Rating: R I don't think it's that bad but better safe than sorry.

Disclaimer: don't own anything so don't sue.

X- -X characters thoughts.

Chapter 9

"Mom... What's the big deal?" Haley signs, "It's not like Luke hasn't spent the night here before".

"That was different".

"How?"

"Well, for starters he was fully dressed and you weren't wearing his sweater and nothing but".

"Mrs James, I can explain…" Lucas tries

"Luke this is none of your business so be quiet and by the way I'm so calling your mom".

Haley has no idea if it's the ranging hormones or what but that statement really pisses her off.

"DON'T YOU DARE TALK TO LUKE THAT WAY!" she screams in her mother's face, "I'M FED UP WITH YOUR CONDESCENDING TONE AND THAT I SOMEHOW NEED YOUR APPROVAL ON EVERYTHING I DO. I'M NOT A KID ANYMORE YOU KNOW! AND BESIDES IF I WANTED TO I COULD SLEEP WITH EVERY GUY IN SCHOOL AND IT WOULDN'T BE ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS. GOT IT!" she continues without batting an eye at her mother's shocked expression.

"What's all the shouting about?" Ryan asks as he sticks his head into Haley's room and takes in the scene with a furious little sister wearing only a big sweater and behind her Lucas stands in just his sweats. It doesn't take long for him to connect the dots and when he does a huge smile appears on his face.

"Way to go sis. I didn't know you had it in you."

"Ryan, Go to your room!" Mrs James tells him.

"And miss this? No way."

"Ryan Christopher James go to you room NOW!"

"She used the middle name. Good luck siz" Ryan mutters under his breath before disappearing to his room.

"And as for you two" Mrs James turns her attention back to Haley and Lucas "Be downstairs in five minutes" she says and walks out wearing a stern expression.

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"Well as far as abrupt wake up calls go I would say that one tops the chart" Lucas says first thing when the door has slammed shut behind Mrs James.

"How dare she! It's not like she can dictate for me what to do."

"I think she knows that and that's what's scaring her shitless at the moment, but logic aside I must say you sleeping with the whole school was a nice touch.

"It wasn't it?" Haley laughs as she goes to hug Luke and snuggles her face to her favourite spot on his neck.

"I can't believe you said that."

"Either can I" Haley's muffled response is.

She then slowly pulls away from him and takes his sweater off with a smirk and revealing her naked body.

"Hales, what do you think you are doing?"

Before answering Haley simply throws the sweater at him knowing he will get the hint.

"Giving you your clothes back" she then innocently says as she stands there showing no signs of getting dressed.

"Your little tease" Lucas says with his own smirk as he inches closer to her until he has closed the gap between them.

"And as much as I would love to take you up on that, I don't think your mom would appreciate it, so you get dressed missy".

"You're no fun" Haley pouts.

"O really? Come to my unsupervised place tonight and I'll finish this".

"Finish what?"

Instead of answering her with words Lucas pulls her in for a kiss that leaves her breathless.

"That".

"Oh I'll so be there".

"Good, now get dressed".

"Yes sir". Haley salutes him before she starts looking for some clothes.

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Down in the kitchen Mrs James is getting restless and is about to go up and get them when they finally appears in the doorway to the kitchen holding hands to her annoyance.

"It's about time".

"And hi to you too, mom".

"Don't be a smartass. It doesn't help your cause and how can you stand there and say hi to me like nothing just happened upstairs. Where do you get the guts to do that in my own home. I certainly thought I raised you better than that"

"How I dare? What about you?"

"What about me? I'm just reacting to what I see".

"And hence the problem. I don't see what the big deal is.!"

"The big deal Haley is that you, my teenage daughter, are having sex in my house because you are aren't you?" Mrs James asks clinging on to that last piece of hope she posses that she is wrong.

"Yes I, or rather we do and last time I checked I live here too".

"Haley, I'm so disappointed in you. What happened with you waiting until you get married?"

"Oh get off those high horses of yours will you? It isn't like you waited, I can count you know".

"What's that suppose to me?"

"Ryan is born eight months after your wedding and I've seen picture of him as a baby and premature my ass besides I never said I would wait you just assumed I would".

Throughout this whole argument Lucas has been sitting quiet thinking of his own mother's reaction, but at this point he feels the need to help Haley out.

"Mrs James", he starts calmly before launching into his rehearsed speech" You know I would never hurt Hales and since I've known her for most of my life I can honestly say that I've never heard her say that she wants to wait to have sex until she gets a ring on her finger. She is the strongest, smartest and most independent person I know and because of that I can assure you she is capable of making her own decision without any influence from either one of us. Granted I haven't always liked what she has decided but respected her enough to not cut her out of my life because of it and all I'm asking from you is to do the same."

"The nerve you have Lucas Scott sitting here telling me what my daughter is like, I know her thank you very much."

"No you don't mom. You have this picture of the perfect daughter in your head, one that does everything you want her to do, one that never does anything wrong, the straight A student that volunteers her every single free moment, But I'm not that person why can't you see that? I'm not perfect, I'm just human and I make mistakes too you know."

"So you admit this was a mistake?"

"NO, IT WASN'T", Lucas answers the question aimed at Haley,

"Luke, I wasn't asking you besides I think it's time for you to leave"

"Mom, you can't just throw him out" Haley tiredly says.

"Hales, its ok. I have to go anyway", Lucas assures her and gives her a peck on the lips before he gets up and leaves.

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After he has left the air kind of disappears from the fight and Mrs James sits down heavily on the chair next to Haley.

"Sweetie I just want you to be safe. Can you understand that?"

"I do mom, but you have to trust me enough to let me live my own life".

"I know one day, but not yet. You're still a child Haley, my child."

X -That's is with child-X

"So was last night your first time or have I missed something more?" Mrs James continues.

"No you haven't. Last night was my first time" Haley lies to her teeth knowing all too well that if she lets the truth slip her mom will figure things out.

"Okay then, I think you and Luke need to take sometime apart and slow things down."

"What? I thought you were going to trust me"

"I do trust you, but you are in way over your head on this one. Haley you have your entire life ahead of you, there is no need to rush things."

"Meaning?"

"You're way too young to have a sexual relationship".

"Unbelievable. And I guess it doesn't matter what Luke and I feel we're ready for?"

"Luke is a boy of course he is ready for it and I understand the pressure he has put you under and that's why I don't want you to see each other for a while. Some time and distance will remove that pressure and let you think clearly again, which means you don't need to have sex when you really doesn't want to"

"Mom listen carefully to me, Luke hasn't pressured me in any way or form ok? I like sex and I like having it with him! It's like he said I'm completely capable of making my own decisions and that's exactly what I have done. . So butt out ok?" Haley tries one last time

"I think you're delusional but we'll have a lot of time to talk about it since you're grounded."

"You're kidding right?" Haley asks not believing what she is hearing.

Haley's mom shakes her head.

"You're not kidding. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Haley screams as she storms out of the room.

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Lucas homecoming isn't exactly a hoot either. Worn out and lost in his own thoughts he doesn't notice his mom watching him from behind the counter at least not until she speaks up.

"Hi there stranger"

"Mom, I didn't see you there."

"So I noticed. A piece of advice for future references if you want to sneak in taking the way through the café isn't a good move".

"Got it".

Lucas starts making his way towards the stairs

X- Wow that was easy -X

"Hold it right there Mister! I'm not done yet", Karen's voice breaks into his thoughts.

X- I knew it was too good to be true -X

With a sense of dread Lucas obiently goes and sits down by the counter waiting for the speech he knows is coming and sure enough his mother starts talking in the voice reserved for him when he is in big trouble.

"Let's pretend for a second I'm not mad at you for staying out all night, I got a very interesting phone call from Haley's mom a little while ago. Care to explain that to me?"

"Not really to tell you the truth."

"Well tough. Ever planned on telling me you're dating Haley?"

"Actually we aren't officially dating because I'm still together with Peyt. It's all a huge mess right now and I'm not ready to deal with it just this minute. Ok?", Lucas's eyes are pleading with his mom to drop it but he senses pretty fast that's not in the stars today and simply tries to reveal some tension by rubbing his temples.

"For all of your sakes I think you need to figure out what you want fast, before you all end up heart broken".

"I know I want Haley, so that's not the problem. The problem is actually… I can't even explain it. Let's just say it's very complicated."

Lucas signs and drops his head on the counter.

"Complicated as in we are having sex complicated?

Lucas's head bolts up when he hears his mom's question, or rather statement.

"So she did tell you everything."

"You could say that"

"So the question now is, how mad are you on a scale from one to ten?"

"I'm not mad Luke, I know how it feels believe it or not but I was young once. I'm just surprised that you chose Haley. Don't get me wrong it's not like I expected you to stay a virgin for the rest of your life but for me as a mother I still see you as this little boy that used to hang after me, so it all happened a little faster than I thought it would, or I'm not keeping up with you as I used to. Either way I hope you're safe".

At this moment Lucas decides he needs to tell someone about the situation he has found himself in and get some advice from an outside party and who is better than his mother that has sort of been there herself.

"Yes and no."

"What's that suppose to mean?" Karen asks suspiciously her voice going up an octave or two.

X- Maybe I shouldn't tell her after all, O God she is going to kill me, what was I thinking? I can't tell her! –X

Lucas thoughts leads him to get up and start pacing.

"Luke"

X- Come on think Scott, there got to be a way out of this -X

Signing he draws a hand through his hair and upon seeing his mom's face starts talking in what he hope is a convincing manner.

"We're now but we weren't our first time since it wasn't anything we planned it's just happened, we kind of got lost in the moment ya know",

X- Nice work Scott, real convincing. There is no way in hell mom is going to buy that one -X

"Luke what are you talking about?"

X- Or maybe she will? -X

However what Lucas hadn't count was that his face expression would clue Karen in on what was going on because one look at his face is all she needs for the pieces to fall together, his zombie like state as of late, Haley's constant trips to the bathroom with her hand covering her mouth, the absent mind ness from both their parts, the sudden unwillingness to serve coffee, Haley's fainting episode a day ago and Lucas's current stammering about being safe and not being safe,

"O my God. I'm so stupid. Haley is pregnant isn't she?"

In surrender Lucas nods his head.

"Oh honey".

X- Not what I expected -X

A moment later Karen does something even more unexpected when she walks around the counter and sits down next to her son and gives him a hug. Lucas clings on to her like his life depended on it, crying like a baby letting it all out, while Karen gently strokes his back teary eyed herself.

"Look Luke, I'm not going to pretend I'm happy about this because believe I'm not. I don't think I can stress that fact enough, but I can't really go ballistic on you for something I've done myself besides I think you've seen both the rewards and hardship that being a young parent bring, the sleepless nights, the laughs, the tears, the economic struggle, the prejudices etc."

"Mom how did you know you were ready to have me?"

"I just did. Call it a gut feeling or whatever I just knew."

"I don't know what to do. Please tell me what to do." Lucas weakly asks her.

"I can't do that. What is your heart telling you?"

"It's saying that I love Hales and wants kids someday, but I'm not sure if someday is so soon. I don't know if I'm ready to become a father and I don't want to mess up like Dan did."

"How far along is she?"

"10 weeks".

"10 weeks! How long has this been going on!" Karen looks at Lucas waiting for an answer.

"Mom like I said it's complicated and I don't really want to get into details at this moment ok?"

"Sorry I got I little sidetracked there what I was going to say was that you still have some time to decide what you want. Both of you need to think long and hard about this".

"I know. And mom please don't tell anyone".

"I won't"

"Thanks, you're the best". Lucas says to his mom before he jumps up and escape upstairs.

X- Oh I doubt that. Geez some mom I'm letting my son get into the same mess as I was. Oh God I didn't want this for you Luke –X

"Excuse me miss", a costumer brings Karen back to the present.

"Yes what can I help you with?" she asks going back in service mode.

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That evening Lucas is sitting watching TV when there is a knock on the door and despite his comfortable position on the couch he goes to open it and reveals a soaking wet Haley on his door step.

"You came". He states and a big smile covers his face.

"Yeah, well what are windows for? Besides we have some unfinished business if memory serves right".

"I see. So you want to come in?"

"That would be great yeah".

Lucas steps aside and lets her in wrapping her in his arms.

"You're shaking".

"Yeah, I'm a bit cold".

"Go and take a hot shower and borrow some clothes from me or mom".

"I think I'll take you up on that".

"Ok, I'll be waiting, now go on" Lucas says slapping her playful on her as.

"Ok, ok I'm going" Haley laughs.

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Haley disappears upstairs and Lucas returns to the couch but he barely has put his butt down before there is another knock on the door and this time it's Peyton standing outside.

"Hi Peyt". Lucas greets her trying to sound happy and chirper.

"We need to talk", Peyton answers him in a serious tone of voice.

"Now really isn't a good time for me" Lucas tries being evasive full well remembering Haley upstairs in the shower.

"Hence the problem Luke. I don't feel like you have time for me or us these days and I've tried to be understanding I really have, but I can't keep pretending that I understand anymore cuz the truth of the matter is I don't and I'm tired of feeling like I come in second to everything else in your life".

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that this isn't working, at least not for me. Either you make time for our relationship in your busy schedule or we're through".

"I'm sorry you feel that way, but it doesn't change anything for me. And since I agree that you deserve someone who can pay his full attention to you I think it has to be over."

"Not what I was hoping for. Luke, what happened to us? I mean it can't be boredom because it has only been about two months".

Precisely this moment Haley chooses to come down the stairs wearing a couple of Luke's old sweatpants and a white t-shirt.

"Luke, I hung my clothes in..."she begins but stops dead in her tracks when she sees Peyton.

"I see" comprehension dawns on Peyton the moment she sees Haley and without another word she turns around and runs down the driveway to her car.

"Peyton wait, PEYTON!" Lucas screams after her to no wail. "SHIT!" he swears as he slams the door shut.

"What just happened here?" Haley asks confused.

"Peyton and I just broke up."

"Oh I'm sorry. I know you wanted to make it a "good" break-up" now it's Haley turn to offer a comforting hug before she continues" And not to add to your misery but we can't put up making a decision anymore. I need to know your thoughts about this."

"I know. I told my mom earlier today.

"You did WHAT?"

"Well your mom really opened that can of worms by her phone call and I decided to tell mom cuz I needed some advice but in the end I chickened out but apparently not until I had spilled enough for her to connect the dots herself".

"So she did call then I wasn't really sure if she did. Now to the million dollar question how did she take it?"

"As well as can be expected. She didn't scream or anything but I could tell she was really disappointed in me. Anyway she gave me some good advice and I've been thinking about our situation non-stop the entire day and the conclusion I came to is this."

TBC

I wanted to show two different sides I've experience about teens' sexuality. Karen's point of view is the one I've grown up with while Mrs James's is what I got from my former boyfriend's host family where we weren't allowed to see each other at their house unless someone besides us was home and then I was 20 and he 19. If I succeeded in showing these two different sides or not you'll be the judged off.