Episode 10 Ch. 4 Fearless

McKenzie is standing in Hunter's house. "How is she?"

"Why the hell are you here?" He was upset with her.

"I was just thinking about her. Can I see her?"

He shook his head. "No…you don't just get to come over here and see her whenever you please. You should have called first."

"I'm sorry. I just really need to see her. I didn't think I would miss her like this."

"Well you should have thought about that before you signed over all of your rights. You didn't want her, and you didn't want me to have her either, but you didn't get your wish, and I'm not gonna let you to come in and out of her life whenever you please. It doesn't work that way." He tried not to yell. He didn't want to be like that. But he knew that he had to lay down the law where his daughter was concerned. He didn't want her to be confused or hurt.

They heard a knock on the door, and Hunter went to answer it.

"Hey," He smiled when he saw Clare.

"I was hoping I could see Ally."

"Yeah…she's sleeping right now, but you can wait until she wakes up."

"Okay…." Clare smiled and then she saw McKenzie.

"Hunter…"

"I'm sorry McKenzie, but you can't see her today. If you call next time maybe I can set something up, but you aren't her mother anymore, and you don't have any rights to her."

His words cut through her chest like a knife.

Hunter pointed to the door. "Bye…"

McKenzie walked out of the house sadly. She didn't realize before that every decision you make can change everything in your life. She was going to live with this decision for the rest of her life, and it was already killing her.

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Mrs. Elliot left the house after Peyton and Lucas agreed that Charlie would stay after school with her until his grades improved.

Peyton was now unplugging the video games.

"Come on mom this isn't fair." Charlie complained.

"No it isn't fair that our nine year old son has been lying to us. You are way too young to be lying." Peyton let him know how she felt.

"At least you know the truth now."

"It doesn't matter." Lucas yelled at him. "You broke the rules, and now you are being punished."

"For how long?" Charlie wasn't happy.

"Until your grades get better."

"Ugh…"

"Charles Lucas Scott," Lucas yelled at him… "You do not treat us like that." Peyton touched his shoulder. She didn't want him to get too stressed out. It wasn't good for his heart.

"I'm sorry."

"What's going on?" Savannah came downstairs.

"Your brother is grounded." Peyton told him. "It seems that he has been lying to us about his grades. I just can't believe how dishonest you have been with us."

"Oh," Savannah felt the guilt arise in her body. "I'm sorry."

"What do you have to be sorry about?" Lucas asked her.

"Um well…" She went to speak, but Charlie intervened.

"Nothing…" Charlie told them.

Peyton and Lucas shared glances. "What's going on here?"

Savannah couldn't help but tell the truth. The guilt was eating away at her, and she didn't like lying to her parents.

"I've been signing his papers." Savannah admitted.

"What?" Peyton was a little upset with her.

"I didn't want him to get in trouble."

"Well you just got yourself grounded for a week." Lucas told her.

"But I'm supposed to spend the night with Amy." Amy was one of Savannah's friends. "Doesn't telling the truth count for anything?"

Lucas and Peyton look at each other again. They had always told their kids that telling the truth was the most important thing, and if they didn't lie then the punishment wouldn't be as bad.

"You finally told us the truth Savannah, but you waited until your brother had already been caught. You should have never helped him lie to us therefore punishment stands, and you aren't going to Amy's this time." Peyton told her daughter. She hated punishing them. It really sucked, but they had to learn.

Savannah sighed, "I guess I deserve it. I knew I was wrong in lying to you, but I wanted to help Charlie out."

"We're glad that you want to be there for your brother, but lying gets you no where." Peyton hugged both of her kids. "Now the two of you should probably go upstairs to your rooms. And no TV," She informed them.

They both sighed and walked to the stairs.

"And Charlie," Lucas called out to him. He turned around. "We'll be checking your homework for now on. So you better start doing it."

Charlie nodded his head, "Yes sir…I know."

Peyton hugged her husband once Charlie and Savannah were upstairs.

"You know if they are lying to us now at nine and ten that they are going to be hell when they become teenagers." Peyton laughed.

"I say we lock them in their rooms and throw away the keys." Lucas hugged his wife again and sat down on the couch cuddled next to his wife.

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Aidan and Julie are lying in bed again after just having sex for the second time.

"What the hell were we thinking?"

"I'm not really sure." That was Aidan's answer. "I'm just as shocked as you are."

"We can't do this again."

"I know. That's what we said earlier, but it didn't stop us."

"No it didn't stop us, but Aidan we don't even know each other."

"Maybe that doesn't matter…we don't have to know each other in any other way…"

"Are you saying that we should just do this to do it whenever?" She was a little confused. This was not her thing, and it wasn't his either, but maybe he needed a change in his life. He didn't want his heart to break again.

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Lily walks into the bedroom drying her hair with a towel. "Spencer we have spent so much time apart, and everyday that we were apart I thought about us and how one day we would find our way back to each other. You are what I want, and I don't need anything else."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah," she smiled. "I want to be with you for the rest of my life, and I want to do that in Tree Hill with all of our family."

He nodded. "Okay…I can't disagree with that then." He leans in and kisses her. "I'm sorry that we fought about this."

"Yeah but if I remember correctly we are really good at make-up sex."

"Oh yeah baby," he picks her up and carries her to the bed as she giggles.

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Brooke and Nathan are sitting in the sand on the beach. "I really want things to go back to the way they were Nate." Brooke touches his arm. "I know it's going to be hard, but we can do it. We can get our life together back on track. I just know it." She rested her head on his shoulder.

He still wasn't convinced that everything was going to be okay. He was so afraid that their marriage was already too broken to be fixed.

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Jake is sitting across from Mia. "I feel like I'm in the principal's office."

"Have you been bad?" She laughed.

"No I don't think so…I mean sometimes I feel like I'm a horrible father."

"I've seen you with your kids Jake. You are a good dad."

"Yeah but my mind hasn't really been focused on them lately. I miss their mom so much."

"That's normal Jake. I think it sucks that you had to go through something like that, and I wish that I could wave a magic wand and make it all better."

"Why? You barely know me."

Her kindness amazed him.

"I know that Peyton cares about you, and she thinks very highly of you, and any friend of Peyton's is a friend of mine." Mia smiled. "And if you think that you aren't being a very good father then I think you should go home and spend extra time with them. Kids love to feel loved and special. And I bet anything that that little girl of yours is a huge daddy's girl."

Jake smiled, "Yeah she loves me."

"Then I think you are going to be just fine."

"It has been really nice talking to you Mia. Sometimes I feel like I don't really have anyone to talk too."

"Well you can always talk to me." Mia told him. "If I can't come up with a solution I can always just listen."

Jake nodded. It was nice to talk to someone other than his kids, Peyton, or Rob.

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Eligh and Lexie are in the doctor's office. They hear their baby's heartbeat for the first time.

"That's a heartbeat of a champion." Eligh smiled and then kissed his beautiful girlfriend. "Everything is going to be okay now. I promise."

She smiled. He was saying all the right things, and she hoped that he was right about everything being okay. She had a bad feeling in her chest. It was probably just her nerves.

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Keith and Jacey walk into her apartment. "Okay we need to get as much of your things out of here as we can." Keith told her. She had told him the whole story. "How long do we have?"

"He's at work and he usually doesn't get in until late."

"I'm so sorry that you had to go through this. I should have known that you were hurting."

"No….this is not your fault….I was afraid…"

"You don't have to worry about being afraid anymore. I'm not going to let that bastard hurt you ever again."

"What the hell is going on here?" Eddie walked in and scared the hell out of both Keith and Jacey. They didn't know what to think.

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