So that was it, life in Tree Hill had changed. Oh how everyone had changed. Five years had flown by. Everyone had graduated. I mean they were all now 22. Oh gosh things have changed...

Haley
Haley did tell Nathan about the baby. At first he didn't take it too well, but Nathan was there through-out the entire pregnancy, he promised he would be there forever. Haley gave birth to a beautiful baby girl who looked the spitting image of her father. Brown hair and brown eyes. She called her Kaitlyn Marie Scott. They lived in a small town apartment in Atlanta, and Nathan would come up all the time. He loved and doted on his daughter. But as time went along, Nathan stopped visiting, stopped calling and had no contact with Haley or his daughter. Haley told Kaitlyn all about her daddy, showed her pictures and promised her that one day they would be a family again.

"Mommy" shouted a 5 year old Kaitlyn. Haley ran into her daughters room, Kaitlyn was in bed wearing her favorite pink pajamas, however she was crying. Haley gave her a hug.

"Mommy's here sweetie" Haley told her daughter. "Another bad dream?" she asked.

"Yes" Kaitlyn said, still crying.

"What about?"

"Daddy doesn't want us" the little girl cried, so did Haley.

Brooke
Brooke tried to stay in contact with Lucas, but it became too hard. She missed him and regretted leaving him. However through everything she graduated college. She had a boyfriend and was with him for the whole second year she was in California. He cheated on her with one of her friends. Once again, she let someone into her heart and they broke it. But she was a stronger person because of it. Although her heart never truly left Lucas. She wanted to contact him telling him how she felt. She wrote him a letter confessing all, however it had been little under three years ago she sent that letter. Lucas hadn't written back, he hadn't called. She still had hope that one day he would reply. Sadly, as time went on it became harder and harder to pick up the phone. What if Lucas had forgotten about her? What if he has another girlfriend? There were so many what if's that it scared her. She had made her mind up, surely one visit wouldn't hurt; if he had another girlfriend then surely Peyton would have told her, right? No, maybe she wouldn't want me going through the heart-ache again. She decided it was time.

"Can I book a return flight to North Carolina please? Thank you" Brooke said down the phone.

"Sure, we have one leaving in four days" the women said

Surely Brooke had to at least try, for her own sake.

Lucas
He still played basketball, and he also graduated college. After Brooke left Lucas felt so down and lonely. He would drink and go to wild parties, and then a phone call from Haley changed everything. His best friend was having a baby. He had to change for them. He would go and visit them. In Atlanta, he met Abigail, Abi for short. They had been together for a year and she decided to move to Tree Hill to be near him. She got a job in a clothing store and had her own apartment. Abi had already said the 'L' word to Lucas but he didn't say it back. Although Lucas was happy he still held onto the past.

Lucas opened the box that was under his bed. He pulled out an envelope, must have been a letter. Yes it was the letter from Brooke. Even after nearly three years he didn't have the courage to open the letter. He knew it was from Brooke from the handwriting. He feared what was inside, so never opened it. He placed it back into the box and pulled out a picture of him and Brooke together, they looked so happy.

"I'll love you forever pretty girl" he said looking at the picture. The same thing he said every night for the past five years since Brooke left.

Nathan
Nathan plays basketball professionally. After a year of his daughter's birth, Nathan didn't feel the same for Haley any more. He sent her divorce papers, but she didn't sign or send them back. Nathan had no contact with his daughter in two years. Nathan had a lot of on-off relationships, however nothing that would last. He loved Haley and always would but she had been through so much that he didn't wanna cause her more pain.

Peyton & Jake
They stayed in contact with Brooke & Haley. No one else. Peyton and Jake were so in love. Jenny, now seven years old thought of Peyton as her mother. Jenny had grown up to be a beautiful little girl, brown eyes and brown hair, with the most gorgeous little smile. Peyton had been run down recently, she thought it was nothing until she went to the doctor's. Oh how things had worsened.

"Peyton, we have two different things to tell you" the doctor told Peyton, as her and Jake were sitting in the doctor's surgery. Peyton nodded, she thought she was just run down. "Are you ready and calm?" the doctor asked them.

"..Yes.." she said.

"Your three months pregnant" the doctor told them. Jake and Peyton couldn't believe it, they would have their own child. This was the greatest news they had heard in ages. But the doctor didn't look so excited like them.

"What's the other thing?" Jake asked. He had a feeling it was something bad, but he held on to Peyton's hand as tight as he could.

"Peyton, when your biological mother died, she had cancer, and we knew there was a 10 percent chance you could get it as well." This was the part of his job he hated. "I'm so sorry, but you have cancer Peyton"

A/N: Thanks for reviews; this chap was just a quickie to let you know what's happened and what's to come. Spoilers for next chap:

Brooke arrives in Tree Hill and already Lucas hurts her. Peyton makes a wish list incase she dies