"Just tell me, Peyton."

Lucas sat down next to her on her bed.

"Luke, I think I'm pregnant."

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A half hour later, and no word from Lucas, Brooke gave up hope on his arrival. She undressed, grabbed ice cream, and got into bed. Before she even realized, the tears started streaming down her face. She felt so selfish. Lucas clearly had a crisis, she shouldn't be upset or angry! But she couldn't help it. He was breaking her heart again, without even knowing it.

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"Peyton... Are you sure?"

"Well I took two tests. They both came out positive. I made a doctor's appointment for tomorrow." Peyton broke down into tears.

"Peyton, it's going to be OK. I'm going to be with you through this all, OK?"

"Luke, I'm so young!" Lucas pulled Peyton into him. She rested her head on his shoulder sobbing while he rubbed her back. He couldn't help notice the time on Peyton's clock. 7:40PM.

"OK, listen to me. I need to make a quick phone call and then after that, I'm yours for the night." Lucas said with a hint of dissapointment in his voice. Of course he'd be there for Peyton, but he couldn't risk losing Brooke.

"OK Lucas. Thank you, so much." Peyton said quietly.

Lucas walked outside of the room and punched Brooke's number into his cell.

Little did he know that Peyton was in her room unable to believe her plan worked.

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"Hello?" Brooke said into her phone trying to sound happy.

"Hi Brooke, listen I'm so sorry about tonight... Something came up..." Lucas tried to believe the words he was saying. He was going to lose Brooke again, and his ex-girlfriend was pregnant.

"It's okay. Is everything ok?"

"No, not really."

"Tell me, what's up?"

"Listen, how about after I'm done at.." Lucas couldn't tell Brooke he was at Peyton's. She'd think they were back together. "After I'm done here, I'll drop by? If that's okay with you..."

"Yeah, that'd be great." Brooke's night seemed to be looking up, "But where are you?"

"I gotta go Brooke, we'll talk later." Lucas hung up the phone and left Brooke wondering.

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"Lucas, I'm so sorry that I had to make you cancel your plans..."

"It's okay Peyton." Lucas sighed.

"What were you supposed to do anyway?" Peyton had a feeling she knew the answer to this question, but she asked anyway.

"I was supposed to hang out with Brooke. What are you going to do if you're pregnant Peyton?" Lucas said changing the subject.

"I don't even know yet."

"Well, whatever you decide to do, I'll be here for you. Whatever you need."

This was the reason Peyton still had feelings for Lucas. He was genuinely kind. She needed to win him back. And this baby lie was the perfect way to keep Lucas around.

"Do you want to come to the doctor with me tomorrow then?"

Truthfully, Lucas wanted to be there for Peyton, however, he wanted to spend time with Brooke.

"Sure, I want to be there."

They discussed the possible baby for a little longer. 7:45 became 8:30.

"Do you want to watch a movie?" Peyton asked, wanting to change the subject but still spend time with Lucas.

"Well, actually, if you're a little more relaxed, I think I should be going."

"Oh." Peyton said plainly.

"So, I guess I'll be going."

"Ok." Peyton said, a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Are you sure it's okay?" Lucas said hearing her tone.

"It's fine..." Peyton said, the tears began swelling in her eyes, clearly a signal to Lucas to stay.

"Well, maybe I'll stay a few minutes longer."

The time went by slowly. At 9, Peyton had been laughing and seemed completely fine. A little strange to Lucas who was still shocked about Peyton's news, but people cope with shocking events different ways.

"Okay Peyton," Lucas faked a yawn. "I think I'm gonna get going."

"Ok. So, I'll see you tomorrow, 12PM for the doctors appointment?"

"Yeah. I'll pick you up a little earlier. If you need anything before that, call me." Lucas regretted these words, he didn't want Peyton to call, but he had to be there for her.

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Lucas got into his car and started on his way to Brooke's apartment. He just wanted to walk through the door and tell Brooke how he felt. And before she could say anything, he'd kiss her. He knew that she would never even pull away. He knew she wanted to be with him, so why was she with someone else and he wasn't trying to fix things?

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Brooke was on her second pint of ice cream. Why did she feel like this? She had a great boyfriend, great friends, she was Brooke Davis! But her heart ached for more than just Chase. But why? Chase was great. He was a skater, but very California-esque looking. He surfed too. He made Brooke laugh. So why did she feel this way? Just as the tears began to stream down her face, the door bell rang.

"Coming!" Brooke quickly wiped her tears and threw on her robe over her bra and underwear on. She had gotten confortable since Haley was sleeping at Nathan's for the night. Her hair was thrown about, but she looked gorgeous as usual.

Lucas walked into the apartment. He looked exhausted.

"You look like you've been brooding too much. What happened?"

"I was at Peyton's." Lucas wanted to be honest with Brooke, since the reason he had messed things up before by lying.

"Oh..." Brooke was dissapointed. Were they getting back together? And why did she care?

"It's nothing like that... She thinks.." Lucas paused. He couldn't believe the words he was saying. "She thinks she might be pregnant."

Brooke felt her heart break. "Oh Lucas, are you upset?" she said, trying to sound concerned and keep herself from getting upset again.

"I don't really know... I mean, it's going to change so much for me. But I have to be there for her."

"Yeah, you have to be there for her," Brooke repeated. But, she wanted Lucas to be therer for her.