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Chapter 9: 3 ½ months. 110 Days.
"You're pregnant?" Jake asked.
"Yeah." Peyton responded with tears threatening to fall.
"Babe, why are you crying?" Jake asked his fiancée.
"Because I don't know if I'm ready, I mean I love Jenny as my own daughter but isn't it too soon? I mean we're not even married yet!" She explained.
"Peyton, we're engaged, you will be an amazing mother you already are one to Jenny, and I would have kids with you any day, I'll always be here for you Peyt." Jake reasoned.
"I know you will be but that doesn't make me any less scared." She quietly admitted.
"This is all going to be okay. So I guess one of us is going to have to call Haley to get her doctor's name." Jake told the disheveled blonde sitting before him.
"No, we can't I mean I don't want them to find out that we're having a baby by me asking for a phone number, I want to find out first for sure then have a big announcement with all of our friends." Peyton pleaded.
"Okay, sounds like a plan. I'll go look for a number and make an appointment for as soon as possible." Jake said.
"Sounds like a plan." Peyton said as a smile appeared on her face.
Peyton got up off the bathroom floor and brushed her teeth and washed her face. As she was climbing into bed Jake returned to the room laughing to himself.
"What's so funny mister?" Peyton asked.
"Oh, you know just the fact that it's 10:30 at night and no doctor's office would be open." Jake said.
"Ohhh right. So I guess we have to call first thing in the morning." Peyton whispered as she turned to give Jake a kiss on the lips.
"Goodnight Peyton."
"Goodnight Jake."
And with that both of them cuddled up together and Peyton's hand, without realizing, slowly made it's way to her tummy.
The next day didn't come fast enough for the eager couple waiting for the clock to strike 9 so they could call the doctor. As soon as the clock said 9:01 Peyton dialed the phone number they had found the previous night.
"Hello." A woman's voice said on the other side of the line.
"Hi, my name is Peyton Sawyer and I was calling to make an appointment with Dr. Jordan as soon as possible." She said shakily into the phone.
"Okay, let me see what we have available. Um, we could fit you in today around 10:15, if that's not too early we just had a cancellation, the next one we have available is one in about 2 weeks." The receptionist said.
"We'll take the one at 10:15." Peyton exclaimed.
"Alright, looking forward to seeing you then, goodbye Ms. Sawyer." She said.
"Bye!" Peyton almost screamed into the phone, excited that she was going to find out for sure in less that an hour and a half if she was in fact pregnant with her fiancé's baby.
Peyton and Jake hurriedly got ready and thought about how much their lives would change with a new baby, a good change though they both thought.
Brooke had just gotten off the phone with the company explaining that she was going to stay in Tree Hill for good when Lucas came and wrapped his arms around her waist kissing her neck.
"Mmm, good morning Handsome." Brooke said huskily as she reciprocated to Lucas as he was doing to her.
"Morning Pretty Girl, who were you on the phone with?" Lucas asked.
"The company in New York. I was explaining that I would be staying here for good and let me tell you they are not happy; even though I don't even understand why because it's my company." Brooke huffed.
"Brooke, I know that you own the company and I know how successful you are, and how many friends you have in New York, I just want you to be 100 sure that you are fine staying in Tree Hill. The last thing I want to do is be the reason you don't get any further; my biggest fear is that you'll wake up one day and realize that you made a huge mistake staying here and it'll be all my fault. I love you Brooke I always will and if you need to be in New York to run the company, I'll still love you. We will make this work Pretty Girl." Lucas said feeling guilty that maybe she was staying just to make him happy.
"Lucas, Tree Hill is my home. New York, yeah it had some pretty amazing things but it had one thing I needed and can only find here and that's love. I was so lonely in New York without you but now we're together and I am the happiest person on the planet. I will never regret my decision to stay here, I belong here, plus I can run my company from anywhere and Rachel offered to take over the New York company and I know I can trust her." Brooke said honestly.
"Okay, I'm glad because even though I said you could go back to New York if you needed to; I think I would have died without you. I need you in my life so badly Brooke Penelope Davis." Lucas said with a devilish smile.
"Oh Broods, I need you too." Brooke exclaimed as she pushed him down on the bed and began passionately kissing her boyfriend.
Brooke's blackberry began buzzing and reluctantly she got up off Lucas to answer her phone. A few minutes later she returned to the room still talking on the phone.
"Rach, it'll all be fine, I trust you with everything; you can do it." Brooke said into the phone.
"Okay, love you too bitch, bye!" Brooke said as she shut her phone.
Lucas just sat on his bed shaking his head and laughing to himself, Brooke and Rachel's friendship was something he would never understand; they were so alike but yet so different.
"Did I just hear you say you trust Rachel with everything?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah, so what?" Brooke responded not sure where her boyfriend was going with this.
"I don't know just the fact that personally I wouldn't trust Rachel with "everything." He admitted.
"Luke, she's really changed over the past 4 years. She's changed into a person most wouldn't even recognize as Rachel Gattina; she has a clear view of right and wrong, she knows whom she can and can't trust and she has a healthy relationship for once in her life." Brooke said proud of the person Rachel had come to be.
"I think I know who's responsible for her dramatic change." Lucas said winking at Brooke,
"Who? Me?" Brooke asked, as if she didn't know.
"Yes, you Pretty Girl. You changed from this party girl to student council president in less than a year; you've changed more than anyone I know and I am so grateful for that." Lucas said honestly.
"Me too, and you know what Boyfriend?" Brooke asked.
"What?"
"It was all because of you." Brooke had held that in for almost 6 years and it felt so good to get it off her shoulders.
"What do you mean it was all because of me?" Lucas asked shocked; he had no idea he had had that much of an effect on Brooke. Sure he knew he had some effect but he truly didn't think he was responsible for her change in high school.
"Because you make me want to be a better person, someone you would be proud to call your girlfriend, someone you could trust and someone you could see yourself in the future with. I knew back in high school you weren't like every other guy I had met, you weren't into me because of my body or the fact that I was the captain of the cheerleading squad, you saw something in me that I didn't even see in myself and you gave me a chance. I knew that if I continued the life I was leading before I met you that we wouldn't be together for very long because I thought you'd at some point be embarrassed of me, so I wanted to change, and I did. You were the first guy that I could see myself actually having a relationship with not just some one night stand where on Monday we'd pretend we didn't even hook up. You changed me Luke, and I am so grateful for that because you made me see that hard work does pay off, I mean look at me now. I have the life I've always dreamed of, I have amazing friends, and I have you Luke, I have you." Brooke said as she took Lucas' big hand in her own.
"You'll always have me Pretty Girl." Lucas responded as he kissed Brooke's forehead.
"I know. So Broods, I was thinking that I'd move all my stuff down here since I'm going to live down here anyways and since my parents still own the house I can put it all there and so I'm not too much of a pest I'll stay there for a little while." The brunette said.
"That plan sounds perfect except for one little thing. You're not staying in that big house all alone, you'll stay here, with me." Lucas said with his boyish smile that no girl could resist.
"Are you sure? I mean I don't want to overstay my welcome." Brooke asked, she knew Lucas' house was small and she didn't want to overcrowd it.
"You could never overstay your welcome Brooke." Lucas said.
"Well then I guess it's settled, I just need to go call the moving company and Rachel just to make sure she oversees the workers so they don't steal anything!" Brooke laughed.
"Sounds good." Lucas responded as he headed over to his computer and for the first time in months, his writers' block had been lifted and he began to write again, all thanks to a little brunette he could never replace.
Haley and Nathan were sitting out by the pool with their children just relaxing and taking in the perfect life they had; most would envy the life they saw Nathan and Haley living but they had no idea how hard they had worked to get where they were today.
Nathan was just about falling asleep when Haley spoke up.
"Nate?" She asked.
"Yeah?" He responded groggily.
"I know that Savannah is only a year and a half but, I really want more kids." Haley said quietly.
At this, Nathan propped himself up on his elbow and faced his wife sitting adjacent from him.
"Are you serious Hales?" He asked in a tone Haley couldn't depict if was good or bad.
"Yeah, I mean not right away like we have to start trying tonight; but I definitely want more kids. I know that you came from a small family being only you and your mom and your dad for a long time before Lucas came into the picture, but I grew up in a large family and that's what I want. You know the kind of family that's chaotic 99 of the time but so full of love? That's what I want and I want it all with you." Haley said.
"Hales, I want all of that too. I've actually been thinking of it for awhile but I just didn't know how to bring it up because I wasn't sure if you felt the same way." Nathan admitted quietly.
"So, we both want more kids?" Haley asked as she smiled at her husband.
"Hell yeah, and I do have to admit we make pretty amazing looking kids." Nathan commented as he looked over to where his two children were playing near the swing-set.
"We do don't we?" Haley asked.
"I love you Hales." Nathan said as he leaned over and kissed his wife.
Doctor's office-- with Peyton, near the end of her appointment when she finds out for sure if she's pregnant.
"Okay Peyton, we have the results of your test." Dr. Jordan told the anxious couple sitting before her.
Peyton looked at Jake for reassurance who nodded at her as if to say, "it'll all be okay."
"Okay, so?" Jake asked the doctor.
"You're definitely pregnant, Ms. Sawyer." The doctor exclaimed.
Peyton immediately broke down, but with tears of happiness, she was going to have the life she had always wanted with the man she could only dream of; finally something was going her way.
After Jake and Peyton had celebrated as much as they could in the small hospital room the doctor asked them a few questions and suggested monthly doctor appointments until the baby was due.
"How far along am I?" Peyton finally asked the doctor.
"About 3 ½ months almost 4." The doctor responded.
"That far! How come I didn't find out sooner? I mean only have like 5-6 months left!" Peyton exclaimed worrying something was wrong.
"Ms. Sawyer this is quite normal, it's nothing to be concerned about; your baby is fine." Doctor Jordan assured the frazzled woman before her.
"You're sure?" Peyton asked.
"Peyt, she is a doctor and she said everything was fine, so you and the baby are going to be okay." Jake said as he placed his hand on top of Peyton's.
"I know, I'm just a little scared about everything, I mean I have a baby inside of me Jake!" Peyton said.
"Yeah, you do Peyt. Our little baby is inside of you." Jake looked up at his fiancée smiling.
Jake and Peyton talked to the doctor a little more and soon left the room stopping to make an appointment at the front desk for a month later. As the couple was walking out of the hospital hand in hand, a thought occurred to Peyton. A thought that made her stop dead in her tracks.
"Peyton, you coming?" Jake asked.
"Jake, how far along am I?" Peyton asked him even though she had just found out 20 minutes ago.
"3 ½ months, almost 4, just like Doctor Jordan said." Jake responded unsure why that made Peyton react the way she did.
"Oh my god." Peyton whispered, luckily Jake didn't hear what she had just said.
As Jake and Peyton were driving home, Jake could tell something was off with her but didn't know what; he brushed it off as maybe nerves concerning the baby.
"So when do you want to tell everyone about the little bundle of joy?" Jake asked with the biggest grin on his face.
"As soon as possible, I mean I'm already about 4 months along, I'm going to start showing really soon." Peyton said looking out the window.
"Alright, so I'll call everyone when we get home and tell them all to meet us at our house around 2?" Jake asked.
"Sounds good." Peyton said, as she looked Jake in the eyes for the first time since they got in the car.
A short while later the parents-to-be arrived back at the house and were greeted by an energetic Jenny.
"Jenny Penny!" Peyton exclaimed.
"Mommy!" Jenny said as she ran towards Peyton. Peyton knew that she wasn't Jenny's biological mother, but she would raise her as if she was her mom and would always think of Jenny as her daughter.
"Jenny, mommy and I have something exciting to tell you!" Jake told his daughter.
"What is it?!?" Jenny asked as she jumped up and down.
"How about we go in the house and we'll tell you then." Peyton asked.
"Okay momsie." Jenny responded as she skipped into the house.
"Alright, Jenny. Mommy is growing something very special in her tummy. Something we are all going to love very much." Jake began explaining not really wanting to get into the whole "how babies are made" talk with his daughter; he'd let Peyton handle that question.
"Is it a watermelon because she ate one of those yucky black seeds? I hate those seeds and Jamie told me that if you eat one, a watermelon grows in your tummy." Jenny explained to her parents.
"No, sweetie that doesn't really happen you can eat the black seeds, they don't do anything. But mommy has a baby in her tummy and soon the baby will be here living with us; in a few months you're going to have a new baby sister or brother. Jenny do you understand?" Jake asked. He knew Jenny could be jealous at times and it had been her, himself and Peyton for so long he didn't know if she'd understand.
"Yeah, Daddy I understand. I'm so excited!" Jenny exclaimed as she ran up the stairs into her room.
"That went better than I thought." Peyton told Jake.
"I know, I expected a tantrum or something." Jake laughed.
Jake got up off the couch and went into the kitchen and began calling all of their friends and when Peyton was alone in the family room she went over to the mirror that was hanging on the wall. She lifted up her shirt revealing her toned tummy that was showing a small bump that was beginning to form; she placed her hand on the bump and was just in awe that there was a little human inside of her.
Jake came back into the room and noticed the blonde looking at herself in the mirror and just stood back listening to her say things to her tummy. When Peyton noticed Jake's presence she jumped a little bit then laughed shyly.
Brooke and Lucas had spent the day lounging around enjoying each other's company. Brooke had called the moving company and her things would be arriving on Thursday, Lucas was writing again, a lot, everything seemed to be going perfect for the perfect couple.
"Lucas?" Brooke asked as they were sitting on the couch flipping through the channels trying to find something to watch.
"Pretty Girl?" Lucas asked.
"You know how things are going so well for us?"
"Mmhmm…" Lucas responded unsure where she was going with this.
"Well, I feel like every time life is finally looking up something always goes wrong." She admitted.
"Brooke," Lucas said as he pulled her closer, "nothing is going to happen."
"But how do you know that?" Brooke asked pulling away looking him in the eyes.
"Because Brooke, I have something worth fighting for and I will do whatever it takes to protect you and make this work." Lucas told the broken girl in front of him.
"I want so badly to believe you, and most of me does but there's always going to be a little part of me that will always feel like you might hurt me again and I want so badly to just ignore that feeling but it is so hard. I mean you hurt me twice with my best friend, Luke." Brooke said with tears threatening to fall.
"Brooke, why are you trying to find flaws in this? You're trying to fight something we both know is so right," Lucas took Brooke's hands in his, "I know this is going to work for so many reasons; and I'm going to tell you those reasons okay?" He asked.
Brooke nodded.
"Because I give a rat's ass about you, because you quote Keimoo even though I've never seen you read, you were my first time, you make me laugh, because you visited me when I was in the hospital, you got me my first fake I.D., because when my mom grounded you, you thought mopping the kitchen floor meant with a sponge, because I'm the guy for you Brooke Davis, and because I've never felt this way with any other girl, and because Keith knew "That was definitely something", because on our first date you had me get a tattoo, because you kink your eyebrow when you're trying to be cute, because when we are together I can be myself and you can be yourself, because you miss your parents even though you'll never admit that, because you made me a poster when I was in the hospital so when I woke up I'd feel better, because you and my mom are such good friends and that means the world to me, because you know what you want and aren't afraid to go after it, and because people that are meant to be always find their way in the end. And because I love you Brooke, but if you need to know why I love you I can go on all night." Lucas finished his speech using the same line he had used when Brooke had stormed out into the rain 5 years prior. He looked over at his Pretty Girl who had tears escaping her hazel eyes and that sight completely broke him.
"I'm sorry Luke, I know everything you just said is true and I feel the same way I just can't help but fear the worst; but I know that whenever I'm with you I'm going to be okay." Brooke said between the tears.
Lucas sighed, happy that the tears Brooke was crying weren't sad tears, rather happy tears. Brooke looked over at Lucas who pulled her closer to him as Brooke rested her head on his chest. Brooke knew that this would work, she just needed reassurance every now and again; she just couldn't imagine living a life without Luke.
Lucas, as if he could read her like a book, whispered in her ear "everything is going to be okay" at which Brooke nodded, knowing that what he was saying was true. Lucas and Brooke took a nap on the couch and when Lucas woke up at 1:54, he panicked knowing they needed to be at Jake's house in 6 minutes. He gently roused Brooke who looked so peaceful, but knew that they only had limited time. Brooke awoke without a fight and they walked hand in hand out of the front door on their way to their best friends' house.
"So we okay?" Lucas asked his girlfriend.
"Better than ever Broods." Brooke said winking at the most important man in her life.
"I'm so glad." Lucas said as he planted a kiss on Brooke's lips.
Brooke, Lucas, Haley and Nathan had made their way to Jake and Peyton's house wondering what the deal was.
"So guys what's the deal?" Nathan finally asked.
"Well we have some big news." Jake started.
All four nodded waiting for the couple to go on.
"I'm pregnant!" Peyton blurted out, she couldn't contain herself.
"Oh my god P.Sawyer this is so amazing! I'm so happy for you!" Brooke jumped up and shouted, running over to give her best friend a hug.
"Yeah, Peyton that really is great news!" Haley and Nathan told the expecting blonde.
"Thanks guys." Peyton replied.
"So how far along are you Peyt?" Brooke asked.
"3 ½ almost 4 months." Peyton responded staring at Lucas who was looking at the floor.
When Peyton said how far along she was, his eyes shot up looking her in the eyes with a disbelieving look on his face at which Peyton just nodded at Lucas; no one read anything into the nod for they didn't know what happened 110 days ago. 3 months and 2 weeks ago. 3 ½ months ago.
A/N: Okay, so tell me what you think!! Where do you think I should take the story from here? ((In case some of you don't understand, the baby could be Jake's OR Lucas'. Just wanted to clear that up)) Alright I can't guarantee anything, but I'll try to update before break but if I don't, there will DEFINITELY be lots of updates during the week of February 17-24. ((I'll be on break)) Leave lots of reviews!!! Suggestions always welcome!!
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