A/N: Oh my word I totally forgot that I never UD this story! lol! Deep apologies!

Chapter 23

A few months later Lucas and Brooke was still living with them – having decided that it would be best if they stayed till after the baby was born. Brooke had also been the one to suggest that her wedding be postponed till after the birth…so Haley could walk down the aisle with her without looking to bad. Of course that had sent Haley down misery lane as she felt that she was fat. Nathan had a lot of trouble with Haley's forever changing moods and had upset her more than once all ready. Lucas had been very careful but had supported Haley all the time – a lot more when it was only the two of them at home. He had started walking and was back to his old self. Without the basketball…which he wasn't to sad about. It was time…he had said and the rest had excepted it. The press though had not. They hounded Lucas down and since they had heard the truth of Haley she was on their hit list as well. Suddenly she was being asked questions of who was the father of her child: Nathan, Chris or Lucas? Was she having an affair when she was with Chris? General stuff that seemed to hurt Haley more than anyone else could ever imagine. Keith was the one that actually came to the rescue.

"I am here on behalf of Lucas Scott and his family and Haley Scott and hers. Lucas is recovering very well but has, as previously stated, stopped basketball for good and wishes to be left in peace. Haley Scott and her husband Nathan wish to be left alone. They would like it to be known that she was married to Nathan and never had anything other than a working relationship with Chris Keller. It is also very much Nathan's child and they are very happy…now if any of you mess with any of these people there will be reprocutions. Thank you." Keith had said and gave them the death glare that had given Haley and Lucas nightmares when they were younger. From then on the press had left them all alone. Thank goodness for Keith.

It was finally the day that Nathan had been waiting for since he had first heard that Haley was pregnant…they were finding out the sex of the baby. Of course he had promised Haley that it had nothing to do with the bet he and Lucas had…Lucas and Brooke just wanted to come along. So in the end…there was Nathan and Haley waiting in the waiting room when Lucas, Brooke, Peyton, Jake, Keith, Karen, Cherise, Skills, Mouth, Bevin, Tim and James arrived. The nurse stared as the group all walked in and the doctor made his way to them.

"My goodness…well if it isn't this whole lot again! I haven't seen you guys in a long time…last when Cherise was born. I guess your all here to find out the sex of Haley's baby?" he said and they nodded enthusiastically.

"Well there is only place for two people with Haley. One of course is the father, Nathan, and the other you have to decide under yourselves. But I will be nice and arrange for a private room where the rest of you can wait. I'll give you a few minutes while you decide." He said and left to get the room ready. The group shared glances as all of them really wanted to go with. Then Haley looked to Nathan and it was as if he could read her mind. He turned to the group.

"I know all of you want to be there and we hate not having all of you there with us. But we have a special request for a very special person to come with us. As you guys know my parents are not alive anymore and Haley's parent's are not in the country…but we would both love to have our parents with us. So we would love it if our 'mom' would come with us." He said and they all stared at each other.

"Karen…we would be honored if you would join us." Haley said and Karen teared up. The rest were not angry for not being chosen as they all knew how much Karen was like a mother to Haley and Nathan. She walked to Haley and gave the girl a big hug.

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After the general check-up it was finally the moment they were all waiting for. The doctor came in and set Haley up before he started the machine. Haley and Karen both teared up as they saw the little baby on the monitor. Nathan and Haley smiled to each other and the doctor turned to them…shock all over his face.

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Nathan and Haley walked out and Karen followed still with tears in her eyes. The rest stood up, waiting for the good news. But for a while long it was just silent and the group felt uncomfortable as they saw that the threesome were all looking down.

"Oh God something's wrong isn't it?" Brooke asked and she pulled Lucas closer to her.

"Nate, Hales…come on you guys this is scaring us." Lucas said and they could all hear through his voice that he to was frightened. They were after all as close as any group could be. You could say that they were rather family. So this scared the hell out of them all. James, being the only one able to get his feet to react and to move to them, walked closer to them and stopped in front of them.

"Tell us what's wrong…" he said but from the tone of his voice you could swear it sounded more like a command. Keith handed Cherise to Peyton and walked to his wife who broke down in his arms. Now they were all scared as hell.

"Oh my god…something major is wrong…" Peyton breathed and Jake pulled her to him. But still though all this Nathan and Haley still kept quiet as they held each other protectively, never once meeting the other people's gazes. Nathan's eyes were far off while Haley had totally closed her eyes…to keep out the world around her.

"Please you guys…please tell us…we want to know. We want to help." They heard and they recognized the voice. It was Tim…who had been quiet till now. Haley seemed to be pulled out of her own world and Nathan started focusing on the group. His eyes drifted over all of them and finally landed on Lucas. Lucas was taken aback by the fear and sadness in his brother's eyes and he was sure it mirrored his own.

"The baby…the baby might be…" he didn't get to finish his sentence as everything finally got to much for Haley and she broke down and fell to the ground. James grabbed her before she could fall and Nathan raised his hands to his face and cried. Then he slid down to the floor.

"Oh god!" Lucas said as he ran to his brother and tried to shake him.

"Nate? Nate! Answer me!" he yelled to his brother who didn't seem to respond. The gang watched as Nathan looked up at his brother with tears streaming down his face.

"Luke?" he asked almost like a small child wanting comfort from his older brother.

"Nate, I'm here man…talk to me." Lucas responded and Nathan pulled him into a big hug.

"The baby…it might…die…" Nathan's voice trailed off.

A/N: OMG! Okay I did not just type that! LOL! Okay so here is the deal…now I am waiting for your response on whether I should continue or not because that is going to be the deciding factor in what happens in the next chapter. So tell me what you think I should do…and so don't hate me for this. Lol! Waiting to hear from you all!