"Hey Haley." Peyton said coolly while keeping one hand on the steering wheel.

"Hey! Where have you been? I am sitting here at the Café for an hour. We were suppose to meet tonight right?"

"Oh yah! I am so sorry, I totally forgot. Um, can we reschedule?" Peyton pleaded.

"I don't know Peyt, I am crunched for time, I was counting on you helping me…" Haley sounded upset.

Peyton hit her fist on the steering wheel with anger. "I know, I am so sorry, something came up. How about tomorrow?"

Haley thought about it but decided it was okay. "Sure, but you better be there!"

Peyton laughed nervously, hoping she would be back in town by that time tomorrow and her dad was okay, you know, not dead. "Bye Haley."

"Bye Peyton."

--&&

Haley closed her flip phone and looked deep in thought when Nathan walked over to her with a strawberry milkshake, her favorite. "Hey, who was that?"

"Oh, Peyton, she totally forgot about our meeting tonight over the flyers. That's weird, she was all excited about it, and then she just ditches me." She took a sip of her milkshake. "Mmm, thanks for the shake hunny." Haley smiled.

"Maybe Lucas knows whats up." Nathan nodded over to Lucas entering the Café.

"Yeah, hey Luke!" Haley yelled over the evening rush of Karen's Café.

"Hey guys, what's up?" He asked as he pulled a chair up to their booth.

"We were just wondering what is up with Peyton tonight." Haley said.

Lucas looked confused. "What do you mean Hales?"

"Well we were supposed to meet up tonight and then she forgot and said something came up…" Haley answered back.

"I don't know Haley, I haven't talked to her tonight. Let me call her." He walked off to the back of the café and dialed Peyton's number.

--&&

Peyton dialed Brooke's number, deciding that she needed to tell her best friend.

"Hello sweet cheeks!" Brooke yelled.

"Whoa, Brooke tone it down a bit. What is going on over there?" Peyton asked, hearing all the background noises.

"Oh I am at a party." Brooke yelled, ignoring what Peyton said earlier.

"Why did I even ask, hey I need to talk to you, its important…" Peyton trailed off.

Brooke had had a few drinks but she wasn't that drunk to not notice the tone Peyton's voice held. Something said this was very important. "Yeah, okay let me go out to my car. Hold on."

Peyton waited for Brooke to get to her car.

"Okay goldielocks, what is going on?" Brooke asked sincerely.

"Its my dad, he was out on sea during this big storm and he hasn't came out of it yet. Brooke, Georgia Mourge called wanting me to view a body."

Brooke sat down on a curb by her car. "What! Are you okay? Come pick me up and I will go with you."

"I can't, I already left." Peyton whispered.

"Peyton! I would have gone with you. I don't think it is a good idea that you go by yourself."

"I know, I wasn't really thinking I just left. I am really sorry." Peyton apologized.

"It is okay, how far are you from Tree Hill?" Brooke asked.

"About an hour or so." Peyton replied.

"Okay, Lucas and I are going to drive there and meet up with you. And before you object, shut up. This is what best friends are for. I am not going to let you go through this alone and neither while Luke."

"Okay. I will be at the one diner, Patty's or Pam's, you know which one right?" Peyton asked.

"Yes, we will be there soon. I love you."

--&&

Brooke drove over to Karen's Café, knowing Lucas was there.

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"I tried to call her three times but she didn't pick up. I think I am going to go over to her house and see if she is okay."

"Okay, See you later Lucas." Nathan said.

"Hey, Lucas, we are leaving." Brooke said as she walked in the café over to the group.

Lucas was taken aback, "Where are we going exactly?"

"To meet Peyton, she is about an hour outside Tree Hill. Its bad. Her dad…they cant contact him out at sea…" Brooke stopped, leaving him to think of why that was bad.

"Oh my god, um yeah let me call my mom." Lucas said.

--&&

God, it has been what, a year?

So So So So Sorrry people!

I guess I just has some serious writers block, like Lucas in this season 5.

Well, I know it wasn't much but hey…it is something.

Now I am not sure where to go after this.

Should Peyton's dad die? Should he live.

Should Brooke and Jake be an item?

More new stuff with Naley?

EEEEk.

Let, please, let me know!

Review.