A/N- This story is kinda AU. After graduation the gang decided to stay in Tree Hill for a year before leaving for college and such. Jamie was born junior year instead of senior year, so he's two. Jenny is three. And Lucas and Peyton are together.

Part 1

She is the last person he expects to find on the other side of the door when he answers it. She is a sobbing mess, barely able to form a coherent sentence, something he never imagined Brooke Davis as. She has always been strong, someone to look to for a shoulder to cry on, a hero. But, for some reason tonight she needs a hero, and she seems to want him to be it.

He steps aside for her to come in, and she slowly comes in. He is unsure of whether he should wrap his arms around her or not, because despite having dated him best friend for a while, he never really got to know her. Her sobs quiet for a moment, and she seems to be getting control of herself.

"I'm pregnant," she whispers, as if saying it too loud will inform the whole town.

He nods. Maybe that's why she had come to him. He is an expert on expecting a baby when you weren't ready. Sure she isn't in high school, like he had been, but she is still young and doesn't have a stable form of income. She is merely eighteen, and had been raised to think money grew on trees. But, still why fly all the way out to Savannah just to tell him when she had Peyton, Lucas, Haley, and Nathan?

"I know you must be scared, but I'm sure Chase will be there. He seems like a good guy…" He hadn't really talked him, not for an extended amount of time, but while he was in town for Naley's latest get together, he had seemed nice enough.

She shakes her head furiously. "You don't understand! It's not Chase's." Then the tears start again. "It's Nathan's. And I'm about to ruin Jamie's life all because of my damn hormones." Then she begins to sob again.

He wants to judge her, wants to tell her to get out, but she is here because she needs him. And he hasn't been needed by anyone, besides Jenny, in a long time. And seeing Brooke Davis cry, despite not really knowing her, cuts at his heart.

"They're going to hate me when they find out," she cries, and if it was anyone she would sound pathetic, but this Brooke and it is heartbreaking to watch as she crumbles.

He has a feeling she's been taking on everyone else's problems just like she usually does. So, he makes a spilt second decision, one he'll probably regret later. But, she needs someone right now, a hero. And he hasn't been anyone's hero since Peyton, not that he really thinks he's hero material. He had lost Peyton after all. But, he had also saved her once.

"We could lie, say that the baby's mine," he suggests.

Her tears slow, and she chokes on the last of her sobs. It doesn't seem like something she would do. Lie. But, then he remembers that Jamie means the world to her, and she would do anything for her God son.

"I…I don't know. I mean…would you really do that for me?" She asks, surprised that someone would actually make such a big sacrifice for her.

He takes a moment to process what he has just offered to do, and then nods. "Yeah, I would. It's not like I've never went through this before. I mean I'm already a father, so I'm experienced."

For the first time since she arrived, she smiles, but then it vanishes. "This is gonna hurt Peyton."

He grimaces at the mention of his ex's name. "Yeah, but it's gonna hurt Jamie if you don't."

The tears are back, and this time Jake steps forward to brush them away.

"Let me be the father of your child," he requests.

"You really wanna do this?" She questions, tears falling steadily down her red cheeks.

"Yeah, I do. I think you'd be a great mom, and I'd like to be apart of it," he assures her.

She lets out a breath, and he is so close he can smell the mint of her toothpaste. "Okay," she agrees. "But, you have to come back to Tree Hill with me."