A/N: Sorry for the delay, but I got kind of busy. Anyways, the italics in this chapter are when the kids are talking to the guidance counselor. It's more of a flashback of sorts. Also, we will find out what Keith and Karen are having.
"So, Haley, what are your plans after you graduate?"
"I've always wanted to go to Stanford. I went with my sister when she was looking at different colleges."
Nathan and Haley walk into their apartment hand in hand. Things were going great for them, but today they had found out that their dream schools are far away from each other.
"Haley, nobody is telling you that you can't go to Stanford even if you're married."
"I know that. It's just hard because before I was married, I thought Stanford was my future but all those different faces I remember, all those different people, none of them are Nathan."
Nathan sits on the couch next to his wife.
"Haley, quit worrying about everything. We will figure it out. We'll figure it out together."
"Why do you want to go to Duke?"
"It's always been that way. The plan has always been Duke and then the NBA."
"Who started the plan?"
"Dan."
"Do you know when they say that sophomore year is always the hardest?" Haley nods her head. "Well I think they are wrong, senior year is the hardest because now we have to think about our future because it's starting. Once we get that diploma, we are on our own."
"What about you Nathan? Take Dan out of the equation. What do you want?"
"It's just hard because the game was the only thing that mattered to me, till Haley came along."
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"What do you want to do after high school?"
"I never used to think about it much. It was only me, but now I have my daughter."
Brooke walks into her daughter's room and frowns. Sophia was sitting in the middle of her room with clothes all over the place.
"Sweetie, what are you doing?"
Sophia looks up at her mother with an innocent expression.
"Nothing."
Brooke kneels down next to her daughter.
"Why are all your clothes everywhere?"
Sophia pouts. "You too."
Brooke laughs.
"Honey, I'm making those. So I can get some money."
"Me too."
"Having a child brought you into a different perspective didn't it?"
"Yeah it did. Now I think if I don't go to college when Sophia gets to be my age where she has to make a decision. Am I going to be okay if she doesn't want to go? The other part of me is that if I do go, what am I going to miss? Who will take care of Sophia while I am in class? There are just a lot of questions that I don't have answers for."
Sophia crawls into her mother's lap and smiles at her.
"I uv you."
Brooke smiles down at her daughter and kisses her forehead.
"I love you, too. You may not understand this now, but when it's time for you to pick a college, do what's best for you and not anyone else, not me, not a boyfriend, just for you. You won't have anything else to worry about because you're not getting pregnant."
Brooke looks down again and frowns. Sophia was just staring at her.
"I'll tell you again when you're older."
"Truth is I really don't like to think about college because that means high school's over. After graduation, everyone will probably go play basketball or sing or start record labels and I'll have to start all over alone. I'm sure I'll be fine but like I said, I don't like to think about it."
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"I don't want to go to college. I've just never been interested in it. My birth mom never went to college."
"Okay, so we got permission from Haley. She wants to sing on the label. We also have Jack's Mannequin and a handful of others."
Ellie nods her head and glances down at the cardboard sitting in front of her.
"Alright, so we are still waiting on confirmation for one more band. Now all we need is a title for the album."
Peyton looks at the list names and smirks.
"Anything is better than The Album."
Ellie smiles and nods her head.
"That's true. Is something wrong Peyton?" Ellie asks once she sees the sadness in Peyton's face.
"We were talking with our guidance counselor about college and I just told her I didn't want to go."
"Why not? I could see you major in something like art or business."
Peyton shrugs her shoulders. "You didn't go to college and you're just fine."
"I live paycheck to paycheck. It works for me, but Peyton, trust me on this. You are going to do so much more in life than I ever could. You told me about that Jake guy, and how you loved him and he was your friend first. I admitted that because all I had were friends with benefits and it was never any good. But you fell in love and that's the best feeling in the world."
Peyton nods her head and sits down on the bed. Ellie broke the silence a few minutes later.
"I think I know a title for the album. What do you think about Friends with Benefit?"
"So I think I want to study art and music and maybe business, any suggestions?"
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"What do you want to do Lucas?"
"I always wanted to play basketball, but thanks to my heart condition, I won't be doing that anytime soon. So many things have changed in a short two years. I was adopted by my uncle. I became a dad. I got to try things again with Brooke. Things change and I don't know if I want to leave it."
Keith, Karen and Lucas were sitting in the waiting room of the Doctor's office. Karen was seven months pregnant and today she will be finding out what sex the baby is.
"Are you sure you guys are okay with me being here?" Lucas asks hesitantly.
"Of course Lucas, we want you here," Karen says to her son.
"Yeah, Luke, aren't you excited to see if you are having a little sister or a little brother?"
Lucas smiles and nods his head.
"Yeah, I am. I can't wait to find out."
"At the end of the day, I just want to be with my family and friends. I want to play basketball and I want to go to college. That's not too much to ask now is it?"
"Mrs. Scott?" a nurse from the doorway asks.
Karen and Keith stand up and Lucas stays in his seat.
"I'll just stay here. Go see your baby," Lucas states with a grin.
Karen and Keith walk into the room and Karen got herself situated on the table.
"I'm excited to find out what we are having," Keith says with a smile.
"So, am I Keith, so am I."
The Doctor comes in with a smile.
"How is our patient this afternoon?" The doctor asks with a genuine smile.
"I'm doing well. I'm excited though."
The Doctor nods his head and gets everything situated.
"So, this may be a little cold…alright here we go."
Keith and Karen listen to the heart beat on the monitor, but something was wrong. Keith and Karen both knew something was wrong. This wasn't like Lucas' heartbeat when Karen was pregnant with him.
"Doctor, why is the heart beating so fast?"
The doctor looks at the screen and moves the wand on Karen's stomach around.
"Well, look at that, someone was playing hide and seek."
"What does that mean?" Karen asks concerned.
"What you were hearing wasn't one heart beat. It was two."
"Twins?" Keith asks.
The doctor smiles.
"Yes, congratulations."
Keith looks at Karen who has tears in her eyes.
"Would you like to know the sex of the babies?"
"Yes," both Karen and Keith say simultaneously.
"Baby number one is a girl."
"Lily," Karen whispers with tears in her eyes. Keith grabs Karen's hand and continues to look at the screen.
"And baby number two is a boy."
"Levi," Keith says with a grin. "Levi and Lilly."
A/N: I hope all of you are satisfied. Almost everyone said they wanted them to have twins so I thought why not do it.
