Chapter Eleven

It's been two months since we found out that Lucas' book is being published and it's such a crazy and exciting time for us.The book is due out on the shelves in three weeks and neither one of us can wait. It's like waiting for a baby to be born.

Lucas sits typing on his laptop trying to concentrate on last minute details of the book but he can't. I'm in the bathroom throwing up again, like I have been for the past three days. This cannot be good he thinks to himself. He hears the toilet flush and then the sound of me brushing my teeth. I come out of the bathroom and collapse on the bed and bury my face into my pillow.

"Okay, you really need to go to the doctor. This is the third day that you've been sick. I'm really worried about you hun." Lucas tells me.

"I made an appointment with Dr. Gray this afternoon. I'm sure it's nothing. But I want to see if he can at least tell me something I can take to stop me from puking all the time."

"Good."

I fall asleep for a little while before my appointment. When I wake up, Lucas is fast asleep next to me with his arm over my waist, holding me protectively. I get up and put on my shoes and head to the doctor's office.

When I walk out of the doctors office an hour later, I'm in total shock. I sit in my car for ten minutes before my hands stop shaking long enough for me to put the key in the ignition. I drive home, speeding the whole way. My hands won't even stop shaking long enough so I can put my key in the lock.

I run upstairs to find Lucas working on his laptop again. "Hey." He puts the computer on the night table. "What'd the doctor say?" he asks. I sit on the edge of the bed and take a deep breath. Suddenly a tear slips down my cheek. Lucas sits up and hugs me tightly. "Peyton, what is it? What did he tell you?" I look into his eyes and smile slightly. "I'm pregnant." I whisper.

"What?" he whispers, almost disbelieving.

"I'm pregnant. The doctor said I'm ten weeks." I tell him

Now it's his turn to cry. He hugs me tightly stopping to kiss me over and over again. "Baby this is amazing. God that never even crossed my mind. I'm so happy right now." he tells me.

"So now I guess New York will not only be known as the place where your book was published but also where we concieved our baby." I laugh.

He takes a deep breath. "This is incredible."

"I honestly didn't know how you would feel about it." I admit softly.

"What do you mean?" he asks I sit next to him on the bed.

"Everything is happening so quickly. The wedding, the new house, your book being published and now a baby. I mean, you have so much going on for you with the book, I didn't want to ruin that for you, or get in the way of it." I explain.

Lucas cups my face in his hand. "Peyton, ever since we've been together I've wanted nothing more than to have a family with you. You know that. Right now, I could care less about what's going on with the book. We can make it work. All I'm concerned about is that my wife is carrying our child."

I smile. "I guess it's time for another group meeting for another big announcement."

Lucas laughs. "Yeah I guess it is. You call Nathan and Haley and Brooke and I'll call my mom and Keith."

Half an hour later, we're all assembled at the cafe' and everyone is waiting to hear what's going on.

"Okay guys, what's the big news this time? So far we've gone through a wedding, a new house, and a novel being published. There's nothing left!" Haley says.

I look up at Lucas and we both smile. He squeezes my hand. "We're pregnant. We're having a baby." he announces.

All we hear is happy cries of "Oh my God!" throughout the cafe. Karen and Keith run up and hug us both around the neck. "Well that was quick." Keith laughs. I blush as Lucas hugs his dad. Karen hugs me tightly. "I am so happy for you guys. You're going to make an amazing mother. You guys are going to be wonderful." she says. We're both crying. Keith wraps me in a tight hug. "You're the best thing that ever happened to him Peyton. Everyone knows that. We couldn't be happier for you guys."

I hug Nathan and Haley. "See, now I get to make fat jokes about you." Haley teases. I stick my tongue out. Nathan hugs me again. "I can't believe it. Peyton Scott, a mom." he says. "I know...this is definitely going to be an experience." I tell him

A week later, Lucas goes with me to my first OB appointment. I put on a gown and lay on the table waiting for the doctor to come in. When she comes in, she shakes both of our hands. "Mr. and Mrs. Scott, I'm Dr. Lopez. I'll be taking care of you during your pregnancy and delivering your baby." she says. She does the internal exam and tells us what Dr. Gray told us, that I'm eleven weeks along. "The baby was probably concieved mid January." she tells us. We look at each other and smile. Yep, it was in New York She pulls a machine over to my bed and lifts up the gown. She spreads a thin layer of gel on my stomach and moves a wand around looking for a heartbeat. When she finds it, the sound fills the room "That's the heartbeat?" Lucas asks softly. I have tears in my eyes. Hearing this just makes it real and it hits me like a ton of bricks. "Yes, it is. It's nice and strong. You have no health problems, you're young. You should have a totally healthy pregnancy." the doctor tells us. I get dressed and we make another appointment for four weeks from now.

When we get home, we sit down in the living room. "So what did Kelly say when you told her?" I ask Lucas. "She was thrilled. I told her that any signings or appearances out of state, you were coming with me. She told me that it would all be arranged and there wouldn't be a problem." he tells me. I snuggle up to him. "Being grown ups kind of hit us hard huh?" I ask laughing. "We're basically just the same as we were in high school. Except the fact that we're married and have bills and our own place and we're having a baby." he says.

I look up at him with my eyebrow raised. "Yeah, it hit kind of hard." he laughs.

He puts his hand on my still flat stomach. "You, little one, are going to be the start of an awesome adventure."