Disclaimer: I sadly don't own One Tree Hill.

A/N: Sorry for taking so long with this chapter. It's kind of a filler and I struggled with it a lot but hopefully it's okay. If not, at least this story is good practice – I'm learning with each chapter. Thanks for all the nice reviews. Love love love.

"I missed you so much pretty girl, don't scare me like that again" Lucas murmured as he took her hand in his and softly brushed his lips over hers, while Brooke gave a contented sigh.

"I missed this." She couldn't help but give a slight giggle at the eyebrow raise he gave her, "Okay, I guess I missed you too, Broody boy."

"How are you feeling?"

Brooke couldn't help but grimace as she assessed her injuries. "Honestly, like hell. I need a doctor to get in here to tell me what the damage is. Did they tell you anything?"

"No – the doctor said that they couldn't release any information to people who weren't family members."

A hurt look quickly crossed Brooke's eyes and she looked away. "I take it that my parents didn't come to see me, then."

Lucas brushed his hand softly along her cheek so that Brooke would turn to face him again. "Hey, don't let it get you down Brooke. They are the ones making a huge mistake by not knowing you."

Brooke's characteristic dimples deepened as she smiled. "I love you, Lucas Scott. Thank you."

"I love you too, Brooke, and what could you possibly be saying thank you for?"

"For being here; for caring"

Brooke's doctor breezed through the door, interrupting the moment that Brooke and Lucas were sharing, clearing his throat impatiently.

"Do you want me to stay with you while the doctors talk to you?" Lucas murmured quietly.

"No–" Brooke said hastily and then backtracked at the look on Lucas's face. "Don't worry about me, broody, I can take care of myself."

"Okay, as long as you know that you don't always have to. I'm just going to go down to the cafeteria and grab some food, do you want anything?

Brooke shook her head softly. "Thanks, Luke, I love you."

With that, Lucas gave her another lingering kiss and headed out the door, leaving Brooke alone to face the doctor.

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"Congratulations, Mrs. Scott – you're pregnant."

Haley sat by herself on a hospital bed, reeling from the aftershock of the news that the doctor had just delivered, numbly holding the information booklets on her pregnancy and her pre-natal vitamins. Pregnant – as in she was going to have a kid. As in Nathan and her were going to be parents.

It was hard for Haley not to feel completely overwhelmed and panicked by this realization. She was, after all, only a senior in High School. And as Haley sat there, she felt as if she just might be in over her head. Nathan – how was she going to tell him about this? Haley remembered the huge argument they had gotten into in the fall – the day after when this baby was most likely conceived.

She remembered the raw emotions of that night. The realization that Nathan might be on his way to forgiving her. She remembered how he wore his wedding ring around his neck, where it rested by his heart. She remembered how his voice sounded when he asked if she would stay. And most of all, she remembered the sheer beauty of that night – how on that night, their souls had rejoined and had emerged stronger than ever. That's what loving someone in the way that Haley loved Nathan felt.

But of course, the beauty of that night had been ruined by the next day's ugliness. There had been a fight over how Haley hadn't been on birth control that night. And even worse, there had been anger and suspicion by Nathan that she had tried to get pregnant on purpose.

Ugly words were said; words that Haley still hadn't managed to forget. And sitting here now in the doctors office reminded her of that night and the day after.

And so, Haley sat there and wondered – how the hell was she going to tell him?

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