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Anyways, moving on here's the next chapter! (I don't know Deb's last name before she became a Scott so I'll use Woods, her real last name.)

Chapter 6

Toast To New Beginnings

It was Sunday morning, Brooke and Haley were over at Peyton's because they wanted to here about her date the night before. Nathan was helping his mom at her house getting ready for the family and friend get together barbeque she had prepared, it was a small party for the new graduates so everybody could celebrate together. The kids already celebrated the weekend before by going to Brooke's family's cabin. Lucas was...well nobody knew where he was.

"Sooooo, P. Sawyer how was it?" Brooke asked excited to hear about it.

"It was fun actually, I really like Jake, but there's something about him that I didn't expect." she said dropping the smile on her face.

"What is it, does he have an extra toe or something?" asked Brooke laughing.

"Ew, Noooo!" Peyton said slapping Brooke playfully. "He has a daughter."

"Oh." Haley said suddenly stopping her laughter.

"I see." said Brooke doing the same.

"Yea, I don't know how to feel about that, he's the same age as me, but he has a kid." Peyton said confused.

"If you want some advice, I say judge him by him and his personality, not by his daughter." said Haley looking on the better side of things.

"Yea, but it's his fault he even has a daughter, so that's kind of hard." she said dropping herself on the couch. "I don't know what to do!"

"Do you like him?" Brooke asked plainly.

"Yes! He's so nice and I feel so good when I'm around him!" she said smiling and getting in a better mood.

"Then there's your answer." she said giving Peyton a hug.

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Meanwhile, Lucas was at his house on the phone...

"When can I come and pick?"

"Yep, that'll work."

"Ok, sounds good, she's going to love it, bye."

He put down the phone and smiled. His mom came in, she was now feeling a little better about the pegnancy thing and was trying to be there for Lucas and Brooke.

"Mom, I just bought it." he said. "Thank you for helping me with this."

"Your welcome sweetie, this is what's best anyways." she said giving him a hug.

"And thank you for being so supportive now, mom." he said hugging her back.

"It's fine, I know what it feels like Luke, I was scared too, and what you need right now is a supportive parent." she said reassuring her son.

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Nathan was getting things ready outside for the barbeque that was happening in about two hours, and Deb was inside getting stuff. Brooke, Peyton, Lucas, and everybody else were coming later, Haley was coming over to Deb's to help too.

"Hey Hales, you didn't have to come and help, I didn't even want to help." Nathan said smiling.

"That's alright, I wasn't doing anything at home anyways and besides, I can't leave you here alone with your parents." she said kissing him on the cheek.

"Yea, on second thought, thanks for coming." he said going back to work. "You can go see my mom in the kitchen, I'm sure she has something you can do."

In the kitchen

"Hi Mrs. Sco-...Woods, sorry." Haley said feeling stupid.

"It's ok, sometimes I put Scott when I have to write my signature." she said laughing a little. "It'll take some getting used to again, and call me Deb."

"So, do you need any help with anything?" Haley asked politely.

"No, you need to relax." Deb said making her sit. "How are you feeling by the way?"

"Really good actually, exept for the morning sickness I'm fine." she said smiling.

"That's good...don't worry, it'll get worse." she said joking.

"Oh great." said Haley rolling her eyes. "I know it's dumb, but I'm actually scared."

"No, that's not dumb at all, you have every right to be scared." Deb said sitting down beside her. "But when that baby comes out and you look at it for the first time, all your fears and worries go away."

"Thanks, Deb."

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"Come on Brooke!" yelled Lucas from her kitchen. "You look beautiful, you always do."

"Errrrrr, shut up Broody!" she yelled back at him as she walked into the kitchen doing up her jean's button.

"There, now we can go." he smiled at her.

"Am I getting fat, Luke?" she asked with a pouty face.

"Yes, you are enormous!" he said joking around with her. "But I love you anyways."

"Shut up!" Brooke said putting on her shoes. "Ok, let's go."

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Everybody was there, except Dan of course. Deb got a restraining order, he lives at the beach house now. They were all talking and catching up on things.

"So what is the news about school you guys?" asked Karen.

"Well, Brooke and I are waiting for the baby to come and then when he or she gets a little older we will go to college." Lucas explained taking a sip of his lemonade. "We will do fine until then because Nathan and me will be co-coaching the Ravens since Whitey retired and Brooke has her clothing line."

"I see you've thought this through." Karen said pleased. "What about you and Nathan, Haley?"

"We have the same plan, except I will be continuing at the cafe as you know." explained Haley.

"And you Peyton?" she asked again.

"I'm going to the art school on the other side of town." Peyton continued. "I don't want to leave because I wouldn't see my dad when he came home, so I'm doing my art here."

"Well it's good to see that all of you have a plan." said Deb getting up. "I would like to make a toast. You five have graduated and now it is time to move on with your lives. I'm happy to see that all of you are trying to achive the best in life even if you have to compromise. There is a lot ahead of you, a lot more for Lucas and Brooke, and Nathan and Haley, but you will get through it because you care, and have so much love for eachother. Congratulations Nathan, Haley, Brooke, Peyton, and Lucas, here's to new beginnings."

Everybody clanked their lemonade glasses and thanked Deb. It was getting late and everybody had things to do so they decided to get going.

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Peyton was getting ready to go to sleep when she decided to call Jake.

"Hey, what are you doing?" she asked him smiling.

"Oh Hey Peyt, I was just putting Jenny to bed, but she's being pretty fussy." he said difficultly.

"I'm sorry I called maybe I should go." she said regreting calling him.

"No,it's ok I was going to call you when I got her to sleep anyways." he said putting Jenny down in her crib that she was growing out of. "Do you want to come over tomorrow night? You can meet Jenny and we could watch a movie or something." he asked kindly.

"Sure, sounds fun." she said smiling again because she was so falling for this guy.

"Ok, byyyye Peyton." he said in a cute voice that made her melt inside.

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Back at Nathan and Haley's apartment.

"Nathan, are you still going to be attracted to me when I get fat?" Haley asked looking at herself in the mirror in the bedroom.

"Haley, I would love you if you were fat all the time, and your not going to be fat, just carrying our child." he said smiling and wrapping his arms around her.

"Thank you." she said turning around and hugging him. "I love you."

"I love you, too." he said kissing her softly.

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Back at Brooke's house, Lucas and her were getting ready to go to bed. Lucas was in the bathroom that was in Brooke's room in another room and Brooke was lying down already.

"Broody! Hurry up and come cuddle me, I'm cold!" she demanded not even opening her eyes because she was so tired.

"Hold on Cheery, I'll be right there, you know-" Lucas started rambling on and on about something she didn't even understand because she was to tired to listen anymore...

He finally finished with, "I love yo-" he stopped mid-sentence laughing quietly to a passed out Brooke, she looked so funny, yet Lucas loved every second of it. He shut the light off and laid down beside her.

"I love you, too." said Brooke sleepily while he smiled and put his arm around her.

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