Chapter 8

Luke couldn't believe what just happened, he just told Nathan everything. As he was thinking about what happened Brooke walked in.

"Hey Broody, what are you brooding about now?" Brooke said lying next to Lucas.

"I just told Nathan" Luke said regretfully

"Told him what?" Brooke said playing with Luke's hair

"Everything" Luke said

"OK, Vanna can I buy a vowel?" Brooke said jokingly

"I told him about Haley and about James" Luke said quietly

"You what?" Brooke said sitting up.

"He asked me I couldn't lie"

"Sure you could have" Brooke said now standing

"He's my brother, she's my best friend.... I was between a rock and a hard place, I didn't know what to do" Luke said sitting up to face Brooke.

"Let Haley tell him that's what you should have done." Brooke said upset.

"But I had to tell him Brooke, he deserves to know"

"Yeah he deserves to know but doesn't deserve to find out like that, with you telling him that Haley ran off because she was pregnant with his kid." Brooke said pacing their bedroom floor.

"I know but-"Luke said but Brooke cut him off.

"But nothing Luke you had no right to tell him"

"I know Brooke there is not excuse but he's my brother and she's my best friend" Luke said giving Brooke his puppy dogface.

"I know you had to tell him..your lucky that you put on your puppy dogface" Brooke said lying back down.

"Yeah" Luke said sighing.

"Well you have to tell Haley you told him," Brooke said

"I know....I will" Luke said snuggling with Brooke.

"Good" Brooke said turning out the light to go to sleep.

"What no sex?!?!" Luke said like a kid.

"Not after what you just did "Brooke said

"Fine" Luke pouted.

"Goodnight Lucas" Brooke said kissing his cheek.

"Goodnight Babe"

The Hotel

Nathan sat on the hotel bed and thought about how the last 2 days in his life changed his life. He has a son now, he has a responsibility. He has Haley back in his, but she lied to him. He couldn't believe Haley lied. He couldn't believe that Luke lied and how he had been lying for 5 years. He couldn't even believe that Brooke and Peyton kept this from him.

Nathan decided that he needed to get out of that room, so he had his chauffer drive him around NYC. It was such a sight to see at night; Times Square was lit up like a Christmas tree. His chauffer dropped him of at the hotel around 11pm; Nathan got to his room, collapsed on the bed, and stayed like that for a few moments before he decided to call Haley. He had to talk to her, he needed answers.

The phone rang 4 times before anyone picked up.

"Hello" Haley said groggily.

"We need to talk" Nathan said

"Who is this??" Haley said waking up.

"Nathan and we need to talk where do you live." Nathan said quickly.

"Okay but now???" Haley said obviously sleepy and not in the mood for Nathan.

"Yes" Nathan said

"Fine...601 W. Broadway floor 5 apartment 8 "

"Okay bye"

"Bye"

20 minutes later

Haley heard a knock at her door got up from the couch where she had been since their phone call anxiety getting the best of her, she turned the knob to see Nathan fully dressed in a Jordan sweatshirt like he just came from the gym.

"Hey can I come in?" Nathan asked shifting his feet.

"Sure" Haley said closing the door and motioning for him to sit on the couch.

"Nice place" Nathan said looking around.

"Thanks I've quite a life for myself" Haley said admiring her life.

"Yeah you have......you and James" Nathan said calmly but with emphasis.

Haley stopped dead in her tracks.

"How did you...I mean when did you" Haley said at a loss for words

"Luke told me earlier today" Nathan said still calm.

"Im gonna kill him!!" Haley screamed

"So you didn't want me to know about my own kid??" Nathan yelled now upset.

"I wanted you to know Nathan, but I wanted to tell you" Haley said now standing.

"Well you should have, I mean you only had what... 5 years" Nathan said now standing across from Haley.

"I never knew the right time to tell you Nathan you have to understand" Haley said trying to reason.

"Will everybody stop telling me to understand, I understand, I understand clearly you left me 5 years ago carrying my child and told Brooke, Lucas, and Peyton but not me I understand." Nathan yelled.

"Nathan I couldn't tell you" Haley yelled back

"So you make me and absentee father the one thing I was never gonna be!" Nathan screamed.

The 2 of them were so deep into their conversation they failed to see James creeping out of his room and into the living room.

"Mommy who is he?" James said causing Nathan and Haley to stop cold.

"Umm.. he's just a friend" Haley said walking over to James.

"What kind of friend?" James inquired.

"James, what did mommy tell you about asking too many questions?" Haley said softening her voice.

"Nothing" James answered honestly as he walked up to Nathan.

"HI, I'm James Aubrey Scott" James said sticking out his hand for Nathan to shake.