Chapter 10: Waiting

Jake and everyone proceeded to the kitchen to celebrate Peyton's pregnancy. Peyton said she'd be right there saying she had to talk to Lucas; Brooke gave a questioning look to Lucas who shrugged. Brooke knew that Lucas and Peyton had caused her enough heartache in high school that they wouldn't think to do anymore so she got up and followed Jake into the kitchen.

"Peyton, please tell me that the baby is 100 Jake's." Lucas pleaded with the curly blonde.

"I can't do that Luke." Peyton said with tears threatening to fall.

"How could this have happened? Brooke is finally trusting me again, something that is so hard for her to do, she's happy and so am I, everything was going great until this." Lucas whispered in a harsh tone.

"Luke, you really think I wanted this to happen? Jake and I broke up 5 years ago because in my sleep I said I loved YOU! It took me a long time to convince him that I loved him, not you. I really don't need this in my life either, I'm set to marry a great guy in a couple months, adopt Jenny as my own and have the life I've always dreamed of. I want this baby to be Jake's more than you could ever know!" Peyton responded.

"Well how soon can you find out?" Lucas asked.

"I don't know, I could call the doctor tomorrow and set up an emergency appointment if you want me to."

"Yes, you're going to call because I need to know if I'm going to break the heart of the only girl I have ever truly loved and tried so hard to get to trust me again." Lucas said fearing that he was going to lose everything he had tried so hard to get back.

"Okay, I'll do it; but until I find out for sure, we're not going to tell Brooke or Jake right?" Peyton asked.

"Not going to tell Brooke or Jake what?" A petite brunette asked from the doorway with a concerned look on her face.

Peyton and Lucas looked at each other with shocked faces not knowing what to do. In high school, they lied to Brooke and everyone knows how well that turned out, but if they told her, what would happen if they told her?

Peyton looked at her best friend and then at Lucas. She shook her head no at the brooding boy in the corner.

"Peyton, I'm not going to lie to her, I need to tell her!" Lucas yelled, he couldn't lie to Brooke, not after everything they had been through. Hell, 2 hours ago he had just promised Brooke that everything was going to be okay. 2 hours ago and now he's breaking his promise to a girl he cares so much about.

By this time Nathan, Haley and Jake had made their way into the family room after hearing Lucas yell at Peyton.

"Luke, what's going on?" Brooke questioned her voice shaking; this cannot be happening again she thought to herself.

"Brooke, I need to tell you something that you are not going to be happy with at all and –" Lucas started but was cut off by Brooke.

"Luke, please just tell me, I can handle it." Brooke knew that the last 4 words that had come out of her mouth were a complete lie.

"Okay, three and a half months ago Peyton and I were still together but soon broke up after that…" Lucas didn't want to have to tell the last part, he was hoping Brooke would put two and two together.

"And Peyton's 3 ½ months pregnant…oh my god." Brooke said as she stared at the wall.

"Brooke you have to understand, you and Luke weren't together and we were still putting on the façade that we were in love but the reality was we weren't. That was the last time we ever had sex, and it sucks to know that because of that night we could of ruined the lives we love right now. I'm so so sorry Brooke." Peyton said with tears in her eyes. Why was she always hurting her best friend whenever she seemed to finally be happy?

"It's okay, I understand but that doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt." Brooke said in a whisper still not making eye contact with either of the blondes.

Jake was in a state of shock; he hadn't said anything since the revelation and no one knew what he was thinking. Peyton walked over to her fiancé and reached out to touch his arm.

"Peyton, don't." Jake said as he grabbed his coat and stormed out of the house slamming the door behind him.

At this, Peyton burst into tears and looked over at her group of friends.

"Are you happy we told them? Look at where we are now Luke! All I had to do was go and get a paternity test done and find out for sure if you are the father or not; we could have saved everyone the agony!" Peyton yelled, angry that Lucas had told everyone.

"Yeah actually Peyton, I am. I'm not the guy I was back in high school and I'm not going lie to Brooke again." Lucas said looking Brooke in the eyes meaning every word.

As much as she wanted to hate Lucas for maybe impregnating her best friend, she couldn't. She knew that Lucas was the guy for her and he was going to fight for her no matter what. She knew that, but that didn't mean that sometimes it felt like the world just wasn't on her side.

Nathan and Haley were standing off in the corner when Nathan whispered over to his wife, "Brooke is taking this so much better than I thought she was, Jake; didn't expect that reaction."

Haley nodded in agreement. She was so angry that Lucas and Peyton were once again coming between Lucas and Brooke, but in a way she couldn't because 3 ½ months ago he was still with Peyton and no one knew he would soon be with Brooke.

Brooke had put on a strong face in front of everyone when she first found out but she needed few minutes to herself to take everything in.

"Excuse me." Brooke said as she got up and opened the front door. Everyone expected her to run, so Nathan decided to go after her; she couldn't be alone right now and seeming as Lucas and Peyton were responsible, Peyton needed Haley, Nate was the only logical choice.

Nathan expected to have to do a lot of running to catch up with Brooke but when he opened the door he almost tripped over her.

"Davis, what are you doing?" Nathan asked the broken girl before him.

Brooke didn't say anything, she was crying too hard to form words.

"Brooke, come here." Nathan said as he enveloped Brooke into a hug. Nathan had never had a sister but if he did, he'd want Brooke. Sure she could be a little crazy at times but she had one of the most loving and generous hearts he had ever known and deep down he knew that she was just like everyone else; trying to find their place in the world.

Nathan let Brooke cry for as long as she needed as he rubbed small circles on her back trying to get her to calm down. He knew Brooke was a strong person; she always put on a smile, a fake smile, no matter what. She didn't want others to see her as "weak," but no one knew what was really going on in that pretty little head of hers.

"Brooke, when you want, you can talk to me." Nathan told her.

"Why Nate? Why does something always have to happen between Luke and me? I know that inside I said I was fine with it, and for the most part I am but, Luke and I were supposed to live happily ever after." Brooke sobbed into Nathan's shoulder.

"I can't tell you why this happened but I do know that it happened for a reason and we may never know that reason. But Brooke look at it this way there's a fifty percent chance that the baby isn't Luke's." Nathan tried to explain hoping to cheer Brooke up a little.

"I know that but that doesn't make it hurt any less." Brooke responded.

"It's all going to be okay Brooke, I know that you and Luke will get through this." Nathan tried to assure the brunette he was holding in his arms.

After a few minutes of a comfortable silence, Brooke finally broke it.

"Nate?" She asked.

"Mmhmm?"

"Is it wrong for me to wish that the baby was mine?" Brooke asked barely audible, but Nathan heard her.

"No, Brooke it isn't." Nathan whispered in Brooke's ear.

The window in the family room overlooking the front porch had been open and sitting right next to it the entire time was a brooding boy. Lucas had heard Brooke and Nathan's entire conversation and the part that hurt him the most was when Brooke asked if it was wrong for her to wish the baby was hers. He hated seeing his Pretty Girl like that and wanted to do everything in his power to protect her.

After a few more minutes of just sitting on the porch, Nathan and Brooke thought it was time to head back inside.

"Brooke, I am so –" Lucas started to say but was cut of by Brooke's lips crashing into his for a passionate kiss.

"Luke, I know that what you did with Peyton may change our lives forever but we weren't together then so you didn't cheat on me. I know that this will be hard if she's carrying your baby but I love you so much and I'm not going to let you go because of something you did in your past. I can't do that Broody." Brooke told Lucas the entire time not allowing one of the several threatening tears to fall; she had to remain strong.

"Brooke, I love you too, and I know that this will be hard, if in fact I am going to be a father, but are you sure you'd be okay with this?" He asked.

Brooke couldn't hold anymore in, she had to let what she was feeling out.

"I have to be." Brooke said in between sobs.

Lucas could see how broken the petite brunette was and it was killing him. Why did this have to happen? Why couldn't Brooke be pregnant with his child instead of the possibility of Peyton? Lucas took Brooke into a hug, and like Nathan, rubbed circles on her back and whispered in her ear that everything was going to be okay, but truthfully he didn't know if thing were really going to be okay.

Brooke knew that Peyton wasn't responsible for the predicament they were in, well she was but Brooke just didn't know how to approach Peyton. Brooke and Lucas left together just wanting to go home and Nathan and Haley left soon after they did. It had been a very emotional day, but no one knew that tomorrow the truth would come out. Peyton had made a phone call to the doctor's office after everyone had left, still not knowing where Jake was; Peyton began to worry.

Peyton couldn't sleep without knowing that Jake was okay so she decided to stay up and wait for him on the couch. She soon fell asleep though drained from the emotional day she had had. Jake quietly snuck in the house around 1:30 the next morning and on his way up to bed slipped a blanket over Peyton's small frame. Peyton awoke the next morning to find a blanket on top of her and when she noticed she knew Jake had come home. She quickly ran upstairs to try and talk to him and to let him know about the doctor's appointment in just a matter of hours.

"Jake, babe, can I come in?" Peyton asked after she knocked on the door and got no response.

"Go ahead." Jake responded.

"Jake before you say anything, I know you're mad and I'm sorry. I want this baby to be yours so bad, so bad!"

"Peyton, I know yesterday when I left I seemed angry and I was but while I was out I came to the realization that I love you and even if this baby is Luke's it'll be half of you and I love you so much that I know I can love this baby as if he or she were my own. But this doesn't mean that I'm not praying this baby is mine." Jake told his fiancée.

"So am I Jake, so am I." Peyton said.

"So when do we find out whose baby your carrying?" Jake asked.

"Today, in about 2 hours." Peyton responded.

"Well then we better start getting ready." Jake said to the curly blonde girl.

Jake and Peyton proceeded to get ready to go to the doctors, their heads full of nerves and what ifs. Before they knew it, it was time to head to the doctors office.

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If there was one thing Brooke Davis hated most it would have to be waiting. It reminded her of when she was 5 years old and her nanny would tell her that her parents would be coming home from their latest vacation in 4 days, then 3 days, then 2 days, and then tomorrow. With each passing day Brooke would grow more and more excited to see her parents but when the day would finally come for her to see them, something would come up and they wouldn't be coming home. This was always the case, and each time the same process would start all over each time she would think, this time is going to be different, they want to see me. Nothing ever happened, Brooke believed this is the reason she would always hate waiting.

Lucas hadn't slept well at all the previous night thinking about how much his life would change if Peyton was pregnant with his child.

Brooke picked up on her boyfriend's behavior quicker than most would because of his constant brooding but to Brooke, he had taken it to an extreme.

"Broody, what do you say we do something fun today to take our minds off of this?" Brooke asked.

"I don't know Brooke…" Lucas said.

"Come on Broods, it'll be fun. We could go to the beach, it's a win-win situation really." Brooke said with a smile beginning to form on her face.

"Really how's that?" Lucas asked playing along.

"Because I get a tan while you get to see me in a bikini." Brooke said as she kissed her boyfriend.

"To the beach!" Lucas yelled.

"To the beach!" Brooke cheered after him, running to get her suit out of her bag.

Lucas and Brooke had made their way to the same beach where Lucas had told Brooke he was the guy for her. The beach held a sentimental feeling to the couple, a feeling most would never understand.

Broody and his Pretty Girl enjoyed a day of fun in the sun and splashing around in the waves, completely forgetting about the situation at hand. For once in a long time, Brooke and Lucas felt like they didn't have a care in the world.

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"Ms. Sawyer I understand you are here for a paternity test?" Doctor Jordan asked.

"Yeah, I am." Peyton said while looking at the floor.

"Okay, this should be a relatively quick procedure, all I'm going to do is draw some amniotic fluid from around the baby, send it to the lab and you should have your results by the end of today." Doctor Jordan gently explained.

"Sounds good." Peyton whispered.

"Now, this may hurt a little so be prepared." The doctor told Peyton.

Peyton reached out and grabbed Jake's hand and squeezed it when the needle entered her body.

"Okay, all done." Doctor Jordan said when she was finished.

"Now what do I do?" Peyton asked.

"You go home and get some rest and wait for me to call." She said.

Peyton got dressed after Jake stepped out into the hall deciding to give her some privacy. When she was done she stepped out of the room, placed her hand in Jake's and together they walked out of the hospital. Unbeknownst to each other they were both silently praying the baby was indeed Jake's.

The phone call came quicker than Peyton expected, but nonetheless she was relieved when it came. It was now or never. She was going to find out whom the father of her baby was.

"Hello?" Peyton said into the phone.

"Yes, this is she."

"Are you sure?"

"Thank you."

And with that an emotionless Peyton hung up the phone. She immediately called Lucas to let him know the results.

"Lucas, hi it's Peyton. The results of the paternity test came in and I just thought you should be the first person to know…"

"Bye Luke." Peyton said as she hung up the phone and went to the family room to tell Jake the news.

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"Brooke?" Lucas asked as he stumbled out of his bedroom, he had just gotten off the phone with Peyton and was about to tell Brooke what she had just told him.

"In the kitchen Handsome!" Brooke yelled back.

"Pretty Girl, you might want to sit down, I just got off the phone with Peyton and she has the results." Lucas began to say.

"Oh my god." Brooke said as she sat down, not once taking her eyes off the beautiful blonde standing before her.

"Brooke, Peyton's baby…isn't mine!" Lucas screamed.

"Broody don't you ever scare me like that again!" Brooke yelled as she jumped up and hugged Lucas tightly. Lucas kissed her on the crook of her neck and lifted her up off her feet and spun her around.

"Pretty Girl, I love you so much." Lucas whispered in the brunette's ear.

"I love you too Broods; you don't know how happy I am right now. Finally it seems like something is going our way." Brooke smiled.

"I know, and everything is going to get better; trust me." Lucas said and whispered the last part which Brooke luckily didn't hear…

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"Jake, I just got off the phone with the doctor." Peyton said as she entered the family room to see Jake playing Candyland with Jenny.

Jake immediately rose to his feet and was by his fiancée's side within seconds.

"And…?" He asked.

"The baby's yours Jake!" Peyton said as she kissed him.

"Thank you Jesus!" Jake yelled.

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Later that night Brooke and Lucas climbed into bed thinking about the perfect day they had had together. Lucas was thinking about the past and how they had worked so hard to get to where they were right then, while Brooke was thinking about the future. A big house with a picket fence, 4 kids, a dog, the whole nine yards and she wanted it all to be with her Broody. Little did she know that Lucas was planning something extraordinary that Brooke would never expect, not in a hundred years.

A/N: Okay I hope you guys liked it! The baby was never going to be Lucas' I could never do that to Brucas!! Okay, I don't really know where to take it from here, what Lucas is planning is big and I want it to happen in the next couple of chapters but other than that, I really don't know where to take it. So any suggestions that you guys have would be greatly appreciated!! I should be updating a lot this week since I'm on break, but I'm not making any promises I'll try as hard as I can!! Please leave reviews and suggestions on where to go from here!!

-Thanks!

-Lya