Episode 1 Ch.1 I Don't Want to Be

"People say time flies, and I would have to agree with them. It feels like just yesterday I was leaving Tree Hill, and now almost five years later I'm back. Apart of me feels like I have never left, but another part of me feels like I've missed everything." Lily's voice can be heard.

Lily is walking around the airport with her two bags. She is the same Lily that walked out of that same airport almost five years ago. She was little bit more sophisticated, but she was still as feisty as ever.

A bright smile came across her face when she saw Jamie walking towards her. He finally sees her, and runs and hugs her tightly. "God I missed you." He was the first to speak. He spun her around the room.

He hadn't seen her in over a year. He was unable to attend her graduation because they graduated on the same day.

"I missed you too. You look pretty good I guess." Lily laughed. "I can't believe I haven't been here in almost five years."

"I know. You could have come and visited."

Lily felt bad for never visiting her family. Lucas and Peyton had brought the family to visit her a couple of times, but her life got so hectic when she moved to Tennessee that she barely had time to breathe.

"I'm sorry, but I'm home now."

"Yeah but you are just visiting."

Lily didn't say anything.

"Right?"

"I'm here to stay."

Jamie couldn't believe his ears. He never thought Lily would move back home. "I thought you were happy in Tennessee."

"I am…was happy in Tennessee, but this is my home. I was able to get a transfer to Tree Hill Hospital."

"That's awesome." He hugged her again. "I'm so glad that you are home."

"Me too," she smiled. "So that's enough about me. Tell me about you. How are you and Breanne?"

"We're good. Breanne and Carter make me happier than I ever thought possible."

"So how was it?"

"How was what?"

"Well I know when I left all those years ago you were still a virgin. So how was it?"

Jamie gave her a disgusted look. "Why would you ask me something like that?"

"Because I'm supposed to be your best friend. Come on please tell me. Was it everything that you expected it to be?"

"Of all the things we could talk about you want to talk about my sex life." Jamie was avoiding answering her question, and Lily caught on.

"Oh my God you are still a virgin. What is wrong with you? You've guys have been together for way too long."

Jamie rolled his eyes, "Okay fine I'm still a virgin. Are you happy?"

"No I'm not happy. Why the hell haven't you let that girl deflower you yet? Sex is fun. Have I taught you nothing."

"I'm sure sex is fun Lily," he was very uncomfortable talking about it with her. "Breanne wants to wait until marriage, and neither one of us are ready to get married."

"Aren't you living with her?"

"I sleep in the guest bedroom."

"Does she not know she has a son? She's definitely not a virgin." Lily was astounded that they weren't sleeping together. She thought all couples slept together.

Jamie chuckled. "She knows that she's not a virgin. She doesn't want to have sex again until she is married because she wants to set an example for Carter."

"You guys are so weird. Are you sure you are my cousin?"

"Ha, ha…I wonder that myself sometimes." He smiled, "It really is good to have you home."

"Yeah well my family needed me."

"Does Uncle Luke know that you are coming?"

"I don't think so. When Peyton called me she pretty much said that Lucas didn't want me to know."

Jamie nodded his head. He knew it would do Lucas some good seeing Lily. She always made things better for everyone.

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Over at the Scott residence Peyton still looks the same. Her hair is a little darker and a lot straighter, but she is still beautiful. She has aged well over the last couple of years with all things considered.

Peyton was in the kitchen trying to fix Lucas the sandwich he had requested while she heard screams coming from the living room. "Charlie, Savannah," she yelled. "Could you guys please keep it down?"

"It's my turn to play," Savannah yelled.

"You're a girl. You shouldn't want to play video games. You should want to play with Barbie's or something." An eight year old Charlie yelled back at her.

Neither one of them had changed that much either except for the fact that they were older and always fighting about something.

"Guys please stop fighting. I'm sick of all the bickering."

Savannah walked into the kitchen with her arms crossed. "He started it."

"I did not. You started it. I had the controller first."

"No you didn't. I did."

"STOP," Peyton rose her voice louder this time. "Enough…." She looked at both of them sternly. "No video games for a week for either of you."

They both looked at her like they were about to complain.

"Do you want to make it two?"

They both shook their heads.

"Now go upstairs and get ready for bed."

"I wanted to wait up for Lily." Savannah told her.

"Yeah me too…"

"You can see her in the morning. Now go to bed."

"The little kids aren't even in bed yet," Savannah wined.

"I put them to bed an hour ago."

Charlie shook his head and pointed to the dining room. Natalie was sitting at the table painting with some of Peyton's paints, and Lucy was playing with one of her dolls.

"Are those my paints?"

"Yeah I told her not to mess with them, but she wouldn't listen." Charlie smiled at his mother.

Peyton just glared at both of them. "Go to bed now…."

They both knew that she meant business and headed to their rooms.

Peyton walked over to the dining room where her disobeying children sat when she heard Lucas' voice. "Peyton, I'm hungry." He yelled for like the twentieth time. She was about sick of it.

"I'll be right up Lucas. I have to take care of our children." She yelled back, but got no response. She never really did. He was probably pouting because she was taking so long. He really had become a big baby over the last couple of months.

She turned her attention to her four year old daughters who were now looking at her. "Mommy will you hold me?" Lucy begged. She loved to be held and cried all the time for someone to pick her up. Peyton knew that somehow they were going to have to break her of that, but she didn't really have the time to figure that out. She was way too busy.

"Okay," she picked her up and looked at Natalie. Natalie was much more independent than Lucy. She hated to be held and liked to do most things by herself. "Natalie, what are you doing?"

"I'm painting just like you." Natalie told her innocently.

"I can see that, but you have your own paints that you got for Christmas. You should be painting with those if you are going to paint."

"I like yours better."

"You know what the two of you should be in bed. I thought I put you there an hour ago."

"We weren't seepy." Lucy told her.

"Well you look sleepy to me." Peyton said as Lucy rubbed her eyes.

"I might be a wittle seepy." Lucy yawned.

"Yeah alright well let's get you two back in bed." She looked at Natalie. "I'll clean this up later. But you cannot play with my paints anymore, okay?"

Natalie nodded, but Peyton knew that she would be in her paints once again. It never failed with Natalie. She always wanted what she couldn't have.

Peyton walked towards the stairs with Lucy in her arms, and Natalie behind her when they heard a loud crash coming from Charlie's room.

"Uh oh…" Natalie said out loud.

"Yeah uh oh is right," Peyton agreed. She really was tired of the fighting.

She walked into his bedroom to see the two older kids fighting. "What is wrong with you two now?"

"He flushed my hello kitty bracelet down the toilet." Savannah turned towards her mother. She had tears running down her face. It was her favorite bracelet.

"Is this true, Charlie?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "But I did it because she broke my Spiderman watch."

She turned towards Savannah. "He's always getting in my way mom."

Peyton sighed with frustration. "I want the two of you to go to bed right now, and if I hear one more word out of either of you tonight then the consequences are not going to be good."

They both nodded not saying anything.

Peyton and the twins walked out of the room. "Mama what is a qunsquence?"

"It something that you have to deal with if you do something wrong."

"What is Natalie's qunsquence for playing with your paint?"

"Natalie isn't going to play with my paint anymore. So we don't have to worry about that. Do we, Natalie?"

Natalie shook her head.

"Good…now this time the two of you better stay in bed." She tucked both girls in again and gave them a goodnight kiss.

"I wish daddy could tuck us in." Lucy told her mom.

"He does too baby, but he can't." Peyton told them sadly. She knew that it was hard on them that Lucas couldn't do much anymore, and she only wanted to make it better.

Peyton walked downstairs and sighed. She felt like crying most of the time, but she had to stay strong for her family.

She walked into the kitchen and was startled when she saw Lily. "Oh my God you scared me." Peyton screamed and then smiled. She had really missed Lily.

"I'm sorry. I didn't see anyone down here, and I thought maybe you already went to bed. I was starving so I hope this sandwich wasn't too old."

Peyton leaned in and hugged Lily. "It is so good to see you." Peyton had a tear fall down her face.

"Oh no don't cry. I don't want you to cry. I can make another sandwich."

"No it isn't the sandwich. I just I need you so much."

"Well I'm here now. Where's Luke?"

"Upstairs waiting on his sandwich," Peyton told her looking at the empty plate.

"I'll make him another one." Lily smiled.

Peyton was just happy to have her home. Things had been really hard to handle without her.

Lucas was lying in his bed flipping through the channels. There was never anything on, and he was so sick of sitting in bed day after day.

He heard a knock on the door. It was weird because no one ever knocked. "Peyton, why are you knocking? This is your room."

"I knocked because I'm not Peyton." Lily smiled as she walked in with his sandwich.

Lucas couldn't believe his eyes. He never expected to see Lily standing in front of him. "What are you doing here?"

"You know I told you to take care of yourself when I left, and what do you do? You go and have a heart attack, and have to have surgery, and then you know what really pisses me off?"

"What?" Lucas still couldn't believe his little sister was home. He had just seen her about eight months ago. She had graduated early, and he was so proud of her.

"You didn't even want Peyton to call me. You could have died, and you didn't even want me to know about it." She glared at him.

"I'm sorry." He sighed. "I just didn't want to worry you. I'm fine now."

"You don't look too fine. When Peyton called she said that you had to stay in bed and take it easy for a while."

"Yeah I feel like an invalid."

"Well that's why I'm here. I'm gonna help out as much as I can."

"How long are you staying?"

"I'm moving back to Tree Hill." She finally told him.

"What? You have a life back in Tennessee."

"I know that. I love Tennessee, but my family needs me here. I was able to get transferred to this hospital. So everything is going to be okay."

"How does you know who feel about this?"

Lily smiled, "He'll be here soon. He was thrilled to move back to Tree Hill. He's driving back."

"Oh well will you be staying here?"

"Just for a few days, but I think we're going to be staying at his place."

Lucas gave her a look.

"Luke I have been living with him since we moved to Tennessee. It'll be fine."

"I know…I just I hope that you are making the right decision by coming back here. I don't want you to move back just because of me."

"I'm not moving back just because of you. I'm moving back because Tree Hill is my home, and this is where I have always belonged." Lily sat on his bed. "I don't want to be anywhere else but here." She reassured him.

Peyton walked in with Lucas' pills. "Alright honey here you go," she handed him the cup and helped him sit up in bed. He had a hard time doing much by himself. He just felt bad all the time. The doctor told him that was normal, and he would just have to take it easy and avoid stress at all cost.

Lily watched on as her brother looked completely helpless. She couldn't believe how much he had changed, and how tired Peyton looked. It pained her to see Lucas in so much pain. He looked like a sick puppy with no legs. She hoped that everything else hadn't changed as much as he had.

Alright so how many of you expected a time jump? I did it because i didn't want to write Lily in college, and I thought that this gave me a lot more storylines. I hope you guys aren't disappointed.

Should I continue? Or should I have stopped at part three?

Please let me know what you thought!