Chapter 14 - Party on!

Haley stood in the kitchen waiting for Lucas. They were late for the party. Suddenly her cellphone rang.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Where are you guys? Everyone is waiting!" Nathan said impatiently.
"I'm sorry but your brother has been getting ready for the past hour...it must be genetic." she replied loud enough for Lucas to hear.
"Hey!" they both yelled at the same time and Haley laughed.
"We'll be there soon...bye Nate!" she said and placed the cell phone on the counter.

A few minutes later the phone rang again and Haley knew exactly who it was.
"Hell Nate, just give us a few more minutes!" she whined into the phone.
"Miss James?" a voice asked uncertainly.
"Yes, this is her." she replied even more uncertain than the voice.
"This is Doctor Conrad from the hospital. We have your test results ready."
"Uhm...thanks..." she said softly and put the phone down.

She had gone to the doctor for a DNA test to find out who was the father of her child. It was easy getting some of Lucas' DNA - all she did was take his brush. But Chris was another story...she had to go ask him for something. It had been hard to tell him but she did. He wanted a reason to give her something and she gave him one. He was shocked but promised that would not tell anyone and she believed him.

But he did tell someone...after she left he speeddialed 23 and told the mysterious voice.

Haley was deep in thought when Lucas entered the room.
"You ready to go beautiful?" he asked, pretending that he didn't notice how pale her complexion was.
"Yeah, flattery will get you everywhere..."
"Everywhere, really?" he replied with a huge grin.
"Yeah, but you'll get nowhere if we're late!" she said with the most serious face she could.
"Fine, let's bounce."
"Bounce?"
"Sorry...I think me and Nate have been hanging out with the team to much lately. I'm starting to sound like I'm in High school again."

Haley laughed and took his hand. She pulled him out of the door and towards the car. The drive to Karen's Café was nerve-wrecking for Haley. She couldn't help thinking of the test results. She was telling Luke at the party, no matter what the results said. If it said Chris was the father she would lie to Lucas and to Chris. They would never need to find out. They never would.

Lucas looked over at Haley. She was beautiful, yet he was worried about her. She was sick a lot and she was very pale when he entered the room. But lately whenever he asked what was wrong she would get angry. So this time he decided not to say anything at all.

As they entered the Café Lucas noticed that it was unusually dark. Suddenly the lights went on and everyone jumped out yelling surprise. Lucas was shocked and didn't know how to react. He looked over at Haley who just smiled and gave him a quick kiss.
"Surprise honey!" she whispered in his ear.
"Surprise for what?" he asked confused.
"For your birthday..."she exclaimed.

Lucas was indeed surprised...most of the night he spent time with his friends and family. They were all having a great time.

Lucas was busy talking to Jake and Peyton when Nathan walked up to them.
"Hey bro...do you know where Haley is?" Nathan asked, his eyes searching the room.
"No, I haven't seen her in a while...I thought she was with you and..." Lucas let his sentence trail off as Nathan shook his head.

Lucas excused himself from the conversation and walked around looking for Haley. He heard a faint cry come from the bathroom.
"Hales?" he asked as he got near the door.
"Uhm...I'm okay." she said quickly, wiping her mouth.
Lucas opened the door, went inside and closed it behind him. He saw Haley sitting on the ground and he sat down next to her.
"Hales baby...what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"I'm okay...I just ate something that didn't sit to well." she joked.
"Are you sure...I could take you home."
"Yeah, I'm fine." she said softly.
Lucas helped her up and embraced her, then they went and joined the others. Haley drank a lot of water, which finally got the taste out of her mouth...One thing she knew for sure was that she wasn't eating anything else that night.

Karen put the music on and Lucas put his hand out to Haley who took it sweetly as a slow song started playing. Nathan and Brooke, Peyton and Jake, Karen and Keith joined in but Lucas and Haley were in their own little world.

"Thank you." Lucas said simply as they danced, their hands entwined together.
"I have another surprise for you..." she whispered in his ear.
"Another one?"
"Yeah." she said and took his hand and placed it on her stomach. He looked at her confused and Haley moved closer to him.
"You're gonna be a daddy Luke...I'm pregnant!" she said softly that only he could hear. Lucas eyes went wide as he looked down at his hand on her stomach and gently rubbed it with his thumb. Suddenly everything made sense to him. He kissed her, picked her up and spun her around before putting her down quickly.
"Are you okay? Did I hurt you or the baby?" he asked worriedly and placed his hand on her stomach again. Haley put her hand over his.
"No, I'm...we're fine." she corrected herself and they both smiled. They danced till the song ended.

When the song ended they walked towards their friends and family. Everyone looked at the two love birds when Nathan broke the silence.
"So which one of you two is going to tell us?" he asked. Everyone laughed as Brooke gave him a disapproving soft slap on his arm.
Lucas took Haley's hand and placed it on her stomach.
"Haley's pregnant." he said simply and everyone cheered. Karen embraced her son and future daughter-in-law. She pulled away with tears in her eyes.
"I'm gonna be a grandma!" she exclaimed as everyone laughed and congratulated them.

After Nathan congratulated Lucas, he walked over to Haley.
"Congrats Hales! I'm really happy for you guys." he said honestly.
"Thanks Nate..."she said and hugged him.
"If it's a boy you gonna call him Nathan right? Cause if it wasn't for me he wouldn't even be here." he said and Haley looked at him shocked.
"Nathan!" she yelled.
"What? I only meant that I had to kick his dad's ass to just admit to his feelings. Get your mind out of the gutter James...I mean Scott or...whatever James." he said and walked to Brooke.

Lucas moved towards Haley and passionately kissed her.
"Geez...if she wasn't pregnant she sure would be after this." they heard Nathan remark and looked up just as Brooke smacked him against the head.
"What, was it something I said?" he asked innocently.

Everyone laughed as Lucas took Haley's hand.
He would never have to know. He will never. She thought.