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Chapter nine: You will be the only one who knows

Haley entered the school on Monday afternoon and for the first time the whispers did not bother her. Instead she was proud of them, they were no longer whispering about her work but about the child she had placed on her hip as she walked through the corridors. She had picked Oliver up from the café before returning to school to get her homework. She felt happy for the first time since she left. She smiled as she walked up to her locker to pick some books out before leaving for the day. The cheerleaders had made her locker a meeting point just so that they could pick on her but not even they could get her cheery mood down today. As she closed her locker she felt two arms around her waist and she turned around and found Lucas' blue eyes staring at her. She could not help but remember how they had been smiling at her when she woke up Saturday morning and also as they were woken up by Oliver's screams the night after that.

"Hi." He said as he bent down and gave her a soft kiss.

"Hi." She responded smiling, if possible, even wider than him.

"How was your day?" He asked playing with Oliver as he spoke.

"It was good. How was yours?" She asked as she entwined her right hand's fingers with his left, his fingers were so soft and fitted with hers perfectly. He brought his right hand to her face and stroked her cheek with the same tenderness he had used when he had followed the lines of her tattoo the night before. She turned her head and kissed his palm, allowing him to pull her in for another kiss.

"Excuse me?" A sharp voice interrupted the moment. "Do you two actually think you're dating or something?" Brooke asked with a doubtful face. "I mean basketball players date cheerleaders, that's an unwritten rule and you can't break the rules." She stated.

"I think you break the rules a little to often to be saying anything about this." Haley said in a stern voice and Lucas tried to hide a laugh.

"Whatever!" Brooke mumbled. "So is this your kid or what? Are you trying to convince everyone that Luke's the father or something like that?"

"I am the father Brooke, just get over it and leave us alone." Lucas replied and Brooke left. Haley smiled, he was the father and he was with her again.

"What are you thinking about?" Lucas asked as he saw her smile.

"About us, the three of us together. We're like a family." Haley answered.

"We are a family Hales." He kissed her temple and then kissed Oliver's head.

Flashback

"Haley?" He said rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. "What are you doing here?"

"I… um… I… I'm so sorry Lucas." She managed to get out before falling into his arms sobbing uncontrollably. He led her back toward his bed and sat down with her in his arms, she snuggled up closer and laid her head on his chest. They sat like that for almost fifteen minutes before Lucas broke the silence.

"Haley? Why are you here? It's 2am."

"I'm so sorry Lucas; I never meant to hurt you." She said between sobs.

"I know." He said stroking her back to calm her down. "I'm sorry too, I've been a jerk these past weeks."

"It's ok." Haley said and lifted her head from his chest.

"No! No it's not Haley. I shouldn't have reacted the way I did." He raised his voice only to return to a calm tone after that comment. "I should have been there for you and Oliver; I would have been if you had just told me. Why didn't you tell me Hales? Why didn't you tell me about Oli… where's Oliver?"

"Mrs. Morrison is taking care of him for an hour and then I'll pick him up."

"Oh. Why didn't you tell me Hales?"

"I was scared."

"Scared of what? That I'd become Dan?" He was almost sarcastic in his last sentence.

"Y-yes…" She stuttered.

"What! You actually thought that I would leave you? How could you ever think that I would do something like that? I love you!" He raised his voice again.

"I didn't think you would! Not at first but then my mom was screaming about what would happen if I kept Oliver and she screamed about how you would react. Once she had said it I just couldn't stop thinking about it, what if you left me? I was so scared Lucas. She said I couldn't keep Oliver as long as I lived with them so I left." She whispered trying to hold her tears back.

"It's ok, sweetie." Lucas held her closer. "It'll be okay now, I'm here okay?" He said as he stroked her cheek and kissed her forehead before leaning his cheek against it. They sat like that for more than half an hour before Haley realized the time.

"Oh-gosh! I have to go home and pick Oliver up at Mrs. Morrison's." She began to rise from the bed but Lucas grabbed her hand.

"Stay with me tonight?" He asked with a pleading look on his face.

"I can't Lucas, I have to pick Oliver up."

"Do you have Mrs. Morrison's number?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Can I have it?"

"Sure but what for?" Haley asked as she gave him a piece of paper with a phone number on it. Lucas picked up the phone and dialed the number.

"Hello?" A voice said.

"Hi, my name is Lucas Scott and Haley is here with me. I was hoping that you could take care of Oliver for the night so that Haley could stay here."

"Oh, well of course. That girl needs a break, if only for one night. Will you pick him up in the morning?" The old lady replied.

"Yes, we'll come by around 11 if that's ok?"

"That's great, I'll see you two tomorrow. Good night."

"Good night." Lucas hung up the phone and turned to Haley. "She'll take care of him for the night so now you can stay here. Please?" He pouted.

"Yeah, sure." Haley said, trying not to laugh at his face.

"Miss James are you laughing at me?"

"Yes, I most definitely am."

"I like that but I would like it to be for the usual reason, not that I look stupid." He said as he began tickling her and she screamed with laughter.

"Lucas! Stop it!" She tried to get out of his arms but didn't succeed. "Lucas! Please!" She managed to get out between laughs. He finally stopped and it wasn't until then they noticed that they we're lying on the bed, him hovering over her. Their laughter died and they stared into each others eyes, there was an awkward silence hanging in the air and neither of them dared to break it. She rose her hands, which were placed on his waist, to his face and pulled him closer. His lips met hers in a soft kiss that soon ended and they were staring at each other again. This time he closed the distance between them and kissed her, the kiss deepened and they kissed for a long time.

Karen had woke up from the laughter as Lucas tickled Haley and walked toward her son's room and opened the door to ask him to be quiet. What she saw made her lose her concentration.

"Oh-gosh! I… um… I'm sorry sweetie; I'm going to leave you alone. I… um… bye." She closed the door again and walked back to her room for some well needed rest.

Lucas and Haley sat up on his bed at the sound of Karen's voice and as soon as she had left they started laughing.

"Oh-my-god! That was so embarrassing." Haley said between laughs.

"I know but I think it was more embarrassing for her actually. Did you see her face?"

"Yeah…" Haley yawned. Lucas crawled under the covers and held them up for her to join him.

"Come here." He said and she snuggled up beside him laying her head on his chest once more. "Good night Hales." He gave her a kiss and they fell asleep in each others arms.

End of flashback

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