Episode 10 Chapter 4 The Last Day of Freedom
Lily is sitting on the couch looking at a magazine when Spencer walks in with a bouquet of roses, chocolates, and a lingerie bag.
"Spencer, what are you doing with all of those things? It isn't our anniversary."
"I know that, but it is a pretty big day in our lives, and we have to celebrate."
"What are we celebrating?"
He sits on the couch. "I was hired to shoot a photo shoot in LA. It's going to have a huge list of celebrities. I am going to be the photographer in the shoot. It's huge."
"Wow…when does this happen?"
"In like two weeks…Do you think it is a good idea?"
"I think it is a perfect idea. I can't believe this happened to you."
"I know…I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."
"This could mean that our whole lives are going to change."
"I'm counting on it." Spencer kissed her. "There is an endless list of possibilities for us." He looked into her eyes. "I wouldn't want to share this moment with anyone other than you."
"We might have to move to LA…Would you want to move to LA?"
"I don't know if it would ever come to that. I didn't even think of that."
"I would be okay with moving."
"You would leave Tree Hill?"
"Tree Hill is home…it is always going to have a part of my heart…but my real home is wherever you are, and if you're career is in LA then I'll be right there next to you cheering you on."
"I can't believe this is happening. I have been waiting my whole life for something like this to happen." He was so excited. "God, I love you."
"I love you too….."
He fell on top of her.
"What's in the bag?"
"It's lingerie, but you're not going to need it." He laughed and started unbuttoning her shirt. "You are not going to need it at all."
She giggled.
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Jason and Rebecca are lying in bed.
"You're right Rebecca…I have to choose between you and Rita."
"I know….You should just let her down gently."
"The sex with you is amazing Rebecca….but I don't see a future for us. You are old enough to be my mom."
"Are you breaking up with me? When I said you needed to break up with one of us…I meant my sister."
"I have to think about my future…and when I think about it…I don't see you…I'm sorry." He stands up from the bed and searches for his clothes. "I'm sorry but I can't do this anymore."
Rebecca shakes her head. "Fine…but this is your loss….not mine."
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McKenzie, Hunter, and Ally are at the park. "Thank you for making me come today Hunter."
"I'm just trying to help you McKenzie. I know how it feels to lose someone you love."
"I miss her so much. It hurts so bad to think that I'll never get to see her again."
"She's in your heart and if you close your eyes you can still see her."
McKenzie smiled. "You always know the right things to say."
Hunter smiled back. "Ally needs you McKenzie…she needs you to be strong even when you don't know how. And I'm always going to be right here trying to help you. I promise I will always be on your side."
"Thanks Hunter…that means a lot."
Hunter smiled. He just wanted everything to be okay.
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Brooke finally found the courage to knock on the door.
The door opened and the resemblance was uncanny. She felt as if she was standing in front of Chase.
"Maybe I help you," his words were slurred as if he had been drinking for days.
"Yes…maybe…are you Chandler Graves?" She already knew the answer to that question…unless there was some random person in the world that happened to look just like her son.
"Yes…that'd be me…I don't owe you anything do I because if I do….I can't pay you…I'm kind of in-between jobs right now."
Brooke couldn't believe her eyes.
"Um I'm not here for money."
"Okay then what? Are you hooker? Did my friends hire you? You're kind of old."
Brooke rolled her eyes. "I'm not a hooker. My name is Brooke Scott." Brooke shook her head. "You know what you are not who I thought you were so I'm just going to go."
"No wait," he grabbed her arm. "Tell me why you are here?"
"I don't know why I am telling you this…you probably won't even remember it tomorrow…but you had a twin brother…His name was Chase, and he was the best man I knew. And he was an incredible son."
"Was?" Chandler was confused.
"He died. He was killed on his wedding day. He protected his wife like a good husband would."
"I didn't know that I had a brother…I didn't know."
"Well you did…And I wanted you to know that he left you with a family."
Chandler nodded.
"But I can see you have everything you need here."
"You didn't come here to tell me about my brother. You came here to see him again. I can tell…You miss him like crazy."
"Of course I miss him. He was my son." Brooke started to cry. "But it is obvious that you are not him…You are nothing like my son. I just wasted my time." Brooke walked to the door.
"You didn't waste your time. I wish I would have been as lucky as my brother."
"You were adopted by a good family."
"They thought they couldn't have kids, but then after they adopted me she became pregnant." He sighed. "I just became the kid that they didn't want anymore."
"I…I…"
"I started drinking at a young age and look at me now…I'm still drinking."
"You could stop…"
"Yeah I doubt I could do that….I'm sorry you came all this way for nothing."
"You look just like him…You're not him, but you look just like him….Identical."
"I'm glad you could see him one last time."
"You should come back whenever you are missing him."
Brooke nodded. "When you get sober call me..." Brooke opened the door. "You can do it Chandler. You can get sober and have better life. Your brother would have believed in you." Brooke walked out. It was nice to see Chase's face even if it wasn't really him.
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Mick walks into Lucas' house. "Hi…"
"Hey thanks for coming. How's my son?"
"He's a mess."
"Is he going to come home?"
Mick shook his head. "I don't know Lucas. He seems to like sleeping on my couch."
"I just want him to come home."
"You can't push him Lucas. He's going through a lot right now."
"Yeah…and he blames me."
"Listen maybe when he gets back from visiting Ellie he will feel better."
"He's going to see her today."
"Yeah he should already be there. I told him he could visit her first. We get an hour with her twice a week. I figured I could go one day and he could go the next."
Lucas sighed. "It shouldn't be this way. It's not fair."
"You can't blame yourself for the decision she made Lucas, and one day Riley won't be able to blame you either."
Lucas nodded. He hoped that was true.
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Riley was sitting across from Ellie. She was wearing a brownish colored jumpsuit. Her hair was down and ratty. Her eyes were swollen like she had been crying for days.
"I missed you so much." He touched her hand. At least they were allowed to touch.
"I missed you too," she spoke softly.
"How are they treating you in here?"
"It's jail Riley…How do you think they are treating me?" She tried not to cry. She didn't want him to see her upset.
"I'm sorry this happened to you."
"Well it did, and now I'm going to be here for six years." She shook her head. "One mistake and I have six years to think about it."
"If I could serve the time for you I would…believe me I would."
"Well you can't, but what you can do is live your life Riley."
"What does that mean?"
"Go to college….have the life you are supposed to have."
"I will go to college. But I'm not going to move on. I'm going to wait for you Ellie."
"No…you can't. I don't want you to wait for me."
"I love you…Of course I am going to wait for you."
"No…." She shook her head. "You can't wait for me. I screwed up….Me…Not you. I can't ask you to wait for me."
"I'll be able to see you every week. It'll be okay. I'm willing to wait.'
She shook her head. "No….I don't want you coming here anymore."
"What?" he had tears in his eyes. "No…"
"I don't want you to come back. I want you to forget about me….It might be hard at first, but it'll get easier, and you will be okay."
"I'm not gonna stop visiting you."
"You don't have a choice." Ellie stands up and motions to the guard. "Goodbye Riley…" She cries as the officer takes her away.
"No…no…"
Riley didn't want this. He didn't want this at all. Ellie was everything to him. He couldn't hide his tears.
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Elizabeth is holding the pregnancy test. "We can look at it now." She holds it up.
"Okay," Noah took the test. He sighed.
"What? What does it say?"
"We're not pregnant."
Elizabeth closes her eyes. "I really thought I was pregnant this time."
"It's okay…" he touches her arm. "We're gonna get pregnant…and trying is going to be a lot of fun."
"I love you."
"I love you too," he kisses her forehead. He knew they would get pregnant eventually.
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Jake and Jenny are walking down the street. "I can't believe you are here."
"Well I missed you."
"You look amazing and so do the boys. I sure have missed you guys."
Jenny smiled.
"Where's Rob? Did he come with you guys?"
"No, he didn't dad…Rob is still overseas. He's going to stay overseas."
"When are you and the boys going back?"
"We're not."
"Jenny, what happened?"
"Rob cheated on me with another teacher. I left him."
"Jenny, I'll kill him." Jake couldn't believe it.
"It's okay…I'm okay with it, but the boys and I aren't going back…we're coming home to Tree Hill."
Jake hugs her. "You guys couldn't work it out."
"No…we couldn't…but it's okay dad. I'm going to be okay. And so are the boys…We're just ready to come home."
"Well we're ready for you to come home." He hugged her again. He was mad at Rob for cheating on her, but he was happy that his little girl was coming home again.
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Jamie and Summer are walking in the airport with baby Landon, Carter and Drew. They all sit down. "Jamie, why are you taking us to Las Vegas? That's not really somewhere we should be taking little kids."
"How did you find out?"
"I heard the woman mention it. Why?"
Jamie bit his bottom lip. "I wanted to save this until we got there, but I guess you had to go and ruin it." He sighed and then looked into her eyes. "I know that our relationship has moved fast…really fast, but I know that I love you. I don't know how it happened or why, but I'm glad that it did because you make me so happy." He touched her face. "One thing I have learned in this past year is that life is short and you never know when something can happen. I know that I want to spend the rest of my life with you and the boys."
"Jamie," She smiled.
He bends down on one knee and pulls out a ring. "I don't need a big wedding…all I want is to be married to you. So I was hoping that you would do me the honor of marrying me this weekend in Las Vegas?"
"Jamie, did you just ask me to marry you?"
"Yes Summer Davis…I want you to be my wife…so what do you say will you marry me?"
"Jamie, what about our friends and family…And this is so quick."
"Life is short…I don't want to waste any time not being your husband…If you say no that's fine…We can still go to Las Vegas and have a good time. And I will still love you with all my heart…"
"Stop talking…and put that ring on my finger." She smiled.
"Really? You will marry me."
"Yes…I want to be with you Jamie…I want to marry you." She kisses him and everyone cheers.
"We're going to be brothers." Drew and Carter hugged.
All of Jamie's dreams were coming true.
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