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Michelley P.

Chapter Four: Here With Me

"Hey Brooke." Haley smiled gently as she sat next to her at the picnic table outside the school. Brooke glanced up from the book she was writing in and smiled softly. She moved the bag next to her to give Haley more room, then continued writing. "How are you?" She asked, trying her best to make conversation.

"I'm fine." Brooke nodded. Finally, she closed the book where she had been writing her's and Chase's name, and not even realizing it. She turned towards Haley and for the first time in a long time noticed how big her belly had gotten. She raised her eyebrows at her and smiled, "How are you?" She grinned.

Haley laughed and placed her hand on her stomach, "I feel like I'm about to bust. But otherwise, I'm great." She smiled. Brooke noticed Haley jump a little, then rub her stomach.

"He's a fighter huh?" Brooke smiled. She placed her hand on Haley's stomach and felt the constant kicks of the baby. Haley just smiled and nodded, every now and then jumping from t he hard kicks.

"Yeah he's kind of rough." She smiled.

"He's a Scott." Brooke laughed. Haley nodded and breathed a deep breath of discomfort. "You okay?" Brooke asked with concern from the pain her friend seemed to be in.

"Yeah... I think, it's just getting close to that time." Haley groaned.

"Wow..." Brooke whispered. She hadn't realized so much time had been passing. Here was Haley James Scott, any time now she'd be a mother. "How are you taking this?" Brooke bit her lip.

"I'm terrified." Haley confided.

"What about Nathan?"

"I don't know." Haley leaned forward as best she could and then back again, as if she couldn't get comfortable. "I haven't really told him how afraid I am." She admitted. "I haven't told anyone."

Brooke sat up straight and pushed her book away from her, "Haley? You haven't talked to anyone about this?" Haley shook her head. "Why not?"

"You're the only one I would have normally talked to about this stuff." Haley sighed, "And then everything happened between you and Peyton and it seems like we... you know, lost touch."

"Yeah, I've noticed that too." Brooke put her head down, lately she had never felt so distant from all of her friends. "It's just, weird I guess... or it was. Now I don't know what's going on. Things between Peyton and I are pretty good. I don't know why things have to be so stupid with everyone else." She twiddled her thumbs in her lap and sighed.

"I'm sorry." Haley blurted desperately. Brooke nodded and hugged her.

"I should have tried to be around more, ya know?" Brooke added, "especially with you carrying my nephew." She grinned.

Haley nodded and laughed, then rubbed her stomach again, which she had a tendency to do now. "You're going to be great." Brooke winked at her. Haley smiled and then looked around the now empty lawn for her ride. "Where's Nathan?"

"He's got a game now... so I'm gonna wait around for him I guess." Haley looked around again and put her hand on her belly, once more looking uncomfortable.

"You want to ride home with me?" Brooke asked. It was out of her way, but Haley didn't seem like she was in much of a state to be waiting around a sweaty gym.

Haley looked over her shoulder and saw Skills on his way to the game. "Okay..." She nodded, "I'll get Skills to let Nathan know." She got up with a short breath and walked over to him.

They were cruising down an empty road when Brooke looked over at Haley. She had her head against the window of the car and her eyebrows were drawn together in discomfort.

"Haley... is this normal?" Brooke asked her with worry, "To be in this much pain?" She slowed down a little when Haley crouched over with a sharp pain. "Haley?"

"I don't know!" She shouted. Brooke stared at her as Haley grabbed her arm. "Brooke... I think maybe..." She looked at Brooke and nodded. Brooke stopped the car and turned around.

"Shit!" Brooke exclaimed. Haley let out a loud shriek as Brooke drove as fast, but safe as she could.

The waiting room was crowded with students from their school. It seemed like most of them didn't even know Haley, but they were there anyways, waiting and hoping. Brooke sat on the couch with the girls from the cheerleading squad, braiding Bevin's hair to keep her hands from shaking. Over by the doors, Lucas paced back and forth, with Peyton right behind him. Karen and Deb were drinking coffee by the gallons and Dan just watched everyone around from the nurses' desk.

"This is crazy!" Brooke heard a girl squeal. "I'm so excited!" Brooke rolled her eyes, that was the same girl who gave Haley a hard time for going on tour, now she was such a huge part of her life. Brooke stopped braiding Bevin's hair and got up.

"Hey." She smiled at Lucas and Peyton when she got next to them. Peyton smiled brightly at her while Lucas tried to be pleasant, but couldn't make eye contact with her for more than five seconds at a time. "This is pretty nuts right?" Brooke smiled. She jammed her hands into her pockets and let out a shaky breath.

"Yeah..." Lucas answered her. He pulled Peyton into his shoulder protectively, and both Brooke and Peyton noticed this. Brooke shifted uncomfortably and looked around. Just as she did, the door flew open and the one person she had been longing for made his way in. He looked so lost and out of place amongst all these people he didn't know. He was pretty sure that the rest of the Clean Teens wouldn't be here. But he was here anyways, just in case Brooke felt as lost as he did.

"Chase..." Brooke breathed happily. She slipped away from Peyton and Lucas and pushed her way through the crowd. The smile on her face grew as she watched Chase walk towards her. He reached out his arms and wrapped her inside of them. Pressing his forehead against her's, he looked her in the eyes.

"I missed you today." He whispered. His smile was so bright that it overwhelmed her.

"Me too." She smiled back.

Peyton and Lucas watched her as she hugged Chase happily, stopping now and then to kiss him.

"I have never seen her so happy." Peyton stated, turning to Lucas to find him still staring. She folded her arms in front of her and waited for Lucas to break his fixed stare.

"Me neither." Lucas finally said. He turned to Peyton and saw the worry in her eyes when she looked at him. He hadn't realized how she must have been taking the way he'd been acting lately. "I'm sorry Peyton." She was still looking at him, and there were tears growing in her eyes. "It's not what you think."

"I think you still love her, or want her or... something." She whispered defensively to him. Her chin quivered.

"I'm so sorry!" He sighed. He reached out and pulled her close, expecting her to pull away, but she didn't. She fell into his chest and tried her hardest to not cry. "It's not like that. It's just.. I've seen Brooke hurt before and I don't want to see it happen again." he explained.

"You do remember who hurt her last time right?" Peyton added. Lucas nodded and swallowed hard, "After everything we put her through, I don't think we have any right to decide whose right for her."

Once again, Lucas nodded, "I just don't want to see her get hurt."

"I know... neither do I. But like I said, it's not for us to decide. We lost that right long ago!" Peyton complained.

"This is going to be a long night." Lucas sighed, sitting down on a couch and pulling Peyton down with him.

"I haven't seen much of you lately." Chase said to Brooke as he sat on the couch with her.

"I know!" She whined. She turned to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. It was like she just couldn't get close enough to him. "And I've missed you. I've had stuff going on with Peyton and my friends and now Haley's having her baby. But she seemed really sick so I'm kind of worried. And... and I missed you." She said again.

"It was only like... a day." Chase grinned. He ran his fingers up and down her bare arm.

"I know, and I've missed you more in that day than I have anyone in my life." She said in disbelief. She couldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth. There was so much she wanted to say to him, but she promised herself she wouldn't fall that far again, not yet anyways.

"Me too." He whispered. He kissed her sweetly and then pulled away and ran his thumb along his cheek. There were words on his tongue, threatening to come out, but he bit them back. He was just as afraid of all of this as Brooke was, which was why it all seemed to be easy with them.

"I'm so glad you're here now though." She bit her lip and kissed him again. He moaned at how great it felt to be with her like this, and at his own frustration to do more.

"Me too." He whispered into her lips.

There you go. please review? Pretty Please?

Michelley P.