I'm sorry you had to wait. I hope I have more time and next chapters will be up faster. This chapter is shorter. Sorry for that too. But I hope you enjoy reading it. :)

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Complicated

Peyton and Lucas still stood in the middle of Lucas' room and stared at each other. Peyton cried and Lucas was all messed up. He couldn't even think.

„But wait a second. How do you know it's mine? How can you be sure?" Lucas asked. He almost yelled at Peyton.

„Nathan always uses condoms." Peyton answered with shaky voice.

„We have slept together only once. I can't believe it. It can't be true."

„But it is, Lucas. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."

„You don't have to be sorry, Peyton. It's my child too. I'll give you anything you need. I'll be there for you. You're not alone." Lucas said and hugged Peyton. He wanted to tell Peyton that everything is okay but he couldn't. Everything was far away from okay.

Next day at the school he was like miles away. He and Haley walked along the hallway to go to the lockers. Lucas almost passed his locker but Haley pulled him back.

„What's wrong with you today?" Haley asked but Lucas still didn't listen to her. She punched him and he boggled.

„What?" He asked when he saw Haley's furious face.

„Something's wrong with you but you don't want to tell me what it is."

„Yeah. There is something but I'll tell you about it after school. I don't want to talk about it here. Now I got to find Peyton. See you later." He said and almost ran away, leaving Haley only watching after him.

Lucas ran around the school and tried to find Peyton. Soon he saw Brooke sitting alone on a bench and walked to her.

„Where's Peyton?" He asked when he sat down next to Brooke.

„You're so impolite. You should say hi first. But Peyton is at home."

„Why? Is something wrong?" Lucas panicked and made Brooke worry.

„She just told me she doesn't want to come to school. She has bad mood or something. But is there something else? Something I should know?"

„Oh. I got to see her." Lucas said and stood up.

„Lucas." Brooke stopped him. „ You can tell me what's wrong. I'm Peyton's friend."

After realizing Brooke's worry, he sat back to tell her everything.

„I don't know if she allows me to talk about it but I'll tell you because I know you're a good friend. But it's pretty shocking. Peyton is pregnant."

Brooke couldn't believe what she just heard. Her mouth was left opened because of that surprise. She shook her head. It was just unbelievable.

„Does Nathan know about it? Father of the child should know about it. If she won't tell him I'll do it. But he has to know." Brooke said edgily and waited for Lucas to comply.

"Nathan can't get to know about it. He's not the father." Lucas shed his head.

"Who is it then?" Brooke yelled at him. But Lucas didn't want to tell it. He even didn't want to look at her and saw her reaction.

"LUCAS! Look at me and tell me who is it!" Brooke couldn't wait any longer. Lucas raised his head and looked at Brooke.

"I'm the father." He said and saw a deep disappointment in Brooke's eyes.

"Oh. I get it now." Brooke said and tried to hold back tears. "Now I know who you are, Lucas Scott. And you're definitely not that guy who I thought you to be."

"Brooke. It's not like that. It was just one time." Lucas tried to explain.

"Look, I don't need your explanations. I thought you're different but you're same as all the guys. Sleeping around, flirting with every girl who comes to you and pretending to be nice guy to get them to bed. That's disgusting." Brooke threw everything she thought at Lucas and walked away. That made Lucas feeling even worse than before.

Brooke decided to skip classes and go to see her best friend. She was disappointed but she couldn't leave Peyton alone with this. She walked to Peyton's house and found her lying on the bed. At first she turned off the web cam and then sat down to the bed behind Peyton.

"How are you?" She asked and Peyton turned herself around.

"I'm fine. Why are you here anyway?" Peyton asked and looked at Brooke with confused look.

"Lucas told me everything and I thought you might need a friend."

Peyton push herself up and they both smiled.

"Come here." She said and hugged Brooke. "But you should go back to school."

"No. We should do some girly stuff together. Like go to shopping or eat a lot of chocolate. That would be fun!" Brooke got enthusiastic and jumped around the room.

"Brooke I'm pregnant, not heartbroken." Peyton said and it Brooke stopped.

"Oops. My bad." Brooke said and sat down quickly. They both laughed at her.

At the night Lucas turned up at Brooke's house. He knocked at the door. When Brooke saw Lucas, she walked away from the door and didn't open it.

"Brooke, please open the door." He begged Brooke. However, after few minutes Brooke opened the door but she didn't let Lucas to come in.

"What do you want? I'm in hurry." She asked arrogantly and tired to hide her true feelings. Lucas looked at Brooke and tried to understand if she's faking or she really doesn't want to see him ever again.

"I just wanted to talk about things you said to me at school." Lucas said and looked at Brooke's face. Seemed like she didn't want to talk and Lucas didn't continue.

"Didn't you hear me? I'm in hurry. I got to get myself ready for the party. All those guys out there are waiting for me. So if you want to talk to me come back tomorrow. Bye." Brooke said and tried to close the door but Lucas stopped her.

"I guess it's the party for basketball team where I'm not going. But you are going to party when your best friend needs you so much? What kind of friend would do something like that?" Lucas tried to stop Brooke from going to the party.

"We both are invited to the party and I didn't want to go but Peyton told me to go. So don't try to change my mind. I'm going." Brooke closed the door and went to her room. She looked at the mirror. All she could see was a sad girl with tears in her eyes. She looked pathetic to herself.

"Brooke Davis crying because of guys - that's not right at all." She said to herself, dried tears and smiled to herself.

Lucas went back to home but he couldn't just be there and do nothing. He raced around from room to room and tried to think what to do with Peyton and Brooke. But one there were on thing he was sure about – he needed to talk to Brooke and that couldn't wait. He went to his mother's café to find Haley.

"Hey Hales. Come to the party with me to Nathan's beach house." He said when he saw Haley and sat down beside the counter table.

"Oh, I can't come. I have to work. And I think it's not my kind of company there." Haley answered and went to clean the tables. The Karen came out from the kitchen.

"Haley you can go if you want to. There's not much work right now and I can pull off." She said and Haley only rolled her eyes. Lucas looked at her with appealing face and Haley had to give in and go to the party.

Preview:

What happens to Brooke at the party?

Will Lucas arrive to the party too late?

What ruins Lucas and Haley's friendship?

Lucas had to choose between Brooke and Peyton. Which one he will choose?