Are you Happy out there in the Great Wide World?
A/N: Ok, so I've been reading all these fan fictions about how Peyton got pregnant that night in LA and kept if from Lucas and then Lucas finds out and gets mad… So I've decided to turn Lucas into Dan a little in this one. After all why should Peyton be the bad guy all the time? This is my first fan fiction so please review so I know if I should continue or not…
Summary: It's been years since Peyton left Tree Hill to pursue her dreams in LA. She's only returned 1 time since and after that time she decided that she'd never go back again. Peyton had moved on with her life and so had Lucas. To much has happened and there is now return from the amount of pain he has caused her. She is truly happy and can't imagine her life another way… Will that change when a certain blonde pays a visit to LA?
Chapter 1: Let Downs
LA
(Peyton is picking up toys all over the living room of her house. She looks tired but happy. She is humming as she throws the toys into a toy box that's sitting against the wall. She hears a faint voice calling from upstairs. She walks into the kitchen and grabs a sippy cup full of milk and heads up the stairs. She enters a room where a beautiful blonde haired blue eyed little girl is laying in a pink princess bed surround by stuffed animals. Peyton hands the sippy cup to the little girl and kisses her on her forehead)
Little girl: Thank you mommy!
Peyton: You're welcome, Ellie but why are you awake?
Elizabeth: because I want to know when Aunt Brooke is going to be here?
Peyton: Honey not for a
few more weeks?
Elizabeth: But you said they were coming for
Christmas (pointing to the Santa on her door) and we glued another
cotton ball on his beard.
Peyton: But look, Ellie, there are still a lot of circles to fill before it's Christmas.
Ellie: But I thought
they were going to be here for my birthday?
Peyton: El, they will
be! You're birthday is the week before Christmas remember?
Ellie:
Yes, and I'm going to be 4 this year!
Peyton: Not if you don't go to bed right now!
Ellie: But mamma I'm
not tired.
Peyton: Honey it's late
Ellie: Ok, mamma
(Ellie lays down again and looks at her mamma)
Ellie: Mamma, tell me again about my
name?
Peyton: Ok, ok… You're name is Elizabeth Anna Sawyer but
I call you Ellie!
Ellie: Why
momma?
Peyton: because that's what I called my mom, who's name
was Elizabeth.
Ellie: She was my
grandma right?
Peyton: Right and Anna was my grandma too,
right?
Peyton: Right… Is there a reason why you're asking me
all these questions and aren't going to sleep?
Ellie:
Yeah…
Peyton: (sitting on the edge of her daughter's bed
because she knows she's going to be there a while) Why?
Ellie:
(crawling down and laying her head on Peyton's lap, Peyton starts
playing with her curls) because I'm not tired…
Peyton:
(laughing softly) How about I read you a story?
Ellie: sure I love
stories!
Peyton: Which one do you want to hear?
(Ellie jumps out of bed and walks over to her bookshelf. Peyton smiles at herself and thinks…)
"That's how she's like her father, she loves to read books."
(Ellie, with book in tow, climbs back into her bed. Peyton crawls into bed next to her daughter and wraps her arm around her)
Peyton: what book did
you pick?
Ellie: (with a huge smile on her face) do princess wear
hiking boots?
Peyton: (Sighing and in a whiney voice) But Ellie we
read this every night?!
Ellie: (smiling sheepishly) I know and I love it because it's about a mommy and her little girl just like you and me!
Peyton: (smiling at what her daughter just said) Ok, I guess I'll read it to you just one more time.
(Peyton flips the book open and tries to skip some pages because it's late and she wants to go to bed herself.)
Peyton: (reading) Mommy, do princesses…
Ellie: (stopping her) Mamma you didn't read the front cover. Mrs. Jennings says that the front cover tells you about the book and you have to read it!
Peyton: (rolling her
eyes at what the preschool teacher has taught her daughter) Ok, ok.
You have to show me the front cover… (remember that concepts of
print in something they test in the overpriced preschool she has her
daughter in)
Ellie: (taking the book from her mom and turning to
the front flap) Here it is you silly!
Peyton: (looking at how long the recap of the book is, sighing) Ok, here we go
Ellie: Thanks momma
Peyton: (smiling at her sweet baby girl and starts reading) "Mommy, do princesses seem at all like me? Look inside yourself and see… Do princesses ride tricycles or climb trees? Do they have to do chores? A spunky and inquisitive little girl asks her mom all sorts of questions about what it really means to be a princess. Through simple, yet original rhyme, a mother and daughter get to the heart of what it really means to be yourself."
Ellie: Oh, I like the
summary of this book, momma.
Peyton: (eye widen at her daughter's
words) what did you just say?
Ellie: Mrs. Jennings said that the
information on the front cover is the summary of the book. You just
read me the summary. That's a very important part of the book
mamma, it tells you weather or not the book is good and if we should
read it…
Peyton: (laughing slightly) Oh, I see
A man in the doorway: I see too!
(Ellie jumps out of bed and runs into the arms of the man who has just spoken to them.)
Ellie: Uncle Julian!
Julian: (picking up the girl
and hugging her) Hi, baby girl. How's my little princess?
Ellie:
Great, now that you're back!
(Even though Ellie's real father didn't want anything to do with her and Julian had been the only father figure in her life, Peyton couldn't allow her daughter to call him daddy… even though she knew her daddy would never let her call him daddy either)
Peyton: (smiling at
him) Hey babe. I thought you weren't going to be home until
tomorrow?
Julian: I missed my favorite girls and wrapped up early
Ellie: Yeah, do you
know Aunt Brooke's coming?
Julian: (walking over and putting
Ellie back in bed and kissing Peyton then sitting on the other side
of Ellie) Yes, they come ever other Christmas and this is the
Christmas they are coming here!
Ellie: How many days,
Uncle Julian?
Julian: I don't know baby girl. They'll be here
when the get here!
Ellie: You always say
that
Julian: I know (laughing)
Peyton: ok, well I guess story
time's over because someone in this room has a field trip tomorrow
and will be crabby if she doesn't go to sleep right now!
Ellie: Uncle Julian you
want to go with me tomorrow?
Julian: Can I?
Ellie: I think so
Julian: Then I'd love too. Mommy and I will talk about it tonight!
Ellie: Great!
(Julian and Peyton get off their daughter's bed and both kiss her good night. They walk out of the room and down the hallway to their own room. Julian grabs Peyton and kisses her deeply. She returns the kiss)
Julian: I've missed that
Peyton: Me too (she
goes back for another one. Breathless) How was your meeting?
Julian:
Great, I think this movie's going to be awesome
Peyton: (walking into the bathroom) Oh, babe I'm so proud of you.
(Julian starts to talk but she isn't listening. She has a flashback to when she said those words before)
Flashback-
Tree Hill… Lucas' house. Peyton is sitting on the front porch waiting for Lucas to come home. She doesn't know what she's doing there especially since he left her only a few months again alone in the hotel room but Brooke said she has to tell him so she's going too. Lucas comes walking up the walk and he looks damn good. He's hair is cut short like she likes it and he's wearing a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. He must have been at the River Court. He walks up to the porch and stops dead in his tracks. He can't believe his eyes… Is Peyton Sawyer really sitting on his front porch?"Peyton"
Peyton takes a deep breathe and tries to relax
"Hey,
Luke?" Oh, shit! She really is there. What is
she doing here? Why is she just sitting on his porch? Dammit, she
looks wonderful. She does look like she's put on a little weight
though… I can't believe she's here. I have hoped for this day
for months. She misses me. She loves me and she finally wants to get
married
"Peyton, what are you doing here"
"I
was in New York visiting Brooke and decided to make a trip to Tree
Hill. My flight leaves in two hours but I wanted to see you…"
She wanted to
see me… I can't believe it. I'm sweaty and gross and she only
has 2 hours can I get ready fast enough and take her to dinner? I
need to tell her the good news.
"Luke, are you
ok?"
"Sorry,
Peyton. I'm just surprised to see you that's all"
"I figured you
would be but I need to talk to you about something?" "Well come in then. I want to tell you
something too"
Oh
man… look at the serious look on her face. This isn't going to
be good…
Peyton and Lucas walk into the house. He looks at her again… Not that it matters but she is really gaining the weight. What is she doing here? They walk into the kitchen and Peyton sits at the table. Lucas grabs two bottles of water and a tray of cookies his mom dropped off earlier that morning.
"So
what's on your mind, Sawyer?"
"You first" "
Ok, well have you talked to Nathan or Haley lately?" "Once
a week, why?" "Did they tell you about Ravens?" "No,
what?" "It's being published as we speak!"
"Oh, babe I'm so proud of you."
She just called me babe… She wants me back… Oh man!
"So what did you want to talk to me about?"
I'm just going to do this like ripping a band-aid off… If I don't I won't tell him
"Lucas, I'm pregnant!"
Lucas spits his water across the table and it hits her in the face.
"I'm sorry
what did you just say?" "I'm pregnant!"
"Are you sure
it's mine?" "Excuse me?" "You heard me… Is
it mine?" "You're an ass Luke! I knew I shouldn't
have come here!"
With tears in her eyes
"So
what do you want from me? Money because you make more then I do, a
place to live look around you can stay but I'm not very kin on the
idea of a roommate. If you want a father for your baby I'm not the
guy for you!"
"So
you claim"
With those words
Peyton got up and walks out of his house and never contacted him
again! Lucas Scott became his father that night.
Julian: (snapping his fingers at her) Peyton, Peyton?!
Peyton: (Snapping out of her daze) Oh, I'm sorry honey. I was just…
Julian: thinking about
something Lucas I'm sure…
Peyton: I'm sorry
Julian:
don't be honey. You've gotten a lot better about it. You only
get that look in your eye once and a while and usually it has
something to do with that beautiful blue eyed blonde sleeping down
the hallway
Peyton: (smiling) You
know me so well
Julian: that I do and if you don't mind I've
missed knowing you and I'd like to get reacquainted!
Peyton: works for me
(Peyton and Julian are lying in bed together and start kissing. Peyton giggles because Julian is kissing fast and swiftly down her neck. He grabs her around the waist and pulls her close. He takes his hands up her shirt and takes it off. She does the same. Clothes are flying everywhere and the couple make love.)
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(Nathan is doing the dinner dishes and Jamie is sitting at the counter coloring a picture. Lucas and Haley are carrying in all of the other dinner dishes.)
Lucas: Jamie, what are you working on?
Jamie: A
picture?
Lucas: Ok, of what?
Jamie: Tree Hill at Christmas time
Lucas: For who?
Jamie:
A friend
Lucas: Why aren't you talking to me tonight?
Jamie: because I have a lot on my mind
(Even though everyone still loves Lucas they can't believe how he treated Peyton and the fact that he abandoned his child. They all love Ellie and she's the apple of their eyes. They make it a point to rub her in Lucas' face whenever they can. No one can believe he was an ass and he never once called her after her visit. Brooke is only cordial to him for Jamie's sake)
Lucas: Like what you're 6!
Jamie: I know but we're going on a trip and my friend's birthday is coming up. I've been drawing her pictures every day and we fax them to her. Before she goes to bed we have a webcam visit and she giggles at the pictures
(Even though the adults around Lucas don't mind talking about his daughter, the daughter he didn't want anything to do with, Jamie still tries to protect his uncle. The front door opens and Brooke walks in. She's carrying a ton papers)
Brooke: (stopping dead
in her tracks) Oh, I didn't realize you were here!
Lucas: I'm
leaving
Brooke: Not on my account
Lucas: Fine I'll
stay
Jamie: Aunt Brooke, what are you doing here? (jumping off the
counter and hugging her)
Brooke: Well you know we're going to LA
in less then a month right?
Jamie: Right
Brooke: And you know that a certain little girl is turning 4 this year right?
Jamie: Yeah…
Brooke: Well do you
know what's in LA?
Jamie: No, what?
Brooke: (handing him the
papers) Take a look
(Jamie flips through the papers. He's eyes get huge! He can't believe what his Aunt is showing him)
Brooke: What do you think?
Jamie: Are we
going to go there?
Haley: (walking into the room) Are we going to
go where?
Jamie: Disneyland!
Haley: Absolutely not! We don't have time for that
Jamie: Momma, we're going to be there a whole month!
Haley: Aunt Peyton
isn't going to have time to go to Disneyland and plus we promised
her we'd help her get ready, remember Brooke?
Brooke: a 1 week
pass to Disneyland isn't going to stop us from helping her get
ready.
(Lucas is getting pissed. His friends will talk about Peyton around him and her daughter Ellie but they talk in code. They do it to drive him crazy and it works but he made a choice. One he regrets and now it's too late to take it back. He should have called her the next day and told her that he was just surprised and he wants to be a dad but he didn't. He just let her walk out of his life with his baby in tow… who is a beautiful curly haired spitting image of her mother)
Lucas: I don't understand why you have to go to LA for Christmas… there isn't even any snow there!
Nathan: Because we're
like children of divorced parents and we have to spend every other
holiday with the other parent. Plus we can't miss El…. (He stops
talking and everyone looks at him)
Jamie: (innocently) we can't
miss Ellie's birthday!
Lucas: (Swallowing hard) No, I guess not but why do you have to be gone for so long? Her birthday's the week before Christmas and you could come home right after Christmas
Brooke: We have to help Peyton with something on New Year's Eve
Lucas: What?
Jamie:
Uncle Lucas… do you hate Aunt Peyton?
Lucas: (looking shocked)
No, not at all! Why would you say that?
Jamie: because you never
go to LA with us to visit her and I heard momma say you made the
biggest mistake of your life when you treated her like that!
Lucas: (looking at Haley who shrugs her shoulders at him) Honey, it's complicated
Jamie: ok… but I'm sure she'd love to see you. She loves when we come and visit her
Lucas: I don't think she'd love it if I visited
Jamie: You never know
Haley: Jamie, go and
get ready for bed!
Jamie: But we were talking about Disneyland
Haley: We're not going… We have too much to help Aunt Peyton get ready for!
Jamie: Fine (he pouts
all the way out of the kitchen)
Haley: Seriously Brooke do you
think we have time for that?!
Brooke: (looking at the papers) yes
and I'm getting it for my goddaughter and my godson for Christmas.
We're going to be there a month we'll go the week we get there
after Ellie's big princess party. Did you get your invitation she
made?
Haley: Yeah, she's so damn cute… (stopping aging)
(Lucas fidgets back and forth. He's starting to get irritated. Brooke notices)
Brooke: I'm not going to stop talking about her in front of you Lucas!
Lucas: It's been 4 years don't you think you could finally stop rubbing salt in the wound
Brooke: Nope, you screwed up so you get to live with it. Not that I think Peyton really cares… She's with a great guy that takes awesome care of her and Ellie
Lucas: You're a bitch Brooke!
Brooke: Thank you
Haley: Ok you two enough
Nathan: Let's have
coffee and pie in the living room
Brooke: pie! I love pie
(Haley and Brooke grab the coffee cups and coffee pot Nathan grabs the pie. Lucas stays in the kitchen and picks up the invitation… He looks at the curly haired child on the front and smiles… She has his eyes. What a damn fool he has been! Nathan walks in and sees his brother staring at the photo of his daughter)
Nathan: You could have been a part of her life. Peyton asked you
Lucas: I know
(Nathan turns to leave and Lucas continues to start at the photo. A tear runs down his face.)
Lucas: (to himself) Everyday I'm reminded of how I could be with Peyton and Ellie
(He sheds a few more tears.)