Chapter 4: The Happy Couple and Funeral Thing
DISCLAIMER: If I owned them do you really think I'd be sitting here writing this? I'd either be working on season three or hanging out with the cast. I don't claim to own them. Never have, never will. And just to be safe, I don't own Pimp My Ride or Newlyweds either.
SUMMARY: Takes place after the finale. It's Brucas, Naley and later on a Jeyton. That's all I'm telling you for now because I don't wanna ruin the surprises.
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"You must be Haley. I'm doctor Evans. How have you been feeling Haley?" Dr. Evans asked Haley.
"I've been feeling fine. This is Nathan by the way." Haley said referring to Nathan.
"Hi Nathan. Are you the father?" Nathan nodded his head. "OK, today we will do a quick ultrasound to see how far along you are, then we'll weigh you to make sure you are gaining enough weight. Now this gel stuff I'm about to squirt on you is going to feel cold." The doctor explained while Haley nodded her head. The doctor squirting the gel on her stomach. Haley shivered because it was cold and Nathan really wanted to reach over and hold her hand, but he stopped himself because he was still hurting and that kind of hurt does not just go away. The doctor picked up his ultrasound wand thingy and moved it to Haley's tummy. He moved it around for a minute before talking. "See that right there? That is your baby."
"That tiny little dot right there?" Nathan asked. The doctor nodded.
"Isn't it a bit small?" Haley asked with a confused look on her face.
"No. It will get bigger as time progresses. Now, you are three and a half months along, therefore, you will be due on November 8. Now this is just an estimate. The baby could be born later than this date or even before. Now if you'll just wait a minute, I'll go get you some printouts, then I'll come back and weigh you." Dr. Evans said going out the door and leaving two dumbfounded teenagers in the examining room.
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"Oh my God Luke I am so sorry." Brooke said to Lucas.
" It wasn't your fault." Lucas said pulling Brooke to him. The cashier rang up their food and they quickly went home and put it all away before going to Deb's.
When they got to Deb's, Lucas didn't even bother knocking, he just walked in with Brooke following closely behind. They found Deb in the kitchen, dazed and holding the phone in her hand. "Deb, what happened?" Lucas asked.
"They are not really sure. There was a fire, and it looks like he died in that, but why he didn't try to escape doesn't make any sense, so they are running tests to see if any foul play was involved." Deb said letting a few tears fall. Brooke went and got Deb a glass of water. She had been here many times for parties when Nathan was still the badass of Tree Hill, then when Lucas was here, she was here a lot doing the friends thing when in reality they were both pining away for each other. "Mrs. Scott, why don't you go upstairs and rest. Lucas and I can try to get a hold of Nathan, and we'll call everyone else for you." Deb nodded still in a dazed like state and headed upstairs. After she was gone Brooke spoke again "Do you want to try and call him or should i?" Lucas took the phone from Brooke and dialed Nathan's cell. He was about to hang up when Nathan answered. "Hello?"
"Hey Nate its me. You need to get home man." Lucas said slowly trying to keep the emotion out of his voice. Even though him and Dan weren't on the best of terms, Lucas was still upset because Dan was his father. "Luke, what's going on?"
"Its Dan. He's dead."
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Peyton paced her floor back and forth waiting for Haley to get back with her car. Her head was about to explode at the moment. First, with Jake leaving, then Elizabeth popping into her life, then Haley coming back—a pregnant Haley nevertheless, plus now Dan was dead, which means she had a bunch of busy days coming up being there for Deb, Nathan, and Lucas. She was also feeling a little under the weather. Haley came running up the stairs. "You ready she asked?"
"As I'll ever be."
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Hours passed and it was finally just Deb, Nathan, Lucas, Haley, Brooke, Peyton, and May and Royal who were staying with Deb and Nathan for two weeks. After Lucas had gotten off the phone with Nathan, Brooke had made up a bunch of snacks for the people who were coming over, but now she was wondering why the hell she bothered because they now had enough food to feed a small nation.
Lucas and Nathan were off playing NBA Live, to help ease whatever emotions they were feeling. Deb and May were in the kitchen doing whatever mother and daughter-in-laws do. Royal had gone for a walk to help deal with the pain of losing his golden boy, and Brooke, Haley and Peyton were in the living room talking and catching up with one another. "So after all these years your dad chooses to leave out the whole 'oh Peyton you were adopted thing?'" Brooke asked trying to get the whole story straight. "Yup. And now I have no idea what I am going to do about this." Peyton replied.
"YOU really should talk to her." Brooke said.
" I know, but I'm not ready t o do that yet."
"Well let us know when you are. We could come with if you need us to."
"Thanks. You two are the best you know."
"I know, we try. And what about you Hales, have you and Nathan talked yet?"
"No. we were going to, then the cell phone rang. I already know what I'm doing. I'm keeping it whether he likes it or not. But guess what, Deb is making us act like a happy couple for this whole funeral thing." Haley replied pretending to be angry. Peyton and Brooke exchanged amused glances. Deb and May came into the living room.
"You should get going. Its getting late and we have an early morning ahead of us dearies." May said trying not to cry. The girls nodded and Brooke went to go get Luke. They all said their goodbyes and left.
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