When Jake Admits: Chapter 2
Written By Poser
Jake had fed Jenny, and she was back to her original state: sleeping like a baby...well...literally. The phone in the kitchen rang as he was cooking himself some dinner. He picked up the phone, and held the receiver to his ear.
"State Penitentiary," Jake had said into the other end of the phone. "How may I help you?"
"Haha," A female voice rang into the phone. "Hey Jake. Did you get the package?"
It was Peyton. He was relieved to hear her voice instead of Nikki's or attorneys threatening to take his baby away from him.
"Hey Peyton," he said merrily. "Yeah, I got it. I like the teddy bear on the car by the way...its mohawk was huge."
Both laughed into the phone. For a few minutes it was awkward silence, but then Peyton spoke. She sounded eager to tell him something.
"Jake," she had somewhat of a panicky voice. "You know I love you...right?"
"Yes," Jake said with a smile on. "I love you too, Peyton."
"You're like my brother...you're always there!"
Jake's smile began to droop. Brother...god he felt embarrassed. He had thought she had meant the kind of love he had begun to feel for her. Being embarassed, he only had one thing he could do.
"Umm," He had started. "I think I hear Jenny crying. I better go."
"I don't hear any---" Click. He had hung up, and continued to make his dinner.
Total embarrassment. I mean, of course he had loved her. She's been like a mother to Jenny...no denying that she was her only mother figure. He wanted to see Peyton again. He had finished his dinner (which had been an extremely large bowl of Top Ramen) and ran to the computer in his and Jenny's bedroom. He turned the sound down on the speakers so he wouldn't have to wake Jenny. He immediately typed in the URL to Peyton's website. When it loaded up, he clicked on her webcam. There she was. Her curly blonde hair down...she was wearing a wife beater with a (very) visible black bra, and some gray cargo pants. She was drawing. She looked dead into the camera. He ran a hand through his hair as he watched her movement. She began to smile. Suddenly, she raised her sketchbook revealing what she had been drawing. Jake's jaw dropped.
"Wow," he said. It was like she had a sixth sense.
On the paper was a sketched Jake, Peyton, and Jenny all smiling, and in bold words there was "I MISS YOU GUYS!" He smiled and closed the web site, shutting down the computer afterwards.
"Miss you, too, Peyton." Jake said quietly. He exited the room with his bowl of Top Ramen and continued to eat it.