This chapter is very Jeyton so I'm sorry for all you Naley and Brucas fans. There will be more of them in later chapters if i get suggestions with what to do with them. Keep reviews and suggestions coming because I want to write what you all want to read! Read, review and suggest!

Jake found himself sitting on the picnic table, head in his hands. He hadn't meant to get so angry at her, it just hurt that she kept this from him for so long. A big part of him wanted to go after her but there was that broken part that told him not to.

"What's up man?" Lucas asked sitting next to Jake on the table.

"Nothing." Jake didn't need to let the world know how bad he messed up.

"Don't lie to me." Lucas had a father-like tone to his voice.

"It's Peyton." Jake lifted his head and turned to Lucas. Jake knew he could tell anything to Lucas and he'd understand. Lucas had been the first to know about Jenny.

"Don't tell me you two broke up again." Lucas didn't want to deal with anymore drama in his lifetime.

"No, it's way worse." Jake rubbed his tired eyes.

"The suspense is killing me." Lucas didn't know what to think or say. Peyton and Jake had their many problems but what could be worse than breaking up.

"She's pregnant." Jake turned to look at Lucas.

"And that's worse than breaking up?" Lucas didn't understand Jake's logics. Wasn't he supposed to be happy?

"She's four months in, Luke." Jake added, "She's been lying to all of us for four freaking months!"

"Oh, I see now." Lucas searched for the right words, "She's just scared man, cut her some slack."

"Cut her some slack! She lied to me!" Jake jumped off the table and threw his hands in the air.

"Brooke almost didn't tell me about Braden because she was scared but she knew it was the right thing to do." Lucas paused, uncovering new words of wisdom, "She told you and that's all that matters."

"It's just not fair!" Jake yelled to the night.

"Are you just figuring that out? 'Cause man, you're way behind in this game called life." Lucas tried to crack a joke.

"I'm going to have two kids and I'm not even nineteen yet." Jake sat back down in his initial position, head in hands, next to Lucas.

"Uh, hello, two kids and just eighteen." Lucas was doing fine with Brooke and the kids and it wasn't as hard as he initially thought it would be. Now he wouldn't think twice about being a father instead of some famous pro ball player or some other job that would've robbed him of his family.

"That's different Lucas." Jake's voice quivered, "You're different."

"You had Jenny way before I had Braden." Lucas felt he was getting no where with Jake, "Jake, you're a great father and another kid is just going to prove that point."

"What am I supposed to do? Peyton ran off somewhere because if she hadn't I'd surely be talking to her and not you." Jake smiled, a small soft smile, that was probably fake.

"Go find her!" Lucas pushed him off the table, "You're welcome, too!"

Jake soaked in all the knowledge that Lucas had given out. He, too, wondered when Lucas got so wise. It was just weird but Jake did take Lucas' advice and ran out towards where Peyton had earlier, hoping he'd find her.

He really didn't mean to overreact it was just the principle that she kept this from him so long that bothered him so much. It's not like he hadn't done all this before with Nikki but Peyton was different. They were like soul mates. He hoped Peyton saw them the same way.

Jake thought he had driven all over town trying to find Peyton and of course the last place he chose to look there he was. She was sitting outside their high school with a sketch pad in her lap, gazing up at the stars.

"Peyt, can we talk?" Jake said cautiously approaching her.

"About what Jake?" Peyton looked up at him with her tearstained face, "You already made it clear how you feel."

"Well obviously you got the wrong impression." Jake sat down next to her, "I was just hurt that you thought you needed to keep this from me."

"I was scared Jake." Peyton looked into his eyes deeply.

"I know Peyton but it still hurt." Jake wiped away her tears feeling guilty for the way he made her feel.

"I'm scared that I won't be a good mother." Peyton finally admitted.

"Look at how good you are with Jenny." Jake wrapped his arm around her tiny frame and pulled her close to him.

"That's your daughter not my child. I might screw this up." Peyton leaned her head on Jake's shoulder and they admired the stars together.

"We'll do it together Peyt. Don't worry." Jake kissed her forehead and smiled.

"I know we will." Peyton smiled too, loving the feeling of being in his arms.

"Want to get married?" Jake asked breaking the silence.

"Are you proposing to me?" Peyton unwrapped herself from his arms.

"Yeah, I guess I am." Jake turned to face her.

"You're the romantic type." Peyton turned away from him. He wasn't supposed to be doing this. They weren't ready yet.

"I'm serious, will you?" Jake reached for Peyton's hand but she pulled it away.

"I don't want this to be the reason that we're getting married." Peyton felt more tears welling up. He was supposed to ask her when things were normal not just because fo the baby.

"It's not Peyt, you know I love you." Jake brushed hair off her cheek.

"But it's not the same right now." Peyton's eyes were shining with tears, "We will get married just not right now. Too much to do and not enough time."

"We could pull a Brooke and Lucas." Jake smiled hoping it would cheer her up.

"I don't want to be like Brooke and Lucas. I want to just be Peyton and Jake." Peyton said truthfully. She had always been the type to be different and there was no way that her wedding was going to be the same as everyone else.

"Well then okay." Jake said getting to his feet, "I better go relieve Brooke of her babysitting duties."

"Yeah, let's go." Peyton reached up and took Jake's hand and he pulled her off the ground.

"So this is why you've been so moody huh?" Jake said playfully swinging their hands back and forth.

"Watch it, Jake." Peyton pushed him off the sidewalk and into the grass.

"Hey, you're going to need me around so I wouldn't damage me." Jake wrapped her in the arms like a dad would trap their kid.

"I could find someone else." Peyton looked up at him.

"Oh really?" Jake eyed warningly.

"Yeah really." Peyton smiled wrapping his arms around her tighter.

"That's what you think." Jake said before he launched a huge tickle-fest. They rolled around in the grass by the parking lot laughing and just having fun. Jake finally had Peyton pinned by sitting on her legs and holding down her arms while he tried to tickle her in anyway he could. Then he just stopped and leaned down and kissed her.

"Truce?" He pulled away from the kiss.

"What do you think?" Peyton pulled him back into their kiss which seemed to bring them closer.