Brooke sat on the couch watching a movie with Nathan while Buddy slept on the floor in front of them. Everything was going smoothly for once and Brooke had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that something wasn't right. There was no way that there wasn't any drama even from Haley. Haley, Brooke thought, she hadn't been around much making Brooke wonder what happened to her. She sat up a perplexed look on her face and went into the kitchen looking for the phone. Nathan sat up and watched Brooke walk into the kitchen wondering what was going on.
"Brooke, what are you doing?" He asked when he saw her pick up the phone and starting dialing.
"I'm calling Luke."
"Why?"
"I wanna know what happened to Haley."
"Why?"
"Because it's been too calm and I wanna know." Nathan shook his head looking down at Buddy who was wagging his tail and looking at Nathan excitedly. "Hey Buddy." He picked up the puppy up and pulled him to his chest rubbing gently behind his ears.
"Hey Luke, its Brooke."
"Hey Brooke what's up?"
"This is going to sound random but what happened to Haley?"
"What do you mean?"
"I haven't seen her for awhile and she hasn't been making my life a living hell so where'd she go?"
"Oh she left to go back on tour with Chris."
"Really?"
"Yep won't be back till after graduation."
"Oh, that's cool I guess."
"Yep, is that all you wanted?"
"Why do you want to get me off the phone so fast, can't a girl want to talk to her fiancé's brother?"
"You never just call to chat Brooke, you always have a reason for calling."
"Fine I'll let you go meanie."
"Bye Brooke."
"Bye." She hung up the phone a small smile on her face. Nathan looked at her strangely before getting up to take Buddy out. "Hey I'll go with you." She offered jogging after him.
"So where's Haley?"
"On tour from what Luke tells me."
"Why'd you wanna know?"
"Because it's too calm around here, ya know? I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach that something's not right and even after finding out where Haley was something's still not right. Luke looked down at the phone in his hands, first Peyton and now Brooke was doing things out of the ordinary. Pushing those thoughts to the back his head he looked over at Peyton who was nervously bouncing her leg up and down.
"Peyton it's going to be okay." He reassured grabbing her hand and holding it in his own. Truth be told he was scared out of his mind. He didn't know what they were going to do if she really was pregnant. Peyton looked up at Luke trying to gage his reaction. He was probably freaking out just like she was at the moment because this was not in the plan. She was supposed to start art school in the fall and spend the summer with Brooke, not possibly pregnant. Both of their heads shot up as the doctor came back in with the results of the test.
"Ms. Sawyer congratulations you're pregnant." Peyton's heart stopped, she couldn't breathe, this couldn't be happening. She looked up at Luke and saw a small smile on his face and somehow that made her begin breathing again. She caught his gaze and felt a small smile on her face too, it wasn't part of the plan but this surprise she could deal with. Luke helped her up knowing that slowly the shock was wearing off and together they walked out of the doctor's office and towards Peyton's car.
"I wanna go to Brooke's." Peyton announced as Luke started up the car and drove out of the parking lot. He had a feeling that she would want to tell Brooke first considering how close they had become after Brooke had told her that she was pregnant. The drive to Brooke's was filled with a comfortable silence with Peyton reworking her after high school plan over in her head. They could do this if Luke wanted to that is. Moments later they pulled into parking lot to Brooke and Nathan's apartment spotting the couple just coming back from a walk with their dog. Luke still couldn't believe that Nathan had bought her a job let alone talked Keith into loaning him the money. Peyton looked over at Luke leaning in a giving her a small kiss before getting out and walking over towards Brooke.
"Hey what's up?" Nathan asked taking Buddy from Brooke letting her walk over to Peyton. Brooke knew that something wasn't right by the way that Peyton was looking at her.
"I need to talk to you." Peyton whispered and Brooke shot a glare over at Luke who threw his hands up in surrender silently telling her that he didn't do anything to make her upset. Brooke led the way into the apartment while Nathan and Luke hung back with Buddy.
"So what's new?" Nathan asked as he and Luke prepared for another go round the block giving the girls some time to talk. Luke looked from the apartment door back to Nathan and sighed. He knew that Nathan would find out eventually, so why not from his brother?
"Peyton's pregnant." Luke blurted out making Nathan stop mid-step and turn his head toward his brother.
"Are you serious?""As a heart attack, Nate. I don't know what I'm going to do because I don't think I'm ready to be a father, ya know? I mean I want a family but at 17?"
"Dude, at first it's scary but trust me it becomes exciting the thought of being a father. Being able to teach your child how to play basketball or do something amazing. It's an indescribable feeling." Nathan gushed thinking back to all the times he thought about his and Brooke's baby.
"I'm sorry Nate." Luke should've known that maybe Nathan was still upset over losing the baby.
"its okay, both of us are okay with now and I think it just brought us closer together. There will be other opportunities. I'm happy for you." Luke smiled and both shared a brief hug before deciding to join Brooke and Peyton.
Brooke was holding Peyton as she sobbed, Peyton had no clue what she was going to do. She didn't even know if Luke wanted to be there or not. Sitting there with Peyton brought back memories of when she was debating whether or not to tell Nathan about the baby but she was happy she did. She didn't know what she would've done without him. She looked up when she saw Nathan and Luke walk in and pulled slightly away from Peyton. "I think you and Luke should talk." Peyton looked at her unsure and Brooke just nodded her head and pulled Peyton up from the couch and walked towards Luke.
"You two have a lot to talk about." Luke nodded and reached out lacing his fingers with Peyton making her smile a little. It was a baby step but a baby step in the right direction. Brooke watched them get in Peyton's car before shutting the door and looking back at Nathan. "Do you ever think about it?" She asked referring to the miscarriage.
"Yeah." She nodded her head picking Bubby up and cuddling herself into Nathan's shoulder. "It's going to take time but in time it won't hurt as bad."
"I know but now that Peyton's pregnant I can't help but think about the what if's. I just wish it didn't have to happen to me, it just isn't fair."
"Shh……" He soothed rubbing her back and kissed her temple. "Brooke you didn't do anything wrong, it doesn't mean anything but it just wasn't the right time. That's it. Plain and simple. There will be more times, I promise."
"Thanks Nate." She pulled away and kissed him lightly on the lips.
"Now I was thinking about graduation."
"What about it?""Let's get married the day before, on the beach."
"What?"
"Let's get married before graduation. I mean both of our parents will be in town and we can invite Luke and Peyton." Brooke studied his eyes searching for some form of him joking but he wasn't joking.
"Okay let's do it." 'How am I going to plan the perfect wedding in 5 days?!' Brooke thought in her head but looking at how determined Nathan was she knew she was going to pull it off. Nathan smiled at her; they were going to be married in 5 days. The gears in his head starting going into overdrive trying to make his surprise come off without a hitch. He was going to need Peyton's help.
