Episode 3 Chapter 2 Truths

Daniel is sitting at the café. Jeremy walks in and sits next to him. "So I feel like this is kind of weird."

"Why?" Daniel already knew what the answer would be.

"We're not friends. I mean we're not enemies or anything like that, but I don't think I've ever talked to you. So it was kind of weird when you called and said you wanted to meet me."

"I have this idea."

"Okay," Jeremy nodded. "I'm waiting."

"I think that we should be business partners."

"Okay now I'm even more confused."

"I think that we should work together. I know that you're not really doing anything."

"I work at the grocery store. I happen to like my job."

Daniel laughed. "Yeah…that's going to be a great career for you."

"Okay…I'm leaving."

"Wait," Daniel stopped him. "I have a ton of money that Andy gave me, and I have a few ideas, but I need someone to work with."

"I don't really have anything to offer. I work at a grocery store."

"I know that." Daniel chuckled. "But I think that we would work well together."

"So what do you have in mind?"

Daniel smiled. He knew this was going to be a great idea.

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Miranda and Scarlett are eating ice cream. "Is your ice cream good Scarlett?"

"It's the best," Scarlett smiled. She was so happy when she was with Miranda.

"Good…Mine is pretty awesome too."

"I want you to be my mommy. I don't like Lily."

"Sweetheart."

"She's mean. I want you to marry my daddy and be my new mommy…not her." Scarlett continued to eat her ice cream.

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Lily is dusting.

Spencer walks in.

"Do you need some help?"

"I'm almost done." She doesn't even look at him.

"Okay…Do you want to go out later?"

"No…I have to go to the café, and then I'm going to pick up the kids. I don't like it when they aren't home at night."

"Lily," he stops her from walking away. "I love you. And I hate it when you shut me out. We have to fix this. I can't take it. I don't want us to fall apart."

"I don't want that either." Lily pulls away from him. "I'm going to finish cleaning." She walks out of the room.

Spencer felt like he was dying. He just wanted things to go back to normal. He wanted his wife back.

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Jamie walks into Summer's house. She was in the kitchen. "Hey what are you doing? You are supposed to be in bed."

"I was hungry."

"Come on…Get back over here." He helped her to the couch. "I'll get you something to eat."

"No that's okay. I'm surprised to see you here."

"I wanted to see you. I'm sorry I haven't been over lately. I've been spending a lot of time with Carter."

"That's understandable Jamie. He's your son."

"Yeah well it's been hard for him. Breanne and I broke up."

Summer looked surprised. "I'm sorry Jamie."

"It's for the best. We had too many problems. They couldn't be fixed."

"Let me know if there is anything that I can do for you."

Jamie smiled, "I'm supposed to be asking you that question. How are you feeling?"

"I'm good. This little one keeps kicking but I'm doing well."

"That's great." He looked around. "Do you mind if I just hang out here for awhile?"

"I think I'd like that a lot." She smiled and scooted over. Jamie sat beside her. He really liked spending time with Summer.

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Clare and Smith are walking around the park. "I am so happy that you are home."

"Me too," he stops walking and kisses her gently. "I love you so much Clare."

"I love you too." She smiles at him but he doesn't smile back. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing…"

"I think you forgot who I am? I know you almost better than you know yourself. So what's wrong?"

Smith looks down. "I got a job offer in Georgia. It's a pretty awesome job Clare. I just…I don't know what I'm going to do."

Clare didn't want him to go. He couldn't go.

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Mick walks into Deb's apartment. "Thanks for letting me come in."

"Mick…"

"I love you Deb. I want to marry you."

"I can't marry you Mick. And if that's why you came over then I think that you should leave…I can't explain it to you again."

"You never explained it to me…You just said you couldn't marry me."

"I care about you Mick, but I can't get married. I promised myself I would never get married again, and I'm not going to marry you."

"But you want to sleep with me."

Deb nodded.

"You know what…it was a waste of my time to come here…If you can't marry me then I don't want to have a relationship with you."

"Then that's your choice Mick…But I'm not changing my mind. I'm sorry."

"Yeah me too." With that said Mick walks out of her apartment.

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Riley and Ellie are sitting in the doctor's office. Riley is holding her hand.

"I'm nervous…I'm so nervous Riley."

"I know me too." He did not want her to be pregnant. If she was pregnant it would ruin everything.

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McKenzie and Hunter are at the park with Ally. She is running around in circles. "She is having a good time."

"Sometimes I get scared that she is going to get hurt."

"Yeah well we can't protect her from everything."

"I know, but I'm going to try." Hunter smiled. "I'm glad that we can finally talk about this stuff."

"Me too Hunter…I…"

"Don't say it," he touched her hand gently. "You don't have to keep apologizing."

"Okay…"

"Besides we're not here to talk about this…We are here to talk about how incredibly stupid my father is being."

"You're still grounded?"

"Yeah…and he won't let me move out. It's ridiculous. I have a daughter. I should be able to do the things that I want to do for my daughter."

"So what's your plan?"

"I'm going to get emancipated. That's the best thing for me and for Ally and for you." He smiled.

"Are you sure that is what you want?"

"Yeah…I want to raise my daughter with her mother. That was always my plan, and it still is. This is one battle my dad won't win."

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Lily is about to go into the café when Nathan stops her. "Hey…"

"Oh hey…"

"Spencer said that you would be here."

"Yeah…" Lily was a little distant. She had been that way with everyone lately.

"Could I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure…let's walk…" They started to walk away from the café. "What's up?"

"Millie," Nathan took a deep breath. She was a hard subject in his life. "She's a mess."

"I've heard that things haven't been going great."

"Oh that's probably the understatement of the year."

"She's a teenager. It will get better."

"I don't think so…I mean I want it to but I just I don't see her changing anytime soon." Nathan stopped walking. "Could you talk to her for me? I know you've been through something similar to this."

"Oh Nathan I'm pretty sure I was a lot worse than Millie. I was having sex when I was her age."

"Yeah well I'm not so sure that she isn't having sex."

"Oh," Lily sighed. "I'll talk to her Nathan. I'll explain how things went with me. I guess I'm the poster child for screwing up."

"No way Lil…You have the perfect life."

"Or so I thought."

"What?"

"You know it's nothing. I've got to get back to the café. But I'll swing by in a couple of hours to talk to Millie."

"Thank you Lily…I really appreciate this."

"No problem." Lily walked away.

Nathan couldn't help but wonder what was bothering her. He knew about Scarlett, but he never imagined that she would take it this hard.

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Millie is sitting on the bleachers at the River Court. Joey walks up. "What do you want? I got all twenty of your messages."

"We need to talk about what happened that night."

"Nothing happened Millie. You passed out before anything could happen."

"Well see…" Millie stood up. "You were going to rape me. I know it."

"I wasn't. You can't rape the willing Millie. And that night you were definitely willing."

"You drugged me."

"No," Joey shook his head. "You drank too much. I didn't drug you. And if you tell anyone that I did you would be lying."

"No…I know that you did."

"No I didn't." He was sure of it. She was already so drunk that he didn't have to slip her anything, and before he could actually have any fun with her she passed out.

"You know what pisses me off is that no one even asked me what happened at the party. They didn't even care that I could have been raped or worse…But you know what if I told them that I was raped they would believe me…And my dad would go after you."

"But you weren't raped." Joey yelled at her.

"Yeah but I could probably get away with it."

"You are a bitch."

"Just don't mess with me Joey…Remember I can make your life a living hell." She smiled at him and walked right passed him.

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Savannah runs into the house in panic. "DAD….DAD….DAD…" She screams for Lucas.

"What?" Lucas runs downstairs. "You're little brother is asleep."

"Who got the mail today?"

"I don't know." Lucas squinted.

"Dad…this is serious…I always get the mail."

"I know, but maybe someone else wanted to get it."

"No," she was freaking out. "I get the mail. I always get the mail. This is bad…This is really bad."

"Savannah Scott," Lucas shakes his head. "It's just the mail."

"Ah," she screams before running upstairs.

Lucas didn't know what to think. Maybe it was a girl thing.

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Peyton is at the studio staring at a letter addressed to Charlie. It had Lindsay Strauss's name in the return address.

She couldn't believe after all these years she had finally tried to contact Charlie.

She didn't know if she should open it or give it to Charlie. She didn't want to give it to Charlie. She didn't want things to change for them.

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