Peyton didn't know how she had found herself at Jake's house. But she was glad she had, she sat on his living room couch with a cup of hot chocolate and a blanket draped over her. Jake sat next to her, watching and waiting for her to tell him why she had shown up at his door crying. Her tears were slowing, being with Jake conforted her greatly.
"So what happened?" Jake asked gently. Peyton put down her mug of hot chocolate on the coffee table and looked Jake in the eyes. Her eyes were filled with sadness.
"Brooke is pregnant with Luke's baby," she said sadly. Jake's expression turned to shock, he didn't say anything. "This is going to mess up everything, even if Brooke decides to have an abortion, things will never be the same between me and Lukas," she said. She immedietly felt selfish and awful. She thought of Brooke who also had done some crying that night, because she was pregnant. All of a sudden the reality of this shook Peyton, Brooke was going to have a baby. A living baby that would grow up to be a person. Peyton began to cry again and Jake drew her into a hug to try to stop her crying. He patted her on the back and murmered to her soft it'll be oks. Then Jenny started crying and Jake stood up and went to pick her up from her crib. Jake held her close to himself and rocked her gently to calm her. Peyton stopped crying as something came to her.
"Jake?" she asked timidly, "where's Jake's mother?" Peyton realized all of a sudden that if she got what she wanted (to be with Lukas) Brooke would be all alone to raise a baby, just like Jake.
"She left us," he said not looking at Peyton. Peyton could tell he didn't want to take it any farther than that.