Haley had been thinking of the past two weeks. She'd been having so much fun with her husband. They had been making love everyday for about two weeks. But she was feeling a bit nauseous. She had been for about a couple of days. She went over to Peyton's to talk. She didn't realize that Brooke was also there. But she didn't mind. She just wanted to talk to someone.
They sat around in the fire and popped a bowl of popcorn. "So, what's everybody been up to?"
Brooke popped a piece of popcorn in her mouth. "Well, I've been actually studying in school and I'm doing pretty good."
"I'm glad," Haley said. "Listen, guys, I need to tell you something and I want you to promise me that you will not tell a soul."
"What about Lucas?" Peyton asked.
"Especially not Lucas. He would kill me if he found out. No, he would kill Nathan if he found out."
"You're pregnant." Brooke said."That Scott sperm. It works too well."
"Brooke. I'm not sure. That's why I need you to go get me a pregnancy test."
"Okay, but I've wanted to ask this for quite some time, how was your first time?"
Haley sighed and smiled. "It was absolutely amazing. He was so gentle. And he took care of my needs before his own. It was just amazing."
"So amazing that you got pregnant?" Brooke asked.
"I don't know if I'm even pregnant. I mean we've been safe." Haley hesitated.
Peyton went over to her and hugged her. "It'll be okay. Brooke will get a pregnancy test. A few of them. Just to make sure."
Haley nodded her head. "Thank you, guys. I appreciate that. I really do. And I don't want to tell Nathan, cause if I do tell him, then he'll freak out and he might become Dan and-" Haley couldn't finish her sentence because she started to cry. Peyton hugged her tighter and Brooke went over to them and hugged them both.
Brooke was the first one to speak after about five minutes of hugging. "Okay, Haley. Do you want me to go get those tests now, so you won't have to worry?" Haley nodded. "Okay, I will go get those tests." Brooke said as she went out of the door.
Lucas came over Nathan's apartment because he called in a frantic. "What's wrong with you?" Lucas asked once he was inside.
"Haley's not talking to me."
Lucas looked around. 'That's it? That's the only reason you called me. She's not talking to you?" Nathan nodded. "Did you even see you your wife today?"
"No, but I tried calling her on her cell, and all I got was her voicemail." Nathan hated voicemail.
"Maybe she's somewhere where she can't use a phone. Think of that?"
"It's not just that. It's that for the past couple of days, she's been weird and she hasn't been herself lately. I'm worried."
"Look, if I know Haley, she's probably just upset over something small. Maybe you left the toilet seat up or something. Or it could be that time of the month for her."
"I don't know." Nathan shrugged. "It could be that."
"Or maybe she's pregnant." Lucas laughed. Then Nathan's face turned sour. Lucas looked at his brother's face "Is she? Is Haley pregnant?"
Nathan's eyes went wide. "I don't know. That would explain things. She did puke yesterday."
"I hope she's not. I would really love to have kids with Haley, but, we just got back together. I wouldn't want her to be pregnant just when we're getting back together." Nathan said. He was pacing back and forth.
Lucas knew this was probably hard on him. I mean, having his wife maybe being pregnant, that's tough. "If Haley is pregnant, don't act like you're not happy. She needs to know that you want this baby."
"Yeah, I know. It's not like I'm gonna tell her that I hate the fact she's pregnant. That would start the vicious cycle of mood swings. But I'm scared shitless. I really hope she's not and it's just PMS."
Lucas nodded. He hoped that too. He really didn't want his new sister-in-law to have a child. He didn't want Haley to become his mother. "Can I go? I really can't stand to be in the same place where my best friend has sex."
"Yeah, I'll just wait for her." Nathan said going over to the door and opening it up for him. "I'll call you to let you know what's going on."
"Thanks." Lucas said stepping outside. "I hope she's okay. See ya." And he left.
Back at Peyton's, Haley was in the bathroom peeing on the sticks. When she was done, she came out and put them on the counter. "You know, I never thought that my fate would rely on one little thing. It's horrible."
Brooke hopped on the counter next to her. "It's okay. I think it's just a false alarm. I mean I had one a few months ago with Lucas, and it turned out just fine. And even if these tests turned positive, they could be false positives. I mean, I had one. If they turn out to be positive, go to the doctors and make sure."
"Okay." When the buzzer went off for the tests, Peyton picked up one of them, Brooke grabbed the other and Haley took the last two. Haley looked their reactions. "They're positive?" They felt the urge to nod but they didn't. "It's positive. So are mine. I'm preggers."
Haley went home that evening and her husband was lying in bed. She saw him looking at her. She looked to her side of the bed and saw a little bag. She went over to it and opened it up. It was a little baby onesie. She looked at Nathan with adoring eyes. "Thank you. That was so amazing that you did for me, but how did you know?"
"Lucas. He helped me figure it out."
"That's really sweet. It really is, but we won't be needing it." Haley said as she sat down. "We'll never be needing one."
"Now, I don't think that." He wrapped his arms around her. "I love you. And we will have a kid someday. Just not now. We just got back together. I was scared because I thought we would be young parents, but-" He stopped when Haley held up her finger. "What?"
"No, I do mean that. We'll never be able to have kids."
"Why do you say that?"
"The doctor told me I won't ever to be able to have kids. And the good thing about this is that I won't need tampons anymore. The reason I thought I was late was because I'm not getting my period anymore. It's genetic. My grandmother had it about a few years after having my mom. And my mom has it now. And I guess I have it now. And it's early. Way too early in my life. It usually doesn't happen until the thirties."
"So what? We could always adopt. I don't need the kid to look like me to love him or her."
Haley scoffed. "Let's not talk about it. We're only sixteen. We shouldn't even be talking about it." Haley said. She grabbed the little onesie and headed into the bathroom. She put it in the trash. She looked in the mirror. She began to cry.
NEXT CHAPTER:
HALEY DOES SOMETHING DRASTIC
HALEY TALKS TO LUCAS
HALEY TALKS TO KAREN
LUCAS HELPS HALEY
NATHAN TAKES DRASTIC MEASURES
