"I am so full!"
"You should be. You ate more than me, Hales."
"Shut up, Nate. So I was hungry."
"That's an understatement. You ate a whole Sweet & Sour Chicken and half a box of Fried Wantons."
"Alright, so I was really hungry. Now who wants ice cream?"
"How can you eat anymore?"
"Don't question her, Jake. At my mom's café, she would eat a bowl of Mac & Cheese, a plate of fries and either a piece of cake or a piece of pie."
"Where do you put it all?"
"That's a great question, Little Brother. The way you three girls eat, you should all weigh 300 pounds."
"Well, we're not. I want Chocolate Chocolate Chip, Tutor girl."
"Alright. You want your usual, right Peyt?"
"Yep. Just bring it in the carton, Hales."
"That's what I was gonna do, Blondie. Do you guys want anything?"
"Nope." Lucas stated from his spot on the couch "But I'll help you get it."
"Na." Jake replied from the far corner of the room.
"I can't eat another thing." Nathan exclaimed from where he was laying on the floor.
"Okay. Suit yourselves." Haley said as she got up from next to Nathan, walked into the kitchen and returned a few seconds later with 3 cartons of ice cream.
"Here we go. Chocolate Chocolate Chip for Tigger. Cookie Dough for Peyton. And Mint Chocolate Chip for me." Haley said as she handed the girls their ice cream and then rejoined Nathan on the floor.
"Thanks, H. James."
"So you guys just moved in, but you already have ice cream in your freezer?"
"Yes we do, Broody. We never go anywhere without our ice cream. You sure you don't want anything?"
"Yea, I'm sure, but I can't say so for my brother." Lucas said as he watched Nathan steal a spoonful of ice cream from Haley, who was looking in the opposite direction.
"He totally likes her."
"He does. I just hope he doesn't hurt her."
"I don't think that he will. Look at his eyes, Lucas, there's love in them."
"But he just met her."
"It's never too soon to fall in love." Brooke said as she kissed him.
"Hey!"
"What?"
"Don't act all innocent with me, Nathan Scott. You stole my ice cream!" Haley said as she turned around to find her spoon empty.
"I don't know what you are talking about, Haley James. I didn't steal your ice cream."
"Says the man with ice cream on his face. You're a mess." she said as she went to wipe off Nathan's face with her finger. "You know if you wanted some, you could have just asked."
"I know, but then you wouldn't have gotten mad. And you're cute when you're mad."
"You think I'm cute?"
"Nah." when he said that he saw Haley's face fall. "More like beautiful."
"Thank you. You're not so bad looking yourself."
"So you think I'm hot? It's okay. You can say it."
"Alright. I think you are hot." Haley said while her face turned bright red from embarrassment.
"Don't be embarrassed. I know that I am hot."
"Oh my God! You are so cocky."
"What was that?" he asked as he inched closer to her.
"You heard me. You're cocky."
"Oh, now you are going to get it." Nathan said as he started to tickle Haley.
"Nathan stop. That tickles. Stop it."
"Not until you say it."
"Never."
"Then I'm gonna keep tickling you."
"Fine, I'll say it. Nathan Scott is the hottest guy I know and he isn't cocky."
"See that wasn't so hard." he said as he stopped tickling her, but was still on top of her. After a few seconds of staring into each other's eyes, Nathan leaned down and kissed her.
"You're really good with Jenny, Peyton." Jake said from the far corner of the living room.
"Thanks. Truthfully, I'm surprised that she likes me."
"Why is that?"
"Because usually kids hate me. When little kids see me, they run the other way."
"You would never think that by the way you act around Jenny. You're a natural."
"Thanks, but it isn't so hard. She's so cute. I already love her. You're a great dad to her, Jake."
"Thanks, it hasn't always been easy though. But I have a great support system. I have my parents, and my old basketball coach, Whitey, and I have Lucas and Nathan."
"That's good, but I didn't hear you mention Jenny's mom. But you don't have to tell me if you don't want to though."
"She's not in the picture. I dated her junior year of high school. She got pregnant and then disappeared 5 months later. I came home from basketball practice one day to find Jenny on my doorstep with a note from Jenny saying she can't be a mom. I haven't heard from her since."
"Wow. So you've been raising Jenny as a single dad. My dad has done that most of my life."
"Why?"
"My mom, Anna. She died when I was nine. Ran one red light because she was running late to pick me up. And then last year my birth mom showed up. Yep, I was adopted. Didn't know until last year though. My birth mom, her name was Ellie and when she first came to town I wasn't very nice to her. Well actually, I was a bitch. But I got to know her and she was a truly amazing person. We had 3 great weeks together before she died from breast cancer."
"Oh, Peyton. I'm so sorry." Jake said as he gave her a hug.
"It's okay. I had my dad and my two best friends to help me get over Ellie's death. And Brooke was there when my mom died. Haley and Brooke are like sisters to me, we are each other's support systems. We should probably put Jenny to bed though." she said looking at the peacefully sleeping girl in her arms.
"Yea. Would you mind carrying her back to my condo? I would take her, but she would probably wakeup and a crabby Jenny isn't good."
"Sure, lead the way."
With that Jake and Peyton took the sleeping baby back to the guys' condo. While Peyton was putting Jenny down, Jake excused himself so he could brush his teeth; he has this weird thing about hygiene. He was about to walk back into the room when he heard Peyton talking.
"You've got a great daddy, Jenny. He cares for you so much. And he's sweet and charming. Not to mention the fact that he is really good-looking. But that doesn't matter to you. He loves you so much. And guess what? So do I. I'm gonna come and visit you everyday. As long as that is okay with Daddy."
"That's fine by me. Jenny really likes you."
"Oh, shiiiuuut. Jake! You scared me. How much did you hear?"
"Nice save. And I heard enough to know that you think that I'm and these are your words exactly, 'really good-looking'."
"Oh, I'm so embarrassed."
"Don't be, I'm glad that you think that because now I can tell you that I think you are really beautiful. And you won't be mad because of what I'm about to do."
"And what would that be?"
"This." and then he kissed her.
A.N So here is the lastest update. Yeah! So enjoy and review! And read my other story too, I only want 8 more reviews for Fresh Start in An Old Place before I put a new chapter up. So everybody read, review and enjoy!