A/N: So here it is. The end. If I feel inspired, I might write a sequel later, but I have other ideas right now. Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. :) I want to thank all you reviewers one more time, you guys are the best thank you sooo much.
Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill.
They were all there. Four years later, and they had somehow kept their promise to each other. They laughed as they looked down at the writing on the ground. It was so...high school. But that didn't matter. It still brought tears to their eyes all these years later. They stood in a circle, staring at the ground, no one quite sure what to say in a moment like this. There wasn't really anything to say, just the fact that they were here said it all.
"So, here we are." Lucas whispered.
Everyone nodded, but still no one said anything.
"What happened to us?" Brooke asked finally, "We're the same, but it's all so... different."
"We grew up." Peyton laughed.
Brooke rolled her eyes, "Thanks P. Sawyer, but seriously. I mean, even though most of us fell apart while we went away, everything went back to normal when we came home. But at the same time, it doesn't feel like it used to."
"I haven't talked to any of you since that night." Mouth added.
"Life happened." Skills shrugged, "We all left, to find what we wanted, and we came back, not sure we found it. I went to college, to play basketball. But it's not what I really needed. I needed this," He smiled, his arm around Bevin.
"I'm sorry." Bevin said suddenly.
"For what?" Fergie asked.
"I lied to Rachel."
Rachel raised her eyebrows.
"I told you that when we left here and went out into the world, people like you would still need to be who you were in high school, and I would get to be whoever I wanted to. But I realized, I want to be the person I was in high school. I like that person."
"Things have changed." Rachel smiled, "We realized that this is who we're supposed to be."
"Where we're supposed to be. We're supposed to be here," Chase grinned, "Together."
"I second that." Junk laughed.
No one said anything for a moment, but then a smile spread on Peyton's face. She ran over to the table where a basketball sat, and screamed, "Girls versus boys!"
They didn't move at first, memories of that night coming back to them. But then they too, smiled and joined Peyton on the court. Their court. It did after all, have their names written all over it. It was as if nothing had changed, as if they'd been here all along, because really when they thought about it, things were exactly as they'd left them. Lucas and Peyton, Brooke and Chase, Mouth and Rachel, Nathan and Haley, Bevin and Skills, and Fergie, and Junk. So much had changed, but it was okay, because they were all together again.
You can hear two different stories of what happened that night. The guys say they let the girls win, that they were just being gentleman. The girls say the boys didn't stand a chance against them. But who won, and how they did, didn't matter. As long as they were together, nothing else mattered. That night, they made a promise. Every 4 years they would come back here, no matter how much had changed or stayed the same. Even if they all hated each other, or if they saw each other every day anyways or if they were in their 80's. They were going to come back because it was the way things were supposed to be.
"So, you ready to lose again?" Lucas asked his little brother.
"You cheated last time." Nathan grinned.
"I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree, but it doesn't really matter, because I'm going to beat you fair and square, again."
"Oh, you're asking for it now." Nathan laughed.
"Maybe I am." Lucas said, as he passed Nathan the ball.
Everyone rolled their eyes, knowing how competitive the Scott brothers could get. They all took their seats at the table, just like they had 4 years ago.
"Good evening ladies and gentleman and welcome to another historic night." Mouth said.
"You sure you up for this, old man?" Nathan asked.
"I could do this forever little, brother." Lucas smiled, and with that Nathan took the first shot and the game began.
"See guys," Brooke said, "I told you we'd be friends forever."
And everyone smiled because they knew it was true, and life was finally back to the way it once was.
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