Peyton sighed as she looked out the window and had a feeling that she "wasn't in Kansas anymore". To be more specific she had just entered One Tree Hill, a small town in North Carolina full of more lies and dirty secrets than a Desperate Housewives episode. Peyton was pretty pissed off to say the least when the news was broken to her on such short notice about the move. It was supposedly supposed to be a great area to raise kids, especially in such a wealthy neighborhood, well at least that's what Peyton's father told her, but Peyton had a gut feeling that told her otherwise. Ever since Peyton's mom had died when she was 9 her dad, Larry Sawyer had tried to be a better father, but even till this day at 16, Peyton still felt like she barley knew him. Peyton had to admit she was a little excited about the size of their knew house seeing that it was 3 times bigger than their old one, thanks to her dad's new job, which was the whole purpose for the move but the thought of being all alone in a huge empty house while her dad was out on month long trips out at sea quickly vanished the excitement.
Peyton was brought out of her day dream when she heard a enthusiastic "here it is, our new home!' from her father as they pulled up in the 3 story castle like house. The only thing that brought Peyton some relief after entering this town was knowing that the house was already unpacked thanks to her Aunt Margaret and Uncle Tom who were thrilled that Peyton and her father were getting a fresh start. Unfortunately they left just as soon as they came and Peyton was left alone with her father who was leaving that night.
" So honey your gunna be okay alone on the first night, right?" asked Larry as he held his duffle bag over his shoulder while half way out the door.
" Yea dad I'll be fine", said Peyton as she plastered a fake smile on her face and tried to hide the tears that were brimming her eyes.
" Peyton I'm so sorry I'm missing your first day at your new school tomorrow and at the house, and you know I'd stay here if I could, but with this new job, its kind of difficult to be around all the time, but I will be home next month".
" Yea I know dad".
"See ya in a month kido", and with that Larry Sawyer shut the door and proved to Peyton that "people always leave".