Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill. Nor do I own Jake, Lucas, Peyton or Jenny. (I may or may not own Mike. Who knows?)
A/N: to lala456 one of your questions will be answered here, the other, well... Yes and No Also, to all you people... I'm sorry!
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Peyton looked deep into her friend's eyes. They were so lifeless, so sad, yet there was still a gleam of joy that made her want to cry even more. She couldn't imagine never seeing his eyes again, never being able to hold his hand, to laugh. She didn't want to.
Jake looked down at Jenny who lay asleep in her father's arms. She was so small and helpless, how could he have been so blind. His life in the past week could have been different if he had only thought things through. Looking up at his friend, he saw her curly blonde hair hang down over her face. Behind her, Mike and Lucas stood in silence. Looking past Peyton to the two guys he asked. "Could we be alone for a minute?"
They both nodded and left the curtained area. "Peyton," Jake began slowly. "I know I won't be able to go home, but you will." Peyton's eyes filled with tears as she sat down in a chair beside the bed.
Peyton reached over and grabbed his hand and held it as tightly as she could. "You don't know that," she sighed. "There is a chance."
Jake looked away from her gaze. "There is no chance, Peyton. So, I want you to have Jenny. I don't trust my parents and Mike's not ready and there's no way I'm letting Nicki have her."
"Jake I don't know what say." A tear slipped down the young woman's cheek.
"Say you will." Jake whispered through sobs. Peyton laid her body down on the bed next to his. "I'm sorry Peyton." Jake apologized as a swarm of tears fell down his face.
Peyton wrapped her arms around him. "I love you Jake." The young woman gasped for breath, as the clump in her throat grew bigger. "Please don't go."
Ignoring her plead, Jake draped his weak arm around her body. "I love you too." The couple lay in bed together until Jake found he could cry no more. Lifting his head he said to his friend. "Could I talk with Mike?" he asked lightly. Peyton nodded her head and disappeared around the curtain.
"Hey Jake." Mike said as he approached his brother. "How ya feeling?"
Jake looked up at his older brother. He had always admired how cool he was but then, looking up into his sad but trying to be happy eyes, Jake saw a strength he had never seen in his brother. "I don't know." He answered simply.
Mike sat on the side of his brother's bed and looked down at him. "You know I always thought I'd be first." Mike laughed a little trying to loosen the tension that had built itself up there.
"Well you know that whole age before beauty thing is just a joke. It's really the other way around." Jake laughed and smiled up at his brother. "I'm gonna miss you." Jake said trying not to cry. He saw water flowing on the brim of his eyelids.
Mike swallowed back his tears. "I'm gonna miss you too." Jake struggled to sit up and Mike grabbed him in his arms. "Just promise me, you'll wait for me... in heaven."
"I promise." Jake felt safe again. His brother's protective arms wrapped around him. "You know, it's okay to cry."
Mike looked down and then into his brother's eyes. "I know." Mike leaned his head against Jake's. "I know." he repeated.
Jake could feel his cheek getting wet from his brother's tears. "Hello Jake." Said a familiar voice.
"Nicki?" Jake asked.
"I'll leave you two alone... for a bit." Mike helped Jake lay back down and he went back to join Lucas and Peyton.
"What do you want Nicki? And how did you know?" Jake asked suspiciously.
"My sister is your nurse." Nicki nodded her head towards the door. "And don't worry..." she stopped to wipe a tear away from her eye. "I won't be long. I just wanted to tell you I'm done challenging you for Jenny." Jake shrugged. "And... I wanted to say goodbye."
"Goodbye, Nicki." A tear trotted quickly down his cheek.
Nicki stood up. "I'll always love you Jake." She bent over and kissed his cheek. "Goodbye, Jake." The young mother stood at the curtain. "I'm sorry." She whispered loudly. Smiling weakly, she left him. And that was the last time Nicki ever talked to Jake. Neither did she see Jenny again.
When Lucas, Mike and Peyton came back in the room, they found Jake sobbing lightly. His black curly hair hung lifelessly over his pale face. Peyton and Mike each sat next to him, on opposite sides and Lucas sat next to Peyton further down the bed.
"What is it?" Mike asked as he pulled his little brother into his arms. (A/N: for anyone who finds that weird, Mike wanted to be with Jake when he left)
"Do you know what days it is today?" he asked his friends. Once he looked around and saw no one had the answer he looked over at Jenny who was asleep in Peyton's arms. "It's her birthday."
Peyton sniffled as she handed the infant to her father. The four teens sat n silence for a few minutes. Then after checking the time Jake broke that silence. "Guys, it's 11:11, make a wish." Jake smiled as he laid his tired head on his brother's shoulder.
Peyton thought for no more than a second before wishing. Closing her eyes she whispered. "I wish that Jake would stay with us."
Jake closed his eyes too. "I wish that Jenny would grow up to be like Peyton."
Lucas joining his friends he closed his eyes and wished. "I wish that Jenny would remember her father."
Mike brought his hand up to pet Jenny's hair, as he listened to his brother's slow heart beat on the heart beat measurer (A/N: you know what I'm talking about.) "I wish that... Jake?" Looking behind him he saw the straight line on the machine and heard the haunting, long beep.
"Jake!" Peyton yelled, inconsiderate of the other patients.
Mike laid his brother down on the bed and Peyton took Jenny in her arms. The child cried and screamed. "Jake?" Mike laid his head down on his brother's chest and his tears flooded the young man's gown. "Jake?"
Tears streamed down Lucas' face as he held Peyton in his arms. "Goodbye Jake."
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To Be Continued?
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Please every one that's read this fic review, I need to know what you thought.
Good or Bad let me know please!
A/N: to lala456 one of your questions will be answered here, the other, well... Yes and No Also, to all you people... I'm sorry!
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Peyton looked deep into her friend's eyes. They were so lifeless, so sad, yet there was still a gleam of joy that made her want to cry even more. She couldn't imagine never seeing his eyes again, never being able to hold his hand, to laugh. She didn't want to.
Jake looked down at Jenny who lay asleep in her father's arms. She was so small and helpless, how could he have been so blind. His life in the past week could have been different if he had only thought things through. Looking up at his friend, he saw her curly blonde hair hang down over her face. Behind her, Mike and Lucas stood in silence. Looking past Peyton to the two guys he asked. "Could we be alone for a minute?"
They both nodded and left the curtained area. "Peyton," Jake began slowly. "I know I won't be able to go home, but you will." Peyton's eyes filled with tears as she sat down in a chair beside the bed.
Peyton reached over and grabbed his hand and held it as tightly as she could. "You don't know that," she sighed. "There is a chance."
Jake looked away from her gaze. "There is no chance, Peyton. So, I want you to have Jenny. I don't trust my parents and Mike's not ready and there's no way I'm letting Nicki have her."
"Jake I don't know what say." A tear slipped down the young woman's cheek.
"Say you will." Jake whispered through sobs. Peyton laid her body down on the bed next to his. "I'm sorry Peyton." Jake apologized as a swarm of tears fell down his face.
Peyton wrapped her arms around him. "I love you Jake." The young woman gasped for breath, as the clump in her throat grew bigger. "Please don't go."
Ignoring her plead, Jake draped his weak arm around her body. "I love you too." The couple lay in bed together until Jake found he could cry no more. Lifting his head he said to his friend. "Could I talk with Mike?" he asked lightly. Peyton nodded her head and disappeared around the curtain.
"Hey Jake." Mike said as he approached his brother. "How ya feeling?"
Jake looked up at his older brother. He had always admired how cool he was but then, looking up into his sad but trying to be happy eyes, Jake saw a strength he had never seen in his brother. "I don't know." He answered simply.
Mike sat on the side of his brother's bed and looked down at him. "You know I always thought I'd be first." Mike laughed a little trying to loosen the tension that had built itself up there.
"Well you know that whole age before beauty thing is just a joke. It's really the other way around." Jake laughed and smiled up at his brother. "I'm gonna miss you." Jake said trying not to cry. He saw water flowing on the brim of his eyelids.
Mike swallowed back his tears. "I'm gonna miss you too." Jake struggled to sit up and Mike grabbed him in his arms. "Just promise me, you'll wait for me... in heaven."
"I promise." Jake felt safe again. His brother's protective arms wrapped around him. "You know, it's okay to cry."
Mike looked down and then into his brother's eyes. "I know." Mike leaned his head against Jake's. "I know." he repeated.
Jake could feel his cheek getting wet from his brother's tears. "Hello Jake." Said a familiar voice.
"Nicki?" Jake asked.
"I'll leave you two alone... for a bit." Mike helped Jake lay back down and he went back to join Lucas and Peyton.
"What do you want Nicki? And how did you know?" Jake asked suspiciously.
"My sister is your nurse." Nicki nodded her head towards the door. "And don't worry..." she stopped to wipe a tear away from her eye. "I won't be long. I just wanted to tell you I'm done challenging you for Jenny." Jake shrugged. "And... I wanted to say goodbye."
"Goodbye, Nicki." A tear trotted quickly down his cheek.
Nicki stood up. "I'll always love you Jake." She bent over and kissed his cheek. "Goodbye, Jake." The young mother stood at the curtain. "I'm sorry." She whispered loudly. Smiling weakly, she left him. And that was the last time Nicki ever talked to Jake. Neither did she see Jenny again.
When Lucas, Mike and Peyton came back in the room, they found Jake sobbing lightly. His black curly hair hung lifelessly over his pale face. Peyton and Mike each sat next to him, on opposite sides and Lucas sat next to Peyton further down the bed.
"What is it?" Mike asked as he pulled his little brother into his arms. (A/N: for anyone who finds that weird, Mike wanted to be with Jake when he left)
"Do you know what days it is today?" he asked his friends. Once he looked around and saw no one had the answer he looked over at Jenny who was asleep in Peyton's arms. "It's her birthday."
Peyton sniffled as she handed the infant to her father. The four teens sat n silence for a few minutes. Then after checking the time Jake broke that silence. "Guys, it's 11:11, make a wish." Jake smiled as he laid his tired head on his brother's shoulder.
Peyton thought for no more than a second before wishing. Closing her eyes she whispered. "I wish that Jake would stay with us."
Jake closed his eyes too. "I wish that Jenny would grow up to be like Peyton."
Lucas joining his friends he closed his eyes and wished. "I wish that Jenny would remember her father."
Mike brought his hand up to pet Jenny's hair, as he listened to his brother's slow heart beat on the heart beat measurer (A/N: you know what I'm talking about.) "I wish that... Jake?" Looking behind him he saw the straight line on the machine and heard the haunting, long beep.
"Jake!" Peyton yelled, inconsiderate of the other patients.
Mike laid his brother down on the bed and Peyton took Jenny in her arms. The child cried and screamed. "Jake?" Mike laid his head down on his brother's chest and his tears flooded the young man's gown. "Jake?"
Tears streamed down Lucas' face as he held Peyton in his arms. "Goodbye Jake."
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To Be Continued?
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Please every one that's read this fic review, I need to know what you thought.
Good or Bad let me know please!