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XOXO Jules
Chapter 19: "When the world gets in your way"
Lucas and Nathan paced around the doctors office the next morning. Jake was back at the apartment now playing "Mr. Mom," as usual to Spencer, Jenny, and Logan.
"Do you think that it is weird that the girls are not here yet?" Nathan asked his brother.
"Maybe it's better if they are not."
"Dude, I have a wife to loose here." Nathan said
"Well I have a potential … girfriendish person to loose!"
"Don't talk like that man until you break up with your current girlfriend, … oh, I mean fiancée."
"Shut up man!" Lucas said swatting his brother
"Hey I was just pointing out!" He said
"What were you just pointing out?" A female voice asked from behind them
Both men swung around.
"Hales, Peyton!" Lucas said "How was the trip."
The girls looked at one another and shrugged.
"Ah, nothing outside of the norm, we got drunk off our asses, had random one night stands." Peyton said all in one breath
"Speak for yourself skank." Haley said shoving her friend in the shoulder "No but seriously though we were offered jobs at a porn studio." Haley said in a matter of factly tone.
Lucas and Nathans blood began to boil.
"How much longer until we get the results?" Peyton asked
"About 15 minutes." Lucas responded.
The girls nodded.
"Well in that case, Nathan, can I talk to you?" Haley asked her husband
"Yeah sure." He said following her out of the clinic, and onto the busy city streets, where they took a seat on a bench. Nathan could tell that something really important was on Haley's mind by the way that she was twisting her fingers into one another. "What's wrong Hales? Are you okay?"
"Yes… I mean no, …. I don't know!" Haley said
"Calm down." Nathan said taking her hands within his.
"Alright I'm calm…" Haley said, more in order to try to make herself believe it than anything else. "I love you Nathan. More than anyone in the world. We have been together so long I can't imagine my life without you."
"Do you want a divorce?" Nathan asked
"NO!" Haley assured him. " I just want you to know how much I love you."
"I know that it must be hard for you now… now that Logan may be mine and all." Nathan said
"Yeah. It is. But I love you, all of you, and if that includes a child then so what. It's not Logans fault that she has been thrown into the middle of this… and besides. If shes yours it won't suck for our baby to have an older sibling." Haley said looking into Nathans eyes.
"Our baby?" Nathan asked… "Do you mean?" He said looking into her eyes.
Haley nodded and let a tear slip down her cheek, Nathan wiped it away.
"I'm happy about this." Nathan said
"Really?" Haley asked not sure whether to believe him.
"Really. Do you remember when we said that we wanted a whole football team?" Nathan reminded her
"… honey, that was before we realized that neither of us had ever held a baby."
"Well be that as it may HONEY." Nathan said mocking Haley. "How screwed up can they turn out when their mother is you? Together we'll make it right."
And they kissed…
Inside of the clinic Lucas and Peyton sat in an awkward silence.
"I have been looking for private schools to enroll Spencer in this fall." Lucas said
Peyton nodded.
"What are you thinking about?" He asked her
"How sorry I am…" She said, her voice trailing off
"Sorry?"
"That I kept Spencer away from you for so long."
"Peyton, that was the past. Spencer has me now, and so do you…" Lucas said turning to face her
"I do?" She raised her eyebrow
"Yeah you do." Lucas, they stared into one anothers eyes, and then Lucas leaned in to kiss her… Peyton backed away
"Marcy." She reminded him. "I am not going to be that girl again."
"That girl?" Lucas asked
"The one to break up a relationship. I was that girl in high school, the one that came between you and Brooke. That is how we got into this situation to begin with, and I can't do it again Luke. I can't be that girl for you, I can't be the one to help you escape from a relationship… you need to do it alone… get out of it first… and then maybe there can be something…" Peyton rattled off, the words rolling off of her tongue.
Lucas looked at her shocked. He was going to speak but right then Haley and Nathan walked in followed by a nurse. Lucas and Peyton stood up when they saw the nurse approaching.
"Mr. Scott, she spoke. By an accuracy of 99.999 percent we have found that you are the father of the child in question."
"WHICH MR. SCOTT!" Nathan and Lucas yelled at the same time