Author's Note: Hello again to everyone out there in computer land! Glad you
decided to check back on this fic, I'll try not to disappoint you. If you
can remember all the way back to the last chapter, I said that this one was
going to be full of Tree Hill goodness, so that's just what it's gonna be.
Hope that's okay with all of you, if it's not tell me and I'll work on it
stat. I don't know if any f you are familiar with the Tangled Web Awards,
but this fic is up for the Are You True Award, which is for best angst fic.
I encourage you guys to check out the website There are a lot of great fics there.
Anyway, on with the show....
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Karen walked back into her Café at ten, looking no better than she had when she left. She was hoping that a little walk and fresh air would make her feel better, but turns out, no matter how far she walked or how much fresh air she inhaled, Haley was still gone. She sighed when she noticed that the Café was busier than it was earlier, she really wasn't in the mood to socialize with anybody. She walked over to the counter where Jake was serving a customer.
"Did you want any coffee?" he asked the man sitting at the counter. The guy shook his head and continued to finish his beakfast. Jake handed him a napkin before turning to greet Karen. "Hi, Karen. How was your walk?"
"A waste of time," she answered, moving to the back to grab an apron. She out it on and smiled at Jenny as she past her.
"It didn't make you feel any better?" he asked her, taking his apron off. He was glad to finally get out of there. He'd been wanting to check on Peyton for the past three hours. He turned to check on Jenny, she was sleeping.
"Not in the least," she mumbled, turning to a customer that was waiting to be served. "Can I help you?" she asked the woman standing there.
"Does Jake work here?" she asked in a creepy voice. At the sound of her voice, Jake wiped around. "Never mind, I see him."
"Nicki, what are you doing here?" he asked, instinctively picking Jenny up so she would be safe. "I thought I told you to stay away from me?" Karen watched the interaction with confusion, not knowing who this person was. She noticed that Jake had a protective hold on Jenny, so she assumed it was something big. Nicki shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh, you did," she answered nonchalantly. "I'm not here to see you. I'm here to see my daughter." Karen's eyes widened as she said this. She had heard all about Jenny's mother, she just hadn't caught her name before. She had heard form Haley about what happened the last time they were together and she didn't want a repeat of it.
"After the stunt you pulled at the mall, you're never seeing her again," he answered, forcefully. He picked up Jenny's carrier and began to walk to the door. If they were going to have a confrontation, he didn't want it to be in the Café, it would disturb the customers.
"Do you want me to call somebody?" Karen called to Jake, not knowing what Nicki might do. If she had the nerve to kidnap Jenny while Peyton was babysitting, she would probably do anything.
"Oh yeah, call his little girlfriend," Nicki answered, sarcastically. "She seems to think that she's involved in this."
"Leave Peyton out of this," Jake warned. He turned back to Karen. "Don't worry about it, Karen. I'll deal with this." He put the carrier on the table and laid Jenny in it. Nicki walked over and tried to get a look at her daughter, but Jake quickly blocked her view. "Back off, Nicki. Or I will get Peyton and she can come and kick your ass again." He grabbed the carrier by the handle and moved to the door. "I'll be back in an hour."
"Take as long as you need," Karen told him. Nicki looked around the Café.
"The place doesn't look as good during the day," she mused before following Jake out the door. "Jake, where do you think you're going?"
"I'm leaving," he answered. "I assumed you'd know what that looked like, you do it enough. Or at least you used to. Now you just can't seem to get lost." He began to walk away, but was stopped by the hand on his arm.
"You can leave, but you're not leaving with my daughter."
"Stop calling her that," he warned her. "She is not your daughter and you sure as hell aren't her mother. You haven't been since the moment she came out of you."
"Well the family court of North Carolina seems to disagree," she stated. He stopped his movements at her comment. He turned around to face her.
"What are you talking about?" he asked in a shaky voice. It wasn't until then that Jake noticed the car parked on the road. He looked closer and saw that it looked like an undercover cop car. "What's going on?"
"I'm here to take Jenny on our first supervised visit," she answered as the guy stepped out of the car. Jake looked frantically back and forth between the cop and Nicki. He tighten his grip on the carrier.
"No," he said. "No, you can't take her. I wouldn't let you." He started to back away slowly. The man stepped over onto the sidewalk.
"Well, if you don't, this nice man here in the pretty blue uniform will make you."
"Sir, you have to hand over your daughter," he said to him. "The judge granted her a supervised visit with her daughter." Jake shook his head and pulled Jenny closer to him. He couldn't stand the thought of giving her to Nicki. He was beginning to panic and his vision was getting blurry. The cop stepped closer. "I'm sorry, son, but it's the law. If you don't give her your daughter now, I'll be force to take action."
"I can't give Jenny to her," he argued. "You don't understand. She doesn't know what she's doing."
"I'll be there," the cop answered. "I will be with them the entire time. Your daughter will be safe. I promise you." Jake didn't know what he could do. He looked over at a smiling Nicki, then at the cop and finally at his sleeping daughter. The officer held out his hand to take Jenny. "Make this easy on yourself." Not seeing anything other way, Jake handed the carrier over to the man.
"If anything happened to her..."
"Nothing will," the cop interrupted. "She will be given back to you by seven this evening." Jake nodded as he watched the cop hand Jenny over to Nicki. He had to look away when Nicki took Jenny out of the carrier and into her arms.
"Hi there, beautiful," she cooed in a baby voice. "You ready to have a fun day out with your mommy?"
"This isn't over Nicki," he told her. She rolled her eyes and kissed Jenny on the forehead.
"We'll see about that," she replied. She turned to the officer. "Let's go." She put Jenny back in the carrier and place it in the back of the car. "See you around, Jake," she said before getting into the backseat with Jenny. The officer nodded in his direction before getting into the car and driving off. Jake watched Nicki drive away with his whole world. He reached up and wiped the tear off his check before he turned and continued his journey to Peyton's house.
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Peyton sighed as she hung up her phone. He laid back on her bed in frustration. She hated it when people left her. When her mother died, she didn't know if she would ever be okay again. She assumed that was where he abandonment issues cam from. She was always afraid that she was going to be left behind. Her dad would leave her, Brooke and Haley would leave her, Luke... and Jake. She was afraid that she was going to be alone for the rest of her life. She glanced over and realized that her web cam was on. She reached over and unplugged it, not wanting anyone to see her cry. She picked up her sketch book and did what she always did when she was feeling bad, she began to draw. She turned the page she was drawing on before, it was a picture of Haley watching Nathan and the blonde slut. That was suddenly the least of her problems. Before she could start to draw, there was a knock at her bedroom door. She sighed.
"Come in," she called to the person, not knowing who it could be. Brooke and Haley were gone, Luke was in Charleston with Keith... The door slowly opened to reveal a broken looking Jake. Her own problem soon forgotten, Peyton jumped off the bed and ran over to him. "Jake what happened?"
"Nicki... she," he began, but couldn't get the words out. Peyton lead him over to her bed and laid him down.
"What did she do?" she questioned, moving to lay down beside him. "Where's Jenny?" Jake moved a hand to cover his face in attempt to stop the tears.
"She took her, Peyton," he cried, not being able to hold back the tears. "She came to Café with a cop and they took her from me." Peyton looked over at him in shock.
"Can she do that?"
"Apparently some judge granted her a supervised visit," he explained. Peyton shook her head and took a hold of his hand.
"What judge would do that?"
"I don't know," he sighed. He turned to face her. "I can't lose her, Peyton. She can't take my daughter away from me. She's all I have."
"I know," Peyton said, her own tears starting to overcome her. "I know." Not knowing what else she could possibly say to him, she just held him. They cried together as both their world fell apart around them.
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That's all for now, folks. I hope you enjoy the new chapter. We'll be checking in on our favourite girls next. Till then, peace.
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Karen walked back into her Café at ten, looking no better than she had when she left. She was hoping that a little walk and fresh air would make her feel better, but turns out, no matter how far she walked or how much fresh air she inhaled, Haley was still gone. She sighed when she noticed that the Café was busier than it was earlier, she really wasn't in the mood to socialize with anybody. She walked over to the counter where Jake was serving a customer.
"Did you want any coffee?" he asked the man sitting at the counter. The guy shook his head and continued to finish his beakfast. Jake handed him a napkin before turning to greet Karen. "Hi, Karen. How was your walk?"
"A waste of time," she answered, moving to the back to grab an apron. She out it on and smiled at Jenny as she past her.
"It didn't make you feel any better?" he asked her, taking his apron off. He was glad to finally get out of there. He'd been wanting to check on Peyton for the past three hours. He turned to check on Jenny, she was sleeping.
"Not in the least," she mumbled, turning to a customer that was waiting to be served. "Can I help you?" she asked the woman standing there.
"Does Jake work here?" she asked in a creepy voice. At the sound of her voice, Jake wiped around. "Never mind, I see him."
"Nicki, what are you doing here?" he asked, instinctively picking Jenny up so she would be safe. "I thought I told you to stay away from me?" Karen watched the interaction with confusion, not knowing who this person was. She noticed that Jake had a protective hold on Jenny, so she assumed it was something big. Nicki shrugged her shoulders.
"Oh, you did," she answered nonchalantly. "I'm not here to see you. I'm here to see my daughter." Karen's eyes widened as she said this. She had heard all about Jenny's mother, she just hadn't caught her name before. She had heard form Haley about what happened the last time they were together and she didn't want a repeat of it.
"After the stunt you pulled at the mall, you're never seeing her again," he answered, forcefully. He picked up Jenny's carrier and began to walk to the door. If they were going to have a confrontation, he didn't want it to be in the Café, it would disturb the customers.
"Do you want me to call somebody?" Karen called to Jake, not knowing what Nicki might do. If she had the nerve to kidnap Jenny while Peyton was babysitting, she would probably do anything.
"Oh yeah, call his little girlfriend," Nicki answered, sarcastically. "She seems to think that she's involved in this."
"Leave Peyton out of this," Jake warned. He turned back to Karen. "Don't worry about it, Karen. I'll deal with this." He put the carrier on the table and laid Jenny in it. Nicki walked over and tried to get a look at her daughter, but Jake quickly blocked her view. "Back off, Nicki. Or I will get Peyton and she can come and kick your ass again." He grabbed the carrier by the handle and moved to the door. "I'll be back in an hour."
"Take as long as you need," Karen told him. Nicki looked around the Café.
"The place doesn't look as good during the day," she mused before following Jake out the door. "Jake, where do you think you're going?"
"I'm leaving," he answered. "I assumed you'd know what that looked like, you do it enough. Or at least you used to. Now you just can't seem to get lost." He began to walk away, but was stopped by the hand on his arm.
"You can leave, but you're not leaving with my daughter."
"Stop calling her that," he warned her. "She is not your daughter and you sure as hell aren't her mother. You haven't been since the moment she came out of you."
"Well the family court of North Carolina seems to disagree," she stated. He stopped his movements at her comment. He turned around to face her.
"What are you talking about?" he asked in a shaky voice. It wasn't until then that Jake noticed the car parked on the road. He looked closer and saw that it looked like an undercover cop car. "What's going on?"
"I'm here to take Jenny on our first supervised visit," she answered as the guy stepped out of the car. Jake looked frantically back and forth between the cop and Nicki. He tighten his grip on the carrier.
"No," he said. "No, you can't take her. I wouldn't let you." He started to back away slowly. The man stepped over onto the sidewalk.
"Well, if you don't, this nice man here in the pretty blue uniform will make you."
"Sir, you have to hand over your daughter," he said to him. "The judge granted her a supervised visit with her daughter." Jake shook his head and pulled Jenny closer to him. He couldn't stand the thought of giving her to Nicki. He was beginning to panic and his vision was getting blurry. The cop stepped closer. "I'm sorry, son, but it's the law. If you don't give her your daughter now, I'll be force to take action."
"I can't give Jenny to her," he argued. "You don't understand. She doesn't know what she's doing."
"I'll be there," the cop answered. "I will be with them the entire time. Your daughter will be safe. I promise you." Jake didn't know what he could do. He looked over at a smiling Nicki, then at the cop and finally at his sleeping daughter. The officer held out his hand to take Jenny. "Make this easy on yourself." Not seeing anything other way, Jake handed the carrier over to the man.
"If anything happened to her..."
"Nothing will," the cop interrupted. "She will be given back to you by seven this evening." Jake nodded as he watched the cop hand Jenny over to Nicki. He had to look away when Nicki took Jenny out of the carrier and into her arms.
"Hi there, beautiful," she cooed in a baby voice. "You ready to have a fun day out with your mommy?"
"This isn't over Nicki," he told her. She rolled her eyes and kissed Jenny on the forehead.
"We'll see about that," she replied. She turned to the officer. "Let's go." She put Jenny back in the carrier and place it in the back of the car. "See you around, Jake," she said before getting into the backseat with Jenny. The officer nodded in his direction before getting into the car and driving off. Jake watched Nicki drive away with his whole world. He reached up and wiped the tear off his check before he turned and continued his journey to Peyton's house.
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Peyton sighed as she hung up her phone. He laid back on her bed in frustration. She hated it when people left her. When her mother died, she didn't know if she would ever be okay again. She assumed that was where he abandonment issues cam from. She was always afraid that she was going to be left behind. Her dad would leave her, Brooke and Haley would leave her, Luke... and Jake. She was afraid that she was going to be alone for the rest of her life. She glanced over and realized that her web cam was on. She reached over and unplugged it, not wanting anyone to see her cry. She picked up her sketch book and did what she always did when she was feeling bad, she began to draw. She turned the page she was drawing on before, it was a picture of Haley watching Nathan and the blonde slut. That was suddenly the least of her problems. Before she could start to draw, there was a knock at her bedroom door. She sighed.
"Come in," she called to the person, not knowing who it could be. Brooke and Haley were gone, Luke was in Charleston with Keith... The door slowly opened to reveal a broken looking Jake. Her own problem soon forgotten, Peyton jumped off the bed and ran over to him. "Jake what happened?"
"Nicki... she," he began, but couldn't get the words out. Peyton lead him over to her bed and laid him down.
"What did she do?" she questioned, moving to lay down beside him. "Where's Jenny?" Jake moved a hand to cover his face in attempt to stop the tears.
"She took her, Peyton," he cried, not being able to hold back the tears. "She came to Café with a cop and they took her from me." Peyton looked over at him in shock.
"Can she do that?"
"Apparently some judge granted her a supervised visit," he explained. Peyton shook her head and took a hold of his hand.
"What judge would do that?"
"I don't know," he sighed. He turned to face her. "I can't lose her, Peyton. She can't take my daughter away from me. She's all I have."
"I know," Peyton said, her own tears starting to overcome her. "I know." Not knowing what else she could possibly say to him, she just held him. They cried together as both their world fell apart around them.
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That's all for now, folks. I hope you enjoy the new chapter. We'll be checking in on our favourite girls next. Till then, peace.