Peyton Sawyer had everything she wanted: an good career in the Clothes Over Bro's offices, loving friends and most importantly, a wonderful son. Described in one sentence, her life looks like a fairtytale but she had to sacrifice a lot of things and to work really hard to get all this success. After a tough summer between her Junior Year and Senior Year where she met her biological mother, her relationship with her father became difficult especially when she found out that he lied to her for many years about her adoption. Everything got worse when her birth mother, Elizabeth Harp, left randomly after their relationship got a little bit better. She couldn't handle another departure. After she met Pete Wentz at the launching of the "Friends With Benefits" album where Elizabeth was supposed to stand by her side, she choose to follow him. Right after she had recovered from the famous Tree Hill High School shooting, she took a plane and joined Pete in Los Angeles. She left everything behind her: her studies, her cheerleading squad, her friends and most importantly her longtime best friend Brooke Davis and her father, Larry Sawyer. In Los Angeles, she finished her High School at home but she also found out that she was pregnant. Only two weeks after her arrival in Hollywood, her life changed forever. Pete who also became her boyfriend helped her but it didn't last forever. Two months after the birth of her son, Charlie Sawyer, she moved in New York City and joined Brooke Davis who moved there after High School. Pete couldn't handle spending time with a baby that he wasn't the father of.

She was really proud of her son. He is such an intelligent boy for a 4-years-old. Brooke Davis was happy to be a godmother as much as Larry was to have a grandson even if his daughter was maybe too young for this. That birth never became an important topic in Tree Hill because Brooke and Larry kept the secret until Peyton became a bit more popular. After all, she was working for one of the biggest company in the world: Clothes Over Bro's. Brooke hired her because her best friend had no money to raise her son. She became a website creator and designer, a social medias specialist. She lived in a beautiful apartment in Manhattan with Brooke and Charlie. She liked her job but it wasn't her dream career. She wanted to be a label owner, she wanted to work with people like NOFX and the Foo Fighters.

The past four years were very challenging for Peyton but she handled them perfectly. Her "happiness" ended when Larry Sawyer landed in New York in September to announce that he was sick, very sick. Mr. Sawyer was diagnosed with a stomach cancer. Peyton was in shock and hurt by the new. At that moment, Brooke was back in Tree Hill because she couldn't handle her mother, Victoria and missed her life in Tree Hill a lot. When he was about to return to Tree Hill, Peyton felt really bad to let her father down but he wanted his daughter to take care of her career and her son. Unfortunately, when November started, Peyton got a phone call from Brooke. Larry was admitted to hospital because his cancer got worst. As a good friend, Brooke offered a new job for Peyton in the Tree Hill store and she moved back there.

The road has been long and stressful for Peyton. She packed everything she had in New York City. When she got into the small town of North Carolina, she drove to the hospital. She wanted to make sure that her father was okay. Charlie couldn't understand what was going on, he seemed calm and happy. She looked at her son, trying to cheer herself up.

"Baby.. Grandpa is not doing well." Peyton said. "Stay calm and don't worry, he will be happy to see you."

"It's okay mom." The little boy said.

Charlie looked a lot like his mother. He had her eyes and her curvy hair. He was a calm boy who loved music and being alone. He loved his mother a lot and was very close to Larry and Brooke. He even made Victoria Davis' heart melt. She felt like a grandmother to him even if she was a dragon lady with her own daughter and Peyton.

They entered into the hospital and Peyton was on the verge of tears. She was worried about her father who has been an amazing guy. She asked where was the room he was staying at. When they got there, Peyton saw her father and tried to not cry because of her son. Her father was in a bed and looked so thin, so sick. She never saw her father like that. She didn't know how to react. The blond-haired thought about her mother, Anna, who passed away when she was a child. She didn't want to feel this again with her father.

"Hi Dad." She said while sitting on the chair beside his bed.

He smiled. "Hi darling, how are you?"

"I'm good." Peyton said. She looked at her son. "Say hi to grandpa, boy."

"Hi grandpa, I missed you."

He looked so innocent. Charlie didn't know what's going on yet and maybe he was too young to learn about all of this. He climbed in the bed beside his grandfather and hugged him. Peyton's heart was melting even if she was heartbroken and destroyed by the situation.

"Hey buddy, take my iPod and listen to some music, I need to talk with grandpa." Peyton announced.

"Okay mom." Charlie said innocently.

While Charlie was obeying his mother, Peyton took his father's hand and looked at him in the eyes. She felt helpless.

She was shaking. "Did you speak to the doctors?"

"I did." Larry's voice was weak. "They told me that it's a day-to-day thing but I won't be with you next summer. It is possible to beat the odds but the chances are questionable."

"Dad.. I.. I don't know what I will do without you." Peyton started to cry. "Tell me that you will be here for Thanksgiving and Christmas, tell me that you will able to see Charlie grow up. Tell me that, please daddy."

"I know how much you are strong Peyton, you'll accomplish many great things." Larry said, softly. "When we adopted you, Anna and I knew that you would be a treasure."

"But that doesn't answer the question dad, how much time do you have?" She asked again.

He slowly stood up and approached his daughter. "Maybe five or six months, we don't know yet."

"I want to enjoy every second I'll have with you. When are you going back home?" She questioned.

"There's something that you need to know Peyton.." He started. "When I got the diagnosis, I talked with my friends which are Deborah, Karen, Andy and even.. Ellie. We came to the conclusion that the best thing for me was to be with someone permanently."

"Are you trying to tell me that Ellie is in town and you're now friends with?" Peyton couldn't believe that she heard."

"Let me finish, please." Larry continued. "Since Dan is in prison and stuff, Deborah is alone and I'm now living with her. She's taking care of me. Probably one of the greatest friends I have here."

"What's happening with our house? Why are you friend with the person that you couldn't stand years ago?"

There's things that Peyton couldn't understand unfortunately. She has been so far away from Tree Hill and her father never updated her about what was going on in the town. When he left his job because he felt like he should retire, he stayed in Tree Hill. That's all she knew.

"The house is yours, if you want. For Ellie.. well, I won't tell her that you're back but you should talk with her honestly. When you'll be ready." He admitted.

"No way that I will do it.. I can't believe what's going on right now." Peyton looked angry. She didn't know what was going on unfortunately. "Dad.. You know how I feel about her, you know how much she hurt me.."

"Some things have changed Peyton, you need to understand. You're not seventeen anymore." He raised his voice. Larry seemed a little bit upset. "Take some time to think about it Peyton, I needed people beside me."

Peyton stood up. "Are you trying to tell me that I wasn't there enough for you?"

A huge silence settled. She looked everywhere and was about to explode. It was like she just got a bomb in the face. Peyton had never imagined such a scenario when she entered the hospital. She moved from the bed, approached her son who was sit in a chair listening to music. He looked at her and pulled off the headphones.

He smiled. "What's up mommy?"

"It's time to go baby boy, let's go see aunt Brooke." Peyton said in a hurry.

She looked at Larry. "I'll come back tomorrow."

"Peyton.. Wait." Larry begged.

"Goodbye dad."

Peyton left the hospital room so fast that Charlie didn't have time to say goodbye to his grandfather. She held her son's hand and walked very fast. She was angry, she didn't know how to feel about it. Why did she overreact? For sure there was things that were hard to explain. Peyton has been psychologically hurt through her life. She tried to forget everything with the years but coming back in Tree Hill reminded her how hard it was for her in the past, especially before she left. Ellie had a huge impact of her life. When she left, she felt betrayed.

As soon as they got into The Comet, Peyton decided to go to the Clothes Over Bro's store. She needed to see Brooke Davis so badly. In Brooke's last text message, she told her that it was located right beside Karen's Café, a place she knew very well.

It was Peyton's first day in Tree Hill and it has been a total mess already.

Here's the first chapter of this new fanfiction,
I hope you'll enjoy it.

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