Peyton pulled up to her house. There was a familiar car parked out front but she couldn't remember whose it was. She walked up to the house and opened the door her father was waiting for her on the other side. "Hey," she said with a big smile on her face, "what did you want to show me?" He just stood there as she closed the door behind her and walked a little further into the house. There sitting in the living room on the couch was Karen. Peyton got a confused look on her face she looked at her dad who was beaming. "I don't get it," she said. Karen was standing, she had risen to her feet when she saw Peyton, and she now was smiling too. "Oh, oh my god…" Peyton paused, her dad laughed a little, "that's why Lucas snickered, wasn't it," she turned to Karen.
"Yes," she laughed.
Peyton then turned to her dad, "how long?"
"About six months," he answered. "Went in the café one day for coffee and we hit it off again. Although I think it was Kaitlyn who stole my heart."
Karen let out an, "ah."
"Just kidding," Larry said as he walked over and put his arm around Karen.
"So how come you didn't tell me," Peyton asked him.
"I don't know for starters I didn't want to spoil anything and then when I realized things were going well, I didn't want to tell you over the phone," he answered.
"Well this is awesome," she said hugging them both.
Back at Haley's she had put Keith up in his room he was definitely due for a nap because he had fallen asleep in the car. She sat down on her couch put her elbows on her knees and her head in her hands. She just sat there thinking, trying to process the events of the morning. What did this mean for her and Nathan? What did this mean for her and Keith? What did this mean for the three of them? She knew they couldn't possibly pick up right where they left off. Too much time had passed and as comfortable as she felt with Nathan she felt just as uncomfortable. All she could think of was that night on the beach when Nathan had said to her that they were so far away from who they used to be why even fight for it. If they were so far from who they used to be then when it had only been a couple of months they were definitely far from who they used to be this time it had been years. Their roles were reversed this time though and she thought aloud, "why fight for it," and she remembered what she had said to Nathan that night, "because I love you." She heard again what he had said to her this morning, "I'm not going anywhere." She knew he meant it and that he would be there when she was ready. The question is was she ready, could she do it again, put her heart out there at the risk of having it broken, put her faith in him only to have him let her down again. Who knows it seems like he's different like he's changed, maybe he wouldn't let her down again maybe her heart wouldn't break. Either way it didn't really matter he was always going to be a part of her life because of Keith. She sat back and rested her head on the couch closed her eyes and said, "it won't be easy, that's for sure."