Hey there guys... How is your week going because mine is going very slow. I just want Friday to hurry up and arrive so I can go spend money and finally get my well deserved break from work. I need my 9 days and I need them now lol. Well you guys will be excited to know I am getting a laptop on Saturday so I should be updating more frequently on all stories I am currently uploading chapters too.
So in most of your reviews after finding out it Peyton had come back where negative towards Peyton and I understand that because Peyton was the bad guy in the love triangle between Brucas and of course you guys have the right to hate Peyton because I use to hate her too... I also use to be a total Brucas fan, but even though I love Brucas... I also love Brulian on the show so my hate for Peyton had decreased.
Anyway I just want to thank you all for supporting this squeal and reviewing. I appreciate them all and I love every single one of my fans.
So here is Chapter 4... ENJOY!
"Brooke..." I stop at the sound of my voice and turn around to see Peyton coming out of Karen's cafe "Hi"
"Peyton" I breathed out. Why am I the one that has to bump into her again?
"Is this... is that" She looks down at the pram I was pushing and smiled. The smile I haven't seen in a while. The smile that makes me want to forget everything, but then what she did comes flashing back and I can't forget. I can never forget, but does that make me a hypocrite because I forgave Lucas, but not her?
"Yes Peyton" I nod looking down at Miley in the pram smiling away at Peyton "This is Miley"
"She's gotten so big Brooke" I don't say anything. To be honest I don't know what to say. She was once my bestfriend and this should be a happy moment, but it's not "She looks just like you"
"Peyton... I..."
"I know Brooke" She looks back up at me "I just... I just want to say again that I'm sorry. I'm really sorry about everything"
"Peyton I can't do this" I tell her turning away and going to walk away
"Brooke wait... please just"
"Just what" I stop and turn to face her again "Just what huh? Listen to you... listen to how sorry you are that you slept with Lucas and tried ruining my life because I don't want to listen anymore okay. I don't want to listen to anything you have to say"
"But Brooke..."
"No Peyton... just no" I shake my head at her "I have to go... Miley needs feeding soon" And I walk away even when I hear her calling after me I just keep walking because I need to. I have to and because I can't listen to her try to explain anymore. She broke our friendship and that's that.
-x-
"But you didn't see her face" Peyton says into the phone as she packs her bags into the boot of her car "She looked like we were never friends let alone bestfriends. How am I going to make this right if she won't listen to me"
"You have to go to plan B Peyt" The voice says "Get Lucas and Nathan to listen then maybe Brooke and Haley will too"
"You think that will work?"Peyton question unlocking the driver's seat and getting in. She shut and locked the door putting the key into the ignition "What if it doesn't... I should just come back home"
"Tree Hill is your home Sawyer" The voice reminds her and Peyton sighs running her free hand through her hair "You have to stop running and face them... face them all"
"But I can't okay... I just can't. Why fight for them to forgive me if they don't want to listen?"
"Because you care too much to keep leaving" The voice answers
"But Jake maybe I'm tired of fighting for something that will never happen. Maybe I'm tired for fighting" Peyton exclaims looking ahead to see Brooke leaving walking down to her car. She closes her eyes and leans back in her chair.
"Okay Peyton you listen to me and you listen to me good. You will stop this talk and you will do anything and everything to get them to listen to you okay. It is only a matter of days before he comes to find you and when he does you need to have made this right and get out of there. I know I said not to run, but that is without making things right with the people you love" Jake tells her "Now I want you to go find Lucas or Nathan and make them listen to you or even Haley. Maybe she'll listen. Just finish this and do it fast Peyton"
"Okay fine" She gives in "I'll do it and I'll make it right"
"Good now call me if you need anything else"
"Okay and thank you Jake for everything" Peyton says
"You're welcome Sawyer, just please be careful" And they hung up. Peyton put the car into drive and headed home.
-x-
"Here you go baby girl" I hand Miley her bottle of warm milk and lie her in my arms as I sit on the couch "Okay baby let's take a nap yeah" Miley looks up at me. I could see she was tired. Her big blue eyes looked at me and I smiled down at her "Oh my princess is tired... shut those beautiful eyes for Mommy baby" I rocked her back and forth as her eyes began to close slowly and he hands let go of the bottle. I hold it up for her and she was a sleep. I keep rocking her for a while longer before placing her in her Moses basket. I then move her pink blanket with Miley written across it over her and smile down at my baby girl.
"Brooke baby you here?" Lucas calls out as I hear the front door shut
"Yeah I'm in the living room babe" Lucas walks into the living room and I smile up at him. He places a soft kiss to my lips "So Luke I'm working the afternoon at the cafe so you don't mind watching Miley do you?"
"Of course not" He walks round and sits beside me on the couch "I love looking after my princess" I smile at him
"Okay so I'm going to leave. Haley will be waiting for me" Lucas nods at me. I lean over and give him a small kiss as I stand up to get ready for work "I'll be back after close babe"
"Okay Pretty Girl" I blow him another kiss before leaving for the cafe.
-x-
"Sorry I'm late" I open the door to the cafe hearing the bell ring above the door I see Haley behind the counter counting the packets of ketch up and salt. I head for her seeing she looked up at me "I was putting Miley to sleep ad I had to wait for Luke to get back"
"Brooke chill. It's okay" Haley replies writing something down on the pad she had in front of her "I know the feeling I don't like to leave Kadie with anyone other than Nathan"
I nod at her and look back down at the pad she was writing on "So erm... Whatcha doing?"
"Inventory" She answers putting the ketch up sachets back in the basket and taking the sugar ones out to count them "I always hated doing this with Karen. It's a lot of work"
"Want some help?" I ask walking around the counter putting my bag underneath and handing my jacket up. I grabbed an apron and wrapped it around my waist tying it up at the front.
"Yeah sure. I think Caleb has it sorted out here right Caleb" Haley shouts over to him. he turns and smiles giving us a nod "Good so Brooke take this and we'll half the list"
"Okay cool" I reply taking the note pad from her "So I'm going to start in the back with the freezer then"
"Actually could you do cups, plates and cutlery please. Since my shift is over I'll start in the back with the freezer" I nod with a smile and head to the other side of the counter to start counting the cups. Inventory doesn't seem as fun.
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"Dude what if they find out she's back and we know and didn't tell them. They'll freak out" Nathan says as he puts a sleeping Kadence down beside a sleeping Miley "We nearly lost them once Luke, I don't want that happening again"
"And it won't" Lucas replies "Because we're staying away from her"
"Yeah, but Peyton always has a way of coming to us and you know that Luke" Nathan sits down in the chair opposite Lucas "She came back to Tree Hill for a reason... There must be a reason. She was gone a year and suddenly Brooke wakes up and Peyton comes back... That can't be a coincidence"
"Maybe your right Nate, but I'm not going to find out" Lucas states sitting up "We stay away from Peyton and as long as we do that she can't ruin anything"
"I hope your right dude because I can't lose Haley"
"And you won't" Nathan just nods looking over at his sleeping daughter "So changing the topic Mom is signing the cafe over to me and Brooke"
"No fricking way really?" Nathan exclaims "Oh man that's awesome. Does Brooke know?"
"Eh no she doesn't" Lucas admits running his hand over his face "And I don't want her too"
"But why?" Nathan questions
"Next month she starts her new job and I don't want to get in the way of that" Lucas answers honestly "I mean she lost a year of her life and I really don't want her to miss out on anything more so if we have to move to New York then we will. I can't have the cafe stopping us"
"So what you going to do?" Nathan asks
"I don't know yet, but I told Ma I'll think about it before i agree to something that will ruin this for Brooke" Lucas responds with a small shrug
"And your not going to tell Brooke?" Lucas shakes his head "You sure man because if she finds out she'll be mad you didn't tell her"
"And if I do tell her and that ruins her new job I'll be mad at myself for getting in between her dream job and I don't want that" Lucas states
"Why don't you just keep the cafe and Brooke can go do her job and come back on weekends and stuff" Nathan suggests
"That isn't an option Nate... I lost Brooke for a year so I'll be damned if I let her go to New York for months by herself. Miley and Brooke are my life and I will not lose them... not ever" Lucas retorts "Ma is calling me tomorrow and that is when I'll tell her I cant accept"
"But Luke man..."
"I've made up my mind Nate. I'm not taking the cafe and that's final" And with Lucas's final say Nathan dropped it and they fell into a silence.
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"Can I have a double cream latte with a blueberry muffin please" I look up and smile at the girl sitting on a stool in front of me "I heard Karen's cafe is the best in town"
"That we are" I agreed taking a muffin from the basket and placing it on a plate and sliding it in front of the girl "Your latte will be ready in 2 minutes"
"Thank you" I nod going back to my inventory job I told Haley I would finish by myself since she had been in all morning.
Once I had counted the sugars again I took the latte from the machine and placed it in front of the girl "That would be $4.00 please" the girl nodded with another smile taking the money from her purse and handing it to me "Thank you"
"No worries" The girl replies taking a sip of her latte "Oh erm before I forget I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of Tree Hill Mall"
"Of course" I nod "If you take a right at the end of the traffic lights then take the first left and keep driving you'll see the sign. You can't miss it really"
"Oh you're a life saver thank you" I smiled and got back to my work as the girl left ringing the bell above the door.
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Ring Ring Ring
'You have reached Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott. Sorry we couldn't get to the phone right now. Leave your name and number at the beep and we'll try our best to contact you back'... Beep...
'Hi sweetie it's just Mom, so I guess you're either not home right now or you're busy which is fine of course. Anyway I just called to see if you want me to sign over the cafe to you and Brooke. I know you said no earlier, but I really think you and Brooke should reconsider. Everyone loves the cafe and it feels like home to everyone and I would really hate to lose that for everyone and I know deep down you would too. Well the offer is still there, it's always going to be there because even though you said no I'm not selling to anyone else. So if you could please ring me when you get this I'll very much appreciate it. Nevertheless I hope to hear from you guys soon and we love you and we miss you and we hope all is well.
-x-
"Haley..." She heard her name so she turned around and saw Peyton standing behind her. She placed her bag in her car and shut the door walking round to the driver's seat. She went to open the car door "Haley... wait"
"I was hoping that this wouldn't happen" Haley mutters to herself
"How are you?" Peyton asks raising the sun glasses she was wearing above her eyes
"Oh you know... I was good until I heard your skanky ass was back in town" Haley snapped back slamming her car door.
"Haley about that..." Peyton goes to say until Haley cuts her off.
"What you actually doing here Peyton?" She barks at the curly blond who was shocked by the tone of voice Haley was using "I mean I know Brooke said she saw you, but I was hoping you would actually have sense not to approach me, but I guess I was wrong" Haley shakes her head with a small snigger "You left for a year Peyton... a year and now your back and for what? To finish what you started... To ruin my life all over again well quit while you can because I'm not doing this again okay... I refuse to be your puppet and let you hold the strings to my life again"
"Haley you don't understand I just... Please if you and Brooke will just let me explain" Peyton pleads stepping closer to Haley
"We don't need you to explain Peyton... We just need you to leave us alone" Haley sighs opening the door to her car again and climbing in without waiting for Peyton to reply.
So there you have it... the mystery caller is Jake... You guys remember Jake right. He was dating Peyton in Lairs and Cheaters.
They all know Peyton is back, but the guys haven't told the girls and vis versa... How will that end?
Should Lucas tell Brooke about the offer Karen had given him?
And what more could Peyton have to explain?
Keep reading to find out all!
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Much Love Always Roch xoxo