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Chapter title is Switchfoot's "Dare You To Move"
Chapter Three: Dare You To Move
"Mom?" Haley glanced at her mother. "What's going on?"
Brooke nodded at her friend before looking at her father questioningly. "Yeah?"
Lydia and Mark Davis glanced at the other carefully before Lydia spoke up. "There's something we need to tell you girls." She looked back at Mark for support.
"About 17 years ago, Lydia and I had…well we had a little fling," Mark started but he didn't have a chance to explain any further.
"What!" Haley and Brooke exclaimed simultaneously as each turned to their respective parent.
Haley stepped away from her mother angrily, "You cheated on Dad?"
"Haley-bub, it's not like that," Lydia tried to get closer but Haley kept stepping away.
Brooke stepped in. "What are you guys trying to say?" She glanced at Haley, concerned. "Please tell me it's not what I'm thinking."
Haley sat down, "Oh my God." She rested her head in between her hands as the words sunk in.
"I found out I was pregnant," Lydia whispered. She looked at Brooke. "It was only a one night stand, I wasn't supposed to get pregnant. I was married!"
"And I was engaged," Mark tried again. He watched as his daughter tried to grasp what he was saying.
Brooke stepped closer to Haley unconsciously, "I don't understand."
Lydia sighed, "I was pregnant with twins." She closed her eyes for a split second as the words were spoken.
Two jaws dropped as the teenagers tried to grasp the situation. Haley was the first to speak, "You…I…Mr. Davis?...affair…twins?"
"Am I missing something here?" Brooke cut into Haley's rambling wanting to find out what exactly was happening. "Because Tutor girl and I can not be twins. We don't even look alike!"
"You two are fraternal twins," Mark smiled at the sight of his daughters standing in front of him, finally back together again.
"This can't be happening," Haley muttered. She jumped up to her feet. "Are you telling me that I…we…were the outcome of an affair?"
Lydia nodded, almost ashamed. "Haley I can explain."
Haley shook her head angrily. Her eyes, red from crying before, were now fuming. "I think you've done enough." She walked out of the room without a second look back.
Lydia went to go after her but Brooke stood in her way. "Stop and tell me what's going on!"
"Brooke," Mark stepped closer to his daughter.
"No!" Brooke exclaimed as she clutched a throw pillow tightly. "I have a right to know so just tell me what happened!"
Mark and Lydia exchanged looks before sighing and started to tell her the story. Mark went first. "Your mother..." He trailed off when he saw the look on Brooke's face. "Gloria and I were engaged when I met Lydia. She had just gotten into a fight with her husband and I was coming off a hard day at work. Gloria was away on a business trip and I was…well, I was lonely."
Brooke's eyes widened, "Are you telling me that you just couldn't keep it in your pants?"
"Brooke!" Mark admonished. She only glared at him. "Anyway it was just for that one night until Lydia told me she was pregnant. And with twins. I didn't know what to do."
"I told him that Jimmy and I would raise the babies and that he wouldn't have to tell his wife," Lydia cut in. "But then they found out that Gloria couldn't have children so he came to me and we decided that he would raise one twin while we raised the other."
Brooke couldn't believe what she was hearing. "And why are you telling us this now? Why didn't you tell us this sooner?"
Lydia sighed, "There was never a good time sweetie." She tried to step closer to Brooke, "And we really are sorry about that but you have to understand."
"Understand what!" Brooke shouted. She closed her eyes trying to calm herself down. "There was never a good time to say 'oh by the way Brooke, you and Hales are twins!' What's so hard about that?" She turned to her father, "And you! Is that why Mom never seemed to want anything to do with me?" She looked at him questioningly. "I always wanted siblings and when you always said that she couldn't have any, I just never got around to never having children at all!"
"Your mother loves you Brooke," Mark told her calmly. "She has always wanted you."
Lydia smiled weakly, "You've got a whole bunch of siblings to choose from now."
"Including Tutor girl," Brooke muttered as she sat down, letting everything wash over her as she reflected on everything that was just told to her. "This is unbelievable."
"Brooke," Mark sat down next to her. "Are you okay?"
Brooke shook her head not believing he just asked her that, "Are you crazy? How can I be okay with this? You guys just sprung this on us…I…I have to go." And with that, she left the room leaving the two adults by themselves.
"Brooke?" Peyton's voice stopped her as she left the room. "What's wrong?"
Lucas and Peyton reached her quickly and Brooke couldn't do anything but turn around slowly and glance at them wearily. "Nothing's wrong."
Lucas looked at her concerned. She obviously wasn't fine. "Brooke."
"I just…they…Haley…" She wasn't trying hard not to break down but her whole world was shattering in front of her. Everything she had ever known was a complete and total lie. Lucas finally couldn't take watching her cry in front of him and not do anything so he pulled her into his arms as she sobbed quietly.
"What about Haley?" Peyton asked as she heard her friend's name come out of the crying girl's mouth. "Is she okay?" She watched as Haley's mother and Brooke's father came out of a room. "What's going on Brooke?"
Brooke pulled away from Lucas slowly and saw her father coming towards her. "He's a liar."
Mark sighed as he reached her, "Brooke, let's go home, we can talk about it there." He glanced around nervously as the remaining guests seemed to focus on them.
"No!" Brooke exclaimed jumping back. "You can't just drop this bombshell on us and then expect us to be fine about it! You lied to us for 17 years!"
Peyton quickly stepped in between the fight, "What's going on?" She shared a confused glance with Lucas.
"Does this have something to do with Haley?" Taylor jumped in. "Is that why she ran out a few minutes ago in tears?"
Brooke turned at the voice. She looked at the girl in a newfound appreciation. This girl was not only Haley's older sister anymore, this was her sister too. "Yeah. Because our parents decided that they should stop lying to us at this point."
"Lying about what Brooke?" Lucas's patience was starting to wear out.
"About their affair," Brooke told them. Gasps could be heard throughout the room as everyone heard her words. "That's right. I said affair."
Taylor shook her head, "You're lying."
Another James girl pushed her way through the crowd. Brooke squinted at her through her tears trying to remember her name. Vivian? Quinn? It didn't really matter at this point. "What are you talking about?"
"Brooke," Mark breathed quietly. "Don't do this here, not now."
"Why not Daddy?" Brooke was quickly gaining control and she thrived in the opportunity. "I think now's the perfect time to tell everyone that the affair resulted in two children."
Taylor felt as if the air was knocked out of her, "What!"
"What?" Lucas repeated. His eyes widened as he realized what she was saying. "Wait are you saying that…?"
"Haley and I were the outcome of a one night stand between her mother and my father," Brooke spit out bitterly. She turned back to her father, "Fraternal twins; that's what you said, right Dad?" She shook her head. "Now everybody knows."
Taylor shook her head, not believing in what she had just heard. It couldn't be right, the girl in front of her had to be lying. She started up the stairs where only minutes ago her baby sister had run up and she soon followed in the footsteps of her mother toward Haley's room.
"Haley sweetie, open the door," Lydia knocked on the door softly trying to hear an answer.
"How could you?" Taylor's angry voice shot out through the long hallway. "How could you cheat on dad and tell everyone the day of his funeral?"
Lydia's eyes widened as she heard her daughter's voice, "Taylor."
"Don't Taylor me," Taylor spit out, "I can't believe you would do something like that." She walked over to her younger sister's room and could hear the soft sobs escaping through the door. "Haley-bub? Open the door, it's Tay."
The door opened slowly and Haley allowed her sister to walk in but not before Taylor shot their mother another glare.
Haley walked back over to her bed and picked up Mr. Waffles before getting back into her former position. "I'm guessing you know."
"Yeah," Taylor began pacing. She didn't know what else to do. "I can't believe this."
"You can't believe this?" Haley exclaimed. "I just found out that this total stranger is my real father and I have a twin sister I didn't even know about!"
Taylor sighed and walked over to the bed and laid down beside her sister. "Ok you win."
"I better win," Haley mumbled. She glanced at Taylor who was trying not to smile at her words. "I don't know what to do Tay."
"I know Hay," Taylor grabbed her hand and squeezed tightly. "We'll get through this."
Haley nodded absently, "What about Brooke? She's my…our sister." She paused, "I wonder how's she doing with this?"
"She wasn't very happy with her dad when I last saw her," Taylor admitted. She glanced at her sister. "I think she got Lucas or Blondie to take her home."
Haley rolled her eyes at Taylor's nickname for Peyton. She heard something outside the door before turning back to Taylor. "Is she still outside?"
Taylor didn't answer as she strained to hear the conversation that was taking place outside of Haley's room. She could distantly hear their mother's voice. "Yeah, I think Quinn and John are with her now." She could hear Haley sigh. "Don't worry about it Hales, I'm gonna be here with you through all of this, I promise."
"Thanks Tay," Haley gave her a small smile.
If only things could be that simple.
