The next day Karen's Café had the usual slow start in the morning a few University students had enter and left wanting coffee to start their morning and stumbled out the café. Haley had slowly paced around the dining area collecting plates and placing the on the shiny counter. The smell of coffee beans slowly made their way around the room, sunlight shone in through the windows illuminating the room. She heard the voices of Karen and Deb discussing several subjects. The doorbell rang as Lucas enter the café and Haley spun noticing who it was, she fell in to his arms and began to weep as quiet as possible.
Flashback
As Lucas sat alone in the Beach house's bedroom he answered his cell phone to hear Haley crying in to his ear "Haley, what's wrong? " He asked trying to stop his own tears from falling
"How could he?" Haley said weeping in to the phone "How could I?" She continued
"Haley what are you talking about?" Lucas said,. To anyone else Haley's words couldn't be made out but to Lucas it was clear, due to them being best friends he knew what she was saying even through the most emotional tears.
"I'm pregnant!" Haley shouted down the phone. Lucas pulled it away from his face in fear of becoming deaf. Pregnant He thought. He didn't know how to react. He was slightly happy for them, knowing how much they loved each other, but if Haley had phoned 5 minutes earlier she would have interrupted him and Nathan making out.
"What? How?" He asked noticing they both had gone silent after her outburst.
"Lucas I am not explaining sex to you...again!" She ended the sentence shouting remembering the first convocation about sex and it causing extreme awkwardness between them for a fortnight. She still held the pregnancy test in her hand, sitting in her small apartments bathroom. Not only had she left the Beach house party due to her row with Nathan, she had just read the pregnancy test in the bathroom noticing it said 'positive' she knew she had to immediately leave and had raced away form the house to her own, empty apartment.
"So...What you going to do Hales?" Lucas asked, How do I no? She thought to herself but instead said "Keep it obviously. And before you ask, no I haven't told Nathan yet. I've only just found out myself," She could feel the next wave of tears about to hit her, but fought to keep them hidden from her voice, from Lucas.
"Okay. I know this is stupid but is Nathan the father?" Lucas had laughed while he asked the question, Haley slammed the phone down at this point. I don't know She thought and two names flooded in to her mind Nathan Scott and Chris Keller!
Present time
Haley had been guided by Lucas in to a booth. The café was empty so there was no chance of anyone ear wigging. He smiled letting her know he was there for her.
"Why did you hang up?" Lucas asked he placed his hands on hers and smiled yet again.
"I didn't know how to answer your question," Haley couldn't look Lucas in the eyes she didn't know who was the father of her baby. She had slept with Chris that day in the recording studio ad he invited her to go to New York with him, but she turned him down and had gone home and showed Nathan how much she loved him by making love to him for hours. She explained all this to Lucas and waited for an answer but one didn't leave his mouth, it just hung there like a tunnel, staring at Haley.
"Lucas?" She said trying to pry an answer from him
"Well, I'll help you we'll go get a test," Lucas said his mind was racing. Haley had cheated? But so had Nathan! Were they falling apart? Was this the time for me to make my full move? Lucas thought a smile covered his face and he immediately force away.
"What?" Haley asked. She was meant to be the smart one, but right now she wasn't even thinking at all. Lucas explained that a test could be done just by Haley and if she borrowed Nathan's hair brush, with a hair on, she could have the test done.
In the kitchen of Karen's Café, Karen and Deb were talking about the state Lucas had come home in.
"He was up until three being sick Deb, I didn't know what to do all" Karen said searching the cupboards.
"Normally, when Nathan comes home like that me and Dan just leave him till the next day do a big breakfast and force him to eat it," Deb giggled slightly at the thought of Dan actually helping her with Nathan, except for Basketball Dan didn't even notice Nathan existed.
"Really?" Karen asked, shocked at the lack of discipline during a punishment.
"Yeah" Deb answered, her blonde hair bounced as she carried on giggling to herself.
"There's another thing Deb," Karen continued. Deb turned to face Karen, she noticed the seriousness in Karen's face and felt like she had actually shrunk in size.
"Is everything okay Karen?" Deb asked a tiny amount of fear present in her voice. She tried to scan her work partner to see if she could guess what Karen was about to say "Is it about Nathan?" She asked, half knowing the answer she was about to receive.
"Yes," Karen answer and paused wondering how to finish her sentence without saying the wrong thing. "Lucas was very upset last night and he said that Nathan had played the prom video of Me and Dan at the Beach House..." Karen explained but was cut off by a crash in the main part of the café. "Haley?" She shouted. No answer. Both Deb and Karen picked up large kitchen utensils and slowly made their way to the front of the café at each others sides. As the both walked through the doorway to the main area of the Café they saw Nathan lying of the floor surrounded by muffins and silver trays.
"Nathan!" Deb cried running to her sons side "What happened Haley?" She asked looking the girl in the eyes.
"I don't know," She answered. Karen could tell she was telling the truth because of the confusion in her face. "He came in drunk, mumbling and muttering things that me and Lucas couldn't understand and then Lucas just left. I was about to get him some coffee when he fell and knocked everything off the counter, " She hurried around Nathan and slid him up the counter taking his full weight because Deb didn't help her as usual. "I'll be okay with him," She finished, giving Deb a cold, stern look. Deb backed away and said.
"I trust you will be okay Haley I better get home...I'm sorry Karen," She whispered as tears began to fall down her face and she jogged out the Café.
"Where did Lucas go?" Karen asked highly confused it was not like her son to leave, especially when Haley or herself were concerned.
"I honestly don't know," Haley answered, smiling as her Husband grabbed her waist pulling her closer and kissing her cheek.
