"What Lies Ahead Of Us" - Chapter Two

Brooke sat in a chair in the waiting room of the doctor's office. She was nervous, playing with her hands. She didn't think she would feel this way, after her talk with Peyton. But she was, and it scared her even more.

(flashback)

"Peyton!" Brooke screamed, knocking on the door of Peyton and Lucas' apartment.

"Brooke? What the hell? Are you okay?" Peyton asked, startled by her friend coming into her apartment at about seven in the morning.

"I have to talk to you about something. It's important." Brooke's face showed she was really scared, and Peyton offered her in. They sat on the couch, and Peyton asked her what was going on.

"I might be pregnant." Brooke said, not making any eye contact with her best friend. She was so scared, considering she wasn't finacially or mentally strong enough to support a child with the guy she was living with that she hadn't even married yet.

The shocked look on Peyton's face made Brooke even more nervous. She continued rambling on and on about how she was late and she was scared and she had a doctor's appointment the next day.

"Okay, Brooke, just slow down. How late are you?" Peyton asked.

"Late!" Brooke screamed, anxious and angry all at the same time. Peyton put her hands over her face, realizing that this was going to get messy. "I'm so scared."

Peyton hid her face in her hands, thinking this all through. After a couple moments of silence, she looked up at Brooke who was waiting for an answer.

"Why?" Peyton asked, simply.

"What? What do you mean? I'm twenty-four, Peyt! Twenty-four! Chase and I aren't even married! I can't support a child right now!" She started rambling again, and Peyton sighed.

"Peyton, I love this guy. I'm in love with him, but I mean having a baby! That's crazy! Well, it's not crazy, but at our age? I can't do that! And having a baby, it might push things. I mean, if I was pregnant, we'd have to get married. I want to, but what if he doesn't want to? He would be forced into a relationship with a woman that he might not fully love, and he'd have to take care of his baby! I mean, that's-"

"Brooke!" Peyton yelled, confused. "Are you kidding me? Do you really think he doesn't want to get married to you? Do you really think that? Because if you do, then you are so wrong. He loves you so much! I see it when he looks into your eyes, everytime he kisses you. He loves you, and I see it clearly. How do you not?"

(end of flashback)

Brooke realized how stupid she was being. She really couldn't help it though, she got that way when she got scared. But, she knew that the love between her and Chase was so strong that nothing and no one was going to change it.

"Brooke Davis?" The nurse called, looking at all of the people that were waiting in the waiting room.

Brooke looked up at the nurse, nodding her head. "That's me." She exclaimed, getting up from her seat and not feeling nervous at all.

Peyton sat down at a cafe in Tree Hill, drinking a cup of coffee. She was relaxing, considering she was on a lunch break. Peyton needed to keep eye on the time, because she had to get back to work in thirty minutes.

Sighing, she sat at the cafe, just thinking. Thinking about life, and love, and everything that didn't make sense to her. She wondered about how her life would end up. Would she still be with Lucas? Would she still have the job that she had now? Would she still be happy? Would she be even happier than she is now?

She heard a familar voice in the distance, someone who had just walked in. The voice was familiar, but she couldn't figure out who the person of the voice was. Turning around, she knew exactly who it was.

Jake.

It was Jake. The man that she was going to marry, once a very long time ago. The guy, whom she thought she was going to spend the rest of her entire life with, was standing right in front of her.

She gasped, the mug slipping out of her hand and shattering into a hundred pieces on the floor beneath her. But, her focus was only on the man in front of her. And once again .. She wondered how her life would end up.

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