"Okay, everybody, that's a wrap for this season, you'll get a memo when it's time for the writer's to come back…until then everyone enjoy your vacations." The director yelled out to the cast and crew after the finished the final scene.

Jake took a deep sigh of relief…the second season of television show had wrapped filming and was already guaranteed to return at least one more season. He had been working from the bottom in the ten years since he had left Tree Hill and this project had been his break. He considered it his baby, he came up with the original concept, wrote most of the episode and even guest starred occasionally. Brothers of Prey was among of the highest ranking shows despite the lousy name the studio had forced on it.

The best part was the money it gave him, he had been able to keep Nicki away permanently, although she helped that matter herself when she tried to kidnap Jenny on studio property when he had first started working. He could provide for Jenny and give her the life he had wanted for her.

He grabbed his coat headed out to the parking lot, hopped into his car and headed to school to pick up his now twelve year old daughter.

"Hey Jen-bear, how was school?"

The curly top brunette replied uninterested, "It was good."

"Well, that's a good sign. School has officially upgraded from 'fine' to 'good'…"

Jenny laughed as she rolled her eyes.

"What'd you learn about today?" He asked.

"Dad, do you really want to know or are just like these other snotty parents ask just to make their kids think they care?" She asked blankly.

Jake torn his eyes off the road for a few seconds to look disbelieving at his daughter, "Yeah, Jenny, I do care…I have always cared. I don't want to be like these other parents out her…I want to be involved in your life. To tell you the truth I trade any night at party or an award show just to spend the night with you."

"Dad, your just…"

"No, I'm not. It's always been you and me and there's nothing that could get in the way of that."

Jenny turned away from him to look out the window, but Jake could have sworn he saw the glimpse of a smile.

He pulled into the driveway of their modest home and Jenny high-tailed it to her room to change before carrying her homework into the kitchen.

"What have we got tonight?" Jake asked grabbing two juices out of the refridgerator.

"Social studies and math." Jenny answered more or less slamming the books onto the counter.

"Fun." Jake raised his eyebrows.

"Are you sure you can help me?" She asked as he began to read the book upside down to get a laugh out of her.

"Yeah, of course. I can help on homework until you get to the eleventh grade, then I can't help you."

"Then what are we gonna do?"

"How about we cross that bridge when we get there? Deal?"

"Deal."

The set about working out a few math problems before Jenny interrupted.

"Home towns."

"What?"

"We talked a lot about hometown in class today. Where people come from and all that. You know, that Nati's mom takes her back to go visit her grandparents in Russia every couple of years. And every summer Andy and Ian go back to Kansas City, that's where they were born."

"Is that so? What did you have to share?"

"What you told me: that home is memories you keep with you, that it doesn't have to be a place to call it home. Ian just laughed at me."

Jake didn't respond instead he tried to strategically get her attention back to the homework, but she was his daughter and was determined to get an answer,

"Why don't we go back?"

"Go where?"

"Tree Hill, where I was born…I wanna see where I was born."

Jake bit his lip, knowing that she wanted this, and that he kind of wanted it too, "I don't know, Jen…maybe we'll go back this summer before the show starts again."

"Are you just saying that?"

"A little, maybe…fine…we'll see Jen."

Jenny smiled as she returned to her homework, knowing she had won.

Hey there. I hope you enjoy. The basis of this story is kind off of meshing Tree Hill with the what I've read the premise of October Road to be so I don't own either one of those shows.

Reviews…are greatly appreciated.

Until next time, this is me…signing out