1Pregnant. Lucas buried his face in his hands. Could it be possible? Brooke was carrying his child? They'd been through this once before and it had turned out to be a mistake. But she'd seemed so sure. What was he going to do? What were they going to do?

"I'm pregnant," she whispered.

Lucas stood there in complete shock. Did she really just say what he thought she'd said? He didn't know how long they stood their in silence as he tried to take it in, but Brooke finally lost her patience.

"Do you really have nothing to say?" She threw up her arms, rolling her eyes. "I can't believe you! I'd thought you'd like to know. I didn't figure you'd be happy, but I thought you'd do something besides sit there like an idiot. If you decide that you have something to say why don't you just call me?" Brooke shook her head once more before turning around and leaving, slamming the door behind her.

Lucas just sat there, wondering what had just happened. It was their breakup all over again. He'd known that there was something he should've said, but for the life of him he couldn't figure out what it was. Sometimes he didn't understand how he could want to be a writer and never have anything to say when it was important to say something.

With a shake of his head he lay back on his bed and blanked out his mind. He couldn't deal with this right now. He'd sit there, maybe sleep for a bit before he let himself think it out. What a mess.

Lucas now sat in front of his computer, hoping that he could get his feeling out through his writing. Everything was so jumbled up and confused inside of him. He didn't even know where to begin.Closing his eyes he cleared his mind.

For the first time everything had fallen into place for me. I had actually begun to think that I could be happy, but I should've known better. Life for me isn't something that is lived easily, it's something that must be worked for. The minute that I opened the door I knew that everything was about to be turned upside down. The look in her eyes, the tears streaming down her face. Even like that she was beautiful, but something was obviously wrong. But why had she come to me? She had plenty of other friends that she could've gone to, friends that didn't have their past.

As the words slipped from her mouth I couldn't believe what I was hearing. It couldn't be possible could it? Once again my life has been turned upside down and I just don't know what to do. How could this happen? He should've known that his mistakes would come back to haunt him.

Lucas's head jerked up as his phone began to ring. With a sigh he picked it up, not checking to see who it was. "Hello?"

"Hey Luke."

"Peyt." Lucas closed his eyes. "What's up baby?"

"I was just calling to let you know that I was on my way over."

"Ummm, Peyt. I don't know if that's a good id-"

"Lucas Scott! Do not EVEN try getting out of this. We have a dinner date tonight and you so can't bail. We've had to reschedule three times this week already."

Lucas let out a sigh. "You're right. I'm sorry. How long until you'll be here?"

"In about five minutes."

"Okay, I'll be ready." Lucas shut the phone, throwing it onto his bed. Just what he didn't need, to try and keep a happy face for Peyton. He had to figure things out before he told her what was going on.

Lucas and Peyton walked into his mom's café arm in arm. Peyton glanced up at him, a frown marring her face. "Luke, are you sure that you're okay?"

Lucas rolled his eyes, shaking her off of him. "Look, I said that there's nothing wrong. Will you please just drop it? I'm not in the mood."

"Okay." Peyton nodded, a pained look crossing her face briefly. "I'm sorry."

"Luke! Peyt!" The pair turned to see Nathan waving them over. "Hey guys. What are you guys doing?"

Lucas nodded to his brother. "We're grabbing some dinner to take home and watch a movie."

"Oh, well why don't you guys eat with us? Hales is getting off in about 5 minutes and then we're eating here."

Before Lucas had a chance to answer Peyton was nodding. "Sure Nate, that would be great. It's not often that we get to hang out, the four of us."

Suddenly Haley walked up with Brooke in tow. "Hey, Nate. Brooke's gonna eat with us." She stopped short when she noticed Peyton and Lucas. "Hey you two. What's up?"

"Luke and Peyton are gonna eat with us, too." Nathan smiled at his wife before placing a light kiss on her lips.

Lucas's eyes met Brooke's and he could read the fear in them. "Maybe, I'll just go home. No reason for me to feel like a fifth wheel." Brooke started to walk away, but was stopped by Peyton.

"Brooke, you're not a fifth wheel and we haven't hung out as a group lately. You have to stay and eat with us."

Brooke paused, willing the tears to not fall. "Sure, why not?" She spun around to face her friends. "I don't have anything better to do, right?"

"That's the spirit." Peyton shot her a grin as she pulled her back to the table.

After they had finished eating the group sat there chatting, but something was off. Haley noticed it, but she seemed to be the only one. She couldn't quite put her finger on it, but there was some tension. Glancing at Lucas she knew that something was up with him. "Luke, can I talk to you for just a minute?" She gave him a small smile.

Lucas just shrugged as he stood up from the table, absently placing a kiss on Peyton's forehead. He trailed behind his best friend trying his best to avoid looking at Brooke.

"What is going on with you Lucas?" Haley asked the minute that they had got into the back room.

Lucas rolled his eyes. "Nothing, Hales."

"Do NOT lie to me Lucas Scott. I've known you for too long to not know when something is wrong. We are not leaving this room until you tell me what's going on."

"Nothing is wrong and nothing is going on, Hales. Just drop it and leave me alone."

Haley laughed. "I don't think that you heard me the first time. I want you to tell me what is wrong with you, otherwise we go nowhere. Please don't make me remind you that I am very much so pregnant and that you don't want to make pregnant women angry."

Lucas shook his head. "Hales, I really don't want to talk about it."

"Well too bad. It's obviously something important. You've been zoned for most of the night. To be honest so has Brooke. I think that I'm going to talk to her next. Just what I need, for my two best friends to freak out on the same night." Haley shook her head. At the mention of Brooke's name Lucas's eyes dropped and his jaw clenched. Haley tilted her head, studying him. "Lucas, did something happen between you and Brooke?"

Lucas closed his eyes. "I'm surprised that she hasn't told you yet." When he opened his eyes they were filled with tears. "Hales, she's pregnant."

"What?!?!" Haley grabbed the counter behind her as she began to lose her balance. "But what does that have to do with you? You guys haven't been together in over 4 months. She'd be showing by now. Unless," she paused. "Don't tell me that you cheated on Peyton..."

"Yeah, about a month and a half ago. I don't know what came over me. It was a one time thing." Lucas laid his head in his hands. "We decided to pretend that it never happened. No one was ever supposed to find out."

Haley shook her head. "I can't believe you Lucas! Didn't you learn anything from last year when you almost lost both Brooke and Peyton from your life? God, what are you guys going to do? Have you told Peyton? Wait, there's no way that you could've told Peyton. She would've killed Brooke when she saw her tonight." Haley looked up, meeting Lucas's eyes. "Lucas, they just started fixing their friendship. This is going to kill any kind of chance they had at rebuilding that friendship."

"Don't you think that I know that? That's part of the reason why I'm freaking out. I didn't want it to turn out like this. It was a mistake!" Lucas shook his head, but stopped speaking when he heard the door open.

"Hey Luke. Just wanted to make sure that everything was okay back here?" Peyton smiled at him.

"Yeah, everything's fine." Haley shot Peyton a smile. "We were just heading back out there." She shot Lucas a look. "We'll finish talking about this later."

With a nod Lucas followed her back into the dining area, Peyton at his side.

Haley started to sit, but shot back up. "Brooke, I have to go to the bathroom. Come with me?"

Brooke gave her a funny look. "Since when can't you go to the bathroom by yourself?"

"Look, sometimes this belly of mine gets in the way. I might need some help. Please?"

Brooke just shook her head as she stood up, following Haley to the bathroom. Once they reached the door Haley pulled her inside, locking the door behind them. "Why didn't you tell me that you were pregnant?"

"What?"

"Lucas told me that you're pregnant. That he cheated on Peyton and you ended up pregnant. Number one, why didn't you tell me? Number two, how did you let this happen?"

Brooke leaned against the wall as tears began streaming down her face. "I came up here to tell you. I didn't know that everyone was going to be up here. Otherwise I wouldn't have come. And I don't know how it happened. I was on the pill! I shouldn't have gotten pregnant. Haley, I don't know what I'm going to do. Not only are we not together, but he's with Peyton." She closed her eyes. "Peyton is going to kill us both."

"Oh, Brooke." Haley wrapped her arms around her friend in the best hug that she could considering her protruding stomach. "We'll figure it out. Don't you worry. I'll be there for you the entire way. And Lucas will be there for you as best that he can too. I know that he will."

Brooke nodded as she tried to stop the tears. "You're right. Okay, I need to pull myself together. I can't let everyone see that I'm upset."

"Is it okay if I tell Nathan?"

"Sure. That's fine." Brooke glanced in the mirror, fixing her makeup before turning back to Haley and fixing a smile on her face. "Let's get out there. I'm just going to say my goodbyes and head home."

Haley nodded. "I don't blame you." She took her hand, squeezing it lightly.

As they swung the door open they both jumped when they saw Lucas standing there. "Peyton and I are leaving. I just wanted to say goodbye and talk to you for just a second Brooke."

"I'll just go back into the bathroom. Knock when it's okay for me to come out."

Brooke nodded. "Got it. Thanks." She turned back to Lucas, a brave smile on her face. "What's up Luke?"

"I don't think we should tell Peyton."

"What?" Brooke felt her jaw drop.

"I need to figure things out before we tell her."

"So you want me to lie to my best friend?"

"Some best friend she must be if you sleep with her boyfriend."

Tears filled Brooke's eyes again as her hand swung out, palm connecting with Lucas's cheek. "I don't know where you think that you get off. But you can kiss my ass Lucas. I won't tell Peyton for now, but you better figure it out soon because I want to deal with it. I want it all out there on the table, in the open." She reached behind her, knocking on the door. "Let's go Hales. Lucas and I are done." With a toss of her head she stormed off leaving Lucas staring after her as a confused Haley stepped from the bathroom.