I do not own One Tree Hill or any of the characters.

Background: Set in beginning of Season 4, where we don't know if Brooke or Haley is pregnant. In this story, Nathan and Haley had just gotten back together recently, and had just "got together" physically for the first time since their break-up, hence Haley not being on birth control. Brooke and Lucas are officially broken up. This is a BRUCAS story.

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Brooke Davis paced around the wooden floor of Karen's Café, waiting for her friend Haley James Scott to emerge from the back. She tried to hold back the tears that she had been avoiding all day. In the past week her entire life had changed drastically. She'd lost her boyfriend, her best friend, and discovered that she was pregnant, all in the time span of a week. That had to be some kind of record.

"Brooke!" Haley called, waving a dish rag in the air to get her attention. She ran her free hand through her slightly tousled light brown hair, as she walked over to meet her worried friend.

"Are you alright?"

"Let me check." Brooke pretended to think, glaring at Haley. "No."

"Brooke, I know your upset but, you know I'm going through the exact same thing as you."

"Okay, great so we can be the two skanky knocked up whores together."

"What?" Haley rolled her eyes, pretending to wipe an already clean table as a customer walked through the door. "No one is going to think that."

"No? Because that's what Rachel called me when she caught me trying on maternity clothes!" Brooke exclaimed, crossing her arms across her chest.

"She caught you? Brooke!" Haley cried, quickly looking around the café.

"Okay first off, get that germ infested rag away from me. And secondly, calm down because she doesn't suspect anything." Brooke declared, watching Haley warily.

"Are you sure? Because she is the last person on this planet who I would confide in about something like…this."

"She bought it, Haley. I promise." Brooke assured her, "I mean, we're not even sure that either one of us is preggers."

"Brooke, I took seven different pregnancy tests, and they were all positive. You took tendifferent ones, all positive. I don't think it's a coincidence."

"That's true, but I bought them from the gas station. I mean they always get my change wrong, so how reliable could there pregnancy tests be?" Brooke reasoned, ignoring the angry stare Haley was giving her. "I'm just saying, don't be surprised when the doctor says neither one of is is pregnant."

"Let's hope your right."

"I always am." Brooke grinned, "But if on the very slim chance that I'm wrong, what do I do? I can't tell him, Haley."

"Have you guys ever talked about it, before this?"

"Yeah, a little. He said he'd be there for me, and …the baby. But, he seemed so shaken by even the idea of it, I never really brought it up again."

"That's probably because, of how he grew up. The whole Dan and Karen scenario." Haley sighed, sliding onto one of the stools. "If you are pregnant, you have to tell him, Brooke."

"I can't, Haley." Brooke shook her head, "He has so much he wants to do with his life and with his basketball career. I just, I can't take that away from him."

"What about you, Brooke? You have so much going for you, too." Haley grabbed her friends arm, gently. "Lucas is a good guy."

"Exactly, he's a goodguy. He will throw his life away, to do the 'right' thing. I can't do that to him, Haley."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I don't know." Brooke muttered, "We're not even together anymore, I jus-."

"Wait, you guys broke up?" Haley gasped, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I was going to last night but, you dropped the whole pregnancy bomb, before I could. And then I dropped mine, so that seemed a tad more important."

"I'm so sorry, Brooke." Haley got up and wrapped her arms around Brooke, closing her eyes tightly.

"What happened, exactly?"

"Peyton happened."

"What?"

"Well, Peyton resurrected her supposedly dead feelings for Lucas from the grave." Brooke said, "And I guess she kissed him in the library, during the school shooting."

"Oh my God, where have I been?"

"It's okay, you weren't the only one that was pathetically unaware." Brooke gave her a small smile, "So what about you and Nathan? I mean, he'll be ecstatic about this."

"Somehow I don't think so." Haley bit her lip, "I'm not going to tell him for awhile. He's still recovering from the accident, and this really wouldn't help things. And I just think he would blame me for this, and I'm just not ready to face it all yet."

"Why would he blame you? I mean it takes two to make three."

"Yes, but it takes one to use birth control."

"Right." Brooke smirked, "Nice move, tutor slut."

"Brooke!" Haley gasped, swatting her with her rag.

"Ugh!" Brooke shouted, as the rag grazed her skin. "Now I'm going to have to go home and…disinfect. I don't know how you touch that thing all day."

"It's called a rag, Brooke."

"Oh my God."

"Okay, I didn't think that was really earth shattering news b-."

"Lucas!" Brooke whispered, grabbing Haley's arm, and pointing to the blonde Scott brother, who was quickly approaching from outside. "You have got to hide me."

"Fine, go, um, behind the counter." Haley replied, as Brooke quickly ran behind the counter, crouching down.

"This is so disgusting! Do you like ever clean the floor? I can practically see the germs!"

"Shut up, Brooke." Haley said through clenched teeth, as the bell on the door chimed.

"Hey, Hales." Lucas smiled at his best friend, as he slid onto a stool. "It's pretty dead around here." Lucas concluded, as he looked around the quiet café.

"Well I told you to stop scaring away the customers, Luke." Haley laughed, collecting the deserted plates from the empty tables.

"Ha ha." Lucas gave a fake laugh, rolling his eyes good naturedly at Haley who smiled at him. "I was under the impression that the lack of business was because of you. At least that's what my mom said."

"Did not." Haley grinned, stacking the dishes in the back. "So what's up?"

"Well Brooke broke up with me, and Peyton told me she loves me."

"Oh."

Lucas laughed. "You know that's pretty much the same reaction I had when Peyton told me. The whole thing is just really messed up, Hales."

"Sounds like it. I just really didn't think that whole love triangle was ever going to repeat itself." Haley admitted, going behind the counter where Brooke was knelt over.

"Yeah well, Brooke wants nothing to do with me, and I can't say I blame her." Lucas divulged, playing with the miniature salt and pepper shakers on the counter.

"What about Peyton?" Haley asked, forgetting Brooke was there. She looked down at her friend, who glared at her.

"What about her? I love Brooke." Lucas professed, smiling sadly at Haley. "But maybe it's better we're done, you know?"

"Yeah." Haley coughed, "Well, I really got to get back to work, so…"

"What? I'm your only customer."

"Well, you're loitering, anyway. So shoo…"

"Hey, it's okay I know when I'm not wanted. Well, I guess I'll have to go find my other best friend to annoy." Lucas smiled, getting off the stool and heading for the door. "Maybe she'll actually want to talk to me."

"See you later, Luke." Haley laughed, watching him walk down the street. "He's gone, Brooke." Haley said, when she was sure Lucas wasn't going to turn around.

"Brooke?" Haley knelt down next to her, wrapping her arms around Brooke's shoulders.

"I can't tell him Haley." Brooke whispered, tears streaming down her face. Haley wiped the strands of hair that clung to her tear stained face away, pulling Brooke closer.

"We're both going to be okay, Brooke Davis. I promise, because no matter what, I'll always be here for you." Haley murmured, as she held a sobbing Brooke in her arms, both of them hidden behind the counter of Karen's Café. As the words slipped out of her mouth, Haley wondered how she'd live up to the first part of her promise. She just hoped for the both of them that she could.