Story:The New Kid in town
Chapter:11
Chapter Title: Time to talk, Finally.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Hey guys well here it is…we get to know all about Haley! Ha-ha. I know I updated like a couple days ago so ya this one came fast. I've written the next chapter but the other ones might come slower. Ill try to update fast. Well anyway I hope you like this and ill try to get the nest one up soon.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucas was about to walk off to give Haley the napkins when he noticed Nathan and Brooke standing at the other end of the aisle, arguing over cereal.
"I want Coco Puffs!" Nathan said.
"No, we're getting Lucky Charms."
"Why can't we get both?" Nathan asked.
Lucas giggled to himself their argument reminding him of Haley and himself. Nathan was so annoyed. He wanted coco puffs. Suddenly he noticed the tall blond figure, by the name of Lucas Scott, staring at him.
"Hey what you staring at?"
Lucas noticed that he was being spoken to. "What?"
"You heard me." Nathan said, not appreciating being stared at.
"I'm just admiring your food choices." Lucas said with a cocky grin.
"You know what…" Nathan said but was cut off by Lucas' phone ringing. Lucas looked down at his phone and realized that it was Jake. He looked up at Nathan and Brooke and held up a finger, telling them to wait a minute.
"Hey man what's up?" Lucas said into the phone.
"Nothing, what you doing."
"Haley and I are at the market."
"Where's jenny?"
"With my mom. She offered to baby-sit. So what's up man? You don't sound good."
"My cousin died about 30 minutes ago."
"Oh man I'm sorry. How you holding up?"
"I'm trying man. I wanted to talk to Jenny."
"Well, she's at the café with my mom. You wanna talk to hales."
"ya sure, let me tell her through, you know how she is about this stuff."
"Yeah." Lucas said as he walked away from Nathan and Brooke. He walked to the register where Haley stood, looking annoyed.
"Lucas get off that phone and give me those napkins. What took you so long?"
"Calm down Hales, Jake wants to talk to you." Luca handed the phone to Haley, who had suddenly calmed down at the mention of Jakes name.
"Jakey! How's California? Meet any movie stars?"
Jake laughed dryly. "Hey hales, no I've only been to the airport and the hospital."
"Jake what's wrong? And don't you dare tell me "nothing" because I've known you since I was 4 Jake Jagelski!"
"I'll tell you but you have to promise not to cry."
"Oh god, its something bad." Haley said, already tearing up. Lucas gently placed his hand on her shoulder as the lady at the register continued to ring up their items.
"Haley…"
"I promise."
"My cousin died, 30 minutes ago." Jake said, trying to get it out fast.
"Oh god! Jake I'm sorry. How can you be so calm? How are you, how's your aunt and uncle. Do your parents know? Are you going to be in California longer? Are you going to miss the first day in school?"
"Haley calm down it's only been 30 minutes. I'm going to call Karen. Tell Lucas I'll call him back with all the detail, I love you, bye." Jake said.
"bye." Haley said and hung up the phone. Tears streamed down her face but not one word came fro her mouth.
"That will be $43.29." the lady said. Lucas took out his credit card and handed it to her I silence. They walked outside and put the groceries in the car. Still, no words came from Haley, just tears from her eyes. Nathan and Brooke stood, abandon, in the aisle.
"What an ass." Brooke said seeing Lucas walk outside.
"What if something happened, the girl was crying." Nathan said.
"Why are you defending him? You hate him, remember!"
"What ever Brooke, lets just finish shopping and go home." Nathan said avoiding Brookes questioning eyes.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
"Haley, stop crying, please." Lucas said as they drove to Haley's house.
"It's just so sad! No one should have to go through losing a child, Lucas!"
"It wasn't your fault."
"It wasn't my fault! It wasn't my fault!" Haley screamed, anger rising through her body. "I wasn't my fault that I walked into the clinic this morning and killed the child living inside of me! It wasn't my fault that I lost my virginity to Conner. I wasn't my fault that I got pregnant! It wasn't my fault that I fell in love with him! Please tell me how all this isn't my fault Lucas!" Haley's small body shook with sobs. Lucas didn't know what to say. He slowly grabbed Haley's hand.
"I'm here for you, Hales. I'll always be here."
"I know you're here for me now. But what about when I needed you to lean on. When I needed you to tell me everything would be ok. When I needed you to be there, no matter what choice I made. I wanted my best friend." Tears flowed from Haley's eyes. Lucas' heart broke, knowing he had let his pride take over.
"I'm sorry; I just wanted you to make the right decision."
"And you thought that keeping the baby would be the right decision."
"Yeah, look how Jake does it; you would be a great mother."
"Eventually I will, but now, my senior year of high school! I wouldn't be able to go to Stanford and be a doctor. Plus I consider myself as Jenny's mother." By this time Haley had stopped crying. They were parked outside Haley's house. Lucas wanted to go inside and talk about it but he knew she had to get everything out.
"I understand that now. I'm sorry about how I reacted. It's just, well, it wasn't like you. You're so…safe. And it was so spontaneous. I was so mad at you for being so careless. But I'm sorry I wasn't their for you when you needed me." Lucas said, hurt and sorrow visible on his face.
"To tell you the truth, I was, and still am, mad at myself. And I was mad at you for being mad at me. It's been a crazy couple of months."
"Yeah, true, Will you forgive me?" Lucas said, with a puppy-dog face.
"Only if you forgive me." Haley smiled. Lucas smiled back and for the first time in a long time, everything was ok. They got out of the car and walked into the house.
"Hey Lucas?" Haley said as she got a glass of water.
"Ya." Luke said, sitting at the kitchen counter, eating popcorn.
"Do you think I should have told Conner?"
Lucas paused for a second then spoke. "Could you live with him not caring?"
"He's not like that." Haley said in Conner's defense.
"You don't know that. And you never will because there's no point in telling him now."
"Yeah, I guess your right."
"So what's the movie tonight?" Lucas said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Love and Basketball."
"Aw, the perfect balance of love and basketball all rolled into one movie. That's my kind of movie."
"Lucas Scott that's all you're made of, love and basketball."
"You underestimate me, Haley James."
"Love and basketball!" Haley teased and stuck her tongue out at Lucas.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yep yep there it is. I hope you like. The love and basketball thing was for my best friend. I'll try to get the others out soon. PLEASE review. I would love that.
Lovies
Cynthia