Nothings Bigger than love – Chapter eleven

"MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM" Sawyer yelled from the middle of the living room and Peyton ran around the kitchen cleaning up frantically "MUUUUUUUUM" she yelled again as Peyton turned to her

"What's up Sawyer?" she asked as she continued to wipe down the bench

"Where is Daddy?" she asked as she swung her arms backwards and forwards walking into the kitchen

"I told you a minute ago" she said blowing the hair out of her face and leaning against the table "He went to the supermarket, he will be back in a minute" she said before looking around the room "Where is your brother?" she asked noticing the loud boys absence as Sawyer shrugged her shoulders before Peyton let her feet run up the hallway, she checked every room before she slowed down and headed to the bathroom as she could hear singing coming from the bathroom, she walked in and tried to hide her laughter "LEO" was all Sawyer could hear from outside the bathroom. Her mother walked out with her squirming little brother who was covered in talcum powder, his ultra-black hair was now streaked and her mum was not looking happy at all, she stormed up the hallway with Sawyer on her heels.

When they made it to the kitchen Peyton sat a sulking Leo on top of the bench while she turned the taps on in the kitchen sink, she tested the heat of the water before letting it run and stripping off Leo, who actually seemed to be enjoying the whole ordeal "Sawyer baby can you do mum a favour please?" she asked not looking down at the girl

"Yaha mum" she said looking up

"Can you please go to Leo's room and get me some clothes and a nappy for him?" she asked as Sawyer quickly obliged and walked up the hall. "You are so naughty Leo Scott" she said looking at her smiling son before picking him up and putting him in the kitchen sink.

"How bout these mama?" Sawyer said holding them out to her mum

"Perfect darling" she said looking down briefly before putting a jug of the water over the top of little Leo's head.

"Babe I'm home" Lucas said as he walked in the front door, slightly taken back by the scene in front of him

"Please tell me your mum and Andy aren't with you" Peyton said looking at him with despair in her eyes

"What happened here?" he said with a laugh, which he quickly stopped when his wife gave him a look of death

"Your son happened here" and that's all she had to say "He got into the baby powder" she said before indicating that he should come over, he held a towel up and Peyton picked him up and put the boy in his grip as he wrapped the towel around him as Peyton headed up the hallway to get their napping baby daughter. By the time she walked out with the baby girl draped over her arm Leo was back on the ground running around again. "When are they getting here?" she said as Lucas took the baby girl from his arms and lifted her up above his head, Peyton was referring to Andy, Karen and Lily's impending visit, they had called a week ago and told them that they were heading up to visit them and they had news to tell them.

"should be here…" he said looking around as a sound came from the door "right now" Peyton straightened up her skirt and then walked to the door, preparing herself for what was about to happen, she saw them and that was enough to put a smile on her face.

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They relocated to the deck with cups of tea to talk and to hear Karen and Andy's big news, the kids ran around in front of them as Karen held Ellie in her arms. "So tell us what the news is then" Peyton said sitting down on the deck chair next to Karen and sweeping her legs underneath herself "Wait are you pregnant?" she said pointing an accusing finger to Karen

"WHAT?" she said with a smile on her face

"Well think about it the last time you sat us down and told us you were getting married, first comes marriage then comes a baby carriage" she joked as Lucas and Andy laughed

"Were not having a baby, but we are moving back to Tree Hill" this news threw them back as much as the news of an impending baby would have "Well say something" Karen said with a laugh

"Are you sure?" Lucas asked it and he wasn't one hundred per cent sure why

"Lily is getting older and she needs stability, she needs friends her own age, she needs this"

"But Tree Hill mum? I thought that you left it behind that that was it"

"Lucas you had the privilege of growing up there, of seeing all that Tree Hill had to offer, its abundant greatness and yes we had bad times but we still had Tree Hill" she sighed as her son looked at her "Luke can you remember when you were leaving Tree Hill for Charleston with Keith?" she asked as he nodded "What did I tell you?"

"There is only one Tree Hill" he said with a smile looking at his mums eyes

"You know what else Lily hasn't had the privilege of knowing Keith and that place Tree Hill, to me that is the essence of Keith Scott" she said it as tears streamed down her face, Lucas got up and hugged her the best he could with the baby in between them.

"I get it mum" he said kissing her cheek and moving back to where he was sitting

"So we are going to drive up tomorrow and we were wondering if you would like to road trip to Tree Hill with us, just for a couple of days maybe? It will be fun, it can be the end of a travelling era, we will take lots of breaks and I promise when you get sick of being stuck in the car with kids we will swap"

"Hey mum" he said interrupting the rambling, she looked at him with her Roe eyes, Lily had the same ones "We would love to come, maybe we can call Haley and ask if we can sleep there for a couple of nights" he said looking to his wife

"I thought that we might not call them, that we might just show up and surprise them" Karen said with a cheeky smile as Lucas nodded

"BRING ON THE ROADTRIP" Andy said enthusiastically as he stood up

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"Ellie baby" she said attempting to get the little girls attention so that she could take her arm and put it under the strap of the car seat, she buckled her in and kissed her head passing her a toy and pulling an over exaggerated excited face at the little girl who smiled up at her. Lucas was on the other side buckling in Leo and Sawyer was on the steps of the deck waiting for her parents to come and get the luggage and help her get into the car, her grandparents had just left and she was pretty upset that she couldn't continue hanging out with Lily, because as far as Sawyer was concerned Lily was the bees knees. Both Peyton and Lucas headed from their jeep to where their daughter was standing but before they could get there Peyton's phone rang, she brought it out of her pocket and stopped where she stood "Luke its Haley" she said as he turned to her

"Well answer it then" he said with a laugh as he continued to the steps and Peyton answered the phone

"Hey Foxy" she said sort of nervous, she didn't want to accidently tell Haley that they were heading that way "What's up?"

"Ah nothing really just felt like calling my favourite sister in law and see how she was doing and what she was up to"

"You know just the usual running after kids" she said watching as Lucas folded the pram and lifted up the portable cots and throwing them into the back of the jeep.

"I know the feeling" she said with a laugh

"Hey Hales I'm actually in the middle of something right now is it okay if I call you back later?"

"No Peyton that is fine"

"Thanks, I promise I will make it up to you" she said before hanging up the phone, walking up to her daughter who stood up on the step in her red jeans and singlet with a love heart on it as Lucas put the last bags in the boot of the car, Peyton picked up her handbag and nappy bag before leaning down and picking Sawyer up onto her hip. Sawyer had the unfortunate position of being wedged between two babies car seats in her own booster seat, Karen had offered to take her in their car but they didn't want to impose on them plus they wanted Sawyer to have a nap on the way and that just wasn't going to happen in that car because she would just be too over excited. Peyton put her in the middle of the seats and she soon began colouring in as her parents checked that everything was packed, that the door was locked and then hopped in the car all ready to set off.

"You kids ready for a road trip" Lucas said as he put the key in the ignition and getting not much of a response from the kids in the back, Peyton laughed at her husband as she clicked her seatbelt into the holder.

"YAY" Peyton said with mock enthusiasm just to make him feel a little better, she was excited but tired at this moment, she assumed it would hit her more when they got closer.

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"DAAAD" Sawyer complained as he looked in the rear view mirror and her mum turned around, she was looking miserable as the two siblings next to her slept.

"What's wrong baby?" Peyton asked

"It ran out" she said referring to her DVD player that they had set up three hours before hand, Peyton took it off her to check it out and Lucas looked back at her

"You know Sawyer back in my day we didn't have those things we had to make our own fun"

"You know what Sawyer you are going to have to listen to a lot of 'back in my day' stories from your dad" Peyton said with a laugh at her husband and a smile at the little girl in the back of the car.

"Can we play I-Spy please dad?" Sawyer asked with her best convincing tone

"Of course we can beautiful, you start"

"I-Spy with my little eye something beginning with 'O'" the little girl said with so much enthusiasm, it took twenty minutes for Lucas to finally give up and ask the girl what she could see "An Octopus" she said with a smile

"Oy Dorkus you have to say something that you can actually see" he said as he put his indicator on with a massive smile plastered on his face

"Yaha I know, I can see an octopus" she said determined for him to believe her

"Dude we are nowhere near the ocean" he said as Peyton laughed, she loved the relationship that they had and she couldn't wait for her to continue to grow and for their relationship to grow.

"I can totally see an octopus daddy"

"Right this very minute" he said as he saw her nod in the rear vision mirror "Where is it then?"

"Right there" she said pointing to her sisters chest and to the octopus on her sisters onesie as her dad looked outraged and her mum laughed hysterically waking up the baby that they were looking at, her big blue eyes looked at her mum and Peyton leant forward to put a hand on her chubby little legs which kicked when she did so.

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"Luke oh my god stop the car" she said looking out the front window to her husband and then back again "You have to stop the car"

"The next schedule stop is like 15 minutes Peyton can you wait to then?" he said referring to the schedule that he and Andy had sat down and mapped out.

"Luke that is where I spread Ellie's ashes" she said leaning forward and putting two hands on the car console. Lucas quickly stopped the car and Peyton practically jumped out, Lucas called his mum and told them that they would meet her at the next stop and then he took all three kids out of the car for a run, he passed Ellie to Peyton who sat on the grass before taking off to chase the other kids around the field.

"Hey Ellie, its Peyton" Peyton said as the little girl responded to her name and looked up at her mum "I haven't come to talk to you in a while and by that I mean at all because I just couldn't but today we were driving and I looked up from my magazine and we just happened to be here and I took it as a sign that I needed to come and talk to you. Wow sitting here now is reminding me of that year when you came into my life and when I had to scatter your ashes, so much has changed since then, you know that boy that I liked, the one that was dating my best friend and saw you buying drugs well I married him and we had a baby practically on the same night, we moved away from Tree Hill and we had two more babies. My first sign that I should come talk to you happened about seven months ago, my second daughter was born and she looked just like you, I was blown away by her beauty and her little attitude and Lucas and I looked at each other and recognised you in her so we named her Ellie. So our first born is named Sawyer…." She said as she looked up into the sky, holding on tightly to the seven month old.

Lucas looked briefly at his wife and smiled knowing full well that she was pouring out her soul to Ellie Harp, he knew how proud Ellie would be of her and he felt this pang in his heart for all of the parents and grandparents in his life were missing out on he was drawn out of his haze by both his kids connecting themselves to his legs, he laughed as he looked down at him.

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They had hit Tree Hill about a day after they had left and as they drove into town the car had become silent, mainly because the two youngest kids were fast asleep and at the last stop they had a chance to charge Sawyers DVD player but the reason that Lucas and Peyton were so quite was because they were taking it all in again, Peyton hadn't been back since Sawyer was a baby and Lucas had only been their briefly when Haley desperately needed him. They drove past the high school, the river court, Karen's café, Where Dan Scott Motors used to stand, their old house and the old Keith's body shop, Lucas wondered how his mum was dealing with it all in her car and tried to ignore how he was feeling about it. They drove up Haley and Nathans Street, Lucas knew that Haley was probably wetting herself with excitement at this very moment and he couldn't wait to see the look on his face when they drove up the driveway. As they turned into it Peyton grabbed his hand and he could tell that she was pretty excited as well, he could see Haley standing on the doorstep with a small child, Lily, Karen and Andy. He parked as quick as he could and practically leaped out of the car, walking up and standing in a clear position, watching as Haley came bounding up the driveway towards him.

Peyton turned around in her seat and looked at her kids who all were alert and awake now, Peyton wasn't sure how long they had been awake for but that didn't matter "Welcome to Tree Hill my babies"

The end!

*Authors Note* This was the last ever chapter, this story ends off where Live on Through starts off so if you want to find out what goes on when they return to Tree Hill or how everyone takes the news of Karen, Andy and Lily moving back go and read that one

I'm also thinking of starting another story about them all raising their kids together + I already have one of these kids and the rest of the Tree Hill gangs kids beginning teen hood!

I really loved this story, I loved having my own idea and my own dreams of what was happening with Peyton and Lucas and their little family when they left Tree Hill and I am very incredibly happy with it! I hope you enjoyed it and I hope that you continue to read my stories!

Soon I will be updating my high school reunion story and the teen story as well as the concert story and the Rachel Gatina Story just give me some time and they will all be up!

Thanks ta-ta