Snitches and Talkers Get Stitches and Walkers

A/N: Ok…so here's the next chapter. Sorry it's been so long!! It's just…when I step away from this fic for a few days it takes a while for me to write the next chapter because there are so many little details I have to keep straight. Anyways…I hope you all like it! - Jasmine

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A short while later all of the commotion in the Leyton household had ceased. Lucas, Peyton, and Elizabeth were spending some quality time together, reading on the couch in the family room, when they heard frantic knocks coming from the door.

"Can I get it?!" Elizabeth asked excitedly.

Lucas nodded. "Yes, but see who it is first."

Elizabeth hopped off of Lucas's lap, ran out of the room and headed toward the window and pulled the curtains back.

"It's Aunt Haley and Uncle Nathan!" Elizabeth shouted to her parents.

"Let them in!" Lucas yelled back.

Elizabeth made her way to the front door and slowly unlocked it and opened it up.

"Lizzie…hey." Haley bent down to Elizabeth's eye level. "Are your---"

Elizabeth cut her off. "Mommy and Daddy are in the family room."

Haley and Nathan quickly brushed passed their niece and ran into the family room. Elizabeth stood still and scratched her head in confusion, before shrugging and skipping her way up the stairs to her room.

When Nathan and Haley reached the family room, Haley immediately started rambling.

"Lucas, I know the reason you ran out of my house earlier was because you found those photos of Peyton, but Nathan he…he told me what they're all about and they're not what you think and---"

Lucas got up from his spot on the couch. "Haley, stop. Peyton…she explained everything to me. I…I know about the tickets."

Nathan and Haley both looked at each other and sighed together in relief.

"Thank God." Haley said as she ran her hand through her hair. "So you two are…"

"A-okay." Peyton said smiling. "But thanks for stopping by to make sure."

Lucas nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah and it's actually a good thing that you two both stopped by because Nathan I…I would really like to talk to you."

"And I want to talk with you Haley."

Nathan and Haley briefly looked over at each other before redirecting their attention back to Lucas and Peyton and nodding their heads.

Lucas motioned for Nathan to follow him and the two brothers walked off into the kitchen.

"So Peyton, what is it that you want to talk to me about?"

Peyton shook her head. "Not here. Let's do this at your house."

"Ok but why?" asked a slightly confused Haley.

"Because it involves that lovely little nephew of mine. Is he home?"

Haley slowly nodded. "He should be. I mean, Brooke ran him over to the river court real quick to get something he had left there, but they're probably back now."

Peyton smiled devilishly. "Oh good."

Haley raised an eyebrow. "Peyton what did Jamie do?"

"I'll tell you all about it on the way." Peyton said as the two headed out of the family room. "Better yet, Lizzie will tell you all about it."

"Lizzie!" Peyton called out to her daughter. "Will you come here please?"

A few minutes later, Elizabeth emerged from her room and came running down the stairs.

"Yes Mommy?"

Peyton grabbed Elizabeth's hand. "Come on munchkin, we're going to Aunt Haley's and on the way you're going to tell her ALL about what Jamie's been teaching you."

Elizabeth's eyes lit up. "Oh you mean about sex?!"

Haley's eyes grew large and her jaw dropped in shock. "Oh God, I'm going to kill my son!"

Peyton shook her head. "Not if I get to him first."

Haley just shook her head in disappointment as her, Peyton and Elizabeth made their way out the door and toward Haley's car.

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"You want a drink or something?" Lucas asked his brother.

Nathan shook his head no as he sat down at the kitchen table.

Lucas nodded and took a seat across the table from Nathan.

The two sat together in silence for a long while before Lucas finally spoke up. "Nathan I…I wanted to talk to you so I could tell you that…I'm sorry."

"No Lucas, you have nothing---"

Lucas cut his brother off. "Yes, I do Nathan. Look, the day you were arrested at the hospital…you were trying to explain yourself and I wouldn't listen to anything you had to say. If I had…maybe I would've been able to realize then how absolutely ridiculous those claims sound."

Nathan shook his head. "Lucas---"

Lucas put up a hand to stop him from speaking. "Let me finish. Nathan…you're my brother. I should've had a little bit more faith in you. I know you and I know that you would never do something as stupid as to get high on some drugs and then VOLUNTEER to drive Peyton home all strung out. I'm sorry that it took me so long to see that. But I see it now and I want you to know that I'm with you Nathan. Peyton too and we're going to do whatever we can to help you and make sure that you beat those charges, ok?"

Nathan nodded as he got up from his chair. "Hearing that you believe in me…that means a lot Lucas. It's been a rough couple of days and I…I had really needed my brother and it's good to know I have him back."

"That you do." Lucas said as he sat up and walked over to Nathan and gave him a hug. "That you do."

"So…" Nathan began as he broke away from the embrace and sat back down in his chair. "It sounded like the girls left. I wonder where they went and what they're up to."

Lucas shook his head. "Oh I'm pretty sure Peyton's over at your house trying her hardest not to strangle your son."

Nathan sighed. "What did Jamie do?"

"Well…"

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"James Lucas Scott!" Haley screamed out as she walked into her home and threw her keys down on a nearby stand. "Get your butt down here!"

Brooke quickly emerged from the kitchen. "Haley, why are you yelling?"

"You'll see." Haley stated matter-of-factly. "Jamie!"

Elizabeth began tugging on Haley's skirt. "Aunt Haley, can I play with Chester? Is he in Jamie's room?"

Haley nodded. "Yeah go ahead. And tell Jamie I would like to see him please."

"Ok."

Elizabeth hurried off up the stairs and a few minutes later Jamie came trotting down.

"Sorry I didn't come down when you called. I had my headphones on. What's up?"

Haley looked over at Peyton. "He's all yours."

"So Jamie…" Peyton began. "Lizzie told me that you---"

"I'm sorry I broke your vase!" Jamie said interrupting. "The basketball…it just slipped from my hands. It was an accident."

Peyton's eyes widened. "You…you broke my favorite, one of a kind, irreplaceable vase!? The one I thought I had misplaced?! Playing basketball in my house?!"

Jamie shook his head. "You didn't know about the vase…"

"No I didn't." Peyton said putting her hands on her hips. "That's not what I was talking about."

"Then what's this about?"

"Have you been talking to Lizzie about sex?" Haley asked her son.

Jamie sighed. "I didn't even really tell her much!"

"It doesn't matter." Haley said shaking her head. "You planted a seed, that's a bad enough considering she's only four!"

"I don't know why I tell her anything." Jamie began mumbling under his breath. "She doesn't know how to keep her mouth shut."

"Apparently she's not the only one vase boy!" Haley admonished. "You're grounded for a month!"

Jamie's jaw dropped. "A month?!"

Haley nodded. "One week for playing ball in the house when you know not to. Another for breaking your Aunt Peyton's favorite vase, another for lying about it and not telling anyone and one more for telling your little cousin about sex."

"But that's not fair!"

"Oh I think it is." Haley replied back. "Now apologize for everything you did and then go upstairs to your room."

Jamie sighed and turned his attention to Peyton. "I'm sorry for breaking your vase and for talking with Lizzie about…you know."

Peyton nodded. "It's ok Jamie. Just tell me next time if you break something and try and keep it PG around Lizzie please."

Jamie nodded and then turned around and began to head up the stairs toward his room.

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"Jamie, can I feed Chester?" Elizabeth asked as she stood cradling the bunny in her arms. "I think he's hungry."

Jamie glared at Elizabeth and snatched Chester from her. "No. Now leave my room."

"Are you mad at me?" asked a confused Elizabeth. "What did I do?"

"You know what you did."

Elizabeth shook her head.

Jamie sighed. "You told my mom and Aunt Peyton that I told you about sex. You promised me that if I told you some things about it that you wouldn't tell the adults but what do you? Tell of course! You're such a snitch and now I'm grounded because of you!"

"But Mommy and Daddy asked me who told me. I didn't know that by telling I'd be getting you in troub—"

"Whatever." Jamie said interrupting. He went to place Chester back in his cage. "Go and watch tv in the guest room or something. Just get out of my room."

Jamie then guided Elizabeth out of his bedroom and closed the door.

Elizabeth stood outside of Jamie's room for a long while, frowning and confused. She eventually shrugged and went into the guest room down the hall to watch tv.

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"I'm sorry about the sex thing." Haley said as she poured Peyton a glass of water. "And for the vase."

Peyton shook her head. "It's okay. Lizzie can be really good at getting people to tell her things she shouldn't know. And as for the vase, I'm just glad I now know what happened to it."

Brooke sighed. "Kids are learning about things way too early these days."

"They sure are." Haley said taking a seat beside Peyton at the kitchen table.

"But you don't have to worry about Jamie." Brooke said taking a sip of water from her glass. "He knows a lot but…he has a good head on his shoulders."

Haley nodded. "Yeah I know."

Brooke directed her attention on to her best friend. "So Peyton…is everything ok? Haley called me while I was at the river court with Jamie and told me about how she thought Lucas found the photos and---"

"Everything's fine." Peyton said interrupting. "I had to spill the beans to Lucas about the tickets, but at least he doesn't think I'm a druggie anymore."

Brooke sighed in relief. "Well that's good. But now I guess Luke's back on Nathan, huh?"

Peyton shook her head. "No. Lucas and I…we had a good, long talk after I told him about the tickets and I think I finally got him to see how absolutely ridiculous those accusations against Nate are and how none of it makes any real sense."

Peyton looked over at Haley. "I'm sure Luke's trying to make amends with Nathan right now as we speak."

Haley nodded. "I'm glad. It appears as though things are starting to look up."

"Yeah." Peyton said as she played with her glass. "But we still don't know what happened. I mean, it seems as though someone slipped something into Nathan's drink and we need to figure out whom and why."

"And I've been attempting to do just that." Brooke said getting up from her chair. "After I went to see Julian this morning, I did some research and---"

"Wait did you say Julian?" Peyton asked surprised. "He's in town?"

Brooke nodded. "Yeah."

"Why?"

"He had wanted to get into contact with Lucas. I think he wants to make his new book into a movie or something. He didn't know the reason Lucas wasn't returning his calls was because of the accident so he came to town to see what was up. He's happy you're awake by the way. So anyways…I had decided to research that drug they found in Nathan's system…Rohypnol…and discovered that while it's used to treat insomnia…it's also used as something else."

"What?" Peyton and Haley asked in unison.

Brooke began to pace about the kitchen. "Well Rohypnol, or Flunitrazepam…whatever you want to call it…it's sometimes used as a roofie."

Peyton and Haley both gasped in shock.

Haley shook her head in disbelief. "So that probably means---"

"That the date rape laced screwdriver was more than likely meant for me." A weary looking Peyton said cutting her off. "No one's out to get Nathan. Someone was out to get me."

Brooke attempted to reassure her friend. "Peyton, as horrible as this revelation seems, I don't think you really have anything to worry about."

Peyton raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean this is nothing to worry about?! Someone might have tried to drug me! And I have absolutely no idea why!"

"You honestly have no idea why?" Brooke asked looking at Peyton skeptically.

Peyton shook her head no and looked over at Haley, who just shrugged.

Brooke sighed. "Peyton have you forgotten the fact that you're a freakin MILF?! And that you were at a crowded club looking very hot? So to answer your question: any straight guy with a penis who was hoping to score themselves a hottie might have wanted to slip drugs into your drink. It was probably some random sleaze."

Haley nodded her head in agreement. "That makes sense."

"Besides Peyton…there's no one out there with a vendetta against you. I doubt you were specifically targeted for any other reason besides your looks. I'm starting to think that this whole incident was probably just an unfortunate, random act that obviously had nothing to do with Nathan. I just hope his lawyer can get the ADA to see that and hopefully the charges will be dropped. I mean, they have to be there's no real evidence against him anyway."

Peyton slowly nodded her head. "Yeah you guys are probably right about everything."

Brooke and Haley looked at each other and nodded. They both then headed toward the sink and began doing some dishes.

"At least I hope you're right." Peyton muttered underneath her breath.

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So…it looks like Lucas and Nathan are back on good terms. And it appears as though Brooke has given a pretty plausible explanation for what could of happened the night of the accident. Perhaps some random slimeball drugged Peyton's drink…hoping to get lucky and messed up by drugging Nathan's instead and putting too much in. But Peyton seems to have a funny feeling that if someone was really trying to drug HER that it was not a random, isolated incident, but instead deliberate and vindictive in nature. Do you think she should be worried? And it appears as though Jamie is mad at Elizabeth for getting him in trouble, though it's clear she didn't mean to. Keep the fact that Jamie is upset with her in the back of your minds folks! And this chapter's title…perhaps there's some foreshadowing in there. Anyways, please review with your thoughts/comments and though I don't have previews for the next chapter I do have a few previews for things still to come…

Nathan receives news from his lawyer regarding his case

Jamie's bitterness towardElizabeth continues and could indirectly result in tragedy.

"I'm sorry I had to do this…"