Chapter 12: "What's the point ever trying"
Lucas slowly put the phone back on the receiver. What were Peyton and Spencer going to say when she found out about Logan? No amount on contemplation was going to save him now. They were at his door… He had no choice but to open it…
"Hey." He said opening the door, holding Logan's hand as she sucked fiercely on her pacifier.
"Hi Luke…" and then she noticed the little baby who clutched his finger and looked her deep in the eyes… "and company."
Spencer jumped in his fathers arm.
"I've missed you." Luke said as he hugged him. "Why don't you go back to the room with the open door?" He suggested
"Why?" Spencer asked
"Because," Luke said rubbing his curly head, "it's all yours!"
Spencer's eyes lit up as he ran back in the room. As soon as he was gone Logan held her hands up to him signaling that she wanted to be picked up.
Lucas looked deep in Peytons eyes… he still loved her, he always would. But would the fact that he has Logan change it? Lucas picked the baby up.
"This is Logan." Lucas said. "My… um daughter."
Peytons eyes got big.
"But you said you didn't have any oth-" Peyton began but Luke cut her off
"I guess you weren't the only one with a surprise for me." He said
"Who is her mother?" Peyton asked, still not moving from the door way.
"Brooke…" Lucas said
"AS IN BROOKE DAVIS!" She yelled in shock
Lucas nodded. There was an awkward silence… Luke shifted Logan to the other hip…
"Look Peyton. We really need to talk. To sit down, just the two of us. Let me run Logan up to Haley ands Nathans place really quickly, and I will drop Spencer off downstairs with Jenny and Jake."
Peyton folded her arms over herself and nodded.
Lucas first dropped Spencer off with Jake. Spencer had a lot of questions for him on the way down.
"Who's that?" He asked referring to Logan
"This… this is um, my daughter Logan…"
Spencer felt a twinge of jealously. He finally got a daddy and he wasn't going to let some stupid baby come and take her away… then again, she was pretty cute.
"So dat's my sister?" Spencer asked
"Yeah." Lucas said smiling. "What do you think about that?" He asked looking at Spencer.
Spencer thought for a second.
"Can we still play basketball?" Spencer asked him looking up
"Of course." Luke said to his son grabbing his hand
"Can we still have guys days?"
"All of the time." Luke said.
After that he dropped Spencer off. Jake had some questions about Logan that Luke answered as fast a possible before he had to rush upstairs to drop Logan off. He didn't want to keep Peyton waiting long.
He knocked on Haley and Nate's door. Nathan answered in his boxers…
"Luke. You alright bro?" Nathan asked letting his brother in
"Actually not really. Peyton made a surprise visit." Luke explained
"What man? That sucks."
"No shit Sherlock." Lucas said as he handed Logan to her Uncle.
"What are you giving her to me for?" Nathan asked.
"I have to talk to Peyton. I need you to watch Logan for like two hours tops." Luke said rushing out.
"What I don't know anything about kids!" Nathan yelled after him.
"By the way, she hasn't eaten yet!" Luke said as he jogged down the stairs leaving his brother stranded at the top of the stairs.
Haley entered the room to find Nathan holding Logan like a football.
"What's up with this?" She asked wiping her tired eyes.
"Babysitting duty." Nathan said handing her to Haley…. He stepped back noticing that she was holding Logan like a football… "Have you ever held a baby before?" Nathan asked
"Jenny like once when she was little whenever Peyton had her." Haley said. "Have you?"
"No."
She put Logan on the floor and she began to scream…
"This should be interesting." Nathan said.
Lucas went back to the apartment to find that Peyton had not moved an inch.
"Hey." He said when she came in. "You hungry?"
She just nodded. Neither spoke to one another when they hailed a cab out on the street, or when they went to the restaurant for breakfast. They sat down at a booth, and Luke finally broke the silence.
"So…" Luke said looking Peyton in the eye. "What brought you to the city?"
Peyton didn't respond.
"I don't know how you expect to get anywhere not saying anything."
"Since… since you left all that Spencer has talked about is you and basketball! Luke, it has just gotten so hard. And I mean, Spencer could not go back to that school after the fight, and because I went to the wedding I have to pick up extra shifts and we lost the apartment." Peyton said almost in tears.
"It's okay." Lucas said as leaned across the table and gently held her hand.
"No it's not." Peyton said now for the first time ever that Lucas had seen sobbing.
He slid into the booth next to her.
"You and Spencer can stay with me." He said
"But you have Logan now and-"
"Logan is not my only child! Spencer is mine too. And you are one of my best friends! There is no way that I will leave you on the streets." Lucas said
"You've been too good to me Luke." Peyton said palying with his hand in hers… "Thanks." She said choking back more tears.
"Of course." Lucas said, although he wanted to scream 'I would do anything for you! I love you!'… but now that's just a little uncalled for isn't it?
~ Haley and Nathan sat on the couch with little Logan looking up at them from where she sat on the floor.
"What do you think it eats?" Nathan said to Haley who sat next to him.
Haley shrugged…
"Yanno what we need?" She asked Nathan.
"What?" He asked
"Jake." She said getting up off of the couch and walking out the door. Nathan followed her.
They knocked on Jakes door. Spencer and Jenny were sitting at the kitchen table finger-painting, Spencer still only in black…
"Hey." Jake said letting them in.
"Let's cut to the chase." Haley said. "What do babies eat?" She asked
"What baby?" Jake asked looking around.
Haley and Nathan began to look around frantically.
"WHERES LOGAN!" Haley said
"I THOUGHT YOU TOOK HER!" Nathan said
"No you did! I went out first and-"
Suddenly their neighbor old Ms. Jenkins appeared in the hall with Logan on her hip.
"I figured this belonged to one of you scatter brained kids." She said handing her to Nathan.
"Thank you…?" Haley said. She knew that the neighbor hated she Jake, Nate, and Luke. She was convinced that they "disturbed the peace," in the neighborhood. But despite her distaste for the adults, she was civil to the children.
"Don't let it happen again." She said turning away.
"Need some help?" Jake said opening the door further and gesturing them all inside.