Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or any of these characters. All of that belongs to Mark Shwann. sigh

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update! Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed or put my story on alert, it means the world to me.

"That's so not true, Hales!" Nathan laughed and looked at Haley who nodded disagreeing.

"Oh, yes, you said yourself that you hung that mistletoe there for Peyton and Jake!" Haley replied smiling mischievous.

The 3 couples were talking about the Christmas party the week before, and that also happened to be a reunion of Tree Hill High's graduating class of 2007. It had been a very special night, to say the least.

Peyton looked into the crowd and recognized some of her ex-classmates: Glenda, Chase and… Tim. 'What a miracle. I thought he would drown in the sorrow of losing Nathan. I'll have to say Hi later.' She thought to herself while she scanned the room again.

She was waiting for that one person who promised to come. She saw Mouth standing at the bar and walked over to him.

"Mouth McFadden, is that you?" She looked right into the eyes of… woops, David the Clean Teen. 'Wow, Mouth would really be offended if I told him this.' Let's just say David wasn't the most good-looking guy in school.

She muttered an excuse and went back over to the table she was standing at before.

"That was embarrassing. Classic Peyton, isn't it?" A voice said from behind her.

Peyton turned around and saw Nathan and Haley standing there in front of her.

"Hales! My God, it's been so long! Too long!" She hugged her and saw her change of hair immediately.

"You're not a blond anymore. Talk about what a year can do. I like it, really!" Haley thanked her and Peyton hugged Nathan too.

"Scott, you look better than usual. What happened?" She winked at Haley.

"I saw Chris Keller the other day, gave me some hairstyling tips." He commented smiling.

Nathan stood aside Haley and kissed her. Peyton stared touched at the couple and asked "Hey, aren't you guys engaged yet?"

Nathan gave her a 'change the subject' look and Peyton acted as if she was coughing.

"Damn, those allergies." She answered, her head as red as a tomato.

Haley looked confused and advised Peyton to go get a drink. "Great idea. I'll be right back." She said and waltzed back over to the bar.

'That was weird. I wondered if he's going to…' Peyton's line of thoughts was disturbed by a screaming voice across the room.

"HEY P. SAWYER!" She dropped her drink and saw who called her name.

"BROOKE!" Peyton screamed and raced towards her best friend and flung her arms around her.

"Peyton, I missed you so much. Life as Lucas Scott's wife can be pretty lonely sometimes. And with you stuck in LA for a year, I only had Hales and Nate." Brooke pouted at the last thing she said.

Peyton smiled. "Well, I'm not going anywhere anymore." She hugged her friend again.

Brooke scanned the room and saw Nathan and Haley.

"Naley's here too." She said and dragged Peyton with her.

They started talking until Lucas and Jake arrived. Peyton was particularly happy that Jake was there. Over the last few months, they had a few dates in Savannah, after Jake finally got custody of Jenny. Not that Peyton wasn't interested in her best friend's husband, but Jake was Jake. Jake. Jake.

"I think we've established the fact that Jake's first name is Jake." Lucas said laughing. "Skip ahead to the good part."

Brooke punched him playfully on the arm and looked at Peyton. "Carry on. Don't mind him."

TBC