The ride home was quiet. They both were thinking they had one thought in
their minds, am I ready?
Luke broke the twenty-minute silence, "Are you keeping the baby?"
"Yeah, I couldn't handle an abortion, and adoption leaves too many questions when the kid grows up. So yeah I'm gonna keep it. Why?"
"You know I want to be in the baby's life. I don't want it to grow up like I did. And I'm not sayin' any time soon, but, Brooke Davis, will you marry me?"
"Luke," Brooke cried, "I don't know what to say... yes, yes I'll marry you!" For once Brooke was happier. She started to feel some of the weight from the rape lift. It might not have ridded her of the fear, but it helped.
Luke slipped off his class ring, and gave it to her. Since it was so big she slipped it onto her gold necklace he had given her for their one-year anniversary. Now she was in heaven. All her dreams were coming true. She couldn't believe it. Everything lately had seemed to go wrong. She went a whole week without telling her estranged parents about her rape. Not that her mom would care, she would probably just say the phrase she heard all too often, "The way you put yourself out there, you had it coming." Her dad was probably passed out on his latest bimbo's couch. She even told the hospital that they had died. To her they had, what was the difference? It would be too hard to reach them. Not only did Brooke not know where they were, but they weren't in Tree Hill or North Carolina for that matter. But none of that mattered right now. She was happy and safe with Lucas.
They decided to invite the gang over for dinner Luke even agreed to have Nathan come over with Haley. Peyton decided to bring Jake. Even though they denied their feelings, it was obvious to everyone else. Haley and Peyton both wanted to find out how the appointment went. But Brooke was a good- girl and remained tight-lipped.
Dinner went off without a hitch. Around the end of it Luke and Brooke were ready to tell the group.
"Hey guys, well I'm sure you all know about my appointment I had today. Well which do you want to hear first, the good news or the great news?" Brooke asked the group.
"Does it matter?" Nathan asked.
"No, so let's start with the good. I don't have any diseases, and I can still have kids," she smiled at Lucas who returned the smile.
"And the great news?" Haley asked eagerly.
"Number one, I'm pregnant," she paused and looked at the group.
"How is that great?" Jake asked, "I mean did this creep have a great jaw- line?"
"Hey man, don't call me a creep!" Luke said kind of giving it away.
"What? How'd I... Oh!" Jake said as it dawned on him.
"Wait. What?" Haley asked genuinely confused. "I'm pregnant with Luke's child, it's not going to be final if it is his yet. They have to run a paternity test when the baby's born. They tried a new type of test on the fetus to determine age." Brooke said. (A/N: I know there's no such test, but fairy tales have happy endings right?)
"Congratulations guys!" Peyton said and hugged her friend.
"But that's not all...Luke and I have decided to get married. And yes Haley, we're going to wait until we're out of college and stabilized."
"A BABY! YAY!" Haley jumped up and hugged Brooke focusing on her tummy and mumbling some baby talk that wasn't audible.
"Congrats, man. A baby? You ready for this?" Nathan asked concerned.
"No, but we got about...oh... nine months until I have to be fully ready. But yeah, it'll be great." Luke said still smiling.
"I think you're ready, you grew up fast. I'm happy for you," Jake said.
"Well off of this let's go play basketball!" Luke said getting up.
"Sounds good to me," Jake said.
"Ladies we'll get out of your way. We'll be outside if you need us." Nathan said kissing Haley on the cheek.
"I'll be out in a little bit," Luke took Brooke's hand and led her to a closed room.
"Be back soon!" Brooke called to the girls with a wink.
"She hasn't changed a bit," Peyton said.
In the room Luke pulled Brooke into the sweetest kiss, "I've been wanting to do that for a while."
"Yeah me too, I can't believe this Luke. A week ago I was scared as hell, and now... I feel more alive than ever. A week ago, I wanted to die. I wanted him to stop. Then I thought of you, and I knew I had to survive. And now I'll always be with you. It's so surreal," she said as a small tear trickled down her cheek. She never talked about what she felt during her rape. It scared her too much to do that.
"I'm glad you survived. You're too good of a person not to. That night you had a million angels with you," Luke said as he wiped away a tear, "What do you say if tonight after we tell my mom about us, we come back here and just talk. I know you've been wanting to. If you're ready, I'll be there."
"Well, I have to be getting back in there," Brooke said not really wanting to leave.
"Yeah me too," Luke said giving her a peck on the cheek and leaving.
Brooke returned to the kitchen where the girls had already started the dishes. Luke went out to the basketball court, and Jake was getting stomped by Nathan. They decided to finish the game then have Luke play winner, which was inevitably Nathan. Before Jake and Nathan finished their game Brooke came out in tears.
"Luke they need me to come down the police station. They think they have my rapist..." She said as Luke ran up to her and hugged her as the let the tears fall into his chest.
Luke broke the twenty-minute silence, "Are you keeping the baby?"
"Yeah, I couldn't handle an abortion, and adoption leaves too many questions when the kid grows up. So yeah I'm gonna keep it. Why?"
"You know I want to be in the baby's life. I don't want it to grow up like I did. And I'm not sayin' any time soon, but, Brooke Davis, will you marry me?"
"Luke," Brooke cried, "I don't know what to say... yes, yes I'll marry you!" For once Brooke was happier. She started to feel some of the weight from the rape lift. It might not have ridded her of the fear, but it helped.
Luke slipped off his class ring, and gave it to her. Since it was so big she slipped it onto her gold necklace he had given her for their one-year anniversary. Now she was in heaven. All her dreams were coming true. She couldn't believe it. Everything lately had seemed to go wrong. She went a whole week without telling her estranged parents about her rape. Not that her mom would care, she would probably just say the phrase she heard all too often, "The way you put yourself out there, you had it coming." Her dad was probably passed out on his latest bimbo's couch. She even told the hospital that they had died. To her they had, what was the difference? It would be too hard to reach them. Not only did Brooke not know where they were, but they weren't in Tree Hill or North Carolina for that matter. But none of that mattered right now. She was happy and safe with Lucas.
They decided to invite the gang over for dinner Luke even agreed to have Nathan come over with Haley. Peyton decided to bring Jake. Even though they denied their feelings, it was obvious to everyone else. Haley and Peyton both wanted to find out how the appointment went. But Brooke was a good- girl and remained tight-lipped.
Dinner went off without a hitch. Around the end of it Luke and Brooke were ready to tell the group.
"Hey guys, well I'm sure you all know about my appointment I had today. Well which do you want to hear first, the good news or the great news?" Brooke asked the group.
"Does it matter?" Nathan asked.
"No, so let's start with the good. I don't have any diseases, and I can still have kids," she smiled at Lucas who returned the smile.
"And the great news?" Haley asked eagerly.
"Number one, I'm pregnant," she paused and looked at the group.
"How is that great?" Jake asked, "I mean did this creep have a great jaw- line?"
"Hey man, don't call me a creep!" Luke said kind of giving it away.
"What? How'd I... Oh!" Jake said as it dawned on him.
"Wait. What?" Haley asked genuinely confused. "I'm pregnant with Luke's child, it's not going to be final if it is his yet. They have to run a paternity test when the baby's born. They tried a new type of test on the fetus to determine age." Brooke said. (A/N: I know there's no such test, but fairy tales have happy endings right?)
"Congratulations guys!" Peyton said and hugged her friend.
"But that's not all...Luke and I have decided to get married. And yes Haley, we're going to wait until we're out of college and stabilized."
"A BABY! YAY!" Haley jumped up and hugged Brooke focusing on her tummy and mumbling some baby talk that wasn't audible.
"Congrats, man. A baby? You ready for this?" Nathan asked concerned.
"No, but we got about...oh... nine months until I have to be fully ready. But yeah, it'll be great." Luke said still smiling.
"I think you're ready, you grew up fast. I'm happy for you," Jake said.
"Well off of this let's go play basketball!" Luke said getting up.
"Sounds good to me," Jake said.
"Ladies we'll get out of your way. We'll be outside if you need us." Nathan said kissing Haley on the cheek.
"I'll be out in a little bit," Luke took Brooke's hand and led her to a closed room.
"Be back soon!" Brooke called to the girls with a wink.
"She hasn't changed a bit," Peyton said.
In the room Luke pulled Brooke into the sweetest kiss, "I've been wanting to do that for a while."
"Yeah me too, I can't believe this Luke. A week ago I was scared as hell, and now... I feel more alive than ever. A week ago, I wanted to die. I wanted him to stop. Then I thought of you, and I knew I had to survive. And now I'll always be with you. It's so surreal," she said as a small tear trickled down her cheek. She never talked about what she felt during her rape. It scared her too much to do that.
"I'm glad you survived. You're too good of a person not to. That night you had a million angels with you," Luke said as he wiped away a tear, "What do you say if tonight after we tell my mom about us, we come back here and just talk. I know you've been wanting to. If you're ready, I'll be there."
"Well, I have to be getting back in there," Brooke said not really wanting to leave.
"Yeah me too," Luke said giving her a peck on the cheek and leaving.
Brooke returned to the kitchen where the girls had already started the dishes. Luke went out to the basketball court, and Jake was getting stomped by Nathan. They decided to finish the game then have Luke play winner, which was inevitably Nathan. Before Jake and Nathan finished their game Brooke came out in tears.
"Luke they need me to come down the police station. They think they have my rapist..." She said as Luke ran up to her and hugged her as the let the tears fall into his chest.