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Chapter 1

Jake liked Peyton, really he did. Just, he didn't have the connection. The spark. It just wasn't there.

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"Hey handsome." Brooke purred into the phone.

"Hey gorgeous." The other line replied, miles away.

Brooke giggled. "How's my favorite little girl, Jenny?"

"She's fine, she was asking about "Brookie" this morning at breakfast."

"Well then, how is my favorite little boy, Jake." Seductively asked.

"Hey! I'm not little." Jake defensively said.

"I know. But the fact that it wasn't cold might have helped." Brooke joked back.

Brooke really liked these banters with Jake. They would call each other late at night, right before Brooke went to bed.

"Why did you tell Peyton you went to Savannah?" Brooke asked.

"Because I am in Savannah."

Brooke sat straight up. "What?" Tears started dripping down Brooke's face.

"Brooke?" Jake was worried as she heard a sniff.

"I told Nikki that you went to Savannah." Brooke whispered.

"Brooke, what the fuck!" Jake yelled, his anger getting the best of him, even though Jenny was in a crib nearby.

Brooke sobbed. "I told her because I didn't think that you would tell Peyton the truth. I told Nikki at some seedy bar, well I wrote it. Then I put it on fire so that Peyton wouldn't realize I told Nikki what she thought was the truth."

"Oh my god, Brooke what did you do? Jenny is all I have."

Brooke whispered, "I-I thought," Brooke let her tears get to her. She blinked a few out of her eyes. "I thought that if Nikki went Savannah and found out you weren't there, she would tell Peyton, and then maybe, Peyton wouldn't like you anymore. Besides, you said you were going to New Hampshire." 

Jake felt bad. "I was going to, but then plans changed. When I kissed her goodbye, I looked so longingly after, I wouldn't to tell her to tell you I went to Savannah. But that would have been suspicious."

A silence filled the phone line.

Finally Jake broke it, "Brooke, what am I going to do?"

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