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Previously on "Remember Tonight for it's the Beginning of Always":

Brooke went to confront Haley about an important message she found in their company email only to be distracted by news that Haley could be pregnant.

Brooke worried about Matthew and what his seemingly being on the run meant for her.

Nathan and Haley are blissfully married and Brooke and Lucas shared "I love yous" with each other.

Chapter 38: Remember the Test Results

"So how long have you known?" Brooke asked her friend as she walked back into the bedroom Nathan and Haley shared and handed her friend a cool, damp washcloth.

"I guess it's been about four weeks now," Haley admitted, taking her rag from Brooke and placing it across her forehead. She was reclined on a mountain of pillows Brooke had built for her on her Queen–sized bed.

Brooke pursed her lips and nodded at her friend. "So how did Nathan take it?" She asked, her voice rising in excitement. "I bet he was over the moon to find out there was a little basketball start growing in your belly," she said with a dimpled smile as she glanced at Haley's still flat stomach.

Haley bit her bottom lip as she turned her eyes to look at her friend. Her face was a mix of guilt and fear.

"Haley," Brooke said, her tone stern. "You have told Nathan, haven't you?" She asked her, spinning around on the bed to look at her more directly.

"Not exactly," Haley began, but before she could explain anything Brooke erupted into a rant.

"Haley Jane James Scott!" Brooke screamed accusingly. "How could you not tell your husband, who I might add, absolutely adores you, that you were carrying his baby?!?! This is not like a little I-forgot-to-mention-I-bought-a-new-pair-of-shoes-today thing. This is a huge life changing event. And I mean, don't you think he has the right to know. It is his baby too, you know…" And Brooke went silent for a moment, things clicking in her wild imagination. "I mean, please tell me it is Nathan's baby, right?" She asked her friend, her expression horror-filled.

"Of course it's Nathan's baby," Haley said with a roll of her eyes, dismissing her drama queen of a friend. "I haven't mentioned anything to him because I'm not sure if I really am pregnant or not," she explained calmly, hoping her reasoning would tide her friend over.

"Oh," Brooke simply said, picking her jaw up off the floor. "Well we have to find out," she told her, getting up from the bed.

"I'm going to go to the doctor next week," Haley told her. "That was the soonest they could get me in."

"Hello?" Brooke practically sang. "Have you ever heard of a home pregnancy test?" She asked, looking at Haley quizzically.

"Yes, but, I just wanted to be sure. And you know those things aren't one hundred percent effective," she tried to rationalize, but she knew there was really no explanation. She herself really didn't know why she hadn't taken a test yet.

"Okay, well it's settled then. You stay here and try to feel better, and I'm going to run down to the store and get some tests. I'll be back in half an hour or so," Brooke said to her friend. "You need anything else while I'm gone?" She asked hopefully. "Anything you're craving?"

"Nope," Haley answered quickly. "Just hurry back. You're giddy mood is making me nervous."

Brooke laughed at her friend. "Okay little Mama," She teased her. "I'll be back in a flash," she said, and she bounded out of Nathan and Haley's room and then out of their apartment.

Brooke walked down to the nearest convenience store which just happened to be five blocks away, towards the downtown region. She slipped into the store and proceeded to the women's health section.

Once there, Brooke scanned over all the pregnancy tests. There were so many different kinds. She didn't know which the best was, or what would be the most reliable. So she grabbed three that looked like they would be good and headed to the front of the store.

She nearly ran over the man who was in line at the checkout in front of her. But she did bump into him and spill all of her soon to be purchases all over the floor. Damn, she shouldn't have been staring at that magazine rack!

"Are you okay?" The man turned around and asked her, helping her pick up the pregnancy tests along with a bag of Chex mix and Hershey's bar she had grabbed for herself.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, just a little clumsy," Brooke admitted to him with a giggle, picking up what she could and grabbing the rest from the man's hands. Then she looked up to meet his face. He was familiar, but she wasn't sure where she knew him from.

"You're Brooke Davis, right?" The man asked, pointing a finger at her.

"That'd be me," she admitted to him. She really didn't like being recognized by people. She hoped she actually knew this guy and he wasn't just someone who had seen her in the papers.

"It's Summit," He explained to her. "I met you at the ball a month or two ago, with Lucas Scott. You two aren't still together, are you?" He asked her sizing up her body in the tight tracksuit, all the while hoping her answer would be no.

"Sorry," she offered with a small smile. "We're still going strong," she told him, grasping all her items closer to her chest.

"I guess that's just my luck," he told her with a shrug. "Meet a hot girl and she's totally hung up on someone else."

Brooke smiled at him. "Well thank you for the compliment, Summit," she said.

"No problem, just speaking the truth," he said. "But I have to get back to the office. I'll be sure to tell Lucas you said 'hello' though."

"That'd be great," she said, still smiling. "Nice to see you again," she called, giving him a final wave as he walked out of the store. Then Brooke moved up next to the counter and let all of her purchases fall out into the open. She was more than ready to get back to Haley and see what the results of the tests were.

"What took you so long?" Haley questioned when Brooke finally made it back to her apartment.

"Whoa, chill out," Brooke instructed her friend. "I can't help it if the nearest store to your house is nearly a mile away."

"Sorry," Haley apologized, forcing a smile for her friend. "I'm just really anxious, you know?" She asked her, reaching to take the plastic bag from Brooke's arms.

"I know," Brooke agreed, as she handed Haley the bag.

"What are these for?" Haley asked, pulling out the candy and the snack mix, and looking at Brooke while she tried not to laugh.

"What?" Brooke asked, snatching the two items from her friend's hands. "I like to eat when I'm nervous."

Haley laughed at her friend. "Well you better save some of that for me," she instructed her. "Now come on, let's go see if my life is about to change forever."

Brooke smiled and nodded her head obediently. She couldn't wait for her friend to take those tests. She may have actually be more excited than Haley.

"Well you're definitely pregnant," Brooke squealed, coming out of the bathroom holding up two of the different tests Haley had taken. The blonde had been too scared to look at the results for herself and had requested Brooke do the honors.

"Wow, I'm actually going to be a mom," Haley marveled, placing both of her hands on her nonexistent belly.

"I know!" Brooke screamed. "And I am going to be the best freakin' aunt this baby ever thought about having! You just wait. I am going to spoil them so much," she cooed and jumped onto the bed beside her friend.

Haley laughed at Brooke's excitement. "It was kind of like a piece of me already knew," she admitted. "But now that I've taken the test it is just so much more real," she tried to explain.

"I can only imagine," Brooke said, a sad smile forming on her face. One she quickly changed to fake happy for the sake of her friend. She didn't need to be bursting Haley's bubble right now.

Just then they heard the lock in the front door click open. "Hales, I'm home," Nathan's voice echoed through the apartment.

Brooke looked at Haley excitedly. "Looks like that's my cue to leave," she said, and gave Haley a quick hug. "Good luck," she mouthed as she walked out the bedroom door.

Haley nodded and smiled at her friend, as Nathan passed Brooke and headed into the bedroom.

"Hey Nate," Brooke smiled goofily as she skipped out of the room.

"Brooke," he responded quizzically. "Hales, what's going on?" He asked, turning to where his wife was situated in the bed.

"I think you better sit down," she told him before she began to spill the events of the day.

"What have you been doing all day?" Lucas asked Brooke when she made her way back into the apartment they shared.

"Oh nothing much," she told him dismissively. "I just hung out with Haley, the usual."

"Sounds good," Lucas told her, hoping she would have given him more details, especially after what Summit had told him.

"Yeah, it was. I needed some Haley time," Brooke admitted to him, sitting down at the bar as she watched Lucas cook. "What are you making?" She asked him.

"Fettuccini," He quickly answered her, before turning back to the pan of sauce he was stirring.

"Yummy," Brooke stated approvingly. "What made you decide to cook?" She asked, pleasantly pleased by his surprise.

"Oh nothing, I just thought I would do something nice for you," he told her, turning around and walking towards her. Her grabbed her head with his hands and gently kissed her on the forehead.

"You're too sweet to me," she said with a smile when he pulled away from her. Then she grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back towards her, giving him a full-on kiss.

"What was that for?" He asked her with a goofy grin.

"Nothing really," Brooke shrugged her shoulders. "I just love you."

"Well I love you too, pretty girl," he said with a smile before turning back around to his pasta.

"Yeah, you better not burn my food, Scott," she teased him, sliding off the barstool and heading towards the fridge.

Lucas laughed and then turned to look at Brooke. "Hey Summit told me he ran into you downtown today," he said, hoping to get some more information from the brunette.

"Yeah, Haley needed me to pick up a few things so I left to get them. And did he tell you I literally ran into him?" She asked with a giggle at the memory.

"Yeah, he mentioned that," Lucas told her, rubbing a hand across the back of his neck. He wanted to point blank ask her about the rest of the sort Summit had revealed to him. But if she wasn't coming right out and telling him then there had to be a reason.

"It was completely embarrassing," She admitted to him, with a wave of her hand, and then she took a sip from her water bottle. "Anyway, I'm about to go see what is on the TV. You let me know if there's anything I can help you with in here," she finished, pointing at the floor in the kitchen.

"Will do," he said, trying to keep an attitude that was as carefree as Brooke's. He was glad she retreated to the other room, because he really couldn't muster the kind of exuberance she seemed to be exuding right now. And he wondered why she just wouldn't tell him the complete truth. So he turned back to his meal, hoping it would distract him from all the questions that were brewing in his mind.

First off, I'm soooo sorry....I know it has been forever and that is totally unacceptable! And not that it is any excuse, but I have been pretty busy. And then when I do have the time to write there is the slight problem of my creativity wanting to pour intself into different projects. But I am still here and still working on this fic slowly but surely...I will try to be quicker on the next update...almost two months is too long!! I hope the recap was okay for you all...there wasn't too much that happened last chapter so it is kinda sort! But let me know what you all thought about it!! :)