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Chapter 4
Brooke awoke the following morning to a pounding on the door. She rolled over in her bed, tossing a pillow at Rachel. "There's someone at the door."
Rachel pulled her head out from under the covers, eyes barely open. "And? You have two legs. You go answer it."
"It's your house," Brooke whined as she tossed herself back onto the bed.
"Yeah, but you live here too." Rachel laughed as she buried herself back under the covers.
"Fine!" Brooke huffed as she pulled herself out of bed. She grabbed her robe off of a chair, throwing it on as she walked through the house. She stared in shock as she threw open the door. "Lucas? What the hell are you doing here? Did you forget that it's a teacher planning day today?"
Lucas grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, I didn't think about the time. I know that last night we decided that we'd talk, really talk and I just couldn't sleep. I wanted to talk to you and see if we could make a doctor's appointment."
Brooke felt herself soften. He really was trying. She tilted her head and gave him a small smile. "Come in." She ushered him inside. "We'll stay down here since Rachel is still sleeping." She settled herself onto the couch. "I actually do have a doctor's appointment today. I was going to give you a call a little later, after I woke up."
"I'm so sorry, Brooke." Lucas shook his head. "I really didn't even think about the time."
Brooke let out a laugh. "Really, it's okay. So...there's not a whole lot to talk about before the appointment." She shrugged. "The appointment is at 11am so we have..." She glanced at the clock and sighed. "Three and half hours. I know that I wanted to talk, but I meant at a more reasonable time so that I could tell you about the appointment and to see if you wanted to come."
"Yeah." Lucas laughed. "Why don't I head home and come back later. I can pick you up at what? 9:15?"
"That should give us enough time to get there and fill out the paperwork." Brooke nodded before yawning. "And I think that I'm going to go back to bed for awhile. I'm so tired."
Lucas nodded. "I got it...I'm leaving." He stood quickly and headed for the door where he stood awkwardly. "I will be there for you Brooke. I know that when you told me I freaked out, but I will be there for you."
"Thank you. That means a lot to me Lucas." Brooke swung open the door. "But you need to go so that I can go back to sleep."
"Right. Right." Lucas glanced back at her once before turning and heading home.
"Brooke Davis?"
Brooke's head shot up when she heard her name. She smiled at the nurse before turning to Lucas. "You ready for this?"
Lucas nodded as he stood with her and followed the nurse to an exam room. The nurse gave Brooke a small smile. "Just to be sure we'll need to run a pregnancy test here." She handed Brooke a specimen cup. "If you can go ahead and use that, we'll run the test before the doctor comes in to see you."
A few minutes later Brooke was sitting back in the room with Lucas when the doctor entered the room. "Hello, Brooke. My name is Dr. Guzman." She glanced over at Lucas. "And you are?"
"Lucas Scott, the father."
Dr. Guzman nodded. "Well, Miss. Davis, you are pregnant so what we're going to want to do is do a sonogram to have a look at the baby. There's not going to be much to see, but we'll also listen to its heartbeat to make sure that everything seems normal." She reached into a drawer, pulling out a paper gown. "Go ahead and put this on. I'll be back in a few minutes."
Brooke took the gown and turned to Lucas. "Would you mind stepping out too?"
"What?" Lucas looked confused as Dr. Guzman stepped from the room. "You act like I've never seen you naked before."
"I don't care." She rolled her eyes. "We're not together so it's not the same. Now go."
Lucas rolled his eyes as he swung open the door. "Fine, but this is dumb."
"Fine, then I'm dumb. I don't care. Out."
Brooke quickly took off her clothes, pulling on the gown. She settled onto the bed and pulled the paper blanket over her lower half. A few moments later Dr. Guzman and Lucas came back into the room.
Dr. Guzman turned on the sonogram machine and pulled out a tube of the gel to spread across her stomach. "Now, this is going to be cold." She squeezed the gel out and Brooke jerked from the cold. "I told you." She spread the gel out with the paddle and turned the monitor towards them. "So as soon as I find the baby I'll point it out."
A sudden pounding filled the room causing both Brooke and Lucas to jump. "What is that?" Brooke asked.
"That's the baby's heartbeat." Dr. Guzman smiled for a moment, before she froze. "Hmm...that sounds a little irregular..." She continued to run the sensor over Brooke's stomach. "Oh! Well..." She pointed at the screen. "This is the baby." She pointed at a different spot on the screen. "And this is the other baby."
"The other baby? What do you mean the other baby?" Brooke tilted her head to the side as she tried to comprehend what she was being told.
"Yes, Miss Davis, you're going to have twins. Congratulations." She turned the machine off. "I'm printing out some of the pictures and there will be a tape of the sonogram." She handed her some tissues. "Go ahead and wipe that off and put on your clothes. The pictures and tape will be waiting for you at the front desk along with a prescription for prenatal vitamins. I'd like to see you at least once a month for now so if you could make a follow up appointment for next month that would be great."
Brooke just stared at the doctor, her mouth open until Dr. Guzman left the room. She slowly turned to Lucas. "Did she just say that we're having twins?"
Lucas nodded. "She did. But I don't understand. Twins don't run in my family."
Brooke grinned sheepishly. "They run in mine. My mom is a twin. Sometimes it skips a generation and to be honest I didn't even think about it." She closed her eyes, laying her head in her hands. "I can't believe that I'm going to have twins."
"It'll be okay." Lucas took Brooke's face into his hands, forcing her to look at him. "We'll make it through this Brooke. We'll make it through this together. I promise."
Brooke gave him a small smile. "Thank you, Luke."
"Hales!!! You are so not going to believe this! Hales, you're so not paying any attention to me!!" Brooke whined into her phone.
"I'm sorry Brooke. Nathan won't leave me alone." There was a slight pause. "Nathan Scott! Leave me alone. I need to talk to Brooke. She went to the doctor's office this morning. Go away. Get. Okay, sorry Brooke. Now, what happened?"
"I'm having twins."
"Huh?" Another pause. "Okay, let's try that again...Did you just say twins?"
Brooke laughed to herself as she parked her car and walked up to Lucas's door. "Yes, twins. It never even occurred to me. I've always known that it was a possibility, after all my mother is a twin, but it just slipped my mind until the doctor said something. Oh and thanks for recommending Dr. Guzman, she's great."
"Forget the doctor. You're having twins? I can't believe it. Nathan!! They're having twins!!! Nathan says congrats."
"Thanks, Hales. And tell Nathan thanks as well. Anyways I'm at Lucas's so I'd better go. We have a few things to talk about."
"Okay, give me a call later tonight."
"Will do Tutor Mom." She knocked lightly on Lucas's door.
"Come in!" Lucas's voice filtered through the door.
"Hey, Luke. You have time to talk?" She stopped short when she saw Karen sitting on his bed beside him. "Hi Karen."
Karen gave her a small smile as she stood. "How are you feeling honey?" She gave her a hug before placing a hand lightly on Brooke's stomach. "I hear that I have twin grandchildren in there."
Brooke smiled back, tears filling her eyes. "Yes, you do." She glanced up, meeting Lucas's eye. "I'm sorry Karen. I know that you wanted more for Lucas and for me."
Karen shrugged. "I just want what is best for the both of you, but you're having a baby - well two babies I guess and that's a miracle. Things will be hard, but I think that both of you will do great things." She gave Brooke one more smile before turning and leaving the room. "I'll let the two of you talk."
Brooke walked over to the bed, sitting down next to Lucas. "So, twins..." She gave a small laugh. "We kind of need to figure out what we're going to do here."
"Yeah we kind of do." Lucas shook his head. "To be honest, I'm not sure where to start."
"Well, let's start with Peyton. Have you told her yet?"
Lucas shook his head. "No and before you say anything, I know that I have to tell her...I just need to figure out the right way to tell her."
"I hate to tell you this, but there is no right way to tell her! When you get your ex-girlfriend pregnant while still dating your current girlfriend, there is no right way! Especially when the ex-girlfriend is the current girlfriend's best friend! We're screwed Lucas. I don't think that she's ever going to forgive either of us." Brooke threw her hands up in the air. "I wish that you would just fucking tell her and get it over with! I'm not sure how much longer I can do this. When I look at her I feel nothing but guilt. I don't know how you can do it!"
"Brooke..." Lucas trailed off, his eyes widening. "Peyton, what are you doing here?"
"Well, I wanted to see my boyfriend." Peyton looked suspiciously between the two. "And I guess see my best friend at the same time. What are the two of you fighting about?"
"Actually we were fighting about you." Brooke smiled at Peyton before looking pointedly at Lucas.
"About me?" Peyton looked confused. "Why?"
Lucas laughed. "Well, we weren't fighting, fighting about you. More along the lines of who loves you more." He stood up from the bed, kissing her lightly on the lips.
"Awww, how sweet." Peyton shot them both a smile.
"Right." Brooke sighed as she grabbed her purse. "I've got some errands to do. I'll talk to you guys later." She stormed out, slamming the door behind her.
"What's wrong with her?" Peyton asked. "Maybe I should go talk to her."
"No," Lucas said quickly. "Why don't I go talk to her. It'll be just a minute." Lucas smiled before hurrying out the door. "Brooke! Wait."
Brooke spun on her heel. "Why should I? Why don't you go tell Peyton how much you love her?"
Lucas shook his head. "I do love her Brooke."
"I don't care Lucas!! You had the perfect opportunity to tell her and you didn't. I'm beginning to think that you're not going to tell her. I hate you for postponing this Lucas. You're not the only one who is hurting about this and it affects me just as much as it does you. She'll NEVER forgive me for this. Do you understand that? NEVER!"
"I'm sure that she will..."
"Fuck you Lucas!" Brooke shoved him. "You don't understand everything that's happened. This will be the last fucking straw." She shoved him again as tears began to spill from her eyes.
Suddenly Peyton appeared, pulling Brooke away from Lucas. "Brooke, what the hell is your problem?"
Brooke just shook her head. "I got into a fight with my parents and I was spoiling for a fight. Lucas just happened to be the one who I was taking it out on. I'm leaving now." She glanced back at Lucas. "Lucas, I mean it. You'd better tell her soon. I'm done." With that she got into her car and sped away.
"Tell who what?" Peyton asked after she watched Brooke leave.
"She wants me to talk to my mom about something. She told me not to tell anyone." He kissed her lightly. "You wouldn't want me to break her confidences, would you?"
Peyton narrowed her eyes at him. "Why would she tell you something that she wouldn't tell me?"
Lucas shrugged. "Who knows? Maybe she thought that she couldn't tell you. Either way, lets go inside." He wrapped his arm around her shoulders, glancing back just once to see down the street where Brooke's car had disappeared.
