I took Lucas' idea and went to get Kiley from Peyton's house. She was always a lifesaver for me when I asked her to watch Kiley. She was a stay at home mom, with Jenny, but she also painted great works of art. Most of her paintings were given to her friends and family, but she was currently working on an exhibit for the local museum. She was always willing to take care of Kiley when I had to work, and I returned the favor when she and Jake wanted to be alone.
"Hey Payton." I said. She glanced up from her drawing and smiled at me. She placed her finger over her mouth, motioning for me to be quiet because the girls were sleeping. So I followed her into the kitchen, where she fixed me a cup of iced tea.
"How are you?" She asked me with that sympathetic look in her eyes. The look all of my family and friends gave me lately. I hated that look.
"Please don't look at me of talk to me like that," I responded rather nasty.
"Haley, I'm sorry. I didn't even realize…"
"That you were doing it. I know, I'm sorry."
"Are you going to tell him?"
"My whole body is telling me to run to him, and jump in his arms. Tell him the whole story, and introduce him to his daughter. But then the realization sinks in, and I think that if I just keep my mouth shut he will have his dream life. A freedom that he would have never had if he had lived. He's playing for the Lakers next season."
"He loves you too, Haley. You were his choice, and he knew what he was giving up to be with you."
"No he didn't. We were kids."
"We still are kids. Kids who had to grow up too fast."
"I don't regret Kiley."
"And I don't regret adopting Jenny, but this is our life. Nathan is her father and he deserves to have the option of fathering her."
"But Dan and Deb think that it would ruin his life."
"Screw Dan and Deb! They want what they have always seen for him, not you. They never wanted for you two to be together."
"They have done a great job with Kiley, but part of me thinks that they are behind this amnesia."
"Come on, how can that be?"
"I over heard them saying that they can't keep doing this to her. Meaning me, and right as he was coming back to me, Deb made him a drink and then he acted like he barely knew me."
"Your just paranoid. Haley you have to tell him, and stop with all this paranoia."
"I don't know what I'm gonna do." I sighed and heard the girls giggling in the living room. "What I do know is that I will not hurt that little girl and I'm taking my favorite daughter out for ice cream."
"YAY! I want chocolate cookie dough." She said crawling into my lap.
"Well you girls have fun, because you have to leave." Peyton said.
"Are you kicking us out?" I asked acting shocked.
"Yes I am. Jenny's grandma is coming to get her so Jake and I are going to have the night to ourselves." She smiled. I hugged her goodbye and took Kiley out for ice cream.
"Mommy what's wrong?" Kiley asked me while we were walking towards river court.
"Huh? Nothing sweet heart."
"Mommy, I can tell you're mad. Did I do something?"
"Of course not. You know I love you so much right?"
"Yes. Can you tell me about daddy again?"
"Sure. He would have loved you a million times more than we can imagine."
"Was he cute?"
"The cutest. You know that."
"Do I look like him?"
"You have his eyes and his smile." She ran towards a man playing basketball on river court. "Kiley! Slow Down." I tried to catch her, but she was already talking to the man. When I approached him, he looked up and grinned towards me. It was Nathan Scott. Kiley had no idea she was talking to her father.