Chapter 5
"Go Ravens Go!" are being chanted in Three Hill's gymnasium as the basketball game enters its last minute in the fourth quarter. Ravens are going towards the predicted win and there is no real excitement left since Ravens is so far ahead point wise. Haley is also there sitting among her peers watching but at the same time seeing for the first time just how little a win matters in the big scheme of things.
Nothing like a pregnancy scare to get things into perspective huh Haley?
Her plan is still to talk with Lucas right after the game because this way he can concentrate on this game before his life possibly changes forever.
At the buzzer the boy in question shoots and makes the last points of the game to the crowds cheering. After the usual congratulations and general chaos that erupts after a game, the gymnasium empties so fast that Haley doesn't have a chance to catch Lucas before he hits the showers with the rest of the players, so instead she decides to wait for him outside the locker-room, which is where she stands when the all too familiar nauseated feeling hits her head on and she starts running to the nearest restroom.
"OUT OF MY WAY!" she screams as she enters the girls' restroom and dives into the closest booth, in effect startling every girl present. After what feels like an eternity of watching all her food consummation for the last say decade in reverse she dares to stand up although she still is dizzy and because of this dizziness she lazily leans into the booth's door for a while but seeing it won't go away she deals with it as always these days and go out to the sinks. There she rinses her mouth with some water hoping it will freshen her breath a bit since she forgot her toothbrush at home this morning and she then proceeds by taking a few deep calming breaths for her nerves before going out to find Lucas, hoping he hasn't gone home yet.
Luckily for Haley Lucas is running late and comes out of the locker-room at the same time as she comes around the corner.
"Luke Wait up!"
"Hales", Lucas happily stops waiting for her to catch up and when she does he picks her up and spins her around something that doesn't agree with her already upset stomach.
"Put me down now"
Lucas instantly recognizes Haley's I-mean-business-voice and puts her down as fast as he can.
"We need to talk" Haley states as soon as she has her feet on the ground again.
"Can we do it later? I'm running late to a date with Peyt".
"How can I put this mildly o yeah. NO WAY IN HELL! HOW ABOUT THAT?" she screams.
Lucas throws his bag on the floor in frustration after Haley's little tantrum, thinking here we go again.
"THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT, I CAN'T WIN WITH YOU. NO MATTER WHAT I DO THESE DAYS YOU'RE REACTING LIKE A BITCH AND YOU KNOW WHAT, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!",Lucas screams back at her being fed up of her attitude as of late.
To his surprise Haley starts crying and if it's anything he can't stand it's Haley crying and all his anger disappears as fast as it came.
"Hales why are you crying?" he asks concerned, his voice being back to normal.
"You screamed at me."
"I'm sorry."
He tries hugging her but that doesn't go down well and Haley worms her way out of his embrace.
"I don't need your pity".
"That's it I give up. Your emotions are all over the place."
"Yeah I know", Haley signs. "That's why we need to talk now" she continues.
"Ok, so talk"
"I think, I might, maybe, possibly, could be…"
"Hales just spit it out"
"Pregnant" she chokes out.
"WHAT?"
"I mean I'm not sure. I kinda need your help to buy a pregnancy test so I can you know pee on a stick and find out and before you say anything I tried to buy one earlier today but my brother was there and I chickened out."
"Smart move. So when do you need this assistance of mine?"
"Now"
"Now?"
"Yeah please Luke, I did my period math today and let me tell you with those odds I have to know tonight, one way or another".
"Fine, I meet you at your place in 20 minutes",
"Ok"
The next 20 minutes goes slower than anything Haley has ever experienced in her life but finally she sees the familiar pickup pull up on the driveway and a nervous looking Lucas steps out.
"You got it?"
"I got it".
"Shall we?"
"After you"
They walk inside and after changing pleasantries with her parents they head upstairs to Haley's room, where she grabs the test and goes to the bathroom to take it. A couple of minutes later she enters the room again with the test hidden underneath her sweater and finds Lucas pacing.
"Hey if you don't stop that, you're going to wear a hole in my floor"
"Hey so?"
"We have to wait for five minutes".
"Oh"
Haley lays the test on the bed and puts the alarm on five minutes. They then both take a seat on each side of it on the bed and proceeds staring at it.
"We should probably be doing something to keep our minds occupied because it's not going to go faster no matter how much we stare at it.", Haley finally says breaking the silence.
"Right."
Haley flips on the TV trying to find something to watch but gives up after some channel surfing and shuts it off.
"Hales, one question"
"Shoot"
"How come you figured out you could be pregnant now? I mean we had sex months ago."
"Something my mom said this morning."
"Your mom knows!"
"Do I look dead to you?
"Well…"
"It was rhetorical Luke, but nice to know where you're standing concerning my looks. So no my mom doesn't know but she was bugging me to go to the doctor to get checked up since I've been a little under the weather lately and I didn't think I needed that so she made a crack about if I were having sex she would think I were pregnant. Anyway it got me thinking and here we are".
At this point Lucas's cell rings and prevents any further conversation.
"Hello", he answers slightly annoyed.
"Hello to you too. Where the hell are you?"
"Oh God Peyt, I forgot. I'm sorry but I can't make it".
"Why not?"
Because I might have knocked up my best friend
"It's hard to explain, I just can't".
Just then the alarm announces that the endless five minutes are up and they share an anxious look before Haley resolutely goes for it.
"Gotta go Peyt. Bye"
"Luke..."Peyton tries but he has already disconnected the call
"Luke can you check in the directions what blue means? I forgot"
"Sure"
Lucas finds the directions and gets white as a ghost when he sees the answer.
"Positive", he chokes out
TBC
I know you guys probably figured it out long before this but I wanted to show what denial can do.
