Disclaimer: I don't own OTH or any of its characters. I am just borrowing them

A/N: WARNING: You will probably need tissues. I know I did. This chapter is special to me. I will tell you why at the end so that I don't spoil the chapter

Thanks to everyone for all of the reviews. I look forward to reading them after each chapter.

Peyton….Peyton…." Jake stood there dumbfounded. He couldn't speak. He couldn't tell everyone what was going on. All he could was think about the last 12 hours

Previous Night

After everyone left, Jake walked through the house turning off the lights and making sure that all the doors were locked. He walked towards Danielle's room. He opened the door slowly and walked towards the crib. The precious angel was laying on her stomach lost in dream world filled with toys and bunnies. He walked out of the nursery and towards Jenny's room. He frowned when he saw the light shining from under the door. He slowly opened the door and found Jenny curled in a ball with the teddy bear Peyton had gotten her when she was three. She was bawling. Jake opened the door all the way and walked over to Jenny.

He sat down beside her on the bed and put his hand on her back, "Jenny?"

Jenny turned her head to face her dad, "How much longer is mom going to be with us?"

"I don't know honey. Why do you ask?"

"Cause Aunt Brooke and Uncle Lucas came today. Sara from my class told me that people she hadn't seen in years came to her house before her dad died. She said that when people start showing up, that the end is coming."

"Oh honey" Jake said as he wrapped his arms around his little girl "Sara is wrong. Ok. Aunt Brooke and Uncle Lucas wanted to come see everyone including you. They hadn't been home for many years and they knew that your mom was sick. They didn't come because they thought that the end is near."

"What if it is, daddy? What if mom dies soon?"

"Shh. Don't think like that. We have to stay positive, but if your mom dies. Then we move on the best way we can. We have a family that loves us and we have each other. You, me and Danielle will be okay."

"Are you sure?"

"I promise. I will need your help though"

"With Danielle?"

"Yea and other things. We need to make sure that if your mom is not here that Danielle knows all about her"

"She will, Daddy. She will"

"Are you okay?"

"Yes. Can I go say goodnight to mom again?"

"Sure sweetie"

Jake followed Jenny out of her room and towards the master bedroom. When they opened the door, Peyton was laying in bed looking through an old photo album that had been beside her bed. Jenny walked towards her dad's side of the bed and climbed up into the bed with her mom.

"What are you looking at mom?" Jenny asked

Peyton looked at the little girl. She saw the red brimmed eyes and the tear stained cheeks. She knew that Jenny had been crying. "Pictures of when you were little. See this is the day your dad and I got married"

"Look how little I was"

"Yea, but you were so cute that day"

Peyton turned the page and a piece of notebook paper fell out. Jenny picked it up and handed it to her mom.

"What is that?"

"This is the letter I wrote to you the night before we got married"

"You wrote me a letter? Can I read it?"

"It was suppose to be for the night before your own wedding"

"I don't want to read it now then. I want to wait so that it is that much more special"

"Okay. I will keep it in here for safekeeping. Remind me to give it to you before you get married"

"I will mom," Jenny said as she looked into her mom's eyes. She knew that her mom was not going to be there to see her get married. She didn't even know if she was going to be there to see her get up in the morning. However, she knew that her mom would be there on her wedding day in spirit and in words. Words that were held on that piece of notebook paper now tucked safely between the pages of the photo album again.

Jake watched from the doorway the interaction between his wife and his daughter. He had seen it many times before, but this somehow felt like the last time he would see it. He closed his eyes tight. He couldn't think like that!

Jenny and Peyton sat for a little over an hour talking, laughing and looking at pictures. There were recent ones and there we some from when Jake and Peyton were still in high school. Jenny laughed at Haley and Brooke's many different hairstyles. She laughed at a picture of Lucas and Haley as they had one of their signature milk balloon fights. She had heard about them and even seen where they had taken place, but she had never seen on first hand. Jenny felt herself growing sleepy. She knew that she should go to her room and go to bed, but she didn't want to leave her mom.

"Mom?"

"Hmm?"

"Can I lay here until I fall asleep and then dad can move me?"

"Of course, sweetie"

"I love you mom," Jenny said as she leaned over to hug her mom

"I love you too Jenny. I love you too" Peyton replied as she kissed Jenny's cheek.

She laid down beside her mom and went right to sleep. Jake walked into the room a few minutes later and sat down on the bed.

"She's out" Jake said

"Yea, she wanted to fall asleep here and have you move her"

"She was crying earlier"

"I know. I could tell"

"Let me go put her to bed."

"Wait a minute"

Peyton leaned over to whisper into Jenny's ear and then she kissed her on the cheek, "I love you Jenny"

She nodded to Jake and he picked the sleeping girl up.

"I'll be right back," Jake told Peyton

"Jake, Bring Danielle back with you. I want to see my baby"

Jake looked into the tearful eyes of his wife and he knew. She was saying her last goodbyes to their children.

Jake nodded his head. He couldn't speak.

Jake placed Jenny in her bed and covered her with her blanket. He kissed her forehead and walked out of the room turning off the light.

He walked towards the nursery and found Danielle wide-awake standing on the side of the crib.

"What are you doing awake?"

Danielle started laughing as Jake picked her up and walked back towards his room. He walked through the already opened door and walked towards Peyton's side of the bed. He handed Danielle to his wife and went to sit on his side of the bed. He watched Danielle smile and laugh as she played with her mom. It was doubtful that she would remember these times, but he was hopeful. She needed something of her mother that was her own memory and not something someone had told her.

Danielle and Peyton played until Danielle laid her head on Peyton's chest and started falling asleep. Peyton started singing to the child that she called her miracle baby. She leaned down and kissed her daughter's head before whispering in her ear. She looked up at her husband.

"Take care of our little girls"

"You know that I will."

"Jake, I don't want to leave you"

"I know honey, but I don't want to see you in so much pain anymore"

A single tear slipped down Peyton's face, "Go put Danielle back in her crib. I want a little mommy and daddy time"

Jake leaned over and kissed Peyton before removing Danielle from her chest. "I will be back in a minute"

Jake placed the sleeping baby in her crib and walked out towards the hallway. He leaned against the wall. He couldn't do this. He couldn't lose his wife. The mother of his children. Jake pushed himself off the wall and back to his bedroom. Peyton was waiting.

Peyton had moved so that she was completely lying down. She turned her body on her side to face Jake's side of the bed. Jake turned off the lights, stripped to his boxer shorts and got into bed beside his wife. He instantly put his arm around her waist as she nuzzled into his chest. He smiled.

"This is how we slept for the first year after we got married, remember?" Peyton asked

"I remember"

"Jake, Thank you for being a wonderful husband."

"It was my pleasure. A great wife such as yourself deserves a wonderful husband"

"I love you Jake"

"I love you Peyton"

"Can you just hold me like this tonight?"

"Are you going to be comfortable?"

"I can deal with the pain"

"Get some rest"

Jake softly kissed Peyton and she deepened the kiss. This is how things got started back right after they got married and they would sleep in this same position. Jake smiled as he kissed his wife and held her in his arms. He was going to miss the feel of her lips, the weight of her body on his arms and the feeling he got when she was with him

Jake looked deep into the Peyton's eyes. He saw their whole life together flashing through her eyes. Everything they had ever done and everything they would never get to do. He saw Peyton struggling to hold on, too not let go. She didn't want to leave her kids or him

"I am going to miss you Peyt. It is ok to go. I promise you. We will be fine. We have a family that loves us and we have each other. You can go"

Peyton looked at him with tears in her eyes, "I don't want to go. I don't want to leave you"

"I don't want you to leave us either. It is okay. Go"

"Are you sure?"

"I am sure"

"You will tell the girls how much they mean to me and that I love them both deeply"

"I promise to tell them everyday"

"I am so tired, Jake"

"I know. Get some rest"

"There is a box on this side of the bed. In there are letters. There is a letter for everyone including Jason. Please make sure that they get them. There are letters in there for milestones in the girls lives also."

"I will make sure that they get them"

"Tell Karen and Andy, thanks for being my parents these last couple of years. Tell Haley and Nathan, thanks for sticking with us. Tell Lucas and Brooke, that I am glad that we got to laugh together one more time. Tell them all that I love them and I will miss them"

"I will"

"I love you Jake Matthew Jagielski"

"I love you Peyton Sawyer Jagielski"

"I'll miss you. I am going to go to sleep now"

"Ok" Jake was able to muffle out as tears came sliding down his face.

Peyton Sawyer Jagielski died in her husband's arms on June 23rd at 6:04am, just as the morning sun was beginning to rise.

A/N: I know there are some of you who want to shoot me for letting Peyton die. Actually my original idea was for her recover and live, however after knowing someone with Cervical Cancer that was that advanced it was hard for me to write her living. Instead I let the story take me where it wanted to go. This chapter holds special meaning to me. Here is why: I lost my dad when I was 18. I never got a chance to tell him how much he means to me and I wanted Jenny and Danielle to have that chance. I have added my own way of remembering him with this chapter, June 23rd is his anniversary. I miss you, dad