Peyton and Jake sat in the kitchen at Jake's house eating dinner together with Jenny, sleeping in the other room. The room was growing dark with lights lit around Jake and Peyton as if they were the stars of a movie. There was a pink flower on the windowsill of the kitchen which was similar tot eh flower Jake had picked when he heard of Peyton coming back to Tree Hill from Lucas's mother.

"So, what I did was finish school and when I finished with my band we decided to go our separate ways and that's when I wanted to come back here. I thought maybe that you would do the same because it seems everybody always comes back to Tree Hill sometime or another." Jake said.

"Well, I'm glad you came back." Jake put down his glass of ginger ale and looked up at Peyton.

"So, Peyton, why did you come back to Tree Hill?"

"Well, Jake, after being an intern I went to school, kind of a college, not the kind of the things Tree Hill High would suggest. From there I got a job as managing a band and I got them to move out here with me because I had to come back here."

"For Lucas?" Peyton paused.

"Yeah."

"You must really love him. I've only seen a couple act like that once."

"You and me?"

"They were great times. I'm glad you're having great times with Lucas."

"Well, they were great in the start but, they're okay I guess now."

"What do you mean?"

"Well…I don't know things have just changed a bit. I know we haven't been back long, but I guess being together for so much during a day as opposed to talking to him on the phone at night is just different. It's a little overwhelming now and I guess I just need some time to myself, or some time to catch up with…other friends." Peyton sat on the chair biting her lip. She couldn't fight the urge anymore. She loved Lucas with all her heart but she just had to touch Jake one more time to get it out of her system. She jumped out of her chair and over to Jake and kissed him. She had kissed him like she never kissed him before. The fireworks had come back into her mind like it did when Lucas had kissed her that one time. Lucas. Her Lucas. Her one and only. What was he thinking kissing Jake when she was completely in love with Lucas? Thoughts rushed through her mind, but she couldn't help not being with Jake. The feelings he had for him form Georgia had never died but had grown stronger from finally seeing him after all these years. Jake pushed Peyton away from kissing him.

"Peyton, no, this can't happen. You love Lucas and you always have and we can't go through this again." Peyton grabbed her forehead and turned around.

"I know, Jake, I know but I just don't know what is going on. The feelings that I had for you aren't any different. But I still love Lucas and I can't do this to him, I can't." Jake turned Peyton around and looked into her eyes.

"Peyton Sawyer, I love you and I have for a long time. But I love you so much that I can't let you be this way and run away from the person you love." Peyton's cell phone rang in her pocket with "Burning for you." It was Lucas's ring tone.

"I should get that." Peyton said as tears were streaming down her face. Peyton answered her phone with hands in her hair. "Hello?"

"Peyton! Peyton! There's something wrong with Brooke! She's in St. Claire's hospital in New Jersey and we have to get over there!" Lucas sounded m ore sad and nervous than he ever had since graduation.

"What? What's wrong with Brooke?"

"I'll pick you up. Where are you?" Peyton looked at Jake.

"I'm at Jakes. It's right around the corner you'll see me outside." Lucas hung up the phone and Peyton looked down. "Jake, there's something wrong with Brooke, I have to go."

"I should come with you."

"No, Jake. You have to stay here with Jenny." Peyton grabbed her coat and walked to the door. "Jake, remember to blow out those candles, are right? They look like they're going to fall." Before Jake could answer Peyton ran outside to see Lucas outside a house down waiting. Peyton reached the car and Lucas started to drive to eth nearest airport.

"Why didn't you call me when you were at Jake's?" Lucas asked while driving.

"I forgot. I was catching up with him." Peyton said still crying for she was thinking about Brooke.

"What exactly happened to Brooke?"

"I don't know…Rachel called Haley telling her that we all had to come to the hospital and Haley told me while she and Nathan left.

Hours later Peyton and Lucas had reached the hospital and found Nathan, Haley, Rachel and Chris sitting outside a door.

"What happened?" Peyton said running to Haley. Chris was sitting with his head in his hands not saying a word. Nathan was holding Haley as if she'd just fallen from the sky. Rachel was trying to peek in through the door window to see Brooke.

"She went to see Chris." Rachel said as she turned to Peyton before Haley could answer.

"It's my fault." Chris said as his head lifted from his hands. "She came to se me because she wanted to see me. She just wanted to see me and we had a fight."

"If anything happens to Brooke or that baby I swear I will kill you."

"Baby? What baby?" Haley asked turning around to see Rachel.

"Chris got Brooke pregnant a few months ago. She went to tell him about it and obviously did something that hurt her because I found her on the floor bleeding and crying." Chris stood up.

"I didn't hurt her! I didn't mean to. She found out I cheated on her." Rachel punched Chris in the face.

"You bastard! Do you see what that did to my best friend? Did you see what you did?"

"I didn't know she was pregnant! She never told me!"

"But she tried! You wouldn't listen to her or anything she had to say for that matter!"

Hours passed as everyone sat outside the door in the chairs waiting for an answer from the doctors. Other doctors came out from other doors of the hallway covered in blood which worried everyone. Finally, a doctor who looked as he was fifty came out of Brooke's room with blood on his shoes.

"She is stable. She stopped the contractions but that is for now. There is nothing more that we can do right now. Brooke and her child are fine for now and-" the doctor was interrupted by other doctors in the room. Machines around Brooke were beeping and Brooke looked as if she had fallen unconscious.

"What's going on?" Peyton said trying to get into the room. Doctors closed the door on Peyton as they ran to Brooke and put a breathing mask on her. "Brooke!" The machines kept beeping rapidly until the machines suddenly stopped and the only thing any one could hear was a never ending beep.

"Brooke!" Peyton screamed looking through the door window. Thoughts were rushing through Peyton's head. No, nothing is wrong. Everything will be fine. She will get through this. Brooke will be okay. She can't be…dead.