Author's Note: Hello, everyone. Sorry I didn't get to update yesterday, but
I know exactly what will be coming up in the next few chapters so they'll
probably be up in no time. I couldn't think of anything I wanted to write
about back in Tree Hill so I decided to do this chapter about Luke. I know
most of you are wondering why Brooke wanted to leave and this chapter is
going to hint at the reason, but the big explanation isn't going to come
until the next chapter. Just so you know, it isn't want you all think.
Anyway, here's the next chapter....
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Lucas stared out the window of Keith's truck, as they made their way back to Tree Hill. After talking to Haley that morning, Luke hasn't been able to stop thinking about her. When he had finally come to his senses and went back to Keith's new house, he had thought a lot about his feelings for his best friend. He had come to the conclusion that he was in love with her, but after he talked to his uncle about it, he came to the new conclusion that he wasn't in love with her. He shook his head to clear his thoughts, he was so confused. Luke asked Keith if he could take him back early, but didn't tell him why. Keith was aware that Haley and Nathan broke up and that she left, but not that she was pregnant. He figured that Haley wouldn't want him to know. They were now about two hours away from Tree Hill and so far the ride had been in silence. Keith couldn't take it anymore.
"Come on, Luke," Keith urged him. He knew that something had been bothering his nephew for the past two days. "I know something is wrong. What is it?"
"Just thinking about Haley," Luke answered, without turning away from the window. By the tone in his voice, Keith knew he wasn't telling the whole story.
"That's not all and I know it," he said. "Ever since you ran into Haley you've been bummed out. What happened." Luke let out a sigh.
"Well, my best friend in all the world just told me that I was never going to see her again," he answered sarcastically. "Why do you think I'm bummed." Keith shook his head.
"There's something else," he pointed out. "I get that you're upset, she left and I get that you're angry, but why are you... jealous?" Luke's eyes widened and he quickly tried to think of a way to deny it.
"I'm not jealous!" he exclaimed. "Why would I be jealous? Just cause she left town without even thinking about how I would feel about it? Or because she didn't even wait to say goodbye? Or because she's pregnant with my brother's..." he trailed off when he realized what he just said. He looked over to see Keith's reaction and regretted it. "I mean...I didn't mean....what I meant was..."
"Haley's pregnant?"
"I didn't say that."
"Yeah, actually you did," Keith corrected him. Keith tore his gaze away from Luke and looked back at the road. Luke closed his eyes, hoping that would some how turn back time. After a few minutes of silence, Keith turned back to him. "You wanna talk about it?"
"Huh?"
"Well, it just seems that it's really bothering you," Keith explained. "I just thought you might wanna talk about it."
"This stays between us, right?" Luke asked, not wanting to have anyone else find out Haley's secret. Keith nodded. "Especially the pregnant part. You can't even tell my mom. Got it?"
"Yeah, yeah," he answered. "Her secret's safe with me." Luke nodded and began to play with the hem of his shirt, not wanting to make eye contact. "So what's got you so bothered about it? Besides the obvious?"
"That's the thing," Luke explained. "I don't know why I'm so upset about it. I mean, I should be more upset with Nathan for knocking her up, but it seems like I'm more upset with her about it."
"Maybe cause you're disappointed?" Keith suggested. Luke thought that was a good point. Maybe he was disappointed in Haley for sleeping with Nathan. Haley had always said that she wasn't going to sleep with just anyone, she was going to wait until she got married.
"I think that's it," Luke concluded. "I mean, she always said she was gonna wait. She was going to be different than all the other girls, smarter. How could she be so stupid to just sleep with him? Didn't she think about the consequences?" Keith shook his head, not believing he was actually saying these things.
"Did you?" Keith questions. Luke immediately looks away, knowing he had a point. "How soon you forget. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago your ex- girlfriend had a pregnancy scare?"
"Yeah, but that was different..."
"How exactly?"
"It was just a scare," Luke pointed out. "She wasn't really pregnant, but Haley is. There's a big difference." Keith shook his head in disappointment. Did Luke actually think that made some kind of difference?
"It could have easily been the same situation," Keith argued back. "What if Brooke had really been pregnant?"
"What if she had?"
"Would you still be this disappointed in Haley?" Lucas thought about it. To be honest, knowing himself, he probably would have felt the same way. He would have pretended that he wasn't in the same situation and be a complete hypocrite about it.
"Honestly?" he asked. Keith nodded. "Probably. I know it wouldn't make any sense and I'm sure Haley would have pointed that out to me, but I would still feel that way."
"Why do you do that to her?"
"Do what?"
"Expect so much of her?" Luke frowned at his words. Haley had asked him the exact same question the night of the auction when he had found her tattoo. At the time he knew what she was saying was true, but he didn't really think much about it. Now that Keith mentions it too, he realizes that it must be a big deal. He sighed.
"Because I've seen her be better than most people," he said, repeating the answer he had given Haley. "Haley's like this... this unbelievable kind of person, you know?"
"What do you mean?"
"She's, for lack of a better word, she's perfect," he answered. "I mean, she's good at everything. She's beautiful, she smart, she funny, she's talented, she's an amazing friend... she's the whole package."
"That means she can't make mistakes?"
"It's almost like she's above everyone else," Luke explained. "So when I found out she was pregnant, she just dropped down or something, you know. Like, how could Haley possibly do something that Brooke would do? It just didn't seem right."
"So it's okay for Brooke to be pregnant because she doesn't get good grades?"
"No, that's not what I'm saying," Luke snapped. "Stop putting words into my mouth."
"Hey, hey," Keith told him, holding up one hand. "I'm just trying to help you sort out your feelings." Luke smiled sadly at him.
"Sorry," Luke mumbled. "But do you get what I'm saying?"
"Yeah, I think I do," he replied. "You just thought that Haley was smarter than that, that's all." Luke nodded, glad that Keith understood what he was trying to say. "You thought she was going to stay innocent forever."
"Not forever," Luke defended, half-heartedly. Keith gave him a doubtful look. "I at least figured she would wait to do it with someone she cared about."
"Like you?" Keith asked with a knowing smile. Luke smiled at him, knowing he was just teasing him. He hit him in the arm.
"No, man," he told him. "At least someone she loved."
"Can you honestly say that she didn't love Nathan?" Luke looked away and back out the window. He sighed, before finally nodding. "At least she loved the person she lost her virginity to, even of that person didn't love her back. Can you say the same thing?"
"That's low."
"Well, can you?"
"No, no I can't." He had always regretted that. He didn't love Brooke, yet he had slept with her. He and Haley had made a pact when they went into high school that they wouldn't give it up unless they were in love. But then he had meet Brooke and everything went out the window. He sighed and turned away from Keith.
"Then who are you to judge Haley's actions?"
"I'm a guy that loves her more than Nathan ever could," he answered. Keith seems to accept that answers as he turns his full attention back to the road. Luke thought about what Keith had said about him and Brooke. "Hey, Keith?"
"Yeah?"
"Back when you said that Brooke could have easily been pregnant," he began. "Well, I never really told anyone this, but she was." Keith quickly glanced at Luke to see if he was being serious.
"What do you mean she was?" Keith asked, stressing the word 'was'. Before he could ask about an abortion, Luke interrupted him.
"She lost the baby," he answered quickly. He looked at his shoes, trying to decide whether he should tell him the next part.
"How come you never said anything?"
"Cause it wasn't any of my business," Luke answered, truthfully. Keith's brow scrunched up in confusion. There was no turning back now.
"How wasn't it your business?" Keith questioned. "She was carrying your baby." Luke took a big breath and looked his uncle in the eyes. He had never told anybody this.
"No she wasn't," Lucas corrected him. "She said the baby wasn't mine."
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Dum, dum, dum...... I know, it's lame, but the next chapter will be much better. I promise. Any guesses as to whom the father was? If you have an idea, add it in your review. You are going to review, aren't you? I'll try to have the next part up by tonight, but by tomorrow morning for sure. Peace.
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Lucas stared out the window of Keith's truck, as they made their way back to Tree Hill. After talking to Haley that morning, Luke hasn't been able to stop thinking about her. When he had finally come to his senses and went back to Keith's new house, he had thought a lot about his feelings for his best friend. He had come to the conclusion that he was in love with her, but after he talked to his uncle about it, he came to the new conclusion that he wasn't in love with her. He shook his head to clear his thoughts, he was so confused. Luke asked Keith if he could take him back early, but didn't tell him why. Keith was aware that Haley and Nathan broke up and that she left, but not that she was pregnant. He figured that Haley wouldn't want him to know. They were now about two hours away from Tree Hill and so far the ride had been in silence. Keith couldn't take it anymore.
"Come on, Luke," Keith urged him. He knew that something had been bothering his nephew for the past two days. "I know something is wrong. What is it?"
"Just thinking about Haley," Luke answered, without turning away from the window. By the tone in his voice, Keith knew he wasn't telling the whole story.
"That's not all and I know it," he said. "Ever since you ran into Haley you've been bummed out. What happened." Luke let out a sigh.
"Well, my best friend in all the world just told me that I was never going to see her again," he answered sarcastically. "Why do you think I'm bummed." Keith shook his head.
"There's something else," he pointed out. "I get that you're upset, she left and I get that you're angry, but why are you... jealous?" Luke's eyes widened and he quickly tried to think of a way to deny it.
"I'm not jealous!" he exclaimed. "Why would I be jealous? Just cause she left town without even thinking about how I would feel about it? Or because she didn't even wait to say goodbye? Or because she's pregnant with my brother's..." he trailed off when he realized what he just said. He looked over to see Keith's reaction and regretted it. "I mean...I didn't mean....what I meant was..."
"Haley's pregnant?"
"I didn't say that."
"Yeah, actually you did," Keith corrected him. Keith tore his gaze away from Luke and looked back at the road. Luke closed his eyes, hoping that would some how turn back time. After a few minutes of silence, Keith turned back to him. "You wanna talk about it?"
"Huh?"
"Well, it just seems that it's really bothering you," Keith explained. "I just thought you might wanna talk about it."
"This stays between us, right?" Luke asked, not wanting to have anyone else find out Haley's secret. Keith nodded. "Especially the pregnant part. You can't even tell my mom. Got it?"
"Yeah, yeah," he answered. "Her secret's safe with me." Luke nodded and began to play with the hem of his shirt, not wanting to make eye contact. "So what's got you so bothered about it? Besides the obvious?"
"That's the thing," Luke explained. "I don't know why I'm so upset about it. I mean, I should be more upset with Nathan for knocking her up, but it seems like I'm more upset with her about it."
"Maybe cause you're disappointed?" Keith suggested. Luke thought that was a good point. Maybe he was disappointed in Haley for sleeping with Nathan. Haley had always said that she wasn't going to sleep with just anyone, she was going to wait until she got married.
"I think that's it," Luke concluded. "I mean, she always said she was gonna wait. She was going to be different than all the other girls, smarter. How could she be so stupid to just sleep with him? Didn't she think about the consequences?" Keith shook his head, not believing he was actually saying these things.
"Did you?" Keith questions. Luke immediately looks away, knowing he had a point. "How soon you forget. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago your ex- girlfriend had a pregnancy scare?"
"Yeah, but that was different..."
"How exactly?"
"It was just a scare," Luke pointed out. "She wasn't really pregnant, but Haley is. There's a big difference." Keith shook his head in disappointment. Did Luke actually think that made some kind of difference?
"It could have easily been the same situation," Keith argued back. "What if Brooke had really been pregnant?"
"What if she had?"
"Would you still be this disappointed in Haley?" Lucas thought about it. To be honest, knowing himself, he probably would have felt the same way. He would have pretended that he wasn't in the same situation and be a complete hypocrite about it.
"Honestly?" he asked. Keith nodded. "Probably. I know it wouldn't make any sense and I'm sure Haley would have pointed that out to me, but I would still feel that way."
"Why do you do that to her?"
"Do what?"
"Expect so much of her?" Luke frowned at his words. Haley had asked him the exact same question the night of the auction when he had found her tattoo. At the time he knew what she was saying was true, but he didn't really think much about it. Now that Keith mentions it too, he realizes that it must be a big deal. He sighed.
"Because I've seen her be better than most people," he said, repeating the answer he had given Haley. "Haley's like this... this unbelievable kind of person, you know?"
"What do you mean?"
"She's, for lack of a better word, she's perfect," he answered. "I mean, she's good at everything. She's beautiful, she smart, she funny, she's talented, she's an amazing friend... she's the whole package."
"That means she can't make mistakes?"
"It's almost like she's above everyone else," Luke explained. "So when I found out she was pregnant, she just dropped down or something, you know. Like, how could Haley possibly do something that Brooke would do? It just didn't seem right."
"So it's okay for Brooke to be pregnant because she doesn't get good grades?"
"No, that's not what I'm saying," Luke snapped. "Stop putting words into my mouth."
"Hey, hey," Keith told him, holding up one hand. "I'm just trying to help you sort out your feelings." Luke smiled sadly at him.
"Sorry," Luke mumbled. "But do you get what I'm saying?"
"Yeah, I think I do," he replied. "You just thought that Haley was smarter than that, that's all." Luke nodded, glad that Keith understood what he was trying to say. "You thought she was going to stay innocent forever."
"Not forever," Luke defended, half-heartedly. Keith gave him a doubtful look. "I at least figured she would wait to do it with someone she cared about."
"Like you?" Keith asked with a knowing smile. Luke smiled at him, knowing he was just teasing him. He hit him in the arm.
"No, man," he told him. "At least someone she loved."
"Can you honestly say that she didn't love Nathan?" Luke looked away and back out the window. He sighed, before finally nodding. "At least she loved the person she lost her virginity to, even of that person didn't love her back. Can you say the same thing?"
"That's low."
"Well, can you?"
"No, no I can't." He had always regretted that. He didn't love Brooke, yet he had slept with her. He and Haley had made a pact when they went into high school that they wouldn't give it up unless they were in love. But then he had meet Brooke and everything went out the window. He sighed and turned away from Keith.
"Then who are you to judge Haley's actions?"
"I'm a guy that loves her more than Nathan ever could," he answered. Keith seems to accept that answers as he turns his full attention back to the road. Luke thought about what Keith had said about him and Brooke. "Hey, Keith?"
"Yeah?"
"Back when you said that Brooke could have easily been pregnant," he began. "Well, I never really told anyone this, but she was." Keith quickly glanced at Luke to see if he was being serious.
"What do you mean she was?" Keith asked, stressing the word 'was'. Before he could ask about an abortion, Luke interrupted him.
"She lost the baby," he answered quickly. He looked at his shoes, trying to decide whether he should tell him the next part.
"How come you never said anything?"
"Cause it wasn't any of my business," Luke answered, truthfully. Keith's brow scrunched up in confusion. There was no turning back now.
"How wasn't it your business?" Keith questioned. "She was carrying your baby." Luke took a big breath and looked his uncle in the eyes. He had never told anybody this.
"No she wasn't," Lucas corrected him. "She said the baby wasn't mine."
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Dum, dum, dum...... I know, it's lame, but the next chapter will be much better. I promise. Any guesses as to whom the father was? If you have an idea, add it in your review. You are going to review, aren't you? I'll try to have the next part up by tonight, but by tomorrow morning for sure. Peace.