Peyton sat in her room, looking through some old records. She heard a knock at the door and looked up to see Jake standing in the doorway with Jenny. She instantly smiled seeing Jenny's cute face.

"Well, hello there!" Peyton said as she reached for Jenny. Jake handed her over and sat down on her bed. Peyton bounced the baby girl and cooed at her. Jake smiled and knew that it was right. Since Nikki was out of the picture for good, the adoption was legal and all that was left was for Peyton to sign the papers. Peyton would be the best mother for Jenny and Jake couldn't wait until it was official.

"I need to ask you something, Peyton. It's kind of a big deal so if you don't want to say yes, that's okay," Jake said.

"Okay, shoot."

"How would you feel about adopting Jenny?" he asked with a smile. He looked at Peyton and saw that she didn't look nearly as happy as Jake felt.

"I don't know what to say," Peyton managed to get out with a stunned expression on her face. "That's a really big step that I don't think I'm ready to take."

Jake couldn't hide his disappointment. He thought Peyton would be thrilled at the idea. She seemed to love Jenny so much, it just made sense that she would want to be her mother. Peyton already acted like Jenny's mother anyway. Why didn't she want the same things that Jake wanted?

"I thought you loved Jenny," Jake said.

"I do love Jenny! Jake, it has nothing to do with love!" Peyton was surprised at how upset he was.

"Then why did you say no?"

"I'm not ready to be a mom! How can you seriously expect me to be ready for that kind of commitment?" Peyton was on the verge of tears.

"I thought you loved me too, but I guess I was wrong," Jake took Jenny out of Peyton's arms and began to walk out the door.

"Jake, stop acting like this! You know I love you! Why are you treating me like I'm such a bad person just because I don't want to adopt Jenny? I still love her and you just the same!"

Jake turned around and looked at Peyton. She was right, he was being ridiculous. How could he hate Peyton just because she wasn't ready to adopt Jenny? That was a big step and a huge expectation. He just never imagined she'd say no.

"I'm sorry I freaked out on you. I shouldn't have expected you to automatically say yes. And obviously you still care about Jenny," Jake apologized.

"Thank you for seeing that. And I'm sorry that I'm not ready. There's just a lot going on with Brooke and I really need to be there for her right now."

"I understand completely. I love you," he set Jenny down on the bed and enveloped Peyton in a huge hug.

"I love you too," Peyton said into Jake's chest. For a second, she actually believed herself.

…

"Hello?" Lucas sleepily answered the phone on Saturday morning.

"Lucas, it's Brooke. Are you awake?"

"I am now. What's up?" Lucas sat up in his bed and rubbed his eyes. He looked at the clock, not believing that it read five minutes past eight.

"I have a doctor's appointment scheduled for nine o'clock. They're just going to be doing some blood work, making sure the baby is on the right track and everything. I was just wondering if maybe you would like to come with me."

"Of course, Brooke! It's my baby, too! Why wouldn't I want to be there?" Lucas grabbed a shirt and slipped it over his head.

"Well, you didn't seem all too thrilled when I first told you about the baby," Brooke said calmly.

"I'm feeling more prepared now. I just needed a couple of days to let it all sink in."

"I'm glad you're ready now. I'll see you there," Brooke said as she hung up the phone, feeling much better about the situation with Lucas. She got into her car and drove to the doctor's office.

When she got there, she was shocked to see Lucas already waiting out front. Maybe he really was ready for this baby.

"I already checked you in and the doctor will be ready in a few minutes," Lucas said, grabbing her hand and leading her inside. They found two open chairs and sat down. Brooke leafed through a magazine with a very pregnant woman on the cover. She looked down at her own belly and felt a sense of joy. There was an actual baby growing inside of her.

"Brooke Davis?" a woman in her late thirties called. Brooke and Lucas stood up and followed the woman to the doctor's office.

"I presume you to be the father," she said, gesturing at Lucas. He nodded. "Okay, tell me, Brooke. You missed a period, correct?"

"Yes, and so I took a home pregnancy test and it came out positive. So I called this office and they said I needed to get some tests run to make sure the baby was developing properly."

"Okay, sounds good. I'll just take some of your blood and we'll get the results in around half an hour." The doctor smiled and prepared Brooke for the tests. After they were finished, Brooke and Lucas waited in the lobby for their names to get called again. Once they were called they followed the doctor back into the small room and waited patiently for the results.

"There seems to be a slight problem," she said. Brooke's face fell and Lucas gripped onto her hand tighter.

"The home test was inaccurate, Brooke. You're not having a baby."