AN: Thanks so much for the reviews to: tardychick, jeytonlover, OTH.daddy'sgurl.06, and onetreefan! I'm not so happy about all this Leyton on OTH right now, so I'm glad I get to post this Jeyton fic and keep the Jeyton hope alive!

Chapter 11

A couple days later, Peyton and Jake had resumed their normall routine: she would come over in the morning, hang out with Jenny, and then leave once Jake or Stuart came back and go to her classes and then sometimes come back on the weekends and at night. However, it seemed that they hadn't had a real conversation since before Stuart had asked her out.

They talked about classes, Jenny, even the weather at the most extreme lack of dialogue, but never about them, and what was going on. But, tonight, that was all going to change. Jake had come out of his English class completely sure that he should talk to her about Stuart. It had taken most of the period for him to come to this conclusion, and now, as he neared his dorm, the nerves started to set in.

"I'm home!" Jake yelled, putting his bag on the kitchen counter and walking towards the couch, where he normally found Jenny and Peyton watching TV.

"Hi! Jenny was tired so she went to take a nap," Peyton said, standing up and walking towards him.

"Oh, good, good." Jake said, absent minded.

"Yeah, she and I got caught by Stuart, and he would not stop talking! She practically fell asleep right there, in my arms. Hey, is she allowed to see Shrek, because I was thinking maybe I could bring it over Saturday? You know, we could make popcorn and watch it, have our own little Kodac moment," She said, smilling.

"Are we one of those couples?" Jake asked, suddenly.

"What now?" Peyton asked, confused. Was this a yes or a no?

"One of those couples." Jake said, as if this clarified everything.

"And what is one of those couples exactly?" she asked, completly lost.

"You know, one of those couples that are... exclusive?" Jake said, hopefully.

Peyton was silent for a moment. Was he freaking out? Was he scared of commitment or something? It was like he read her mind or something, because this was the exact question she had been asking herself this whole time. What was she suppose to say? If she said yes, than maybe she was one of those girlfriends that was all demanding and clingy, and that was the last thing she wanted. But on the other hand, maybe the last thing she wanted was to see Jake with some other girl. Calm down, she told herself, you're getting ahead of yourself.

"Uh... do... do you want us to be?" she asked, looking up at him.

Jake took a deep breath and nodded, "Well, yeah."

Peyton felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off her heart, she was so relieved.

"Good," she said, taking a step closer to him and wraping her arms around his neck, and he did the same with his around her waist. But she stoped him from kissing her. "Wait. I have to tell you something." She said.

"I'm listening," Jake said, getting worried. What was so important?

"Well... the thing is... Stuart asked me out. A while ago, actually. But I said no! Because I only wanted to be with you," Peyton said, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you right after it happened. I thought it would just make things weird... Although, things have been a little awkward anyways..."

"Yeah, well that's probably my fault. Stuart told me that he asked you out and that you said no and all. Plus, he had told me before that he was planing to do it, so I guess I should have told you that too. So, we're pretty much even." Jake said, lowering his head again to place his lips on hers. As the kiss intensified, Peyton and Jake both tightened their grips on each other, wanting to be closer.

Then all of a sudden, Peyton pulled away. "One more thing," she said, catching her breath. Jake nodded.

"Anything," He said.

"For us to be 'one of those couples'," She started, quoting what Jake had said earlier, "I think we should make it public. You know, not hide our relationship anymore," She said with a hopeful look in her eyes. The truth was, she was falling for Jake, just like she had years ago in high school, she was falling bad and she wanted everyone to know. It was just one of those things that you wanted to shout from rooftops and yell at the top of your lungs about.

Peyton was relieved to see Jake smiling down at her and she rested her head on his chest and he tightened his arms around her waist. "I am so happy to hear you say that. 'Cause I'm sick of hiding too. I want everyone to know exactly how lucky I am to be with the girl of my dreams." Peyton was shocked by how sweet and romantic he was being. She knew he was a sensitive, sweet guy, but sometimes the things he said really astounded her and left her speechless. No one had ever said nicer things to her before. She looked up at him and smiled ear to ear.

"You sure you want them to know exactly how lucky you are?" Peyton whispered in his ear.

"Well, not exactly..." He said, trying to think straight. "We'll just keep things like this to our selves..." He said pulling her in for another earth-shattering kiss, and they fell on the couch, horizontally. The kiss deepened and Jake opened her mouth with his so that their tongues collided together perfectly. Jake's hands were playing with the bottom of her 'The Ramones' T-shirt, and Peyton's were already exploring underneath Jake's shirt, loving the feel of his well-toned abs.

"Daddy!" Jenny yelled, running over to the couch where Peyton and Jake immediately sprung apart. Jenny seemed completely oblivious to what they were just doing, she was just happy to see her father. She ran up and hugged him. He looked pretty relieved that Jenny didn't say anything about what she had probably just seen. But he was still pretty shook up about it. Felling Peyton's touch like that, it just left him breathless and wanting more.

"Hey sweetie," Jake said hugging his daughter back. "I thought you were asleep."

"I heard sounds so I came to see if you were home. And you are!" She said happily. Peyton could tell that Jake and Jenny would just be so close. She could see them when Jenny was a teenager and she would come home and talk to Jake about school, boys, shopping, all that stuff, as if he were her best friend. Peyton hoped she would still know them by then. "Hi, Peyton! Why are you still here?" Jenny said.

"Oh, actually, I should probably get going." Peyton said, more to Jake than to Jenny. She got up, hugged Jenny and said good-bye to her.

"Jenny, why don't you go to bed and I'll be there right away to tuck you in, OK?" Jake said and Jenny did as she was told. Jake turned to Peyton.

"Oh, God.." He sighed heavily, "Can you imagine if she had actually said anything about us? How could we explain that? She still thinks babies come from storks." He said laughing a little.

"Yeah, well, luckily she didn't seem to be too bothered by it." Peyton said, putting on her jacket.

"I wasn't too bothered by it myself," Jake said, walking towards Peyton and giving her another kiss. But this one was short, because Peyton really needed to get back now.

"Neither was I," Peyton said. "But I have to go, I told Brooke I would be home like," She glanced at her watch, "fifteen minutes ago."

"OK, see you tomorrow then," Jake said.

"Yeah, see you," Peyton said and was about to walk out the door, but then turned around. "Oh and Jake?"

"Yeah?"

"You might want to tell Jenny the truth... about where babies come from. You know it might not be so long before she starts bringing boys home," Peyton said jokingly.

Jake got a scared expression. "Oh, please don't say that..." He said. Peyton laughed at him.

"Bye," she said.

"Bye."

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