The next two months in senior year passed quickly for the Tree Hill gang. Before they knew it, March was here. Brooke and Lucas's relationship had been going good, Haley's and Nathan's was beginning to recover from Deb's harsh words, and Peyton and Jake were happy as ever. Everyone was settled and happy in Tree Hill…or so they thought.

"So then we take the axis of symmetry…" the math teacher said in monotone, pointing at the board with a stick.

"Oh my god, Brooke, shoot me now" Lucas groaned.

"Hey…you have to take this class, I don't even have to" Brooke whined.

"But she's SO boring"

"I know! Who're you telling, babe? I'm queen of falling asleep in class" Brooke giggled, kissing him softly on the cheek. He grabbed the ends of her hair and played with them lightly as she tried to concentrate.

"Lucas!"

"Huh…what?"

"Stop playing with my hair, you're distracting me…I keep thinking about how badly I wanna kiss you, and then I mess my equation up!" Brooke giggled. Lucas kissed the side of her head and she scrunched up her nose.

"MISS DAVIS!" the professor growled, turning around.

"Uh…yeah?"

"What is the answer?"

"Pi r squared?" Brooke took a shot in the dark.

"No…try to pay closer attention, Miss Davis"

"Yes sir…I mean ma'am" The teacher shot her a dirty look and then turned back around.

"Brooke!" Lucas reprimanded.

"What?" she asked innocently.

"You're too cute" he laughed, hugging her. She smiled and put her head on his shoulder.

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"I like your fries, Nathan" Brooke said, taking another fry from his lunchbox.

"I made them" Haley said.

"Yes, she did" Nathan laughed. "And she did a good job"

"Aw…thank you" Haley giggled, kissing him.

"How's the morning sickness going, Hales?" Brooke asked.

"Just peachy" Haley said sarcastically. "I love throwing up every morning"

"Aw do you actually throw up every morning?" Peyton asked.

"Usually"

"My poor best friend" Lucas said, hugging Haley. She shrugged.

"It's worth it, I guess"

"Are you excited?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah, definitely…we both are, we're really excited" Haley smiled. "I can't wait to meet the baby"

"She's gonna be SO cute" Brooke giggled.

"Or he!" Nathan said.

"Uh…it's gonna be a girl" Peyton laughed. "Or Brooke might have a spazz attack"

"Definitely…and her name will be…princess!" Brooke laughed. "I wanted to name my daughter princess when I was little"

"Cheery…"

"Broody…"

"Where exactly did Broody come from?" Peyton asked curiously. "I hear you call him that and somehow never remember to ask why"

"Cause Lucas is so BROODY! He sits there and thinks and reads and he's so quiet…he's my broody" Brooke giggled. "Remember when we were first dating, I used to laugh and say how Broody you were?" she asked Lucas.

"Yes…and you, miss happy go lucky…my Cheery" Lucas said, pulling her into his arms and wrapping them around her. She sighed and relaxed against him.

"Ugh…you guys are such a cliché" Haley whined.

"HEY! You and Nathan are like the cliché king and queen…married at 17 for love, having a baby, all kissy and huggy" Brooke said. Haley stuck her tongue out at Brooke but then giggled.

"Alright…we'll see you guys later, ok?" Nathan said, telling everyone bye, and following Haley to their car.

"We should get going too…see you tomorrow morning!" Peyton said, and Jake and she took off to walk and get Jenny.

"Brooke?" Lucas asked.

"Mhmm?"

"I love you"

"Love you too"

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"Haley! Come in" Karen smiled at the site of the girl who had been like a daughter to her for the past 18 years.

"Karen…hi!"

"Hey…how's baby Scott?" Karen asked excitedly. She didn't approve of the whole having children at 18 idea, but she was excited for the new baby nonetheless.

"Good, good" Haley laughed.

"When are you due?"

"Oh, not till like, late September" Haley groaned. "It sucks"

"Yeah, definitely" Karen laughed. "I remember being pregnant with the Lucas…it wasn't fun"

"Yeah…" Haley sighed, sipping her lemonade.

"So any name choices?"

"No…but next month we get to find out if it's a girl or a boy and then we can pick out a name…it's gonna be hard" Haley sighed. "I mean a newborn baby, in the house, with school starting and things to concentrate on?"

"Yeah…it's gonna be hard, Haley" Karen said. "It was pretty tough with Lucas, but Keith helped me get through it…and at the end of the day, you know that the baby loves you and that you love him or her and its all that really matters…and you know we're here to help, right?"

"Of course…thank you, Karen"

"Well if she and Nathan had been a little bit more careful, we wouldn't be having this problem right now, would we?" Deb asked scornfully, coming out of the kitchen with a pot of coffee.

"I thought I was done talking to you?" Haley snapped. "Actually, I AM done talking to you…and so is Nathan"

"Oh please Nathan is my son…he'd choose me over a silly little girl any day…I'm his mother, his family, I raised him" Deb smirked.

"Oh really? Than why is he still living with me?" Haley asked.

"Because him being the good boy that I raised him as is going to pretend to be the father and support this baby out of the goodness of his heart when you and I both know this child is that Chris guy's baby" Deb said. "Its so obvious…the timing? You came back pregnant from the tour? Found out you were pregnant while you were there, and then decided to come running back because having a kid might have deflated the asshole's career? Please, Haley, don't try to hide things from me"

Karen and Haley's mouths were wide open with horror and shock at all the things she had said. Haley's chin quivered with emotion and sadness and Karen was just plain shocked.

"Deb…out, please" Karen asked, her voice shaking with silent fury and anger.

"Karen-"

"Out"

2 hours later…

"I can't believe she said that, Haley" Nathan said.

"I cant either! Look, Nate, I know she doesn't like me, but I didn't think she was going to go as far as to suggest that the baby wasn't yours!"

"Of course it's mine, Hales, don't listen to her…the pills did SOMETHING to my once rational mother…the pills and Dan…lethal combination" Nathan said.

Haley let out a little laugh that he had missed so much in the past month.

"You laughed!"

"I laugh all the time, Nathan" Haley laughed again.

"I haven't heard your tinkle in a little while"

"I have a tinkle?"

"A beautiful tinkle"

"Oh…I see"

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"Brooke, you are so hot" Lucas whispered into her hair. She giggled and continued kissing him.

"I missed making out on the couch with you" Brooke laughed, breaking apart from him. Their eyes met and Lucas's heart plunged to the ground.

"I love you so much Brooke" Lucas said, pulling her back down.

"Aw I love you too…" Brooke said, hugging Lucas and kissing him again. They were in almost total darkness and were so absorbed in making out that they didn't notice Karen's presence at the other end of the room.

"Mom…hi" Lucas said sheepishly.

"Hi…look, you guys…be careful, ok?" Karen said. "Young hearts break easily and they break hard…I witnessed that with Haley and Nathan…so please, just be careful, ok?"

"Ok" Brooke and Lucas nodded. They got up and went to Lucas's bedroom.

"So…where were we?" Brooke giggled. Lucas pulled her back into a kiss.

"Look…Brooke; I know we said we'd take it slow, but…"

"It's been two months, Lucas…I think we've been slow enough" Brooke said, looking into his baby blue eyes.

"Yeah…I love you, you know that, right? And that's the only reason I'm even doing this again"

"Same here" Brooke smiled. Lucas pulled her into a passionate kiss. She giggled and broke apart. "I love you"

"I love you too" he laughed, running his fingers through her hair. "Too much for my own good"

A/N: Sorry! Short chapter, not much going on…it'll pick up, I'm enjoying reveling in the Brucas cheesiness…if you guys have read my other two stories, then you know what a huge fan of cheesiness I am! So bare with me, drama is coming! Review! You guys have been so great about those! This story's doing better than my sequel lol! But anyway, review!