Lucas opened his eyes to the cool breeze that blew around him, making his body shudder slightly. He looked down as he felt someone push into his side. He had forgotten where he was for a moment but when he saw Peyton it all came rushing back to him. They had sat down under a tree and were talking about what they wanted to do and how they wanted to tell everyone. After a while they fell asleep in the same position they were in now. Lucas smiled as Peyton curled her slender figure into him, burying her face in his chest. He kissed the top of her head gently. He didn't want to wake her up but he knew it was getting late and they had to go.
"Peyton…" he shook her gently causing her eyes to flutter open, but she quickly shut them again. Lucas laughed as he shook her again. She mumbled something he couldn't understand and then fell asleep again, not that she was ever really awake. Lucas smiled as he moved from underneath her, letting her body lay gently on the grass. Peyton had been exhausted over the last couple of weeks. She would lay in bed but she couldn't sleep and when she did finally close her eyes should would toss and turn. Lucas was glad she was sleeping, he knew she was going to need all the rest she could get over the next 9 months.
"Why do I get the feeling I'll be doing this a lot more often." He mumbled to himself as he slid his arms under her waste and picked her up, letting her fall into his chest. He was happy that they had driven to the park instead of walking like they usually did. He set her down in the passenger seat and positioned her head on the headrest. He closed the door gently, not wanting to wake her, and then he climbed into the driver's side and started the ride to her house. Somewhere along the way Peyton made her way over to Lucas and placed her head on his shoulder.
Lucas pulled into her driveway, slowly stopping behind her car. He looked over at the sleeping figure next to him quickly getting lost in his thoughts. Every time he looked at her or thought about her his blood would run warm through his veins. The skin on the back of his neck would rise and his body and mind would freeze as his heart started racing. Even seeing her sleeping was driving him crazy. He loved her and there was no doubt in his mind about that.
Haley had asked him once if he loved her. When he said yes she asked why. He had thought for awhile but he couldn't think of an answer. He told her he didn't know, there was just something about her. He loved all of her. He told Haley that he would do anything and give up everything if it was for Peyton. All she said to him was that he definitely in love. He took a deep breath and smiled before he shook the thoughts from his head and picked her up and made his way towards the front door.
Peyton opened her eye slightly when she heard the door open. She reluctantly looked up as the door shut behind them and saw Lucas looking down at her.
"So now you decide to get up" He laughed as he set her down on the couch.
"Door to door service" she mumbled as she stretched her long arms. Lucas merely shook his head and sat down beside her. Peyton leaned her head against his shoulder still feeling a little tired. "So I guess since I'm up we probably should go to the café. I want to tell everyone and get it over with as soon as possible. And since I'm still kinda tired what ever yelling they do is gunna go in one ear and out the other." The two blondes laughed as they stood from the spots they had just made themselves comfortable in.
"Your timing sucks Peyt. The thought of sitting on the couch was sounding pretty damn good. Not all of us slept the whole way home." Lucas closed the front door behind him and followed Peyton to his car. She slid into the passenger's side and laughed at him.
"You whine too much." She rolled her hazel eye's causing Lucas to shake his head as he pulled out of the driveway and headed towards the café. They made small talk for the majority of the ride. They were both feeling nervous about telling people what was going on. They weren't in high school anymore, but this was going to throw off there plans for college and they both knew the adults weren't going to be pleased about that. They just hoped that people wouldn't be too pissed off and that they would try and be happy for them.
Lucas and Peyton walked into the café hand in hand and looked around at all the familiar faces. It was kinda of late so they were hoping that only Keith, Karen, and Haley would be there, but here was also Brooke, Nathan, Tim, Deb, and a lot of other people they knew and some they didn't. "I guess we'll wait a little while before we say anything." Peyton bit her lip and looked up at him as he shook his head in agreement.
"Hey friends" Brooke smiled as she hopped in front of them. Peyton could tell from her smile that Brooke was ecstatic about something.
"Excuse us" Peyton broke away from Lucas's arm and pulled Brooke to a nearby table. Lucas watched the two girls sit down and then made his way over to the counter to talk to Haley.
"So what's got you smiling an idiot" Peyton leaned over the table anxious to hear what Brooke had to say.
"Well Haley wasn't expecting me to come here tonight so she invited a friend here. Well me and that friend started talking and we kinda hit it off really well. Wanna know who he is, I'll tell ya…Charlie Santiago." Brooke's smile was a mile wide and Peyton was glad.
"So did me and Hales do good?"
"You guys did great. Peyton he's so…I don't know what to call him. He's different but I like it. Its time for a change in my life and he's definitely the direction I wanna be heading in." The two girls laughed as the Brunette turned to look at her new guy. Suddenly Brooke grew very serious and she turned to look at her best friend. "I know I just met him but Peyt I think I really like this one. I'm trusting you again, please don't do anything…" She let her statement hand as her eyes pleaded with the blonde. Peyton felt a sting of guilt at her best friend's fears, which were reasonable.
"Brooke I'm not gunna do anything I swear." Peyton looked down at her stomach and then back up at Brooke who suddenly understood.
"That's a pretty good point" Brooke raised an eyebrow before forcing herself to laugh. As much as she knew Peyton was happy and she wasn't going to betray her again she couldn't help but to worry.
"What's a good point?" The two girls looked up as Haley slid into the seat next to Peyton, Lucas standing beside her. Haley waited for the two girls to answer but they both just got worried looks on their faces. Haley sighed as she turned to face Peyton. "Well you two if it had to do with a mini Peyton-Lucas don't worry, I know." Peyton eyes grew wide as she looked up at Lucas who had a guilty expression across his face.
"Peyt I'm sorry. It's Haley, she's been my best friend for ever and if I don't tell her something she knows and I tell her everything anyway. I was just so happy and it just slipped. I'm sorry." Lucas watched as both Peyton and Brooke raised an eyebrow at him before turning and looking at each other. Then suddenly they both burst out laughing.
"Broody you are too cute, just…absolutely adorable." Lucas looked at Brooke in confusion who just turned back to Peyton.
"Luke calm down. It's alright, really, I was gunna tell Hales anyway. Brooke's got a point though…you are adorable when you babble." She said in a baby voice, causing Lucas to roll his eyes and walk back towards the counter. All three girls broke out in laughter as they started at Luca's back.
"So Brooke, how are things going with Charlie?" Haley turned to Brooke as she awaited her answer.
"I was just telling Peyton how good things were going. He's not like most guys, he actually listens to me and cares. And unlike Lucas, Charlie and I actually have things in common. It's so great you guys." Haley and Peyton both smiled at each other as they watched the dreamy look that came over Brooke's face.
"Okay you guys I have to get back to work, 15 minutes left. Enjoy the rest of your night and congratulations to both of you." Haley squealed as she spun around almost skipped back over to the counter. As soon as she was gone Lucas took her seat next to Peyton, and Charlie sat next to Brooke. Introductions were made and the two couples sat and talked for the next hour, until the café closed. Brooke and Charlie shared a simple and sweet good night kiss before he left to go home.
Lucas and Peyton looked at each other as Karen came from the back kitchen and walked over to Keith. They two teens knew that they had to tell them as much as they didn't want to. They grabbed each other's hands and walked over to the two adults.
"Hey you guys, what's going on?" Karen smiled at the two but got worried when they didn't' smile back.
"Mom, Keith, Peyton and I have to tell you guys something." Lucas looked down at Peyton and lightly squeezed her hand. "Okay I don't want to jump around it so I'm just gunna tell you." He took a deep breath as he forced the words to leave his mouth. "Peyton hasn't been feeling well lately so she went to the doctor and she found out that she's pregnant." The two teens bit their bottom lip as they waited for any type of response.
"I'll be right back" Karen got up and walked into the back room. Brooke looked over at the table and caught the hurt and distressed look the crossed Peyton's face, but the blonde quickly erased it. Brooke followed Karen into the back room, leaving everyone else to quietly stare at each other.
"Karen" Brooke called into the darkness.
"Can I just have a minute Brooke, this is just a bit more then I wanted to deal with tonight." Karen's voice was shaky and Brooke could tell that she wanted to cry but she had to tell her something.
"Karen I know you want to be alone but before you go out there I want you to know something." Brooke walked over to Karen and stood in front of her. "Okay, I'm not tryna be rude or disrespectful or anything but I really thing you should know this. Peyton's my best friends and I barley know her but I don know one thing. She's really happy about this, she won't admit it but she is and I can see it in her eyes. She hasn't been happy like this for a long time and I think she really deserves to feel good for once. I know this sounds rude and I'm not saying that you're gunna be the bad guy in all thing and I know that this isn't what you want for Lucas but I want her to be happy. When you walked out the room she was really hurt, I mean I don't think anyone else caught it but I did. If you go in there and yell at them and tell them this was wrong then she's gunna think that she shouldn't be happy. She gunna think that this was a mistake and that she's happy over something bad. I know Peyton and if she thinks like that, which she's going to, she'll detach herself again. She'll shut herself down again and I don't want that for her. She scares me when she gets like that because I don't know how much more she can endure and she won't let you help. So I just…I don't want anyone to make her think she shouldn't be happy. I'm sorry for coming in her and saying this to you because it probably isn't my place but Peyton's always been there for me and she protect me the best she can. I just want to return the favor." Brooke looked at Karen with teary eye's hopping that she understood. She had meant everything she said and wanted Karen to realize that.
"Brooke I'm glad you came in here and talked to me. I've talked to Peyton before and I completely forgot about our conversation. But now that I remember that I can take that into account, plus what you just told me, I don't want her to feel bad because you're right she really doesn't need that anymore. I know this is gunna be hard enough for her and I don't want to make it worse. Thank you for getting me to think about things before I talked to them." Karen gave her best smile to the young brunette. The two women walked back into the front room to find everyone the same way they we're before.
Peyton's head snapped up when she heard the click of Brooke's heels. The brunette gave her a reassuring look and then went to stand next to Nathan and Haley. The blonde turned her head back towards Karen and Keith. Karen was the closet thing Peyton had had to a mother in years and now it seemed as though she had just screwed up whatever chance of a relationship they had. The thought made her want to breakdown in Lucas's arms. She just always had to mess things up. Her life was like one long horror flick and somehow she always got to play the bad guy.
"Well I had to get my head together and decide how I felt about this." Karen looked at the two teens before she continued. "I just want you guys to know that this is going to be a lot harder then either of you realize. Other than that all I can say is congratulations. You are two of the most responsible teenager I know and you guys are good for each other so if you need anything let me know and I'd be glad to help." They all looked at Karen in shock. They expected her to angry and upset and disappointed, not accepting. Karen herself was shocked at how much Brooke's words had gotten to her. She couldn't get the images of the distraught girl that stayed the night in her son's room. She looked over at Peyton whose eye were gleaming. Karen could tell that she was trying to keep her cool but her eyes gave it away. Karen gestured for Peyton to come over to her and the young women obeyed. Karen led her over to a table in the corner of the café and the two ladies sat across from each other.
"Peyton I won't you to know that if you need anything at all don't be afraid to come to me. After all you are going to make me a grandma, you're giving me someone to spoil and then send home when he gets bad." Peyton couldn't suppress her laughter.
"Karen you don't know how much this means to me. All of this just feels right to me and the fact that you can accepts makes it all that much better." Karen felt touched by her words. Part of her knew how Peyton was feeling and she glad that she was making her feel better. Karen stood from her seat and pulled Peyton into a warm hug.
"Don't forget, I'm always here." Karen smiled at the blonde before they headed back towards everyone. Peyton went and sat next to Lucas who was talking to the other teens. Karen headed over to Keith who was smiling at her.
"Karen I'm glad you're taking this so well. I know it's gotta be hard for you but I agree with what you said about them. Even though they are young I think that with a little help they can handle this." Keith hugged Karen lightly and gave her a small kiss on the cheek. The two adults sat and watched the teens talk and laugh with each other.
It wasn't until 2AM that they all left to go home. Karen gave Lucas permission to stay the night with Peyton because he was worried to leave her by herself. They got to her house a couple of minutes later and went straight to her bed.
"Thank you Lucas" Peyton curled into his body, enjoying the feeling of his arm draped around her slender waist.
"For what?" He asked confused.
"For just being you and for being there for me." She felt her eyes grow heavier as she struggled to keep them open.
"You don't have to thank me for that, I love you and I'm always gunna be there." His eyes closed in the middle of his sentence and soon after he finished talking the sleep took over both of them.