"William, please sit still for mommy," Peyton pleaded with the wriggling baby. The baby didn't like missing the action going on outside and found it offensive that she wanted to change his diaper. "Just a second longer," Peyton murmured, swiftly diapering him and re-buttoning his denim overalls. "There!" Peyton cried, throwing her hand sin the air.

William immediately sat up with help from his mother and was about to scamper off, when he stopped turned and toddled back to Peyton, reaching a little hand out to her, with a plaintive cry of "Mama co'!"

"Thank you, baby boy," Peyton cooed. She stood up, tossed William's dirty diaper in the garbage and picked her son up, blowing kisses into his neck. Opening the screen door, Peyton carried William outside where he was immediately scooped up by Karen.

"Give me my grandbaby," she cooed, planting a sound kiss on his cheeks. William gave his grandmother a grin and a few choice babbled words before she carried him off to spoil him with sweets.

Chuckling, Peyton made her way across the yard to where Haley was talking to Skills. She snatched a cupcake off the large snack table set up outside and bit into it on her way. Her trek there was stopped as strong arms circled her, lifting her up, and spinning her around. She let out a small scream and giggled as Lucas set her down. He nuzzled her ear before whispering "I love you, Mrs. Scott."

Just as he'd promised, Lucas had spent the entire day sneaking up on his wife and telling her he loved her every hour on the dot. If he was doing something, he'd drop it just to go find his wife. If he was in the middle of a conversation with Skillz and Peyton happened to be walking by, he would excuse himself, grab her hand, and pull her over to him to tell her, kiss her on the nose and then resume his conversation, with Peyton swooning in his arms. If Peyton was coming out of the bathroom, Lucas would push her back in and…well show her he loved her.

The best part was, Lucas knew he didn't need to tell her. Peyton was secure in his love, just as he was in hers.

"Just for that I'm going to let you have a bite of my cupcake," she replied, with a soft smile.

"Oooo, Peyton Scott, sharing a chocolate treat? Will wonders never cease," Lucas teased, hands still circled around Peyton's waist.

"You ready for my cupcake?" She cooed, her voice dropping a few octaves. She waved the cupcake around in his face.

"Baby, I was born ready for your cupcake," he replied waggling his eyebrows. Giggling Peyton pressed the cake to his mouth, adding quickly,

"A small bite!" Lucas grinned mischievously at his chocoholic wife. Every Christmas his publishers would send them a huge box of chocolates and every Christmas Peyton would eat all but three of them before he even got to see them. Lucas teased her about it all the time.

Remembering the year, Peyton gave him an empty box of Lindt's truffles as a joke he took a huge bite, leaving her a small sliver. "Jackass!" She cried, smacking his chest. "That was my cupcake!"

"Mm-hfm-havfuffem," mumbled a still grinning Lucas with his mouth full.

"You're gross," Peyton said, trying to hide a smile.

"Oi fuff," was his overly serious reply, making Peyton crack up.

"You're crazy," she grinned. Lucas nodded, gazing at her, as he swallowed his cupcake.

"For you," he replied, matter of factly. Leaning in, he whispered, seductively, "You want your cupcake?"

Peyton nodded before he leaned in and interlocked his lips with hers, his tongue gently swiping across hers, letting her taste the chocolate on his tongue. Neither of them cared who saw and they both ignored the cat-calls and the hollered suggestions to "get a room."

Yes, Peyton "not really into pda" Sawyer had decided after she came back from LA that she would never hide how she felt about Lucas again. And she wouldn't be ashamed to show him how she felt in public with a kiss, which included "church-tongue". This did not really count as "church-tongue", in fact it was really just short of "porn-tongue", but Peyton had really wanted that cupcake.

Across the yard Karen sat with Haley and Larry watched their children embrace and smiled a bit uncomfortably at each other. They were happy to see their children happy and it was no secret that Lucas and Peyton enjoyed a more than healthy sex life. It was also no secret that they were a very affectionate couple. It was also no secret that they were parents and they were still getting used to seeing their 'babies' all grown up and married.

"God, I hope he doesn't start humping her."

"Haley!" Karen cried, with an embarrassed giggle. Haley looked between the two parents and shrugged.

"Sorry, but you know how they are and with Lucas telling Peyton he loves her every hour-Have you noticed he's actually saying I love you every hour?"

"As a matter of fact I have," Larry replied, bouncing a happy, squealing William on his knee.

"I think it's sweet." Karen said, sipping on her lemonade. "What can I say? I raised a romantic."

"Who doesn't have any qualms about doing it in other people's houses during a party," Haley couldn't help adding. She knew about their bathroom rendezvous. "I'm sorry," Haley said again at the look Karen gave her.

"Hey they're young and in love," Larry defended and then jokingly added, "How long does that honeymoon stage last?"

Laughing, Karen glanced back at her son and his wife, who were swaying back and forth to the music that was floating through the yard. She smiled softly and said, "I don't see their honeymoon ending anytime soon."

Larry and Haley followed her gaze and couldn't help but smile too.

"If anyone deserves a lifetime long honeymoon it's them. I've never seen my daughter so open with her emotions and so utterly happy. I for one have to thank you Karen for that."

"Oh no Larry, thank you. I've never seen my son so happy and it's because of Peyton. And you," she cooed tickling William. "Those two just make sense."

"Yeah," Haley amended. "As much crap as I give them-we all give them, it's really great to see them both so happy. Man, I still remember Lucas pining for that girl in high school. It's amazing how life turns out, you know?"

"I could say the same thing for you Haley James Scott," Karen smiled, nudging the woman who was like her second daughter.

"I think we all did good," Haley said, looking around her yard, happily at all her friends and loved ones.

"Cheers to that," Karen grinned raising her glass. Haley and Larry did the same.

"Salut! So Haley," Larry started. "I heard a rumor over by the grill that Brooke Davis was going to be here."

Karen raised her eyebrows and looked with interest at Haley. "Brooke is home?"

"Um, yeah. She's back in town indefinitely and she called me out of the blue last night. I invited her. We'll see if she shows up."

"Wow, I haven't heard that name in quite some time," Karen said, looking back and forth between Larry and Haley. She herself had become close to Brooke while she was dating Lucas.

"She's been in New York working on her fashion line."

"And it has been going so well that she can't call her best friend?" Larry asked, furrowing his brows. "She and Peyton used to be inseparable. She'd be over at our house for dinner every night. I never understood how she and Peyton just cut all communication after LA."

"Luke and I think something happened and I know Peyton told Lucas about it today, but he won't tell me. I'm hoping I can get it out of Brooke if she ever shows up," Haley shrugged.

"Why do I have a feeling it has to do with Lucas," Karen sighed.

"Um, because when it comes to those two fighting it's always about Lucas," Haley cracked with a raised eyebrow.

"What's always about me?" Lucas looked curious as he joined them on the lawn chairs.

"Oh, honey we were just talking about Brooke coming home," Karen said, smiling slightly as William scrambled off Larry's lap to get to his father. "Have you spoken to her?"

Lucas furrowed his brows and shook his head. "No, mom, I haven't." He paused to pick his son up tossing him in the air, eliciting a cacophony of delighted squeals. He set the baby in his lap kissing his cheeks before resuming. "I think Haley is the only one to have spoken to her since she's been back."

"We were just sayin' something had to have happened for her and Peyton to stop speaking," Larry clarified. Lucas sighed. Had his relatives always been so snoopy?

"And you guys assume it's about me?" Lucas's tone was indignant, although he knew their spat was once again, indeed about him.

"You have always played Archie to their Betty and Veronica," Haley shrugged.

"Did you just compare us to cartoon characters? Look, yeah something happened and Peyton told me about it today, but I'm not telling any of you about it. Besides it doesn't matter. It's been years. Water under the bridge."

Haley, Karen, and Larry managed a three way look and Lucas rolled his eyes. "Guys, Peyton is willing to bury the hatchet and give her the benefit of the doubt so-"

"So she needs the benefit of the doubt?"

"Haley!"

"Just askin," Haley submitted, raising both her hands up in surrender. "Besides, I think we're gonna get to find out for ourselves."

She nodded to the side of the yard where Nathan and Anna had just returned and behind them came Mouth and a nervous looking Brooke.

"Is she holding a pie?" Larry asked in confusion. Karen shushed him with a smile, but Larry added under his breath, "It has been a long time."

"Hey guys, look what I found!" Nathan yelled. All the guests, a variety of old school friends and River Court buddies, including Skillz, Bevin, Junk, Fergie, Tim all turned to look.

"Davis!" They all cried. The old gang began making their way over, but Haley was ahead of them and as she approached her old friend, her anger melted away, and a smile spread across her face.

Brooke watched Haley approach. Her hair was a little bit darker now and a bit shorter, but she still looked like the same old Haley. And as Brooke returned home, embracing her old friends, she felt herself break, like a sigh held in for too long. The tears came.

"Hey stranger," Haley whispered into her hair.

"I missed you tutor wife," she whispered back after awhile. Haley pulled back and winked at her, wiping a few tears away and letting everyone else get their hugs in. She was holding the pie Brooke had handed her and she stared at it with confusion.

"Brooke did you bake?"

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