Wow I know it has been a very long time since I've updated but here it is the next chapter(:
She pulled away from the hug wiping her tears away with the back of her hand.
"I just have so much on my plate right now. Now I have to worry about that." Brooke whimpered. She started to get mad at the thought. "Why would he lie? I mean It's our baby's life and he didn't tell me that there's a chance the baby could have it?" Brooke stood up. "He is going to get chewed out about that." Brooke demanded walking over to the phone.
"Brooke don't." Haley said grabbing the phone out of Brooke's hand. "He's talking to Karen about the baby. And now he has to tell her about his heart condition. Let's just leave it alone and worry about something else. Like school or your doctors appointment." Haley suggested. Brook sighed before taking a deep breath.
"You're right. I need to calm down and worry about school and keep the heart condition out of my mind. I have other things to worry about like work tomorrow" Brooke sniffled.
"Or you can not worry about anything." Haley smiled rubbing her hand down Brooke's arm. "Let's keep our mind off this and focus on the baby." Brooke nodded taking a deep breath. "Or better yet have you talked to Peyton?"
"Earlier but my stupid parents cut my phone off in the middle. Apparently they were serious about cutting me out of their lives." Brooke shrugged. "You know what I don't care if they don't want anything to do with me nor their grandchild than they can go to hell because I don't need them." Brooke started towards the kitchen before turning to them. She ran her hand over her stomach cocking her head. "Is anyone else starving?" They both laughed causing her to grin. Yeah she would be just fine.
The next morning Brooke was in the bathroom putting her hair into a bun with a braid around it. She decided to wear something she could easily walk around with. She had some jeans on that barely fit her with a yellow high low shirt that covered her belly enough to hide her bump. On her feet were white flats. She had to leave in fifteen minutes to go to Karen's with Haley.
Lastnight her, Haley, and Nathan sat around talking about names and the baby. After awhile Haley drove Nathan back to get his car from the school. Haley was watching Brooke from the door with a confused look. Brooke fixed her bangs before looking at Haley.
"What?" Brooke asked turning towards her.
"You used to hate the mornings now you bounce around like your full of energy, it's weird." Haley said raising her eyebrow.
"Well being pregnant gives me so much energy. It's hard to explain." Brooke shrugged "I love being pregnant. Sometimes. I really need something to eat."
"We'll eat at Karen's" Haley giggled grabbing Brooke's arm and pulling her from the bathroom.
They pulled up at the diner with five minutes left. Haley and her walked inside to see Karen pouring some coffee into a man's cup. It wasn't really packed just the usual Sunday morning rush. They walked around the counter towards the back. Haley help Brooke in the aprin explaining all she needed to know. Brooke would get to keep the tips she made. Brooke had her notepad in her head as she walked around towards Karen.
"Okay I'm going to give you the two back tables for today. And I can tell you are hungrey so I'll make you breakfast while you take that tables order." Karen gave her a gentle smile. Brooke felt a little nervous around Karen now that she knew about Lucas being the father and everything.
"Thank you Karen, for everything." Brooke whispered before turning and heading towards her first table. She walked up running her hand over her belly nervously. There was two woman sitting at the table looking over their menus. "Hi, I'm Brooke. What can I get you to drink?" One of the woman looked up.
"We'd like two coffees." Brooke wrote it down on her pad.
"Are you ready to order?" Brooke asked. They nodded before telling her their orders.
The rest of the day went the same. She got forty dollars in tips for working until five. The job was easier than Brooke thought it would be. The only thing that hurt was her feet, she was sitting in the back rubbing her left foot. Haley was sitting next to her counting her tips.
"My feet are killing me. What time do we have be here tomorrow?" Brooke asked looking over at Haley.
"Well tomorrow is Monday so after school around four." Haley told her as she put her money into her pocket. "About school, are you sure you want to go back? Everyone is going to know your pregnant, or you've gain weight? Aren't you suppose to be avoiding stress?" Brooke sighed putting her feet back on the ground.
"I know but I miss being around people. You have no idea how shut off I was in California. Plus I need to stay in school to be able to support my son or daughter. I don't care what people think anymore. If they think I'm gaining weight you tell them simply that I'm pregnant, and I'll do the same." Brooke smiled putting her shoes back on.
"They'll call you names and start alot of rumors, you know that right?" Brooke could tell Haley was worried about her. It was sweet but Brooke knew what she was doing. She could handle high school students like she always has.
"Nothing I haven't heard before" Brooke shrugged.
That morning she had a nervous feeling in her stomach as she entered the school's front doors. Haley had offered to walk with her but Brooke wasn't going to go to school until a hour after it started. She didn't want Haley to be late because of her. Brooke dressed in a white shorts and a yellow floral shirt. It was cut low in the front but was loose so her stomach didn't show that much. Her hair was curled and her bangs were pushed to the side. She ran her hand nervously over her stomach as she walked through the halls. She could heard teachers talking in their classrooms and the phone ringing in the office. She stopped in the center of the hallway. Maybe I shouldn't go back to school. She thought looking around at the lockers. She heard a door slam and she turned to see Lucas with over reading a piece of paper. She smiled at him. He finally looked up at her. He looked back down but his eyes show up at her.
"Brooke?" Lucas asked in disbelief.
"Hey Luke." Brooke smiled removing her hand from her belly. He walked over to her.
"What you doing here?" he asked looking around the halls for anyone else. She frowned as he did. She got a little hurt at the thought of him worrying about somebody seeing him talking to her. He looked back at her giving her a bigger smile. In return she gave him a small one.
"Enrolling." Brooke revealed itching to run her hand over her baby.
"You want to come back to school?" Lucas raised his eyebrow at her.
"Yeah I need school to give my baby a better future." she said looking down at her stomach.
"Our baby." Lucas corrected putting his finger under her chin and lifting her to look at him.
"Right I need to get use to that." Brooke looked side ways as she talked. He leaned forward kissing her forehead. He pulled away letting go of her face.
"I have to take these to the library, so I'll see you around. Maybe at Lunch or something." she nodded. She waited until he was around the corner before continuing her way to the office. Her nerves were on edge as she sat down in the waiting room to see the principal. She felt like she was in trouble. She smiled at the thought. She caught herself before she could run her hand down her belly. They told he was ready to see her. She stood to her feet picking up her pink bag as she did. She walked into the office taking a seat in front of the principal.
"Ms. Davis, it's good to see you're back." He smiled. "So they tell me you are here to get back into school?" Brooke nodded allowing him to continue. "Why did you move again?" He asked looking through the paper work in front of him. She was sure it was her transcripts.
"My parents wanted me to come to California with them. And I'm pregnant." Brooke stated casually as if it wasn't a big deal. The principal's eyes shot up to her.
"Pregnant?" he asked choking on the question. She nodded running her hand down her belly not caring anymore. He didn't say anything else about the subject just continued setting her classes up and telling she wouldn't get graded in gym. She could just sit there as everyone else worked out. Since she was indeed pregnant. That part was a plus side and down side was saying goodbye to her cheerleading. She had heard Racheal finally got her wish at being captain. She nodded as he handed her her schdule and welcomed her back. He also told her not to be getting into any trouble. She smiled and said, "I'm pregnant and in high school, plus I'm Brooke Davis. Trouble has already started.". He lightly laughed giving her pat on the back as he walked her out of the office. She told him she wanted to start today and he had no problem with it.
She got different classes then her old schdule. Same classes just different times. But she did get her old locker, which she was thankful for. He told her he would have her books tomorrow morning. History was her next class, so she walked slowly towards the door. Honestly she had no idea who would be in this class, she hoped it wasn't somebody he hated. But her wishes got crushed when open the door and looked around finding Racheal sitting in the back. The red head looked up at her rolling her eyes before lookin back at her textbook. Brooke stopped herself from running her hand over her stomach. She looked around the class room finally finding somebody she could get along with me. Nathan Scott. He was looking down reading something in the textbook. She smiled when she seen him. The teacher got her attention asking her what she needed. She gave him her schduele telling her she was back. He told her to take a seat. All the seats next to Nathan was taken so she settled for a seat behind him. She pulled out her notebook and pen. She didn't have a textbook so she just sat in silence as the class read over their assignment. Brooke started tapping her pencil against her notebook.
From the corner of her eye she watched Racheal look her up and down before whispering something in a girl's ear. Brooke rolled her eyes at it tapping the guy's shoulder in front of her. He looked over his shoulder at her. She gave him a smile before whispering.
"Hey can we change spots?" She asked a little pout on her lips. He nodded before gathering his books in his hand and standing up. She did the same quickly sitting down in his spot. She told him thank you before turning forward. She tapped on the Scott's shoudler. Nathan slittly turned around looking at her. He looked at in disbelief same as Lucas.
"Looks like we have a class together, Scott." Brooke smiled. Nathan looked at the teacher, who on his phone, before completely turning around to face Brooke.
"How you feeling?" he asked her looking over her.
"I feel fine. A little nervous but nothing to serious." she shrugged. He nodded in understanding. "Can you tell me what were learning? I have no idea. I'm not getting my books until tomorrow." He grabbed his textbook from his desk placing it on hers. He stood from his seat grabbing his chair and placing it beside hers. He told the teacher about her not having a book as he sat down. The teacher didn't say anything else just turned back to his phone. Once Nathan leaned over explaining to her about what they were learning Brooke got a a nose full of cologne. She loved the smell. Something about it was familiar and addicting. He back away once he realized she was sniffing him.
"What are you doing?" he asked her bringing her out of her thoughts. She moved away realizing what she was doing. She blinked acouple times clearing her head.
"What?" He asked confused.
"You were sniffing me" Nathan said. Brooke looked down at the textbook running her hand over her belly.
"Sorry, guess I didn't know I was sniffing you." Brooke whispered running her finger down the side of the textbook.
"It's alright." he told her leaning back forward to turn the page. He started once again explaining where they were. She gasped in surprise when she felt something. He looked at her in worried. "What? Are you okay?" She looked down at her stomach smiling.
"Yeah, I'm great. Here feel this." She grabbed his hand from the desk placing it on her lower abodmen. He looked at her face as she looked down moving his hand around her belly. She laid her hand on top of his. "Wait." she whispered. Then he felt it. It was barely there but he could feel it. She looked at him. "Did you feel it?" she asked. The smile on his face told her he did feel it.
"That's amazing." he whispered this time moving his own hand around.
"I know. I guess she likes her uncle Nathan. That's the first time she's kicked like that." Brooke whispered allowing Nathan to run his hands over her adobmen. Brooke started getting a weird feeling in the pit of her stomach. It was a burning or something. She took a deep breathing regretting doing so. Cause she did, she got a a nose full of Nathan's cologne. She closed her eyes as the baby kicked once again. A chill ran down her spine as his hand moved alittle lower. It brushed the top of her shorts, making her eyes shoot open. She knew that feeling. She was getting turned on by Nathan? She shook her hand quickly placing her hand on Nathan's. Making the movement stop. It only made it worse as she held his hand. He looked at her in confusion she opened her mouth to speak but the bell rang dismissing the class. Everyone stood up and started to leave but she sat there holding Nathan's hand to her stomach. She felt something touch her shoulder. From the corner of her eye Brooke watched Racheal lean forward.
"For god sakes, Brooke I know your skanky but do you seriously have to do that in class?" Racheal smirked before straighting up and walking off. Brooke glared at the back of the red heads head as she walked away. Nathan removed his hand from Brooke's and stood up. Brooke turned to him watching him gather his books and she started doing the same with her notebooks. She smiled when he noticed him waiting for her. She stood up walking with him out.
"Racheal is such a bitch. Can you believe she said that?" Brooke laughed uncomfortably. "I mean me and you? No way." Nathan stayed silent as they walked together down the hall. Brooke looked over him. He looked to be in deep thought or not really listening to her. She gently touched his arm grabbing his attention. His blue eyes looking at her blankly. "Nathan? You okay?"
He shook his head as if he was clearing his thoughts. "Yeah I'm fine. I gotta go though. I have something to do but I'll see you later right?" Brooke nodded looking at him with concern. He leaned foward for a moment then quickly turned on his heel heading away from Brooke. Brooke watched him leaving more confused than ever. She shrugged pulling her schudule from her pocket.
"Brooke!" Brooke looked up from her schudule to see Haley making her way towards her.
"Hey" Brooke said putting the piece of paper back into her pocket.
"How has your day been so far?" Haley asked as they walked to their next class together.
"Fine I guess. The baby kicked today in class." Brooke smiled running her hand down her stomach.
"That's great. I can't believe I missed it." Haley frowned pulling her notebook tighter to her chest.
"Yeah maybe next time she'll kick for you." Brooke smiled rubbing her back. "Until then Uncle Nathan is the only one she kicks for."
"Nathan? When did he feel it?" she asked her.
"In class. Luckily I have one class with somebody so far. But downside Racheal is also in that class." Brooke rolled her eyes.
"Don't get worked up by Racheal, Brooke. Just meet me at lunch okay?" Brooke groaned at the statement before nodding. She crossed her arms stomping away from Haley in a small pout.
It was now lunch time, Brooke was ready to get to her friends. She was getting reaally tired of everyone whispering and pointing. She knew their was already rumors about her being pregnant and gaining weight because she went to rehab about her old eating disorde. She rolled her eyes at the rumors, people were stupid. She knew she said she could handle it but it was getting to sting alittle. She would hear people whispering the words slut, skank, whore, etc. She hadn't stopped the rumors yet because she just didn't want her baby to be pulled into the mix. She had a feeling Lucas wouldn't want to pulled into the rumors as well. She was on her way to lunch as she thought about those things. Once again she heard somebody scream her name. She turned to see Bevin bouncing down the hallway towards her. Brooke didn't stop walking though. She knew Bevin would catch up.
"Brooke I can't believe your back." Bevin smiled once she caught up with her. "but I'm glad you are. I can't wait for you to become captain again. Racheal is a slave driver."
"I'm not becoming captain again, Bevin." Brooke told her as they push through the door.
"Is this because of your weight? Once you start cheering the weight will just fall off." Bevin grinned patting Brooke on the shoulder. Brooke narrowed her eyes at the girl. She was tired of people talking about her weight. She was pregnant for god sakes.
"I doubt it." Brooke sighed.
"Why not?" Bevin asked confused.
"Because." Brooke demanded.
"Because why?" Bevin asked.
"Because I'm pregnant, Bevin" Brooke snapped grabbing the attention of a couple students in the court yard.
"Oh." Bevin whispered still a small smile on her face. "Well congrats." Bevin patted Brooke's shoulder before skipping on towards the rest of the cheerleaders.
"Bevin wait don't-" she stopped when Bevin yelled.
"Brooke's not coming back into cheerleading, she's pregnant!" It was loud enough that the entire court yard looked at her. Some were stares of disgust some of shock, some but nodded, and some could careless. The whole cheerleading squad looked at her over. Racheal smirked as she walked across the courtyard towards the girls. Brooke looked around at all the stares looking for Haley, or Lucas. She knew Peyton wasn't there or she would run to her. Brooke felt humilated as all the students staring whispering. She turned pushing back through the doors. She ran into something. Tears in her eyes. She knew she said she didn't care but it still hurt to get those looks from people. She felt nasty and disgusting. She looked up to see Lucas. He looked over her face.
"What's wrong?" he asked touching her arm. She shook her head angry at him for some reason. No she knew the reason, he did this to her. She pushed him away.
"This is all your fault. I'm the school whore because of you." Brooke hissed pushing past him and running down the hall. She heard him calling her name but she ignored it. She ran out to the parking lot going straight to her car. An arm grabbed her elbow stopping her.
"Tell me what happened." Lucas demanded turning her to face him.
"No." Brooke hissed pulling her arm away from him. "I'm going home. I hate this school, and I don't want to stay here so they can talk about me."
"What did they say, Brooke?" he asked rubbing her upper arm.
"What didn't they call me." Brooke mumbled a little calmer at his touch. "I shouldn't have came back to school. I knew it was going to be like that. I was stupid think I could handle it." Lucas pulled her into a hug rubbing her back.
"I think you should go back in there and show them you are Brooke Davis and what they say doesn't matter. You are so strong, Brooke. Don't let them bring you down." Lucas whispered. His words sank in and Brooke nodded. She could handle some high school kids. This will pass, she knew it would. She could handle this. He pulled away from her. Brooke smiled at him.
"Thank you Lucas. Will you sit with me at lunch?" Brooke asked wiping her cheeks with her hands.
"I would but I'm meeting my mom at the cafe for lunch." Brooke frowned at him. "How about I come over after school?"Lucas pulled her hand into his rubbing his thumb in a circle. Brooke knew Lucas wanted to get back together and she did love him but she didn't know what to do. They were having a baby together but everytime her and Lucas got together it ruined her and Peyton's friendship. And Brooke really wanted Peyton in the baby's life. Brooke pulled her hand from his.
"Actually me and Haley are working after school, then having a girl's night so you kind of can't."
"Oh okay, well I guess I'll see you later, right?" Brooke smiled then nodded. She stood up placing a kiss on his cheek.
"Thanks Luke." Brooke took a deep breath before turning and walking towards the school. She turned to watch Lucas leave. She was a little upset he hadn't invited her along or asked about the baby today. She knew he still had growing up to do and still had moe things to worry about. Like his heart condition and she didn't want to put more stress on him. That's why she hadn't went off on him about him not telling her about the heart condition. She entered to school going straight towards the courtyard. She looked around for Haley before walking out. She seen her sitting down with Nathan. Brooke opened the door walking fastly to the table. Brooke sat down beside Haley ignoring the stares and whispers.
"Hey where have you been?" Brooke asked Haley.
"Umm, here why?" Haley looked up from her textbook.
"Well you missed my personal roast. Bevin and her big mouth." Brooke groaned running her hands through her hair.
"Wait what happened?" Haley asked. Brooke looked over at Nathan who wasn't really paying any attention. He was on his phone texting. Brooke leaned forward a litte closer to Haley.
"Bevin pretty much yelled that I was pregnant to the entire school, Haley. They were all whispering how I'm a slut. That's all I've been hearing all day." Brooke groaned.
"You are not a slut Brooke. Just ignore them like you always did." Haley shrugged turning back to her school book.
"I am, but I don't want them bringing my child into their bullshit." Brooke whispered grabbing a fry off Haley's plate and taking a bite. Haley grabbed it from her hand.
"Go get your own plate." Haley demanded pulling her plate away from the pregnant girl. Brooke gasped reaching for another fry, Haley lightly slapped her hand away.
"Haley I can't go get a plate, everyone will stare at me like I'm an alien or call me something and I'm starving." Brooke whined using her puppy dog eyes on Haley. They both looked over the table when Nathan stood up from the table. He didn't take his bag or anything as he walked away from them. Brooke looked at Haley confused. "What's up with him?" Brooke asked stealing another fry. Haley shrugged once again moving her plate away from Brooke. "Fine be like that I don't nee-" she stopped talking when a tray was sat down in front of her. Brooke watched as Nathan took his seat across the table once again. Brooke and Haley watched him in confusion as he went back to his phone. He looked up when he noticed them staring.
"What?" he asked looking back to his phone.
"You got me a tray?" Brooke asked in a low voice.
"Yeah you said you were hungry and didn't want to stand up so I went to get it for you. No big deal." Nathan shrugged typing something on his phone. Brooke smiled softly.
"Thank you, Nathan." Brooke blushed and stopped when she seen Haley looking back and forth between the two. Brooke cleared her throat and started to eat.
"So Brooke where's Lucas?" Haley asked putting away her text book. Brooke shrugged not wanting to talk about that. Haley could tell something happened. "What did he do now?" Haley sighed.
"Nothing, he's acting weird." Brooke shrugged not looking up from her plate.
"Seems like all the Scott's are acting weird these days." she heard Haley mumble.
"No not like weird weird. But he hasn't asked once today how I was feeling or about the baby." She heard Nathan mumble something from the other side of the table but ignored it and continued "I know he has alot on his mind with the heart condition and everything but he should still care about the baby you know."
"Maybe he's not ready for a baby, Brooke." Haley said.
"If he wasn't ready to be a father Haley he wouldn't have said anything about taking care of her and the baby." Nathan finally spoke up but he was still looking at his phone.
"Exactly, Nathan knows what I'm talking about. Today he even corrected me about our baby and not my baby." Brooke told her.
"Maybe it's the heart condition?" Haley asked.
"You know he still hasn't said anything about that. Shouldn't he be concerned about the baby like I am? it's just weird nothing is making sense" Brooke sighed placing her face in her hands. "Plus he wants a relationship but I don't. Don't get me wrong I love Lucas but everytime we're together me and Peyton grow apart and I really want everyone around for the baby."
"I can talk to him if you want?" Haley suggested rubbing Brooke's back. Brooke looked up from her hands.
"Please it'll mean a lot." Brooke pouted. Haley smiled nodding. "Thank you so much Haley." Brooke hugged her friend before turning back to her tray and finishing off plate. "So what time do we have to be at work?" Brooke asked.
"Actually Karen only wants you working Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. So it'll be easier on you." Haley explained.
"Oh okay." Brooke nodded.
School was finally over, Brooke was sitting on her couch clicking through the channels. Haley was at work at the moment and Brooke was pretty bored. She couldn't find a thing on TV. It was five o'clock now and once again she was hungry. She clicked the TV off walking into the kitchen. As she reached for the fridge there was a knock on the door. She groaned walking towards the door. She opened pulled it open coming face to face with Peyton. Brooke smiled pulling her long time best friend into a hug.
"Oh my god, I'm so happy to see you" Brooke squeled as she hugged her friend tightly. She pulled back locking Peyton over. "When did you get back?"
"A hour ago. I came here as soon as I arrived. I need to talk to you." Peyton smiled but Brooke could see worry in her face.
"Well come on in." Brooke pulled Peyton inside shutting the door behind her. Brooke pulled Peyton to the couch both sitting down. "I have so much to tell you I don't know where to start but you go first. Tell me about you and Jake." Brooke motioned her to go on but Peyton didn't she cleared her throat looking at the ground.
"Actually, this isn't about me and Jake." Peyton started before looking up at Brooke. Brooke's smile slowly started to fade.
"What's wrong?" Brooke asked rubbing Peyton's arm in comforting manter.
"Nothing, it's just I have to tell you something and what I'm about to tell you is going to tear your world apart." Peyton whispered. Brooke creased her eyebrows together in confusion.
"What's this about Peyton?" Brooke asked removing her hand from Peyton's arm.
"Brooke, there is no way Lucas is the father." Peyton whispered.