Takes place as a season premiere, so it is at the beginning of the fall.

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill. Everything that has happened on the show has happened in my story up until right after the season finale, from there its all my own ideas.

I only own the characters that I make up my self.

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"Hey," Haley said as she sat up on her bed. She looked over and noticed his eyes were still closed, he must still be asleep she thought. She bent over him and kissed him softly on the lips.

"Oh, hey," he said kissing her back. He sat up and looked over at the clock, it read 5:30am. "Still can't sleep?" he asked her.

"No, I just can't wait to see Lucas." She said laying her head on his chest.

"Yeah, I know. It'll be nice to see him again." He replied now stroking her hair.

"I just can't believe that we start school again next week, and Lucas has been gone for almost 3 months."

"Yeah, but it will be nice to finally start our last year of school, then we will be free of all that drama."

"But we have collages to apply to, and what if we don't get into the same collage?" she said concerned.

"Don't worry Hales, we'll get into the same collage." He reassured her.

"But what if they won't make an exception for us, all collages make you live on campus in a dorm unless they make an exception." She said still not believing him.

"Haley they will, we're married. Its not like they will put us into two separate dorms."

"But what if..." she said as she was cut off by his lips touching hers. She kissed him back forgetting about all her worries.

"Hales don't worry, everything will work out. They have so far haven't they?" he asked recalling everything that happened since they told Lucas they were married.

She remembered the summer, their first summer together as man and wife. It had been difficult, but nothing they couldn't handle.

"Yeah they have, haven't they?" she said kissing him and laying back down on his chest and closing her eyes in attempts to get a little more sleep before they day ahead of her.

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"Lucas do you have to leave?" she asked him, as they walked out to the car with a box in his hand.

"I told you, I want to go back and have my senior years with my best friend, I mean sister in law, and my brother." He replied.

"I still don't understand that whole thing," she replied.

"I don't know what you don't get." He told her rapping his arms around her waist. "My little brother and my best friend got married right before I left." He explained.

"But how could they if he is your little brother?" she questioned.

"He's my little brother by only three months, half brother."

"But doesn't he need your parents to sign on that?" she asked.

"Nope, he's emancipated from our no good father, so he can do what he wants."

They walked back in to his room, where boxes were piled everywhere, not much was left in the room besides the furniture.

"Then what about her?" she asked still not understanding what he was saying. They sat down on his now sheet less bed.

"Jess I have no idea how they got by that actually, they won't tell me. So I finally gave up, I mean they're happy married."

"Fine, but I'll still see you right?"

"Of course," he said kissing her. "You're coming with me for a week aren't you?" he asked her.

"Yeah, but I don't want you to forget about me," she said kissing him back.

"How could I forget about my girlfriend?" he asked her with his puppy eyes.

"I just don't want you moving back that's all."

"I know Jess, but I miss my mom, and all of my friends back in Tree Hill. Nathan convinced me to come back for the school year and our basketball season. I'll come and get you for our games and I'll come down here to watch you at your swim meets."

"You better keep your eye only on me," she teased him.

"I'll try," he replied joking.

She elbowed him in the arm, "You better to more then just try," she said.

He just laughed and kissed her; she kissed back not wanting him to leave Charleston for Tree Hill, and all of his family and friend's back there.

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"Payton where are you?" Jake asked walking into the house.

"Jenny's room!" Payton replied.

Jake dropped the target bag that was in his hand, and walked down the hall to see his girlfriend dressing his daughter.

Jake walked up to her and kissed her, she smiled. "I hope Jenny wasn't too much trouble." He said with a smile on his face."

"She's never any trouble for me," she said with a grin on her face, "only for her dad."

Jake smiled, and picked Jenny up from the changing table. "How is the birthday girl?" he asked her smiling.

"She's already to see Lucas," Payton replied as she walked over to Jenny's closet and put away the other outfit she had picked out for Jenny, she then shut the closet doors and walked back over to Jake.

"I got the court papers in the mail," he said smiling.

"You did?!" she asked excited.

"Yep, and Jenny's all mine," he replied.

"You wish," she said smiling back. "Your gonna have to share her," she told him

"Well for you, I guess."

Payton playfully punched him, and took Jenny from him. "You're all ours Jenny." She told the little girl.

Jake couldn't believe how lucky he was to have Payton in his life, he won custody of Jenny and moved back to Tree Hill, he didn't want to be anywhere else, but with his daughter and his girlfriend.

"Mommmaaa" Jenny giggled.

"Jake did you hear her?!" Payton said.

"I did!" Jake just smiled, even though Payton wasn't her real mother, there was no one else he wanted his daughter calling mom.

"Are you ok with that?" Payton now asked realizing what Jenny had said.

"Of course I am, as long as you are." He replied.

Payton loved Jenny more then anything in the world, well Jake was a close second. "I am," she said, she leaned over and kissed him.

"Dada," Jenny giggled pointing to Jake.

Jake smiled, and picked Jenny up, "That's right little girl, dada," he told her. "I love you Payton." He said kissing her.

She kissed him back. "I love you too Jake. And you Jenny." She said to the little girl. "So do you think she will actually make more then one step?" she questioned him.

"I hope so, she's got the whole talking thing started, so why don't we see about walking." He set Jenny down on the ground, and Payton sat down just a couple feet from Jake. Jenny giggled and took a couple steps and boom, she fell. Payton caught her.

The three just sat on the floor, with Jenny stumbling back and fourth for a while, Jake couldn't be happier with his life.