Ok a lot happens in this chapter, and I am trying to mix it up a little…..I have the next like five chapters ready to go, so please reiview! I hope you guys enjoy.
She slowly walked to Lucas' door and quietly knocked. The door swung open fast and behind it stood Keith holding Jonathan. The tears came immediately. Keith shushed her and ushered her inside.
"Where's Luc?" She whaled.
"He had to go to the store. What's wrong?" He asked her worriedly. She shook her head refusing to speak. "Come on, talk to me. It looks like you need to talk."
"It's bad, but you already know that you ass," She yelled at him.
"What?" His face puzzled.
"My Jonathan is really Brooke's Jonathan." His face turned into shock.
"Nathan told you about the affair?"
"What!?"
"Brooke and Nathan's one night stand."
"He's not…"
"Haley, don't take it out on the baby. Neither Brooke nor Nathan wanted to hurt you." He continued while she just stared back. "They want…"
"Listen to me!" She yelled, getting his attention. "I don't know if they did or didn't sleep together, but Jonathan is Lucas' child."
"What?!" Yelled Karen who had come in just to hear the last part. "You and Lucas? Haley what about Nathan?"
"Karen this baby is Brooke's and Lucas' son. Keith, Dan and Nathan have all known."
"Keith! You kept my son from his son."
"No, Dan told me that Nathan had a one night stand with Brooke."
"Yea, like that's real believable," Haley spit out.
"It doesn't matter. Brooke was mourning the loss of her son and he is right here." Karen lectured Keith.
"Sure, but Haley would have been a great mother…"
"Your no better than Dan."
"Karen…"
"Save it! I could spit fire I'm so mad right now. Maybe you should stay somewhere else for a while."
"You're kicking me out?" His face filled with shock.
"Go stay with Nathan, I'm sure he'll be alone too."
"For more than a couple of days!" Haley said reaching for Jon. Keith effortlessly handed him to her and pack a few things and left. The tears came all too soon again.
"I want my baby."
"And you will get one. Look at how pure your heart is." Karen kissed the top of her head.
"Huh?"
"Those men sat on this secret for way too long, and the moment you found out you came to your best friend's giving them their child. I'm sorry for your loss, but he rewards in big ways," She said pointing to the sky.
"Keith, I'm back!" Lucas yelled closing the front door.
"Luc we are in the kitchen." Karen yelled back. Once he was there he glanced between the two confused.
"What's up?"
"Sit down, we have something big to tell you." Karen tried to prepare him.
"Ok…" He said while sitting down. Haley wiped the tears away and held his hand.
"I'm so sorry."
"What is it? You're scaring me."
"To cut to the chase, Jon is really Brooke's child…"
"No," He said as his mouth dropped. "I was there, Nathan's DNA matches."
"No, your DNA matches."
"Excuse me?"
"You are Jon's father." Haley sobbed.
"Ahem, I need air." He felt chocked up and scared. What did he need to do, in a single moment he went from being a kid to being a father. He dialed her number once he was outside. Of course her voice mail picked up. "You've reached Brooke, the right girl at the wrong time. Leave a message and I'll try to get back to you."
"Damn it Brooke! I have left you a ton of messages, please call me back." He hung up, unable to tell her the revelation.
"He'll never forgive me," Haley sobbed.
"Honey, you did the right thing." Karen soothed her. "Our asshole husbands are the ones who screwed up." Just then Lucas came back in a sat down. "Luc are you ok?"
"I can't be a father, just a moment ago my only responsibility was being an uncle."
"I'm sorry…"
"Stop it! Haley I don't want him."
"Lucas Eugene Scott!" Karen yelled.
"It's not that I don't want him, it's that I don't want to be a single father."
"But…"
"No, I want him to grow up with two parents, period."
"I called her."
"Me too, let's wait to see." Both nodded.
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As Brooke walked through her kitchen she noticed a note her mother left for her:
Brookie:
Haley called and said that it was an emergency and that you need to call her back ASAP!
Love you baby!
She threw the note away and took the steps two at a time. Her cell phone was on her desk and she noticed two missed calls, and two new voice mails. She checked them, one from Haley and one from Lucas. 'Hmm, what kind of drama is going down in Tree Hill?' She decided to call Haley, straight to voice mail. "This is Haley James Scott, leave a message."
"Hale's it's Brooke. I got your messages and I want to be left out of it. Unless you are calling because one of our friends died, I don't want to know. I miss you and that cute little baby tons! Having a blast here, and I met an amazing guy. Love you!" She hung up hoping that was the end of that. The next day she woke up and changed all of her numbers, and made sure that they were all unlisted. The only people that would know her numbers were Steven and her parents.
On Saturday, Brooke showed up at Steven's fully expecting a special night, but when she got there, Kelly was in the doorway talking to him.
"Steven, you can't have her." She yelled.
"Kelly shut-up, I have neighbors and yes I can!"
"I want you to sign the papers!"
"I will not!" He handed her some papers and she threw them back at him, and spit in his face. The next thing happened so fast that Brooke thought she was seeing things. He pulled back and slapped her. Kelly screamed in pain and he pulled her inside the house to keep her quiet, Brooke didn't stick around long enough to see the rest. How could she have been so wrong about him?
He called ten times between that night and the next morning. She finally had her thoughts together and was going to end it with him. He hit women and there was no excuse for that.
"Hey, can we meet up and talk?" She asked him.
"What happened to you?"
"Can we just meet somewhere?"
"Sure what about the diner across from the stadium."
"Ok, 15 minuets." She hung up and planned what she was going to say to him. She would give him a piece of her mind. It wasn't long before both had arrived and sat across from one another. His face was kind and it had a bright smile on it, she began to second-guess herself but then she stopped. She had to do this.
"So…" He began.
"I came by last night," his eyebrows furrowed, "I saw you and Kelly."
"Yea…"
"You hit her Steven!" Brooke said louder than she meant. Tears fell from his eyes, and his head fell in his hands.
"Brooke, it was a horrible mistake, I have never done that before." She swallowed hard. "She tried to give me adoption papers, saying I was unfit and that neither of us deserved her."
"What? Your great with Beth."
"Kelly thinks that she'll be better with neither of us." HE cried.
"Oh, Steven."
"Hitting her was the worst mistake of my life, and I'm sorry you had to see that. I understand if you want to break up with me, but I'm falling in love with you." Tears began to well up in her eyes.
"You hit her." Brooke began.
"I've already signed up for anger management."
"Really?" Maybe this had been a one-time thing.
"Yea, please give me a chance." His eyes full of tears, and his expression full of sorrow, it made her heart ache for him. She slid into his side of the booth and wiped his tears away.
"If you ever raise your hand to another female, I'm gone." She warned, he nodded and locked eyes with her. They shared the most passionate kiss.
"I love you," He said once they pulled away.
"I love you too."
