"Nate? Nate? Where are you?" Haley called as soon as they got in the apartment.

"I'm in the bedroom." Nathan answered.

"Come out here for a sec" Haley said.

"What is it?" Nathan asked as he walked out of the bedroom and headed to where Haley was.

"Peyton?" Nathan asked surprised to see the blonde there.

"Nathan." Peyton said smiling.

Nathan walked closer to Peyton then hugged her.

"Wow! You're here! I never thought I'd see you again after you left." Nathan said truly happy

"Yeah, I never thought I'd come back either." Peyton answered honestly.

"What? Why?' Haley asked looking at Peyton.

"I just..I don't want to talk about it right now. I just got back. I want to let everything sink in before I complicate things further." Peyton said looking everywhere but the couple.

"Yeah, okay. Its just – You had no plans of coming back? Was it that bad?" Haley asked concerned.

"Yeah, it was." Peyton said with a deep sigh. "So, you two having dinner, I hope I did not intrude something special." She said changing the subject.

"No, uh, you didn't. I'm really happy you're back Peyton." Nathan said rubbing the arms of the blonde.

"Yeah, me too. And I'm sure everyone is too!" Haley said.

"I don't think everyone would, but thanks anyway." Peyton said her voice getting softer.

They watched movies after movies and talked randomly. Nothing too serious or too deep, just catching up in general. Both Haley and Nathan noted that Peyton tend to close off and feel uncomfortable when their conversation start to stir towards the direction of why Peyton left. They both unconsciously decided to just leave it alone for now. They did not want to scare the blonde to running away.

Peyton, Haley and Nathan are all laying in the bedroom. They spent last night watching movies after movies and catching up, mostly Peyton catching up on all the things that happened in Tree Hill while she was gone. She never talked about what she did completely. She was very vague with her answers. Both Nathan and Haley noticed this, but decided to let it go.

"Shit!Shit!" Haley said standing up waking Nathan and Peyton in the process.

"Wow, Hales, I never thought I'd here you say that word especially in the morning." Peyton said as she opened her eyes.

"We're gonna be late. Get up Nathan." Haley said while she rushed out and went to the bathroom.

"Hales, maybe, we could just skip today? Catch up with Peyton?" Nathan asked still laying on the floor. Too tired to get up.

"Get Up Nathan." Haley ordered.

Peyton smiled at the exchanged and went to the kitchen to make coffee.

"Looks like some things never changed. Haley still got you whipped." Peyton teased as she handed him a cup of coffee.

"I'm not whipped." Nathan argued.

"Right,whatever." Peyton said smirking.

"I'm not!" Nathan said, his voice raising a little higher.

Peyton raised her hand in mock surrender.

"So, you going back to school?" Nathans asked curious.

"I've been thinking about whether or not I'd go back on my way here. And I know that it'd be hell especially with Brooke there. But, I want to maybe graduate with you guys, if time allows it." Peyton said.

"I think that'd be great. Relax, its just Brooke. And I know that she missed you too. I'm sure she'll be glad to see you." Haley said not missing the last part of what Peyton said. If time allows it?Meh, its probably nothing. I could just be over thinking things.

"She did?" Peyton said her voice happy.

"Yeah, she was crying really hard when you left. She wanted you to come back so bad. She said she regretted everything she said that made you leave." Haley answered as she walked in and got a cup of coffee.

"Oh, she wasn't the only reason why I left." Peyton answered.

"But she's a reason?" Nathan asked.

"Part of the reason, kinda like a deciding vote." Peyton said smiling.

"Was it because of Lucas?" Nathan asked again.

"Why I left?" Peyton asked.

"Yeah." Nathan answered.

"No. It has nothing to do with him. But he has everything to do why she and I aren't friends anymore." Peyton said bitterly.

"So what was the reason why you left then? If you feel uncomfortable answering its ok." Haley asked slightly hoping Peyton would answer.

Peyton was silent for a minute then said, "Life was kicking me in the ass, but I've finally came to accept it now. So, I'm good and now I'm back."

"Well, I'm glad that everything's okay again for you. Now let's go to school. We are so going to be late if we don't get moving." Haley said.

"Yeah, you will. You should go." Peyton agreed.

"Do you have plans of going back to Tree Hill High?" Haley asked when they were at their cars.

"Yeah, I'll talk to Principal Turner later." Peyton answered.

"Really?" Haley asked her voice showed sincere happiness.

"Yeah, I'm just gonna go back home and take a shower first." Peyton said.

"Yeah, okay. We'll see you there." Nathan said.

"Yeah, bye." Peyton then got in her car and drove away.

AN: I'm sorry I'm not updating this story as much as I'm updating 'Tainted Heart'. I just wanted to please the reviewers in there so I make sure to at least post once a week. Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed this one too. It'll get better once Peyton is back in Tree Hill High. This fluffer just needed to get done before we jump on to more important things. Okay? Thanks for the people who subscribed to this story. There's a lot of you. Hopefully, you would at least let me know if you like how its going so far ::wink:: ::wink::