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CHAPTER ONE
The black SUV came to a slow and steady stop on the dark and lonely road in the middle of nowhere. Okay so it wasn't the middle of nowhere, they were somewhere in North Carolina, but it sure looked like the middle of nowhere. Trees stood on either side of the road, for as far as the eye could see, not that there was much too see with the very early morning fog that surrounded the stationary vehicle; it was like the opening scene to a horror movie. The one where you know the next person to say something is going to be killed, or at least that is what Haley would say if she knew they had stopped here on a back road somewhere close to the North and South Carolina boarder.
Nathan looked into the rear view mirror; his wife and son were fast asleep in the back seat. Haley had chosen to sit back there, as the last time she had fallen asleep up front she had, had a cramp in her neck for a week.
He smiled as the teddy bear his son had been playing with suddenly fell to the floor. Turning back around Nathan undid his seat belt as quietly as he could, before opening his door and getting out. He was having second thoughts about this, he knew that he had been the one that had talked Haley into this but now a couple of hours from Tree Hill he was starting to have some very different feelings about this.
"Nate, honey no one is going to be up this early," Nathan jumped and spun around tucking his cell phone back into his pocket, as he saw his wife walking up the side of the road. Her arms wrapped around her to protect her from the cold morning air.
"Gezz Hales you scared me half to death, I thought you were asleep." he said Nathan pulled her into a hug knowing that she would freeze in the light jacket she had on.
"You forget I'm a mum, I wake easily. So want to tell me why you stopped on a road that looks like it came out of some horror film, you and Ty are always watching?" Nathan sighed and kissed her temple there was never any way to get anything past her. Haley was like a bloodhound when it came to lies, well in their group of friends anyway.
"Second thoughts I guess, fear of what everyone is going to say, you know the usual" Haley laughed and turned around in his arms so that she could wrap her own around him before she looked up into his eyes.
"And?"
"I don't know, it's just, maybe you were right Hales, and maybe this is stupid. We have no idea what anyone here thinks of us at all- well I can guess and we both know I'd be pretty close, but we just don't know anyone here anymore. How can we be sure they won't stone us to death the minute they see us?" He asked he frowned as she laughed and shook her head tippy toeing she kissed him softly.
"You, Tyler and Megs really need to cut down on the medieval movies you know that; they are going to your head. Tree Hill and the people that live there, won't stone us. Ignore, scream, slap and just plain hate us yes, stoning however no not gonna happen. Also it's too late now babe, I'm guessing we are in North Carolina, that's why you stopped making us beyond the point of no return your rule, not mine. There is a whole state between us and Savannah, literally. Besides I want our son to know his grandparents, and not just as people in old photographs that are seven years old, and a little worn around the edges; also I want to know who Luke ended up with, Peyton or Brooke you know it had to be one of the two. It's been bugging me for seven years I wanna know." She said running her hands up and down his back, something that she knew always calmed his nerves but not something he would ever admit to. Nathan laughed and kissed the top of her head before they turned to get back into the warmth of the car.
"Tree Hill here we come then I guess. The Scott's are coming home"