A/N-So I decided that I wanted to give it another shot at writing a Paley story and hopefully a better one.
I always thought what would have happened if Haley had married Peyton instead of Nathan and so on and so forth so here it is the first chapter. Hope you like it.
Chapter One: Living Again
"Now that your sister is leaving maybe we will have enough water for our own showers," Peyton says as she and Haley walk into their home.
Haley gives Peyton a hug
"Haley what's wrong?" Peyton asks with concern.
"Um, Michelle Branch likes my voice. She thinks I can be a singer, a real one. Jesse said that she wants me on tour I'm so far ahead in classes and I would be back before finals."
"So says the great Jesse," Peyton says in annoyance.
"No, this isn't about her Peyton this is about opportunity. I have for my entire life been the reliable one the dependable one and I've always done precisely what's expected of me."
"Until we got married."
"Exactly and then I finally did something for me, something that I wanted and the world didn't end and I have that chance again."
"If you leave me…"
"This is not the end for us! This is my shot to find out if I'm good enough to have a life in music or if nights at Tric are all I get."
"This has nothing to do with Jesse?" Peyton asks.
"No absolutely not."
"Then why haven't you asked me to come with you. Did you kiss her?"
"Yes I'm sorry, you have to believe me this is not what this is about," Haley brings her hands up to Peyton's face, "Peyton."
"Haley listen, if you want to go you should go if you do we're done."
Peyton sat on the beach listening to the sounds of the water rolling off of the rocks. It's been a hard three months for her after Haley left and she didn't think she was ever going to be able to breathe again, but eventually she did and she was glad.
Brooke came out of her parent's beach house and sat down next to her best friend.
"Are you ready to go back home today?"
Peyton shakes her head.
"I wonder if my dad would sell the house."
Brooke sighs and leans her head next to Peyton's.
"You can't avoid that house forever Peyton."
"But it was ours Brooke and there is no 'ours' anymore because she's gone," Peyton says sadly as she looks at the ring on her finger.
"Maybe you need to date and forget about Haley."
Peyton looks at Brooke sharply.
"I can't just go out and date or forget about Haley. In case no one knew Brooke, Haley and I are married and until a piece of paper says otherwise I am not cheating on my wife!" Peyton stands up quickly and storms into the house. Brooke slowly follows her.
"Peyton, don't be mad at me okay? I just don't want you to hurt anymore."
Peyton sighs and leans her head against the wall.
"It was good to get away for a few months, but you're right. I can't keep hiding anymore it's time for me to go back out into the world."
Brooke smiles and grabs Peyton's hand.
"Everyone will be happy to see you Peyton. I know Lucas will and so will Nathan."
Peyton raises an eyebrow.
"I highly doubt Nathan Scott would."
"Actually he wanted to see you soon."
"Now why would Nathan want to do that?"
"Maybe because he knows something about how you are feeling and wanted to talk to you about it."
"It's funny how it's about the same person isn't it?" Peyton asks sarcastically before walking out of the room.
"Haley James, you sure do know how to break hearts."
Peyton walks into Karen's Café and soon she is hit with the first time that she met Haley James.
"Excuse me? Can I get some help here?" Peyton yells out to the waitress.
"One moment," said the angelic voice that Peyton smiled at. "I'm sorry about that, what can I do for you?"
"I just wanted to get some coffee…my names Peyton by the way."
"Sure I'll get you your coffee and my names Haley."
Peyton smiles.
"I'm glad I met you Haley."
Haley smiles back.
"Same here Peyton."
Peyton walks up to the counter and sits down on the stool. Karen greets her with a smile.
"It's good to see you out and about Peyton."
Peyton nods her head.
"Yeah, I'm sorry I haven't been around much."
Karen touches Peyton's arm.
"I understand."
Peyton takes a sip of the coffee that Karen places in front of her.
"So have you heard from her?"
Karen sadly shakes her head.
"I'm sorry Peyton, I haven't. If I did I would tell you."
"I know, thanks Karen. It really means a lot."
"I have some work to do, but I'll talk to you in a little bit."
Peyton nods her head and Karen walks away, shortly after a woman with blonde hair sits down next to Peyton.
"You're Peyton Sawyer aren't you?"
Peyton looks at the woman with a raised eyebrow.
"Who's asking?"
"Ellie Harp I work for a local newspaper and I wanted to talk about the club opening a few months ago."
"No offense, but I'd rather not talk about it."
"But it was a great success, why wouldn't you want to talk about it?" Ellie asks with intrigue.
"Because that was when my wife decided to leave me, now if you excuse me I'd rather be alone."
Ellie raises an eyebrow and steps off of the chair.
"Well I'll be around Peyton, but you shouldn't dwell on stuff that wasn't your control."
"Whatever," Peyton mumbles.
Ellie leaves the Café with confusion. Married
Peyton walks into her home for the first time since Haley had left. She didn't feel like talking with a whole bunch of people so she decided to go home. Peyton glanced at a picture of her and Haley. It was their wedding photo, both girls were wearing white summer dresses and both had smiles on their faces. Peyton looks down at the ring on her finger and sighs loudly before waking upstairs to the bedroom that she used to share with her wife.
Sighing she opens up her bedroom door and she instantly freezes when she sees someone sitting on the bed. Eventually, Peyton comes to her senses and starts talking.
"What are you doing here?"
Haley looks at Peyton with saddened eyes.
"I want to come home."
A/N-So in case you didn't notice Jesse is like Chris Keller and the scene was taken from a Naley scene right before Haley left for the tour.
Should I continue?