"Hey." Chase said casually, like he would to a buddy. Chase was coming out of Alex's bathroom with his hair wet and a towel around his waist.

"Mmm. Hey there." Alex smiled and sat up with the sheets wrapped around her body. Chase was stifling through the mess in Alex's room, looking for something.

"Have you seen my shirt?" Chase looked up at Alex with his pants in one hand. He was wearing underwear now.

"Yeah, here." Alex handed it to him, disappointed looking.

"Thanks." He said as he through it over his head. He then put on his belt and threw on his shoes.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?" Alex ran her hand threw her hair.

"Um, I've gotta go to work. I'll uh, see you later okay?" He walked over to her and awkwardly kissed her on the cheek. He walked out and she heard the door close.

"I had a great time last night too." Alex frowned.

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"What are you doing?" Nathan stood leaning on the door frame. He was watching Haley who was standing in front of the mirror, looking full of angst and frustration. She was tugging on her red silk blouse that had small straps and hugged her under the bust. She was also wearing bootcut jeans.

"I'm trying to tell if I look bloated, fat, or just barely pregnant." Haley smiled as she tied the bow on the back of her shirt to tighten it, so it flowed out a little. I guess you could say she looked pregnant, but her stomach just bloated out barely.

"Hales, you look fine. And shouldn't we get you checked out sooner or later?" He crossed his arms and switched legs he was leaning on. Haley tugged on her shirt again. She was distracted. She didn't answer?

"Hales?" Nathan creased his eyebrows and started over to Haley.

"Oh, yeah sorry. Yeah I have an appointment to get a check up this afternoon. Jamie will still be at school though."

"Well you'd think it's the type of thing you'd tell me?" Nathan sat down on the bed. Haley turned to face him.

"I'm sorry Nathan." She sighed. "I'm just worried about Quinn. She hasn't called me since she got home from the hospital. Y'know they haven't found Katie. Or whoever she actually was." Haley sat down next to Nathan. He put his hand on her leg.

"I'm sure Clay is taking care of Quinn. And the police are on it. You don't need to worry." He rubbed her leg. Jamie then walked In with his backpack on.

"Is someeeone going to take me to school?" Jamie said being kiddingly annoyed.

"Okay okay let's go Jim Jam." Haley popped up from the bed and held the back of Jamie's backpack as they walked out of the bedroom. Nathan laughed.

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"Hey beautiful." Julian gave Brooke a kiss. She was sitting at the counter, looking through papers and was texting someone.

"Yeah, hey. Purple and white. You okay with that?" Brooke kept stifling through her papers.

"As colors? I guess, but purple is a little feminine for me I guess." Julian popped a grape in his mouth, confused. Brooke set the papers down and looked at him.

"No, as wedding colors. But it'll be more like lavender and white. And it's on June 13th. I need your list as soon as possible."

"Woah, woah woah. Okay one thing at a time. Colors sound good. Done. Now when did we decide on a date?" Julian looked at her expectedly.

"Well June 13th is the only date of which everyone we know has no conflict with. Now unless you want to help me decide which flowers will or will not suck all of the energy out of our reception, I would leave me to it." Brooke smiled.

"Yeah good idea. I should get to work. Okay see you later beautiful." Julian kissed her and walked out the door. Brooke smiled and got back to her lists.

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"So how's Jamie?" Quinn and Haley were walking on the street with cups of coffee and Haley was holding shopping bags.

"He's good. He's just finishing the school year and doing well." Haley smiled.

"That's great Haley. But I meant more of how's he doing with the whole baby thing?" Quinn smirked.

"Phew. Well I thought telling him would be hard, but he was so mature about it. He's excited." Haley said, grinning. "But I'm just concerned about how he's going to deal with all of the changes. I mean, I am going to get big and grouchy, and then all of a sudden there will be this new baby and I just don't want him to feel like me and Nate are ignoring him. I just, I want him to know me and Nathan still love him."

"Hales, he knows. And you have time. How many months are you anyways? Like how far along?" Quinn and Haley turned the street corner and got in the car.

"I don't know. I just took a pregnancy test a couple weeks ago and it was positive. But I feel like I'm already showing a little. Probably not. Well Nathan and I have an appointment in an hour or so so we'll know then." Haley turned on the car and started driving.

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"I wonder if it's a girl or a boy. Oh my god Nathan what if it's a little girl." Haley grinned. She was sitting on the doctors chair, laying down. Nathan was sitting in a chair next to her, leaning forward nervously.

"Hales either way, this baby is going to be amazing." Nathan put his hand over hers.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Scott." The doctor came in, smiling. It was a tall dark haired man, who was pretty old.

"Hi, It's really nice to meet you." Nathan stood up and gave the doctor a firm handshake, then sat back down.

"Okay Haley, why don't we just go ahead and give you an ultrasound and we can see how far along you are and we can get you a due date." The doctor smiled. Nathan and Haley nodded.

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Brooke was upstairs in a room full of clothes, with a big mirror on one wall. She was wearing a veil that was short on her head, and had a longer one in her hand.

"Hmph." Brooke sighed and turned sideways. Julian came in quickly in a suit.

"Brooke." Julian came into the middle of the room, and Brooke turned to look at him.

"Oh, Hey." Brooke acted like she wasn't that happy to see him.

"Hey? I've been calling you all day. You said we could have lunch. I was worried. I called the house phone a million times. What's with you lately?" Brooke flinched at his bluntness.

"What's with me? Nothing. I'm trying to plan our wedding Julian." Brooke turned back to the mirror and took off the veil.

"I know you've been planning the wedding. It's all you do! I try talking to you and I try to be here for you but all you do is ignore me! I'm trying Brooke."

"I'm tired of this Julian. I'm tired of you accusing me of being distant and not being in touch with you. I am really busy Julian, with work and the wedding and.." Brooke paused.

"Is this about work and the wedding… or, is this about you not being able to have kids." Julian said more gently.

"No." Brooke turned around, facing away from Julian. Julian walked up, close behind her. She turned and he was inches from her face. "No. It's not just that. It's that I'm getting married and I feel like you don't care about it. It's that I can't have kids and my best friend is pregnant..again. It's that my other best friend isn't going to be at my wedding." She shed a tear.

"Brooke I can try to be here more for the wedding. But I can't fix any of the rest of that. And I'm trying to be here for you but It seems like it's not enough."

"Well. Then I guess that's it." Brooke said softly.

"Yeah." Julian walked out. As soon as she heard the door shut, she started sobbing. She threw the veils to the ground and ran down the stairs. On the last few steps she tripped and fell. She sat at the bottom of the stairs crying.

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"Hey, two tequila shots?" The bartender at Tric said to Alex, who walked up to the bar.

"Um, no, I'm not staying, I just was looking for Chase?" Alex looked around the bar.

"Actually Chase isn't in right now. I think he's in California. Said there was someone he needed to talk to." He poured a drink for someone.

"Oh. Okay I think I'll take those shots. But you have to drink them for me." Alex plopped down in a chair. The bartender nodded, and started to pour the tequila in the shot glasses from high up.

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Nathan poured Haley a cup of water, then grabbed his beer and plopped down on the couch next to her. She took a sip right away.

"Nathan." Haley stared in front of her.

"Yeah, I know." Nathan took another swig and set it down next to him.

"Twins Nathan." Haley finally looked over to him.

"Yup." Nathan kept drinking.

"Twice as many mouths to feed, twice as many diapers, twice as many times that we are going to wake up in the middle of the night."

"Hales." Nathan turned to face her, and took her shoulders. She turned to him. "You are such a good mom to Jamie. You are going to be amazing to these kids." Nathan rubbed her shoulder.

"Yeah?" Haley looked up at him.

"Yeah." Nathan leaned in for a kiss. They separated and leaned into him and laid on his chest on the couch.

"We're having twins." Haley smiled and turned her head upward to look at him and smile. She rested her hand on her stomach, and Nathan held her hand on top of it, moving their hands together, back and forth.

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The door opened and closed. Brooke was in the kitchen, sitting on top of the counter, with a first aid kit next to her and a huge back of ice on her ankle.

"Woah, hey what happened?" Julian set down his wallet and phone and rushed over to Brooke.

"I just tripped on the stairs. It's not that bad." Brooke looked him in the eyes.

"It's swollen. Let me see." Julian carefully lifted up her ankle and put it on top of the ice bag. Brooke winced. He picked up the ace bandage from the first aid kit.

"Julian." Brooke said calmly. "I love you."

"I love you too." Julian stopped wrapping her swollen purple ankle for a moment.

"Yeah well I need you to know that. And I am going to be here now. I'm not going to avoid this anymore. I have to deal with it. And I have to be a friend to Haley. I'm not going to shut you out anymore."

"Good." Julian looked into her eyes and put his face close. "Because I don't want you to shut me out anymore." He kissed her softly. Brooke smiled.

"So, how much did you want to laugh when I told you I tripped down the stairs?" Brooke and Julian smiled as he finished wrapping up her ankle. A thick ace bandage consumed her foot. He picked up the ice bag, and then swept her up into his arms. He set her down on the couch and propped her foot on the table with some ice.

"I would never, laugh at you Brooke Davis." Julian sat next to her.

"Hm. Good." Brooke smiled and put her head on Julians shoulder, and closed her eyes.

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It was about noon the next day. Quinn walked into Haley's house and found Haley in the kitchen, making macncheese.

"Hey there." Quinn smiled and sat down at the counter. Haley turned around and smiled.

"Hey Quinn what's up?" Haley took off her apron and started washing her hands. Quinn snapped a carrot in her mouth.

"I was just stopping by, thought you might want to share how your doctors appointment went." Quinn dipped another carrot in ranch.

"Well it was good. We got home and shared with Jamie about the new babies." Haley smiled and turned to Quinn.

"Babies? As in plural? As in,?" Quinn stopped chewing.

"As in me and Nathan are having twins." Haley said.

"Oh my god! Haley! I couldn't be happier for you." Quinn smiled and jumped up to hug Haley. As they pulled away from their hug, Haley stayed close, looking at Quinn.

"Im having a girl. A little boy and a girl." Haley smiled widely and giggled.

"Aw Hales!" They both stood in the kitchen, squealing and jumping up and down.

"Hey, what's going on in here?" Jamie said as him and Nathan walked into the kitchen.

"Uh nothing. We're just really jazzed about this whole macn'cheese thing." Quinn grinned and laughed. She was still holding onto Haley's upper arms. Haley turned and smiled at Nathan, and he smiled back.

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