Here is chapter 6. It is really long, well not really, but just about twice as long as the others. The italicized words are part of a flashback, except for at the end they are the song. I am in the process of writing two other stories also, but I am trying to write a chapter of each story a day, so the next one should be up soon. And once again thanks for taking the time to review.
Disclaimer: I own nothing, but Reagan. And the song at the end is sung by Rob Thomas
Couples: Jaley, Pathan, and Brucas
Chapter 6: When the Heartache Ends
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Lucas ad there on his bed, in the exact same spot he had been all morning and technically all night. He didn't know why this bugged him this much. He didn't have feelings for Bevin; he had feelings for Brooke, right? Now he wasn't so sure.
He had ignored Brooke all weekend, she had only tried to call him 125 timed, left 34 messages, knocked on his door 12, and had Haley try to talk to him 7. How many times had Bevin called? None. How many messages did Bevin leave? None. And she defiantly hadn't ended up or sent anybody to his house. Why was he even thinking that were in love; he didn't know.
Maybe it was what Dan had said, Bevin was pregnant. But, of course, his biological father hadn't ever given him a reason to trust him. He hadn't even seen him since that night, he easily could have lied. His thoughts once again went to Brooke, did she know if her best friend was pregnant of not? Had she even spoken to her since that day? He didn't know, but he had thought it strange what Haley said earlier.
I"Hey, Luke, still in that spot I see. " Haley laughed.
"It's not funny, Hales." Lucas muttered.
"I know, but you need to get up and talk to Brooke and Bevin." Haley said now in a serious tone.
"I don't want to talk to Brooke and I wouldn't know what to say to Bevin."
"Come on, Brooke has been trying to get a hold of you none stop." Haley begged.
"You're wrong; she hasn't called me once today." Lucas mumbled looking up at the ceiling.
"She had planned on calling you, but I guess she changed her mind after talking to Bevin. Actually, she wouldn't talk to anyone."
At this Lucas sat up, "What do you mean she talked to Bevin? Did she tell her that I know? Come on, Haley; don't leave me out of the loop."
"I told you she didn't talk to anyone after she talked to Bevin, so I wouldn't know. But if you want to be in the 'loop', we have a poem due tomorrow about our best friends." Haley said as she left the room. Lucas laid back down until Haley walked in and threw the phone at him, "I don't care which one you call first, but talk to both of them." /I
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Jake was sitting on the couch watching cartoons, like he did everyday at that time. The only difference is that this time he couldn't help but think about him and his son or daughter watching the cartoons together. What freaked him out though is how he didn't see Nikki as his wife, but instead Haley. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard a small knock on the door. He was confused as to who was coming over, until he opened the door to find Nikki.
"Hey… I just wanted to come over and say goodbye." Nikki said sensing that Jake wasn't going to say anything.
"What do you want me to say, Nikki?" Jake asked opening the door slightly to let her slide in.
"I… I don't know. I just wanted to say that I am sorry. I'm sorry for hurting you and I'm sorry for what I did."
"I guess that in a way its better, but it hurts to know that you killed an innocent life, one that we created together." Jake said in a loud voice filled with hurt and disappointment.
"I don't want your trust back; I just want you to forgive me." Nikki replied in a somewhat cold voice, that Jake didn't like.
"Why should I?" Jake asked now in a voice equally as cold.
"Because you were about to cheat on me when I told you I was pregnant. Because you don't love me like you thought you did and I don't love you either. Because us as a couple was a mistake and we both know it. But, Jake, just forgive me and then I can forgive myself for wasting time with you and you can do the same." Nikki tried to persuade.
"I don't regret the times we had together."
"Well, forgive me and you can not regret the times that you and that chick will have together."
Jake stared at Nikki trying to make sense of what she said; she actually wants him to be with Haley. He closed his eyes and opened them in time to whisper, "I forgive you."
"Then, what are you waiting for, call that girl and show her your charm." Nikki said standing up.
"Bye, Nikki" Jake said as he walked her to the door and held it open.
"Bye, Jake."
After Nikki left, Jake thought about what she had said about regretting not being with Haley, so he picked up the phone and dialed the seven numbers that he had easily remembered by heart.
"Hey, Haley... It's Jake… Yeah I'm sorry to call you, but I was wondering if you would meet me a t TRIC at eight… Cool, see you there…bye." Jake sat back down on the couch, but instead of paying attention to the roadrunner run the coyote off of a cliff he thought about what he was going to do for Haley.
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Lucas was banging on the door as hard as he could. He had tried calling her, gut after she hadn't answered her cell phone or her house phone he decided to pay her a much needed visit.
"Lucas? What are you doing her?" Bevin asked as she walked up to her door from her car.
Lucas put on a smile and walked over to her. "Can't I see my girlfriend?"
"Yeah, of course, we need to talk anyway, come in." Lucas followed Bevin into her house. They walked through to the living room and while he sat on the couch, she sat across from him on a chair.
"Well, do you have something to say?" Lucas asked trying to play innocent, which Bevin believed and gave him a sad face.
"I am ashamed of how I have been acting. I avoided my best-friend and cheated on you, but you already knew that…"
"Brooke told you that I saw you, I knew that she would tell you, I can't believe…" Lucas shouted interrupting Bevin
"No, I told you Lucas. Don't you remember at our spot?" Bevin asked in a 'duh' tone.
"What are you talking about, we don't have a spot?" Lucas yelled.
"Oh my god, I hadn't told you, I told Todd!"
"So Todd is the guy you've been cheating on me with, that's just great." Lucas shouted, still rambling. "Wait, I don't know a Todd."
"I know, Lucas, you haven't met either of the guys."
"There is more than one?" Lucas said calming down and sitting on the couch.
"Yeah, but before you ask again, Brooke didn't know; at least, not until today, when I told her." Bevin said, glad that they were finally talking rationally.
"Are you pregnant?"
"Yes, but it's not yours, I know because of the timing. It was during one of our rough patches." Bevin answered.
"Why didn't you just break up with me, if you were going with two other guys?" Lucas asked, hurt.
"Because you loved me, Lucas, even though you were in love with Brooke, you stayed with me so that I wasn't hurt. No other guy would do that for me." Bevin said, looking into his eyes, trying to find any spark of happiness.
"I'm hurt, Bevin, and I don't want to see you ever again. And if we do see each other, say at practice, don't talk to me." Lucas said coldly, slamming the door as her walked out of her house. As he walked out of her yard he thought, 'one stop down, one more to go.'
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Peyton and Nathan were lying on his bed making out, like they had everyday since they had officially become a couple, which had only been three days, but still. Nathan knew that they were going to fast; he didn't want this relationship to turn out like his last had.
"Peyton…I think we… should stop." Nathan said out of breath as they pulled apart.
"Why? You don't want me?" Peyton asked hurt.
"No, I just want us to take it slow; I'm not ready, yet." Nathan said reassuring her with a quick kiss.
"Okay, since you haven't even taken me on a real date."
"What are you talking about, I ordered us pizza and we watched a movie." Nathan said.
"I want to do something out of the house with you." Peyton replied with a puppy dog face.
"Well I already had something planed for Friday, but I was going to surprise you after school. But if you want, I can change my plans." Nathan joked.
"Oh no you don't, you are keeping those plans." Peyton demanded.
"Wow, feisty, daddy like." Nathan said pulling her into a passionate kiss. They stayed like that for a couple minutes, when they were interrupted by the phone.
"Don't answer it!" Peyton said, pulling him closer.
"I have to." Nathan said as Peyton let go of him so he could answer the phone. Peyton watched as Nathan talked to the person on the other line, she didn't know what they were saying, but she did know that she had the hottest boyfriend when he had his shirt off.
"Peyton?" Nathan asked breaking Peyton out of her thoughts.
"Yeah?"
"Jake wants us to help him impress Haley. So we need to meet him at TRIC."
"What happened to Nikki?" Peyton asked, sadly handing Nathan his shirt.
"He said he would tell us when we got there." Nathan said as they walked out of the door hand in hand.
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Haley was sitting on her bed trying to choose between two dresses to wear, when Lucas walked in to talk to her.
"Hey, Luke, how did everything go?" Haley asked.
"I went to see Bevin and apparently she cheated on me with two different guys and is pregnant by one. Brooke, however, is coming over later so that we can talk." Lucas answered lying on her bed.
"What are you going to tell her?"
"See, Tutorgirl, well guys don't tell everyone everything." Lucas said mocking Brooke.
"Whatever!" Haley said hitting him with her pillow.
"Ow! That hurt!"
"A pillow, Luke?" Haley asked.
"Whatever, what are you doing anyway?"
"Well, Jake asked me out and I'm trying to choose which dress he would like more." Haley said looking back and forth between both of them.
"The white, defiantly." Lucas answered getting up off the bed.
"I thought you said that you were a guy? Because right then you sounded like a girl." Snickered Haley as Lucas just walked out of the door before shouting, "Did not!"
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"Are you sure you want to do this?" Nathan asked for the 8th time. He knew that he couldn't talk Jake out of this, but he honestly didn't know how Haley would react.
"Of course I am! Now would you just make sure that the lights are ready?" Jake asked rudely. "Sorry I'm just nervous." The truth was he wasn't just nervous her was scared shitless. He had written the song in fifteen minutes by just grabbing things from his heart. Nathan just gave him a nod and a 'good luck' before walking out of the door leaving Jake sitting alone in TRIC.
Peyton and Nathan had spent two hours helping him set up while he barked out commands at them. He knew that he would have to thank them and apologize later, but for now he was just going to enjoy the perfection.
Before he knew it Haley walked through the door, looking like an angle come down from heaven. "Wow, Jake, did you do all this for me?" Haley asked amazed by what he did in a couple of hours.
"Haley, you deserve this and more! I want to thank you for everything you've done for me since you've come to town." Jake said pulling out her chair before running to sit down in the seat across from it.
Haley automatically blushed and responded with a simple no problem. Before Jake could say anything else a man brought out their food and beverage. Haley said thank you and Jake gave a nod before they both looked at the food before them.
"Um, Jake, what is this?" Haley asked as she looked at the food in front of them.
"I have no idea, you'd have to ask Peyton, she told the chef what to make." Jake said also confused as to what it was.
Jake looked up to see a disgusted and scared look on Haley face as she picked up the food to take a bite. "Waiter," Jake shouted causing Haley to put the food down in confusion. "Can you just make us two hamburgers and fries?" Jake asked getting a smile from Haley and a nod from the man.
"I'm sorry, you had this great thing planed and I ruined it…" Haley said sadly.
"No, Haley, I'm sorry, I wanted this night to be perfect."
"What are you talking about? You spend the whole day and school, go home and deal with Nikki, and still have time to put this whole thing together, Jake, I love this."
"Well, I hope you aren't mad that I have one more surprised." Jake smiled as he got up leaving a confused Haley to watch him walk away. After a minute Jake appeared on stage with a guitar on his lap, and a microphone in front of him. "This is for you, Haley." Jake said before starting to play the guitar and look into Haley's eyes before singing.
IIt's never easy
and you never know
What leaves you crying
And what makes you
whole
There ain't no way that I can hold it down
Falling to
pieces
Forever in doubt/I
Haley just sat there, physically speechless; no one had ever written a song for her none the less sung one for her. She looked down at her food, realizing that she wasn't hungry anymore, so she looked up to find Jake looking at her and she just smiled.
IBut it's
alright
Why don't you tell me again
How you'll still be
there
When the heartache ends
It's alright
Why don't you
tell me my friend
How you'll still be there
When the heartache
ends/I
By then she knew why he had written the song, he was thanking her. She was a little disappointed until she once again saw Jake give her the look that Lucas gave Brooke; the look of longing.
IThere ain't
nobody who can show you how
To find the surface when you're
underground
There ain't no blanket that can hide this cold
There
ain't no memory
That ever gets old/I
Haley stood up and slowly started walking towards the stage.
IBut it's
alright
Why don't you tell me again
How you'll still be
there
When the heartache ends/I
She was about halfway there when she gave him a little smile, knowing that he was watching her, and grabbed another microphone from a table.
IIt's
alright
Why don't you tell me my friend
How you'll still be
there
When the heartache ends/I
She got to the stairs on the side of the stage,
IAnd I move
all directions
To the corners and the outskirts
While the
lovers and the lonely
Start to whisper all about me/I
One by one she climbed
up them all, still aware that Jake was following her every move.
IAnd if I stand
here silent
I almost start to feel you fading in
Telling me
hold on
Cuz it's gonna be alright/I
She got up next to him and started singing the chorus along with him.
IBut it's
alright
Why don't you tell me again
How you'll still be
there
When the heartache ends
It's alright
Why don't you
tell me my friend
How you'll still be there
When the heartache
ends/I
They starred into each other's eyes as Haley stopped singing and Jake finished the song.
ISay you'll be
with me
When the heartache ends/I
As Jake played the final chords, Haley walked right in front of him. He stood and up and in one motion grabbed her face and pulled her lips into his.
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Brooke walked up the quiet walkway knowing that when she walked back home things would be different; she just wasn't sure if that was good or bad. As she got to the door she became very nervous, but before she had time to get the courage to knock, the door opened in front of her.
"Hey, Brooke," Lucas said nervously.
"Hey…" Brooke started before getting pulled in by Lucas.
"I'm not done, yet." Lucas said as he led her to the bed and sat her down. "I know that you know about Bevin being with the two boys and being pregnant. I also know that I shouldn't have ignored you after the incident. And for that I'm sorry." Lucas stared at Brooke expecting her to say something. "Aren't you going to say anything?"
"She was with two guys?" Brooke finally asked.
"Yeah, you didn't know?"
"And you're going to be a father." Brooke said kind of out of it.
"No, but that's…" Lucas started.
"And you are going to have to stay with Bevin forever and have tons of cheating ho kids, who have more cheat…"
"Brooke!" Lucas said stopping her rambling. "I'm not going to be a father."
"Lucas Scott, you are scum!" Brooke got up and hit him, confusing Lucas. "Why would you not stay to raise your…"
"That's the thing, Brooke, it's not my kid!" Lucas said happily.
"It's not?" Brooke asked before giving Lucas a big smile back.
"No, I've just been trying to tell you that for the past five minutes, but you were rambling." Lucas said laughing
"Hey don't diss my rambling." Brooke pouted.
"I wasn't, I just think it's cute." Lucas commented, sitting down on the bed urging Brooke to do the same. He knew that it was time for him to finally tell her how he really feels about her. "I also need to tell you one more thing."
"What? Don't tell me its more bad news." Brooke said worriedly. Lucas thought that Brooke meant that he and Bevin braking up was bad news, so he assumed that she didn't feel the same way. Chickening out he said, "I'm glad we're friends, Brooke. And thanks for being nice to Haley; she didn't really have any other friends."
As Lucas smiled at her, Brooke couldn't help but be disappointed and here she thought he was going to tell her want she had always wanted to here: that he loved her too.
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Well there it is… tell me what you think.
Coming up:
Pathan date
Homecoming dates
Another appearance by the great Dan Scott