AN: This chapter contains some profanity, but not too bad.

Chapter 26 ~ "And I don't know how I can do without; I just need you now."

Part of me feels that I am being unfair to Lucas for just running out like that, but I was upset and disappointed in what he did. And because of that I didn't want to talk to him. It was written all over my face, god if Peyton were awake she would have noticed. But if Peyton was awake, none of this would have happened. Ugg, I needed my best friend right now. I walked back through the familiar hallways of the hospital and into Peyton's room; I tried calling Lucas but it went right to the answering machine.

Hey Luke, it's me. I just wanted to say that I am sorry for storming out like that. It wasn't right and it wasn't fair to you. I'll be home later, what time I'm not sure, but hopefully I can help you put the kids to bed. Just call me back, I am truly sorry and I love you with all my heart.

Hopefully that will settle things between me and Lucas. I placed a sleeping Jayden, who was in his carrier, on the counter and sat next in my usual spot and chair, right next to Peyton's bed. I grabbed her hand, on the verge on pleading with her, again, to wake up. But before I could start, the door opened and I thought it was the doctor; I was so wrong.

"Hi Brooke." A cold voice was heard through the room, and I recognized the voice, Jake.

"Jake, what are you doing here?"

"Lucas called me and told me what happened, and I felt I should be down here."

"I don't think you should. You should just leave."

"No, Brooke. I don't think I am going to leave. I think you should leave, you're job here is done."

"Oh no, you're leaving you have no right to be here. I'm staying, she needs me."

"What she needs is her family. And I am her family, so I have every right to be here. And besides from what Lucas tells me is that you have your own family that you have been neglecting for the past 4 days, so you could be here with mine."

"You lost that right when you cheated on your pregnant fiancée. You're lucky I didn't drive up when I found out and personally beat your ass for being so stupid. How could you be so stupid, Jake? I thought you loved her, but I guess your love was obviously misplaced."

"I do love her Brooke; I want her back so bad. That was a mistake; I don't know what else to say. I've tried apologizing but she didn't return my calls."

"Well maybe, she didn't return your calls because she was angry with you and didn't want to speak to you."

"I don't care about any of the lies that you spit out of your mouth. Where is my kid?' Jake asked, obviously, not noticing the baby in the corner, who from the looks of it was almost crying.
"You're kid? Do I need to repeat myself? You lost your right of being a father when you cheated. What don't you understand about that?"

"Whatever, I'm out of here. But I'll be back and I want to see him or her. You understand me?"

"Sure, Jake. Whatever you say…"

Thank god, he walked away after that; I don't know how much more fighting I could take. Between that and what Lucas and I have been going through, I was emotionally drained. I walked over to check on Jayden and see if he was ok, and he was surprisingly fine and went right back to sleep. I don't know how he could sleep after hearing such a thing, but that's just me, I'm not a baby. I again sat down on what I have now deemed as 'Brooke's chair', trying to make any sense of the situation. Shockingly, not, I couldn't; so I did anything logical to me, talk to my best friend, and that is exactly what I was going to do.

"Hey Peyt, it's me. I know I've said this before, but I really need you to wake up. I need my best friend so bad right now. Everything is just crazy and I don't know what to do anymore. Luke and I are constantly fighting over this whole thing and I am honestly so tired of it. But he just keeps doing things that piss me off. And Jake is just being a total arrogant ass with what's going on with you. He wants to get back with you, but in my opinion you shouldn't because he cheated on you which is a bad thing to do. I just hope you like the name of the baby; I wasn't sure, so I guess I went with my gut. I just wish you would wake up. I need my best friend. You are like my sister, you know what I'm thinking, most of the time, and you one of the only two people who know how to calm me down. What am I going to do when I fight with Luke if you're like this? I need you to talk to me, send me a sign, anything, please. I need to know that what I am doing with everything is the right thing." I finished up and put my head down on the bed; not really sure what to do anymore.

"You…are…doing…fine." I looked up with a surprised look on my face, thinking I was hearing things.

"Peyton?"

"You are doing fine, trust me."

"OMG, you're awake. Let me go get the doctor."

"Brooke, hold on, wait."

"What?"

"I heard everything you said….even everything you said to Jake. And I have to thank you. I don't know what to do; I am sorry you are fighting with Lucas over this whole thing, it's all my fault."

"Hey you listen to me; none of this is your fault. Ok? Lucas is just being stubborn and a jerk."

"But I feel bad."

"Don't worry about it, we'll handle it, we always do. And besides I already apologized, so it should be fine now."

"I just don't know what to say to you."

"Well than don't say anything, it's ok. I want you to meet your son."

"I had a son?"

"Yea, you did." I said walking over to the baby carrier. "Hopefully, you don't mind his name. And don't you worry, Luke and I have been watching him and he has been a wonderful baby. So Peyton, I would like to introduce you to your beautiful baby boy… Jayden Davis Sawyer." I said, then held my breath, nervous of Peyton's reaction after I handed her the baby.

"Brooke, I love it. Thank you so much, it's perfect for him. I don't know what I would do without you. You are the best friend I could ever ask for."

"You too, Peyt. I love you, everything I said was true. You are my rock, and you are like my sister. Thank you for being you, you truly the best."

AN2: Hopefully you guys like this update, so please read and review. I will be going on vacation the rest of the week, so expect the next update to be the middle of next week. Again… please, please, read and review. It means a lot to me.