"Jake Jagielski" my voice became even more raspier than it usually is.
"Brooke Davis" he said in surprise, obviously not expecting the voice he was responding to belonged to me "What's a girl like you doing at a place like this?" he asked curiously, his eyebrows raising.
"A girl like me?" I crossed my arms and scrunched my eyebrows "You mean a whore?" I asked monotone, awaiting his answer as a little girl ran up behind him and hugged his leg "Aw!" I squealed and covered my mouth, kneeling down so I was the little girls height "this must be Jenny"
Jake shook his head quickly and picked Jenny up, resting her on his hip "no, no that's not what I meant, I meant…you look like you're dressed up for a party, not to be sitting alone here" he corrected himself and wiped a lock of Jenny's hair behind her ears.
I gave him a look that said "nice save" and walked over to him, stroking Jenny's cheek and the baby didn't push me away. Normally the small blonde wasn't as comfortable with strangers, but something about Brooke made her giggle and stretched out her arms.
I picked her up and swung her around, smiling at her father as I did so.
"You ok?" I suddenly heard him say "yeah…thanks" I smiled at him and he saw right through it "really?" he tried getting the truth out of me "no" I confessed and shook my head "do you want to talk about it?" he said politely.
Jake and I never really had the chance to talk before, he was always so caught up with Peyton or too busy trying to run away from his psycho ex Nikki. But I have heard great things about him and we were friends, we just weren't the type of friends that hung out and talked to each other about things, although things change and there was no one else around that I could vent to.
"Id like that" was my reply "how bout we go back to my place though, its much more warm" I suggested, pulling Jenny's coat around her tighter so that she wouldn't catch a cold "Sounds like a good idea" he took back the baby girl and walked alongside me back to the apartment I shared with my best friend Haley.
No ones POV.
Lucas stood still in his position, silence filled the place as everyone watched Brooke Davis run away. Then the silence was broken when everyone started yelling her name and pestering for Lucas to chase after her, and for a second he put that into consideration, but instead, he turned around and walked away. He didn't know what to say right now, he knew he should've ran after her, but he couldn't bare to see her after everything she had said, especially because it was true. He didn't realize it before but she was right, she had fought for him and she always lost to Peyton, her supposedly best friend.
"Why don't you just go back to him?" Jake asked as Brooke finished telling him her story "Because Jake, why do I have to go to him? Why cant he come to me?" she answered his question, with a question, giving Jake something to think about "good point" he said, looking over at his sleeping daughter on the couch "Maybe he's just….scared" he shrugged and looked back at Brooke "of what? Me?" she asked sarcastically "scared to admit that you were right" he said simply and went over to pick up sleeping beauty, making sure not to wake her.
"where you going?" she asked and followed his suit, changing the subject as she didn't know what to say to his response.
"I should go, sorry to have you rant and make a run for it" he laughed and bounced to keep Jenny asleep "its getting kind of late and I need to find a hotel, or motel, whatever's cheap , for me and my baby to stay in for a while since my parents moved away and I have no where else to go"
"Why don't you stay here?" Brooke suggested, she didn't know why she had said that. It was like word vomit, she had spoke without realizing it. But living in her apartment by herself, since Naley were on a vacation, felt lonely, and having company wouldn't hurt, there was an extra bedroom they could stay in (which was vacated by the husband and wife) and she had always loved kids, she could help him take care of little Jenny.
"Are you sure?" he furrowed his eyebrows, remembering Brookes "reputation."
"don't worry I'm not going to try and touch you when you're sleeping" she said as if she had read his mind, causing his cheeks to flush a vibrant red, hoping that she didn't feel offended, and again, as if she had read his mind, she quickly said "its ok, a lot of people take me for granted" she shrugged "you and Jenny can have the room across mine" she directed them to where it was.
"Hey Brooke" he grabbed her wrist before she turned to walk into her own room "Thanks" he smiled gracefully and let go of her, thinking to himself that his return to tree hill once again, was going to become interesting.
The next morning Brooke woke up to hear the cries of Jenny, causing her to walk into Haley's room, well Jakes room for now, and see the little girl being nursed by her father gently. This made Brooke giggle lightly, Jake was a better father and mother then her own could ever be, and he was only 17.
Jake had felt another presence in the room and turned around, stroking the babies back gently with one hand as he held her fragile head to make sure it wouldn't fall backwards with the other, even if she was already a year old he still had to be careful around her "good morning" he said groggily "sorry if she woke you up."
"Oh no! don't worry she didn't wake me" She replied genuinely, walking over to him, but before she could she heard the front door of the apartment creak open "I'll be right back" she held up both her index finger and walked to see who could possibly be there at this time of day.
"Haley, Nathan!" she said in surprise, expecting her two friends to come back in a month, but she embraced them tightly anyways
"Brooke!" they both said unison, returning her hug
"I know we said we would be away for a month but we couldn't handle being away from you for too long" Nathan joked, making Brooke slap his arm playfully, rolling her chocolate brown eyes at him, looking at Haley to tell her the real reason they came back early
"Well that's true and the fact that Whitey wanted to talk to Nathan about a basketball scholarship" she said, trying to hold back her excitement as she knew that she would burst out jumping and running around like a maniac, but Brooke didn't blame her, she was about to jump for joy as well "That's great! Oh my god! Nathan! Congrats!" she pulled him back into a hug and spun him around.
"Oh stop" he waved his hand when she had let go of him and pretended to blush, picking up his and his wife's luggage, bringing them into their room.
Brooke was too distracted from receiving the news about Nathan, that she completely forgot that Jake and Jenny were in the married couple's room "Oh wait!" she said and bit her fist, although she knew that Nathan had already spotted the two occupants of the room as she heard a thump noise, pretty much hinting that he dropped his bags in shock.
Haley rushed in to see if Nathan was ok, only to receive the same shocked expression on her face.
"Do I really look that bad in the morning? I know I haven't put my make up on yet but come on, I look decent, right?" Jake joked and touched his face with his hand, looking at his two dumbfounded friends, his eyes darting to Brooke when she walked in.
"Jake!" Haley and Nathan both ran and dog piled him, luckily he had put baby Jenny into her crib before they had or else they would've squished the poor little girl "Cant-breath" he said and patted Nathans back "get off-please" he tried pushing them off and when they did he stood up off the ground and straightened his clothes.
"Wow! I'm just as surprised as you guys are to see him here" Brooke suddenly said, acting as if she was oblivious to Jake being there as well, although she was joking, Nathan, Haley and Jake rolled their eyes at her, laughing, walking pass her into the living room.
"So, you and Jake?" Haley pulled Brooke aside when she was sure Nathan and Jake were in the living room, dragging Brooke to her room "when did this happen?!" she winked "it didn't" Brooke replied simply "nothings happening with us, I saw him---" she started explaining to her best friend what happened as she listened intently.
"I'm sorry" Haley said immediately when Brooke finished her story, giving her a side hug, leaning their heads against each other "He probably couldn't talk to you because he couldn't deal with the fact that you're right" Brooke giggled "funny, that's exactly what Jake said"
"I like Jake, he's a good guy, and a good guy is what you need right now" Haley put her hand on Brookes shoulder and squeezed it a bit before she left the room, leaving the brunette to sit there to reminisce in her thoughts, before saying to herself in a quiet tone "Its too quick to be going out with someone else, and….I still love him…."
After sitting in the room for quite some time, Brooke decided to go join the rest in the living room, they might think she was doing something suspicious, being in there for so long. She stood up and checked herself in the mirror, combing her hair with her fingers and pulling down her shirt to get rid of the wrinkles.
"Oh so she finally decides to grace us with her presence" the one and only Jake Jagielski laughed, winking at her as he took a bite out of the apple he was holding in his hand "Hey don't you guys have school today?" he asked curiously, one of his eyebrows raising.
"Yes father" they all replied "but what about you? Plus we have to arrange where you're going to stay since we need a place to sleep too" Nathan spoke up, looking at Haley, smiling slightly at how beautiful he thought she was "You can stay in Brookes! We'll bring in the extra mattress we kept in the closet, it will be fine!" Haley chimed in, her voice full of enthusiasm. She thought it was a great way for Brooke and Jake to bond, they both had a big heart and those hearts were broken twice, maybe they could be the ones to mend each other.