"Hands Down" by Dashboard Confessional, because it's so Bake! Thank you to everyone who sent in a review:)

Previously on LRP1

Tim took this as his chance. "Well, my lady, if you still want a piece of the Tim man, here I am baby, here... I... AM." He licked his lips.

"Okay EWW!" Brooke looked at him disgusted.

Jake put his arm around Brooke as they left. "Hey, umm...Do you have any plans tonight?"

Brooke looked at Jake. "No." Jake had already gotten his mother to say she would watch Jenny that night. "Well, my mom is watching Jenny for me and I just wanted to know if you...wanted to go eat or do something." He was so nervous.

"J. Jagielski, are you asking me out on a date?" Brooke smiled.

"Well, I figured I should, since we've made out so many times." Jake joked. Brooke hit him playfully. "So, yes?" Jake asked.

"Yes." Brooke smiled.

"So, you're working with Brooke, hun?" Peyton walked with Lucas to her car.

"Yeah, I guess. I doubt that we'll actually work together, or even talk for that matter." Lucas said looking at Jake and Brooke as they walked to his car. He saw Jake kiss Brooke.

"She'll talk to you again Luke." Peyton said trying to comfort him. She touched his arm gently.

"No. She's talking to you because you're her best friend Peyton. Me? I'm the guy who cheated on her. She'll never speak to me again." Lucas watched Jake and Brooke. At least she was happy now.

"So, we're going to be a team, hun Mouth?" Rachel said cheerfully.

"Yeah I guess, I'm not really on the team, I'm just the announcer. How did I get sucked into this?" Mouth asked.

"Don't worry about that. You're with me!" Rachel smiled.

"Nathan!" Haley said trying to catch up to her husband.

"Partner!" Tim was trying to catch up to Haley.

"What?" Nathan said turning to Haley.

"Why areyou mad at me?I said I wouldn't go!"

"You should work with Tim tonight. I won't be home!" Nathan said angrily. Haley being sucked back into her music was something Nathan didn't want to think about. It was easier to just be mad at her. It wasn't fair to her, but it was easier for him.

Brooke was on her third outfit. "You look fine!" Bevin said cheerfully from her bed. "You looked fine last time too! And the time before that!"

"I don't want to look fine. Fine was okay for Lucas, but this is Jake!" Brooke went back to searching for something to wear. "I have to look great but I can't look too slutty, maybe a little slutty, but not a lot. You know?"

"No" Bevin said confused. "Do you want to look slutty or not?"

"I want to look hot" Brooke answered.

"Stand under a lamp." Bevin suggested.

"What?" Brooke looked at Bevin.

"Look Brooke, you look great in whatever you were. Jake would still like you if you wore a trash bag so just pick something." Bevin said adjusting the pillow behind her.

"Are you saying this looks like a trash bag?" Brooke asked freaking out.

"NO! I'm saying, Jake doesn't care what you wear! You're just going to end up naked in his bed anyway." Bevin smiled and raised an eybrow at Brooke.

"Bevin!" Brooke said shocked.

"What? We both know Jake has a history of getting girls naked in bed, and you have a history of getting guys nakedin bed." Bevin winked.

"Bevin! Jake and I are NOT going to end up naked in his bed! It's our first date!" Brooke replied.

"First date, but you two are so passed that! You already made out with him in that closet at school. You slept with him the other night. You kiss him all the time," Bevin started.

"Bevin!" Brooke stopped her. She sat down on Bevin's bed. "OMG. What if he thinks we're going to have sex?" Brooke turned to Bevin. Bevin gave a little giggle. Brooke stood up. "I have to change again!"

Nathan made his way to the apartment after calling Tim to make sure Haley was with him. He just didn't feel like talking to her about this. He didn't want her to leave him again. There was a knock on the door. Nathan made his way to answer it.

"Hey there!" It was the one and only Chris Keller.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Nathan asked.

"I'm hear to see Haley" Chris said as he stepped back so Nathan wouldn't hit him.

Brooke stepped out of Bevin's closet for the sixth time. "Well?"

"I don't like it." Bevin said. It wasn't that she didn't like the outfit, she just wanted Brooke to pick one.

"Really?" Brooke asked surprised. "It's yours." Brooke said stepping back in the closet.

Bevin grabbed her pillow and put it over her face. "Make it stop!"

"Are you going to invite me in?" Chris asked.

"No." Nathan said closing the door.

Chris knocked on the door again.

"I don't open the door for Chris Keller!" Nathan said threw the door.

"This is not the brilliant and fabulous Chris Keller! It's a Girl Scout! I have cookies! You know you want them fatty!" Chris said in a higher girly voice.

"What about this?" Brooke said stepping out of Bevin's closet once again. She noticed Bevin trying to smother herself. "Bevin!" She grabbed the pillow.

"Give it back...OMG." Bevin looked wide-eyed at Brooke. "That's it! That's what you should wear!" Brooke looked amazing.

"Good, I like it too." Brooke smiled.

"Oh great! Finally!" Bevin fell back to her bed.

"It's not Girl Scout cookie season!" Nathan replied.

"Wow man, that is so sad! You actually know when Girl Scout cookie season is?" Chris said in his normal voice. "You are a fatty!"

Nathan opened the door. "I am not a fatty!"

"Nope! But you opened the door!" Chris ran inside.

Nathan looked at him as he sat on the couch. "You are one crazy son of a..."

"Mom?" Jake called as soon as he got home. "Oh, Jake honey! Thank goodness you are here. I know I said that I would watch Jenny tonight but your father has this emergency dinner with his boss and his wife. We have to go out of town. I'm so sorry." She kissed him on the cheek. "Jenny is asleep in your room! By sweetie! We'll be back in 3 days!" She ran out the door and into her car.

"What?" Jake couldn't believe it. How was he going to go on a date with Brooke?

He heard Jenny crying upstairs. "I'm coming Jenny, don't cry. Daddy is here." Jenny stopped crying when she saw Jake. He took her and held her in one arm, grabbing the phone with his free hand.

"Hello?" Bevin answered Brooke's cell phone.

"Hey, Bevin?" Jake said.

"Yeah, Jake? Hold on a sec, I'll get Brooke." She said. She turned to Brooke, "It's your LOVER!"

Brooke grabbed the phone and stuck her tongue out at Bevin. "Hey Big Daddy."

"Hey Babe, I have some bad news." Jake said sadly.

"What?" Brooke said.

"My mom had to go out of town so there is no one who can take care of Jenny."

"Oh, I see." Brooke said sadly.

"I'm really sorry we can't go out on our date."

"It's okay." Brooke said hurt. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

"Yeah, Bye Brooke." Jake said sadly. He hated having to cancel their date. He looked at little Jenny. He gave her a kiss on the top of her head. "You and me tonight kid."

"What happened?" Bevin asked.

"Jake canceled. No one can take care of Jenny."

"Oh, I'm sorry Brooke." Bevin said sympathetically.

"It's okay."

"So, she told you. Correct?" Chris asked.

"About the album and the tour?" Nathan said angrily. "Yeah."

"And I take it you told her not to go."

"Of course. Haley and I are married." Nathan said. "I love her."

"Then why not let her follow her dreams?"

The doorbell rang at Jake's house. "Who is it?" He called from the living room.

"Pizza." Someone answered. Jake hadn't ordered pizza. He went to open the door. He was surprised to see Brooke outside holding a pizza box.

"I hope pepperoni is okay." She said.

"Brooke?" He said, still surprised.

"Well, you couldn't go on our date so I brought our date to you." She smiled.

He smiled and kissed her. "You are amazing Brooke Davis."

"I know" Brooke smiled.

Haley watched as Tim spent the afternoon asking out various girls, all turning him down of course. "So Haley."

"Don't even try it Dim." Haley replied.

"I wasn't going to hit on you." Tim answered. "I wanted to talk to you about Nate. Help you out."

"I don't need your help." Haley said angrily.

"Yeah, you do! You're leaving your husband, again!" Tim answered.

"I am not leaving my husband!" Haley yelled. "I love Nathan more than anything."

"More than your music?"

"Yes." It finally clicked in Haley's brain, she had to stay for Nathan, no matter what. Forget the music. "Yes."

"Good." Tim replied. "You should go tell him that." Tim left Haley alone on a bench at the park.

"Book!" Jenny called from the couch. Brooke handed Jake the pizza and made her way over to Jenny.

"Hey there Jenny!" Brooke picked her up. Jenny smiled and laughed, wrapping her small arms around Brooke. Jake watched them and smiled.

Haley made her way back to her apartment. She walked in and found Nathan on the coach waiting.

"Nathan, I was hoping you would be here." She said sitting next to him. "I love you and I'm not going anywhere."

"Haley, I want you to go." Nathan said.

"What?" She asked.

"I want you to follow your dreams. I want you to sing." He hugged her.

Brooke, Jake and Jenny sat on the couch watching "The Little Mermaid." Jenny soon fell asleep in Brooke's arms.

"Thanks Brooke." Jake whispered in her ear.

She kissed him. "No problem." She rested her head on his shoulder. "This was a great date Jake."

He kissed her forehead and they continued to watch the movie until they, like Jenny, fell asleep.

AWW! Bake Date:) R&R!

Next Chapter: The Tree Hill Formal is on the way! Jake and Brooke get closer. Lucas trys again with Peyton. Haley sings. The girls share their secrets and fears with each other.