Lily laid awake in her bed starring at the ceiling. It was 5p.m in the afternoon. Everyone assumed that she was sleeping that late because she was tired from her flight and not used to the time difference, but the truth is she did not want to get up and face her reality. She was a little scared. She wasn't scared until she stepped off that plane. When she was finally in Tree Hill. She was afraid that she made a mistake. She was afraid she would not fit in. But what she was most afraid was that she would find out things about her family she would rather now know. That frightened her most. So Lily just laid in bed, and starred at the ceiling.
***
Sawyer walked down stairs.
"Hi mommy," Sawyer said smiling at her mom.
"You're still grounded Sawyer," Peyton said smiling at her.
"Ugh, I'm so bored."
"There are plenty of things to do in this house, I think sometimes you forget how fortunate you are."
"Yeah yeah, is Lily awake yet?"
"No, she got in really early this morning, she is probably really tired."
"I still think its really weird that she's my aunt but she's only two years older then me."
"Yeah, that's not the weirdest thing about this family..." Peyton said under her breath.
"What?"
"Nothing, Maybe you could go over to Uncle Nate's house and see if Haley needs any helping setting up things for the party tomorrow. I'm sure she would love to have you."
Nathan and Lucas lived next door to each other. That is part of the reason Nate was able to talk Lucas into moving back. The house next to them went on sale, and it was a beautiful one. Lucas moved back to Tree Hill, he began co-producing Julian's television show, and opened up Keith Scott's body shop again. Lucas was able to give his family everything he ever wanted them to have.
"Wait... I'm allowed to go to the party tomorrow? I thought I was grounded."
" I am pretty sure we will make an exception, We have this party every year to mark the end of summer. Its a nice way of celebrating returning to school."
"I do not think that is something worth celebrating, and I am not really in the mood to be around people," Sawyer said
"Well you're very moody, so I am sure that will change by tomorrow night," Lucas said walking through the door.
Lucas walked over to Peyton, hugged her and kissed her on the forehead.
"Ew, get a room," Sawyer said rolling her eyes as she walked back to her bed room.
"Aren't you glad we had kids?" Lucas said smiling at Peyton.
"I couldn't be any happier," Peyton said smiling at Lucas.
Peyton and Lucas heard footsteps coming down the stairs. They looked up and saw it was Lily.
"Lil!" Lucas said as he ran over and gave her a hug.
"Hello Brother," Lily said as she hugged him back.
Lily felt tears begin to come to her eyes and tried her best to hold them back. She really missed Lucas.
"Hi Lilly, " Peyton said as she walked over and gave Lily a hug.
"Hi Peyton."
"Did you sleep ok? I hope we didn't wake you up."
"No you didn't, and yeah it was nice to just lay down and rest." Lily responded
"Hey I have an idea," Lucas said, "How about Sawyer takes you around Tree Hill? She can show you where everything is."
