AN: Hey guys, here is chapter nine. As mention in the previous chapter, I have come up with a schedule for this story, however, it is ONLY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE. The schedule is: a new chapter will be posted EVERY WEDNESDAY throughout June. Don't forget to follow, review, and favorite. - JuJuB7

GUYS!

This is the last chapter for part one!

The next chapter will be part two!

Can't believe it!

Part One:

Chapter Nine

The tears glassed over her eyes, threatening to fall any second. She looks at him, he looks at her. After months of not being in each other's presences, they are finally face to face. His eyes drift from her to the human she holds in her arms. He lets out a shaky breath he didn't realize he was holding. She holds their daughter in her arms. Their daughter, the thought he still couldn't wrap around his head. He knew when she left that she was pregnant. Pregnant with his child. He spent so long trying to find her, but every time he would get closer, it would always lead to a dead end road. Now, she was standing right in front of him with their child in her arms. He doesn't that he's scared her except when she moves the baby closer to her, obviously not wanting him to see their child. He didn't understand, they were in love, this should be a happy moment, but it was anything but. He watches as the tears finally fall, she pulls the infant closer to her. He wants to see the baby, he wants to see her. He wants them to be a family. He knows they will never be a family. No, that wasn't in their cards. He only hoped one day the cards would.

He watches as she drives away with their baby in the back seat, she's gone once again. Once again he has no idea where she is headed.

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Peyton lets the book fall from her hands, onto the floor, hitting it with a loud thump. The tears falling fast from her eyes. She couldn't get past the first page of the book. His book. She knew he wrote the book about them; her, him, and their daughter. The daughter he's never met. It's her fault that he's never met her. She's had so many opportunities. So many opportunities to introduce Lucas to his daughter, but each time she's chickened out. She wants them to met, she wants Lucas to be apart of his daughter's life. But she couldn't bring herself to return to Tree Hill, she's created a new life here with her daughter.

A year, it's been one year since Peyton learned that she was pregnant. Her baby girl is three months old. It's been the best three months of her life. She didn't know she was missing a piece of her heart until her baby was born. Larry bought her a house after learning of where she was currently living. It was a nice little house, perfect for her and Sawyer. Peyton, she's changed as well, her once blonde, short, and wavy hair is now dark brown, long, and straight. She quit her job cleaning and start her own business. One would think that she would have opened a music store or a recording studio, but instead, she opened a bakery. She recently found a passion for baking, most people think she can't cook, but in her little house, there's a wonderful kitchen and the nice little old lady next door took her sweet time to teach Peyton how to properly cook. Peyton even started a vegetable garden because of the little nice old lady. Bunny, the little old lady who had recently passed. Peyton was saddened by her death, but she was very grateful for having met Bunny. That's why she named her bakery after her, she never wants to forget the woman who taught about growing a garden, baking, having a clothes line. Peyton still couldn't believe she was gone, the poor woman didn't have any family left so she left everything she had to Peyton. To say she was shocked would be an understatement. Bunny, well, let's just say she wasn't as poor as she let on. And now all that money that she had was Peyton's, some of it, most of it went to an emergency fund for Sawyer, just in case anything happened to her and some of it went to getting her bakery started.

Peyton was brought out of her thoughts by a familiar sound coming from the other room. She wipes the tears she didn't know had started falling, then gets up and walks from the kitchen and down the hall to the nursery. Peyton walks over to the crib and picks up the crying baby from the crib, drawing the infant closer to her body. She starts rocking back and forth, something that always calms her baby girl down.

"What's wrong, sweetheart. What's got you all worked up?" Peyton whispers to her baby, then kisses the baby's forward as the baby stops crying and slowly starts to fall asleep once again. "I love you. You are the best thing that has happened to me, I wouldn't trade you for anything in the world. You're my baby and I'm going to do everything in my power to give you a good life, a wonderful life. I'm going to everything in my power to protect you. You are the best thing that's ever happened to me."

Peyton smiles as she watches her baby fall back asleep. A few days earlier mother and daughter had just returned to their home, after their trip to the hospital. They wanted to wait till she was older to have the surgery. Boy, Peyton's life changed the day she found out she was pregnant. She didn't know what she was going to do, she ended up running. Months later, she gave to her daughter and her son. She didn't even realize was carrying. Over this past year, life had handed her many curve balls, but Peyton wasn't going to stop living. She was going to continue living life, her new life with her daughter.

When Peyton first found out she was pregnant, she was already in love with her baby. She's in love with her daughter. She's going to make the best life for her as she can.

AN: Well, the last chapter for part one. :'( but part two will be starting in a week. Don't forget to follow, review, and favorite.

-JuJuB7