Authors Note:
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"So, you never told me what you had to tell me." Jake stated, walking over to the couch.
"It was nothing. Now..." Jake cut her off. "Peyton. Come on you can tell me anything." Peyton shook her head. "No, no I can't." Jake sat down beside her and stroked her back. "Yes you can. Come on."
Peyton looked at him with tears cascading down her cheeks. She whispered,
"I'm dying."
Jake was broken. She felt as if someone had stabbed his heart a million times. His knees felt weak, his mouth dry. This could not be happening.
"...What...why?" Was all he could say as tears started to wander down his cheeks. He was losing the only girl he had ever loved. "Cancer." Jake shot his head up. "But...no one in your family has it." He said, in denial. "My birth mother Ellie did."
Jake looked away and covered his eyes with his hands. "No...no." He said through sobs as he stood up from the couch. He was crying so hard Peyton thought he would pass out. She had never seen him cry, and now she never wanted to see it again.
"No..." He exclaimed through sobs over and over. Peyton walked over to him and stroked his cheek. "I'm not going anywhere okay? I promise." He nodded and sniffled, taking his hands from his eyes and holding her tightly. "I love you...don't leave me!" Jake said again through sobs as Peyton stroked his back. "I love you baby...its okay. It's okay." Peyton whispered in his ear as she felt her shirt dampen with tears.
She soon found herself crying. Not because she was dying, but because seeing him like this reminded her of that night in Savannah. They stood there, embracing and crying, never ever wanting to let go again.
What were they going to do?
Lucas was asking himself that very same question. What were him and Brooke going to do? He had planned not to freak out, but now somehow it seemed overwhelming. Brooke had even moved into his house! This was crazy. They were only 17! He wasn't ready to be a father. Right?
After Jenny was tucked into bed, Jake lied on the bed and cried some more, soaking the pillow beneath him and his cotton undershirt. He started to sing to himself. This was one of his favorite songs, one that always got him through the day when he had been away from Peyton. And now he might lose her, forever.
Far Away: NickelBack
This time, this place.
Misused, mistakes.
Too long, too late.
Who was I to make you wait?
Just one chance, just one breath, just incase there's just one left.
Cause' you know, you know, you know,
I love you.
And I've loved you all along.
And I miss you.
We've been far away for far too long.
Peyton walked into the room and heard him singing. He sat up in the bed as Peyton crawled on top of him and over him to her side. Clutching his chest she whispered,
"Sing to me."
I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go.
I'll stop breathing, if I don't see you anymore.
So far away, so far away, far away for far too long.
So far away, far away, far away for far too long.
Cause' you know, you know, you know,
That I wanted, I wanted you to stay
Cause' I needed, I need to hear you say,
I love you, and I've loved you all along.
Peyton started to cry again as she clung to his chest. He wrapped his arm around her and finished the song. This had to be one of the most romantic moments in her life.
And one of the scariest. She knew Jake was broken hearted. And there was nothing she could do. Or was there? Maybe the doctor made a mistake, maybe they had the files mixed up or something. She had booked a doctors appointment for the next day to find out.
Brooke sat alone in Lucas's and her room flipping through a magazine staring at her belly. She was going to have Lucas's baby! She was so excited. The nervousness was still there, but she was happy.
Lucas walked in minutes later with a happy expression on his face. He had finally decided what he had to do. He just hoped it was the right thing.
"Hey!" Brooke said closing the magazine. "Hey pretty girl." Lucas said sitting on the bed. "What's up?" Lucas smiled. "Brooke, I have been thinking about this whole...baby thing...and I've come up with a solution." Brooke smiled. "Okay..." She said.
Lucas took a deep breath.
"Do you wanna get married?"
Authors Note:
So, that's chapter 7! Please R&R I LOVE THEM! And I miss Jeyton...have I mentioned that? Anyway before I babble on, spoilers for the next chapter.
Will Brooke say yes?
Does Peyton really have cancer?
Find out in the next chapter! R&R please!