Chapter 2

The next morning, Brooke woke up. She felt really sick and hated the idea of going to school. She looked over to Haley's bed. She had already gone. Brooke walked out towards the kitchen. Haley was there drinking some orange juice before school.

"Why you not ready? You'll be late." Haley said, putting the orange juice carton back into the fridge.

"Not going."

"Why?"

"Feel sick." Brooke said as she walked back into the bedroom. Haley left for school.

School

At school, Lucas was looking for Brooke. He saw Haley by her locker.

"You saw Brooke?" He asked.

"Yeah. She's not coming in today."

"Why?"

"Feeling sick." Haley said shutting her locker door.

"Oh, must be last night."

"What happened last night?" She asked with a concerned look on her face.

"Brooke seemed distant to me. I'm not sure what's wrong." Lucas said.

"I'll find out what's wrong."

"Thanks Hales."

Haley smiled and walked off to class. Lucas just stood there thinking until Nathan's words brought him back down to earth.

"You better hit the shot tonight!" Nathan said.

"Huh? What?" Lucas said, sounding confused.

"Our basketball match."

"Oh."

"Just remember to pass to me and don't screw up."

Nathan walked away, Lucas got to class.

Brooke/Haley apartment.

Brooke was in the bathroom, tears streaming down her face as she looked at the pregnancy test. She was pregnant. After all, this had happened before and this time she had to be certain. She then stared at another pregnancy test on the floor which also showed up positive. She had now taken two tests. It couldn't be a mistake - She was pregnant.

Suddenly someone had walked into the apartment, it must have been Haley, and she's the only one with a key. She hid the tests anywhere she could until she could get rid of whoever was at the door. She came out of the bathroom.

"You okay?" Haley asked.

"What you doing back?"

"Lunch break. Thought I would check on you."

"I'm fine; I was just going to have a shower." Brooke said.

"Brooke, you sure you're okay. I mean you can tell me anything."

"I know."

"So, you would tell me if something was up?"

"Yeah. It's just that time of the month."

"Ok, well if you're sure." Haley said, taking a bottle of water out of the fridge. "So, you coming to school, or what's left of school?" She laughed.

"No." Brooke said.

"You do realize you won't be allowed to cheer in tonight's game."

"GO RAVENS!" Brooke shouted. "What's there to cheer about?" She said sarcastily.

Later that night - Raven's basketball game

"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.

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.

"Brooke still hasn't showed up?" Peyton asked.

"No, and earlier she seemed not like herself." Haley said.

"What do you mean?"

"Something is wrong, I mean really wrong." Haley said.

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.

"Fine." Dan said. "But don't think this is over."

The buzzer sounded for the second half as everyone was on the court.

"Lucas Scott passes to Nathan Scott. The Ravens really need to score some points here. There down quite a bit." Mouth said.

Brooke's apartment

Brooke was in her room crying. How the hell could she be pregnant? Last time with Lucas was just a scare. But this time was different; she didn't know who the father was. She had slept with Chris only once and Lucas a few times. So, surely, the chance of Lucas being the father was higher. She was worrying about nothing; of course Lucas was the father. But she always had that thought at the back of her mind. How does she tellLucas that she's pregnant? Let alone that it may not be his baby. Brooke got so angry; she got the glass of water next to her and threw it across the room. The water went everywhere and the glass shattered against the wall.

Ravens BB game

The time was nearly up. The ravens had worked extra hard, after the pep talk from Dan.

"The ravens have equalized, now with short time on the clock, can they pull of the win?" Mouth asked out to the web cam viewers.

Nathan had passed the ball to Lucas. Lucas took a shot. The timer was going down fast.

"Nathan passes to Lucas. Luke for the win..."

The buzzer sounded just as the ball went in.

"YEAH! For the viewers at home, the ravens have won!" Mouth said sounding very excited.

The crowed stood up and cheered, the player went round clapping hands with one another. The cheerleaders were jumping up and down.

The ravens were going to have a party to celebrate. Peyton wanted Brooke to know, because she loved a good party. She took out her mobile phone and dialed Brooke's number.

"Hey Brooke, we won!" Peyton said, on the other end Brooke didn't seem to care. "I'll come over."

She canceled the call and left the gym. Lucas ran over to Haley.

"Congrats." Haley said hugging Lucas. She broke away.

"You seen Brooke?" He asked.

"No. She didn't show up." Haley said.

"Oh I wonder what's up." Lucas said. He didn't seem too bothered; he was happy about the win and went to join the party.

Brooke's apartment

Peyton had shown up, she had offered to get Brooke a drink. A proper one. But she didn't want an alcoholic drink. This seemed weird. Brooke was sitting there in a dressing gown, tissues near her. Her eyes were red and puffy and it was so obvious to Peyton that she had been crying.

"Talk to me Brooke. Something's wrong. I can tell." Peyton said.

"Nothing is wrong." Brooke said, tears streaming down her face.

"You're pregnant?"

Brooke just nodded. How the hell did Peyton guess? Either way, she had someone to talk to now.

"Does Lucas know?" She asked. She looked at Brooke, while Brooke gave her a look. "Judging by that look, he doesn't."

"No." Brooke said. "What's even worse. I don't even know if his the father."

"Come and stay at mine tonight. We can talk." Peyton said.

Later – Brooke/Haley apartment

Nathan and Haley had come back from the party. They went towards the bedroom. While in there, Nathan spotted glass on the floor. He picked it up, but cut his hand.

"Any plasters Hales?" He asked. Blood dripping from his hand.

"Bathroom." Haley said.

Nathan walked into the bathroom; he found the plasters in the cabinet. He didn't want blood dripping everywhere, so he went to get a towel from the wash basket. Inside shocked him. He rushed back into the bedroom.

"Haley."

"What?"

"Is this yours?" He asked. Showing her the positive pregnancy test.

Haley was so surprised. "That's not mine."

"Whose is it then?" He questioned her.

Haley thought about it. "Brooke." She said. Nathan just stared at her. Brooke's little secret was no longer a secret.