Tree Hill; Jake and Peyton's house Morning after Thanksgiving
"Waaah! Waaah!" Cries came from little Aidan's room, causing his parents to rush into his room.
"Oh, come here baby; Mommy has you now" Peyton cooed as Jake came in with a bottle. Peyton took it and sat down in the rocking chair. Jake came and sat down next to them.
"I'm so glad the doctors let us take him for Thanksgiving" Jake whispered stroking his son's thin layer of hair.
"The perfect Thanksgiving present"
"So are you" Jake said kissing Peyton.
"Same to you" Peyton said looking down blushing. She'd been married to the man for fourteen years, but she still blushed when he complimented her.
"Is that a surprise?" He joked.
"Actually, it is"
"So, what's on your mind? You seemed kind of quiet today"
"Jenny asked me about some stuff" Peyton said getting up to put Aidan back in his crib.
"Oh yeah? What'd she ask?"
"She asked about her mother Jake"
"You are her mother, Peyton"
"I didn't give birth to her"
"You've raised her for the past fourteen years"
"Nikki is her mother, okay. She gave birth to her and she came to you, wanting to be a part of her life. Sure she made a mistake by leaving you and then kidnapping her, but maybe she wouldn't have done that if you would have given her another chance. Don't look at me like that. I'm not saying that she wasn't a crazy psycho stalker bitch; she just wanted to know her daughter. I love Lily and I don't know what I would do without her; probably die. I know you love Jenny and want to protect her from as much as you can; that's what dads do. I think this is something you need to let her figure out for herself. They're going to communicate sometime, but she really wants your permission. She needs to know what it's like to have a mother. My mom died and I would give anything –anything- to have her back. Wasn't Nikki ever a good person? I mean, there must have been some reason you loved her"
"I never loved Nikki" Jake said.
"You told me you loved her and she broke your heart when she left you and Jenny" Peyton reminded him. Jake looked down.
"She was a good person, but she's not anymore. She was sweet and kind and lit up my world. She would tell me I looked sexy even when I knew I didn't and I felt like I could tell her anything. She didn't care that people thought of her as the gothic cheerleader. She was too happy and carefree to really be a goth anyway. We didn't care that she was two years older than me. When we were together nothing else mattered. Then she got pregnant" It hurt Peyton to see her husband looking so upset.
"What happened after she got pregnant" Peyton said softly as she and Jake sat down with a sleeping Aidan.
Flashback 2002
"You were great! Nathan "hotshot" Scott may have scored the winning basket, but you were still better than him!" Nikki Turner exclaimed, as she hugged her basketball player boyfriend, Jake Jageilski. He smiled and kissed her.
"Yeah, well you're the best cheerleader. I guess we're the perfect match" Jake said kissing her again. They started making out. Peyton Sawyer and her boyfriend James walked by.
"Get a room" Peyton said rudely and walked off.
"What's her problem?"
"I don't know or care" Jake said, kissing her.
"So, there's a party at Nathan's beach house. It sounds fun…"
"I was hoping we could just be alone. We could pop in a movie; order some pizza. I'll even let you get a chick flick"
"We did that last week! Anyway, I feel like having some fun" Nikki whined.
"You should know gothic girls can't have fun" Nathan said rudely and walked away. His "followers" laughed at Nikki and Jake and also walked off.
"Just ignore them, baby. They don't know anything about you" Jake said consoling his girlfriend who had a hurt look on her face.
"You know, I heard some girls talking earlier today. They said it was kind of gross what I was a senior and I'm dating a sophomore"
"Are you serious? Girls date younger guys all the time. Would going to this party cheer you up?" Jake asked as they walked to her car. He had just gotten his license and couldn't have people in the car.
"You're the best!" She said as they got into the car.
It was few hours later and the party was crazy.
"Jakey!" Nikki exclaimed as she ran over to him with her friend Marissa. Both girls were drunk. Jake, who had also drank started making out with her in front of their group of friends.
"Stop! That's not fair for you to make out with your boyfriend when Oliver broke up me and is making out with the slut known as Bevin Mitchell1" Marissa whined trying to pull her friend off her boyfriend.
"Go make out with that guy"
"Jake, you idiot! That's a girl" Marissa shouted angrily.
"I heard Roger Everett is looking for a new girlfriend" Nikki pointed put.
"Isn't he dating Tia or Tamera?"
"He was dating Tamera; they broke up yesterday. Now, me and my boyfriend are going upstairs goodbye" Nikki said pulling Jake away by his shirt. They went into a bedroom and started making out. Jake started to reach under her shirt.
"Is this okay?" He whisper-asked. She nodded. He pulled her shirt over her head and threw it on the ground as she did the same with his shirt. They lay on the bed, with Jake on top. He unzipped her jeans and took them off. He took his pants off too. As he did this, Nikki kissed his neck and stomach.
"I want you" She moaned.
"You got me" He whispered. Neither love-crazy teens thought to use protection.
Almost three months later:
"Are you okay Nikki? You said it was urgent" Marissa asked, walking into her room with their other friend Mariah. Nikki was crying on her bed.
"I'm late and I took a test. I can't even look at it. It's in the bathroom. Will you get it for me, please?" Nikki asked in tears.
"Oh my gosh" Mariah said returning a minute later with the test.
"Tell me it's not positive"
"I wish we could say that" Marissa said as Mariah showed them the pregnancy test.
"My life is ruined! I'm supposed to go to college next year! Jake isn't even sixteen! I can't believe this!" Nikki cried putting her head in her hands. Marissa and Mariah went over and hugged their friend tightly.
"You need to tell Jake" Mariah whispered in her friend's ear.
"I know. I'll tell him today"
Later that Day
"What's going on? You sounded upset on the phone" Jake asked as he and Nikki walked into his room.
"I really don't want to beat around the bush so I'm just going to come out and say it"
"What is it?"
"Maybe beating around the bush isn't such a bad idea…" Nikki said looking down.
"Just tell me"
"I'm pregnant"
"Stop; don't joke like that" Jake said nervously, hoping his girlfriend was just kidding around.
"You think I'm joking! I can't believe you would be so insensitive as to think I'm joking! I should have known you wouldn't be supportive"
"No, I didn't mean that. It's just that I'm not ready to be a father. I can barely take care of myself"
"Well, I don't have to even go through with the pregnancy" Nikki said softly, looking down.
"I don't think you should have an abortion"
"Does that mean you're pro-choice; because I have a right to do whatever I want with my body"
"No, it's just there are risks like, not being able to have a baby again. I agree women should have a choice but I still don't want you to have an abortion. I may be a couple years younger than you, but I know we can handle a baby"
"Could we consider adoption?"
"Yeah; let's tell our parents before we decide what to do"
"Do we have to?" Nikki groaned.
"My parents will be back in an hour so we can tell them together"
"Oh, joy" Nikki said sarcastically.
"Mom, Dad; Nikki and I have something to tell you…" Jake started as he and Nikki sat across from his parents, Erica and Paul Jageilski.
"What is it?" Erica asked, worriedly.
"Well, as you know I love Nikki and we've been dating for a while now"
"Just tell us, son" Paul said encouragingly.
"I'm pregnant" Nikki said looking down. Erica started crying a little.
"Do you know for sure?" Paul asked.
"Yes, I took a pregnancy test earlier today, and then I took five more before coming over here. After I told Jake we went and got another one from the drugstore"
"All six of them were positive" Jake added.
"What do you want to do?" Erica asked.
"Jake wants to keep the baby, but I have college next year and he has high school"
"We could handle it" Jake told her.
"Have you told your parents yet, Nikki?" Erica asked.
"I'm really dreading that"
"You should go tell them" Paul instructed.
"I don't want to. They won't take it well"
"You don't know that"
"Thank you for being so understanding" Jake said as he hugged his parents before the teenagers left to go to Nikki's house.
"You're our son and we love you" Erica said before they walked out the door.
"Mom, Dad! Are you home?" Nikki shouted as they entered her house.
"We're in the kitchen" her dad, Peter Turner shouted back. Nikki's mom Pam smiled at them as Nikki and Jake walked into the kitchen.
"We have something to tell you" Jake said.
"But it can wait" Nikki said turning around.
"No, tell us" Pam said.
"I'm pregnant"
"What! Peter exclaimed.
"Dad, don't be mad"
"How can you ask your dad not to be mad? You went and got yourself pregnant!" Pam exclaimed.
"I just-I didn't mean to" Nikki said almost crying.
"Haven't you heard of protection?" Peter asked angrily.
"Look, don't be mad at her. We didn't do this on purpose" Jake interjected.
"I'm disappointed in both of you. Nikki, how could you get pregnant with a sixteen year old and Jake, you turned my daughter into a slut! I never want to see either of you again. You are not our daughter anymore, Nicole Beverly Turner!" Pam exclaimed.
"Dad?"
"Don't get me to side with you! I agree with your mother" Peter said opening the door. Jake and Nikki left, not looking back once.
Almost a year later; Jenny is four months old.
Crying filled the apartment Jake and Nikki shared with their daughter, Jennifer (Jenny) Nicole Jageilski.
"Jake, will you get her?" Nikki asked barely opening her eyes.
"I've gotten up for her every night the past two weeks" Jake said trying to go back to sleep.
"So? I take care of her while you're at school. I'm the one sacrificing college for you and the baby"
"Are you serious? Go get your daughter, Nikki!" Jake whisper-shouted.
"Fine, I'll get her" Nikki mumbled getting out of bed.
"Can't you be quiet for once?" she whispered as she held the baby and heated up a bottle. She put the bottle into Jenny's mouth and when she closed her eyes, Nikki took the bottle out and put jenny back in the crib. Jenny wailed. Nikki gave her the bottle again and waited, clearly annoyed, until Jenny was asleep to leave.
Nikki made sure Jake was sound asleep before getting a suitcase out of the closet. She grabbed some shirts and jeans and put them in the bag. Then she took her toothbrush, hairbrush, makeup, and other toiletries and also put them in. She took the emergency money from the drawer it was kept in and put it in her wallet. Then she left her boyfriend and daughter, not planning to come back.
Back to Present Time:
"I don't think I ever told you this, but I really admire you. You know, for keeping Jenny and protecting her from Nikki"
"Now you know why I have to keep her away from jenny"
"No, Jake I'm sorry. You can't keep them from each other. Jenny said even if you say no, she's still going to see Nikki. She already found her. All she needs to do is drive to her house thirty minutes away"
"Peyton…"
"I love you so much, but you need to let Jenny make her own decisions-and mistakes. Maybe she'll decide she wants nothing to do with Nikki; maybe she won't. It's not like she's going to leave us"
"How did you and Lucas do it?"
"Do what?" Peyton asked confused.
"I don't know, it just seems like you've never had any problems with the custody situation and how Lily's raised. Even holidays aren't a problem and I remember it was a big deal with Nathan and Haley; remember how they would fight over Katie and David"
"Well, we both have pretty similar ideas when it comes to how we want lily raised; I mean, sure we've had our disagreements, but we've worked them out and Lily's a good kid. She's never done anything that…well we did when we were teenagers. Lucas and I really wanted to avoid fights about where she stays during the holidays so she stays with Karen during the holiday seasons. I don't know; I guess it's a good thing we were never actually together" she finished shrugging.
"Can I ask you something else?"
"You just did" Peyton said laughing as they put Aidan back into his crib and went back to their room. They climbed into bed and Jake put his arms around Peyton and pulled her close to him.
"So, what did you want to ask me? You never asked" Peyton asked burying her face in his shirt.
"Why did you want to kill yourself?"
"Do we have to go there tonight?" Peyton groaned. She turned around and faced the other direction.
"You always get out of answering whenever I ask"
"I missed you a lot after you left Jake. I mean I knew you had to find Jenny after Nikki kidnapped her, but it still hurt. And then I found out I was adopted. I felt unwanted and alone. I thought the only way to end what I felt was to just end my life then Lucas showed up and threw the pills and bottles away. He had just told Brooke how he felt, but she still went to her parents in California. We were two broken hearted teenagers who got caught up in the moment. You know the rest"
"I always had the feeling it was my fault"
"No! No, Jake! Never say that again. It wasn't your fault. It was mine, okay?"
"Don't blame yourself"
"I won't if you won't. What was that?"
"Looks like Aidan's awake again" Jake said as they got out of bed.
Charlotte: Morning after thanksgiving
"You're awake…finally" Haley smirked as she watched her fiancé start to wake up in the bed they were sharing.
"I still feel full from yesterday's dinner"
"Yeah, everyone's on their own for breakfast. Vivian and Lori aren't even going to eat breakfast-or so they say"
"So, I was thinking how are we going to pay for the wedding?"
"Well, you'll be happy to know the wedding dress from our first wedding still fits okay. My mom just has to get it altered some and she's going to add tulle to the bottom and I called Brooke and she said she would make a veil to go with it. Meredith and Lori said they would take care of invitations if we gave them the names and addresses of everyone invited. Peyton said it would be a good idea to have the reception on the beach, but we have to find a DJ. Your mom said she knew a priest who could marry us-unless you don't want to be married by a priest. We'll get the food catered from Karen's café of course. Anything else I forgot, we can figure out later"
"When did you figure this all out?"
"Last night and this morning while you were sleeping. How does your mom even know a priest?"
"Oh, she's dating one. His name is Joseph Ramseur. He's a catholic priest"
"Well, it's good that she's moving on from Dan"
"Yeah, so I was thinking about having more kids which I guess is a weird thing to think, but I know you wanted a big family"
"Yeah, there's something I have to tell you. Please don't get mad. Ben never wanted kids. He said having two step kids was enough for him. A few years ago I got pregnant and he was extremely angry. He didn't want this child we made together at all"
"Did you…did he…?" Nathan tried to ask confused.
"He forced me to get an abortion. There were complications and now it seems I can't physically have any more kids, ever"
A/N: Okay, there was more I wanted to write but I'm leaving for LA EARLY tomorrow morning so I had to wrap it up as soon as I could. I hope u like it anyway…please review