Episode 17 Ch. 5 The Love Talk

Lily and Aidan are on the balcony. "You were right this is a beautiful view," Aidan told her.

"I wouldn't lie to you. Well I might, but then again I might not," she babbled.

"You're funny," he laughed. "So how's your boyfriend?"

"I don't have a boyfriend," Lily told him. The question made her think of Spencer and how much she missed him.

"Oh because the first time we met you told me you were going to have sex with him."

She was a little embarrassed, "Right well I remember that night because it was the night we broke up."

"Oh I'm so sorry. I feel like such a dick for bringing it up."

"No, don't worry about it. I'm totally over it," she faked a smile.

"You are not a very good liar Lily Scott."

"Yeah well I guess I'm not over it or well I'm not over him."

He looked at her, "You were in love."

"Yeah he was my first love. Do you remember your first love?"

He shook his head, "No because I have never been in love."

"What? No way you are like twenty-one. You've had to been in love before," she was surprised.

"Nope I've never fallen in love, but if I ever do I will let you know."

"It's amazing. I was reluctant too at first, but it just kind of happened," Lily smiled when she thought about it.

"But you guys broke up. That had to suck right?"

"Yeah it sucked, and I miss him everyday, but I wouldn't take back what we had for anything in the world. The pain that I felt after we broke up sucked, but the feeling you get when you know that someone else loves you is like nothing else you will ever feel," she smiled at him.

"Tell me what I can expect when I fall in love," he was interested in what she was going to say.

"Well when you fall in love you will get butterflies in your stomach, your heart will stop, your palms will sweat, it'll make you cry, it'll make you smile, and everything will seem in place at that moment." Lily wiped away an escaping tear.

"Basically you're saying that I'll be full emotions."

"Yeah I guess I am. I promise though that the good always out weighs the bad."

He smirked, "You still love him?"

"What?"

"Your ex boyfriend, you still love him, and you want him back," he informed her.

She shook her head, "No."

"Yes, I might not have ever been in love before, but I can tell when a person is still very much in love," he touched her shoulder. "You should tell him how you feel?"

She sighed, "I tried that already. I lost my nerve."

"Why?"

"Because he cheated on me, and I'm afraid of putting my heart out there again."

"He was stupid," he told her. "A girl like you could do so much better."

"You and my brother should be twins," she smirked.

"I'll be sure to talk to him about that," he joked. "If you really love him Lily, and being in love is as amazing as you said it was you should tell him how you feel."

"You really think so?"

"Yeah I do because if you don't you'll always wonder what could have been."

She was about to say something but Derek walked outside, "You ready Aidan? Mary Peyton fell asleep."

"Yeah dad I'm coming," he looked at Lily. "Follow your heart because from what I can tell you've got a pretty good one. I'll see ya later." He smiled.

"I'll see ya." She continued to look at the stars and think about what Aidan had told her.

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Brooke is sitting on her bed. Nathan walks in and looks for Sophie. "Where's Sophie?"

"She's asleep," Brooke smiled.

"Oh, but you usually stay in there with her," he was a little surprised.

"I'm taking baby steps. I thought that my fiancé would like to have a little time with me tonight," she pulled him closer to her.

"Really?"

"It's gonna take me sometime to get back to normal, but I want to work on it. I wasn't the only one that had a daughter kidnapped," she shrugged. "You need me too," she touched his face and then kissed his lips.

"God I've missed that," he kissed her again.

"Yeah me too."

They fell back on the bed and continued to kiss. Brooke stopped for a moment and tried to pretend like she was okay. Nathan noticed, "Come on," he said as he got off the bed.

"Where are we going?"

"We're going to watch our daughter sleep," he took her hand.

"Nate we don't have to do that."

"I want too. Come on," they walked out of the bedroom.

When they walked into the nursery they saw Isabella, Chase, and Eligh watching their little sister. They stepped out of the room.

"I think Sophie is fine Nathan, let's go back to our room," Brooke smiled.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah I am. Our little girl is going to be fine. She has a really big family to take care of her," she kissed Nathan and lead him to the bedroom.

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Jamie was sitting outside of his house when Becky walked up. "Hey I'm glad you finally called me back," he gave her a quick kiss.

"Yeah I'm sorry. I know we were supposed to spend the day together," she told him.

"Yeah we were but that's okay. What did you and Mia talk about?'

"I'm going on tour," she said it really fast.

"What?"

"I'm going on tour, and I'll be gone for most of the semester or longer," she was hoping that he wouldn't start yelling at her.

He gave her a kiss, "Congratulations baby that is awesome."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah I'm so happy for you. I love you and this is going to be great for your career." He kissed her again.

"I love you too. You do realize I'm gonna be gone for a while."

He held her face, "That's okay…I'm gonna miss you like hell, but this is important for you. I'm not gonna stand in your way. I would never hold you back from greatness." They kissed.

"I'm so glad you are my boyfriend."

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Andy was at his house looking at pictures of Karen, "I can't do it Karen. I can't give her my whole heart because I still love you more than anything."

Michelle is at home eating a tub of ice cream and crying. She had hoped that Andy would give her idea a chance, but he turned it down flat.

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Peyton and Lucas are sitting on the couch. "So that was fun," Lucas told her.

"Yeah it really was. They will have to come again." She looked really sad.

"What's wrong?"

"Keith still isn't answering his phone. Luke I am so worried about him. What are we going to do?" She looked at him with fear in her eyes.

He cups her face, "I don't know Peyton. He lost his dream in a matter of minutes maybe we should just give him sometime to get over it."

"So your answer to our problem is do nothing," she was a little confused.

"Yeah maybe if we back off and give him his space he'll come to us. Come on Peyt it's worth a shot. Nothing else we've done seems to help."

Peyton was about to speak when Keith came through the door knocking things down. "Oops," he said in a drunken slur.

"We do nothing," Peyton glared at Lucas.

Lucas stood up from the couch and went to help his drunk son. "Keith you okay."

"Oh yeah dad I'm fine. Um you know could you help me upstairs. I forgot where they were," Lucas looked at Peyton and then at his son.

"Come on let's get you to bed."

Peyton shook her head. She wasn't happy about doing nothing about her son's behavior, but she trusted Lucas' judgment.

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Jake was still down on one knee holding out the beautiful engagement ring. Emily hadn't said anything. "I um…I" she mumbled.

"I love you Emily, and I honestly never thought I would ever feel this way about anyone again, but you changed me. I would love it if you would be my wife."

Emily had pictured this moment in her head for so long. In her image of the moment everything was perfect and of course she said yes. But in her vision Nathan was the one proposing. He was the man that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with not Jake. Jake was who she had settled for.

She looked back at Jake and saw Nathan kneeling in front of her, "Yes I'll marry you. I would want nothing more." She bent down and kissed him. Jake was extremely happy, but as soon as the reality set in for Emily sadness filled her heart. She had said yes to Jake because she wanted him to be Nathan. She was going to marry a man she didn't love, but she had no other choice.

Okay so that is the end of Episode 17. Please let me know what you thought. The end is coming soon, and I'm really excited about it. There are like four more episodes.