Episode 9 Chapter 5 Love Winter and Death

"Lucas," Ellie started to explain.

"I know I shouldn't have brought it." Riley defended her. "I'm sorry. Can't we just please talk about this at home?"

"Yeah that's exactly where you are going. Give me your keys?"

"What?"

"You're riding with me and Peyton."

Riley hands him the keys.

"Ellie you can drive his car."

"No," Riley yelled at him.

"I don't want to hear it Riley…You're driving days are over." Lucas walked away.

"Ellie you can't drive home."

"I'll be fine…And thanks for covering for me." She kissed his cheek. "I'm fine. I'll take the back roads…No worries."

…

"Mom," Keith chases after his mom.

"I um…wow."

"I'm sorry you had to see that."

"Well it's not like I haven't seen it before."

Keith sighs… "I feel like you should be yelling at me."

"You're an adult…I'm just glad that I walked in on that and it wasn't some teenager…"

"We were being irresponsible. I'm sorry."

"It's okay. When you are married you don't get very much time to be irresponsible. I could tell you some of the things your dad and I did…"

"Okay," Keith interrupts. "That's okay…I don't need details."

They both laughed.

…..

Mckenzie and Mark walk into her house. "My mom is still not back."

"I guess that means we can cuddle." He hugs her.

"Mark…I…"

"McKenzie, what is wrong with you? I feel like you are pulling away from me."

"I love you Mark…I really do…I just."

"You just what?"

McKenzie's phone rings. "Hello…"

"Hey sweetheart," Larry spoke. "I wanted to see if your mom has made it home yet."

"No she's not here, but I'm sure she'll be home soon."

"Okay well tell her to call me as soon as she gets here. I can't wait to see her."

"I will dad."

"I love you sweetheart."

"I love you too." She hung up. "I'm really tired Mark."

"I don't want to go."

"I think you should."

"If I go…I know this is over…and I don't even know why."

"I just…I need some time."

Mark shook his head. "You still love Hunter, don't you?"

McKenzie didn't say anything.

"I guess I always knew the truth…Goodbye McKenzie…"

"Bye Mark…"

…

Jamie and Summer are lying in bed together. "I can't believe we just did that."

"I'm so glad that we did." Jamie whispered in her ear. "And we weren't drunk."

Summer smiled and positioned herself on top of him. "Let's do it again and again."

"Sounds like a plan to me."

…

Nathan is sitting on the couch smiling.

Brooke rubs his shoulders and sits beside him. "What's with the smile? We haven't even been to bed yet."

"Millie called…It was perfect. She actually likes the school."

"That's great Nathan…You did the right thing."

"Yeah I guess I did."

"The kids are asleep."

"Do you want to go upstairs?"

"First I want to tell you that I am going San Francisco in a few days."

"Why?"

"I think that might be where Chase's brother is. I want to find him, and let him know that we can be his family too."

"That's a good idea Brooke."

"Blood doesn't make a family, and I think that Chase would want us to get to know him."

Nathan hugged his wife. "I can go with you."

"No you stay here with the kids…I have to do this on my own."

"You are such an amazing woman Brooke Scott."

"I know," she laughed. "Because I married an amazing man." They share a sweet and simple kiss.

….

Noah and Elizabeth are making love again. Elizabeth knew in her heart that everything was going to be okay.

…

Rita and Jason are in the back seat of his truck making out. "Are you sure that you want to do this?"

"Of course…" Rita kissed his cheek. "Tonight was fun."

Jason nodded his head. It was getting better and better.

…

Daniel walks into the living room where Miranda is sitting. "Emma is asleep. It took forever. I think it is because she isn't used to sleeping here."

"I probably should go….You need your sleep."

"No," Daniel stopped her. "You should stay. We can watch a movie or something."

"Really?"

"Yeah," Daniel smiled.

"Can we watch a chick flick?"

"Sure…since you were so amazing to me…I will watch whatever you want."

Miranda smiled. She was glad that she had met such an amazing guy like Daniel. She didn't know if anything was going to happen, but she loved just having him as a friend.

….

Jessica and Hunter are at the studio. "I love you."

Jessica just stands there.

"I know that we haven't been together that long, but I love you. I know that I love you."

His phone is vibrating in his pocket but he doesn't answer it. It is McKenzie.

"I love you too Hunter." She leans in and kisses him.

…..

Riley, Lucas, and Peyton are in their car. "Riley, I can't believe you were drinking on campus. If anyone else would have seen you, you could have been suspended."

"I wasn't drinking."

"That's a lie," Lucas yelled at him.

"I wasn't…The flask wasn't even mine."

"Really…Then why were you holding it."

Riley sighed, "It came out of my girlfriends purse…and you gave her the keys to my car…you're an idiot."

Peyton turns around. "Wait…Ellie was drinking."

"Yeah…not me…"

"Damn it," Lucas stops and turns the car around. "You should have told me."

"You wouldn't have listened to me anyways."

…

Grace is on the phone with Larry. "I am almost home. I'm on the back road. I thought it would be faster than the interstate…And I'm kind of tired. I thought it might be too dangerous for me to drive on the interstate when I'm so sleepy."

"You are probably right. Drive safe…I love you."

"I love you too Larry Sawyer." She hangs up. "I'm almost home."

Ellie is driving Riley's truck. She could barely see the road. Her head was spinning. "I'll just call Riley…He will…Oh no…" She dropped her phone. "Damn…" She leaned over to find it. She never saw Grace's car coming.

Grace tried to pull out of the way, but she was too late. They hit head on.

All you could hear was Grace's last scream.

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Alright so please, please let me know what you thought.

This is the end of episode 9 which means that there is only one more episode in this part of the series. I'm definitely excited about it, and I hope you guys are too.

Spoilers to the "Season Finale" of this part:

Lucas is filled with guilt.

Riley feels hatred.

Spencer gets exciting news.

McKenzie deals with things in her own way.

Elizabeth and Noah want to get pregnant.

Jamie has big plans.

Brooke is faced with a rude awakening.

I can't wait to read your reviews.

I'll try to post an update sometime this weekend.