"I will have my verdict tomorrow," the judge said, "8 a.m.," the judge shot a sharp glance at Nikki, "sharp."
1 point for me, Jake thought. Jake had finally found Jenny in Canada with Nikki. He brought his case to a judge in Buffalo and now he was here. If Jake got Jenny he would return to Tree Hill forever. But if he lost, he wouldn't' go back, not to the place that held all his memories of Jenny.
Jake stepped over to Jenny and kissed her good-bye. "I'll bring you home tomorrow, baby." Jake said softly and handed Jenny over to the baby-sitter. The judge thought that having an unbiased sitter take care of Jenny was the right thing to do. He would of argued, but he didn't want Jenny to go with Nikki either.
As Jake entered his hotel room, his laptop was beeping like crazy. Did she get his IM? He opened the conversation.
Lucas3: Haley totally saved your butt today.
Just Lucas, he thought, disappointment growing.
Tutorgirl06: What do you mean?
Lucas3: Peyton asked Haley why she IM ed her this morning, and she came up with something instead of saying it was you.
Good old Haley, Jake thought and smiled to himself.
Lucas3: Me and Haley were talking and she agreed that you can talk to Peyton online, but you pretend you're really Haley. And I know you were worried that you would cause her pain, but now this way, you can still talk to her…
Whoa, good idea guys…, Jake thought.
Tutorgirl06: And Haley's cool with it?
Lucas3: She came up with it man. Anyways, how did the trial go today?
Tutorgirl06: Good, considering Nikki was kissing up to the judge during the whole thing…
As Jake wrote back and forth to Lucas, he realized that he had good things going for himself. Yeah, he was battling not the lose his daughter, and he hadn't talked to the love of his life for almost 6 and a half months. But he had great friends that he can count on, even when he couldn't count on himself…
