Close enough So I can breathe you
After Tric, Sam and Dean had accepted Haley's offer of them staying at her and Peyton's home.
They spent most of the night talking and both brother's where surprised when Peyton and Peyton admitted they where cheerleaders which lead to a few Buffy remarks from Dean which earned him a slap in the back of the head.
As Haley had spent most of the night talking to both Sam and Dean she didn't get to finish the conversation her and Sam had started earlier in Tric.
But soon the night came and Haley had to go to sleep for work and they all settled in for the night.
The warm breeze of a spring tree hill morning blew into the room that Sam had slept in the night before and awoke him from his sleep it was the most comfortable night including since he left Dean and his dad for college.
He sat up and got out of bed, he didn't hear any signs of movement coming from the other rooms, he walked to the curtains and drew them back letting sunlight stream into the room.
The sky was blue not a cloud in the sky as the sun beamed down on to the street as a boy on a bike rode down the road throwing papers into front yards.
Which made Sam smile he was happy to be in Tree Hill even if was for other reasons just because he got to experience that normal morning that he had always wanted.
He turned away from the window and stretched as he opened the door and was greeted by Harley who was laying in her dog bed and the end of the hall just outside Peyton's room.
Harley followed Sam downstairs as he went outside to get the paper which Harley picked up in her mouth just as he reached it and brought it back in the house, dropping it on the mat before laying on the sofa.
He picked up the paper as he walked back into the house and walked into the kitchen dropping the paper on the table as he went to make himself coffee, as he turned the kettle on he heard the distinct sound of footsteps and a light humming of music as Haley walked around her room as she got ready for work.
In her room, Haley was listening to Sheryl Crow as loosened her hair from the plait it had been in before she went to sleep and ran her fingers through it.
She had a shower in the early hours of the morning and was now in the process of getting dressed.
She glanced at the clock as she applied lip balm to her lips and then pulled her hair up into a messy bun.
She left her room and pulled her arms through her cardigan as she headed downstairs to the kitchen
As she rounded the corner into the kitchen she was surprised to find Sam sitting at the table reading the newspaper that had been delivered with two fresh cups of coffee.
He looked at her and smiled pushing the cup towards her as she joined him at the table.
'Your up early'.
She said as she sat at the table and took a sip of the coffee he had poured her.
'I'm not a late sleeper unlike Dean'.
She chuckled, she knew to well about the older sibling that loved sleep.
'Tell me about Peyton doesn't function well until about 11am so don't expect her to be up any time soon and plus once she's up she's going to train for a good two hours and then we have game tonight, your still coming right to experience your first Raven's game'.
'I wouldn't miss it beside I don't think there's a chance in hell that Dean isn't going to come, girls in cheer-leading outfits I mean that's like his dream'.
They both laughed and as Haley drank her coffee.
Sam couldn't help but watch her as sunlight filled the room, he couldn't help it she had grown up so quickly, he always knew she was pretty but she was beautiful, she looked up from her cup and smiled at him.
'I've got to run but how about you get dressed and meet me at Karen's Café I'll get you breakfast and we can continue that conversation we started last night'.
He nodded
'Sure, that's the Café on the main street'.
'That's the very one, you can walk it from here it's not that far'.
He smiled at her as she quickly finished her coffee and put the cup in the dishwasher as she leaned forward her spotted a glimpse of a tattoo but she stood up to quickly for him to make it out.
She turned to face him and hugged him not thinking about it and he caught the scent of the perfume she used to wear it was the perfect blend of white musk and Vanilla.
'I'll see you soon, I think Lucas is coming down today, so you'll be able to meet'.
'I'm looking forward to it, I'll see you in a little bit'.
He said to her as he followed her into the living room where she stroked Harley, before smiling once more and heading out Sam left the door open to let Harley run around but also because he wanted to watch Haley walk away, she glanced back at him and the way the sunlight hit her eyes he felt something inside and it made him feel warm.
He rolled over and was greeted by a unexpected sight, there in front of him was Harley who licked his face as he sat up and he patted the dogs fur.
'Don't take this the wrong way but I like my women with a lot less hair'.
He said to the dog who just wagged her tail and he chuckled as he got of bed, he walked to his duffel and pulled on a pair of tracksuit bottoms, that he would have usually slept in but it was far to hot for them.
He opened the bedroom door and the dog followed him from Peyton's room he could hear the sound of music, so he headed to her bedroom door and knocked.
'It's open'.
He heard her say but her voice sounded different as he opened the door, he found Peyton on the floor doing sit ups.
'90,91,92,93'.
She said to herself as she continued and Dean just waited for her to finish.
As soon as she reached 100, she sat up and Dean spotted the small scar on her stomach just above her hip.
'How did you get that?'.
He asked as he pointed at the scar and she shrugged
'Oh that's nothing just this demon thing'.
He looked at her stunned, he was aware that her and Haley had been working considering Bobby had told him that they had dealt with a few spirits and she had told him herself that she was still working but the way she had said they where little things made him realise that was complete understatement considering they had dealt with a demon.
'What demon thing'.
'Dean it's nothing it was just a possession, let's just say the demon had a type and I fitted that bill'.
'You willingly used yourself as bait'.
'Yes, look I couldn't have it going around killing innocent girls now could I, so I did what I had to do and the demon's dead now and I've got this war scar, it's not like you don't have your battle scars'.
He couldn't lie he had received his fair share of battle scars but he was still surprised at how strongly Peyton felt about the life, she was doing it for the same reason he was to find the demon that killed her mum and almost killed her, that was her and Haley's drive to do what they did to find out why the demon had gone after them, he knew Peyton needed the answer to this question. He had known about it since she told him when they where younger.
As he brought himself back to the moment, she had started putting on boxing gloves and had pushed a training dummy into her room.
'How often do you train'.
He asked as she started to work a routine of punches and kicks at the dummy.
'5 days a week for about three hours, me and Haley both do, we have to as females in a pretty male occupied job, we have to build up our strength but still be agile'.
He couldn't disagree with her and it was clear that her training program had paid of her whole body was a lean but with muscle and the way she punched the dummy, he could tell she had a lot of strength.
As she worked the dummy, she couldn't help but look at the hard body that was on display in front of her, there was no denying that Dean was blessed in the body department considering he ate crap and still was able to maintain a physic that looked like it had taken some hard dedication.
While Haley had started a relationship with Nathan, Peyton wasn't willing to let anyone get that close to her but she had dated a few guys in the past but they where never anything serious she couldn't let herself get that close to someone and that always been her problem she had always put a wall up between her and guys even with Lucas who she was close to there was a wall but with Sam and Dean there had never been a wall, they had just connected on so many levels that a wall was never formed between them.
'You know you being here is a good thing'.
'She said as she paused from her routine for a moment, catching her breath.
'Why is that?'.
He asked her as he looked at the vast collection of records that lined her walls, it was a very impressive collection.
'I guess I missed you, not just you but Sam, we kind of lost touch for a while but now that your both here it's feels good'.
'Well we missed you, I guess we didn't want to intrude on the new lives you and Haley where starting so we kept our distance'.
'You wouldn't have been intruding you and Sam are our oldest friends, we've been through a lot together, you know we are always happy to see you even though sometimes you really annoy me Dean'.
'Well what can I say I have away of getting under women's skin'.
'Don't flatter yourself, Dean I'm not one of those girls who will fall for your lines, I know you way to well to fall for anything that comes out of your mouth'.
He laughed which caused her to laugh.
'I forget how well you know me sometimes'.
'Well I do know you, so before you decide to hit on anyone I know remember that when you leave I'm going to have to deal with the questions'.
He looked at her
'I promise that while I'm hear I won't hit on anyone you know'.
'I'm not saying you can't hit on them just don't make any promises to them like you'll call them or that they'll see you again because we both know that you have no actual intentions of starting a relationship with any of them, Dean Winchester doesn't do relationships'.
'That's not completely true'.
He said to her as he took a Blue Oyster Cult album of the shelf and looked at it.
'What do you mean are trying to tell me you broke your own rule'.
He shrugged
'What can I say, I took a risk, broke my own rule and ended up getting hurt'.
'How long ago was this?'.
She asked him as he sat on her bed and she sat next to him.
'Just after I started hunting on my own, I was working a case Missouri and I met this girl called Cassie she was a senior in college, I guess it was attraction at first sight and it was the best two weeks of my life but as you know the job got in the way and I couldn't keep lying to her about what I did and I told her the truth which I now realise was the stupidest thing I've ever done because she couldn't handle it and she broke it off and I left to go work and that was the end of it I haven't heard from her since'.
She looked at him, Dean was never one to bear his soul but yet he was telling her about his relationship to her of all people.
He looked at her as if he knew what she was thinking.
'That was the most honest conversation I've ever had'.
'Well I'm a good listener, so I want to get out of the house for a while I need to take Harley for a walk do you want to join us'.
He looked outside it was a nice and he didn't exactly want to spend the day inside, he wasn't working a case well he was but it wasn't exactly a case but it made sense that he stay close to her just in case and he knew that Sam was doing the same with Haley.
'Sure, you can show me your town after I take a shower'.
'Go for it, Brooke's on her way over to pick up CD's for the party tonight'.
'P. Sawyer you awake?'.
Brooke's voice filled the house and Dean looked at Peyton puzzled at the sound of her voice.
'What don't you lock your front door or something?'.
He asked her as she got up and pushed the dummy back into her closet behind her clothes.
'Yes, I do but Brooke has a key, so relax Winchester'.
The sound of Brooke's heels on the stairs sounded closer.
'So Peyton, you have to tell me who where those hot guys you and Haley left with last night, I swear I think Rachel's in love with the shorter one'.
Brooke said as she walked into Peyton's room and came face to face with a shirtless Dean ,who smirked at her.
'Rachel's the redhead right, tell her I said hello'.
Dean said as Peyton rolled her eyes at him.
'Brooke this is Dean Winchester, he's a old friend, Dean this is Brooke Davis, my best friend'.
Brooke looked between the two of them and then smiled at Dean
'Dean it's nice to meet you'.
'You too,Brooke if you'll excuse me I have to jump in the shower'.
He winked at her before looking at Peyton and leaving the room.
Leaving Peyton to face Brooke's 21 questions, Brooke sat on the bed as Peyton went to change the song that was playing from her laptop.
'So taking a shower is he, is that the reason your all sweaty, did you two work up a sweat before I got here?'.
'No Brooke, get your mind out of the gutter I was working out and he woke up like 10 minutes ago'.
Peyton said facing Brooke as she leaned against her desk.
'So if he's Dean whose the other guy that I know stayed her last night'.
'That was Sam, Dean's younger brother, there paying us a surprise visit we haven't seen them in months'.
'Hold on is this the same Sam and Dean that you've known since you where like 7'.
'The very one's'.
'So he's the only guy who really knows you, interesting'.
'Why is it interesting, He knows me just like I know him'.
'Exactly, you know each other well and yet nothing has happened between you, I mean are you totally insane, he's gorgeous and your telling me you and him have never had a moment'.
'No, there have been no moments between us, we leave that to Haley and Sam they are the one's who have had moments, me and Dean just understand what it's like to watch out for a younger sibling'.
'You guys are really close'.
Peyton nodded
'Yeah,we are I guess because we all lost our mums at young ages it kind of bonded us'.
'Sorry to interrupt'.
They both looked toward the door where Dean was standing, they could hear the shower running.
'Where are your spare towels'.
He asked
'Oh there downstairs, I'll go grab you one but don't expect this every time you come and visit, you get your own towel next time'.
'Thanks, Blondie'.
He said to her as she walked past him and headed downstairs.
'So Dean, you and your brother should come to the basketball game tonight and the party afterwards give you a chance to meet the rest of Peyton's friends'.
He nodded at her
'I was already there from the moment I found out both Peyton and Haley where cheerleaders'.
'I bet you where'.
Brooke whispered to herself just as Peyton walked back into the room and handed Dean the towel.
'Thanks'.
'No problem just don't expect this again'.
Peyton said to him as he walked back out of her room and into the bathroom.
She looked at Brooke who was still sitting on her bed smiling at her which freaked her out because she knew that smile to well Brooke was planning something and she needed to distract her but she knew Brooke once she had a idea she wouldn't let it go.
Sam was sat by a table in the Café with his laptop on the table where he was working on a essay for his professor.
He had been working away for the last 2 hours while Haley had served the morning rush and now the Café was relatively quite and Haley was coming toward his table with a plate of food.
'I'm so sorry, Sam this can't be much fun for you'.
He looked up at her as she placed the plate on the table, he saved his work before closing his Laptop.
'It's okay, beside I had to get this essay finished for my sociology professor'.
'Sociology and Law, I always knew you where the smart one'.
'Don't let Dean hear you say that'.
'I won't but it's more likely he'll hear it from Peyton she has always known how to get under his skin, but he has annoyed her quite a few times I guess it's because they are so alike in a normal world they would be perfectly suited for each other but in this one she has real issues with really letting herself get close to anyone and really letting them in'.
'Yeah well Dean doesn't do emotional, it's all physical with him the less connection he has with anyone the better'.
'I guess it's easier for both of them to be on guard maybe I should have done that'.
Sam looked at her as she took a chip from his plate.
'What exactly happened with you and your ex'.
'Let's just say that he went somewhere else to get what I wasn't giving him'.
'You never slept with him'.
'No, I haven't slept with anyone I've always wanted to wait for the right person and I thought Nathan was that guy but I was wrong, so now here we are'.
She smiled at him softly before taking another chip.
'So last night at Tric, you mentioned that you had been seeing things what did you mean by that?'.
He asked her and she looked at him.
'A few months ago, a string of girls went missing colleges in North Carolina, so me and Peyton decided to look into it and we found out that these girls where being taken by a demon who had possessed a man who had been having a hard time, he had been rejected by his wife and fired from his job, basically it wasn't his month.
To lure the demon to us, Peyton used herself as bait and was attacked by the demon she was hurt pretty bad even though she denies it and acts like it was nothing as I was doing the exorcism it started screaming out in a dead language but roughly translated it was saying that he is coming, he's coming for the chosen few'.
Sam looked at her
'Who is he and what are the chosen few'.
'I have no idea, it seemed it would rather be sent back to the darkest pit of hell than answer the question, but after that everything seemed normal but then a month ago I saw this man just standing across the road watching me but I thought nothing of it, then when a week later while I was out with Peyton, I saw the same man but his attention was on Peyton'.
'Has this man been following you'.
'Yeah I was seeing him more and more after that until two days ago when he just disappeared, one minute he was standing right in front of me the next moment he was gone'.
Sam looked at her, it couldn't have been a coincidence that the Man who had been following Peyton and Haley had disappeared on the same day Sam had seen them both die, it had to be connected but there seemed to be a wall stopping him from seeing the full picture.
'Sam, are you okay?'.
He nodded
'Yeah I'm fine,I'm surprised that you and Peyton are taking on demons though'.
'Well you know my sister, a demon killed our mother she wants to know why and if a demon is close she'll go after it, without thinking about what will happen to her.
That's the thing about Peyton, she's sometimes reckless but that recklessness is driven by fear, the fear that she maybe too late to save people but she's saved a lot of people without them even knowing it'.
Sam smiled as she spoke the admiration in her voice was clear, she loved her sister and looked up to her the same way he looked up to Dean, even though both Peyton and Dean where reckless they still wanted to save people even if it mean putting themselves in danger.
Sam and Dean where in the living room while Peyton and Haley got ready for the game.
'So Haley told me that they came face to face with a demon a few months ago'.
'Yeah I'm aware Peyton still has the scare, you know she willingly used herself as bait'.
'Haley told me, anyway she said that when they went to exorcise the demon it started saying that he is coming, he's coming for the chosen few'.
'Well that's cryptic what else did she say'.
'That everything seemed fine until a month ago when this man showed up in town and started following her and Peyton'.
'They had a stalker'.
'It sure as hell sounded that way but Dean this guy turned up in town the same time my visions started it has to be connected'.
'Well I say we find this guy and get some answers'.
'We can't he disappeared two days ago, the same time I called you telling you we have to be here'.
'So what are you thinking that it's this man that is trying to kill them'.
'That's the thing I don't think it is in my vision, I can hear two people talking a man and a teenager and the man is saying to the teenager he knows how to make the pain stop and then I see Haley and Peyton dead, everything in between is a blank I thought that being here would make it clearer but it hasn't it's still a blur'.
'Sam, we're here now they are safer with us close by so I say for now we just make sure one of us is near them at all times, just until we figure this whole thing out'.
'What are you two talking about so seriously?'.
Peyton asked them as she walked down the stairs and into the living room, they both turned and looked at her as she stood there in her Raven's cheer uniform.
'No dirty comments from you or I'll kick your ass and you know I can do it'.
Peyton said looking straight at Dean who shrugged
'I was not going to say anything expect this give me a R'
Before he could finish his mock cheer, she had thrown a cushion in his direction and it hit him in the face, which made Sam burst out laughing.
'Nice Shot'.
'Thank you'.
She said with a wide smile on her face.
'What's so funny'.
Haley asked as she came into the living room.
'Oh nothing Dean tried to be funny so I threw a cushion in his face'.
'So nothing new with you two then'.
Haley commented and smiled at Sam who hadn't said a word to her but was looking at her and she felt her cheeks go red.
Which Peyton noticed as did Dean who started to smirk.
'So you two girls ready to go or do you need to get your pom poms'.
He asked them and Peyton glared at him
'Do you want to get hit in the face again'.
'Calm down, I was joking'.
'Good and yes we are ready to go but can you bring this bag into the game with you'.
She asked him as she handed him a bag and he looked inside it and then back at her.
'Are you serious'.
'Yes, unless you want us to come back here after the game and get changed and then head to Rachel's for the party'.
'Fine'.
He muttered as he thrust the bag at Sam as he stood up.
The Tree Hill High gymnasium was full of students and adults as Sam and Dean walked in.
They found two spaces on the bleachers and Dean shoved the bag under one of the seats.
While Sam looked around the gym, he saw Haley laughing with two girls.
'Now, now Sammy no dirty thoughts about Haley in that cheer-leading outfit remember we're here to protect her'.
'I wasn't having dirty thoughts about her, unlike you I can control myself'.
'Oh really, Sam you've had the biggest crush on this girl since I can remember and now your here, your telling me that nothing is going to happen with you and her'.
'She's not just any girl Dean, she's Haley I'm not going to do that to her'.
'Hey I didn't say do anything to her, but she likes you though I mean I know girls Sam and she likes you'.
'She just broke up with her boyfriend Dean'.
'Yeah and from what I heard the guy was a dick who doesn't deserve her'.
'Your boyfriend's staring'.
Brooke whispered to Haley, who looked at her.
'Me and Nathan broke up remember'.
'Haley I'm not talking about Nathan, I'm talking about Sam, he keeps looking at you'.
'Your imagining things Brooke, Sam doesn't see me that way'.
'Really then why can't he stop looking over here and I know it's not me he's looking at his eyes are only on you',
Haley glanced up for a moment and caught Sam's soft gaze but as she did Nathan walked into her line of sight and looked at her and then turned his head to see who see was looking at to be met by both Sam and Dean's tense stare.
But she didn't have time to focus on that as Whitey walked into the middle of the gym and the lights went down.
The whole team was in high spirits they had beaten the Virginia Cougars 90-40 which helped push them higher up the leader board.
Sam was waiting for Haley in the gym, when Lucas approached him.
'Hey your Sam, I'm Lucas Haley has been dying for me to meet you'.
Sam shook his hand
'Yeah, she has it's nice to meet you Haley has nothing but good things to say about you'.
Lucas laughed
'I don't think Haley can say a bad word about anyone'.
'Yeah it's not in her nature, she has never been one to say bad things, I've known her 14 years and she always been welcoming to people'.
Lucas nodded
'Well that's how we became friends, I wasn't exactly Mr popular and then one day I'm playing basketball with my friends and Haley just walked onto the court and asked if she could play with us, she's been my best friend ever since even after my brother broke her heart'.
'Your Nathan's brother'.
'Yeah older brother, you can insult him if you want we're not on speaking terms right now, we're just on the same basketball team until the state championship and then I'm heading to New York'.
'You don't want to play basketball after you leave school, I'm not a big basketball fan but you seem pretty good'.
'Thanks man, I love the game but I don't want to follow in my father's footsteps, I want to make my own choices'.
'I hear you, My dad wasn't exactly thrilled when I left for college'.
'Do you regret it, going out on your own'.
'No but if I knew that my decision would have meant he would leave my brother behind and start working without him maybe I would have done things differently but my brother isn't exactly broken up about it, he likes working on his own without my dad constantly on his back'.
'Boyfriend there you are'.
Lucas turned round and looked at Brooke as she walked into the gym with Haley.
'Sorry, Brooke I got tired of waiting for you to come out of the changing room so I got talking to Sam'.
Brooke looked at Sam and smiled at him.
'Hi Sam, it's a pleasure to meet you I'm Brooke Davis'.
'I think he knows who you are Brooke'.
Haley said quietly and Brooke was rolled her eyes and carried on talking.
'So your coming to the party right'.
He nodded
'Yeah I was just waiting for Haley'.
'Such a gentlemen, you should ride with us'.
'Brooke we have a ride, Dean and Peyton are waiting for us in the car park'.
Sam looked at Brooke and Haley and then at Lucas who shrugged
'You may want to say yes to the life, Brooke isn't going to let this go any time soon'.
Sam chuckled and looked at the two girls who where still bickering
'Brooke a ride would be great beside I don't really want to be in the car with Peyton and Dean when they start fighting over the radio station, it won't be pretty'.
'Great, let's go'.
Brooke said as she practically pulled Sam out of the door, with Haley and Lucas behind.
'Your girlfriend is really not discreet'.
She said to him and he just laughed.
Dean was leaning against the impala, he started laughing when he saw Sam being pulled along by Brooke towards Lucas car.
'What are you laughing at?'.
Peyton asked him as she walked towards his car, she had gone to get something from her locker after she got changed and as Dean turned to look at her.
'Your friend Brooke, seems to have stolen Sam and Haley'.
'Oh poor Haley'.
They both looked at the car as it pulled out of the car park,
'See you two down there'.
Brooke called out to them and Peyton nodded.
As the car was pulling out of the car park, Sam noticed a boy standing in the darkest corner of the car park, he seemed to be talking to someone but quickly turned round as if he felt Sam's gaze and stared at Sam, who felt like this boy was familiar to him some how but he didn't know how.
As was the norm in Tree Hill, Rachel's house was swarming with students, the party had spilled out onto her front lawn.
'So this high school thing doesn't seem so bad'.
Dean stated to Peyton as they headed into Rachel's house.
'Well what can I say ever since Rachel started her house has become party central'.
'I can see that'.
They found there way into the kitchen where the side was covered in nothing but alcohol bottles and plastic cups.
She poured two drinks and handed a cup to him.
'Peyton, who is your friend'.
Peyton laughed as Bevin and Skills came into the kitchen.
'Bevin, Skills this is my good friend Dean'.
Dean and Skills introduced each other while Bevin whispered into Peyton's ear.
'He is so hot, how comes your not all over him'.
'He's not my boyfriend, he's just a friend'.
'Well I don't make friends with people that look like'.
Peyton laughed and turned her focus back to Dean and Skills conversation
'Rachel's got a poker game set up in the back, you two should play tried asking your sister but she turned it down, what do you two say'.
Peyton shrugged and looked at Dean who was smirking.
'Yeah, I'm in'.
Dean said as he picked up a bottle of Jack of the side and followed Skills and Bevin.
He looked at Peyton
'You coming'.
'No beside it's not exactly that kind of poker game, Dean it's strip poker and if Rachel is playing be prepared to lose all your clothes'.
'We'll see about that'.
'Okay, you have fun'.
Dean headed down a small flight of stairs and walked into the room where Skills and Bevin had walked into and was welcomed by Rachel who was wearing a very tight red top.
'Hello again it's Dean right'.
He nodded as he sat at the table
'Your Rachel'.
'I am the very one are you ready to play'.
'You bet I am'.
He said to her as he took of his Jacket
'Getting a head start are we'.
'Don't count on it, sweetheart'.
He said to her with a smirk.
Haley was sitting at the back of Rachel's garden on a small bench, she needed to get away from the party.
It had all been fine when they had arrived she had introduced Sam to all her friends, they had a drink together and laughed with Brooke and Lucas but when Nathan approached them with his new accessory some girl from her class, she felt like he had punched her in the stomach and had practically ran out of the room and now she was sitting there with her back turned crying.
'Haley'.
She sniffed and looked at Sam as he came to sit beside her.
'That ex boyfriend of your is a lovely guy'.
He said sarcastically and she laughed but she couldn't help the tears that still rolled down her face.
'Haley, you don't need to cry over him, he's the one that hurt you'.
'I know that, I'm not crying over him'.
'Then why are you crying'.
'I've missed you and now that your here it's making me realise how much I missed you Sam'.
'I'm making you sad'.
'No Sam I love having you around it's just I know you and Dean are going to leave soon and then it will be me and Peyton alone again'.
'You two are not alone, you have these great friends'.
'Yeah we have these great friends but they don't know the real us, they don't know that we are hunters, that our mother's death wasn't a accident. But with you and Dean we get to be ourselves Peyton gets to let her walls down with you and him because she doesn't have to keep herself guarded away, she can be herself, she doesn't have to pretend she's happy when she's sad, she can get mad because you both understand why she's mad.
I can sit here and have a emotional conversation with you because you and me have always had something, I've always felt protected with you and I never felt like that with Nathan, your my Sam, the one boy who has never hurt me'.
'I could never hurt you, Haley you mean a lot to me, I care about you I have from the moment I heard you singing Hallelujah'.
'I can't believe you remember that'.
'I remember a lot of things'.
They were silent for a moment just looking at each other
'You know you always had a way of making me nervous, Dean used to wind me up about the effect you had on me'.
She laughed that soft laugh and he couldn't help but smile.
'I can't believe I made you nervous'.
'Well you did'.
'Do you still feel nervous now'.
He nodded
'You'll always make me nervous Haley'.
'Can I tell you something you know last night just as I was about to perform I had this feeling in my stomach and I couldn't shake it but when I walked out on to the stage and spotted you that feeling disappeared, I guess you can say you have a effect on me to'.
There they where openly admitting to each other that they had feelings for each other and it didn't feel strange or rushed that they where sitting away from the madness of the party, being honest with each other.
That was the thing about Sam and Haley these feelings would always be there, even when Haley was Nathan her heart was never fully his because a piece of it belonged to Sam he was her first love from the moment that they first kissed on that Christmas eve it had felt right for both of them but Haley had to return to her normal safe life in Tree Hill and Sam had to return to the darkness of the life on the road.
There story had come to a end but now he was there and she was there and nothing was pulling them apart it felt like they had time but that was only if Sam could stop his vision coming true and the thought of her dying flashed into his mind and he cringed away from the memory.
'Are you ready to go back inside?'.
She shrugged
'No really I just want to sit here with you if you don't mind'.
' I don't mind'.
She smiled at him as she moved closer to him and he put his arm around her.
'I'm really happy your here Sam'.
Upstairs in one of the many rooms, Peyton and Brooke where talking about Sam and Haley.
'So you know that your sister is outside with Sam right'.
'Brooke I love you but trust me, Sam and Haley don't need to be pushed together just leave them to it'.
'So your say something is going to happen with them'.
'No, look Haley has always liked Sam and he's always liked her and her and Nathan only broke up two months ago I don't think she's going to jump into anything straight away, you know Haley she likes to take her time with love, she's like our mum that way, my dad said he had to keep trying with her before she finally said yes to go on a date with him'.
'That's sweet'.
Peyton nodded and then turned her head as the sound of shouting came from downstairs.
'What the hell is going on down there?'.
She said as her and Brooke headed downstairs to where a crowd had appeared in the living room and in the centre of the room was Nathan and Dean sat at a table playing poker for money.
'What is going on?'.
Peyton asked Rachel who was standing behind Dean.
'Nathan being Nathan decided he didn't like all the attention your friend was getting so he challenged him to a poker game and so far he's lost $600, it could be worse I lost nearly clothes during the strip poker game'.
'Yeah, Dean's been playing poker since he was like 13'.
They went back to looking at the game as Nathan moved a pile of his chips into the table.
'I see your 200 & raise you 400'.
Dean looked at him and then down at his cards.
'Fine, let's see your cards'.
Dean said smirking at Nathan who turned his cards over onto the table
'Two pairs',
Nathan said with a cocky tone to his voice which Dean ignored.
'Those are good cards but not as good as a these'.
Dean turned his cards over and put them on the table
'I think you call this a royal straight flush'.
Nathan glared at Dean as he threw $400 on the table and stormed off.
'I guess he doesn't like to lose'.
Dean said to Peyton as he shoved the cash into his jacket.
'Your so bad'.
'I know'.
The rest of the night was a rush of excitement, Haley and Sam had left early and where back at the house by time.
Peyton and Dean returned at 2am, as they walked in they both smiled at the sight of Sam and Haley passed out on the sofa, they both lying down and Sam had his hand draped across her waist.
'Can you hand me that blanket'.
Peyton whispered to Dean as she turned the television off, he handed her the blanket which she spread over them before walking out of the living room and headed upstairs
'Well that didn't take them long'.
Dean said they walked into her room
'We both know that this was bound to happen at some point, maybe just not this fast but if there happy we should be happy for them'.
He nodded
'Did you have fun tonight?'.
She asked him as she took of her jacket.
'Yeah, you got a good life here Peyton, I can see why Sam wanted to get away from the life'.
'I know but I wish I was on the road like you, I don't feel like I'm doing much when I'm sitting in a calculus class, I should be out there helping people'.
'Your dad only wanted you to be normal'.
'I know but nothing about me is normal, I never have been and I never will be, I mean what is so great about normal'.
'You got me there but from what I've seen of normal it doesn't seem so bad'.
'I know but I wish I could do more'.
'There is only so much you can do'.
She nodded.
'Your right, I'm shattered so I'm going to bed'.
'I'll leave you to it, night Peyton'
'Night Dean'.
The next chapter is going to be the story changer, where everything falls into place.
Also I realised I wrote that Sam is the same age as Haley he isn't he is two years older than her and one year older than Peyton.