"Ok…Thank you…"
Peyton's face was streaming with tears…After, she put the phone down, Peyton placed her head in her hands…Her elbows rested on one of the arms of the sofa…she was sobbing…Crying hard…She let the tears fall…
"Peyton, what's wrong???"
"Erm…"
She wasn't sure how to answer Brooke…She was still in a state of shock…
"I-I have to go…C-can you get Anna in her car seat for me??…I-I need to go and get changed…"
Brooke and Haley, could tell that Peyton was distraught…As Peyton spoke, she stuttered, always struggling to get words out…Then, Peyton ran upstairs to the bathroom, to get changed…At the same precise moment, Brooke gathered Anna's things and placed them in her baby bag, while Haley, strapped Anna into her car seat…Peyton clumsily ran down the stairs…She was dressed in very tight black skinny jeans, that showed off her slender figure…To accompany this, she wore a long yellow t-shirt, that was tightly fitted to her body, which stopped a few inches above her knee…She had tied her hair back into a bobble…Tears were still streaming down her face…She wiped them away, as she approached Haley and Brooke…
"Peyton…"
"N-no…I really need to get h-home ok….I-I just wanna go home…"
She was shaking…She was crying…Crying even harder than before…
"Peyton…who was that on the phone??…"
"H-Haley…I-I really don't want to talk about it ok…"
Peyton quickly placed her black pumps on her feet and then slung Anna's bag over her shoulder…Then, she picked up her over night bag in one hand…and the other holding Anna's car seat, after Haley had passed her over…Before Haley and Brooke could get outside, Peyton was in her car and already half way down the street…Back at Lucas and Peyton's house, Nathan, Jamie, Mouth, Skillz and Lucas were all in the living room…Jamie, was half asleep on the sofa, with one of Anna's blankets draped over his body, while Skillz was laid upside down, with his legs resting on the chair in the corner…Mouth was throwing maltesers into his mouth…He was attempting to catch them…The majority of them were on the floor…Nathan was sat in the corner, folding up Jamie's clothes, while Lucas was sprawled out on the floor watching the film…
"How many is that now Skillz??"
"Caught??…23...on the floor???…about 100..."
Mouth just laughed…
"Hey…have you guys heard about Skillz' new women??"
"What!!…"
"Luke…don't you dare…"
"Well Nate listen to this…our friend Skillz over here, is seeing…"
"Luke!!!…don't…"
"Who??"
"Well…lets see…someone we all know…blonde hair…ex cheerleader…"
Nathan just looked…His memory seemed to be coming back to him…
"Bevin!!!??"
Lucas just nodded…
"Seriously??…"
"Oh yeah…"
"But doesn't she have a kid…a-and I thought she was married…"
"She was…"
"To who???""Tim.."
"Tim??….As in pizza guy Tim…"
"Yeah and the had a son called Nathan…and well they got divorced and they are back together…""Nathan…I wonder who thought of that name…"
Nathan just shook his head in disbelief and laughed…Then, they all turned around as a distraught Peyton burst through the door…Tears were rolling down her face…She dropped her bags on the floor placed Anna on the floor next to Nathan…As she did Lucas, was stood up next to her, demanding to know what was wrong…
"Peyton??…What's wrong…"
"W-where's the phone…"
Peyton was trying to avoid Luke's question…
"Peyton…"
"L-Luke…I need…"
Peyton ran into their bedroom…Lucas was not far behind her…She was sat on the edge of the bed, hand in her hands…Crying…Lucas slowly walked over to Peyton. He sat down at the side of her, so their bodies were touching and placed his arm around her…
"Peyton….what happened??""I-It's Derek…"
"Psycho Derek??…"
"N-no…my brother…"
"O-ok…"
Peyton raise her head until her eyes met Lucas'…He wiped away the tears that laid on her face…Then he delicately stroked her head…
"H-he's d-dead.."
Lucas sat their for a minute, trying to let it sink in…Then reality hit home…
"P-Peyton I'm sorry…"
"Y-yeah…me too…"
Peyton rose to her feet and walked into the kitchen…She took the phone off the table and reluctantly dialled a number…
"Hello…my name is P-Peyton Scott…I'm the s-sister of Derek Sommers…"
"Mrs Scott…we need you to come and identify your brothers body…"
"O-ok…w-hen??"
"As soon as possible…"
"T-then I'm on my way…"
Then Peyton put the phone down, Lucas was stood behind her…
"Peyton…Are you sure???…Don't you think it's too soon…"
"N-no…I need to get it done…if I don't do it now, I-I will keep putting it off and off…I need to do this…"
"I'll come with you…"
"N-no…I have to do this on my own…"
Peyton grabbed her car keys off the table and left…Hours passed…Nothing…No word from Peyton…Not a peep…Anna was fast asleep in her crib, while Lucas sat on the sofa, guarding the phone, waiting for Peyton to call…Nathan, Jamie, Mouth and Skillz had headed home…They knew that Peyton would need her space and if they stayed, they would just be in the way…Lucas just watched the clock ticking away…3am…4am…Then…Lucas heard someone enter the house…
"Peyton??"
He quickly rose to his feet…As he saw Peyton, he ran to her. He pulled her into a tight hug and then pulled away…Hands on either side of her shoulders…As she moved her head…He noticed large re patched under her eyes…from where she had been crying…Tears still filled her eyes…She looked exhausted…
"Peyton…Was it him??…"
"Y-yeah…it was him…"
Peyton was shaking…
"Come on you need some rest…"
"N-no, I cant sleep…""Peyton…come on…"
Lucas led Peyton into the bedroom…She didn't bothered getting changed…They laid on the bed and he held her close…Peyton snuggled up tightly to him, as they tried to fall asleep…Monday the 26th of June…4 days until the wedding…Brooke had arrived home a few hours ago…Julian was sat on the sofa, legs resting on the coffee table…Brooke was snuggled up to him, with a cup of hot chocolate in her hand…
"I can't believe it's only 4 days till the wedding…"
"I know…In 4 days time, you will be known not as Brooke Davis…but as, Brooke Baker…"
"BB…that sounds weird…"
"Well…are you looking forward to it???""The wedding no…"
Julian just looked down at Brooke…
"No???"
"I'm nervous…but-"
"But??"
"I am looking forward to spending the rest of my life with you…"
Julian kissed Brooke on her forehead…
"Look, I know we've been through a lot lately…"
"Hey Baker…that's what a marriage is…good and bad times…and I just want you to know, whatever we face…we face together…"
"I love you Brooke Davis…""I love you too…"
They kissed passionately…Back at the Scott house, Nathan was in the pool with Jamie…They played around…Nathan dunking Jamie under water…Spending quality time with each other…Nathan didn't want Jamie feeling left out now Danielle was in the picture…Haley and Nathan wanted him to know that they loved him just as much as they did before and that he would always be their number one…It was different now there was two kids…After a while, Haley called for her son and husband…
"Jamie…Nathan, lunch is ready…"
"Come on Jimmy Jam…"
"Coming momma…"
Nathan lifted Jamie out the pool, before wrapping him in a towel…He dried himself off and he lifted Jamie upside down over his shoulder…He carried him into the kitchen and placed him down on a barstool in front of his lunch…Nathan then looked up to see his wife, feeding his daughter a bottle…He walked over to them and kissed his daughter on the head and kissed his wife…He stoked Danielle's head…Haley and Nathan let out a small laugh, as Danielle let out a little burp…
"That's my girl…"
At the other Scott household, Lucas was sat on the sofa, cuddling Anna…Feeding her breakfast…Lucas had heard Peyton up and rummaging about…She had managed to get some sleep…So that was something positive…Peyton walked into the garage…She was dressed in grey shorts, with one of Derek's t-shirts on…She slowly placed her boxing gloves on and began to hit her punch bag…Trying to beat out all the anger and sadness out of her body…Something that Derek had taught her…Peyton hit it has hard as she could…but, she soon realised that she couldn't do it any more…She broke down and began to cry…All the hurt and pain she had suffered, was more than anyone could suffer in a life time…She went to go and get changed…She had to go over to Brooke's to try her dress on…She couldn't put it off any longer, with the wedding only been four days away…Anyway, she needed something to take her mind off of Derek…Peyton hanged into grey baggy bottoms, with a electric blue coloured top…She placed her hair back and put her Ugg boots on…Peyton still had red marks on her face, accompanied with tears rolling down her face…She approached Luke and Anna who were in the living room…
"Hey Peyton…"
"Hey…"
She came and sat next to them…
"How you feeling??…"
"Empty…I-It really has just begun to hit home…I still can process everything…"
"I know…I know you have to go over to Brooke's today, so I was planning on leaving Anna with Millie and Mouth for the day, while I stay with Haley…"
"Yeah…o-ok…"
Peyton's voice began to crack…
"Erm…I'm gonna go now…I-I mean I need to get back as soon as possible…"
"Why…???…Peyton you need to take it easy…"
"N-no…I-I've got to plan the funeral and….and g-get in touch with Mick…"
"Peyton…"
"N-no Luke, I need to let go…If I can do this, I can move on…I-I k-know that he would want that…"
Peyton kissed Lucas and Anna before she left…Lucas wasn't far behind her as he left with Anna…Julian had gone out for a quick walk while Brooke and Peyton tried on their dresses…Brooke of course was first…Peyton stood outside the bedroom door as Brooke began to get dressed…She had already tried to talk to Peyton about Derek…She knew that she was struggling to come to terms with his death…But, it was no use…Peyton refused to talk about it…
"So …you excited??"
"Very…"
"I cant believe were all 22 and we'll all be married people in the next four days…it's just crazy…"
Brooke was full of excitement…Peyton was truly happy for her…Brooke had been through so much, she deserved happiness…Everyone knew it…Whoever knew Brooke Davis, they knew that they were the luckiest people in the whole world…Because she always put everyone before her…Always thinking of other people before herself…
"I know…way back I high school…we wouldn't have thought it would have been anything like this…"
"Yeah…We had a laugh though didn't we…seen it all been there and back…who would have thought me and you would have been on this amazing roller coaster of a journey…"
"All those years just sitting there imagining what we'd do one day…we never saw this did we…"
"No…but, you have got to admit…it's pretty incredible…"
"You could say that…"
"You never guess what I saw today…"
"Surprise me…"
"Sam….with Bitchoria…."
"Seriously…"
"Yeah I tried to talk to Sam about it…but, nothing…I don't understand why she is spending so much time with her all of a sudden…I mean I told her everything I have been through with her and she stabs me in the back…"
"And speaking of which are you done yet???…"
"Almost…give me a chance women…"
Peyton laughed…
"Dude…you've been in there for the past half an hour…"
"Ok…ok I get it…"
"You done??…"
"Ok…here I come…"
Brooke slowly opened the door and stepped out…Peyton gasped in awe, as she saw Brooke in her wedding dress…She wore a strapless pale white dress…The top part of her dress was tightly fitted to shape her body…The design of the material, made the ruffles of the dress appear horizontal…Then from the waist downwards, it flowed out…The dress touched the floor…It had layer upon layer of fine, thin fabric, gently laid on top of each other…The top layer, slightly lifted up as a white rose, which was perfectly detailed, held it together…As she turned around, the top part of her dress, was laced perfectly down to her waist, with a beautiful piece of long white ribbon…As it reached her waist, it was tied into a bow and the lace just fell gracefully down her back…It was accompanied by a beautiful thin gold tiara, that was decorated finely with pearls, ribbons and gems…She had matching earrings and necklace`…which was with pale coloured acrylic flowers…Peyton couldn't get over the shear shock, of what stood in front of her… Brooke had a gleaming smile on her face…
"What do you think???"
Peyton glanced at Brooke…
"Your not wearing that are you???"
Brooke's face turned glum…
"Is it really that bad??…"
"Are you kidding???….Brooke it's beautiful…."
"Really??…"
"Brooke…you really do look beautiful…"
"Thank you…"
Brooke hugged Peyton tightly…Both had tears in their eyes…
"You know for a second, you had me panicking…"
As Brooke heard the door handle go down, she let go of Peyton and they both turned to look…
"It's only me…"
"No!!"
Brooke ran into the room and locked the door behind her…
"Julian go away…""Why…I'm trying on my wedding dress you jerk!!…."
He closed his eyes and placed his hands over them…Peyton ran towards Julian and began to push him out of the door…She slapped him on the shoulder and pushed him out the door…she followed…
"You jackass!!"
"Sorry.."
"So…you excited??"
"You could say that…"
"Did you expect this…marrying my best friend???"
"Honestly…no…if I'm been truthful…I came back for you…but, somewhere along the line I fell in love with Brooke…"
"I really am happy for you…and you better get outta here…"
Julian walked off, as Peyton walked back inside…
"Did he see me??…"
"No…Brooke calm down…he's gone…"
"Thank God…"
Brooke let out a sigh of relief…She walked out in her dressing gown…
"Right ….it's your turn…"
"What about Haley…she already has tried hers on….now, it's your turn…"
Brooke shoved Peyton in the room…
"Hurry up …"
Five minutes later, Peyton walked out…She was dressed in a deep red coloured dress that took the shape of her body…It flowed all the way down to the floor…The straps came either side of her neck, which then stopped at her waist, with another piece of fabric that went horizontally across her waist…The rest of the dress flowed gracefully to the floor…Meanwhile, Lucas had just arrived at Haley and Nathan's…He entered through the door and he was immediately greeted by Jamie…
"Uncle Lucas…"
"…"
"Where's your mom and dad???"
"Daddy's getting changed and mommy's in the living room…"
"Thanks Jame…"
Lucas walked into the front room, to see his best friend, cradling her newborn daughter…
"Hey Hales…"
"Hey Broody…how's Peyton???"
"She's getting there…I don't think it's properly sunk in yet…I think reality is just hitting home…anyway how's my girls doing??"
"Were good thanks Luke…"
Lucas pulled Haley close to him, and they cuddled…
"Who would have thought 8 years ago that our lives would have turned out like this???"
"I know…you married to my brother at 16, with 2 kids at 22...me married to Peyton, with a daughter at 23 and Brooke's getting married to Peyton's ex boyfriend….it's weird…"
"Yeah….whatever dude…I mean you proposed to me before you did Peyton…but, unlucky for you I had to turn you down…"
Haley flicked her hair as Lucas laughed…
"Yeah and you asked me to be your boyfriend on the first day of school…"
"Yeah and you were the best pretend boyfriend in the entire world…"
Nathan joined them…
"So, you ready Luke…."
"Yeah man…lets do this.."
Nathan kissed Haley before he left…Lucas did the same but, before he followed Nathan, she stopped him…
"Luke…I know it's Julian's stag night, but just keep an eye on him…I don't want anything to happen like last time…"
"Hales. I promise, nothing will happen…"
Lucas kissed Haley, before he left…Julian and a group of around 10 guys had already been to a few nightclubs before 12am…Luke and Nate led Julian and the other guys into a bar…They all sat in a long line…downing shots of vodka and other spirits…Julian was drunk….so drunk, he could barely stand…He began to walk towards the bathroom, but accidentally fell into someone…The bloke reacted badly and punched Julian in the face…It wasn't long before he retaliated and a fight broke out…Nathan, Luke, Mouth and Skillz managed to break them up…Blood was everywhere…Glasses smashed…Another fight had broken out in the corner between another set of guys…Lucas felt someone tap him on the shoulder…He turned around and was absolutely star struck at what he saw…"Lindsay…."
"Hey Luke…"
"What are you doing here???"
"I came for a drink…"
Luke just looked at her…
"Yeah, I got that bit…why are you in Tree Hill??"
"You want the truth??"
"Of course I do…"
"I miss you Luke…I came back for you…"
A/N- I had a phenomenal response for the last chapter I wrote, so I am very happy and grateful for all the reviews…However, I know some readers were slightly disappointed with the name of the Naley baby, as it does remind them of Dan…But, there is a perfectly good reason behind this, which with become evident in the forthcoming chapters…So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope many of you review, (I really would appreciate it)…I have got to structure the next few chapters, aswell as do my exams and revision, so I'm not too sure when the next update will be…So I hope you keep reading and reviewing…Thanks…