Through all the good and bad times

Hi there. My name is Judith and I´m from Germany so I´m not a native speaker. I hope my english is enough for you to enjoy this story even though I´m pretty sure I won´t be able to write as fascinating as other writers. I just had this idea in my head that had to get out and to be honest here in Germany there aren´t many people who would read a One Tree Hill fanfic. But I really want this story to be read by someone so I thought I would give it a try in english.

Every review is very welcome and if you have an idea how it would sound better I would appreciate every critique.

This is set at the end of season 3 and begins at 3x21.

This concentrates on Leyton but has every friendship I could think of.

Summary: Peyton went to Savannah searching comfort from Jake. But what if she didn´t went for love but for support, because she just found out that not everything is okay with her.

Her Savannah Trip will be explained in flashbacks.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING! THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY BELONG TO ITS RESPECTIVE OWNERS MARK SWAHN AND THE CW!

If you have any other questions or something isn´t clear feel free to ask.

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Chapter 1

Peyton was setting up her "bed scene" on the stage at Naleys rehearsal dinner when Brooke approached her, followed by Lucas.

"Okay , last scene of the night. Are we good"? The cheery brunette asked her best friend. The not anymore curly haired blonde girl turned around to face her and answered a little bit stressed "Actually, no. Mouth is sick, too."

"What? But we need him for this scene" Out of nowhere she continued "I mean, Luke, you could do it." Lucas just gave her a look that said not again so Peyton tried to reason "Maybe we should just cut the night short" That did not sit right with Brooke. No one could convince her to let go of what she thought was her great finale for the evening. "No we can´t this is the big finale" And then she turned to her boyfriend with pleading eyes and said "Please Lucas?" while she was about to hand him an ugly looking brown haired wig.

It was pretty clear that he couldn´t say no to his Cheery. So he did what would make her happy and replied "Okay. But no wig." And like B. knew he would cave she was back to happy mode "Deal. Those are your lines. I can buy you guys a couple of minutes. Just ad lip if you get in trouble, okay" Lucas just shook his head smiling as Brooke left for the stage. Peyton didn´t really look happy with the modifications that just took place but of course the bubbly Cheerleader dind´t recognize that. Without facing Lucas Peyton found her voice again even if it sounded a little bit uncomfortable "You do know what scene this is, right?"

"No, why?" She gave a short look in his direction while he read the scene and then he realised what she meant. "Ohh." Was all he could say.

Then they heard Brooke announcing them. On stage Brooke began:

Before we end the night I just wanted to say a few words about Naley. I told them once to be happy because someday they´d make us all believe in true love. And they do. In a few days, they´re gonna renew that love for all of us to see. But in a way we see it every day.

So now we will give you the final scene of our night. One rainy day, Nathan Scott proposed to Haley James and the rest is a fairy tale.

In the first row Nathan and Haley just smiled. They looked really happy with what this night turned out to be.

Brooke left the stage and the curtain opened to 2 brooding Blondes laying in a bed as Nathan and Haley.

"Golly gee, that was some good loving, Haley." Luke startet. "Oh yes, yes it "

"So what are you thinking?" He said facing the girl next to him. "Oh, I was just thinking how I never…" she began but then suddenly stopped. Brooke looked a little freaked out and tried to whisper the right lines to her friend. "I was just thinking how I never wanna go home again" she whispered.

Peyton seemed like she drifted of in her own world. Thoughts of the last weekend came rushing to her mind.

FLASHBACK:

Peyton, Jake and Jenny came home into Jakes house after a day of sightseeing Savannah. While Jake went to get Jenny in bed Peyton sat on the couch. When the boy who she tought had held her heart one time in her life came back he saw the sadness in her eyes. He sat down next to her and laid his hand on her knee to comfort her. "Everything alright Peyton?" he asked carefully.

At this moment she snapped out of her thoughts "No Jake. It´s really not." He hadn´t expected this kind of straight response so his head snapped up and his deep brown eyes looked directly into her green ones, trying to see where this conversation was going.

PRESENT DAY:

Luke was trying to get Peytons attention to save the scene. His deep blue eyes searched for some kind of reaction from his friend. Then she remembered what she was doing.

"Well I was just thinking how I never wanna go home again she started over." He was glad she was back on track again so he continued.

"I Love you, you know that? " It was like everything he said was like a trigger because again she drifted of to her conversation with Jake.

FLASHBACK:

"You know that I love you Peyton right? You can tell me everything!"

Her former boyfriend turned to face her again.

It felt so good to be loved again but she felt like she had to clear things right away.

"You know Jake, I love you too. Bit I´m not here for love because right now I´m not sure where my heart lies. I´m here because something really big happened to me and I don´t know if I can tell Brooke about it without both of us falling apart and I don´t think I can tell Nathan or Haley because they would probably confess to Lucas and I really don´t think I could handle telling them without speaking about it with someone other than them first. Someone I feel comfortable around and a person I can trust.

Jake I don´t know what I want to happen after I tell you, I just know that you are that someone for me. The one who I think can help keeping me together. You see this is really big. Can I trust you with this?" she asked now with tears in here eyes.

NOW Jake was really scared what it would be but he gave her a look that told her she can trust him with everything, so she continued:

"Well before I even thought about coming here I went to the doctor for a check up. He wanted to run all kinds of tests because I told him that I was feeling nauseaus all week and I´ve been experiencing some pain in my stomach"

"Wait a minute" the brown haired boy spoke up "Are you telling me you´re pregnant?"

Present day:

Luke didn´t really know what to do this time around so he started again "I love you, you know that?" She looked up again finally able to control herself again and looked him straight in his unbelievable beautiful eyes. And that´s when it hit her. All the moments she and Lucas shared

Crossed her mind and all of a sudden she knew her next line wasn´t just an act. She never got over him, she still loved him. He was her saviour always. And so she got back to her role, even though she didn´t have to act on that one and replied with tears in her eyes and so much emotion in her broken voice "I love you, too." Brooke looked to the stage. You could see the confusion in her eyes because right now she really wasn´t sure if her meant that last sentence or if she was a really goo actress. Just the everything went black for the girl on stage and Peyton collapsed out of nowhere.

So this was my first chapter for a story ever. I´d really like to know what you think. Shall I continue?