Hey, my lovely readers! I would have finally reached my goal and got a chapter up on time, but parctically the whole site was down last week. But it's up now, andI amin the mood for gossip!

I was reading a magazine the other day and I saw a picture of CMM with a girl – apparently they're engaged! She's an extra on One Tree Hill so it's pretty convenient, but she's only eighteen and remember how Chad's last OTH marriage turned out? I reckon he really shouldn't be rushing into something like this. But I guess that could be just me.

So, (sniffle sniffle) I only got two reviews for the last chapter – I am very sad! There's only six left to go until we get 50, so let's all pull together and make me a very happy person – maybe if we get the big 5-O, I'll update next week instead of in a fortnight!

Thanks to LilAngel and jeytonlover for reviewing the last chapter, and also thanks to iftheyonlyknewthetruth for kind of giving me an idea for this one.

And remember to pick out names- I currently have one vote each for Noah, Sam, Madeleine and Ella, so if you want to change that, get reviewing and help to name the Jeyton babies!

Oh, and enjoy the chapter! So...

"Hi Jake. How's my daughter?"

Jake stayed exactly where he was, not knowing what to do. It was all happening again.

Nicki looked at Peyton.

"Oh hi… what was it? Penny? Dayton?" Nicki smiled falsely at Peyton, very obviously knowing exactly what her name was.

As always, Peyton had a killer comeback.

"Oh, psycho stalker bitch! I thought we got rid of you." she smiled back and stuck out her hand for Nicki to shake, causing her to notice her engagement ring.

"Ah, so he knocked you up and then proposed – he tried that with me too." Nicki pushed her way through to the hall and turned to face Peyton and Jake. "Aren't you gonna let me in?"

"Nicki, if you don't get out, I'm calling the police." Jake reached for the phone.

"And tell them what – a mother is trying to see her child?"

As if on cue, Jenny walked out from the kitchen to the hall, holding the whiteboard.

"So guys, I really like the names Anna and Alex, if you're having any trouble deciding." she smiled and looked up, noticing Nicki in the process. "Who's this?"

"Oh, I'm just a psycho stalker bitch." Nicki smirked at Peyton, then put her hand on her chest and moved closer to Jenny. "Look at you, Jenny! You've gotten so beautiful."

"Um, Dad, why is the psycho stalker bitch trying to hug me?" Jenny took a step back.

"Oh, honey," Nicki laughed. "I'm your mommy."

"What? No." Jenny moved round Nicki to stand in front of Jake. "Dad, you told me my mom died. In an accident."

"Jenny-" Jake started.

"Oh, you killed me off? Wishful thinking, huh?" Nicki raised her eyebrows at Jake and turned to her daughter. "Honey, a long time ago, when you were very little, I made a few mistakes, and your daddy took you away from me. And all this time I've been trying to find you, because no matter what anyone says, I love you very much. And you're never going to have another Mom, even if, say, someone married your dad." she said, looking at Peyton.

"Dad, is that true?" Jenny looked up at Jake.

"Honey, it's really, really complicated. Peyton, could you just let us three talk for a little while?" Jake asked.

"Are you sure? I mean, if you want me to stay-"

"No, I'll be fine. You go and see Brooke." Jake handed Peyton the car keys and kissed her, before smiling and closing the door.

It all seemed a bit strange to Peyton. If you thought about what Nicki had said, she abandoned Jenny as a baby, and she couldn't possibly have been looking for fourteen years withoutreturning toTree Hill at least once. Why was she coming back now?

Peyton shook the thought away as she climbed into the car. She started up the engine and one of the twins kicked hard, causing her to let out a small scream. They had not been doing it long and it still felt very weird. Everything about her new life still felt a bit weird, really. The fact that it had all so happened so fast, that it was still all happening so fast.

It took around five minutes to drive from Jake and Peyton's house to Brooke's apartment. They used to visit each other 24/7 back before the argument, to talk about everything, from Jamie and Ross to what Jake and Peyton did last night. Peyton had missed having someone like that.

She rang the intercom for Brooke's apartment. There was no answer, so she rang it a couple more times until a man came out of the ground floor rooms and held the door for Peyton on his way out. She went in and climbed the flight of stairs, knocked on Brooke's door. One, two, three times. Peyton thought she could hear Jamie crying inside and Brooke still wasn't answering, so she found the spare key under the welcome mat and let herself in.

Jamie was sitting in his high chair, screaming and kicking. Peyton scooped him up and tried to calm him down, calling out Brooke's name at the same time.

Brooke didn't answer.

And that's when Peyton saw the note. She couldn't bring herself to read it.

She put Jamie back in his chair and ran towards the bedroom door. It was open. And inside, Brooke was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. There was a bottle of vodka and a handful of pills on the bedside table, and vomit on the floor.

Peyton was about to run to Brooke when she fell against the door. Her head was spinning, her vision was starting to blur…

And then everything went black.