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His voice was a little shaky when he started to talk, "What are we going to do?"
Brooke looked up with tears in her eyes and shook her head, "I don't know. We're only 17."
"I know Brooke. But, whatever it takes I know we can make it through."
Brooke nodded, "Where do we go from here?"
"My mom, we should tell her," Lucas replied moving his hand through Brooke's hair.
"You're ready for that? I mean you're going into surgery and all," Brooke replied leaning her head into Lucas again.
"I'd rather know you've got my mom to lean on while I'm in surgery. You won't be able to see me for a few days and you shouldn't have to be alone during those days," Lucas told her. "Besides, I don't need the stress of having to tell her during surgery. It'd be better to get it over with now, right?"
"Okay," Brooke answered with a sniffle, "What are you going to say?"
"The truth. Even though we tried to be careful, I got you preg-"
Brooke stopped him, "We did it together… We got pregnant."
Lucas smiled, "Even though we tried to be careful, we got pregnant."
"Way to be blunt," Brooke said softly.
"How else could we say it? By the way mom when you walked in on us a few weeks ago we weren't protected. Oh and Brooke's pregnant, see ya later?"
"Shut up Luke, you know what I meant. I just don't want her mad at you."
"She's going to be upset with us, possibly even slap me like she did last time but I don't care. We're young but I love you. I have no doubts in our ability to raise a child filled with love."
"I know the baby will be loved, but do you really think we can raise a baby? We both want different things. I want a penthouse in Manhattan with a gorgeous view and a job as one of the most sought after fashion designers. You would be happy as a middleclass worker with a family, a big backyard and a picket fence."
Lucas shook his head, "Correction. I want to be a basketball player; the team doesn't matter to me as long as my life involves you. We can stay here for college. We'll go to Duke. I can play college ball and you can study fashion."
"Lucas we'll have a baby. How can we do this and raise a child?" Brooke asked as the tears started to form in her eyes.
"We'll have help. Now, before I change my mind, go get my mom. We need to tell her."
Brooke sighed but nodded her head anyway. Her legs swung over the side of the bed as she leaned up, climbing to her feet.
"Come here," Lucas said reaching his hand out to her. She took a few steps towards him and looked down at him. His hand went to her face and he used his thumb to wipe her tears, "I love you Brooke, no matter what." A smile appeared on her face as she leaned down to kiss him. "Now go," he added just before he kissed her back. She pulled away and turned on her heel, heading for the door. One of her shaky hands reached towards the doorknob, she twisted it and opened the door. Haley instantly jumped up from off the floor beside the door, "You okay?"
Brooke shook her head yes, "Yeah, Karen could we just talk to you for a second?"
Brooke looked a little shaky to Karen, a curiosity sparked in her mind as she nodded, "Sure."
Brooke nodded her head as if to thank her and stepped aside to let her into Lucas' room. After Karen had gone in the room Brooke looked to Haley sadly and headed into the room, the door clicking shut behind her. Nobody said anything for a while, Lucas and Brooke starred at each other, wondering who was going to say something first.
"Mom-"
"Karen-"
They had both started to speak at the same time.
"You go-"
"You go-"
Again they did it.
"What's up?" Karen asked opting on stopping their knack for starting to speak at the same time.
Brooke looked to Lucas, "Should I?"
"No. I'll do it," Lucas told her with a nod.
"Do what?" Karen asked glancing between the two of them.
"You might want to sit down," Brooke said as she herself sat down on Lucas' bed.
Karen sat down in the chair off to the side of Luke's bed, "What'd you two do this time?"
'May as well get it over with,' Lucas told himself, "We, as you know, got back together and due to what happened a few weeks ago, you know we were having sex."
Karen nodded, not wanting the thought to be drawn out any further than that, "I know I can't stop you two but as long as you're careful-"
"Mom, Brooke's pregnant."
Karen froze in her spot, all the color draining from her face. Brooke rose from the bed and opened her mouth to speak, "I didn't mean for this to happen. It was an accident. It's not Luke's fault."
Karen shook her head and stood up, her face looked stern as she shook her head, "Are you positive you're pregnant?"
Brooke nodded her head, "I thought I had a stomach virus or something so I went to the doctor. He said I was 3 weeks pregnant." Brooke swallowed, the words still sounded weird to her.
Karen nodded her head, "You two are going to raise the baby together? Neither of you will be dropping out of school?"
Lucas spoke up, "We'll both go to Duke, or somewhere close by for college. I can play basketball, Brooke can study design and we'll compromise with the rest."
Karen nodded her head again, "You'll be staying together?"
Brooke replied this time, "I have no intentions of ever leaving your son. I'm crazy about him."
Karen smiled at that, if anyone was going to end up being bound to Lucas for the rest of her life, she was glad it was Brooke.
"I'll let you two talk. I'm going to go tell Haley, she looked worried, if that's okay with you Lucas?" Brooke asked looking to Lucas.
He nodded and took her hand in his and squeezed it, "I love you."
Brooke leaned down and pressed her lips to his, quickly kissing him, "I love you too." She took her hand away after squeezing his hand gently and she exited the room. Haley was outside, sitting on the floor right beside the door. Brooke dropped down beside her and pulled her knees to her chest, "Hey."
Haley put an arm around Brooke and held her against her automatically knowing that something had upset her friend, "What's wrong Tigger?"
Brooke leaned her head on Haley's shoulder and started to talk. She explained the incident at Luke's house, what happened at the doctors, and everything in between. Her little speech ended with, "Now, I'm pregnant."
Haley looked at her wild-eyed, "What are you going to do?"
Brooke shrugged, "I don't know Hales. I'm going to have to finish off my senior year with a baby inside me. Lucas said we should go to Duke or a college near Tree Hill so we're close to his mom so we can get help from her but that's his dream. He wants the whole normal family thing; I want to live the highlife."
"I'm sure you can compromise. He'd do anything for you and you know it. College is a couple of years out of your lives. He'll become some huge basketball player if the surgery is a success, you'll be a fashion designer. He can play in any city; you can work from wherever you want. The thing that matters is your child," Haley told her.
Brooke nodded in agreement, "I know but that's where everything goes wrong in my head. Lucas and I have this incredible knack for hurting each other. We're going to fight over stupid things. Our actions will hurt our child in the end."
"You're in love, don't plan for the worst. A little Brucas baby would make us all happy."
"Brucas?"
"Hey, if you can call me and Nathan Naley, I can call you and Luke Brucas."
Brooke laughed and hugged Haley tightly, "Thanks Hales. You're a lifesaver."
"And when you two fight? What happens then?" Karen exclaimed at Lucas' pathetic response to her previous question.
"We'll worry about it when the time comes mom!" Lucas groaned back, Karen was making him a little mad.
"Lucas you've got to think these things through! You two will have a baby. You can't just up and decide you're over anymore like you two have done in the past. You'll be in college, school will frustrate you. What do you expect to do then?"
"Mom, stop. If Brooke or I have to put our lives on hold to take care of this baby then we will."
"I just don't want to see either of you hurt. I know how much you love each other and I'd hate to see either of you ruin your lives over this."
"We're not ruining our lives. What do you suggest we do mom? She won't have an abortion, she doesn't have it in her and I wouldn't let her. Adoption? Why should we let some other couple raise our baby? We could give our son or daughter a home filled with more love then he or she would ever need. I don't care if we're young, I don't care if we'll both mess up a lot with the raising of our kid, Brooke will be an amazing mother and I'm proud to say she's carrying my kid."
Karen nodded and kissed her son's forehead, "You're right. We can figure it out as we go along. Just know I'm here for both of you every step of the way."
"Thanks mom. I'm sure that will mean a lot to Brooke. She needs someone."
"You make it clear to her that when the baby is born, she can move in with us until you two go off to college."
Lucas nodded, "Thanks mom."