Episode 8 Chapter 2 Away We Go

Mia and Jake were standing across from Max and Rosi.

"Are you kidding me? That's stupid." Max was outraged.

"Excuse me," Jake spoke in a concern tone.

"You guys can't go on tour. I have school."

"We thought you could be tutored, and it'll be a fun experience." Mia told him.

Max shook his head. "It might be a fun experience for the two of you, but I'm not going."

"Max you don't really have a choice in the matter. We have to do this."

"Why?"

"Because Peyton needs us to for the label."

Max rolled his eyes. "Isn't that the woman that stomped all over your heart? Are you still in love with her?"

Jake shook his head. He could believe how difficult Max was being. "No I am not still in love with her. She has been good to both me and Mia, and we are going on tour."

"I hate you." Max stood up. "I hate both of you if you make me go."

"Then I guess we will have to live with that." Jake told him. He turned and looked at Rosi. "Are you okay with it honey?"

"Do we have to sweep in a bus?"

"Probably," Jake smiled at her innocence. He wished Max was still like that.

"Yay," Rosi jumped up. "I'll start packing my bags wight now."

Jake smiled. Mia rubbed his shoulder. "Max will be okay."

"I know. I just hate it when he tells me how much he hates me."

Mia sighed, "Yeah I guess I know now how my parents felt."

"Definitely sucks." Jake kissed her cheek. "But I'm glad that I have you by my side."

"I'll always be here for you Jake. I love you."

"I love you too." He kissed her lips slowly and gently.

Mia was amazing. He was so glad that he had found her. She was good for him, and she was good for the kids.

….

Hunter walked downstairs. "Hey dad," he spoke to his dad, who was sitting on the couch. He looked like he was sulking. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," Nathan sighed. "I'm fine."

"You don't seem so fine."

"I am."

Hunter sat down beside him. "I bet I know who this is about."

"Hunter just leave me be please."

"No," Hunter shook his head. "You never let us sulk without talking to you about it. You don't get a pass just because you are the dad. So what's up? Is this about your decision to send Millie away?"

Nathan sat in silence for a moment. He figured he better talk about it. Hunter didn't seem to be leaving anytime soon. "I'm not having second thoughts about my decision. I just wish I knew where I went wrong with your sister."

"You didn't go wrong dad…Millie's just testing you."

Nathan gave him an odd look. "And you know so much about a teenager testing a parent. Is Ally that old already?"

Hunter chuckled, "No, but I test you all the time, and so did Jamie and Eligh. We were just easier because we were guys."

"I don't know about that."

"Millie needs mom."

"She has Brooke."

"Dad I love Brooke, but she doesn't have much credibility."

"What the hell does that mean?" Nathan was beginning to become confused.

"She left. Millie doesn't trust her, and she doesn't feel a connection to her like you are supposed to with a mom."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I pay attention." Hunter smiled. "You need to talk to Millie."

"Talking to Millie is not going to change my mind. I'm sending her to boarding school."

Hunter stands up, "Yeah and when she comes back in two or three years and doesn't talk to you then you'll regret not talking to her now." Hunter walked to the door. "I've got to go. I have a hot date."

Nathan nodded and Hunter walked out of the door. "When did that kid get so smart," Nathan whispered to himself.

…

"I never meant to hurt Noah." Daniel felt bad about what happened. He wanted to fix it and make everything better for his brother. "We were never going to tell him the truth. I was never going to admit that I was Emma's father."

Andy walked into the room. He had been listening to the conversation. "Why would you keep something like that from your brother? Why didn't you just tell him?"

Daniel dropped his head and then looked at his mom. "Elizabeth didn't want him to know. It was her idea. She said that we would hurt him."

"You would think Elizabeth would be happy that you were the father. At least now Emma has some connection to Noah and this family."

"Yeah well she didn't see it that way, and I am guessing that Noah didn't see it that way either." Daniel sighed. He just wanted all to go away.

"What are you going to do now?"

"Well first I have to find my brother, and then after that I don't know."

"I'll help you with the first part." Andy smiled. "And then after that I don't know what I can do."

"I'm sure everything is going to be okay."

Daniel smiled, "You know at least now I can be part of Emma's life as her father."

….

"Mom, what am I going to do?" Elizabeth had tears in her eyes. Her heart was breaking.

Peyton hated seeing her like that.

"I shouldn't have lied to him. When I found out the truth I should have told him right then." She sat down next to her mother. "You and dad always taught us not to lie. And I remember I used to hate you guys so much when you would ground me, but right now I wish you could because it would probably make the guilt go away."

Peyton touched her should. "It might make the guilt go away for a moment, but the pain will still be there. I don't see this going away until you and Noah talk about it."

"I'm such a bitch. I didn't want Noah to know the truth because I didn't want to lose him. It's always about me. I wasn't even thinking about Daniel or Noah. I was all about me."

"We tend to do that sometimes."

"I have to find my husband."

"We will find him, and the two of you will talk about this like you should…And if you would like I could ground you and take away your cell phone for a couple of weeks." Peyton smiled and so did Elizabeth. "See…there's that smile I love so much." Peyton hugged her daughter. She hoped that they could find Noah and bring Elizabeth's smile back for good.

…..

Lucas is sitting down at the table trying to write again. Zander is sitting in the playpen. Lucas was really trying to focus on his work. He missed alone time with his laptop, and he missed going to school every day to work. He had to remind himself that he was doing it for Peyton.

Just as he began to type Zander started crying.

Lucas sighed. "Zander please….daddy is busy."

Zander was still crying.

"Zander," he raised his voice slightly. "Be quiet for daddy. I've already fed you, changed you, and everything else I'm supposed to do. You are fine so stop crying."

Zander didn't listen. He just continued to cry.

Lucas shook his head. "Damn it," he yelled.

"Luke," Nathan walked into the house. "Are you okay?" That was a rhetorical question. He knew Lucas wasn't okay.

…

"Chloe," Rebecca walked into her room.

"Mom, could you please just go away?"

"Nope…you are going to get dressed, and we are going to go shopping."

"I'm not really in the mood."

"I'm begging to think that you are never going to be in the mood so we are gonna go whether you like it or not."

Chloe sighed.

"We need a mother/daughter day." Rebecca walked out of the room.

Chloe absolutely hated Tree Hill, and no one could make her like it.

…

"So this is much needed," Ellie told McKenzie as they walked around in the mall. McKenzie was pushing Ally's stroller.

"I totally agree. I needed a day without the boys."

"Yeah Riley and I spend way too much time together." Ellie smiled. "But I don't mind it one bit at all. He happens to be my favorite person on this planet."

McKenzie sighed.

"And Mark is one of your favorite people on this planet…right?"

McKenzie was silent.

"What's wrong? Are the two of you fighting?"

"No…we're not fighting….I just…"

"What's going on McKenzie?"

"I don't love Mark like I should."

"I thought you loved him."

"That's what I keep telling him, but I can't lie to myself anymore…I am still madly in love with Hunter."

Ellie's eyes grew large. Things were definitely going to get interesting.

…..

Riley is driving when he sees Jason walking down the street in the clothes he had on the day before. "You need a ride?"

Jason nodded and hopped into the car.

"What's up?"

Jason couldn't stop smiling.

"What did you do last night?" Riley knew he was up to something.

"I'm banging an old chick. Can you believe this? All my fantasies have finally come true."

Riley just shook his head. Being friends with Jason was always surprising.

…

Summer and Lily are sitting on the couch eating ice cream.

"We should not be eating ice cream this early." Summer told her.

"You are such a mom."

"Yeah well so are you."

"True but I still love eating ice cream before lunch…and I love hanging out with my best friend."

Summer smiled, "Me too…."

"I've been thinking."

"Oh this can't be good."

"Oh it is…trust me. I think that you should find Jamie where ever he may be, and kiss him."

"What?"

"If you like Jamie then you should show him how much you like him. It has always worked for me."

"Yeah well you are a little more hands on than I am. Remember I waited until I got married to have sex."

"Yes this I know…that's why I used to call you little Virgin Mary all the time."

"No you didn't."

"Oh yes I did." Lily smiled. "I called Jamie that too."

Summer laughed. "You were kind of a bitch in high school."

"Kind of? I was THE Bitch in high school Summer."

"You seem proud of it."

"Hell yeah…but I am even more proud that I'm not a bitch anymore."

"That's debatable," Summer laughed.

"And so is our friendship."

Both girls continued to laugh and eat their ice cream.

….

Breanne and Jamie were sitting on the couch. "I'm glad you stopped by."

"Yeah I thought it was time for us to do this."

"We've already done this Jamie. We've already broken up."

"But we never said goodbye," Jamie's heart broke. "We never took anytime to say goodbye to what we had."

Breanne took a breath and exhaled. "It's really over isn't it?"

Jamie nodded. "I think we both know that it is."

"Yeah…I just…I loved you so much Jamie."

"I loved you too Breanne. I'll always love you. You were my first. I thought we were going to be together forever."

"But I screwed it up right."

He shook his head, "No you didn't screw it up alone. We didn't work hard enough to fight for what we had even though it was worth fighting for. We just gave up."

"There is no way we could go back, is it?"

Jamie shook his head again. "I wish we could. I wish we could go back and change what happened, but we can't no matter how hard we try." He touched her cheek softly.

His touch sent chills up and down her back. But it wasn't because it felt right…it was because she knew that it was over…and that it couldn't be salvaged.

"Just because we are breaking up….just because it's over doesn't mean what we had didn't mean everything to me. Breanne you were the best thing that ever happened to me. You gave me Carter, and you made me know what it is like to be loved…truly loved. I don't regret those five years we spent together…They were perfect."

"Too perfect," she had tears streaming down her face. "I guess all good things have to come to an end."

"I'll never forget how much fun we had together."

"I promise I'll leave you and Summer alone."

"This isn't about me and Summer….I don't know what's gonna happen between us…This is between us. This is us saying goodbye to some pretty amazing years."

"I wish I would have slept with you before we did." She smiled. "You are really good in bed."

"I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm so glad that you were my first."

"I hate I ruined this."

"You didn't ruin it. Sometimes people just aren't meant to be together forever…"

"I was just meant to be a part of your life in passing."

"No," he shook his head. "You will always be apart of my life. I don't want us to spend the rest of our lives hating each other."

"I could never hate you even if I tried."

"We will always have a relationship Breanne…we're parents…I don't know how to thank you enough for that…You gave me a son…a wonderful son…I couldn't ask for more."

Breanne flashed back to the night he was going to propose. "You know the night you were gonna propose. The night I admitted I had been unfaithful…I would have said yes to you a thousand times Jamie."

He now had tears in his eyes. "But if I were to propose now…You wouldn't get the same feeling."

"I know that we're over. I love you, but I know you're not meant to be mine." She touched his cheek. "But I'm so glad you were mine…even if it was just for a moment….and as far as Carter goes…I'm so glad you are his dad."

Jamie leaned over and kissed her forehead. "Good luck Breanne….I know you're going to find someone that makes you way happier than I ever could."

"I'm pretty sure you already have." Breanne hugged him. "It doesn't have to be weird anymore. I know this is goodbye, and for the first time...I'm okay with that."

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Alright so please let me know what you thought. I know you guys aren't too happy about the Breanne and Jamie break up. I'm sorry…But I really think it is over for them.