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McKenzie woke up next to a sleeping Jake. She got out of the bed and went to her daughter's room and seen she was still asleep and snoring softly. Duke was asleep beside the crib and McKenzie giggled. She went downstairs and went out to smoke, grabbing her cell phone on the way out the front door. She was torn about her feelings for what she did with Jake the night before. She felt bad for Zach and for Jake. She didn't mean for things to happen the way they did. The only thing for her to do was to call Zach and fess up to what she had done. He answered on the 5th ring.

"Hello?"

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing."

Wow, he was being really short with her.

"My dad's fine, by the way."

"I'm glad."

"Why are being short with me, Zach?"

"Why don't you ask Jake?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about you staying the night with the guy."

How in the hell did he know that?

"Are you sleeping with him?"

Fess up now, McKenzie.

"I didn't mean for things to happen…but it just did." She said on the verge of tears. "I'm sorry."

"I knew it! I fucking knew it! I should've seen it coming. You were getting all defensive over him." He said. "How many times?"

"Just once….last night." She told him wiping the tears that fell on her cheeks.

"What about the night before?"

"Nothing happened the night before." She said. "Wait a minute…how do you know I stayed the night before?"

"Don't play stupid with me, M!" He said raising his voice. "The dude answered your phone yesterday morning!"

"I didn't have any missed calls from you."

"Well it seems like there's a lot of stuff you don't know about him." He said rudely. "I knew you would go home and start acting like a slut. Don't fucking call me when the dude treats you like shit."

She heard the line disconnect. She couldn't blame him for being upset and I guess she did deserve to be called a slut; after all she did cheat on him with her baby's dad. It only took her a few seconds to put all the pieces together and she seen red. She went back inside and took the stairs two at a time. She went into Jake's room and picked up a pillow. She hit him as hard as she could with it.

"What the fuck, Mac?" He asked bewildered.

"You answered my phone?!" She asked trying to hit him again.

"Stop!" He said grabbing the pillow from her. "What in the hell are you talking about?"

"You answered my phone when Zach called yesterday!" She said extremely upset. "What did you say to him?"

"Nothing."

"Jake, I swear…"

"I might have told him you were sleeping in my bed." He said acting like a child in trouble. "But it was only after the guy talked shit."

"Jake, I've known you to do a lot of things, but this…." She said in disbelief.

"McKenzie, you don't need that guy…"

"Don't you dare…" She said cutting him off. "Tell me what I need!"

"I recall you sure needing me last night."

She slapped him across the face.

She went into Aubree's room and woke her daughter up. She picked her up and grabbed her diaper bag. She walked down the stairs, with Jake on her heels.

"I'm sorry, McKenzie."

"Don't talk to me."

Jake followed her outside and Mac quickly strapped her daughter in the car. The little girl started to cry. She pushed past him and got into the driver's seat. She started her car and left.

"It's ok, baby." She told her crying daughter.

"Daddy." Aubree whined.

"You'll see him later."

She got to her dad's house and she was beyond words. She was so mad that she couldn't hardly see straight. She got her daughter out of the car and went inside. She made the little girl some breakfast and ignored Jake's phone calls. She started a load of laundry waiting on a phone call from her dad. She heard the door open and close. She went to see who and it was Matt.

"What's wrong?" He asked seeing the look on her face. "You look like you want to chew my head off."

"I thought you were Jake."

"It didn't take you two long to start fighting." He said with a smile but his smile faded when he seen she wasn't. "What happened?"

"I really don't feel like talking about it now."

"Well I'm going to go pick up, dad." He told his sister. "I came by to get some of his clothes."

A WEEK LATER

McKenzie had been pretty busy looking after her dad. She made him some lunch and he came into the kitchen.

"Honey, what's wrong?" He finally asked.

"Nothing." She said handing him a sandwich.

"There's something wrong. What happened between you and Jake? You two haven't talked for a week. Everytime he comes by and picks up Aubree, you two don't say two words to each other. You haven't even mentioned your boyfriend."

"I'm sorry, dad. I just don't want to talk about it right now."

"Well you can always talk to me."

"I know." She said giving him a small smile.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Jake was keeping Aubree for the night. Her dad told her to get out of the house, so that's exactly what she did. She headed over to Amber's house.

"Ok, what's going on with you?" Her friend asked. "I know you've been stressed because of what happened to your dad…"

"Amber, my life is so messed up and complicated."

"Jake Harris tends to do that to you." Amber said handing her a glass of wine. "He always has."

"Yeah, tell me about it."

"So talk to me." Amber said sitting down next to her on the couch.

"Zach and I broke up because of Jake." She told her best friend. "Jake answered my phone one morning when Zach called and said I was asleep in his bed. Zach took it as if we slept together but we didn't until the next day."

"You and Jake had sex?" Amber asked. "OMG."

"I told Zach and he was like I expected him to be. He even called me a slut, which I deserved."

"Do you love him?"

"Who?"

"Zach." Amber said. "Geez, you are a mess."

"I don't...know." McKenzie sighed. "I'm so torn right now, Am. On what I want and what I need."

"What do you want?"

"I mean Zach's a great guy and he doesn't work out-of-state and it's gone for 8-10 months out of a year. I need someone like him in me and Aubree's lives." McKenzie told her.

"And Jake?" Amber asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Jake is Aubree's dad. We have been through a lot over the last couple of years." She told her. "But he's not here but for a couple of months out of a year."

"Do you love Jake?"

McKenzie was quiet for a while. Amber poured herself and her friend another glass of wine.

"I do still love him. I want to be with him." She finally admitted. "It will never work."

"Why not?" Amber asked. "Anyone can tell you guys are still like two teenagers madly in love."

"I live in Colorado and he lives here."

"So, move back." She told her. "McKenzie you will never know unless you try. Stop being a wimp for once in your entire life and take a chance."

"I took a chance with Jake one time." She reminded her friend.

"He's not the same person anymore, Mac." Amber said defending Jake. "He done what he done by answering your phone to win back his family. He already lost you and Aubree one time, he just doesn't want to lose his family again."

"He went by it the wrong way." She said. "By being sneaky and deceitful."

"Yeah, you're right." Amber said. "But if it was the other way around….don't you think you would've done the same thing?"