Chapter 4

I will be by your side
If ever you fall deep in the dead of the night
And I won't give up

Haley was so scared to go the doctor today, and I was there for her. I was the only one who knew what was going on. Nathan called at least every night, and as soon as she got off the phone with him, she called me, always in tears. Why she didn't tell him was beyond me, I guess it was because wanted to do it in person or the extent of the situation really did not hit her yet, who knows. We decided to leave work exactly at 5, because it takes forever to get down to where Haley lives. Normally, it would take 30 minutes without traffic, but with traffic it could take anywhere up to an hour.

"Do you want to get something to eat? We have 35 minutes to kill." I asked, already down by Haley's house and it was 6:25. The whole car ride was tense, dead silence besides whatever was on the radio. Either one of us really paying attention to what it was, our minds were in totally different places...Haley's on the doctor's appointment, mine was still on the heart break.

"No I am not hungry."

"But you should eat something, that's not healthy for you."

"I know it's not healthy for me, but I don't care." Haley snapped at me.

"Fine, we won't get something to eat then." I said throwing my hands up in the air, completely disregarding the fact that I was starving.

Pretty soon we were at the doctors, and not only was Haley nervous but I was starting to get nervous as well and forget about my problems for the time being. I had no idea what to expect, hoping and praying to God that she was ok because I don't know if I could handle something bad happening to her. She was my best friend, the only person I could go to when things got rough. She was the only person in the world who could take me out of reality and make me smile, slow my world down therefore in a sense calm me down.

"Hey, can I talk to you real quick before we go in?" I asked as soon as we got out of the car, grabbing her wrist and turning her around so she was face to face with me.

"Sure, what's up?"

"Whatever happens in there, good or bad. I just want you to know that I am here for you, no matter what. I'm not going anywhere."

"Thanks B, you are such an amazing friend." Haley said, starting to cry.

"Hey, no more tears… remember?" I mentioned, embracing her in a hug, and wiping away some of her tears that fell with my thumb.

"Yea, I know."

"Now let's go." I said linking arms with her. I was trying to be strong for my friend, but inside I was hurting like crazy. But as soon as we got into the examining room, I had to squish those feelings. Haley looked like she was about to have a complete breakdown mixed with a panic attack, so for her sake I had to be strong.

"Hello, Haley."

"Hi Doctor Johnson."

"I see you brought a friend?"

"Oh yea, sorry. This is my friend Brooke."

"Well, it is nice to meet you Brooke."

"Same here." I mumbled out.

"I thought I was going to see Nathan today."

"Nathan is on a business trip, so he is unable to make it."

"Oh, ok. Let's get started. So…"

When I see you're smile, tears roll down my face… I can't replace
and now that I'm strong I have figured out…

"Sorry." I said, hitting the ignore button on my phone.

"It's ok. Anyway, this blood work shows that…"

When I see your smile, tears roll down my face… I can't replace
and now that I'm strong I have figured out how this world turns cold…

"Sorry again," I said about to ignore the call.

"Brooke, who is it?"

"My mom she's probably wondering where we are. I didn't tell her everything." I said, looking down at my phone.

"Take it; I don't want you to get in trouble."

"You sure?"

"Mhm."

"Ok, well I will be right outside. I'll be back in a heart beat if you need me." I said, giving her a quick hug

"Ok, now go."

I walked outside, answered my phone, and dealt with my mother. She wanted to know where I was and when I was going to be home because they were going to the country club all night and wanted to know they should reserve a seat for me as well. I told her that we were out shopping and that I did not know what we were going to do afterwards, so the answer would have been no. She asked about school and I gave her the quickest possible answer I could think of because she didn't know about the love triangle from hell and school was just such a blur these past couple of days anyway. It did not seem that we were talking for a long time, but the doctor came out and signaled to me that I could go back inside. Hanging up my phone, I realized that I was outside for almost a half an hour. I opened the door, hoping that I would find Haley smiling with goods news and nothing to worry about, but I was wrong. Haley was sitting in the same spot I left her, but now with a river of tears coming down her face. I ran up to her and tried to comfort her.

"Ssshhh…" I said, trying to calm her down. "What happened?"

"He...said…I…was…pregnant." She said through tears, and I guess this wasn't planned and was a major sore spot.

"Hey, come here." I said, embracing her in a hug. "It's going to be ok."

"No it's not; we didn't even plan for this. We only have been married for not even a month, and to make matters worse I'm losing my job in two months. What are we going to do?"

"You are going to be fine; everything will work out in the end."

"Yea, how do you know that?" Haley said, snapping at me for the second time today.

"Because this child is going to have an amazing aunt, who she look up to and have a role model in her life; I learned from the best. And I am never going to leave you, ok? I will be there for you every step of this pregnancy." I said, taking her hand and giving it a reassuring squeeze; deciding at that moment to put some money aside every month for this baby. It would be a 'just in case fund' because the part about losing the job totally slipped my mind. And besides if Haley doesn't want to use the money, which she probably will refuse at first, I'll just use it to spoil the kid rotten.

"Ok, but who did you learn that from?"

"You."

"Really?"

"Mhm. I look up to you in so many different ways, you have no idea. You are the best role model a person could have, Hales."

"Awwww…..thanks B, I don't know what I would do without you."

"Same here now let's go and get out of here. And celebrate this little girl coming into the world."

"Wait, how do you know it's going to be a girl?"

"Because I am a genius, duh!" I said that on purpose, knowing that it would make Haley smile and it indeed did the job.