Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter of The Sweetest Sin! I don't really have much to say today other than that this chapter is short, but it's FULL of major Laley fluff! I hope you like it! As always, please read and review!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. One Tree Hill and its characters are property of the WB.
Rating: PG to PG-13
P.S. – You know what REALLY sucks? I have to miss One Tree Hill tomorrow night and I can't even tape it! Ugh! I have to go to this stupid Senior Awards Night at school and it doesn't even apply to me! So I have to miss my FAVORITE show all because I have to go to some boring school function. Grr… I HATE SCHOOL! Okay, done ranting now. On with the story!
The Sweetest Sin
Chapter 12
Monday came all too soon for the couple and they walked into school, hand in hand, with Krissy in Luke's arms. They dropped the little girl off at the daycare center and as they walked down the hall to Lucas' locker, Haley noticed people staring and smiling at them; a few people even came up to them to say congratulations. Haley's forehead scrunched in confusion. What were they congratulating them for? Suddenly, Peyton bounded up to them, a bright smile on her face. "Hey guys, I believe these are yours," she grinned as she pulled two crowns from behind her back and handed one to each of them, "I have your robes in my car, you can get them when we get out of school." "What are these for," Haley asked confusedly. "You guys were chosen Prom King and Queen. You beat out Brooke. She's a little down but she's happy for you guys," Peyton replied.
One of the students Haley tutored, Ashley, a freshman, came up to them. She was a shy girl; she wore glasses and her hair was long so that it covered part of her face. However, she had changed a little since Haley had been tutoring her; Haley had that kind of effect on people. Ashley pushed some hair behind her ear as she darted her eyes up to Haley's then back down again as she offered a small smile, "Congratulations on the baby Haley. I'm happy for you. Well, um, I have to get to class. See you on Wednesday?" Haley replied with a soft "Thanks", too shocked to say anything more. "Oh my god! That's what I forgot to warn you about!" Peyton exclaimed as her mouth opened in shock and she placed a hand to her forehead. "What," Lucas asked. "They-They know? How do they know," Haley asked shakily. "Who," Luke asked, still not knowing what they were talking about. "Prom night, after you guys left, Nathan came back and he was drunk…he got on stage and told everyone that you were pregnant…" "He WHAT!" Haley screamed incredulously, her eyes wide.
"Nathan…" Peyton began but Haley cut her off. "I heard what you said," she yelled. "Haley, calm down. All this stress isn't good for the baby, or for you," he placed a hand on her back and rubbed in circles. "You calm down! Everyone knows, Lucas! All the students, teachers, probably even the principal! How can you be so calm about this?" He placed his hands on her shoulders, "Look around you Hales. Everyone is smiling at us and congratulating us on the baby. We should be happy about this; now we don't have to tell everyone. Hales, this is a good thing." "I guess…" she replied unsurely. The bell rang and the couple kissed before parting ways, Peyton going with Haley to their first class together.
"Hales, where are you," Lucas asked when Haley answered her cell phone. He had looked for her at the café and her house, but she wasn't there. "I'm at the house," she replied. "Why are you at the house? You're not in the baby's room, are you? I told you-" "The paint fumes, I know. No, I'm not in the baby's room. I just wanted to see the house again…" Haley sighed and pouted as she stuck out her bottom lip, looking around the large living room where she was currently sitting on the couch, "Oh Luke, I don't want to wait a week or two to move in. I want to move in now. I want to wake up every morning next to you in our bed, I want to put Krissy to bed in her own room every night…I don't want to wait…Can we please move in? Please, please, PLEASE!" She said this last part in a whiny but excited voice, a puppy dog pout on her face. "Don't give me that look," Lucas said. "What look? You can't even see me," she replied. "Yeah, but I know you and right now I know you have that puppy dog pout on your face that you know I can't resist," he answered with a smile. "So does that mean we can move in," Haley asked eagerly.
"Yeah, I'll bring the truck over to your house so I can load some of the furniture and you can start packing clothes in boxes, but NO lifting any boxes, you hear me? Even boxes full of clothes," he instructed sternly. "Fine, spoil sport. How are we going to get anything done if you won't let me help?" "Haley…" he began. "Yeah, yeah, I know. No heavy lifting, take it easy, rest, and sit on the couch and look beautiful. You've told me that a million times already," she replied. "You ARE beautiful," Lucas responded, "I love you Haley." "I love you too Luke. Now get your lazy ass out of the locker room and meet me at my house in thirty minutes," Haley smiled. "Is that an invitation to a private party," Lucas asked huskily. "Maybe," Haley grinned as she responded in a seductive tone, "we've got to christen our new bedroom, don't we?"
"Dammit! Lucas!" Haley screamed in pain. Lucas rushed from the living room to the bedroom, concern and panic in his voice, "What? What's wrong? Are you okay? What happened?" He helped lower her onto the bed. "What happened is that I stubbed my toe on these damn boxes! They're all over the place! I can't live like this Lucas! I need neatness and organization, not clutter and mess!" He rubbed her toe then began to massage her feet, "I know. I'm sorry honey…" "It's been two weeks since we moved in Luke and I am still having to go dig through all the boxes to try and find something I need or Krissy needs…I-I'm just frustrated that hardly anything has been done and you won't let me help you…I know you've been busy with school and basketball and me with tutoring and the café and I really appreciate you taking this on all by yourself…but I really need to get this place cleaned up or I'll go crazy."
"I know honey," he replied, patting her leg, "there's no practice tomorrow so I'll grab Jake, Tim, and Peyton and they can help unpack and get everything in order while you're at the café tomorrow, okay?" Haley nodded, "Just don't let Tim go through my unmentionables, okay? I'd have to burn all of them and then I would have nothing to wear." "That's not such a bad thing," Lucas laughed and she hit him in the chest, "I'm kidding. Don't worry, he's not going anywhere near our bedroom." "Luke, I want some ice cream," Haley whined. "Okay, I'll go get you some Rocky Road from the freezer. How many scoops?" "No, I want Pistachio; with nuts and hot fudge," Haley responded. Lucas groaned, "Pistachio Hales? Yuck! This is the third time this week I've had to go to the store. This baby's gonna make me go bankrupt even before it's born!" "If you think you'll go bankrupt now, just wait until the baby starts growing like a weed and gains like two inches every week!" Lucas groaned again.
Later the next day, Haley was at the café when the phone rang and she went to answer it, "Karen's Café, this is Haley. How may I help you?" "Hey, it's me. How are you feeling?" Lucas asked concernedly. "I'm fine, just a little tired that's all," Haley sighed, "How's the house coming?" Lucas responded, "It's going good; we're almost done. Probably another hour or so." "Great! I can't wait to see it," Haley replied with a smile. "Well, I'll let you get back to work, but make sure you sit and rest okay? I love you," Lucas said. "Love you too. I'll see you when I get home. Bye," she responded. Lucas returned the saying then they hung up and Haley went back to waiting on tables.
Two hours later, Haley was cleaning up the counter after some customers that had just left. She picked up some plates to bring them to the kitchen when she suddenly felt a small fluttering in her stomach. Surprised, she dropped the plates back onto the counter and uttered a shocked, "Oh!" Karen, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise and came to investigate, a worried expression on her face. "Haley, are you alright," she asked. "I-I'm fine. I-I just need to go to the bathroom. You know, the whole baby-on-the-bladder thing," she rambled before untying her apron, "I'll be back in a few minutes."
Haley rushed to the bathroom and quickly locked herself in a stall; she pulled her shirt up and stared at her round and protruding stomach then rubbed her hand over it, lightly pressing it against the bump. Haley willed the baby to kick again and sure enough, a few moments later she was rewarded with a slightly stronger fluttering than before. Tears welled in her eyes as she brought a palm to her mouth, kissed it, then laid it back on her belly. "I love you baby," she whispered as tears fell down her cheeks. She sat down on the toilet and placed her hands on her stomach, stroking in tenderly for several minutes.
"Haley? You okay in here? You've been gone about twenty minutes…" Karen stopped when she heard crying. She walked over to where the sound was coming from and knocked lightly on the door. "Haley honey, what's wrong?" There was sniffling for a moment before Haley slowly opened the door and wrapped her arms around Karen's neck, crying silently into the crook of her neck. After a few more moments, Haley pulled back and stared at her with a watery eyes but a wide smile on her face. "The baby kicked, Mom, I felt the baby kick!" "Oh! I want to feel," Karen exclaimed in happiness as she moved her hand to place it on Haley's stomach, but Haley pushed it away. "No, I want Lucas to be the first. I want him to be the first to feel our child kicking." Karen nodded in understanding then hugged her, "It's amazing, isn't it?" Haley responded quietly, her voice choked with emotion as she rubbed her belly, "Yeah, it is." "Haley, I want you to go home, no more working today. No ifs, ands, or buts about it; I won't take no for an answer. This is a special moment and it needs to be shared with your boyfriend. Now go," Karen replied with a nod in the direction of the door. Haley hugged her again, "Thanks Karen." "No problem kiddo. Just promise me you'll let me feel the baby kick tomorrow," the older woman said. "I promise," Haley responded.
When Haley arrived home, the place was deserted. She went to the kitchen and found a note on the kitchen counter from Lucas saying that he'd gone to the rivercourt to play some ball and would be back in a couple hours. She walked around the house to the different rooms, except the baby's room, and looked to see that everything was in place the way it should be then went into the living room. She lowered herself onto the couch and grabbed a book off of the coffee table, opening it to the spot she'd saved with a bookmark. She read for a while, but promptly dozed off about half an hour later.
Lucas came home around five and he smiled at the sight of his beautiful pregnant girlfriend lying on the couch asleep. He gently sat down beside her and laid a tender kiss on her forehead, not wanting to wake her. Haley stirred and her eyes slowly fluttered open. She smiled when she saw her boyfriend leaning over her and stretched as she yawned. "Hi," she said sleepily as she positioned an arm under her head. "Hey you, how was your day," Lucas asked as he stroked her hair. "It was good," she replied. "What did you do? Was it busy?" "Wait on customers, clean tables, do the dishes, sit on my ass while Karen does everything. You know, the usual," she responded with a wry grin. "What are you doing home early? Are you feeling alright," he inquired concernedly. "Yeah, I'm fine. Karen sent me home because…well, something happened…" she smiled inwardly, envisioning his reaction to the news. "What? You didn't get hurt, did you? Are you and the baby okay," Lucas began to panic, fear in his eyes.
"We're fine," Haley responded as she rubbed the side of his shoulder. "Then what happened," Lucas asked confusedly. "The baby started kicking today," Haley stated as a large smile spread across her face. Lucas' eyes widened as he stared at her then her stomach. "The-The baby kicked? When? Where were you when it happened? Why didn't you call me? Is the baby kicking now," he asked as he placed his hand on her belly. "Not right now, probably still sleeping," she replied as she too placed her hand on the small round bump and began stroking it tenderly. He pushed Haley's shirt up slightly to expose her belly and he gently laid his head against it. Haley ran her fingers through his short blond locks, her heart melting at this endearing action. He drew circles on her stomach with an index finger and kissed it a few times.
Suddenly, Haley felt a sharp kick from inside. "Did you feel it," she asked giddily with bright eyes. "Yeah, I think the baby just bruised my jaw. This kid is gonna have one hell of a jump shot," he rubbed his jaw then leaned down and kissed her belly, "Hi baby. This is your daddy. I love you so much baby and your mommy loves you too. I'm so glad you came into our lives and I can't wait to see you…" Haley sniffled and she hugged him tight. "We need to tell Kris," Lucas said a few minutes later when she finally pulled away. She nodded and responded, "She's in her room taking a nap. You might as well wake her up; she won't be able to go to sleep later tonight if she takes a long nap." "I'll go get her; you stay here on the couch," he replied. "I don't plan on moving; I'm too comfortable," she smiled. "Be right back," he said as he disappeared from the living room down the hall to Krissy's room.
Lucas returned a few minutes later with a sleepy-eyed Krissy in his arms. He set her down on the couch beside Haley and the little girl curled up beside her sister, who was still lying down. Haley kissed her forehead and stroked her light brown locks of hair, "Kris sweetie, Luke and I have to talk to you about something really important okay?" She nodded, "Okay." "Well, Luke and I…we…" Haley began, not sure how to explain to a three-year-old. Lucas kneeled on the floor by the couch, "What Haley means is that you're going to be an aunt and…" He was abruptly cut off by Krissy looking at him, shocked and wide-eyed then she began to cry. "I don't want to be an ant! They're so tiny and I'll-I'll get squished," Krissy exclaimed then turned to wrap her arms around Haley's neck, "Mommy, I don't want to be an ant. Please don't make me be an ant!" Both teens had to chuckle at Krissy's innocence and naivety. "Oh honey, no… What Daddy means is that… Luke and I are going to have a baby…" "A baby? Where is it," Krissy asked confusedly as she looked around the room. "In Mommy's tummy," Lucas responded as he patted Haley's stomach gently. "How did it get there," she inquired as she cocked her head to the side. Both cheeks tinted a bright pink on the two teen's faces. Lucas ruffled her hair, "It's complicated sweetie. We'll tell you when you're a little older."
"But what about me," Krissy asked as she began to cry again, "When you have the new baby, I won't be your baby anymore…" "You'll always be our baby girl, no matter what. We love you and nothing is going to change that. We will love you just as much as the new baby," Lucas said as he rubbed her back. "Really? You promise," she sniffled as she rubbed her eyes with her small fists. "Promise," both said at the same time. "Okay," Krissy replied. "Would you like to feel the baby kick," Haley asked, a small smile on her face. Krissy nodded, eagerness shining in her eyes but also a shyness in her soft voice, "Could I?" Haley's smiled broadened as she lifted her shirt slightly and took Krissy's hand into her own, placing it on her stomach where the baby had last kicked. "Feel it," she inquired. The little girl shook her head no. "Just give it a minute or two, it'll come," she said. A few moments later, Haley felt the baby kick and she quickly moved Krissy's hand to the spot, "What about now?" Krissy nodded mutely, stunned at feeling something moving inside of her sister. She whispered in surprise, "There really is a baby in there…" "Yep," Lucas replied as he too placed his hand on Haley's belly.
Krissy pushed his hand away, "No Daddy, it's my turn." She turned back to Haley's stomach and laid her head on it as she began to talk, "Hi baby. I'm your Aunt Krissy, but I don't want to be called an ant so you can call me Auntie Kris. I'm going to teach you lots of things like…" she went on and on for long minutes as she talked to the baby, telling them about herself, the house, and even Luke and Haley. Suddenly, she stopped talking and she scooted up, wrapping her arms around Haley's neck. "I love you Hay-Hay." She then wriggled back down and placed a small kiss on Haley's belly, laying her head back on it as she moved her hand over the bump, "I love you too baby." She yawned then promptly dozed off, a smile on her sweet face. Haley and Lucas looked at each other and smiled then Luke wrapped an arm around her shoulders and placed a soft kiss on her forehead.