"Come on Haley please pick up" Peyton whispered into the empty room. This was her third times calling Haley that evening and once again there was no answer. She was about to hang up the phone when she head the tiny click.
"Hello…" Haley said in a rushed voice. She head heard the answering machine come on just as they were opening the front door and she could only hope the person hadn't hung up.
"Haley…thank God." The blonde breathed.
"Peyton are you okay…its Friday…you never call other then Sunday…unless its important." Haley began to worry as she listened to Peyton's heavy breathing. There was a deep cough on the other line. "Peyton…"
"Hales I need you to do me a really big favor…really really big." Peyton took a deep breath to calm herself down. 'It's now or never' she reminded herself again.
"Yeah sure…what do you need Peyt." Nathan looked at his wife strangely as he took in her panicked expression. She just looked at him and shrugged.
"Okay…if I send you something would you be able to watch it…take care of it for me because it's really important that nothing happens to…it." Peyton couldn't stop the knot growing in her stomach.
"Peyton are you sure you're okay…" Haley asked nervously.
"Hales I'm fine I'm just really tired and a little under the weather." Peyton gave a small laugh, which turned into a cough.
"Well just send whatever it is to me and I promise to take good care of it." Haley said in the cheeriest voice she could find.
"Thank you so much Hales. Look call me when you get it…umm…I'm sure I didn't need to tell you to call me you definitely won't forget to." Peyton gave a nervous laugh.
"I swear you are too secretive Peyton…you're definitely a mystery." Haley joked and shook her head. "Look I have to go cook dinner before it gets to late. I'll talk to you…whenever I get what you're sending me." Haley raised a brow and laughed again.
"Alright...I'll talk to you soon Hales." Peyton was almost relieved knowing that Haley would be able to help her…but nothing was ever going to take away the guilt that was slowly swallowing her whole. "Bye" she whispered into the receiver.
"Bye Peyt…" Haley hung up the phone, still slightly confused.
"What was that about?" Nathan questioned as soon as the phone was back on the hook.
"Umm…she didn't say much just that she needed me to watch something for her." Haley rolled her eyes as she walked slowly into the kitchen.
"Oookay" Nathan retorted as he turned the TV on.
"Peyton are you sure about this…" Amy questioned as she wrapped her thin fingers around the handle of the suitcase.
"Yes…I'm positive. If you ask me again I mite change my mind so please don't. Besides this is your only weekend off so there is no other time." the blonde was fighting back tears as she held her daughter on her hip.
"Peyt…"
"Don't Amy…just don't...please." she watched as the brunette nodded in her direction. Peyton glanced down at the confused child next to her and forced a smile. "Remember when we were talking about taking a trip last night." The small girl nodded. "DO you remember when I told you about Aunt Haley."
"You said that she married Uncle Nathan and that they're nice." Alex responded as she waited for her mother to continue.
"Well you and Aunt Amy are gunna go on a little vacation tonight. You're gunna get to meet Aunt Haley and Uncle Nate. You also get to meet all the other people in that photo album and its in your suitcase just incase you don't remember them."
"Why don't you have a suitcase?" the small child inquired.
"Because you have to go on this trip alone, mommy can't come with you. Aunt Haley is gunna take really good care of you for me though so don't you worry." She kissed her daughter on the forehead and set her down on the floor. "I love you" Peyton whispered as she dropped to her knees and wrapped her arms around her daughter.
"I love you too mommy" Peyton pulled away to find that they both had tears rolling down their cheeks. She could feel her heart constricting in her chest as she watched the little girl. "I'll miss you mommy"
"I'll miss you too baby…but you and Aunt Amy have to go now." She looked up at the brunette who reached down and grabbed the child's hand.
"Come on Ally." Amy smiled the best she could as she lead the girl out the door. Alex waved goodbye just as the door shut. Peyton leaned back against the hard wood and let her body slide down to the floor. Her body shook violently and the tears streamed down her face, leaving a salty residue on her lips. She buried her head in her knees as she pulled them up to her chest.
It was a almost 6 hours after Peyton's call and Haley and Nathan were cuddled on the couch watching TV. They both jumped when someone knocked on the door. "It's almost 11 who is coming over here that late" Haley questioned. It was Tree Hill and if there was one thing she knew about the small town it was that when people felt they could stop by this late it meant they didn't have to knock. Haley sighed as she removed herself from Nathan's arms and sauntered over to the door. She opened the door and was shocked to find a tall brunette with a suitcase in her hand.
"Can I help you?" Haley asked with a raised brow.
"Haley right…" she watched as the shorter brunette nodded.
"Do I know you" Haley gave a forced laugh as she watched the girl before her shrug.
"Kind of…I'm Amy"
"Peyton's Amy…" Haley questioned in shock.
"The one and only…you told Peyton you would do her a favor." Amy inquired.
"Yeah…she asked me to take care of something but I didn't think it would be arriving tonight…yet alone this late…or being hand delivered by you." Haley shook her head feeling even more confused.
"Why do I get the feeling Peyton didn't tell you what this little…package was" Amy shook her head, she wasn't sure whether she was surprised or not.
"No..." Haley was now feeling more confused as she waited for whatever Peyton had sent her.
"Well…Haley, meet Alexandra" Haley watched as Amy moved to the side to reveal a small blonde toddler. If it wasn't for the straight hair Alex looked like a carbon copy of Peyton.
"Na…Na…Nathan" Haley stuttered, unable to remove her eyes from the nervous little girl staring up at her. Nathan appeared as her side and looked from Amy to Haley in confusion, then he caught sight of the little girl in-between them.
"Alex is the package." Amy informed them nonchalantly as she set the suitcase down. She knew that she had to take the opportunity to leave. Once the two Scotts came out of shock they would be asking questions that Amy wasn't ready to answer. She knelt down and hugged Alex, whispering goodbye into her ear.
"Aunt Amy…" Alex's wide eyes held terror as she watched the second of the two people grew up with leave her.
"Hey…come back here" Nathan screamed as he finally realized Amy wasn't standing in front of him anymore. He ran over to the banister, knocking Alex to the ground in the process. He looked over just in time to see the brunette climb into her car and pull out of the parking lot. Haley looked down at the terrified little girl sitting on the floor. She knelt down and pulled her into a tight hug. Haley couldn't imagine what Alex was going through, she had just been torn apart from her mother and left with complete strangers. The brunette smiled down at the little girl, but it was forced.
"Grab her suitcase Nathan." Haley informed him as she glared in his direction. She and Alex got to their feet and the three retreated back into the house, which now held a thick tension they all could feel.
"Haley…" Peyton whispered into the phone as she answered it, no one else would be calling that late.
"What the hell is going on Peyton? Why do I have a three year old girl sleeping on my couch?" Haley spat bitterly. She listened to Peyton sniffle on the other line and for a moment her heart softened.
"Haley…I'm so sorry. I just…I can't. Please don't take it out on her…you can be pissed at me, but not her, please Haley." Peyton pleaded as more tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Peyton...why does she look like Lucas with her hair up"
"Because…
"I'm waiting…I have so many questions and that's my first…so…" Haley heard the phone click and her eyes widened in shock. "Peyton…are you there." Haley slammed the phone down and looked up at Nathan.
"She hung up on me" Nathan just shook his head at Haley's words before leaving the living room. The brunette quickly followed him into their room. "What the hell are we supposed to do Nathan…"
"How should I know. I wouldn't expect this from Peyton…I mean I was shocked when she just up and left but this tops that by a long shot." Nathan fell back onto the bed and was soon joined by his wife.
"Do we find Peyton, call the cops…I don't even know."
"you'll never find Peyton and the cops will tell you the obvious…give the girl to her father." Just then the sky opened up and the rain began to beat down on the roof above them.
I
dont understand
This should be so easy
To just reach my
hand
And know the world is free
But nothings, as it seems
I
can tell you freely
Touchings not the only way to feel
When
the rain falls
Its like heavens crying
And the names all
The
difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are
trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
Theres no
difference between the teardrops and the rain.
I know you
probably say
That Im just talking crazy
To think of life that
way
Means that Im confused
Theres happy and theres sad
But
maybe yes just maybe
The sadness can make the happiness more
true
When the rain falls
Its like heavens crying
And
the names all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The
same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the
pain
Theres no difference between the teardrops and the
rain.
Because I know they're both so necessary
I dont let
it bother me at all
When the rain falls
Its like
heavens crying
And the names all
The difference that there
is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow
something good
Out of all the pain
Theres no difference between
the teardrops and the rain.
The song is "When the rain falls" by the Zeta Bytes