That next week, Jamie decides that it is okay to talk to the doctor by himself, but insists that Lucas and Peyton come with him just in case.

"Jamie, are you ready to come in and talk to me for a little bit?" Dr. V. asks, gesturing for the boy to step in to his office.

"Yeah, I'm ready."

When they sit down, Jamie starts a line of questioning that would make any other six year old proud, "Why are you a doctor?"

"Because I like to help kids like you..."

"Oh. How old are you?"

"I'm forty three."

"Wow! That's old!"

"Well, thank you Jamie..." the doctor says with a bit of sarcasm in attempt to see if the young boy understands that.

"Yeah, Yeah, you shouldn't ask about someone's age." he replies, putting just as much sarcasm into his voice back at the doctor.

The doctor laughs at that, realizing that the young boy is actually quite smart for his age, "Who told you that?"

"My mom."

"That's a good piece of advice! Did she tell you anything else like that?"

"How long do you have to be in school to be a doctor?" he asks, completely avoiding the question that was asked.

"Well, you have to finish high school and then college and then medical school."

"That is a LOT of school. I don't think I want to be a doctor."

"Do you want to be a teacher, like your mom? Or maybe a basketball player like your dad?"

"I like basketball a lot, and Uncle Lucas and my Uncle Skills and I play all the time at the river court. Do you play basketball?"

"I play with my friends, but I'm definitely not as good as your dad...." he says, trying to bring up his parents again, but not getting a response, "Can we talk about your mom and dad, Jamie?"

"I don't want to."

"Okay... I just thought that it would be neat to hear about them."

"Yeah... that's what I like, too."

"What do you mean?"

"Aunt Peyton told me that what makes people happy after losing someone is when other people can tell stories about them. She and Uncle Lucas and everybody tell me funny stories about them all the time. She was right about them... they make me happy."

"Can you tell me a happy story?"

"I don't really want to." he says, looking back to the ground again.

Worried that this young boy's childhood was not as sparkling as everyone thought, he pressed on, "Do you have a lot of happy stories? Or are there too many sad stories?"

"I just don't want to talk about them."

"What do you want to do?"

He thinks for a moment, "Can we talk about Uncle Lucas and Aunt Peyton?"

"Sure. What would you like to talk about?"

"They're getting married."

"Do you not like that?"

"I like that, but I feel bad..."

"Why do you feel bad?"

"Because all my friends had moms and dads and then they had the babies, just like Mama and Daddy, but they have me, and they had to move away from New York, and they're sad."

"Is that what they said?"

"No..."

"Well, Did you tell them that you thought about this?"

"No..."

"Why not?"

"Because then they'll leave..."

"Why do you think they'll leave, Jamie?"

"I don't know..."

As he is sharing this idea, the timer goes off, signaling that their time together was up, so they both stand up and walk over to the door. Before opening it, the doctor bends down to Jamie's level, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"I think that you should tell your Uncle Lucas and Aunt Peyton how you feel. I'm positive that they won't leave you. They love you too much for that Jamie."

"How do you know?"

He opens the door to reveal Lucas and Peyton, sitting at the chairs reading, every now and then looking at each other and smiling. "Because they do things like come with you to see me and make sure that you feel safe after you have a nightmare."

Peyton is the first to realize that the door has opened, and Jamie watches as she puts her book into her purse and stands up, smiling at him.

"Yeah." Jamie says, smiling at the doctor, getting just a little better, before walking over to Lucas and Peyton.

The three wave at the doctor before walking out of the room, and the doctor goes to his computer to research a few things about Nathan and Haley Scott.

When they got home, to all of their surprise, Brooke was sitting on the front step with a suitcase waiting for them to get home.

Getting out of the car, Peyton goes to hug her best friend, "Brooke! What are you doing here?"

"I came to see my main man," she says, ruffling Jamie's hair as he walks up with his uncle, "and I thought that we could start talking about the wedding!"

"I thought we were going to wait to start talking about the wedding until everything calmed down around here..." Peyton says, tilting her head to acknowledge Jamie.

"When is the wedding?" Jamie asks from his spot between Peyton and Lucas.

"Actually, we don't know when the wedding is going to be, which is why we were waiting to start the planning."

"Can it be in March?" Jamie asks.

"Why do you say March, Jamie?"

"Cause March has March Madness and St. Patricks Day and Spring Break... it's a cool month."

The two adults laugh and Brooke just nods her head quickly to agree with the young boy.

Lucas and Peyton look at each other, and then smile down at Jamie, "March it is!"

When they get into the house, Brooke grabs Peyton, ushering her into the guest bedroom, leaving Jamie and Lucas to fend for themselves.

"Thanks for helping us with a wedding date buddy..." Luke says once they sit down on the couch together.

"Are you excited about marrying Peyton?"

"Of course I am! That's why I asked her."

"When you get married, are you gonna have babies?"

Lucas' jaw just drops, not knowing where this line of questioning came from and honestly not knowing how exactly he should go about answering the question just asked.

"ummm..."

"Because you can!" Jamie says too quickly.

"Jamie, what's this about?" Lucas says, turning on the couch to face the boy.

Avoiding the question, Jamie decides that now is a good time for another story, "Will you tell me about mama and daddy's wedding?"

Knowing that he was avoiding the question, Lucas laughs and asks him, "Which one?"

"What!? There was more than one?!"

"Yup... your mom and dad never did anything normal..."

"Why did they get married two times?"

"The first time they got married, we were in high school, and they were in love. And somehow, your mom convinced your grandma and grandpa James that they were ready to get married."

"What did Grandma Deb say?"

"Your dad didn't even ask them about it... so they just went ahead and got married on the beach, and then me and the rest of the Raven's team threw them a big party after we found out."

"Sweet!" Jamie says excitedly. "Does that mean that there is going to be a big party when you and Aunt Peyton get married?"

"Oh yeah, and if Brooke has anything to do with it, it will go on for days!" Lucas says, leaning in to say the last part in Jamie's ear.

"Awesome!"

"What's so awesome in here?" Peyton says, walking up behind the couch.

"Nothing... Uncle Lucas was just telling me about mama and daddy's two weddings."

Peyton just raises an eyebrow at Lucas, "They had two weddings?"

"Long story."

"I'll bet."

"What's up with you two?"

"The Brooke is hungry, and if we don't feed it, it might go crazy..." she says rolling her eyes.

Jamie clears his throat, causing Lucas and Peyton to turn their attention back to him, "The Jamie is hungry too..."

Laughing, Lucas grabs onto him, tickling his sides and getting Jamie giggling like he hadn't in weeks.

Then the group went out for lunch, Jamie choosing to sit with Brooke, who was still talking wedding plans. However, the plans were having nothing to do with Lucas and Peyton, who were just watching Brooke and Jamie talk animatedly about the reception.

"So it's just a big party?!"

"Yup, and there will be really good food too."

"Can there be chocolate?" Jamie asks her seriously.

"Oooh! Good idea! We could have a chocolate fountain!"

"Yeah, and can the cake be chocolate too? Do they have cakes at weddings?"

"They sure do buddy, and you my little friend are going to help me pick it out..."

As the two continued talking, Peyton and Lucas just smiled, watching how easily they seemed to get along after only meeting a few times.

"You realize that this whole wedding is going to be planned by my best friend and our nephew, right?" Peyton says, resting her head on Lucas' shoulder.

"Maid of Honor and Best Man... I guess it's their right."

"Best Man? Really?"

"Nathan would have been my best man, so I don't think that I could pick anyone better than Jamie to fill in for that role."

She kisses him, letting her lips linger on his for a few moments before breaking away. This of course led to another kiss, with Lucas pulling her back.

"Kid here!" Jamie says loudly, blocking his eyes.

"eewww, yeah, do you guys have to do that here?" Brooke says, covering her eyes as well.

"Well, we had to do something while the Maid of Honor and Best Man planned the wedding." Lucas says, throwing his hands on the table.

"Maid of Honor?" Brooke says, questioning Peyton.

"If you would..." Peyton says, shrugging.

"You bet your ass, I would P. Sawyer!" she says, standing up to hug Peyton.

"What's a Best Man?"

"You have to help me with all of the important groom stuff, like making sure that I look really good that day, and making sure that I don't run away from Peyton."

Jamie's eyes widen as he thinks about this responsibility, and then he turns to look Peyton in the eye, "Don't worry Aunt Peyton, Uncle Lucas will be there."

She smiles at him, "Thanks Jamie."

"So I can count on you?" Lucas asks him.

"Yup!"

"Good, cause you know... I was going to ask your dad to be my best man, and now, I can't think of anybody else who I would want to be there but you, Jamie."

"Oh..." Jamie says, getting quiet. "Are we done with lunch?"

The adults all share a few looks before Peyton speaks up, "Yeah, we should probably be getting back to the house. You've got school tomorrow, you know."

"Yeah, I know."

The ride home was a quiet one, no one knowing what to say with Jamie's mood suddenly shifting from the happy excited kid that he was earlier in the afternoon. He spent the rest of the afternoon playing quietly in his room, with Peyton and Lucas checking in on him every now and then.

After the four of them had dinner, Lucas told Jamie to get into his pajamas and get ready for bed.

"Yeah, you need to get some sleep... cause right after school, you are going to help me with this wedding pal!" Brooke says, hoping to lighten the mood.

"Okay." he says, silently walking back to his room.

"Wow." Brooke says, standing to help Peyton and Lucas clear the table.

"Maybe we should cool it on the wedding plans..." Peyton says.

"No! I think that he was really enjoying himself with Brooke... it was my fault for bringing up Nathan."

"Luke, the doctor said that we should be trying to get him to talk about them more, don't beat yourself up about that."

"Why don't I pick him up from school tomorrow?"

"What?"

"Yeah, and he and I can go out and about and we can bring back dinner."

"Brooke, you don't have to do that."

"I know, but I want to."

"I don't think that it's such a good idea." Lucas says, looking down the hall.

"I think he needs to be away from you guys for a while. I mean, think about it. You guys remind him of them all the time, and yeah that's good, but maybe the kid needs a break. I didn't know Haley and Nathan that well, and if he gives me an opening then I can play it off as that to get him talking. But maybe it'll help him get free for a little while."

"She's got a point Luke." Peyton says, leaning against the counter and staring off into space.

He nods, and then leave the kitchen to see where Jamie is.

Walking down the hall, he finds the boy's light is off and he is asleep in the bed, clutching his two prized possessions close to him. He stood there for a moment, taking in the sight, not knowing what to do.

"We'll figure it out." Peyton says, coming up behind him and snaking her arms around his middle.

"I know, but it's hard."

"I didn't ever think it was going to be easy."

"When you were little, with your mom... did you ever just ask why?"

"Of course I did, and I do to this day..."

"I wish that I could help him with that."

"You are helping him Luke, it's just fresh. It's going to take some time."

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So sad.... right? It's okay though guys, we'll have some progress with Jamie, and the wedding and all that lovely stuff, cause I can't stay sad forever, right? Or can I....mwah ha ha! Just kidding!

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