Sorry about the shortness of this chapter, it's sort of one of those filler chapters, a little background info, just some needed things. Next chapter will be better, I swear.

Leaving Town

Coming Home

Brooke closed her cell phone and looked at the group huddled around her, "She said maybe."

"Tell me, why didn't we try that sooner?" Lucas smiled, looking around, "Who's Meredith?"

"She said that Meredith is her niece. I'm not sure if I believe that, though, something seemed wrong with her."

Peyton spoke up, "Maybe cause out of the blue her past just decided to call her up and ask her to return."

Suddenly, everyone looked at Nathan. What would he do if Haley showed back up in Tree Hill? He was kind of hurt when she left, would her coming back open old wounds?

Brooke broke the silence, "Well, we still have things to do, Peyt, you can be in charge of hotel reservations for people coming in from out of town. Luke, you can make sure the flowers are right at the florist, Nathan, you can be in charge of making sure everything goes right with coach. I will be in charge of directing people, taking care of the reception, and all that good stuff. Remember, we have less than twenty-four hours until we take this show to the road, and less than an hour before people start showing up, so, let's get going," Brooke said, getting up with her notebook she had been using to keep track of everything.

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Haley couldn't believe what she was doing. She had her bag slung over one shoulder, her guitar over the other, in one hand Meredith's bag, and holding Meredith's hand with her other hand.

"Look Meredith, look at the trains, aren't they big?" Haley said, directing Meredith's attention to the trains in the station.

"Very big, are we going to ride one?" Meredith asked, happily, looking at them in amazement.

"Yes, Meredith, we are, come on," Haley said, and they started walking to get on the train. Surprisingly, Meredith wasn't one bit afraid of the big engine, she was excited to go on a train.

They got on and took their seats. Meredith's excitement quickly wore off when it grew dark outside and she fell asleep. Haley took out her guitar and started strumming chords. Not so much later has she started than the door to their compartment opened and a man walked in, she smiled, "Oh, hey, I thought you said you were catching the morning train," she watched him put his things down then took a seat next to her.

"Well, I wanted a traveling buddy over the age of seven, she can be so hard to travel with. I'm glad you called though."

"Yeah… me too, except my travel buddy is three." They shared a laugh.