Hey, thanks to all of you for the reviews. They are awesome. Some of you have asked if there will be any cheating in this fic, and I have to say that I'm not a big fan of cheaters. lol. I don't even think I could write anything were someone cheats. ;-) Hope that helps...and I hope you like this chapter...

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Summary: After 4 years, Nathan, Haley, Brooke, Lucas, Peyton, and Tim are heading back to the beach for another summer of fun. Some hold secrets, some have suffered through heartbreaks, and some are their same old selves. They will encounter a few familiar faces and unimaginable surprises as they return to the past in this sequel to "A Summer to Remember."

Return to the Past

Chapter 11

"I can't believe you ate that whole thing!" Brooke said in amazement as she and Peyton stared at the empty plate in front of Haley that had previously held a very large cheeseburger. It was Tuesday, about a week and a half after they first arrived, and the girls were now out for their designated shopping day.

"Brooke, it's not my fault." Haley defended herself. It really wasn't nice of Brooke to make fun of her appetite.

"Whose is it? Nathan's?" Brooke asked suggestively as Peyton groaned.

"Do we have to make every conversation about sex?" She complained.

"Peyton, yes. Lord knows I'm not getting any so I have to live vicariously through Haley." Brooke explained.

"You and Lucas are still fighting?" Haley asked sympathetically.

"Yeah, he even cancelled our date yesterday." Brooke pouted. Ever since the fight last week, the two had barely spoken to each other. Aside from the little episode at the beach with Nick, he had literally avoided conversation with her. "But at least I get to go shopping and buy new stuff to take my mind off of it."

"Speaking of, I still haven't gotten anything for Nathan for our anniversary this weekend, so we need to get moving." Haley said. She still wasn't sure what to get him. He already had everything she thought of.

"P. Sawyer, you never told us about that Nicki girl." Brooke said, changing the subject so she could sit at the table of the small café they were in a little longer. The only bad part about shopping was the exercise.

"Yes I did." Peyton responded shortly.

"No, you said she was Jenny's mom, but you never told us why you hate her so much." Brooke prodded.

Peyton let out a large sigh, figuring that it was probably time to tell her friends about what happened between her and Jake. "Do you guys remember how when we were seniors, I got that text from Jake saying that Jenny's mom was in town?" Both of them nodded. "Ok, well, I thought that it was just a visiting thing, and it was, at first." She paused now, trying to get the details straight in her head before recounting them to her friends.

1 year ago…

The sun was hiding behind the dark grey clouds as Peyton knocked on the clean white door that lead to Jake's house. She hadn't seen him or Jenny in a couple of months so she decided to drive down from college and surprise them because she had a long weekend. When the door opened, she saw the familiar face of the man she loved and automatically pulled him into her arms in a tight hug.

"Peyton, what are you doing here?" He asked with a light laugh. If she hadn't been so happy to see him at the moment, she would have noticed the nervous tone of his voice.

"I felt like I hadn't seen you in forever, so I decided to come for a visit." Peyton explained. "Why, are you unhappy to see me?" She joked.

"No, it's not that. It's just that…" He trailed off as he looked into her sparkling green eyes. He didn't want to worry her, or make her jump to some sort of insane conclusion. For the past 2 years, Nicki, Jenny's mom, had been in town and they had sort of started a tradition of taking Jenny to Chuck E. Cheese's a few times a year, and today was one of the days that they were going.

"What?" Peyton asked. Another reason that she had driven down here was because she wanted assurance that he still wanted to be with her. His phone calls had gotten less frequent and it didn't soothe her mind to know that he lived in the same town as Nicki. At first, she thought she was fine with it and that Nicki would move away soon, but as the weeks turned into months and months turned into years, Peyton began to worry that maybe Jenny's mom was there to stay.

"Well, Nicki and I were going to take Jenny to Chuck E. Cheese's today." He explained and watched helplessly as Peyton's heart seemed to break in front of his eyes.

"So you guys are…what exactly?"

"We're not together or anything, Peyton. You have to believe that. It's just that Jenny is 3 years old and really needs both of us and a stable family. So if I can provide something similar to that, then that's what I'm going to do."

"Wait, is Nicki here? Right now?" Peyton fumed. She felt betrayed even though she knew that she had no reason to. When Jake didn't answer, she made her way past him and looked into the living room where a dark-haired woman, Nicki, was playing Barbie dolls with a 3 year old Jenny. Jenny looked so happy in that moment to be playing barbies with her mommy. She turned back to Jake, wiping a tear from her eye. It was painfully obvious that Jenny needed her mom and a family. "Look, Jake. I know that you love me and I know that you would never hurt me, but I think that maybe we should take a break."

Jake couldn't believe what he was hearing. Was she breaking up with him? All because Nicki was in his house? "Why?"

"It's obvious that you want to do what's best for Jenny and I do too. Jake she needs her mom, but I don't think I can be 100 miles away and know that the girl you once loved is here almost every day with you." It was obvious to Peyton that this was not the first time Nicki had been in the house by the way she was so comfortable on the floor with he daughter. If Jake had kept the fact that Nicki was trying to be a part of Jenny's life from her, then what else could he possible be hiding? "Maybe you should give the family thing a shot."

"What are you talking about?" Jake was so confused right now. Was she breaking up with him because she was jealous, or not?

"Can you honestly look at Nicki and then tell me that you don't have feelings for her?" Peyton said as she choked back tears.

Jake sighed as he looked from the woman he loved to the woman who gave him his daughter. "I'll always have feelings for Nicki, she had my baby." Jake defended himself. "But I don't love her, I love you."

"But do you think you owe it to Jenny to see if you could ever love Nicki?" Peyton said quietly. She didn't want to hear the answer.

"I don't think I will ever love Nicki." Jake sighed in frustration.

"Jake, I know what it's like to not have a mother. I want you to give Nicki a shot. Give your family a shot." It pained her to say this. She had not been expecting to break up with him when she made the decision to come down here, but seeing Jenny with her mother, she realized that all that a little girl ever wants is a family. Who was she to mess with that?

"I don't want to give Nicki a shot." He tried, knowing that deep down, he did, for Jenny's sake. He knew that he loved Peyton more than he would probably ever love Nicki, but he also knew that in doing what was best for his little girl, he should try to make their family work. "I love you."

"I know, and I love you too, I always will." Peyton said through tears. "But I'm going to leave now because I know that's what's best for Jenny. And what's best for you."

Jake felt a lump form in his throat as he watched the love of his life, who had only arrived minutes ago, walk out of his front door and out of his life.

Present…

"So, if Jake was going to give the family thing a try, then why is Nicki here with her brother?" Haley questioned.

"I don't know. The last time I heard anything about her was a little while after Jake and I broke up and I heard she had moved in with Jake and Jenny." Peyton said flatly. She had broken up with Jake because she really felt like the best thing for him and Jenny was to have Nicki in their lives one way or another. And there just wasn't room for both her and Nicki.

"That's terrible, Peyton. I'm so sorry." Brooke said caringly.

"It's ok. I think maybe I can finally try to move on with my life. I can't live in the past forever." Peyton sighed. "Ok, enough of my depressing life story, let's talk about something happy." She smiled as both she and Brooke looked over at Haley.

"What?" Haley laughed.

"Tutor girl, come on. We all know that your life is happier than ours right now. So tell us something to cheer us up." Brooke commanded.

"Like what?" Haley giggled. It was true that her life seemed to be going the right way at the moment, but that didn't mean that it was always going to be this good. She was afraid that by saying out loud how happy she was at the moment she would jinx it and something bad would happen.

"I don't know. There are only like a million perfect things in your life right now." Brooke joked. "Your anniversary, your baby, your new clothes."

"Ok, I get it. Um, I don't know, what do you want me to say?" Haley smiled questioningly. Were they asking her to brag about her life?

"Tell us about the baby." Peyton concluded.

"What about it?" Haley smiled to herself as she realized that she had just referred to her baby as an 'it'. Wow, she couldn't wait until the doctor's appointment next week when she could finally find out if her baby was a 'he' or a 'she'.

"What does it feel like? You know, to have a baby inside of you?" Brooke asked curiously.

"I don't know how to describe it." Haley said honestly. "It's awesome."

"Come on, give us something better than 'awesome'." Peyton commanded.

"It's just amazing to know that this little baby depends on me. I felt it move last week in Charlotte and-"

"It kicked?!" Brooke asked excitedly.

"No, it moved." Haley laughed. "But it will probably start kicking once I get a little bigger. It felt almost like someone tickled the inside of my stomach. It was great."

"Aw." Brooke cooed. "I want a baby!" She joked.

"Nathan, we've been out looking for something for an hour. Can't you just make up your mind?" Lucas whined. He didn't like shopping for 5 minutes, much less an hour. "What was wrong with that cute t-shirt?"

"Lucas, it's our one year wedding anniversary, I don't think a t-shirt that says 'fun in the sun' is really appropriate." Nathan said back in frustration. He really wasn't fond of shopping either, but he wanted to find something that would actually mean something to Haley.

"Well, what about that promise ring we saw at the gas station?" Tim threw in and the other two looked at him in disbelief.

"Are you serious?" Lucas laughed. "Dude, that's way worse than a t-shirt!"

"Why?" Tim sulked. Girls loved promise rings.

"Tim, I already gave her a promise ring." Nathan responded as they continued to walk down the street in search of a store that might have something good enough for Haley's anniversary present. "And besides, why would I give her a promise ring from a gas station?"

"Wait, when did you give her a promise ring?" Tim asked confusedly. He had never seen Haley wear a promise ring.

"At our wedding you idiot." Nathan said in frustration just as they passed in front of a jewelry store. "Let's go in here."

The three guys made their way into the small store and each began to look in different sections of the store, Nathan at the bracelets and necklaces, Lucas at the rings, and Tim at the saleslady. Lucas scanned the display of large diamond rings in the corner, and suddenly felt a revelation coming on.

Brooke had basically told him that she wanted him to propose during their fight a couple of nights ago, but it wasn't until now that he realized that marriage wasn't the biggest issue between them that she was hinting at. She wasn't mad because he was hadn't proposed, she was mad because he was unwilling to. He internally groaned as he recalled their fight and how he had obviously led her to believe that he never wanted to get married. That was not true at all, he would love to get married someday, just not someday soon. At the moment he didn't even want to think about marriage, he just wanted to enjoy life.

What was it about girls and wanting to settle down so young? Was there something wrong with waiting until you're 30? He became frustrated all over again as he absentmindedly picked up a ½ carat diamond ring. This is what their fight was about? This expensively priced ring? It seemed ridiculous that this huge fight between he and Brooke was over this little ring, although he had to admit, Brooke would love a ring like this. It was a gorgeous ring with a total of three diamonds. He smiled to himself as he watched Brooke in his mind receiving a ring like this and basically freaking out.

"That's a great choice sir; I'm sure that special someone will love it." A smiling saleswoman said as she came up behind him.

"Me?" Lucas asked in astonishment as he dropped the ring onto the counter as if it were on fire or something. "Sorry." He said sheepishly as he handed the ring back to the still smiling woman. She obviously thought she was going to get a decent size commission for this sale. "I was just…I was just looking." He stammered.

"Ok, well, then please be more careful with the merchandise." She said coolly but with a smile nonetheless and then moved on to where Nathan was currently staring into a glass case full of necklaces. "May I help you, sir?"

"Yeah, I'm actually looking for a present for my wife for our anniversary." He said, taking his eyes off of the diamond encrusted choker that was priced at 15,000 dollars and looking at the seemingly helpful woman. How was it possible for a necklace to cost 15,000 dollars?

"Oh, your anniversary! We actually have some items that are specifically made for anniversaries if you will follow me…" She came out from the other side of the counter and led him to the opposite end of the shop. "Were you thinking more along the lines of a necklace, a bracelet, or a ring?"

"Necklace. She doesn't really wear bracelets very often and the only rings she wears are her engagement ring and her wedding ring." Nathan said as his eyes scanned the glass case for something that would stand out to him as the perfect gift. He quickly realized that this was going to be harder than he thought because every time he imagined Haley in one of the necklaces, she looked gorgeous in all of them. "Let me see that one." He said suddenly when he noticed a necklace with one small diamond square hanging off of it.

"This is an excellent choice, sir." The lady said as she took the necklace from the case and handed it to Nathan. "What makes it special is that we carry those exact charms individually so every time you have an anniversary, you can add another diamond to the necklace."

Nathan smiled to himself. That was a pretty cool idea and he knew Haley would love it. He glanced down at the price tag and his eyes grew when he saw all of the zeros. "How big is this diamond?" He asked skeptically. How could this necklace that was basically plain except for the diamond in the center cost over 1,000 dollars?

"Well, that diamond right there is a half carat, but when you buy the necklace you are also obligated to buy another diamond charm for it, making the total come to 1 carat." She smiled.

"Why do I have to buy another one?" He asked. He would pay the 1,000 dollars, but he knew that if Haley ever found out how much it cost, she would kill him.

"It's store policy, sir." She smiled brightly.

Why the hell was it store policy that you had to buy two of something when you only needed one? If he did buy it, which he knew that he would, he knew that he would only lose the other diamond before next year. Then another thought came into his head. Next year they would have a baby crawling around. The second diamond was definitely not a good idea; he knew what babies were like, always getting into things and putting everything in their mouths. If he stashed the other diamond somewhere, who's to say that the baby wouldn't somehow find it and choke on it?

Ok, so that was a little dramatic, but he really didn't want to buy the second diamond now. There had to be some way out of that. "What if I buy this but I can't take the other diamond with me? Can you keep it here until next year?"

"No, sir, I'm sorry. It's against store policy." The woman said apologetically and then put that same smile back on her face.

He really wanted to see this store policy. What wasn't on it? "Ok, well, thanks anyway, but I don't think it's a good idea to buy the second one already."

"Why? Are you anticipating a divorce?" The woman pried, hoping to keep him around long enough to buy something, anything.

"No." Nathan laughed lightly. "I just don't know where I would keep it that my wife wouldn't find it."

"Most men I have talked to say that they hide it in the back of the bottom drawer of the dresser." The woman offered hopefully.

"That's not going to work either because we'll have about an 8 month old baby this time next year." He said shortly, hoping that she would either let him leave or tell him that he didn't have to buy the second diamond.

"Oh, congratulations." She smiled.

"Thanks." He said sincerely. "We really need to get going, but thanks for your help." He turned to leave but was stopped by the woman's voice again.

"Wait, I could probably find a way to get around the store policy." She smiled as Nathan walked back to the counter. She had actually been lying about the policy being that you have to buy both diamonds, she just wanted more money. The fact was that most men did buy another in advance and that was why the price was set for the price of the second diamond.

"That would be great." Nathan smiled victoriously. He had had a hunch that the store really wouldn't make him buy an extra diamond and he knew that if he was right, the lady would stop him on the way out.

"Will you be paying with cash or credit?"

"Nicki, where the hell have you been?" Nick questioned angrily as Nicki walked into the condo.

"I told you, I was going to Bill's to get some better weed." Nicki smiled innocently. "What has your panties in a bunch?" She laughed.

"This isn't funny. No one saw you did they?" Nick said angrily. How could she be so careless? They had worked so hard so far to keep their identities a secret, and then she had to go get 'better' weed?

"Relax big brother. No one saw me." Nicki laughed as she sat down on the couch and started painting her fingernails black.

"Let's keep it that way. If you want weed, then just tell me and I'll get it for you." Nick said angrily. "We don't want a repeat of last time."

"I didn't even get in trouble for that!" Nicki defended herself. "Mr. Oliver didn't even press charges!"

"But it could have been worse! If he had, everything we've worked for would have been discovered. We can't take that chance anymore, especially since I got this job and we are one step closer to our goal." Nick walked over to the refrigerator and pulled out a beer, gulping it down in just 3 large swigs.

"When does your job start, anyway?" Nicki asked, only half paying attention.

"Tomorrow." Nick answered gruffly before lighting a cigarette and leading it to his mouth.

"That totally sucks that you have to clean this dump." Nicki laughed. She was so glad she wasn't the oldest in the family and therefore the one in charge of the operation. "Did the old man cough up any information yet?"

"No, but he will. In the meantime, keep an eye on the people living here, we may need to know them eventually." Nick said as he racked his brain trying to remember the people that lived around him.

"Well, there's Peyton Sawyer in 9, the one who was playing mommy to my daughter." Nicki said bitterly. She hadn't even seen Jake or Jenny in almost a year. She had taken off when she got her brother's call a few weeks after moving in with Jake. It was funny how she didn't even miss either of them.

"Can we start on the first floor?" Nick said grumpily. When you're listing names, you always start from the bottom and work your way up. Everyone knows that.

"Whatever, there's that Chris Keller guy who was telling us about the time he met Johnny Depp. You know, the one who you scared into jumping into the pool."

"Oh yeah." Nick laughed, that guy was such a loser. "And then there's that old couple next to us who have like 50 kids."

"Pay attention, Nick. They have 3, all in college. And their names are Dave and Wendy." Nicki sad as she blew on her nails to help them dry faster.

"Ok, then we have those people on the third floor. What do you have on them?" Nick asked eagerly. Nicki had always been much better at observing and gathering gossip that he was.

"Well, I already told you about Peyton Sawyer. She won't be a problem. She's so weak that she dumped Jake because of me." Nicki laughed at the irony. Peyton dumped Jake because of Nicki who left only 3 weeks later. "Staying with her are Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott. I don't think we'll have to worry about them too much for the time being because they're going through some kind of relationship drama."

"Keep an eye on that drama, Nicki. I want to know as soon as things are back to normal between them because that means that that Lucas kid will be an issue."

"Ok. Then across the hall in 10 are the three people that brought us cookies. That Tim Smith guy who, let me just say, we do not have to worry about. He's duller than a pillow. Then Nathan and Haley Scott. I don't think they'll be much of a problem."

"Why is that?" Nick asked eagerly. He was really hoping that none of the people on the third floor were going to be a problem because the third floor was most likely where the object of their stay here was being kept.

"Because the girl is pregnant." Nicki said simply.

"Good." Nick said happily. Pregnant woman were the easiest to work with because they were easily fooled and always did what you told them to. "But what about the guy? Just because his wife's pregnant doesn't mean that he won't pose a threat."

"True, but from what I've seen, he's really preoccupied with this baby stuff." Nicki laughed. She always found it funny when men turned into saps once they became fathers, kind of like Jake did.

"Let's hope so." Nick mumbled. Right now, Nathan Scott seemed to be the only posed problem and Lucas Scott could quickly turn into one too. One thing was for sure, they were going to have to keep a very close eye on those two in order to find their weaknesses, just in case.