Episode 3 Chapter 5 Truths

Riley and Ellie walk up to her house. "You better go. If my dad sees you he'll go postal."

"So what? I don't care…We just went through something pretty major. We need to be together right now."

Ellie shook her head. "Riley I think maybe our dads were right."

"What are you talking about?"

"I think we need sometime apart."

"What?" Riley was confused. "I thought you were okay with sneaking around."

A tear fell from her eye. "Riley…I thought I was pregnant, and…"

"Well we don't have to have sex."

"I just think that we need to be apart for a while. It will make us appreciate one another better."

"I don't get it. I thought we had a good thing going. Are you breaking up with me?"

"No…it's just a break."

"What am I supposed to do?"

"We just need some time."

"You are mad at me because I suggested that you get an abortion."

Ellie didn't say anything.

"I knew it. We're just so young. I'm not ready to be a father."

"That's why I think we should take a step back and re-evaluate things. It's only for a month."

"Fine," Riley was mad. "If this is what you want then fine." He storms off.

"Riley," she calls out for him, but he doesn't say anything. He just keeps walking.

Ellie loved him and she always would, but they had moved way too fast and really needed to slow down.

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Millie's therapist is walking out of her office. "Wait," Millie runs towards her.

"I'm sorry Miss Scott but you are late."

"I know, but I need to talk to you."

"Well I'm sorry but it will have to wait."

"No…please…."

"We can meet tomorrow…just call in to see when I'm free." Louise walked away.

"If you can't talk to her maybe you will talk to me."

Millie turned around to see her dad standing behind her.

"It is definitely time for us to talk."

Millie made a face. She couldn't avoid the inevitable.

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Charlie is in his room. He grabs a bag.

Savannah walks in. "What are you doing?"

"I just overheard…" He couldn't even say it. "It doesn't matter."

"Wait…what are you doing? Talk to me Charlie."

"I just heard your mom tell dad that…" He sighed.

"Okay wait a minute…why did you just call mom my mom?"

"Because she's not my mom…you know I never thought about it, but she's not. I don't want to stay here tonight…I'm going to go to a friend's house."

"Mom is your mom."

"Not according to her." Charlie was so upset.

"Charlie…I…um…you…" She didn't know how to say it.

"Charlie," Lucas walked into the room followed by Peyton. "We need to talk to you."

Savannah knew that they had found the letter, and her secret was finally going to come out.

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"I'm sorry," Doctor Hall told Elizabeth and Noah. "I wish that we would have caught this before now."

"We brought her to see a doctor in the clinic almost a week ago. They said she just had a cold." Elizabeth was so upset.

The doctor shook his head. "She may have had a cold then, but she has pneumonia now. We're going to have to keep her in the hospital."

"Is she going to be okay?" Noah asked.

"We're going to start her medicine and give her fluids. I promise we're going to do everything we can to make sure she's okay. We just have to get her fever down."

Elizabeth held onto Noah's hand. She couldn't believe this was happening. She couldn't believe her little girl was sick. She just wanted to protect her and make her feel better.

Daniel walked in.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes.

Doctor Hall walked out.

"How is she?" Daniel asked.

"We just have to wait and see. My little girl is pretty sick." Noah told him.

"Well I'm here for you guys anything that you need all you have to do is ask." Daniel looked at Elizabeth, and she just looked away.

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Millie and Nathan walked into the house. "Okay dad…You were really silent in the car. I thought you were going to yell at me."

Nathan didn't say anything.

"Okay so the silent treatment pretty much sucks."

"Yeah well the way you have been acting pretty much sucks." Nathan told her.

"I'm sorry."

"Sorry doesn't work anymore Millie."

"Okay so what do you want me to say?"

"It's not what I want you to say…it's how I want you to act." Nathan sighed. "You have to do better Millie or else I will have to do something drastic."

"What do you mean by drastic?"

"Keep acting the way you have been acting and you'll find out." Nathan started to walk into the kitchen but then turned around. "Go to your room."

Millie nodded and walked upstairs. She didn't care what her dad had planned for her she liked who she was, and she wasn't going to change….Not for anyone….

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Miranda and Spencer are sitting in her living room, and Scarlett is in Miranda's bedroom playing.

"I don't understand what you are saying Spencer. Do you want me to keep Scarlett?"

"Not forever, but I have to fix my marriage…I have to work things out with my wife, and Scarlett seems to hate her…I love my daughter very much, but she seems to love you very much."

"I still don't get it."

"I want you to keep Scarlett for a few days. Please…"

"I don't mind." Miranda told him.

"Wait," Scarlett walked out of the bedroom. "Do you not want me to go back home with you?"

"No I do Scarlett, but I think you and Lily need to take a break from each other for a few days." He kissed her forehead. "Do you think that is a good idea?"

"But I get to come home right?"

"Yeah…you can come home in a few days after you have spent some time with Miranda…But when you come back you have to start getting along with Lily. I know you don't like her Scarlett, but I love her, and she is my wife, and she is your stepmother. And you don't have a choice."

Scarlett just looks at him.

"I love you sweetheart." He hugs her. "And everything will be okay if you give Lily a chance. She's a good person, and if you get to know her I think you will understand that."

"Okay daddy." She gives him a hug.

Spencer sure hoped that things would get better for all of them.

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Melinda hands Brooke a piece of paper. "This is the only information I have on him. He was raised in Oregon, but I don't know anything else about him."

"Do you think you could find out?"

"I can try." Melinda smiled. "Brooke…do you really think that this is a good idea?"

"I have to find him. Chase's wife is having a baby, and I want him to know that he has a family out there…a blood family."

Melinda nods. "We will try to find him Brooke, but I'm not sure that he's going to care."

"He has to care. I need him to care."

"He's not Chase."

"No but he's going to look a whole lot like him…and right now…That's what I need."

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Clare and Smith walk into Andy's kitchen.

"Hey dad…where's mom?"

"She went grocery shopping…what's up?"

Clare and Smith share a look.

"I'm waiting."

"I want to marry your daughter." Smith blurted out.

Andy looked surprised.

"But I need your permission."

"Hell yeah you need my permission."

"Daddy…"

"I don't understand why the two of you want to get married."

"I got a job in Georgia, and I am going to take it. I want Clare to come with me." Smith squeezed her hand. "I love her sir."

Andy smiled. "I know that."

"So can we get married?"

"I want you to finish high school. I think the two of you can spend eight months apart. This is your senior year Clare…I want you to finish."

"But after I finish…"

"You can marry Smith with my blessing."

Clare kisses him. They were going to have to do the long distance thing for eight months, but Clare was certain that they could handle it.

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"Charlie we have something to give you." Peyton walked over to him. She notices his bag. "Are you going somewhere?"

"I'm going to spend the night with a friend."

"I don't think that is such a good idea Charlie. We really have something that we need to talk about."

Peyton hands Charlie the letter.

"What is this?"

"It's from Lindsay."

"You guys read it already?"

"I'm sorry. I was so upset when I saw that she sent you a letter." Peyton looked down.

"Why didn't you tell us that she had been sending you letters?" Lucas asked.

Charlie was confused. "I've never gotten a letter from her."

"But in the letter…just read it…" Lucas encouraged him.

Charlie skimmed over it. "I've never gotten a letter from her."

Savannah looked down.

Everyone looks at her.

"I'm sorry." She looks at them. "I found the first letter and I was so afraid I hid it. Then I found out that she would send a letter every two months." Savannah walked to the door. "Wait right here."

Charlie couldn't believe what was going on.

"Here," Savannah brought him a box of letters. "I'm sorry…but I guess Lindsay does really love you."

Charlie didn't know what to say. He was so confused.

Lucas and Peyton were both worried.

And Savannah knew that everyone would probably be mad at her.

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Lily is in the kitchen unloading the groceries.

"Hi," Spencer walks in. "I was hoping I could help."

"Sure…" Lily didn't look at him. She just kept doing what she was doing. "Where's Scarlett?"

"She is staying the night with Miranda. Actually she is going to be staying with her for a few days."

Lily finally looks up at him. "Why?"

"Because I think sometime apart will do us some good."

"Oh are you leaving too?"

"No…I'm not going anywhere. I love you Lily Roberts, and I'm sorry that my past keeps coming back to haunt us. I wish I could change it, but I can't." He touches her face. "I love you."

Lily nods. "I love you too."

He leans in and kisses her. "The kids are with my mom."

"I love you Spencer, but sex isn't going to fix us." She pulled away.

"What is going to fix us?"

"Time," she said as she walked out of the kitchen.

Spencer sighed. He hoped it wouldn't take too much time. He was really beginning to miss her.

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Nathan is sitting in the kitchen when Hunter walks in. "I told you an hour." Nathan stands up.

"I know…I had some things I need to take care of."

"I'm getting tired of this. I am in charge of you Hunter. I'm your father."

"Yeah well I talked to a lawyer today and I'm going to get emancipated from you just like you did to your parents."

Nathan shakes his head. "Over my dead body Hunter…I'm not going to let that happen." He refused to give up his son that easily.

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Daniel steps out of Emma's hospital room.

His phone rings. "Hello…Yes this is he. Um okay thank you." He hangs up. He couldn't believe it. He would finally know if Emma was his daughter or not.

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Alright so there is the end of the episode. I hope you guys enjoyed it. A lot happened in this episode and a lot is going to happen in the next episode too.

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