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Second chap posted today!
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Chapter 3! Who You Trust & Who You Shouldn't!
"That's great Brooke." He said and got up to hug her. Brooke was relieved and hugged him happily. They broke away and Nathan noticed Brooke was still upset about something.
"What's wrong Brooke?" he asked and then it hit him. He knew what bothering Brooke. He knew the father was Lucas, her very ex-boyfriend who's very much dating her very ex-best friend.
"Oh Brooke it's him isn't it? Lucas? He's the father?" Nathan asked. Brooke just nodded biting her lip again, this time it was to try and stop herself crying.
"Who cares huh?" Nathan asked and smiled at Brooke. A smile crept across her face and she hugged him again.
"Thanks Nate." She said.
"Hey I'm feeling a little left out here." Haley said getting up from her chair.
"Aw come here Hales." Brooke said and she and Nathan wrapped Haley up in a hug.
Just then the bell above the door rung out and the trio looked over still wrapped up in their hug to see Lucas and Peyton walk in holding hands.
"Do you think they've seen us?" Brooke asked.
"I think it would have been pretty hard for them not to have." Haley said.
"They've definitely seen us." Nathan said as Lucas and Peyton walked over to them.
"We can still leave right?" Brooke asked anxiously.
"Don't think so." Nathan said.
"Why not? Let's just slowly move backwards and leave." Brooke suggested.
"Too late Tiger." Haley said as Lucas and Peyton reached them.
"What's going on guys?" Peyton asked smiling. Brooke resisted the urge to throw up for the third time that day as Nathan, Haley and her untangled themselves. Haley looked at Nathan, then Brooke, each of whom looked around too.
"We were just celebrating." Nathan said.
"Celebrating what?" Lucas asked. Haley looked at Brooke who looked like she was going to bolt for the door. Nathan looked worried too. She saw Brooke's pleading stare and gave her a kind smile.
"Just that I'm pregnant." She said turning to Lucas and Peyton smiling.
"Oh my God." Peyton exclaimed.
"Wow, that's great congratulations." Lucas said and Lucas and Haley hugged as did Peyton and Nathan, Lucas and Nathan then hugged and Peyton hugged Haley. Brooke felt left out and was about to leave but then Haley moved away from Peyton to be at Brooke's side. An awkward silence fell over the five teenagers. Karen emerged from the kitchen.
"Mum did you hear?" Lucas asked. Karen smiled.
"Yeah I did." She said. Haley, Nathan and Brooke turned to look at her, their eyes begging her not to tell about Brooke.
"Isn't it great?" Peyton asked and Karen smiled again.
"Uh-huh." She said nodding. She walked up to Brooke and Haley and put an arm around each of them.
"Come on Luke, let's sit down." She said walking to the booth Nathan, Haley and Brooke had been sitting at. She picked up Brooke's bag from the seat and put it on the table before sitting in her seat.
"Come and join us." Peyton said smiling brightly. Brooke knew Peyton didn't mean for her to join them. Haley and Nathan did too.
"Um... no thanks." Haley said and Lucas was confused while Peyton pouted.
"We have to go." Haley said linking arms with Brooke.
"Oh, ok then. Are you sure you guys can't stay?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah it's ok Hales. We can reschedule our plans for some other time." Brooke smiled. Haley shook her head firmly.
"Nope. A promise is a promise Brookie." Haley said. She turned back to Lucas and Peyton.
"Maybe some other time ok?" she said and not even waiting for an answer she turned her back and pulled Brooke along with her to the counter.
"Karen!" Haley called.
"What's wrong?" Karen asked coming out from the kitchen.
"We have to go." Haley said. Karen nodded.
"Ok." She said and caught sight of Haley and Brooke's linked arms and smiled.
"You have fun girls." She said.
"Bye Karen." They said.
"Bye." Karen smiled and went back to the kitchen.
"You too Nathan." She said as she walked away.
"Bye Karen." He called. Haley marched Brooke to the door and Nathan followed.
"Bye." They heard Lucas yell as they left but none of them called back.
"Thanks." Brooke said smiling as she and Haley walked still arm and arm, with Nathan at their side to the car.
"Anytime." Haley smiled.
"Yeah Brooke, we're with you." Nathan said and offered her a smile.
"Love you both for it." Brooke grinned.
"And I am actually going to make you a promise." Haley said.
"What's that?" Brooke asked.
"I will always, always, ALWAYS be there for you no matter what. Always." Haley vowed. Brooke grinned.
"Me too, for you I mean." She said.
"So it's Tigger and Tutor girl Best Buds Forever?" Haley asked.
"Cloths over Bros baby." Brooke smiled and the girls knocked fists.
"What about me?" Nathan protested.
"Alright then." Haley said, rolling her eyes playfully with a grin.
"Yeah Nate you can join our club." Brooke smiled.
"What's the club called?" Nathan asked.
"The Three Amigos." Brooke said decidedly.
"Sounds good." Haley said sticking her hand out.
"Sounds better than good Hales." Brooke teased and stuck her hand out on top of Haley's.
"I'm in." Nathan said putting his hand onto of Brooke's. Haley put her other hand on Nathan's, Brooke followed as did Nathan, then Haley moved her first hand from the bottom of the pile to the top, Brooke copied and Nathan did to. The three teens stood beside the car each moving the hands to be on the top of the pile until they started to laugh.
"Ok ready?" Brooke said laughing.
"Yep." Haley and Nathan replied. Each of them now kept their hands still on top of each others.
"One three..." Nathan said. The girls nodded.
"One." Nathan counted.
"Two." Haley said with a grin.
"Three." Brooke said casting a look at Nathan and Haley.
"The Three Amigos." They all said together and raised their hands in the air.
"Want to go to the mall?" Brooke suggested.
"Sure." Haley nodded and the two girls climbed in the car. Nathan sighed and shook his head.
"Hurry up Nathan." Brooke called from the car.
"Yeah let's go." Haley added and Nathan smiled before jumping in the driver's seat.
Brooke and Haley had successfully maxed out their credit cards.
"Hales I don't think we'll be able to pay rent after this." Nathan teased while Brooke and Haley turned around and said in unison.
"Shut up Nathan." But they were smiling. They girls shopped for a while longer before they stopped to have lunch, neither Brooke or Haley threw up this time which was good. After eating the trio headed off to shop some more but stopped outside a baby store and 'ooooohed' and 'ahhhhh' at the 'oh so totally adorable' and 'majorly cute' outfits. Nathan left and went to the bathroom but the girls stayed starring at the clothes.
"Well, well, well isn't this cute?" a voice asked behind them. Brooke and Haley turned to find Rachel standing there. Brooke felt fear shot through her but hope it didn't show on her face. She wasn't even sure what she was going to do about the baby, she wanted to keep it but she had no idea how to handle it. She didn't need Rachel telling the whole school about her being pregnant.
"What do you want Rachel?" Haley asked annoyed at the sight of the redhead and knowing what she would do with this information. Haley didn't want anyone to hurt Brooke.
"Just to say hi." Rachel smirked. Brooke rolled her eyes.
"Yeah right." She said and was happy to feel Haley linking arms with her again.
"Well there is one other thing." Rachel said.
"What?" Brooke asked.
"Just that it's so cute you're looking at baby clothes. Who's the lucky guy?" Rachel asked.
"Nathan." Haley said. Rachel raised an eyebrow.
"Wow and she's still breathing?" she asked.
"God you're a dumbass aren't you." Haley said. "I'm pregnant."
"Duh." Rachel said with a roll of her eyes. "That doesn't mean Brooke's not either."
"That's not true." Brooke said and she knew her voice had wavered.
"Yeah it is." Rachel said.
"Just because Brooke was looking at baby clothes with me, a pregnant woman by the way, doesn't mean she's pregnant." Haley said.
"All I'm saying is the entire student body will find it very interesting." Rachel threatened.
"No one will believe you." Brooke said trying to pull herself up tall.
"Maybe, maybe not." Rachel said. "It doesn't help you that I found a pregnancy test in the trash in my bathroom." Brooke was stunned.
"That's mine." Haley spoke up. "Brooke was there for moral support because I was afraid."
"Why? You're married... I mean it's not like you got drunk and had sex with your ex-boyfriend who is currently dating your ex-best friend. It's not like you've now become a hypocrite." Rachel said looking Brooke in the eyes knowing that's what Brooke was most afraid of.
"Look Rachel everybody knows you hate Brooke and they all know you're a lying slut. They might even think it's you that's pregnant." Haley said.
"Yeah right." Rachel scoffed.
"Why not? You sleep with enough guys? You're the easiest person at our school." Haley said. "Speaking of that shouldn't you be getting checked for diseases? Go on; run off to your appointment at the free clinic."
"Should that be what Brooke's doing?" Rachel asked.
"Shut up you stupid bitch." Brooke said suddenly breaking from her silence.
"So it is true?" Rachel crooned. "You are pregnant."
"No." Brooke said but it sounded weak even to her.
"Just wait till everyone hears about this." Rachel smirked.
"Have fun with that." Haley said. "No one will believe you."
"Maybe they will, maybe they won't." Rachel said. "You'll just have to wait till Monday to find out won't you?"
"Slut." Brooke called.
"Shouldn't you be looking in a mirror when you say that?" Rachel asked and Brooke fell silent. Rachel left and Haley and Brooke stood frozen to the spot, too stunned to move.
Nathan came up to them.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Rachel was just here." Haley said.
"What did she want?" Nathan asked. Rachel annoyed him greatly.
"To ruin my life." Brooke said quietly.
"Come on Brookie." Nathan called.
"I'm not going." Brooke said from behind her bedroom door.
"Yes you are Tigger." Haley said barging in. "No will have believed that skank but if you hide out people will start to believe it." Brooke was hiding under her blankets.
"I don't want to go." She complained.
"You have to." Haley said.
"We'll be here for you Brooke." Nathan said.
"I'm still not going." Brooke said. Haley ripped the blankets from her bed. Brooke glared at her.
"Why'd you have to go and do that?" she asked.
"Coz you're coming to school." Haley said smiling at her friend. "Come on. Up you get."
"We'll be waiting." she said as she closed the door. A groan and incoherent mumble was the response from Brooke.
"Love you too." Haley called back laughing. Nathan hugged her as they heard the water start running.
Brooke had finally gotten ready and Nathan and Haley gave her a ride to school. They parked in the parking lot and began to walk into the building. All around them people starred and whispered to each other. Everyone knew and everyone believed it. Brooke tried to walk back to the car but Nathan and Haley stopped her. They each linked an arm with her and the three teens stood side by side.
"You can do this Brooke." Nathan said.
"No I can't." Brooke said shaking her head but allowing herself to be walked closer to the building.
"Yes you can Tigger." Haley said from her right.
"But I don't want to." Brooke protested.
"We'll be here Brooke." Nathan said. "We're not leaving you, one for all and all for one. That the three amigo's motto right?" Nathan asked.
"No it's not." Brooke said.
"That's the three musketeers." Haley agreed.
"Whatever, we're here for you and you're here for us. That's how it goes Brookie, you're stuck with us. This is one of those times we're not letting you go." Nathan said.
"Really?" Brooke asked looking side to side at Nathan then Haley.
"Of course, it's the three of us no matter what." Haley promised. Brooke nodded.
"Ok." She said taking a deep breath. "I can do this. No wait we can do this right?"
"Yes." Nathan and Haley reassured her. The trio entered their high school and began to talk down the hallways together. Then they saw Rachel grinning at her locker which was to over from Brooke's. Brooke faltered slightly.
"You can do this." Nathan said.
"We're right here." Haley promised. Brooke nodded. She got her stuff from her locker all three of them ignoring Rachel and started to walk down the halls again. Luckily they were in the same roll call class and after that Brooke and Haley had Science, then Haley was tutoring Brooke, after that it was recess. They could deal with everything else later.
"Always knew you were a slut." Theresa said as she walked past Brooke. Brooke's shoulders slumped.
"She's one to talk." Haley said glaring at Theresa.
"Who cares about her?" Nathan asked.
"It's not just going to be her is it but? It's everyone. Look?" Brooke exclaimed motioning to the halls where girls where in groups whispering and guys just starred.
"They don't matter." Haley said.
"I want to believe that so much." Brooke said sounding defeated.
"Then believe it." Haley said.
"I don't think I can." Brooke said.
"Of course you can." Nathan said. "You're Brooke Davis. You can do anything." Brooke smiled.
"Thanks." She said.
"I guess it really is Boy Toy, Tutor Girl and Tigger against the world huh?" she asked taking a deep breath.
"We wouldn't have it any other way." Haley said and they went to roll call.
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"Starlet I'm already losing it when you left an hour ago." – Standing Here – The Last Winter!
Love that song!
Later lovers!
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