-1The next morning Brooke was sitting with Jamie in her shop watching "Dawson's Creek" on the plasma TV hanging on her wall. Jamie was sitting in Indian style eating a happy meal. Brooke on the other hand had her elbow resting on the arm of the couch and her head in her hand, she yawned for the third time in ten minutes, she loved little Jamie but he hogged the bed and slept with his knees in her back all night. She would have gotten up and went to get in bed with Lucas but he'd just want to have sex, and if she even lied down she was going to fall asleep.
"You know I think that Dawson guy just needs to get a clue….Joey doesn't want to be with him she wants to be with Pacey" Jamie announced taking a bite of his French fry.
"I know….he just gets on my nerves" Brooke replied, she looked over at Jamie who was engrossed in the television and shook her head.
"Hey Brooke" Millie called from the back of the store
"I'll be back in a second Jim-Jam…tell me if Joey has an emotional breakdown over her love triangle" Brooke got up from the couch and started to walk to the back of the store.
"You know she will" Jamie called from the other side of the couch
Brooke laughed as she saw Millie coming toward her with a clipboard. "I need you to sign this for me please" she told Brooke handing her the clipboard and a pen.
"Sure I can't wait for the new line…." Brooke stopped mid sentence and swallowed hard trying to fight the wave of nausea that moved over her. She shook her head and started to talk again. "Of summer tops to come in" Brooke stared at the clipboard as another wave of nausea hit her again. There was no fighting it this time she knew she was going to be sick.
"Are you ok?" Millie asked as she watched all the color drain out of Brooke's face. All Brooke could do was throw the clipboard at Millie and take off running to the bathroom with her hand over her mouth.
Millie started to walk to the bathroom to check on Brooke but the sound of someone coming in the door stopped her.
"Hey Millie" a 6 month pregnant Peyton said as she carried Emily in her arms she put Emily down and the little girl took off toward Jamie.
"Hi Emily" Jamie said watching as Emily toddled over to the couch.
"Hi Damie" Emily babbled pulling herself up onto the couch "DORA" Emily shouted clapping her hands over and over again.
"Ok, Emily we can watch Dora" Jamie told her turning the channel.
"Fank you" Emily said shaking her head causing her blonde curls to shake.
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Peyton walked over to Millie and hugged her "Where's Brooke"
"Um, she's in the restroom….I think she's sick" Millie said a little concerned
Peyton nodded "Well I'll go check on her, would you mind keeping an eye on Emily for me?"
Millie nodded "Sure…It'll give us time to bond"
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Peyton walked into the bathroom to find Brooke coming out of the stall sweating and red faced.
"Gee, I haven't seen you look this bad since you lost at beer pong on graduation" Peyton teased resting her back against the bathroom door.
"Ha ha….you're so funny Peyton…you should quit your job and become a comedian" Brooke groaned as she washed her mouth out and splashed water on her face.
"I'm sorry B…..did you eat something that made you sick?" Peyton ran her hand over her expanding belly before walked over to the sink and pulled herself up to sit on it as she watched Brooke clean up.
"I don't know…I haven't felt well the last couple of days and I think that it's just stress from work…because I'm like a week late too" Brooke ran her hands through her hair and stepped back to check herself out in the mirror.
"Brooke are you delusional or are you having a Jessica Simpson moment" Peyton asked hopping down from the sink.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Brooke looked at Peyton who started laughing.
"I don't think it's stress, and it's not flu season….and if I remember correctly and I do the camping trip we all went on last month, is probably when you got pregnant" Peyton looked at Brooke and she placed her hand on her friends shoulder.
"Peyton that's ridiculous, I'm not pregnant" Brooke started to walk to the door "Besides how do you know that Lucas and I even had sex when we all went camping"
Peyton laughed again and turned to look at Brooke "Honey, everyone in a 2 mile radius of that campground knew…Haley told Jamie that you and Lucas ate some bad chicken"
Brooke tan her hand through her hair and sighed "I can't be pregnant"
Peyton walked over to Brooke and hugged her "Honey, you can say it all you want but that's not going to make it less true…we'll just go to the drugstore and make sure"
Brooke shook her head "Peyton I can't go in there and get a pregnancy test, everyone will know"
Peyton smiled sadly as she looked at Brooke, she admired the life that Brooke had but she didn't want everything that went along with it. Brooke couldn't go anywhere without someone taking her picture.
"I'll get it for you" Peyton replied "Get your stuff and meet me at the car"
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Brooke looked out the window of Peyton's mustang she had stayed in the car with a sleeping Emily and Jamie who was drawing with color wonder markers. Brooke was startled as her phone rang and she looked at the caller ID and saw Lucas flashing across the screen. Brooke smiled and answered it.
"Hi Hubby" Brooke smiled as soon as she heard the happiness in Luke's voice.
"Hey, Pretty Girl….I've got the best news It's going to change our lives" Lucas said on his phone from work.
"Really, well tell me now" Brooke insisted hearing the eagerness in Brooke's voice.
"Nope, I'll tell you tonight…I made us dinner reservations at The Iron Gate at 8" Lucas informed her. "I'll be home at around 7 so be ready"
Brooke spotted Peyton coming out of the pharmacy and sighed deeply "Luke, I've got to go ok, I'll see you tonight"
"I love you Pretty Girl" Lucas told her
"I love you too" Brooke replied ending the call and looking at Peyton who handed her a little white bag.
"You don't even know how awkward it was to go in there….the guy at the front desk looked at me like I was an idiot when he rang me up…..I told him "I just wanted to be sure" Peyton joked running her hand over her belly trying to cheer Brooke up.
Brooke looked at her watch "Oh no"
"What?" Peyton asked a little concerned
"Rachel is supposed to be over at the house at 3, It's already fifteen after" Brooke shook her head and sighed.
"Brooke it's ok" Peyton said as she started the car and drove to Brooke and Lucas's house.
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Peyton pulled up in the driveway and rolled her eyes as she watched Rachel walk off the porch.
"I've only been here for a half an hour Brooke" Rachel said dryly as she walked toward Peyton's car.
Brooke smiled sadly "I'm sorry Rach, I just lost track of time" Brooke sat the bag down on the hood of the car as she pulled the front seat up so that Jamie could get out. Just as Brooke started to grab the bag back Rachel got it.
"Let's see what derailed your time" Rachel looked in the bag and then up at Brooke. "You slut you've gone and gotten yourself knocked up"
Brooke groaned "Rachel give me a break…I'm just doing this so Peyton will get off of my back about it"
Peyton walked toward Brooke and Rachel from the other side of the car "Hey, I'm just trying to help you out" Peyton looked at her watch "I have to go I need to go and get Jenny…" Peyton walked over to Brooke and hugged her "Call me tonight ok…Let me know how things go"
Brooke nodded sadly and watched as Peyton got in her car and drove away.
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Ten minutes later Brooke and Rachel were sitting in the living room waiting for the egg timer to go off so that Brooke could go and check the results of the test.
"What am I going to do you guys? I mean Luke and I aren't ready for this" Brooke shook her head and sighed "I mean we were careful….at least half the time"
Rachel started to say something but Haley walked through the door "Hey guys…what's going on"
Rachel immediately shouted "Brooke's pregnant"
Haley stopped dead in her tracks and looked at Brooke who looked away.
Jamie recognizing his mother's voice ran out from the bedroom
"Mama" he ran towards her and leapt into her arms
"Hey sweetie…Why don't you go get your stuff and give me and aunt Brooke time to talk"
Jamie nodded "Ok mama" Jamie ran back into the bedroom and started to grab his things.
Haley looked at Brooke with her mouth wide open "Tigger you're pregnant"
Haley walked over to the couch and set next to Brooke who shook her head "What am I going to do, Haley?"
Haley smiled "Are you kidding me this is the greatest thing I've ever heard" Haley squealed and wrapped her hands around Brooke. "You guys are going to be great parents, I mean look how good you are with Jamie, he adores you and Lucas"
Rachel snickered from the other couch "You're going to get fat, for once my waist is going to be smaller than yours"
Haley and Brooke both glared at Rachel, and Haley said "You know Rachel why don' you just go…"
Haley was cut off by the ring of the egg timer going off and Brooke stood up from the couch and started to walk to the bathroom. She stopped in the middle of the living room and turned back. "I can't go look"
Rachel stood up "I'll go"
Brooke and Haley both watched as Rachel ran to the back of the house to the bathroom.
Haley got up and walked over to Brooke and hugged her "It's going to be fine Tigger I promise"
Rachel walked back into the living room with the pregnancy test in her hand. "I'm sorry Brooke it's negative"
Brooke looked up at Haley as tears started to well in her eyes "Oh, well I guess it's for the best you know" Brooke couldn't fight it anymore and the tears fell freely. She shook her head and went to sit back down on the couch.
"Oh Tigger" Haley said sadly walking back over to Brooke "It's going to be ok"
Brooke reached for the box of tissues that were on the end table and grabbed one "I don't know how I can be so upset over something I never had" she looked up at Rachel "It's negative?"
Rachel looked at her "No, It's positive"
"What?" Brooke and Haley both said in unison.
"It's not negative it's positive" Rachel shrugged her shoulders as she looked at the both of them "I mean at least you know how you feel about it"
Brooke exhaled and looked over at one of the many photos of her and Lucas that adorned the living room "I'm gonna have a baby guys, I'm going to have a baby…what am I going to say to Lucas"
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Later that night at dinner Brooke and Lucas sat at the restaurant waiting for their dinner to arrive. Lucas wore a dark blue dress shirt and black dress slacks and Brooke wore a black cocktail dress with loose curls framing her face. Lucas couldn't help but notice the dreamy look that had been on Brooke's face all night. She had told him that she had big news for him too but he couldn't wait to tell her his big news any longer.
"So I got to work this morning and my book editor Steven called me in his office, he said that the new book is so successful that he wants me to go on a book tour to promote it" Lucas couldn't keep the smile off of his face as he told Brooke
"Wow Lucas that's great" Brooke smiled she was so happy for Lucas he'd worked hard on this last book and she hadn't seen him so excited for a long time. "How long Is the tour?"
"That's what I wanted to talk to you about…it's all over the U.S. and Canada…Steven said it'll be about ten months"
The smile on Brooke's face slowly fell "Ten Months"
Lucas started to say something but his cell phone rang and he looked at the name and it said Nathan. Lucas looked at Brooke and got up from his chair "I'll be right back, I've got to take this…." Lucas stopped and turned back to Brooke " Did you want to tell me your news now?"
Brooke shook her head "Oh, I just wanted to tell you about the new clothes that the store was getting" She lied she didn't want to ruin Luke's happiness, after all he'd worked hard for this.
"That's great Pretty Girl" Lucas told her before walking off to answer his phone.
Brooke watched him walk away and sadly smiled "I'm just having your baby"