A/N: I need to try my old style again. I just can't do 1st person it's so hard. We'll see eventually.
Peyton tossed her bag in the back of her car. She never moved far from Tree Hill. She moved to Charlotte and after finishing high school she began working for a music production company and has been working her way up for the last 14 years. Peyton sighed and slammed the trunk closed. She still didn't know why Haley wanted her in Tree Hill but she had a bad feeling about it.
She pressed her foot to the gas and pulled away from her house in Charlotte.
-Callie-
"She just left this morning so she should be here soon." Haley said to Callie as she pulled lunch out of the oven.
Callie nodded. "I'm nervous. She is probably going to be mad."
Haley shrugged. "Yeah probably but she will get over it." Haley served up a plate. "I'm pretty sure your dad… erm… Lucas got in a fight with Brooke."
"Why?" Callie asked out of curiosity.
"I don't know. He looked like crap when I saw him yesterday. It looked like he barely got any sleep and that usually happens when they get into a fight." Haley then placed some on her own plate.
"Why are you telling me this?" Callie took a bite of her lasagna.
"Because." Haley shrugged. "Maybe you were thinking it would be hard for you to get close to your dad when he is playing dad to someone else's child."
"Amber isn't his?" Callie was shocked to say the least. She had been prepared for having to share him… well trying to share him.
"No." Haley wasn't usually a gossip but in order for Callie to understand her parents and hopefully understand Peyton's choices she may need some back story. "Do not tell either of your parents that I told you this but when Lucas and Brooke broke up senior year she got together with this guy name Chase and he is Amber's dad."
"The guy from the club? Tric?" Callie asked.
"Yeah him. Lucas and him are close. Anyways after Brooke had Amber Chase was always working and never home and they fought and so then when Amber was about 5 Brooke and Lucas got back together and have been together since then and she is now… 13 I think." Haley wasn't close with Brooke she was never on her side especially since Peyton left because of what happened between Brooke, Peyton, and Lucas.
"So maybe she did want me." Callie was hopeful. Her mom would be arriving soon and she was happy but nervous. "Can you call Lucas and see if he will come over?"
"I can. Do you want him here before Peyton gets here?" Haley asked picking up her phone.
Callie nodded. "Yes please."
Haley dialed Lucas' number. He picked up on the 2nd ring. "Hey Luke."
"Hey Hales."
"Callie would like you to be here when Peyton gets here. She met you first so I think it's a comfort thing." Haley said softly. Callie was trying not to listen in but it was hard for her when she was sitting right in front of Haley.
"I'm at home. I'll be there soon." Luke hung up and got in his car and drove over to Haley's. He parked his car and walked into the house. "Hello?"
"We are in the kitchen." Haley called to Lucas.
Lucas sauntered his way into the kitchen. "Did you make some for me?" He asked as soon as he saw the food.
"If you want some then yes I did." Haley grabbed a plate from the cupboard and dished some up.
"Cool." Lucas walked over to the breakfast bar and took a seat next to Callie. "Hey kid." That was weird of him to say. He had always called Amber that but it seemed so much more personal calling his own kid, kid.
"Hi." Callie said softly. It was going to take time for them to get close. If they even could be close. He had a family and right now she wasn't a part of it.
"When's your mom going to be here?" Lucas was more nervous about seeing Peyton than Callie probably was.
"Soon I think." Callie shrugged. "I'm not really sure though."
Lucas nodded.
"Are you mad at her?" Callie turned to face Lucas. "Are you mad at Peyton for not telling you about me?"
Lucas didn't want to lie. "I am. I'm not going to lie. I am pretty mad at her. I missed out on 15 years of your life and she didn't allow me the chance to be there for you." Lucas took a bite of his food trying to take some time to release some anger. "Are you mad at her?"
"I don't want to be. I want to like her and be close to her but she gave me up. She might not want me now like she didn't then." Callie shrugged. "I need to hear her side of the story before I can decide how I feel and then maybe I won't be mad."
Lucas put his hand on Callie's shoulder. "I want to be good at this kid but I can't make any promises. I've never been a parent before."
"You have been a parent to Amber for a long time." That hurt Callie to say.
"She isn't really my kid though. She's Chase's and I don't make any decisions. Brooke and I aren't married so Amber isn't legally mine in any way." Lucas had felt hurt by this before but now it seemed like God was keeping his option open. Giving him a daughter that is all his own.
"I'm not legally yours anymore either." Callie stated. "I'm a Michaels."
"Callie, we can change that. If you want too. I know we just met but you are my child. I look at you and see me in you. I don't need any test to prove to me what I already know. Eventually I would like you to change your name to mine and for us to be a family because that's what should've happened the whole time. It's important for you to know that I want you. I don't want you to leave here, at least not without me." Lucas let a tear fall from his eye. This was important to him.
Callie could feel how important it was to him and she didn't want to leave either. She had finally found someone she instantly connected to and that's her father and even though she wasn't ready to say it out loud she wanted him to annul the adoption so she could be his again.
Haley felt bad for interrupting but she had no choice. "Callie… Luke. Peyton's here."
