood for a few minutes without adding anything else. Then Peyton finally answered, "So was Taylor the one who brought you happiness."
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