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I walk back into Haley's house and rest my head against the wall. I run my hands over my face in exasperation and sigh. I remove my hands and look up to see Jake standing there with a tight smile on his face.

"Come with me Luke." I raise an eyebrow but follow him anyway. We walk up the stairs and turn a few corners finally walking into the study. I sit down across from Jake as he leans down and pulls out a book of some sorts and puts it in the middle of the desk.

"This is Haley's photo album, well one of them anyway." He grins brightly, shakes his head and then continues, "She has a photo album for all of us, and there is a group photo album, a separate one for single photos and then one for relationships." He takes a deep breath, "She then has one for later families; our family and Brooke and Nathan and then a separate one for Peyton because none of her relationships have lasted."

He pats the top of the album and then looks up at me.

"This is the Peyton album. Peyton hasn't been with anyone since Felix so there aren't many people in there." I frown at the thought of Peyton being lonely.

"Jake is there a point to this?" I ask him and he nods his head and hands me the photo album.

"I thought that maybe you need a trip down memory lane to remind you of how things were for you and Peyton, through good times and through bad." I take the photo album from him and give him a thankful smile.

I leave the room and walk towards my bedroom and collapse on the bed. I make a move to open the photo album when the phone rings.

"Hello?"

"Hey Lucas, it's your Mother, I was wondering if you wanted to come over for lunch instead of dinner?" She asks me softly.

"Sure Mum that's fine."

"Great! See you soon, love you."

"I love you too Mum." I hang up the phone and groan while placing the photo album on the side table. I better go and get ready to see Mum.

I walk into the house and hear voices coming from the kitchen so I head in that direction. I stop in the doorway when I see Dan with his arms wrapped around my Mum's waist and his face is pressed into her neck. I close my eyes and remember when I first found out about them.

Flashback

I was walking down the hallway at college and heard some of the older guys mumbling about some hot older chick that was on campus so I decided to check it out, imagine my embarrassment when I discovered they were talking about my mother.

"Mum what are you doing here?" I ask her with shock in my eyes as I walk towards her.

"I need to talk to you about something important, can we go somewhere else?" I nod my hesitantly and then start to lead her across campus while thinking about what could possibly be so important that she had to come and see me instead of just calling.

"So what's up?" I ask as we sit down on the benches.

"I don't know how you're going to take this . . . . well ok I know how your going to take this . . . . but I'm hoping you don't take it that way." I raise my eyebrows at her rambling.

"Is it serious?" I question her softly.

"Depends on how you look at it."

"Ok is it health threatening?"

"No."

"Well Jesus Mum it can't be that bad if you're healthy!" I tell her in frustration as she closes her eyes and sighs.

"I'm back together with Dan." She blurts out with her eyes still closed.

"WHAT? Mum how could you?" I ask angrily.

"I can't explain it Lucas, he's just changed." She informs with a pleading look in her eyes that I usually can't resist but this time I just shake my head.

"No Mum, NO! People like him DON'T change, they can't." I yell at her and she sighs as she stands up.

"I'm not going to end this relationship with him, I didn't come here for your approval, I just thought that you should know." She stands in front of me and frames my face with her hands, moving my head down so she can kiss my forehead.

"I'll see you in your next holiday break."

End flashback

"Lucas?" I snap out of my memory to see the both of them staring at me with weird looks on their faces.

"Sorry Mum, I was just thinking." I give her a warm smile and she walks towards me. I give her a tight hug when she reaches me.

"Let's go outside." Dan leads us outside and we all sit down around the small table sitting on the grass as Mum rambles on about everything going on in her life for at least an hour.

"So Lucas have you thought about the job offer?" Dan asks me cautiously and I nod my head which relaxes him.

"Yeah, I'll take it but I don't know for how long, I don't want a definite timeframe." I inform him strongly and he nods his head in acceptance.

"That's fine." He states as Mum grins at our interaction.

"Dan can you check lunch?" He smiles at her, nods his head and then kisses her forehead before walking into the house.

She watches him leave before turning back to look at me, "Lucas I know my relationship with Dan hasn't been a high point for you and I know I have said this before but . . . ." She starts to say but I cut her off before she can say what I have heard a thousand times.

"Mum, stop." I say as I take a deep breath, "I know at first that I didn't take this well relationship well but Mum your happy and that is all that matters to me."

I get back to Haley's after lunch with my Mum and Dan and head straight for my room and to my bed. I collapse on my bed and groan lightly, this afternoon really drained me, I guess the cancer is really taking its toll on my body.

I look over and see the photo album on the bedside table, I pick it up and open to the first page and smile at Haley's perfect handwriting that has written Peyton/Lucas on it. I flick through the pages that have various photos of the two of us. The two of us curled up in the library at school, my room, her room, in her car and then the billions of photos of the summer we spent together. Haley was there as well and she camera crazy.

I trace my fingers over the photo of us on the beach; I have my arms wrapped tightly around her and she is pointing at something with a huge grin on her face. I trace around her mouth. She has the most beautiful smile.

I turn the page and freeze when I see the writing 'Felix/Peyton' written on it. I hesitate to open the section but maybe this is exactly what Jake wanted me to look at. I remember his words.

'I thought that maybe you need a trip down memory lane to remind you of how things were for you and Peyton, through good times and through bad.'

Through the bad, through the bad, through the bad. Maybe I need to remember the bad to get through to the good.

I turn the page and wince slightly when I see a series of photos of Peyton and Felix kissing down on the beach. I turn the page and see a photo of Peyton sitting in Felix's lap, he has one arms wrapped around her shoulders and the other was holding a book that they were both reading.

I zoomed in on the book as it reminded me of another painful memory.

Flashback

"Peyton . . . Peyton . . . PEYTON!" I yelled after her and I got told by a few people to shut up but I didn't care and just followed her.

"Peyton, please." She stops abruptly and spins around causing me to almost collide with her.

"Peyton will you please listen to me." I plead with her softly. Its been a month since the Bevin incident and she still wont talk to me.

"Listen to you? Why the hell would I do that? You may not understand how much you hurt me but surely you can understand that I never want to see you ever again." She spits with venom tracing her tone. I close my eyes and am about to answer when we hear someone yell down the hall.

"Peyton." We both turn to see Felix standing there, Peyton grins and then takes off down the hall to meet him. He pulls her close to him and leans down to kiss her. They pull back and she smiles brightly at him.

End Flashback

Yeah, terrible memory.

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