"Hi Diane" Karen gave a warm smile and wave to the woman who was strolling somberly through the door and towards the counter. The red headed woman sat graciously into the vacant seat, her head almost immediately falling into her hands after she waved to the woman across from her.

"Hey" the stress was apparent in the younger woman's voice.

"Listen, whatever you want, it's on the house" Diane shook her head but kept her face in her hands.

"Just some coffee…back to back cups if it's possible"

"Work was that bad huh?" Karen set two full cups of black coffee on the counter before leaning forward on her elbows, preparing herself for another heart wrenching story.

"Remember the young brunette I was telling you about, the one that came in about three months ago." Diane was a nurse at County General. She usually told Karen about her patients, the stories usually sad.

"Yeah…the way you look tells me that you're not about to say she woke up today." Karen sighed as Diane shook her head. It was a little over three months ago that she learned of a young girl who wound up at the hospital after a tragic car accident. The driver was killed instantly while she was left in critical condition. The doctors believed that she wouldn't make it through the night, but she had proved them wrong. Unfortunately, her condition had not improved any over the last three months.

"I told you before we've been trying to find her family…well we did" Karen looked hopeful, but Diane shook her head again. "Both parent's dead, no siblings and no other family as far as we can tell" Karen sighed deeply, her heart went out to the poor girl.

"Any change in her condition" She asked, hoping for something good.

"No…in fact because of the info on her parents…they're tempted to shut down her life support. Her doctors are fighting for her though…I think she's got a place in all of our hearts…I mean how could she not, especially now that we know she has no one."

"I know she has a place in mine" It was the older woman's turn to shake her head. "Anything else happene"

"Nothing good. Another girl came in today…we have to do reconstructive surgery on her face so we have a picture of her. Karen her fiancé beat her so bad that her curls are the only thing that look the same about her."

"What happened to her fiancé"

"The police are looking for him. She's been in and out of consciousness all day, but she stayed with us long enough to give his name."

"At least she's doing better then our other girl." Diane raised her brows in agreement as she finished her second cup of coffee. Both women jumped as they heard glass shatter across the room. They looked over to see Haley lifting a picture frame off the floor. Haley had stopped by the café that evening to get something to eat before heading back to the club to help Nathan. The brunette shook her head as she walked over with the shattered frame.

"I swear I'm turning into the biggest klutz, that picture has been there for years and somehow I still knocked it off the wall" Haley rolled her eyes as she set the frame down.

"Don't worry about it Hales." Karen looked at the picture which had grown slightly faded. She couldn't stop the smile the formed on her lips as she looked at the smiling faces. It was a picture of 5 smiling teens on graduation day. Haley stood between Nathan and Lucas. Brooke and Peyton sat in front with their heads leaning in as far as their hats would allow, their hands clasped together with smiles on their faces.

"God she looks familiar" Diane turned the picture so that she could see it clearly.

"Well if you're referring to the brunette between the two guys…that's me" Haley informed the older woman, her appearance had changed over the last 11 years, especially after she had Kristen.

"Oh my god…" both Karen and Haley turned to look at Diane who had a shocked look on her face.

"What is it?" Karen asked as she tried to figure out what Diane was so surprised about.

"It's her…my patient." Diane shook her head in disbelief. "All this time…I've been coming to the café for years now, and I never noticed this picture."

"What are you talking about" Haley asked as she tired to piece things together.

"Diane…" Karen's brows furrowed as she waited for her friend to answer.

"You know her…so I don't have to abide by the confidentiality code…Peyton's the girl."

"What…" the word came from both Haley and Karen as they glanced from the picture to the red head.

"Peyton Sawyer…" there was a slight questioning in her voice…as if she was asking if her identification was right. The two girls across from her nodded their head as they waited. "She's the car accident victim."