I can't tell you how bad I feel for not updating this…but I didn't like how I left the last chapter it was really poorly written and I didn't even want to keep going. But I am over that now and if you guys review I'll update faster!

"Hey babe who was that?" Lucas secured his arms around Brooke's waist.

"Oh that was Peyton."

By his blank stare she remembered he didn't know her.

"Oh well, she was my very best friend growing up. And then she went to school with us but hated it. So she went to Europe to travel or whatever. And now she's back for Haley's birthday."

"Did you guys keep in touch?"

"We tried calling her a couple of times but she never called us back. I don't know it never really bothered me too much. Yes, it hurt then but now I'm over it. But Haley is another story. She was so hurt and offended…I don't know what Nathan was thinking."

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"Can I sit down or are you going to kill me?" Nathan tentatively walked over to Haley and sat down next to her.

She simply nodded in response suddenly finding the other side of the wall extremely interesting.

"Look Hales,"

"Don't 'Hales' me Nathan. This is serious. What has been going on lately?" She could no longer pretend as if he wasn't there. She had to know.

"It's not what you think at all." She started to interrupt but Nathan stopped her.

"Your birthday is on Friday. I was going to surprises you. Go all out. I even had Peyton come out all the way from London. Please Hales, you have to believe me. I would never cheat on you."

"I do." She turned to face him tears once again streaming down her face. "I love you."

"I love you too." And as they leaned in for a kiss to seal the moment Haley pulled away.

"Peyton is here?"

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Peyton sat in the bathroom, not wanting to walk out in case she was interrupting a Naley moment. In that aspect nothing had changed. Those two were still together after all these years. She just wished she had that sense of security from anything. Her parents were never around and she had Brooke but they were not as close as they were ten years ago. She needed a guy. Which brought her thoughts to the guy coming out just minutes earlier. What was he doing here? Wasn't this Brooke's apartment? Whatever, I'm sure it didn't matter, the Brooke Davis she knew didn't do relationships. She did friends with benefits, just hooking up but nothing serious. That's probably what that guy was. Just some random hook-up. She fixed her hair in the mirror before going back out. Hey a girl could hope, right?

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"Is that a bad thing? I thought Peyton was one of your best friends." Nathan stared at Haley scared at what she might say.

"Was being the key word. I was friends with Peyton until she never bothered to pick up a phone or respond to the million emails Brooke and I sent her."

"And Brooke may be fine with it but I'm not. You don't just do that. She didn't even say goodbye. She just left us some stupid note. I wonder why she decided to grace us with her presence." Haley couldn't believe she would just come here after all these years and expect everything to be just as it was. It wasn't. And someone had to tell her that.

"How are things going in here?" Brooke popped her head in glancing between the two.

Nathan turned to Haley who strained a smile in response.

"Great."

"Yeah. Great." Nathan echoed.

Brooke clapped her hands. "That's great!"

"Wow how many times can we say the word great in one conversation?" Nathan laughed.

"Hey you guys, Haley and are Nathan are fine." Brooke yelled through the apartment.

"Really, that's great!" Peyton finally came out of the bathroom. Nathan and Haley couldn't stop laughing. At least the tension was gone. For now.

"Did you just hear what we were saying?" Nathan asked her.

"No why?"

"No reason." Haley answered still laughing. It just took something as stupid as saying the word great for her and Nathan to stop fighting. Seriously, why did she ever have doubts?

"Hey you guys we should go celebrate." Brooke said before Peyton had a chance to talk to Haley. "Let's go out to dinner."

"That sounds good. Where's Lucas?" Nathan asked.

Lucas. Peyton smiled. She liked that name.

"He's just getting changed." Brooke said before calling him.

"I'm right here." He ran over to her and kissed her on the forehead.

Peyton watched them without blinking. They could definitely just be friends or at most just a hookup. But when Lucas grabbed Brooke's hand she noticed a ring on Brooke's finger. No, it had to be a mistake. They couldn't be engaged, or worse married. And why didn't anyone tell her? She glared at the two happy couples in front of her. Yes, it definitely was going to be a fun night.

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