ok guys! this is the 50th chapter!! yay! so i just want to thank all of you for reading this story and stuff! i love your reviews! this chapter is extra special and long. and is dedicated once more to ItalHunni28, for being so amazing thoughout this story, and for leaving the best inspirational reviews! :)
50. You and Me
'He's out of jail…' Haley mumbled, repeating Nathan's last words.
'Yes hales, he is just out on bail while you decide whether to press charges or not. If you do, he will be in jail for up to 4 years, if you don't, then they will let him go.'
'Oh… why didn't the police phone me?'
'Well they tried, and Brooke said to call me, so they did. We have to get you a lawyer if you want to press charges and take Mark to court.' Nathan pulled Haley into a hug. She buried her face into his chest; she had no idea what to do.
'Brooke! Wait up Brooke!' Brooke heard Lucas shout her.
It was the next day, around lunchtime, but Brooke didn't feel like school. She was leaving the mall with numerous bags in her hands; all she did was shop these days. She was finding it hard to walk faster to get away from Lucas.
Finally she reached her convertible and threw the bags into the back seat. She ran round to the other side to jump in. once she got in, the rain started.
'Why is it so fucking rainy this month?' she cursed as she jumped out and tried to pull the roof over quickly. She was panicking because now Lucas was only a few metres away from her. The roof got stuck and she cursed, trying to pull it harder.
'Brooke, listen to me.'
'Why should I?' she snapped quickly.
'Rachel's not pregnant.'
'And?' Brooke kept trying to pull her roof up, to avoid eye contact with Lucas.
'Brooke, I don't want to be with her, I never did.'
'Oh really?' Brooke shouted, looking up at him for the first time. 'Is that why you cheated on me, numerous times might I add, and then tell me, to my face, that you want Rachel?' she shook her head then nodded sarcastically. 'That's right, you never wanted to be with her.'
The rain was getting very heavy now, so Brooke grabbed her shopping bags and put them in the trunk. Her roof wasn't going up, so she just jumped in the car and started the engine.
'Brooke what are you doing?' Lucas asked.
'Driving away from you.' She responded flatly.
'Without the roof up? Brooke that's psychotic!' Lucas screamed.
'Well maybe I am psychotic!' she screamed back, slowly pulling out of her parking space. 'Psychotic to fall in love with you!'
Lucas jumped into the car as Brooke pulled away and started to speed out of the parking lot.
'What the fuck are you doing?' she screamed. 'Get out of my car!'
'Not until you listen to me!'
'I listened to you Lucas, I really did! But I cannot forgive you. You keep lying to me and telling me that you want me back, and that you don't want to be with Rachel. But you did! Because you kept seeing her after I caught you.'
'Brooke, she told me she was pregnant, just after you caught us! I had to stay with her!'
'Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better!' Brooke screamed. 'But it's all bullshit and you know it!'
'Brooke, pull over!' Lucas said sternly. 'PULL OVER!' he shouted.
Brooke swerved the car into the side of the road. 'There! You happy now? I pulled over. Now get out.' the tears began to fall down her face.
'No Brooke. I want to be with you.'
'You should be at school. Get out of my car.'
'No.' Lucas said simply.
'GET OUT!' Brooke yelled, but Lucas didn't budge.
Instead, Brooke jumped out the car and started walking along the road.
Lucas followed her. 'Brooke, what the hell are you doing?'
'Getting away from YOU!' she screamed, not turning around.
Lucas pulled on her arm and turned her to face him. 'Brooke, I think I'm in love with you.'
Brooke tore out of his grasp and continued to walk home.
'It had to rain didn't it?' Haley sighed, looking out the window of Karen's Café.
Her and Nathan had come for some lunch, and now it had started to rain.
'You had to insist we walk, didn't you?' Nathan smirked, raising an eyebrow.
Haley sighed and laid her head on the table. 'What am I going to do?'
'What do you want to do hales, do you want him put away, or do you want to leave him be?' Nathan touched her hands softly.
'I think I want to charge him. But that means I have to go to court, get a lawyer, and face him again.'
'It'll be ok Haley. Next week we will discuss it at the police station. That is, if you want me there.'
'Of course I want you there.'
Nathan smiled and kissed her forehead. 'I love you Haley.'
Haley smiled back. 'I love you too.'
Soon they heard screaming and saw two figures standing in the pouring rain.
'Is that Brooke and Lucas?'
'I think it is.' Haley said, concern evident in her voice. 'Brooke will just be letting it all out.'
The pair continued to watch the other two fight.
'FINE!' Brooke finally screamed, turning round. 'Talk to me then! Tell me everything you have to say!'
'You choose now? After I chased you all the way home, you choose now? In front of my mom's café?' Lucas yelled.
'Take it or leave it!' Brooke yelled back.
'Fine, I'll take it.' Lucas lowered his voice, but it was still loud, as the rain prevented them from talking at a normal level. 'Brooke, I've never felt this way about anyone before, and that scares me. But what scares me more is the fact that I blew my chance with you. Before I knew you and Haley I never really got with a lot of girls. Nathan was the player and I just took the occasional girl home, but it was usually me that had to fight for them, not them fight for me.'
'So what? Stop trying to make me feel guilty!' Brooke yelled.
'I'm not, I'm really not. The point is, when I got to know you I loved it, because you shared my feelings, and you wanted me. But then Rachel started to want me too and I took a risk because I wasn't used to that happening to me. I made a mistake Brooke, I admit that. I was being selfish and not really thinking of anyone but myself. I am so mad at Rachel for lying to me, she lied so I wouldn't try to get you back. So I had to make you think I didn't want to be with you, because if I was around you, I would fall for you all over again. Please Brooke, make me happy and stop my ramble by forgiving me.'
Brooke stood still in the rain, taking everything in. the truth was, she was still in love with Lucas, she just couldn't trust him. She looked in his eyes and forced herself to find the courage to speak.
'I forgive you, ok?' she whispered, looking down, as the rain began to stop. 'The truth is, I forgave you long before this. I just couldn't be around you, because I didn't want to hurt again. So yes, I forgive you.'
'Brooke that means so much.' Lucas walked towards her, but stopped when Brooke put her hands up.
'I forgave you Luke. But I can't be around you.' She turned and walked away.
Nathan and Haley walked into Nathan's house after school. Nathan found a note on the fridge. He passed it to Haley.
'To Nate and Luke. Me and you're dad have decided to get away for a bit. We know you might be having a hard time after the shooting, so if you need anything, call me.'
'You're dad and I.' Haley corrected, making Nathan laughed.
'So that's why mom wasn't working in the café today. I hope Deb can manage on her own.' Nathan looked concerned.
'Are you ok?' Haley asked, rubbing his back.
'Of course I am.' He smiled at her. 'They are never in anyway.'
He leant down and kissed Haley softly. She threw her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. She led him into Nathan's bedroom.
'Hales…' he whispered softly as she pushed him onto the bed and climbed on top of him, kissing down his neck. She unbuttoned his shirt and helped him out of it. She then continued to leave kiss all down his rock hard abs. He groaned loudly and tugged at Haley's top.
Haley stopped again. She didn't want Nathan taking off her top. What was happening to her? She pulled back and pulled her top down, sliding off Nathan. She walked into Nathan's en-suite without saying a word.
Nathan was pretty confused. He wasn't sure why this was happening. The one time before he had decided to brush it off and not question it, but now he needed to know what was wrong. He didn't like it when Haley was upset.
He walked over and knocked on the door. 'Hales? Are you ok?'
He got no answer. He knocked again, but heard nothing, so he tried the handle. Haley had locked the door.
'Haley please come out, I want to talk to you.' Nathan spoke against the door.
He slid down the door and leaned against it, knocking every so often.
Haley didn't want to answer him. Especially because she wasn't sure what was going on inside her head. Whenever Nathan came to taking off Haley's clothes, all of her walls went up, telling herself that it was wrong. It wasn't wrong, because up to that point everything felt so right.
Haley cursed herself. She heard Nathan slide down onto the floor. He kept knocking. Haley wanted to talk to him about it, but she had to first work out what to say.
She sat down on the floor and leaned softly against the door, making sure that Nathan wouldn't be able to feel her.
It had been 15 minutes, and Haley still wasn't responding. Nathan was starting to get worried. But then he heard a small voice.
'I'm scared Nathan.' He heard Haley's voice whisper.
Nathan felt his heart break at her voice. It sounded so in pain and lost.
'What's wrong baby?' he asked gently.
'I'm just so scared to be with you. The last time I was in love, it was thrown back in my face. I'm so scared to put myself out there again, because I really don't want to get hurt.'
'I'm not going to hurt you hales.'
'I know that, I really do. But that doesn't stop me getting scared about what we have. There is so much commitment there, and I am so dependant on you, I really couldn't cope if you left me.'
'I promise you Haley, I'm not leaving. I love you so much.'
'I love you too. But the last time I had sex I was raped, the other times were meaningless with guys I would never see again. My first time was memorable, but for all the wrong reasons. I am terrified Nathan. I feel self-conscious about how I would look, whether I am good enough for you. I am scared that I won't do things the way you like them done, and that it won't feel good for you. I am so terrified to ruin things and not be enough for you. My confidence has fallen so much. I really want to be good enough for you.'
'Haley please open the door.'
Nathan heard the door being unlocked. As soon as it opened he pulled Haley into a big hug. 'You are not just good enough for me, you are so much more.'
Haley kissed Nathan once more before opening the door to leave his house.
'Thank you so much for understanding Nate.' She smiled.
'No problem baby. Anything for you, you know I'll be ready when you are.' He smiled and pulled her in for another kiss.
'I have to go Nathan…' Haley moaned slightly, but she didn't pull away.
'Ok, I'll call you.' Nathan winked and smacked Haley's ass as she walked out the door. He held his hands up innocently. 'Wasn't me.' He smirked.
Haley let herself into the apartment and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge.
'Brooke?' she called, wandering through to the bedroom. She wanted to talk to Brooke about the fight her and Nathan saw at lunch. She wasn't getting an answer. 'Brookie?'
Haley then heard sobbing coming from the bathroom. She walked in, and really wished she hadn't. The sight was unbearable.
Brooke was sitting on the floor, draped over the toilet seat, throwing up and crying loudly. Haley had to admit it, Brooke was a mess, and Brooke was never a mess.
Haley rushed over to her and pulled her hair up in a messy bun. She rubbed her back soothingly as Brooke continued to throw up. The tears stung in Haley's eyes, she hated to see her best friend like this. She wished she had come home sooner.
She drifted out of her thoughts as she noticed Brooke was no longer throwing up, but was instead dry heaving.
'Brookie, you need to sit up.' She whispered cautiously.
Brooke slowly pulled herself up and leaned against the wall, tucking her knees into her chest.
'Sweetie, what's wrong?' Haley moved closer.
Brooke held her hands up and crawled away from Haley. She looked like a lost animal, so scared and hurt.
'Brookie please.' Haley felt the tears run down her cheeks. 'What's wrong?'
The Brooke spoke. Her voice was strained but loud, hoarse but clear, and pained yet strong. It hurt Haley so much to hear her in so much pain.
'I'm pregnant.'
so i think some of you guessed that was coming, but i ddn't want to give everything away! i hope you enjoyed my 50th chapter! and that it wasn't a let down. review please!:)
