December 12, 2009

Davis-Baker House

"Sam are you here?"

The house was completely silent when Millie walked in the house Saturday afternoon. She walked through the downstairs and then the main floor. No sound was heard anywhere. Luckily Sam had heard Millie's yelling from her bedroom where her and Jack were laying on her bed making out. She immediately jumped up. She stood in front of her mirror and collected herself and sat down at her desk. She clicked a few buttons on her laptop and music started to play. Jack sat up and quickly made the bed and sat against the headboard. Not even two minutes later Millie was knocking on Sam's door.

"Come in!" Sam shouted from her desk chair.

Millie opened the door and peaked inside.

"Oh hey Millie, when did you get home?" Sam asked pretending to be surprised.

"I came home early because I have to drive up to Charlotte to meet with someone for Clothes Over Bros. I was thinking of just staying there tonight and coming back tomorrow. Will you be okay with the babies by yourself?" Millie asked.

"Yeah I'll be fine. Jack can help me with dinner and then putting the babies to bed."

"Sam you know Jack can't stay here especially since I'm not going to be here. Your mom would kill me and probably Jack too."

"I know Mil. We have a project to work on, I promise I will call and ask mom if Jack can stay until 12. Then I promise he'll leave." Sam pleaded.

"Okay, but you have to call Brooke and get the okay from her and then Jack can stay." Millie replied before shutting the door.

"Ohh I'm so excited!" Sam shouted jumping up from her chair. "I have to call Brooke right now!" Sam ran over to her bedside table and picked up her phone. She quickly hit Brooke's speed dial and waited for her to answer.

"Sam what's wrong? Are Noah and Riley okay?" Brooke asked worriedly.

"Noah and Riley are fine. Nothing is wrong I just wanted to talk to you about something." Sam replied.

"Oh this sounds good."

"No I swear it's not bad, Jack and I have this project due on Monday and Millie has to go up to Charlotte today and she decided to just stay the night there, but I Jack and I are working on this project and I was wondering if he could stay until midnight. He said he would help me make dinner, feed the babies, and put them to bed too."

"I knew Millie was headed up to Charlotte. I figured she would be spending the night there. I guess Jack can stay until midnight, but don't tell Julian because I know he would freak out. Just please be good Sam and make sure you're not ignoring Noah and Riley." Brooke replied.

"I promise I won't. Millie said you had to call her if it was okay because she wanted to make sure."

"Okay I'll have to text her because I'm about to leave for a dinner with a couple buyers. I love you and tell Noah and Riley I love and miss them."

"I will. Love you too." Sam said before hanging up. "Jack tonight is the night, we can finally be together." Sam said before kissing Jack.

Red Bedroom Records

Peyton spent her day catching up on paper work while juggling 2, three-year-old's, a two-year-old, and an 11 month old. She wanted to get Jake into the studio as soon as possible. Shortly after Sam picked up Riley and Noah, Peyton texted Lucas to come and get the boys. Now she was patiently waiting for Lucas to come and then she had a meeting with Jake about his music and what sort of stuff he had written in the past couple of years.

"Peyton? Am I early?" Jake asked sticking his head inside her office.

"Jake, oh you are here early. Um I thought we said we were going to meet at five?" Peyton said getting nervous.

"I know, but I was hoping we could just get the ball rolling." Jake replied walking into Peyton's office and sitting down.

Before Peyton could reply Luke walked through the door of Peyton's office.

"Oh Peyt sorry are you in a meeting?" Lucas said seeing the back of Jake's head.

"Shit." Peyton muttered under her breath. "No Luke you can come in."

Jake turned to see an older more rustic looking Lucas walk in. "Luke, hey man how have you been?" Jake asked.

"Jake?" Lucas asked looking confused.

"Yeah. It's been a long time."

"What are you doing here Jake?" Lucas asked.

"Mia, Peyton's artist, found me singing in a local coffee shop and told me I had to meet Peyton. So I came back to Tree Hill to see what Peyton was up to."

"Oh...how long have you been here?"

"Um a little over a week now." Jake replied

"Ahh I see. Peyton can we talk...privately?" Lucas asked before turning and walking out.

Peyton got up from behind her desk and trailed behind Lucas until they finally stopped in the studio which happened to be sound proof.

"What?" Peyton asked as soon as the door was shut.

"What is Jake doing here?" Lucas asked.

"I'm signing him to my label. Is that any of your business?"

"Peyton, you keep our kids here during the day so it's absolutely my business who you have here." Lucas replied angrily.

"Oh Lucas cut the caring father act. Why start now, its not like you cared before?"

"Don't tell me I don't care about my kids Peyton. Logan and Aiden mean everything to me."

"Good, good I'm glad that today your kids mean everything to you. Where the hell was that three months ago when they needed you?" Peyton shouted.

"Peyton don't start with me. Where are the boys?"

"They're napping right now, although they've probably woken up by now."

"Okay well I'm going to get them...I really don't want to fight with you Peyton. I want to fix things. I was just surprised to see Jake here."

"I'm getting really tired of your apologies Lucas. Just get the boys and leave. I have work that needs to get done." Peyton said before opening the door and walking out.

Lucas followed Peyton back into her office where Jake was still sitting in the chair in front of Peyton's desk.

"Sorry, I just wanted to work something out with Peyton." Lucas said.

"Its all good man. I was surprised to hear you and Peyton got together. After Peyton and I broke off our engagement I only knew it was a matter of time though." Jake said with a smile.

"Jake!" Peyton shouted.

Lucas just stood there looking at Jake and Peyton. He couldn't even form a sentence.

"What?" Jake asked innocently.

"When were you and Peyton engaged?" Lucas finally asked.

"You didn't know?" Jake asked.

Peyton just looked down at the ground. She didn't want to say anything.

"We were engaged when she left Tree Hill. We were Seniors in high school, it was at the beginning of the year."

"That's just great! I'm so glad you could get engaged to Jake during our Senior year, but when I asked you a year later you said no!" Lucas shouted at Peyton.

"I never said no Lucas and seriously, this is what you want to fight about? I married you. I loved you more than anything when we were in High School. Jake and I didn't last because he knew I loved you. So don't come in here yelling at me and judging me because you think you know the whole story. Just get the hell out!" Peyton shouted as tears poured from her eyes.

"I'm getting the boys."

"Don't you dare go near my boys! I'll have your ass in jail so fast!" Peyton shouted.

"You can't keep them from me!"

"I will if you're going to act like this, now get out!"

Lucas turned and walked out.

"Peyton, I'm so sorry I didn't know you never told Lucas about our engagement." Jake said.

"Can you just go Jake? I'll have the contract for you to sign on Monday. Right now I just need to be alone with my boys." Peyton replied.

Jake nodded and got up. "I really am sorry Peyton."

"I know Jake."

Davis-Baker House

Shortly after talking to Brooke, Millie left for Charlotte leaving Jack and Sam all alone with Riley and Noah. Sam entertained Riley and Noah while Jack made them dinner. Sam was excited that they got to spend the night together. She could barely get through dinner. After dinner Jack and Sam both spent time playing with Riley and Noah and each took turns giving them their baths. Bedtime was easy since they had wore the kids out with playtime after dinner. Sam laid Riley down in her crib and Jack laid Noah, who was already asleep in his arms, in his crib in the next room over. Sam was the last one to walk into her bedroom where Jack was waiting for her. She didn't know what to say, she just looked down and smiled shyly.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Jack asked.

"Yes, I'm ready." Sam replied looking up.

Who knew three little words would change Sam's life forever and that night Sam's life did change. She embarked on a new relationship path with Jack, the boy she was in love with, her best friend.

December 13, 2009

Red Bedroom Records

Peyton spent he night with her boys. She just left everything outside her home and focused on her sons. The next morning when Peyton arrived at the studio her first order of business was to call Haley. She had no desire to talk to Lucas after what happened yesterday, but she also didn't want to keep Lucas from his sons. He had every right to see them and she wouldn't deprive them of that.

"Hello?"

"Haley, hi it's Peyton." Peyton said into the phone.

"Oh Peyton hi how are you?" Haley asked surprised.

"I'm okay. I was wondering if you could do me a huge favor and it's kind of for Luke too." Peyton asked.

"Yeah sure. What do you need?"

"Well I'm sure you heard what happened yesterday, but I need you to come get Aiden and Logan. Lucas was supposed to yesterday, but after our fight I didn't want the boys going with him." Peyton replied.

"Yeah I heard. Just let me make sure Nathan can watch the kids and I'll come get them."

"Okay thank you so much Haley." Peyton said sincerely.

20 minutes later Haley was walking through Peyton's office door with her keys in hand.

"Hey. How goes things?" Haley asked.

"Not bad. I have a lot of paper work, but other than that it's pretty good."

"Are you okay Peyton? I know Lucas is my best friend, but you're also my really good friend and I feel like I need to be here for you too." Haley asked.

"It's really good to hear you say that Haley. Everything is so messed up right now and I'm so overwhelmed. I never meant to hurt Lucas with my engagement to Jake. I guess I just never thought it was important because it was like 12 hours that we were engaged. I love Lucas more than anything, but we're just so broken." Peyton said defeated.

"Peyton I know Lucas loves you and I know you both are really hurting, but at some point you both just need to let go. Lucas has always been jealous of Jake. It would be like if Luke told you that Brooke and him got engaged after he asked you. You would be pretty hurt and broken. Your relationship ended badly and I'm not sure you two went into your marriage fully trusting one another. From where I'm stand you and Lucas are meant to be, but you have to be able to see if. If you don't feel it's right for you and your family then you have to move on." Haley replied.

"I know it's just so much more confusing now that we have kids. Before it would have just been a break up. Now I have to worry about how all my decisions affect my kids. Aiden and Logan deserve to have their parents together. They deserve to live a normal life, but not at the expense of Luke and I fighting all the time. I can't and won't put them through that. I'm just so lost! I want my marriage to work more than anything in the whole world, but I think there has been too much damage..."

"Just take your time Peyton. You and Luke always find your way back to each other. Don't rush ending things permanently, but don't rush fixing things either. Everything is going to work out, it always does."

"Thanks Haley. The boys are over in Tric with Mia. I'll go over there with you."

Haley and Peyton walked over to Tric where Mia was laying on the floor with both boys. Peyton kissed her boys goodbye and headed back to her office. When she got back Jake was sitting in front of her desk.

"Jake, hi. I was actually going to call you."

"Hey Peyton. I figured I would stop by and make sure they we are okay."

"Yeah we're fine. Yesterday was just one of those days I had to process by myself."

"No, I completely understand. How are things going today?"

"Well I just had Haley pick up the kids to take them to Luke and now I have a ton of paper to finish and file." Peyton replied.

"Okay well I'll let you get back to it. I'm spending the day with my parents and Jenny. Maybe we can meet for dinner later?"

"Yeah sure. By the way we have a meeting with a realtor tomorrow at 10a.m. She is going to show us some houses.

"Okay sounds good. Will you have the boys?" Jake asked.

"Yeah I am picking them up at 9:30. We can meet here and you and Jenny can ride with me."

"Okay I'll see you later then." Jake said before exiting the studio.

Davis-Baker House

Sam was woken up early by the babies, but her and Jack were prepared for anything. Jack showered and changed into clean clothes to act as if he had just come over while Sam fed Riley and Noah. Sam couldn't quit smiling. She felt like everything in her life was perfect and nothing could ruin it. She had an amazing family, lots of friends, and the best boyfriend. Sam's life was pretty perfect for a seventeen-year old.

Peyton and Lucas spend their anniversary together

Jake and Peyton look at houses

Haley and Jake duet

Brooke and Peyton catch up

Lucas files for legal separation from Peyton