Chapter 15: After All is Said and Done

A/N: This is it! This is my last chapter! Oh, it's so sad! There will be an epilogue. So right now, I want to thank all the reviewers, keep reading, and review this chapter. At the end of the epilogue I have special thank you's. Now, look out for my next story, AndIf I Had To Do It All Again, which will be up Sunday, hopefully!

Still don't own them.

"Elizabeth, you haven't seen Peyton since she was 4 weeks old!" Larry exclaimed in a hushed whisper.

"So, I want to see her now," Elizabeth said.

"She doesn't know about you." Larry strongly said.

"Tell her Larry. I saw her, I know she adopted that little girl." Elizabeth said.

"Yeah, and she hates the woman that gave birth to her!" Larry said.

"Daddy?" Peyton questioned coming downstairs, "What's going on?"

"Nothing, Peyt, go back to sleep," Larry said.

"Hi Peyton," Elizabeth said walking in the house.

"I'm sorry, do I know you?" Peyton asked.

"You used to." Elizabeth said.

"Daddy?" Peyton asked Larry, looking to her father.

"I'm your mother," Elizabeth said looking at Peyton.

"I love being an us!" Brooke exclaimed as Lucas and her were walking down the beach hand-in-hand.

"You should've listened to be sooner!" Lucas exclaimed, laughing at his girlfriend.

"I wish Nathan and Haley would just make our group 3 couples," Brooke whined.

"I wouldn't count on it," Lucas said.

"My mother is dead," Peyton said, her voice quievering.

"No, your adopted mother is." Elizabeth said.

"What?" Peyton asked.

"History's repeating itself, Peyton." Larry told his daughter sadly.

It was 10:30 P.M. Nathan got out of his bed, ran down the stairs and into his car. He was going to get Haley, for real this time. They were going to be together.

"Haley, I'm so sorry I've been like this," Haley's mother, Lydia James, said to her youngest.

"It's okay, Mom, you're getting help now, that's all that matters," Haley said as she was watching her mother walk around her room, packing clothes.

Lydia James sadly smiled at her youngest daughter, nodding her head.

"Daddy. What's going on!" Peyton screamed.

"Elizabeth and I were high-school sweethearts. A month after we broke up, she told me she was pregnant. I told her I wanted to be part of your life, she agreed, and then one day she called me saying it was a false alarm," Larry said.

"As soon as I met your mother, Peyton, I fell in love. We got married about 3 months later. And 7 months after we got married, you were left on my doorstep, with a note, and adoption papers," Larry added.

Peyton was in tears, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was waiting for the right time," Larry said.

Peyton ran up the stairs to her room, bursting into tears as Jake pulled her into an embrace, hearing the whole conversation.

"Peyton," Jake said, wincing when Peyton just sobbed louder.

"Peyt, honey," Jake said, laughing silently.

"Why are you laughing at me?" Peyton screamed, crying.

"Because every time I said your name, you cried louder," Jake said braking out in laughs.

"How is that funny?" Peyton asked.

"I don't know," Jake said gasping for air.

"Jake," Peyton whispered.

"Yeah, honey," he said calming down.

"That's my mom," Peyton said.

"Sweetie," Jake said, "You and I are going to have to have the same talk with Jenny."

Peyton's head shot up and realized it was true, and started crying again, this time running back down the stairs.

"Daddy!" Peyton yelled.

"Yeah," Larry said sitting on the couch across from Elizabeth.

"Can I talk to her, please?" Peyton asked.

"Yeah," Larry said leaving his daughter alone with her, her mother.

"Peyton—" Elizabeth started.

"No, Elizabeth," Peyton said, "You aren't my mother. You made that decision all those years ago. I'm going through this situation, too. My daughter was adopted by me, and I'm going to have to have the same talk with her. So, I would like it if I got to know you. No one can take the place of my mom, but…I guess, it would be okay, if we became….friends," Peyton finished.

"Thank you Peyton," Elizabeth said gathering her daughter in her arms, "And I'm sorry."

Peyton nodded her head, hugging Elizabeth back.

Nathan drove up to Haley's house, nervous about what he was going to say. Parking his car, he looked up at a window where he saw Haley. All his nerves went away as he saw her. He climbed up the tree to the window crawled in the window and fell. He got up, and looked around the room. This doesn't look like Haley's room. Shit. I went into her mom's room! Nathan ran out of the room quickly, glancing in Haley's real room and noticed no one was in there. He quietly walked down the stairs, looking for any evidence of Haley.

"Okay, Haley," he heard Lydia James say, "I'll call you everyday and I'll be back in 2 weeks."

"Okay, Mom. Good luck." Haley said sincerely.

"I love you Haley-bub," Lydia said.

"Love you, too, Mom," Haley said.

As Lydia walked out of the house, Haley sat on her couch, wincing in pain as she fell on a bruise. She sat with a bowl of popcorn on her lap and started watching the movie.

"Hey Haley," Nathan said.

"Hey Nathan," Haley said calmly, then realization hit her, "NATHAN!" she screamed jumping up, "What the hell are you doing here!"

"I needed to talk to you," Nathan said walking over to Haley.

"How did you get in here?" Haley said backing away from him.

"Through your parents' bedroom." Nathan stated.

"Through my parents bedroom," Haley repeated.

"I thought it was your room!" Nathan said defensively.

"But you've been in my room, asshole!" Haley argued.

"Stop acting like a bitch, Haley!" Nathan argued back.

"Nathan, did you come here to argue, because we can do that on Monday." Haley said.

"I didn't come here to argue, Haley," Nathan said quietly.

"Then what did you come here for?" Haley asked.

"I think you know," Nathan said looking into Haley's eyes.

"Why do you keep kissing me?" Haley abruptly said.

"Because" Nathan said.

"Because, what Nathan?" Haley asked quietly.

"I want to be together and kissing is the only way I can get you to listen to me!" Nathan said, causing Haley to burst out laughing.

"Haley," Nathan said, "It used to be me, Luke, and you against the world," Nathan started, and Haley sadly nodded, "And that fight we had, the stupid, stupid, fight…ruined it. I miss you, Haley. I've always missed you. I've never meant anything bad I've sad about you. But I did mean it when I said that I'm in love with you."

"Natha-" Haley started.

"Look me in the eye, Haley, look me in the eye and tell me that you don't' have feelings for me. And if you don't, I'll leave you alone," Nathan said. "Now, can you?" he asked.

Haley nodded her head no.

"Then tell me Haley, can we give us a try? Can we be an us, in a relationship?" Nathan asked.

THE END