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Flashbacks are in italics

Jake Jagielski walked silently out of the nursery. He had just got 9 months old, Danielle to finally go to sleep. Danielle had been up most of the night and day crying. As Jake walked down the hallway towards the kitchen, he looked in to his bedroom. The woman who he loved so very much was lying in their bed in an upright position, the only way she was comfortable. She looked like she was sleeping, but Jake saw the tears running down her face. Jake opened the door more and walked towards the bed.

"Peyton, What's wrong?" Jake asked

Peyton didn't open her eyes and she didn't answer. Jake knew not to push so he sat on his side of the bed leaning against the headboard and thinking. Slowly, his eyes started to close. He was exhausted.

Peyton slowly reached her hand across the bedspread towards Jake. It took all the energy she had for this one little movement, but it was a movement that she needed to make.

"Jake!" Peyton yelled up the stairs to her husband "Jake, you are going be late!"

"Dad! I would like to get to school on time today!" 8-year-old Jenny yelled from the kitchen.

"I am coming!" Jake yelled as he came down the stairs.

"Don't forget I have a doctor's appointment today at 2pm. They are going to decide if they should induce me or not" Peyton reminded her husband

"Don't worry I will meet you there. Come on Jenny!"

"Jenny don't forget Grandma Karen is picking you up from school today" Peyton reminded her

"I won't, Mommy"

"Bye Honey. I love you!" Jake said as he kissed his wife and then leaned down to put his ear to her stomach " Bye baby love you too"

"Bye you two! Love you!" Peyton said as he kissed Jake and Jenny

"Bye Mommy! Bye baby!" Jenny said as she followed her father to the car

At three o'clock that afternoon, Jake and Peyton sat in Dr. Miller's office. Her nurse had said that she wanted to see to them. When she walked in to the room, Peyton saw the expression on her face and her heart dropped. Something was wrong.

Dr. Miller walked around her desk, sat down in her chair and faced the young couple.

"What's wrong? Is it the baby?" Peyton asked

"The baby is fine."

"Then what is it?"

"Peyton, we are going to have to deliver the baby and we are going to have to do it by c-section"

"Why?" Jake asked

"When I was examining Peyton. I found some suspicious cells and I believe they may be cancer."

"Cancer?" Peyton stammered

"Can you be sure?" Jake asked

"Not until further tests are done. These test can be ran in the hospital after the baby is born."

"When do I go in?" Peyton asked

"Tomorrow at 9am" Dr. Miller said

"Ok, we will be at the hospital tomorrow at 9am ready to have a baby" Peyton said as she got up and walked towards the door

The next day at 11:04am Danielle Sawyer Jagielski was born. She was a beautiful and healthy. The family was complete.

Two days later they were dealt a horrible blow, Peyton Jagelski had stage 3 cervical cancer.

When Jake woke up, he found his wife and two daughters looking at him. Startled to see them all sitting there, he shook his head and looked again.

"What are you three doing?" Jake asked "and how did Danielle get out of her crib?"

"Aunt Haley is here, daddy" Jenny replied

"She came over about two hours ago and I think she is fixing dinner" Peyton added

"Jenny, why don't you go see if Aunt Haley needs any help? We will be there in a few minutes."

"Ok"

After Jenny left, Jake looked at his wife. He could see the pain through her smile. He felt like his heart was breaking. She wasn't going to be with them much longer.

"Take Danielle, please?" Peyton asked as Jake took their daughter "They aren't coming are they?"

"Andy said that he talked with Lucas yesterday and they were coming" Jake said as he looked into his wife's tear-filled eyes.

"I don't think I am going to be able to get up for dinner. Can you have Haley bring me something?" Peyton asked avoiding the subject of Lucas and Brooke.

"Sure" Jake said as he got off their bed and walked towards the door with Danielle in his arms. He looked back at his wife as she shut her eyes and turned away.

In the kitchen, Haley stood at the stove checking the chicken she had just pulled out of the oven. When Jake walked in she looked up and smiled at him.

"Hey sleepy head"

"Hey Hales. Where's Jenny?"

"Outback with Nathan. Jake, is something wrong?"

"She can't get out of bed"

Haley looked at Jake and knew what that statement meant, Peyton only had a little while left.

"I am going to go bring her dinner" Haley said, "Everything is ready for you guys"

"Thanks Hales" Jake responded

Haley smiled at Jake as she headed towards the master bedroom with a tray of soup for Peyton.

When Haley walked into the room, Peyton was watching TV. She looked towards the door and a smile appeared on her face

"Hales"

"Hey Peyt. I brought dinner"

"I am not really hungry"

"You need to eat, Peyton"

"Can we just talk?"

"Sure, what about?"

"Haley, I am not sure how much longer I can hold on. I can feel my body dying more and more. I don't want to leave Jake and the girls. I don't want to leave you guys." Peyton continued with tears running down her face. "I don't want to leave my girls without their mother, I don't want to leave my husband without his wife"

"Peyton, look at me" Haley said. She continued when Peyton finally looked up at her "You are a good mother and a great wife. Those girls are going to know who their mother was, they are going to know that you fought for them, that you loved them and that you never wanted to leave them. I promise you that!"

"Haley, please promise me that you will look after them, all of them."

"Peyton, Nathan and I will help raise them as if they were our own kids. We are their godparents after all. I promise you"

"Thank you, Hales"

"Now, you need to eat so that you have some strength when Brooke and Lucas get here"

"I don't think they are coming" Peyton replied

"Why not? They told Andy they were coming"

"I just don't think they are coming. I don't think that it matters to them that it is my dying wish to see them again. They left so many years ago without even a goodbye."

"You shouldn't think that way"

"I can't help the way I feel"

Haley knew not to push any further. Peyton was going to stand her ground and there was nothing Haley could do. "Well, eat up for your girls who will be right back in here to see you as soon as they eat their dinner"

An hour later Haley was walking out of the master bedroom. Peyton was asleep and had eaten most of her soup. Haley stopped in the hallway and looked out the window. She looked at the trees and the birds and all the things she took for granted. She heard the kids laughing and turned to walk to the kitchen. They were going to be there for them no matter what. She promised and she would keep that promise.

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