Episode 3 Ch.5 All I Ever Wanted
"Daddy…Daddy…Daddy…" Natalie and Lucy were both trying to get their daddy up.
"I'm okay girls. I just my I'm kind of weak okay…" Lucas tried to pick himself up, but he couldn't.
"What's with all the screaming?" Aidan said as he ran into the room. "Lucas, what the hell happened?"
"That's not a good word." Natalie told him.
"Sorry…" Aidan helped Lucas up and back into bed. "What are you doing out of bed?"
"I wanted to read to the girls."
"Well you could have hurt yourself." Aidan fussed at him.
Lucas nodded his head.
"Come on girls we'll go play downstairs." Aidan looked at Natalie and Lucy.
"I want to play with daddy."
"Well your daddy needs to rest….Come on…I'll even play with your dolls."
"Yay…" They both ran out of the room.
"You make me sound helpless Aidan."
"I'm sorry Lucas, but you have to stay well for your family. My Aunt Peyton needs you." Aidan walks out of the bedroom. "I'm coming girls."
Lucas dropped his head in shame. He felt so helpless and unneeded.
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"Well Peyton," Lily had her hands on her hips. "Do you have cancer?"
Peyton closed her eyes. She then made her way to her desk. "Why are you being so nosy?"
"I didn't mean to snoop. I just happened to find this stuff. Now answer my question, do you have cancer? And if you do why are you keeping it from your family?" Lily was upset. She didn't want to lose Peyton. She loved her.
"I don't know."
"You don't know. What the hell does that mean?" Lily snapped.
"I haven't been feeling well for the past few months. I thought it was just the stress, but I found a lump on my lower back. I got nervous. I went to the doctor today and they ran some test."
"Oh wow…" Lily knew that she had to be stressed and scared.
"Yeah I'm so scared Lily…" Lily walked around the desk and took Peyton in her arms.
"Don't worry about anything. I'm here for you Peyton…Everything is going to be okay." Lily tried too console a crying Peyton.
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Eligh walks over to the lady that looks like his dead mother. "Who are you?"
Lexie is right by his side.
"My name is Ava."
"Who are you?" The woman glared at the young couple.
"I'm Eligh Scott…"
"Oh as in Nathan Scott…" She knew exactly who Nathan was.
"Yeah…Why do you look so much like my mom?" Eligh was confused.
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Nathan was still on the phone. "That doesn't make sense Taylor."
"It is the truth Nathan. She looks just like Haley."
"Why didn't I ever know about her?
"Because my dad and her dad got into a big argument when we were really young…We used to play with each other and then it just stopped. Ava called a couple of weeks ago saying that she wanted to get to know us. Well she wanted to get to know Haley's family. She's headed for Tree Hill."
"What?" Nathan couldn't believe it. "There is no way that this woman looks like Haley."
"She looks almost identical to her. Haley never even met her. Ava was my age. I don't even know why she is so interested in your family, but she is."
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Summer finally has Jeremy out the door. "I love you Summer. I know that I haven't showed you that in a very long time, but I do love you. I want to show you that now."
"You're right Jeremy. It has been way too long. And it's way too late to make up for it."
"I'm gonna fight for you."
"Like I said it is way too late for that….You can have Drew for the day Saturday."
"Thanks…"
With that Jeremy left. Summer was relieved.
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Isabella is on the phone with Cliff. "I miss you too baby."
"I love you, and I'm going to come to Tree Hill as soon as I can."
"Good because I can't do this without you. I need you."
She was still looking at pictures of Daniel while talking to Cliff.
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Jacey and Breanne are still talking. "So are you really over Keith?"
Jacey shrugged and then sighed. "No…of course not…Keith was my first love. I'll always love him."
Eddie overhears the entire conversation when he walks into the living room. He turns and walks upstairs without letting them know that he heard them.
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Stella has taken Elizabeth to the back bedroom. "I know that I should have probably told you guys why I was giving up my baby, but I didn't want you not to want her because I was raped."
"We want her Elizabeth. That's not the question at hand. The question is do you still want her?'
"What?"
"Don't give your child up just because you were raped." Stella touched her on her leg. "You are beautiful young woman Elizabeth, and it scares me to think that you may regret your decision."
"I'm not going to regret my decision. I know that you are going to be good to my daughter."
"I will always love her, but I can see it in your eyes you've changed your mind."
Elizabeth didn't say anything.
"And that is perfectly okay with me because I know that you will be a good mother. You may be young, but you have a lot of love in your heart, and I can tell that you will love this child no matter who her father is."
Elizabeth felt tears falling from her eyes.
"I think that young man in there would make a very good father to this baby."
"But you want a baby."
"We'll get a baby, but your baby isn't ours, and it never will be. She's all yours."
Elizabeth nodded. "I don't know."
"I do. I know you can do this. And I think you want to do this."
Stella hugged Elizabeth. "You are going to be a wonderful mother never doubt that…ever…"
"You will be too." They both smiled at each other. Elizabeth knew deep down that she would never be happy if she didn't keep her child. She would always wonder what if, and that is no way to live a life.
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There is one more chapter after this one. Let me know what you think.