Hi everyone, I hoped you guys liked Chapter One: Exhilaration, my very first chapter of my very first fanfic! Anway here is Chapter Two: Incredulity. If anyone has any suggestions they'd be welcome. Anythinng that you'd like to see happen in this story? Send me a review! Anyway I'll stop blabbering now, Read, Enjoy and Review!!!!
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As the next week flew by with unpacking boxes (in Brooke's case mainly clothes) the date for Brooke's next appointment at clinic was drawing nearer. Her doctor, Dr Evans, had superb qualifications and both Lucas and Brooke had full confidence in her ability to make sure their baby was healthy. This would be an exciting appointment, as they would be finding out the sex of the baby, something both of them had been looking forward to.
As soon as they had announced Brooke's pregnancy to all of their family and friends everyone seemed to assume that Lucas would be wanting a boy and Brooke a girl. In actual fact both just wanted so much to have a healthy baby that they didn't mind either way.
"Watcha up to Babe?" Asked Lucas as he walked through into the den where Brooke was lying on the floor leafing through a book.
"Oh, hey Broody, just looking at old photos." Lucas came and sat beside her looking at the open page. Peyton with Jake's arms around her middle was standing next to Brooke who was in Lucas's arms and next to them were Nathan and Haley. They all stood next to each other, smiling at the camera. Lucas peered into Brooke's face and found tears in her eyes.
"Oh Brooke, what's wrong?"
"I didn't think I missed her, I mean, with the way she left and everything and not keeping in contact and all. It's just that, well, I'd always thought that she'd be here and we would be pregnant together and be able to complain about all the same things and well, she's not."
"Oh, Baby, don't cry, I know that you miss her and that's perfectly ok!" Comforted Lucas, "I'm sure that deep down Peyton cares about you too, I mean, sure she has some issues, but Baby a ten year friendship can withstand a lot and I'm sure you'll see her again soon. Maybe she just can't face you for some reason or maybe she doesn't know how to reach out, when she was the one who broke all the ties."
Brooke buried her face into Luke's comforting chest and controlled herself. She really missed her old best friend and she wished that Peyton would contact her. Did she think that Brooke would be mad at her or something?
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All that could be heard the next morning in the Scott Junior household was crying. Wyatt had just gotten over a nasty cold and when you're a month and a half old crying is really your best communication. Haley was trying to coax him to drink his milk while Nathan was eating some toast and grumbling about basketball practise.
Glancing up at his harassed wife Nathan decided to take matters into his own hands. He took the bottle from Haley in one hand, picked Wyatt up in the other and walked around the kitchen jiggling his little boy. Wyatt had soon stopped crying and was happily drinking his milk. Haley gave Nathan a deeply thankful look and settled herself down to eat some breakfast. Just then the phone rang. Sighing and putting down her spoon, Haley got up to answer it.
"Hello, Haley speaking?"
"Hey Haley"
"Oh my goodness, is that you, Jake?"
"Sure is Haley, how are things?"
"Wait just one sec, you don't just get to waltz right back into our lives after not contacting us for over a year! Do you know how much Nathan and I and Lucas and Brooke have missed you, wait, are you still with Peyton?"
"Yes, Haley, I am." Answered Jake, trying not to laugh. "Peyton was just a little scared to call so I did the honours."
"Oh yes, and I see you decided to take the easy way out and call us instead of Lucas and Brooke!"
"Yeah, I know Hales, but I did have my reasons, I mean I know you and Nathan are still together, I mean last a heard you two were living happily in Charlotte but Lucas and Brooke, who knows where they are, and yeah, I kinda did also think that you might be a bit more forgiving."
"Oh ho, you did, did you?" Answered Haley threateningly, before bursting out laughing. "Well luckily for you, it turns out you're right! It's so great to hear from you Jake, where have you guys been living and how are Jenny and Peyton?"
"Slow down Hales, I can answer your questions if you give me time to breathe!" laughed Jake. "Well after we graduated from college three years ago in California we moved to Phoenix as I was offered a job their. Peyton and I, well, we got married..."
"You what?" Yelled Haley, making Nathan jump and look up, alarmed. "Without any of us there?"
"I know Haley, we felt awful, anyway, I'm calling because we're coming back for a holiday next week and we were wondering well if we could stay, with either you guys or Lucas and Brooke, well, if they're still together."
"Of course, you can stay with us and of course Brooke and Lucas are still together, don't you remember how they acted like they were the meaning of true love? Well, it's still the same, although, they're oblivious to it!"
"Well, that's awesome Haley, thank you so much. Anyway so we got married around two years ago now and we're still living in Phoenix, Jenny's doing great at school here, she's nearly eight years old now. How are you guys doing?"
"Well… oh my goodness, you don't know about Wyatt!"
"Whose Wyatt?"
"Our son! He's nearly one and a half months now and he's got black hair and blue eyes and…"
"Haley that's so great, give my congratulations to Nate for me will you?"
"Of course I will and before you ask, I'm not telling you anything about Lucas and Brooke. You'll have to find out when you arrive, although I will tell them that you are coming. Oh, and tell Peyton that she doesn't have to be scared, although she might not admit it at first, Brooke's really missed her."
"Thanks so much Haley, I'll see you next week and say hi to everyone from us, we'll explain everything in a lot more detail when we arrive," said Jake, hanging up the phone. Sitting next to him was Peyton. The almost six years since high school hadn't changed her much. She was a bit hardier but still the same old girl at heart. When she saw Jake's smile as he put the phone down she heaved a sigh of relief.
"I was so scared they'd all hate us!"
"I know, Peyt, but I'm pretty sure we have already been forgiven by Haley and that means Nathan too, oh and did you hear about their one and a half year old son named Wyatt."
"Yeah, that's amazing," she replied, but her heart didn't really sound in it.
"Brooke will forgive you eventually too Peyt," said Jake, watching his wife's face. She turned to stare at him.
"I hope you're right, because I don't know what I'll do if she doesn't."
"Haley assured me that she missed you too, but she said it might take a while for her to admit that, we did hurt them all, just disappearing like that."
"I know we did Jake, but what other choice did we have, we needed to evadeNikki and running seemed like our only option. Now that the court has dealt with all of that and Jenny has been formerly adopted as my daughter," she smiled fondly, "We don't need to worry anymore but I just feel guilty that we didn't get in contact with them sooner, it was just never the right time."
"I know Peyton, don't worry everything will be fine."
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Brooke put down the phone and turned around to Lucas. "That was Haley, apparently they have some exciting news to tell us so they invited us around to dinner tonight."
"Oh great, that sounds like fun," replied Lucas, "We should really be leaving in a minute to get to the clinic."
"Oh of course," replied Brooke snapping out of her daydream. "I really don't want to be late."
When they arrived and were sitting in the waiting room both Lucas and Brooke were rather nervous. Today would be the day that they would find out a defining part of their future child.
"Mrs Scott," called the nurse. They stood up, Lucas with his hand on Brooke's back, and walked in Dr Evans's studio.
"Good afternoon Brooke, Lucas. I hope everything's going well."
"Oh yes great," replied Brooke.
"Right, well you know the drill so if you can just get ready for the ultrasound and we'll begin."
A few minutes later and both Brooke and Lucas had huge smiles on their faces as Dr Evans pointed out their child on the screen. "Now I assume from your nervousness today that you know that you're able to find out the gender?"
"How did you guess?" Asked Lucas weakly as he reached for Brooke's hand. We're just so happy to be having a child that either gender will make us extraordinarily happy!"
"I'm happy to hear that. Well your first child is a healthy girl." Brooke and Lucas were ecstatic and grabbed each other for a passionate kiss. Good-natured Dr Evans just laughed at their happiness.
"I'm glad you to seem so overjoyed, I know this baby girl will have great parents! Now Brooke, I know that you haven't gained much weight yet but just to warn you, you should start to notice it soon."
They were so happy at that point nothing could have spoiled their joy. As they drove home Lucas had a smile plastered to his face a he kept looking at Brooke's stomach. "I can't believe our little girl is in there, I can't wait for her to be born."
Brooke laid a contented hand on her stomach, "Oh I know having a child with you is making my dreams come true."
"I love you Brooke, so much and like you this is my dream come true!"
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Later that night they arrived at Haley and Nathan's house and their friends were overjoyed to hear the news.
"Oh Brooke, congratulations." Cried Haley.
"Yeah guys, now she can be Daddy and Mummy's little princess."
"Sure will be Nate," replied Lucas, with a grin.
As the were sitting around the dinner table with Wyatt in bed, the subject of children finally came to a close. Haley knew that she needed to tell their friends her news.
"Well, I had an interesting phone call today," she announced, looking at Brooke and Lucas.
"Oh yeah, Hales, what about?" Enquired Lucas.
"It was Jake, he told me that he and Peyton are now married and living in Phoenix and are coming to visit Charlotte next week!"
