House Calls

[peytsawyer]

Peyton stretched out luxuriously in her bed savoring the fact that this was the first Saturday morning in over a month that Brooke hadn't called an early morning cheerleading practice. She loved her best friend, but Saturdays were not meant for practicing new cheer moves. Slipping out from between her sheets and padding across the carpet, she

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[jake__jagielski]

Jake turned on his stereo and made his way across the room and over to the kitchen. As the sounds of Guster came through the speakers, he hummed along and began to clean up after their late breakfast. With his parents spending the day with Jenny and Chris spending time in the studio, Jake finally had some time for himself... after he finished the dishes, of course. He hadn't actually thought about what he would do with his free time today.

As he began to brainstorm through thoughts of catching up with some books that he had been meaning to read and shooting some hoops down at the rivercourt, he heard a knock at the door. He walked towards the door and sighed.

"Chris, if you forgot your keys again--" Jake began to mumble as he pulled the door open, but only to reveal a familiar blonde figure.

"Peyton, um, what are you doing here?"

[peytsawyer]

Peyton had shoved her hands inside her pockets and was staring intently at a chip in the door's paint job when Jake's face appeared in the doorway. He had been mumbling something about Chris and keys at first, but trailed off when he saw her.

"Peyton, um, what are you doing here?"

"Just here for a little afternoon delight." She joked with a small grin.
She titled her head to the side as his brown eyes watched her. She removed her hand from her pocket long enough to brush a few stray strands of hair out of her eyes before she said, "We haven't really had a chance to talk since..." Since what? she asked herself. Since I was shot and told you that I loved you while thinking you were someone else? "We haven't had a chance to talk." She finally finished up with a bit more composure. "I thought maybe we should."

[jake__jagielski]

"We haven't had a chance to talk. I thought maybe we would."

Jake's forced himself to break his gaze and began to nod in agreement. He moved to one side of the doorway, allowing Peyton to come in. After closing the door, he turned around to find her standing in the middle of the room, surveying her surroudings. Running his hands through his hair, he found himself staring at her. Breaking his gaze, he pointed at the couch.

"Have a seat," he finally managed to say, smiling.

[peytsawyer]

Peyton hated herself for that moment. There was a time in her life not so long ago, when Jake Jagielski had been the only thing keeping her afloat. And now they could hardly be in the same room without large horrifying silences filling up the space between them.

Jake moved aside, and nodded for her to come inside. She obliged and took a moment to survey the apartment. A tiny smile crept back onto her face. The place looked good, and that meant that Jake and Jenny were doing good.

After smirking at a framed picture of Jenny covered in cake, Peyton turned to see Jake motion toward the couch. "Have a seat." He was smiling at her, but he still looked as if he didn't quite know what to do with himself

[tutor_grrl]

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