Italics are flashbacks.
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"Yes I'd like a number two, jumbo size please." Dan spoke
This is what Dan lived on. McDonald's and pizza. Whenever he would go out he would wear sunglasses and always keep his head down. He was so convinced nobody would notice him. And he was right, nobody did. The search for Dan was still on of course, but people didn't talk about it as much as they did at first. He still was living in his car at nights. Alone. After getting the food he drove to his spot deep in the woods and started to eat. Eating McDonald's, sitting in the car triggered a memory.
"Dad can I have two of those!" Nine year old Nathan begged his dad.
"You won't be able to finish it all Nathan." Dan told him.
"Yes I will! Please Dad."
Dan looked at Nathan, how much he wanted it. However Nathan's eyes were bigger then his stomach.
"Okay fine. I'll have to two number three's and a number one."
"Yes!" Nathan shouted throwing his hand in the hair.
They went to go home but Dan pulled over on the side of the road.
"Dad why did we stop?" Nathan asked confused.
"Mom doesn't really like us to eat this kind of junk, so lets keep it our secret okay?" he smiled messing up his hair.
"Dad!" Nathan whined shoving his hand away.
They sat there eating their food, of course as Dan predicted Nathan didn't finish his. They had such a great day together. Them two just hanging out, Dan loved days like that.
He took a bite of his sandwich and then sighed. He pulled out a picture of a young Nathan and looked at it.
"See you soon buddy."
- - -
Haley got up and rolled over but didn't see Nathan. She got up and looked around the apartment but he wasn't there. She was curious to where he could be. So she called him on his cell phone.
Nathan was sitting at the river court shooting around when he herd his phone ring.
"Hello."
"Nathan where are you?" Haley asked.
"Sorry I didn't leave a note, I'm just out for a little."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"
"I don't know I mean last night after the game you seemed mad and now you leave at the crack of dawn."
"Haley I'm fine. I'll be home soon, I'll take you out to breakfast."
Haley smiled. "Okay."
"I love you." he told her.
"I love you too."
Nathan hung up and continued playing.
- - -
Deb took a deep breathe before going in the café. It wasn't time to open yet, but she knew Karen was there. Karen had been avoiding Deb since they had their argument. However Deb wanted to end it. She wanted to fix it.
She walked in and Karen looked up and glared at her.
"What are you doing here."
"I wanted to talk before you opened." Deb said calmly.
"Why." Karen snapped.
"Karen I miss you. I miss my friend."
Karen didn't say anything.
"Why can't we put the past behind us? Why can't we start over? I'm sorry."
After a moment of silence Karen spoke up.
" You need to apologize."
"I am Karen I am. I'm so sorry."
"No Deb, not to me. You didn't get me shot. You got Keith shot. It affected your son, my son, Haley, and me. So you have to apologize to the people you really affected. Then maybe, maybe we can talk."
Deb nodded and then walked out. Karen watched her leave and then went back to working.
- -
"You know you are going to get my in trouble." Lucas laughed kissing Brookes lips.
"What she didn't know I was here."
After seeing what Brooke saw last night she didn't know where else to go. So she called Lucas and told him she was out side of his house. Of course he let her in and they slept in his bed together.
"So you want to tell me what happened. Why you didn't sleep at Peyton's?"
Brooke never got a chance to tell Lucas why she was there because when she got in the room she could tell on his face that something was up. Of course he didn't tell her about the gun incident but he did tell her about his mom being pregnant. She was so excited so happy that they stayed up talking about that and fell asleep.
"Nothing to important. Peyton just had some company."
Lucas nodded. "Okay."
"Alright Broody time for me to go home and get ready."
"Get ready for what?" he questioned.
"Um hello did you forget what tonight is?"
"Yeah our big date, but its pretty early in the morning. Why do you have to start getting ready now?"
"Because I want to make sure I look just right." She smiled kissing him and getting up.
"Wait lets eat breakfast first, then I'll drive you over okay?"
Brooke snuggled up to Lucas and kissed his cheek. "Okay."
- - - -
Peyton yawned and woke up with Jake's arm wrapped around her.
"Good morning." He smiled kissing her forehead.
"I've missed you."
"I've missed you too. I'm so happy to be back."
"Me to." she kissed him again.
"I can't believe how lucky I am."
"Whys that?" Peyton laughed.
"Because well. I was away for a while. I should of been there for you for so much. I mean when I found out you got shot, and then that last e-mail you sent me, it really just really pushed me to really work so much harder to get Jenny back. To come back to you. And I did. I'm just lucky that you didn't find another guy in the meantime."
Before Peyton could answer, someone did it for her.
"But she did."
Peyton and Jake both looked up to Matt standing in the doorway with flowers looking pissed off.
"Matt." Peyton sighed out.
"What the hell are you doing with my girl." He yelled.
"Your girl?" he asked looking at Peyton.
"No Jake it's, it's not like that." she told him.
"Screw you Peyton." he snapped walking away.
"What the hell." Jake whispered.
"Jake I'm so sorry, just please, hold on. One minute." She got up wrapped in her bed sheet. And followed Matt.
"Matt please wait!" she called.
He turned around before walking out the door.
"That's Jake?"
"Yes." Peyton mumbled.
"So what I was just a fill in until he got back?" he yelled.
"God no Matt, it wasn't like that. I swear. It's just. I don't know. I didn't think Jake was coming back I wanted to move on. Then I met you and you were just so nice and sweet-"
"Well that didn't stop you from screwing Jake now did it?"
"That's not fair." Peyton defended.
"Not fair? What's not fair is me falling for you. And you not giving two shit's about me. You said you were don't with Jake, for good. You said you liked me. You used me Peyton."
Peyton had a tear sliding down her cheek.
"I'm sorry. I didn't want to, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"Yeah, whatever." he mumbled walking out of the house and slamming the door.
She walked up stairs to see Jake getting dressed.
"Oh god Jake I'm sorry."
"You were with that guy?" he asked her.
"Jake I'm sorry please don't go."
"You know it was hard enough with you saying you were done talking through e-mail but knowing you are sleeping with some other guy. Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you stop me?"
"I didn't sleep with him Jake and I don't know why I didn't tell you okay? I missed you. I didn't want to stop something I've been waiting for, for so long."
"Oh what was I just your booty call then?"
"Jake you know its not like that."
"I don't know Peyton. You tell me and that guy your done with me and then the second we meet again, we sleep together."
"Jake." she cried out.
" No I blame this on myself. I should of asked first if you were with someone else. I mean silly me to think you would actually tell me."
"I love you Jake." She cried.
"Yeah I got to go."
"What?."
"I got to think about some stuff. Bye Peyton."
Peyton herd Jake leave the house and she just sat there on the floor in nothing but her bed sheet crying.