A/N Thanks for the reviews, here's the next chapter! This chapter is all Jeyton.
Warning: The D word is used quite a bit in this chapter so if it will offend you and then please do not read it.
Flashbacks are in Italics
Chapter Thirteen: How do you love two totally different kids?
It was December 18, a day that Peyton had waited on since the day her son had been born. Dakota was coming home, he was now almost a month old and 6 pounds and 3 ounces. Jenny was happy too, she hated it when her mommy would have to go away and her brother at the hospital and she couldn't go because she was too little.
Peyton dressed Dakota in dark blue sweatpants and a red and dark blue matching long sleeve shirt. She had him bundled up with blankets in the carrier, "Are we all ready to go?" Jake asked smiling at his wife, son, and daughter.
"Yeah daddy!" Jenny yelled happily Jake smiled, but the loud noise startled the baby and he began to cry.
"Oh Jenny you can't yell around the baby." Peyton told her firmly picking up the baby and rubbing his back to soothe him.
Jenny nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes, her mommy had never scolded her before. "Yes ma'am." She whispered quietly.
On the way home Jenny wanted to listen to her c.d. that Uncle Luke had made for her, it had all her favorite songs on it. She began singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and the baby started crying again.
"Jenny please be quiet, you've woken up Dakota." Peyton told her from the front seat. Jake pulled over and Peyton got the baby asleep again.
Jenny wished that they'd left the baby at the hospital, she hated him because he'd taken her mommy from her. She decided that she when she got home she would call someone who had more than one kid and would love and take care of her.
When they got home Jenny took the cordless phone from the living room and took it upstairs and pressed number 4 on the speed dial.
"Hello?" Brooke asked smiling when she saw the caller id. She thought Peyton must be calling to brag about Dakota coming home.
"Auntie Brooke?" Jenny asked sadly.
Brooke frowned hearing the tears in Jenny's voice, "Jenny? Baby what's wrong?"
"Can I come and live with you and Uncle Luke? I'll be a good girl and I'll help you with Seth and Austin." Jenny told her sadly.
Brooke waved to Lucas to come over and she mouthed "Jenny wants to live here."
"Jenny what happened? Why don't you want to stay with mommy and daddy?" Brooke heard the baby crying from somewhere in the house, she knew it was hard to give equal attention to two children at the same time.
Jenny was sobbing now, "Mo..mommy doesn't love me anymore. At the hospital she got mad at me and then twice in the car because I was singing. She used to love my singing. I want to live with you 'cause you know how to love more than one baby. "
Brooke's heart went out to the little girl, "Hey sweetie can I talk to your daddy?" She knew that Peyton loved Jenny and probably didn't even know what she was doing. Soon she heard Jake's voice on the other end.
"Jake what in hell is going on? Jenny's calling me crying because I know how love more than one kid, and now she wants to move in!" Brooke scolded loudly and Lucas fought sorry for poor Jake.
Jake glanced down at Jenny's tear stained cheeks and his heart broke, he'd already decided to talk to Peyton about what had happened earlier but before he'd had a chance Jenny had called Brooke. "Brooke please calms down, Peyton was a little short tempered with Jenny today and I'm going to talk to her about it."
Brooke heard the strain in his voice and knew that he was probably under a lot of stress as well and she understood that.
"Alright, but if I get another phone call like the one I just got I will come up there and give Peyton the spanking she deserves. I know she's a great mom and with two of my own and one on the way I know that it's hard giving the same amount of attention to both of them but it's something that has to be done. I mean when Austin was in the hospital I spent so much time there but damnit Seth was right there with me playing with blocks and Lucas would go home every night and tuck him in." Brooke stopped and sighed, "You're the man of that family so I'll leave this to you but the next time I talk to Jenny she better be thrilled about Santa coming!"
Jake smiled, he knew she was right. "I understand…and hey Brooke?"
"Yeah?" Brooke knew that Jake would take care of this.
"Thanks for being there for Jenny and us." He told her smiling down at Jenny and wiping away a tear from her cheek.
Brooke smiled, "Anytime and I'm glad that Dakota's home. Tell Jenny I love her and give her a special hug from me."
Jake agreed and hung up and knelt down beside his daughter, "I'm so sorry about what happened at the hospital and in the car and I know that mommy is too. We love you so much and it would break out hearts if you left."
"I love you too daddy." Fresh tears were streaming down the little girl's cheeks and he held her close.
Jake picked her up, "How about you stop those tears and you and I go the park…just the two of us."
"Yeah!" She said happily hoping that it wasn't too loud but she didn't hear any crying and no one scolded her.
When they walked downstairs Peyton was cooing over Dakota while she changed his diaper, "Where are you two going?" She asked looking up and seeing Jake holding Jenny.
Jenny laid her head against her father's shoulder so Jake spoke up, "I thought Jenny and I would go to the park." He told her in a voice that said he was upset with her and she'd better not say no. Peyton nodded and turned back to the baby.
Jake and Jenny played at the park for hours and before they knew it was getting dark, "We better get home baby girl." He said giving her a piggy back ride to the car.
"Do we have too daddy?" Jenny wasn't ready to go home she wished that she and her daddy could spend forever together just the two of them.
Jake gave her kiss as he buckled her up, "Yeah and I'll talk to mommy tonight alright. Things will be better."
Jenny nodded and fell asleep in the car, when they got home he didn't have the heart to wake her so he carried her up to bed he noticed that Peyton was on the phone with Haley it sounded like and Dakota was asleep.
He came downstairs and sat on the couch waiting for her to get off the phone.
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Haley had just gotten off the phone with a hormonal Brooke who'd told her about the phone call with Jenny when Peyton called to brag about Dakota. She'd tried to bring Jenny up in the conversation but Peyton was all about Dakota finally she'd had enough.
Startling her Nathan and Peyton she screamed, "Would you just shut the hell up! You've got two kids damnit! Not one but two!"
"I…I know, Haley what's wrong?" Brooke had told her not to say anything until Jake talked to Peyton but she just couldn't handle it anymore. For two hours Peyton had bragged about Dakota and ignored her when she tried to bring Jenny up.
Haley sighed and told Nathan to get her a glass of water, "You want to know what's wrong then I'll damn well tell you!" She drank a sip of water and started with her tirade. "Brooke told me not to but ya know what someone needs to you tell and as soon as freaking possible!"
Peyton had never heard Haley this upset, "Hales…I…"
"Shut up!" Haley yelled she knew her baby was getting an earful tonight. "I know that you've been terrified for that child but ya know what? He's okay now, the doctors gave him a clean bill of health! Jenny is just a little girl who's missed her mommy and she never complained once when you left to go the hospital and then when you go and pick him you scold her! On the way home you scold her just for singing a damn song? What was wrong with saying 'Jenny sweetie let's wait and sing when Dakota wakes up so he can hear your pretty voice?' She's a seven year old little girl who was so excited about having a little brother and now she wishes he'd never been born because in her eyes he's taken away one of the things that she adores most in the whole world her mother!"
Tears filled Peyton's eyes, she wiped them and moved to get up when she heard Dakota crying through the monitor, "The..the baby's awake." She said softly.
"Let Jake get him! He's been a father longer than you've been a mother, he took care of a newborn for months before you came along! And you're going to hear what I have to say." Haley knew that she was being harsh but it had broken her heart when Brooke had called and told her about what Jenny had said.
Jake left the room and went into the nursery, he'd wanted to be the one to talk to Peyton but Haley seemed to be doing a pretty good job. "Hey big guy." He said lifting the baby into his arms, "Smells like you need to be changed." He laid Dakota down on the changing table and started changing him. "Mommy's getting an earful downstairs from your Aunt Haley." He discarded the poopy diaper and rocked Dakota back to sleep then went downstairs where Peyton was still crying and holding the phone.
"Haley…I." Again she was told to shut up, Peyton knew that Haley was right she had been unfair to Jenny.
"I know that I'm not even a mother yet so maybe you should call Brooke because she seems to be handling two kids and a baby on the way just fine. I didn't mean to upset you but I wanted you to know that you've got a beautiful little girl that needs her mommy." Haley was finally finished, she hoped that Jake wouldn't be upset with her for telling her before he'd a chance.
Peyton waited a while until she was sure that Haley was done, "You're right I wasn't a good mother to Jenny today."
"Then make it up to her and don't be afraid to let Jake take care of Dakota and you and Jenny can go off." Haley told her softly.
"Thanks for telling me Hales." Peyton said wiping another falling tear.
They hung up and Jake walked over and put his arms around Peyton, "That was why you were mad when you took Jenny to the park because of what I said."
"I was just upset because you're a great mom and just having a hard time with two kids and I wanted you to realize what you were doing but you didn't." Jake kissed her forehead.
"Is she asleep?" Peyton asked softly, and he nodded.
"Yeah she is but you can talk to her in the morning and Dakota's asleep he just a stinky diaper." Jake told her.
A couple hours later Peyton was watching tv she hadn't been able to sleep so at about midnight she'd gotten up and was watching "Father of the Bride 2" on the Starz channel.
She heard little footsteps and smiled when she saw Jenny, "Hey Jen. What are you doing up?"
"I wanted a drink of water." Peyton smiled as Jenny sat on the couch beside her.
"I'll get it, would you like to stay up and watch this movie with me? It'll be our secret." Jenny nodded and Peyton got the water from the kitchen. When she came back Jenny was sitting closer to where Peyton had been. "Sweetie I'm really sorry about today, I love you so much. Mommy and daddy are going to make a lot of mistakes but we will always love you and your brother."
"I love you too mommy." She said cuddling against Peyton.
It was after two when Jenny went to bed after saying goodnight to her brother, she was happy because she had her family back.
A/N 2 Hope you guys enjoyed that, the next chapter all three families get ready for Christmas