Brooke handed the order to the older Jagielski before walking back to the counter where Peyton was sitting. As the two men walked out of the café, she sent daggers at Jake with her eyes. She couldn't believe he had the nerve to show up here after what he had done, after he had hurt Peyton not once, but twice.
Peyton didn't seem to notice that Brooke's face was plotting Jake's death. Instead she was looking down at the counter, "So, Jake's back." She stated simply.
"I noticed." Brooke gritted, and suddenly softened when she saw the look on Peyton's face. She quickly made sure the customer's where settled and leaned in to her best friend so that she wouldn't be heard by anyone especially the kids.
"Where's your head at, Peyton?"
Peyton let out a laugh that was coated in bitterness, "That's what Jake used to say. But you know what? Here's a surprise, I don't know. In a one second my life goes from finally making sense to…not…and it's all his fault…again, I might add. What am I gonna do?"
Brooke looked at her best friend, "You know, there was a time I would have said this was a good thing, that you should talk to him, but right now, you don't owe him anything…he's probably not even going to stay around for long enough to care about."
"You're right."
"I know." Brooke smiled.
Brooke left to go refill some of the customer's drinks and Peyton thoughts drifted to kids in the corner.
Avery, her baby boy. She had never thought she would become pregnant, but when she found out she was…she knew she wasn't ready. She had even came to the point where she had been looking at possible adoptive parents for her baby, when he kicked for the first time, and she knew she couldn't do go through with giving up her baby. She could say with out a doubt that despite the circumstances he was the best thing that could have ever happened to her.
Her thoughts moved to Jake being back. Brooke was right. He did what he did, and never had the nerve or heart to come back. She owed him nothing. She watched as Avery said something to Jenny, causing the girl to laugh, and a little voice came in her head. She might not owe Jake anything, but did she owe them? And what did she owe herself?
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