Hey. I forgot to say this, and I cannot believe it, this story is written to a song, Acoustic #3 by the Goo-Goo dolls, which I suggest you check out to further understand the story all/most of my stories are written to songs. Each chapter title is a lyric.
XOXO Haley
Chapter 11; "'cause the world got in her way"
The three stared at each other.
"I am afraid to get that." Luke said.
"Oh you guys are such dumb ass's. What are the chances that some one is actually at the door with Lukes kid?" Haley said rolling her eyes and leaving the room while Nathan and Lucas opted not to move…
Haley stomped over to the door and opened it to reveal Brooke staring back at her.
"Brooke…" Haley stuttered.
"Tutor girl…" Brooke said with a fake smile. "I'm looking for Luke is he around." She said.
"Um yeah… come on in." She said stepping back at the door, and almost fainting when Brooke reached around the corner and pulled a stroller from around it, and dragged it behind her into Lukes new apartment…
Haley left the room and hurried back to Spencers room where Nathan and Luke were waiting for her.
"IT'S BROOKE!" Luke said in disbelief.
Haley just nodded. Luke took a deep breath and headed out.
"What?" Nathan asked as soon as Luke was out of ear shot…
"Nothing, … I just hope that this isn't a trend with you." Haley said.
"HELL NO!" Nate shouted…
Luke went into his family room where Brooke was waiting, sitting on the couch smoking a cigarette..
"Hey." Luke said as he saw her…
"'s bee awhile." Brooke said
"What's up?" Luke asked nervously not daring to walk across the room…
"Remember that summer after high school graduation?" Brooke asked. Luke could only nod. "Remember that good bye gift I gave you?" She asked smoking still. Luke continued to nod. "I gotta gift for you." She said turning the stroller around roughly to face him. A little girl with her hair in two pig tails lay asleep in the stroller.
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Luke yelled. "First Peyton now you?" He said pacing back and forth.
"You knocked her up too?" She asked plopping down on the couch.
"I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS!" Lucas said through gritted teeth. "So why did you come back after all this time then Brooke?"
"I can't take care of her." She said.
"What?"
"She is 16 months old. My Aunt took care of her from the time she came home from the hospital. Last week my Aunt died in a car accident and left her with me. I can't take care of my kid. I have a career to think of!" She said pulling out another cigarette, and lighting it up.
"What is her name?" Luke asked
"Logan Elizabeth Scott…" She said. "Her birthday is May 15. 's that all? I have a cab waiting down stairs. I can't miss my flight back to LA." She said standing up and grabbing her jacket. She hugged Luke… "Just… just tell her one day when she is older that I am sorry…"
She gave Luke a small smile and then let herself out.
Luke stared down at the little girl in the stroller… Logan… Nathan and Haley joined him in the room…
"What do you think?" Haley said to Luke touching his shoulder.
"… I think I need more paint…" Luke said
Right then Logan began to fuss… Lucas picked her up and began to bounce her…
"ssshhh…" He said to her, and she began to doze back to sleep.
~ Luke made Haley and Nate leave soon after assuring them that he was going to be okay with Logan for the night. He carried her to his bedroom and laid her down. She was wearing a little pair of jeans and a pink shirt. He slipped off her pants, and changed her diaper… this was his daughter… He then tucked her in bed, and slipped in beside her..
The next morning Lucas awoke to somebody pulling on his nose. He groggily opened his eyes, for a moment forgetting that Logan was lying next to him…
"Hi." He said. She just stared back at him.
He lifted her off of the bed, and then they went to the kitchen. Luke looked for anything baby edible.. Actually anything edible at all. He had just moved in sso he had not yet had a chance to stock the cabinets. He resolved finally that if he wanted to eat that they would have to do so outside of the apartment.
Luke stood Logan in the living room floor as he went to get her clothes. He dug through her bag. It was a good 70 degrees outside. He put Logans pants from yesterday on her, and found her a yellow shirt, and put a pink sweat shirt on over it… He looked at her hair and furrowed his brow… the pig tails were falling out and tangled from the night before… Figuring that he would make an already fragile situation worse he decided not to mess with her hair. It looked decent enough…
With a pacifier in her mouth, and hand in hand with her father Logan and Luke started out. But before he could open his door his phone rang…
"Hello?" He said picking up the phone.
"DAD!" He heard an excited voice from the other end say.
"Hi Spencer, what's up?" He asked nervously, now balancing Logan on one hip as she tried to grab the phone.
"Hol' on!" Spencer said. Lucas head Peyton get onto the phone.
"Luke." She said.
The two had found common ground sometime after Lucas left Wexford. It had been a month since Luke had seen either Peyton or Spencer.
"Hey!" He said
"We're in the city."
"What?" He said
"We're in New York…" Peyton said again…Luke could tell that they were only there because Spencer wanted to go, and Peyton wanted to show that she is trying.
"Where?" He asked…
"Outside your door." Peyton said in a pained tone.