Peyton opened the front door to her house, it had been a week since she had really last been home. Karen had insisted that she come over for dinner the day after the confession and then things went on from there; every night this past week she had dinner over at Lucas's and she had stayed over there too once again at Karen's request, it was nice but a little overwhelming. Peyton dropped her bag which contained her clothes of the past week to the floor and ran up the stairs. As she entered her bedroom, she saw Brooke sprawled out across her bed fast asleep. Peyton slowly entered the room, trying not to make a noise…and once she reached the bed she jumped on it, to wake her best friend up.

Brooke's eyes sprang open because of sudden movement of the bed. She rolled over and saw Peyton sat beside her, giving her that curious – what are you doing here look Peyton had perfected over the years. "Ah, Peyton Sawyer you don't just wake a girl from her precious beauty sleep!"

Peyton tilted her head and raised her brow, "Uh you do if that girl is sleeping in my bed!" Peyton smirked and playfully slapped Brooke on the leg. Peyton stood up and walked across the room to her bathroom and noticed that all of Brooke's makeup was sprawled across the cabinet. "Did your parents kick you out or something? Cause this place is looking like casa de Brooke?" Peyton turned back and looked at Brooke, folding her arms across her chest.

Brooke sat up in Peyton's bed and looked around, Brooke's mom had moved back into town just after summer and they had moved into a house just down the road of her old one. Apparently they didn't trust Brooke to live by herself; or with Peyton and now with her father back in business and rolling in the money, Brooke's mom had gone back to being her old self; shopping till drops and the first thing she bought was the pretty new house. "What the place needed a little re-vamping, it was a little too dark and broody!" Brooke turned and rolled out of bed, she had been out the night before to a party and had decided to drop by Peyton's to see if she wanted to come out for a little fun, but Peyton wasn't home… "So, you don't call you don't write…I mean this past week you've been kind of M-I-A…is everything alright?"

Peyton nodded, "Yeah I've just been staying at Lucas's this past week…Karen kind of insisted." It was nice that Karen was looking out for her, but it was completely weird for her; after all she hadn't really been looked after since her mother died as her father was always away working. Peyton shook her head and looked at her best friend, tilting her head.

Brooke walked up to Peyton; she was dressed in a pink thin strappy top with pink and white striped pyjama bottoms. "Well I think this is all just turning out peachy keen, jelly bean!" Brooke wrapped her arms around Peyton, she was honestly happy that everything was going good for Peyton, it was about time that Peyton was happy. Brooke pulled back and looked up at her best friend who was slightly taller than her, "Oh and to answer you're original question, I came over last night to spend some quality BFF time with my BFF but alas, no BFF in sight…so I stayed the night. Anyways – are you coming to that charity thing today?"

Peyton looked at Brooke confused, but then it clicked into place. The school was holding a charity event at the school; they did it every year. The guys sports teams would split into two and take each other on with the spectators placing bets on who would win and what not; all the money raised going to the charity. Last year, Peyton and Brooke had volunteered to go into the dunking tank – which was fun for a while but after getting dunked into water 30 times it kind of got a little old. So this year, Peyton had opted just to be a spectator…Brooke however had opted to take part, Peyton smirked. "Right…and what booth are you at again?"

Brooke frowned and shook her head, "That's not even funny! I can't believe they even nominated me for that stupid booth." Brooke turned around and walked over to Peyton's full length mirror, looking at herself. "I mean I don't mind kissing – I'm a big fan of it, but a kissing booth? Seriously?"

Peyton walked over to Brooke and put an arm around her neck, "Well just pucker it up, because it's for charity!" Brooke had tried to convince Peyton a few weeks back to join her in the booth and she would have usually, she was all for raising money for charity but it just so happened that was the day when she found out she pregnant so needless to say her mind was a little preoccupied.

Brooke rolled her eyes, "My lips are not charity!" She sighed and walked over to the bed, collapsing onto it.

Peyton watched Brooke and laughed. It was certainly going to be an interesting day. Lucas was scheduled to play for the guy's basketball team so she said she would stop by, Haley had been talked into singing and Brooke was going to be at the kissing booth, kissing probably 95 of the guys in school.

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Haley walked into the school gymnasium it was already full of people wandering around the stalls. She looked over to the stage and saw the microphone and a keyboard set up for her later on. She was dreading it, even though she had been singing to a crowd of people when she went on tour – it was different singing in front of your peers, people you see everyday. She turned her attentions to the basketball court and saw the guys warming up, they were all dressed in their basketball uniforms but had added dorky glasses and caps to their appearance. Haley smirked and slowly made her way over to Nathan and Tim, who were both stretching out. "Wow look at you two dorks" She grinned.

Nathan turned and looked up at Haley from the floor, he was wearing a pair of goofy black framed glasses and a backward baseball cap. "It's all for charity right?" He stood up from the floor and looked from Haley to the stage. "So I heard you were going to be singing later…" He still admired Haley's voice, she had a beautiful voice but it was still like a knife had pierced his heart when he thought about her and singing; after all she left him last year to go and sing.

Haley shrugs, "Yeah, I'm supposed to be…but I don't know if I can do it." Haley rested her hands inside her jeans pockets and looked over to the stage, her face portraying her feelings; scared.

Nathan looked at and smiled gently. "Oh come on, you've down bigger shows than this…besides, you have a great voice and you show it off!"

Haley turned and looked up at Nathan and smiled, "Thank you Nathan!" Before she knew what she was doing, she took a step closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him. She knew as soon as she did, she probably shouldn't have.

Nathan paused a moment, Haley was hugging him and it felt good. It felt right, just like it used to. He wrapped his arms around her waist, hugging her back. Resting his head on her shoulder he watched as Brooke walked across the gymnasium over to the kissing booth where she had been sat for the past half an hour. He sighed as he and Haley parted from their hug. He smiled gently at her before turning and walking over to the guys at the other side of the court.

Haley watched him and go and smiled to herself, he didn't pull back from the hug. Was there hope? She had to believe there was, she knew they were meant to be together but it was going to take time and she was going to wait, she had to. Turning around she saw Peyton enter the gym and slowly walked over to her. "Hey stranger…didn't think I'd see you here today."

Peyton looked at Haley and shrugged, "Why not? I'm little miss school spirit" She said sarcastically. She smirked and looked over to Brooke who was at the kissing booth. Above the booth was a sign, $20 a kiss. Last year it was a buck a kiss, Brooke had obviously raised the price – was that a bad thing, no…after all the money raised today was going to charity. She shook her head and looked across the gymnasium and saw Lucas making his way over to her and Haley. "Hey bucky!" She said referring to the fake buck teeth he was wearing.

Lucas smirked and pulled out his fake buck teeth and looked at Peyton. They hadn't defined their relationship yet, were they dating? No. They were, he didn't know what they were doing but he wanted desperately wanted the tag of boyfriend to be his. He smirked, "So we're all doing our bit for charity…Haley's singing, Brooke kissing guys…what are you doing?"

Peyton smirked, "Well I was thinking about joining Brooke on the kissing booth later on." She joked and paused looking at him and spoke in a lower tone. "But I didn't think the father of my baby would like that" She raised her brow, she had been so tempted to say boyfriend but they hadn't defined anything as of yet and she was just happy being around him.

Haley looked from Peyton to Lucas and laughed. It was weird how everything was working out for the two of them, considering their history. They had never been able to get together in the past because it seemed like fate just kept intervening but now, with Peyton pregnant …they seemed happy and together. It was nice, she was happy for the two of them. "What don't you guys just make it official already?" She said before walking away, this week all Lucas could talk about was having a relationship with Peyton, and wanting to be with Peyton…not just as the father of their baby but more.

Peyton turned and watched as Haley walked away, she turned back and looked at Lucas and laughed. "Okay – uh…" She didn't really know where to go from there.

"Haley's right…we should, you know…make it official." He had just said it as though it was a spur of the moment thing when in reality he had been thinking of it ever since the summer, the two of them…together. Exclusively

Peyton raised her brow curiously at Lucas, "Yeah…maybe we should." Peyton and Lucas both turned around hearing Whitey call Lucas's name, telling him to get over there. Peyton smirked, "Try not to suck too much." She said playfully before turning around and walking over to the bleachers. She was just going to sit and watch the game.

Lucas watched her go and smiled to himself, there was the Peyton Sawyer that he had admired from afar for so long. She was sarcastic, funny and suggestive and he loved that side of her. He turned around and ran over to join the rest of the basketball team.

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The basketball game had just finished; Lucas's team had won by three points against Nathan's. The teams left the court and made their way over to the refreshments table. Lucas didn't join them, instead he turned and made his way over to the bleachers. He looked up and saw Peyton, she was sat at top listening to her Ipod. He climbed the bleachers and sat next to her, "Hey…what are ya listening to?"

Peyton turned and looked at him, pulling the earphones out from her ears. She showed Lucas her Ipod screen it read; Fatboy Slim: Right Here, Right Now That was another good thing about Lucas and her; the shared the same interest, they liked the same music and they could just talk for hours on end when she wasn't being her usual shut off self. Wrapping her headphone wires around her Ipod she placed it inside her bag and pulled out a bottle of water she turned and handed it to Lucas. "Here…"

Lucas took the bottle, "Thanks." He uncapped the bottle and took a sip from it, his eyes never leaving Peyton's face. He screwed the bottle cap back on and handed it back to her. All throughout the game, all he could think about was those words she had said to him before, that maybe they should. "So-" He let out a deep sigh, "Things have been good this week right, between us?"

Peyton turned and looked at Lucas and smirked, "No need to work your way into it." She said honestly, the pregnancy had made her a little more upfront than she had been before. She rolled her eyes, "You wanna be with me…"

Lucas laughed at her frankness. "Yeah I do…" He paused and looked into her emerald coloured eyes and his smile faded as he looked at her, "and you wanna be with me…" He said it almost just as she had done, as a statement but he was a little less sure of her than she obviously had been of him.

Peyton nodded, "Yeah…" She said quietly. "So – I guess we're together then." Peyton smiled as Lucas touched the side of her face, as he always did when he was being intimate or when he wanted to kiss her. He would cup her face, she knew the signs by now. She leaned in and met his lips and kissed him, her hands pressing against his chest as they kissed.

Nathan turned around and looked for Lucas, he looked up into the bleachers and saw him kissing Peyton. Okay – so that was a new one. Last he had heard, Lucas and Brooke had just broken up and now he was making out with Peyton? It was about time – he knew the two of them belonged together, he knew it when he was dating Peyton. He smiled and turned his attentions over to Haley who was standing by the stage ready to go on and perform. His smile faded as he saw Chris Keller walk up behind Haley, what the hell was going on. Since when was metrosexual boy back in town. That little punk ass was the reason that he and Haley had separated…he could feel the anger building up inside of him.

Haley felt someone's hand rest on her hip, she smiled thinking that it was Nathan. As she turned around and saw Chris her smiled disappeared. She took a step away from his touch and looked up at him, "Chris…what are you doing here?" Haley turned and looked around to see if she could see Nathan anywhere, not wanting him to see Chris here and get the wrong idea…but apparently Nathan had already seen the two of them, he was making his way over to them. "Nathan…I can-" She was about to say explain but didn't get the chance to as Nathan grabbed a hold of Chris's shirt and threw him back against the wall.

"Stay away from my wife." Nathan blurted out, he hadn't intended to go over. He hadn't intended to say anything – Haley wasn't his wife anymore, but he couldn't help himself. Male pride, instinct or whatever it was just took over. He let go of Chris's shirt and took a step back, "I'd leave if I were you."

Chris smirked, "Well you're not me." He sighed he was tired of brainless macho jocks like Nathan Scott. "If you were, you would have managed to keep a hold of your wife…" He said back to Nathan, he always had a smart mouth and couldn't help himself.

Nathan went to throw a punch at Chris but was pulled back by Lucas who was holding him back. He turned and looked around the gymnasium, everyone had come over to see the commotion. Breaking himself free of Lucas's grip, he held his hands up in the air and looked at Chris. He turned and looked at Haley before turning around and making his way through the crowd. He stormed out of the gymnasium.

Lucas looked over to Chris and shook his head, he then turned and looked at Haley who was about to go after Nathan. He took a step in front of her and rested a hand on her shoulder. "Let him cool off…"

Haley looked up at Lucas and nodded. She had wanted to follow Nathan out, to try and explain to him…but she knew Lucas was right, it was better to let Nathan cool down first. She couldn't help but think that by Nathan's reaction, by his act of jealousy that he was still in love with her…she didn't really have much hope before for the two of them, for reconciliation, but now…now she had hope.

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Brooke began to pack up her booth, she had made a record $900 bucks from kissing guys. One guy from the grade below had actually paid for ten tickets to have ten kisses. It was sweet to think that someone who pay to kiss her. She closed the cash box and stepped around from the booth, seeing Nathan walk into the empty gymnasium. "Hey Nate…I made 900 bucks tonight"

Nathan looked around the gymnasium, the place was quiet. He turned back and looked at Brooke and nodded, "Hmm, I thought you would have made more." He responded, Brooke was popular and she was gorgeous to look at. It was no secret that most of the guys in school like her to look at her, he was one of them. He sat down at the table and looked out over to the stage.

Brooke sat beside Nathan, holding onto the cash box. She turned and looked over to the stage. She had saw everything that went down earlier, Nathan grabbing that cute music hick by the neck and telling him to basically get lost. "How are you doing?"

Nathan shrugged, "I don't know…" He was confused inside. He was still in love with Haley there was no denying that, but lately he had been having more than friendly feelings for Brooke. "Seeing that guy…just brought everything back, all of last year and everything…" Nathan sighed, saddened.

Brooke turned and looked at Nathan, she half smiled. She leaned up and wrapped an arm around his neck, just as Peyton had done to her earlier. "Just remember how far you've come Nate…" She said looking out over to the stage, "Last year you were a train wreck and now you're getting your life back on track. Don't let that punk ass little musician wannabe get you down."

Nathan turned and looked at Brooke and smiled, he was grateful for her being there.

Brooke smirked, "See I'm a good friend to have!" She stood up from the booth and looked around the empty gymnasium and turned back to look at Nathan, "Come on Scott, you can escort to me to the principles office to hand over this pretty little box filled with cash."

Nathan laughed and stood up, following Brooke across the gymnasium.

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Peyton opened the car door to Lucas's truck and stepped outside. She looked up the Roe House, she had gotten familiar with the house in the past week and the routine. Karen usually woke up at 6am and left for work by 6.30 but before that she always had a cup of coffee and left a hot tea for Peyton in the morning. Peyton turned and watched as Lucas walked around the front of the car and joined her. She looked into his baby blues and smiled as she felt his hand intertwine with hers. They walked across the lawn towards the house. "Oh…um, I have an ultrasound appointment tomorrow..." She said, she had completely forgot; a few weeks back when she had first gone to the doctors they had made another appointment with her…to do an ultrasound and as she found out by looking up on the net, she could find out the sex of their baby.

Lucas nodded, "Okay…what time do we have to be there?"

Peyton beamed, he said we. It was the little things that matter, like the hand holding, the we's. It was perfect. She turned and looked back to the porch of the house and saw two figures standing on the porch. She watched as Karen emerged from the shadows first. She then saw her father emerge next, she opened her mouth shocked. He was there…at Karen's? "Dad?"

(A/N: Thanks for all the reviews, I love knowing what people think about my story and the direction I'm taking it in etc. Oh and how much did I love this weeks episode of One Tree Hill...it was just as peyton said, "Perfect" )