Peyton called Jake on the way to Karens Café' to tell him to meet them there. He wasn't there when the girls showed up. Peyton had a bad feeling. He was 10 minutes late. He was never late. She tried to call him, but he wouldn't pick up his cell phone. He never put up his voice mail service. 'People call to talk to me, not a machine'. That was his moto, 'well im trying to call you Jake so why aren't you answering?? Thoughts were flashing through Peytons head at 100 mph. What if he was in a car wreck? What if nikki had come back and they toook jenny and ran off to be together? What if he was in the hospital? Was he dead? Was he alive? Peyton was so nervous, as she looked out the window and saw it started to get cloudy, great rain. As the rain came down, Luke watched Peyton from behind the counter. He felt bad, he hated lying, he knew where Jake was. So did Nathan, Haley, and Brooke. All three of them hated lying to Peyton. Luke could tell Brookes tongue was probably sore from biting it so hard, just so she could keep Jake's secret.

All of a sudden Peyton perked up and turned to everyone, "He's coming. He'll be here in about 3 minutes." She got up and went behind the counter to get some coffee for her husband. Haley glanced at her watch, 11:58 exactly... no seconds after. When Jake walked through the door Haley was amazed. She looked at her watch again, it said 12:00, and 59 seconds past. Haley looked at Brooke wide eyed. Brook just shrugged, she wasn't as surprised as Haley was, Peyton had been able to tell when Jake was around, for quite some time now. It only worked on Jake, he always knew when she was around to. When Jake walked through the door, Peyton didn't even glance at him," Jake, your 11 minutes late." he just laughed and walked behind the counter to give her a kiss. "I know." She finally turned to look at him. She had wary eyes. She knew something was up. Normally he would apologize 5 times. He didn't today. Then she noticed his hands were behind his back. He had something for her, she knew it. She broke out into a bright smile, standing up straighter, she asked," what-do-ya got for me?" He couldn't help but smile, she was like a little 5 year old girl. He pulled his hands out from behind his back, in his left hand he had a dozen white roses, with a card that had a picture of Peyton and him sitting on a slide, He had his arms around her. She was sitting between his legs, facing forward. In his right hand he had a velvet box big enough to hold an expensive necklace. She took the flowers first, set them gently on the counter and took off the card, she smiled at the picture then opened it up to read what was inside.
Peyton,
You are my best friend
I love you with all my heart
My soul aches when you aren't here
I mss you when im right beside you
So I ask you this favor
Please promise me,
That you'll be mind forever.

Love,
Jake