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Chapter 9: "'cause she's got nowhere to go"
Lucas sat in the hall back against the wall, when Peyton came out… He looked up and met her eyes, as pained as his own…
"Why…" Was all that he said.
Right then the doctor came out of the room.
"You can go see him now." The doctor said
"Is he awake?" Peyton asked.
"No. He is probably out for the night. Spencer sleeps like a rock." The doctor commented. "His fever has gone down dramatically, you should be able to take him home tomorrow." The doctor said smiling and then walking away.
Lucas and Peyton timidly entered the room. Lucas, much to Peytons surprise, rushed to Spencers bed-side, and gently touched his hands.
Lucas looked at Spencer as though it were the first time… This was his son…
As Peyton watched her mind drifted back to that day…
It was a mistake… 17 year old Peyton Sawyer thought as she held her knees to her chest and rocked back and forth.
"How could this have happened?" Peyton whispered to herself
She and Lucas had been together once… once… the night that she thought her father had died… Both of them regretted it… Lucas was dating Brooke for Gods sake! How could they have let it happen? How could they have been so stupid?
Peytons watched beeped, signaling to her that the test was done…She didn't know why she was so nervous. She already knew the results…
She held the test in a shaky hand and counted to three before she looked down…positive…
She could not even shed a tear. What was there to cry for? Her horrible life about to get a little worse? Lucas's future going down the drain? Her loosing her best friend? A baby about to be born into chaos? … maybe there was too much to cry for. She knew that there was only one person that she could talk to…
She could hardly steer the car straight on the road. How as she going to tell him? Hey Luke, remember the night when… And then before she knew it she was at his house.
She turned the knob, hearing voices in the kitchen.
"Luke!" She called out.
"Peyton!" He said running in from the kitchen…
"Woah, what's all of this?" She asked noticing the smiles on Karen, Brooke, and Lucas's faces.
"He got into Colombia!" Brooke squealed giving her best friend a hug, before turning to kiss Lucas…
Peytons heart sunk. There was no way that she could tell him now… Not after all of this… How could she ruin his future?
"That's great Luke." She said hugging him, before she slipped out of the door unnoticed, and that was the last time that she saw Lucas Scott, … the father of her child, and love of her life…
The memories flew through Peyton like lightning bolts. Those memories were buried deep down inside, and she would damn herself if she were to ever think of them…
"He's beautiful…" Lucas said
Peyton watched Lucas run his hand through her… their… sons hair…
"I'm sorry Luke." Was all that she could say. "I am so, so, sorry!"
"Sorry is not going to give back those four years Peyton." Lucas said
"But Lu-"
"We'll talk after the wedding."
"Lu-"
"After the wedding." He said coldly meeting her eyes.
The next morning Spencer was over joyed to wake up and have both Peyton and Lucas standing over him. The had to rush out of the hospital in order to begin wedding preparations.