Hello, Goodbye.
Chapter Two
Brooke sighed as her alarm clock had woken her up from a deep sleep. Today was Monday, which came far too quickly for her liking. She had spent her Sunday doing nothing but feeling sick, and then actually being sick. She sat up in bed and sighed, she felt sick, really sick! Haley had spent all of Sunday with Nathan and yet again, Lucas was busy helping his mom at the café. She didn't mind, of course, she loved Karen, she was like a second mother to Brooke, but she missed Lucas.
Brooke looked over at Haley's bed, it was perfectly made, perfectly neat, just like always. Brooke pulled her covers back, felt a slight chill across her legs and stood up.
Haley sat at the kitchen counter drinking some orange juice as Brooke appeared from the hallway.
"Morning Tigger," Haley smiled, "How comes you aren't ready for school?" She asked as she finished what was left of her drink.
"I'm not going," Brooke sighed as she watched Haley wash her empty glass out at the sink.
"Why?"
Brooke got herself a bottle of water from the fridge and took a sip, ignoring Haley's question.
"Brooke, what's wrong?"
Brooke sighed, "I really don't feel well, Hales, and I feel stressed out."
Haley looked slightly confused before Brooke began to continue explaining.
"Your wedding dress, having to find somewhere else to live. I'm barely getting any sleep and I just feel exhausted," Brooke explained, before taking another sip of her water.
"Well I'm sure one day away from school is okay, just don't make this a habit, Brooke Davis!"
Brooke laughed, that was typical Haley behaviour. She liked to mother everyone, but she was an amazing friend, and she would make a wonderful mom one day.
Haley gathered up her bag and left the apartment heading for school. Brooke decided against breakfast and went to take a shower.
Lucas walked the halls of Tree Hill high school, desperately looking for Brooke. He had noticed she wasn't in their history class, and Peyton had mentioned she didn't show up for their English class. He spotted Haley at her locker and started walking over to her.
Haley placed a few books in her locker before closing it and taking a deep breath. She had just spent the last hour at the tutor center helping someone with calculus, and it just seemed to drag on and on.
Just as she turned, she saw Lucas walking towards the lockers. She smiled at him as he reached his.
"Hey Luke."
"Hales," he smiled as he opened his locker and took out a book he needed for his next class, "have you seen Brooke?" He asked.
"She isn't coming in today, she isn't well," Haley said as she watched Lucas close his locker, "but if you ask me, something is wrong, Luke."
"Why?"
"She isn't her usual cheery self. She isn't eating, Luke, I mean nothing at all, and-"
"What Hales?" Luke asked, quite concerned.
"I think she's making herself sick. I've heard her at night and early mornings when she thinks I'm asleep. I'm worried about her."
"I'll go and see her after school," Lucas said as the bell rang.
"I have to get to class. I'll check on Brooke at lunch." She smiled before giving Luke a quick kiss on the cheek and heading off to her next class.
Lucas just stood there thinking until Nathan's words brought him back to reality.
"You better not screw up tonight!" Nathan said.
"Huh?" Lucas said, slightly confused, he had other things on his mind.
"Our basketball match."
"Oh."
"Just remember to pass to me and don't screw up," Nathan said before walking off, Lucas followed to his next class.
The Ravens didn't usually have a basketball match on a Monday, but the game before the weekend got cancelled, so they had no choice but to play today.
Brooke had managed to eat some French toast and a banana for breakfast, but she didn't keep it down for long. She couldn't seem to eat anything without being sick. She thought about not eating anything, but she knew that wasn't a possibility, that then she'd make things so much worse.
'Worse' Brooke thought, 'how the hell could things be any worse than this?'
Haley had come home for lunch to check on Brooke, as promised. She let herself in the front door and saw Brooke sitting at the breakfast bar.
"You okay tigger?"
Brooke half smiled and nodded, she didn't want Haley knowing anything was wrong.
"I thought I'd make sure," Haley smiled as she got out the few items she needed to make herself a sandwich.
"You mean you thought you'd check up on me," Brooke laughed. She loved how caring Haley was.
"You want me to make you anything?" Haley asked as she finished up making her sandwich.
Brooke shook her head and watched as Haley started eating her lunch.
"Are you sure?" Haley asked, taking a bite of her tuna mayo sandwich.
Brooke nodded, "I'm ok, Hales. I had a really big breakfast," She lied. "But thank you anyway."
"Well you won't be thanking me for this," Haley laughed as she pulled some papers out of her bag. "All the notes from today's English class, plus the homework essay we have to write." She placed the papers on the table.
"Wow, thanks Hales. I really wanna be doing homework right now," Brooke laughed.
"Well, we have two weeks to do it, so you'll be fine. Are you coming back to school this afternoon?"
Brooke shook her head, "Nope, I'm gonna try and get some sleep."
"You'd tell me, right? If something was wrong."
"Of course. Look Hales, I'm gonna get some sleep, ok?"
"Sure. I'll see you later," Haley smiled as she picked up her bag and left.
Brooke picked up her phone and tapped in Luke's number.
Please pick up!
"Hey Brooke."
"Ahhh, finally!" Brooke laughed, "hey, can you come over tonight, I need to talk to you."
"I can't. It's the game tonight, Brooke. I can't let the team down," Lucas had said.
"Oh, afterwards then?"
"Of course, pretty girl. I have to go but I love you."
"I love you too, Lucas," she smiled, before saying bye then hanging up the phone.
Brooke knew she wouldn't be able to cheer in tonight's game because she missed school. So all she could do was sit and wait.
"As we come to the end of the first half, the ravens are down by twenty points. He who shall not be named will not be happy!" Mouth said into the microphone, announcing everything that was going on for the live web cast on his website, ravens hoops.
The buzzer went off and all the players went back into the locker room. The cheerleaders sat in one corner talking. Rachel and Bevin were talking, and so was Haley and Peyton.
"I can't believe Brooke is missing this. She loves cheering at games," Peyton said.
"I know. She just isn't herself lately."
"What do you mean?"
"Something isn't right. She's becoming distant with Lucas, she barely leaves the bathroom and she isn't eating. I'm worried about her," Haley said using a clip to fix a piece of hair out of place.
'Maybe she's pregnant' Peyton thought, then laughed at herself for even thinking that. Brooke knew all about birth control and she definitely wasn't the type of girl to let a baby mess up her plans.
Haley looked at Peyton as she laughed, she shrugged her shoulders and stood up. Haley was just about to talk to the team until Rachel stood up and lightly pushed her to the side.
"Out the way fat ass. Girls, shall we?" She smiled as she walked away and the other cheerleaders followed her.
Back in the locker room, Dan, the new Ravens coach, was yelling at the players.
"WHAT ARE YOU ALL BLIND?" Dan yelled to the players. He walked closer to Nathan. "Nathan, I said shoot, not pass to Lucas! Why did you disobey me?"
"Lucas had a better angle, and he got it didn't he?" Nathan said, smiling at Lucas.
"Stop being such a smart ass Nathan," Dan said. "Get your jersey off."
"Why?" Nathan asked.
"I'm taking you out of the game," Dan smirked.
"WHAT?" Nathan shouted.
"You can't take him off, we won't win without him." Lucas said as the other players nodded in agreement.
"Fine," Dan said. "But don't think this is over."
The buzzer sounded for the second half as everyone took their places on the court.
"Lucas Scott passes to Nathan Scott. The Ravens really need to score some points here. They are down quite a bit," Mouth said watching the game from the benches.
This was ridiculous. She had spent nearly an hour staring at this box. Tears streamed down her face. Brooke wiped her tears away and took a deep breath. She really wanted to do this with Lucas, yet she needed to know now but didn't want to do it alone. Brooke placed the box down on the side, leaving the bathroom and heading towards the kitchen to make herself a tea.
The time was nearly up, and after a dreaded pep talk from Dan, the ravens were doing better.
"The ravens have equalized, now with short time on the clock, can they pull off the win?" Mouth asked out to the web cam viewers.
"Let's go Ravens!" Dan shouted and the crowd joined in with him.
"That's tremendous support from the fans, as always," Mouth smiled, "Ten seconds on the clock, come on ravens!"
Nathan passed the ball to Lucas, setting him up to make the winning basket.
"Nathan passes to Lucas, Luke for the win..." Mouth announced.
Lucas let the ball leave his hands as he, and everyone else watched nervously as the buzzer sounded just as the ball entered the hoop.
"YEAH! For the viewers at home, the ravens have won!" Mouth said, excited for the players. He took his headphones off and joined in the celebration.
The crowed stood up and cheered, the players went round clapping hands with one another. The cheerleaders were jumping up and down.
One of the guys on the team had asked a few people to his house to celebrate, which obviously meant it would turn into a party, and Brooke Davis loved parties, so Peyton decided to let her know.
Peyton's conversation with Brooke had been pretty short. She could tell something was wrong, that she was upset. She knew Brooke had been crying. Parties were nothing without her best friend, so Peyton decided against going.
Lucas picked up his phone and noticed he had a few missed calls from Brooke. Dammit, he thought. He was meant to see her after the game but he came to the party instead. He quickly sent her a text message before putting the phone back in his pocket and continued to celebrate with his team mates.
Typical Lucas, Brooke thought. For the last few days, the days she has needed him more than anything and he had been putting everything else above her. She clearly wasn't his priority.
Brooke looked at the text again and sighed.
'I can't get away, I'm sorry. See you tomorrow? Luke x'
He didn't even say he loved her, didn't even call her pretty girl. That annoyed Brooke. She needed him more than ever. She wanted him to be here now, to do this with her. This was going to be a life changing moment, and she needed him, but yet again, he wasn't there for her.
She took a sip of her water before going to the bathroom and taking a deep breath, she picked up the box and pulled out the contents.
Peyton parked her car and walked towards Brooke apartment. She needed to know Brooke was ok. As she reached the door she heard a loud noise, like something smashing. She banged on the door.
"Brooke, Brooke let me in. Are you ok?" She yelled as she continued to bang on the door.
Brooke opened the door. Her eyes were red, glassy and puffy, it was so obvious to Peyton that she had been crying.
"Brooke-"
Brooke said nothing. She didn't have to. She simply extended her arm, showing Peyton the positive pregnancy test and started crying.
Peyton was shocked, and had so many questions, but now wasn't the time. She took Brooke in her arms and gave her best friend a cuddle.
"Come and stay at mine tonight, we can talk, we can laugh, cry, watch a movie, eat. Whatever you want," she smiled.
A few hours later, Nathan and Haley arrived back from the party. Haley unlocked the door and went to pull Nathan on to the sofa when she noticed glass on the floor.
Nathan started picking the glass up whilst Haley got a bag. As he picked up another piece, he cut his hand.
"Any plasters Hales?" He asked, blood dripping from his hand.
"Bathroom," Haley said, as she continued to clean up the glass.
Nathan walked in to the bathroom and found the plasters in the cabinet. He didn't want blood dripping so he got a towel from the wash basket. Just as he did something dropped to the floor. He went to put it back, until he realised what it was.
"Haley," Nathan yelled at he came walking back to Haley's side.
"What?"
"Is this yours?" He asked, showing her the empty pregnancy testing box.
Haley was so surprised, "That's not mine."
"Whose is it then?" He questioned.
Haley thought about it, "Brooke," She said. Nathan just stared at her. Brooke's little secret was no longer a secret.
AN: Please bare with me whilst I edit and re-upload my previous chapters. Thank you.
