Chapter 6- The Ties that Bind Us
"Do you know that we only have 6 weeks left before its summer and then we head of to college?" Haley asked as she sat on her bed with Skills, Mouth and Brooke, who after being let in on the secret had started hanging out with the threesome.
"I know, can you believe that I will be in New York in less than three months and that means that I will finally be living out my dream in the fashion capital!" Brooke said clapping her hands together as she spoke. Haley smiled at her antics, before speaking.
"Yeah I know, I am finally getting my Stanford dream" Brooke smiled at Haley remembering the first time she and Haley had gone to Stanford when they were ten to check out colleges for Taylor and Haley had said to Brooke and Peyton that one day when she was old enough she was going to go to Stanford and sure enough here they were eight years later and Haley was of to Stanford and Brooke to New York. Brooke couldn't help but wonder what it was going to be like when the group went of to college, was that going to be it again was the next six weeks and summer going to once again diminish their confusing friendship.
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The Boys had once again hit the river court and they two were pondering the college road.
"Come on Nathan, Duke is all you talked about when you were a kid. I remember when the girls got back from that college road trip with Mr and Mrs James and Haley told us that she was going to Stanford and you said well whatever I'm going to be a Duke Blue Devil" Jake said smirking at the memory. Lucas, who was still slightly thrown by his somewhat secret acceptance into Harvard on a full academic scholarship, was trying not to listen to the exchange.
"Hey Luke, Nathan said shaking Lucas from his thoughts, Jake and I were just thinking we should go and see what the girls were up to what do you think"
Not wanting to allude to any weird behaviour, he said yes, at this stage though none of them knew that going to see the girls was going to be a big mistake.
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Brooke and Haley were sitting in the living room as they watched a 'Walk to Remember', Skills and Mouth had gone home saying that they had to be home for dinner with the family, Brooke of course had no reason to go home so Haley, whose parents were visiting one of her various siblings, kindly said that she could stay as long as she liked, stating that she and Tristan loved the company of Brooke.
"This is such a sad movie Hales, why did we pick it again?" Brooke said through her tears.
"I know-" Haley started only to be interrupted be a knock at the front door, which transpired to Tristan stirring from his now current slumber, she went to calm Tristan as she motioned for Brooke to get the door.
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Brooke was shocked to see who was at the door, the boys can't be here they couldn't know Haley's secret.
"What are you guys doing here" Brooke said urgency evident in her voice.
"Sorry didn't realise that it was a crime to come over and see our best friends, we thought we would surprise you guys" Nathan said as the other two nodded in agreement.
"Well you can't be here, Haley isn't feeling well and it could be contagious we don't want you guys to get sick now do we" Brooke said trying to hurry them out the door.
"Oh, okay sorry we will just-"Lucas said before getting cut of Haley running down the stairs looking frazzled.
"Brooke, his fever is up again I need to take him to the hospital" Haley said not even acknowledging that the boys were on her front porch.
"I'll get the car" Brooke said not even thinking about it and running down the drive.
"Wait, what's going on, who is that little baby?" Nathan asked as Haley followed Brooke to the car, at this point Haley turned to face him and spoke with more confidence than she had ever had,
"My son" she then turned on her heal and took Tristan to the car leaving the boys dumbfound.
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"Well Miss James, I have to say its very luck you bought Tristan here when you did its seems he has a cold that could with his history and premature birth, could have been fatal" Haley felt like the wind was knocked out of her...fatal... the word kept repeating itself in her mind. Her breathing had become laboured and all she could think about was the fact that she could have lost her baby boy. The movement of Brooke beside her broke her from her thoughts
"Hales, are you okay?" Brooke asked cautiously. Haley just continued to stare at the busy hospital ward. "Is there anyone you want me to call, your parents, Taylor, Quinn, Viv, Brad, Mike or Tristan's father" Brooke continued. Haley shook her head quickly and gripped to Brooke's hand tighter as she lay her head on Brookes shoulder. Brooke looked over at the small cradle like thing that they had put Tristan in and smiled to her, in the past few days she had fallen in love with the little monster and just like Haley couldn't suddenly imagine what it would be like without him.
"We need to see Haley James or Brooke Davis please!" said a booming voice, Brooke's eyes shot open, oh no she thought please don't tell me that's, her thoughts were broken by the voice speaking again, "Do you know who I am, I am Nathan 'freaking' Scott and you are going to tell me were Haley James is or I am going to call my father, the mayor, and he is going to go-"
"Nathan, if you finish that sentence you will wake up Haley and if you do that so help me god I will kick your ass, now you three come your now", Brooke said, "and Nathan apologise to the nurse she was just doing her job" Nathan turned back to face the nurse apologised and turned back to Brooke quickly.
"Where's Haley" he asked, Brooke motioned for him, Jake and Lucas who had kept silent to follow her.
"She's sleeping and frankly I want to keep her that way" she said as she sat down in the waiting room across from they were keeping Tristan in.
"Hey Brooke, where are Skills and Mouth" Lucas asked after they had sat there for a couple of minutes.
"Haley doesn't want them to worry unnecessarily so she asked me not to call them, and before anyone of you three ask me any questions I don't know who the father is, it isn't Mouth or Skills by the way, and other then him being one and a half I don't know how Haley hid the pregnancy or anything like that I preferred not to push the subject with her she doesn't need that" Brooke stated, before she could continue she saw Haley at the door.
"I think its time I fill in some of those blanks, Tigger" Haley said coming over to join the group.
"See it all started when..."
There comes a point in our lives were we must just start telling the truth, we all know secrets can ruin us...