Brooke rolled over on her bed and sighed as she stared out at the rain. It's such a gloomy day, she thought. Fits my mood, I guess Brooke sighed, thinking about Lucas and how they had broken up a couple weeks before. The phone rang and she reached over to pick it up.
"Hello!" Peyton yelled into the phone. "Good morning, Brooke! Get up! Up!"
"Wow, you're chirpy for someone who just dumped her boyfriend who she was practically married to" Brooke said icily. She still resented Peyton a little for what happened with Lucas.
"I was trying to forget that" Peyton said softly.
"Peyt, I'm sorry…just I miss Lucas and-"
"Understood. Lets go shopping with Hales- we need to get baby stuff anyway; they get to find out the gender of the baby today!"
"Omg today?" Brooke asked, ecstatic.
"Yeah! I'm gonna call Haley and tell her to meet at your house after the appointment"
"Aw ok! Bye Peyton" Brooke said.
"Bye- see you in like three hours?"
"Yeah! Tell Hales to call me, ok?"
"Ok" they hung up and Brooke immediately dialed Lucas's number. She was in an unusually good mood all of a sudden.
"Brooke! Hi!" Brooke could hear the excitement in his voice.
"Don't get your hopes up, Lucas" she laughed, making his stomach flip. "I called to tell you that Haley and Nathan find out the baby's gender today!"
"Yeah, I heard" Lucas said. "Very exciting"
"Yeah" Brooke said. Hearing his voice made her stomach do crazy somersaults.
"Hey Brooke?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you wanna like hang out this evening?"
"Sure!" Brooke said. "At my house?"
"Yeah"
"Cool, see you then?" Brooke said.
"Yup"
Brooke hung up the phone and sighed happily. She didn't understand why she was feeling so lightheaded and happy- maybe she was just gonna have a good day.
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"Mrs. Scott?"
"Yeah?" Haley said nervously.
"The doctor is waiting for you in the room"
"Ok" Haley shivered nervously. Nathan rubbed the sides of her arms to calm her down as they made their way down to the doctor's office.
"Hales, its ok"
"This is our future child!"
"I know…"
"Ok, Mrs. Scott" the doctor smiled warmly. "Have a seat, and I'll do my thing"
"Ok" Haley said. The doctor prepared Haley and ran the scanner over her stomach.
"Ok…healthy baby, good strong heartbeat, even breathing…whoa!"
"What?" Nathan and Haley asked.
"Looks like you've got two healthy babies with good strong heartbeats and even breathing"
"What? Twins!" Haley exclaimed.
"Yeah" the doctor smiled. "Would you like to know the gender?"
"Um…yeah" Nathan said. "As soon as I process the fact that we're having twins"
"They're identical girls" the doctor said.
"Wow…identical twin girls" Haley said with a shocked look on her face. "No wonder my morning sickness has been so…bad"
"Yes well I'm gonna give you two a minute to process this while I go write some stuff up" the doctor said, leaving the room.
"So…twins, huh?"
"Yup" Haley sighed. "We're in for it…but I'm so excited!"
"Me too" Nathan laughed kissing Haley.
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"OMG! Lucas!" Brooke yelled into the phone 2 hours later.
"What, what?" Lucas asked, alarmed.
"They're having TWIN GIRLS!" she shrieked into the phone.
"Omg are you serious!" Lucas asked.
"Yeah! Omg! We're all celebrating at your moms together"
"Ok I'll be there- so I guess we can postpone the hanging out?"
"No, we don't have to- we can just hang when they leave…unless?"
"No, I want to" Lucas said hurriedly.
"Ok, good" Brooke smiled. "See you at the café in ten?"
"Yeah" Lucas said, and hung up the phone. Maybe he and Brooke could resolve things.
Brooke hummed as she got dressed, but then something struck her. She ran to check the calendar hanging above her desk. Oh shit she thought. This is not happening. Brooke ran to her bathroom and opened up the closet, pulling out the two home pregnancy tests that she happened to have in her closet. She was TWO weeks late, and she hadn't even noticed!
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"Twins…omg Haley I'm definitely moving in" Taylor squealed into the phone.
"Yeah, we're gonna need your help, Tay"
"No joke- help is arriving" Taylor laughed.
"Nathan's in shock" Haley giggled. "Two baby girls- too much for him to take"
"Do you KNOW how spoiled they're gonna be?" Taylor asked. "I could see Nathan spoiling his daughters"
"Oh for sure- they're already spoiled" Haley giggled.
"Aw…daddy Nathan" Taylor sighed.
"I know, isn't it CUTE?"
"Yeah!" Taylor laughed.
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Both tests read "Pregnant" clearly. Brooke stared at them in utter shock- what was she gonna do?
Ok, so I had a false alarm last time Brooke thought to herself. I'll be ok…I need to talk to Lucas.
Brooke drove to the café and was there before anyone else. She ran in and asked for Lucas.
"Lucas!" she yelled. He meandered out and smiled at the sight of her. "Lucas, we need to talk- this is serious"
"Ok, ok" Lucas said, pulling her over to a table. "What's up?"
"I'm pregnant"
"Brooke-"
"I took two home pregnancy tests, and they both read pregnant" Brooke shook with nervousness.
"And it's definitely mine?" Lucas asked.
"Who else's would it be, Lucas!" Brooke shrieked.
"Sorry, shh, look Brooke; I don't know what to say"
"Lucas" tears formed in her eyes. "I'm too young to be a mother"
"Come here" he said, pulling her to his chest and rubbing her back. "We can make an appointment with the doctor to find out and then we'll discuss our options"
"Lucas I don't think I'm ok" Brooke said, shaking intensely. "I'm gonna go home"
"I'm coming with you"
"No, Lucas-"
"Brooke"
"Ok, fine" Brooke gave up. Lucas called and quietly explained to Haley what happened and made her promise not to tell anyone until they were sure and Haley made up an excuse and called Peyton and then Jake to cancel plans.
"Brooke, are you ok?" Lucas asked, holding her hand steady as she drove.
"No, Lucas, I'm not" Brooke said. "A baby!"
"We had this scare before…"
"Yeah, but I took ONE home pregnancy test"
"These are both accurate?"
"Yeah…99.9 percent"
"Brooke…what are we gonna do?"
"First, Lucas, resolve the kinks we've got going in our relationship" she said. "Because god forbid if I'm actually pregnant, I'm hoping you'll wanna have something to do with the baby?"
"Of course, Brooke!" Lucas said.
"Ok well if we want this to work we have to talk it out" Brooke said, turning into her driveway. "Right here, right now"
"Ok" Lucas said, following her out. He was still in an initial state of shock.
"So, what's going on with us?" Brooke asked, looking up at Lucas with her hazel green eyes.
"You thought I betrayed you- which I didn't"
"I know you didn't" Brooke sighed. "Just the reminder-"
"Look, I get it Brooke…and I love you- a lot, ok? Too much for my own good, and I'll do anything to regain your trust- that thing with Peyton was totally innocent, I hope you believe me, and believe that I really love you- a lot" Lucas said softly. Brooke's eyes filled with tears and they spilled over- hormones.
"But I'm so afraid you'll hurt me again" Brooke sobbed.
"I'm never gonna hurt you again- Brooke, when you cry, it makes ME wanna cry- I cannot stand to watch you cry, and if I hurt you then it would kill me" Lucas said.
"Promise you won't hurt me?" Brooke asked. "Because I realize nothing went on between you and Peyton, but I was still suspicious"
"I promise, Brooke- with all my heart and all my soul…and now the baby thing"
"Look, when I thought I'd have children…they'd have a more stable environment" Brooke said. "And since we're two teenagers who make no money, I don't know what we're gonna do, Lucas" Brooke said, the tears starting up again. Lucas pulled her to him and kissed her softly.
"Well we have to ask ourselves- abortion, adoption, or keeping it?"
"I don't wanna abort the baby, Lucas, never!" Brooke said.
"Ok, well then adoption?"
"I don't know…I don't wanna put my child up for adoption" Brooke said. "My parents have the money…"
"My mom might help out" Lucas said. "If I don't get kicked out of the house"
"Yeah" Brooke said, the tears now falling rapidly. "What am I gonna do? What are we gonna do? I'd be a horrible mother"
"You'd be a wonderful, mother, Brooke" Lucas said.
"So what are we doing?" Brooke said.
"Keeping the baby, I guess" Lucas said. "I can't ever imagine my mother giving me up for adoption…and Brooke, we may not be back in our full romantic swing of things, but I promise you- this baby deserves a father in his or her life, and I will be there for everything- I know I'm young- 18, but I'll be there- I will never be Dan"
"Lucas…" Brooke sobbed. "You're talking like you want this baby, and that makes me feel guilty because I don't!"
"Look, babe, I don't want a child right now, but under these circumstances, what choice do we have?"
"Nothing, really" Brooke said.
"So why not just hope for the best?"
"Ok" Brooke whispered. Lucas pulled her into his arms and ran his fingers up and down her arm slowly, which always put her to sleep.
"I love you, Brooke, ok? And we'll figure this out" Lucas said. "Tomorrow"
"Ok…goodnight, Lucas- I love you"
"Night, Brooke- I love you too"
A/N: How bout that! Hahaha! Review…!
