Okay this one is just kind of a lead up to the last chapter...one more to go guys! It will hopefully be bit longer and with some drama...
I should mention now that once i do the cliffhanger if anyone else wants to take over the story, that's fine with me! Just let me know and I can tell you what i would've done and you can either use the stories or not- whatever you like. I just won't have time to write more than maybe one more "episode" as I have to go back to University. BUT enjoy the last two chapters and someone else please continue writing it!
Thanks again for the reviews!
Chapter 7:
Peyton stands in front of the mirror in an off-shoulder, flowing wedding dress. She smiles. She turns sideways to the mirror and suddenly stops smiling as she sees her bulbous stomach protruding outwards.
"We really should have just post-poned until after the baby was born instead of staying with the same date…"
Peyton's eyes widen and her heart suddenly starts to beat faster at the mention of 'the baby' in her mind. She breathes in and out slowly
"Come on Peyton, you can do this." She reassures herself.
"Peyton? You talking to yourself?" Haley walks in wearing a knee length, blue, silk bridesmaid dress. She adjusts her earrings and smiles as she nears Peyton.
"Oh…yeah I guess I must have been."
"You okay? You want to talk about it?"
"I'm …fine. I'm fine, really. No, no talking. You need to distract me Haley! Tell me something about you."
"Me? Okay…well actually I do have news…and it's good I think. But I'm not sure what to tell Nathan. I think I want this, but then I think of Jaime and Nathan and…I just don't know…."
"Am I making a mistake?" Haley looks over at Peyton who clearly wasn't listening. Her hormones from the pregnancy had been making her little bit self obsessed lately. It was her day today though.
"What?"
"A mistake. Am I making one? Should I not be getting married today? I mean I'm VERY pregnant and Lucas is off somewhere….Oh God what if he's having doubts too?" She starts to breathe heavily. "That wouldn't surprise me. I mean, what was it? Under a year ago…actually it was more like, well… 8 or 8 and a half months ago that he was getting drunk everyday because Lindsay was supposedly dating someone else…and I…I went to see… oh…and he was with Brooke every other day when he wasn't drunk….Oh my God BROOKE! She's not here! What if she's not here on purpose…."
"Peyton calm down…"
"What if she's having second thoughts about letting me and Lucas be together? Oh God. I'm barely 23 and I'm about to get a new family over night with someone who asked me to marry him after almost marrying someone else 3 months earlier. Oh God…Oh God! …and and….THE BABY!" Her eyes looking wild as she goes deathly pale and her hand comes up to her wide open mouth.
"Peyton you're 8 months pregnant honey. You're just realizing this now?" Peyton is still breathing too quickly. "Okay look sit down, you cannot panic like this. Lucas will get here soon. You just need to calm down…"
"Haley..how am I….how am I going to handle a baby? How am I … how….oh no… I don't…." Peyton says this whilst clearly hyperventilating. She starts to sink to the ground as her eyes close.
"Peyton? PEYTON!" Haley tries to shake her awake with no luck. She runs over to the nearest sink and gets a handful of water which she then splashes Peytons face with. Peyton opens her eyes and takes a large and loud breath. She leans forward and grabs her stomach with a moan as she shuts her eyes again. She opens her eyes briefly and sees a wet patch on the ground next to her.
"Haley..I think…I think I'm in Labour."
Haley runs to her cell phone and dials 911.
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Lucas has arrive at the church. He walks in, fully dressed for the occasion and ready to go. He has an 'out-of-it' expression on his face as he floats through the doors. The Church is beautifully decorated, just as it was for his previous wedding…a year earlier…
He opens the door to the room where all the boys are meant to get ready. He finds no one in there.
Luke walks over to the mirror and stands in front of it, no expression on his face. He stares, not speaking or thinking for a long time.
"Luke? LUKE!" Nathan comes running in with a frantic look on his face.
"Nathan…listen, I think maybe I need to talk to…" Nathan interrupts before he can finish his sentence.
"Peyton's in Labour! I don't know why or how, but Haley came and found me just before the ambulance took her away. How could you not have heard anything?" Lucas stares. "Anyway Haley has gone to the hospital with her already. I need to go get Jaime and then we need to follow them." Nathan runs out of the room.
"Oh." Lucas continues staring at the door. After several minutes he follows.
