"Dude, are we done yet?" the younger Scott complained as he and his brother set the mahogany dresser down. "My arms are killing me, all this crap is heavy."

"Quit whining you big baby" Lucas joked. "The only thing left is to set the mirror on top of the dresser then, I'll order some pizza." Nathan followed his bother over to the mirror and on the count of three they lifted the mirror and placed it on the center of the mirror. Lucas held it in place as Nate set the screws in place and tightened them.

"Done" Nathan stated as he took a look around the now finished room. They had gone out and bought a new bed, this one had a canopy. They also bought a set of drawers and a bookshelf. Lucas had every intention of filling all five shelves with books. The only thing left was to decorate the room with knickknacks, but that would happen over time.

"What do you think?" Lucas asked as he too looked around.

"I can't stand it….but for a little girl I think the Pretty Little Princess room is perfect." Nathan shrugged as he walked down the hall, Lucas following behind.

"Bro, I think it's Pretty Pretty Princess." Lucas said with a laughed but Nathan just glanced back at him.

"Dude…its really sad that you know something like that." Nathan shook his head as he took a seat in the kitchen.

"What's really sad" Haley questioned from the table were she was sitting with Alex. Throughout the day she and Alex had begun to get along. Alex didn't look at her as the mean woman that didn't want her anymore, she was now just Aunt Haley.

"Nothing" Lucas responded quickly. "Al your room is finished. You wanna come look at it." She smiled brightly as she slid off the chair. She followed her dad down the hall and into her room. Her smile only grew as he opened the door and revealed her new room. "Do you like it?" Lucas asked, laughing lightly at the goofy look on her face. She looked exactly like Peyton did when she was excited or surprised. He cursed under his breath for thinking about Peyton again, he was determined to stop.

"I like it a lot" Alex stated, ripping Lucas away from his thoughts. She walked around the room, the smile never leaving her face.

"Well I'm glad." Lucas stated as he lifted Alex into his arms.

"Hey are you guys for a trip the park, I think it'd be nice way for everyone to just relax after a long day." Haley commented once the two blondes reentered the room.

"And may I ask what exactly made your day so long" Nathan glanced in Haley's direction as he waited.

"Alex and did some serious work when we picked all that furniture out. Isn't that right gorgeous." Haley winked at the little blonde giggled in Luke's arms and then nodded.

"Can we go to the park daddy." Lucas watched as the little girl in his arms pouted and stuck her bottom lip out.

"Who taught you the puppy dog face?" Lucas asked as he shook his head.

"Aunt Amy" Alex retorted proudly before pouting again.

"Well…I guess we could take a trip to the park." The comment received another bright smile. "Go grab your jacket" he set her down and watched her run off into the back of the house. Once she returned her jacket was on as well as her shoes and they left for the park.

Alex played on the swings for a while before they all moved over to the basketball court. "I'm playing with my niece…I'm sure she's better then Haley." Nathan smirked in his wife's direction and soon after she hit him across the back of the head. "Its true…"

"I don't care…you don't' have to actually say it." Haley rolled her eyes as she grabbed the ball from her husband's hands. "Luke and I are gunna kick your sorry a….butts." Haley quickly corrected herself before sticking her tongue out. The group spent an hour playing the game and at the moment the game was tied.

"Next basket wins...its getting late" Lucas stated before dribbling the ball. Nathan stole the ball form his brother and then gently tossed it to Alex. He lifted her into his arms and ran towards the basket, where she dropped it in.

"We win" Alex announced proudly.

"Say I'm a pretty little princess as loud as you can." Nathan screamed.

"I'M A PRETTY LITTLE PRINCESS" Alex yelled at the top of her lungs causing them all the laugh and Nathan to squirm. He didn't realize such a loud voice could come from a small body.

"Scream against Alex" Haley stuck her tongue out at her husband, he was gunna pay for his previous comment.

"No don't say it again." Nathan pleaded. "I'll buy you an ice cone if you don't say it again" Nathan pleaded again just as she opened her mouth to scream. She smiled as Nathan took her from of his shoulders and held her in his arms.

"Can it have sprinkles too" Alex questioned with wide eyes.

"Sure it can." Nathan returned her smile before setting her down on the pavement and grabbing her hand. After ice cream they returned back to the house, Alex already asleep in Nathan's arms. He carried her into the room and helped Lucas get her changed into a big t-shirt. She stirred and opened her eyes slightly. "Go back to sleep. Night princess." Nathan smiled as he tucked a curl behind her ear.

"Night sweetie" Lucas leaned down and kissed her forehead. She mumbled goodnight and closed her eyes again.

"God she looks like…"

"Don't finish that sentence Nathan…" Haley glared in his direction and he immediately closed his mouth.

"It's true though Hales…" Lucas said calmly as they made their way into the kitchen.

"I don't care" Haley hissed. "I don't want to ever hear her name. First she gets up and leaves, she told me over and over again that she was fine, not once did she mention that she was pregnant. Do you know how much she had to lie to keep Alex a secret for five years."

"Wait…why did she send Alex to you and when did she tell you that she was fine?" Lucas's face contorted into a mix of anger and pain.

"Luke…she made us promise not to tell." Nathan answered.

"You mean all that time I spent thinking that she was lying dead somewhere, you both knew where she was. You couldn't just tell me that she was okay, that she was alive and breathing." He ran his hand though his hair as he leaned against the wall.

"She never told me where she was…she just talked to me about her life…with the exception of Alex. Luke I'm sorry, I promised her. I called her the night she left because I wanted her to come shopping with me but she said I couldn't. I guess she felt guilty because she told me she was leaving Tree Hill and that she didn't know where she was going. I tried to get her to come back but she just kept saying that she couldn't be here anymore. She said she messed up too bad to stay anymore and so I let her go with a promise that she would keep in touch and let me know she was okay." Haley fought back tears as she finished speaking.

"So she knew everything about Tree Hill but no one knew anything about her." Lucas spat bitterly.

"No she didn't know anything about Tree Hill. She only knew about what was going on in mine and Nathan's lives. She refused to let me talk about anything involving Tree Hill especially you or Brooke. She didn't want to know, she wanted nothing more then to leave Tree Hill in her past. Luke as far as Peyton knew we could have moved away from Tree Hill when our house number changed." Haley shook her head.

"You still could have told me Hales." Lucas too shook his head.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think she was hiding something like this Luke." Haley admitted. "And I definitely didn't expect her to just up and abandon Alex one night."

"I know, I just…I don't know." Lucas closed his eyes tightly.

"Bro would it have made a difference if you did know that she was alive. She wouldn't have talked to you and we didn't have her number to call her. She always called us with a private number so that Haley couldn't figure out where she was calling from. We couldn't even get the number traced now if we wanted to…she had it changed." Nathan sighed deeply.

"I just don't get how she could leave Alex like this…it's not like her." Lucas spat bitterly.

Haley looked at him sympathetically before speaking. "None of this makes sense Lucas and none of this seems like something Peyton would do, but face it…she did."