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Peyton and Haley sat on the couch in silence, neither sure what to do or even say. They weren't sure if what happened was bad, but they figured that it wasn't good either.

"What just happened?" Peyton looked at Haley who was dumbfounded.

"I think Lucas just messed up…..I can't believe this…I mean I thought for sure that he'd yell or hug everyone or…" Haley shook her head in disbelief.

"Pass out" Peyton half joked "I don't know what we should do now…do we stay….or go?"

Haley ran her hand through her hair and shrugged her shoulders "I don't know…I feel like we should do something but I don't know what"

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Brooke heard Lucas calling after her but she didn't stop, the tears feel freely from her eyes as she made her way through the crowded sidewalk. She didn't know where she was going but at the time she didn't really care.

"BROOKE" Lucas was yelling almost running down the street after Brooke, the street was surprisingly crowded for this time of day and maybe it was just because he was trying to reach Brooke but everyone was in his way. Lucas tried his best to maneuver through the people but it did him no good and before he knew it Brooke was out of sight.

"Damn" Lucas stood in the middle of the sidewalk trying to see if he could catch a glimpse of Brooke, but he didn't see her anywhere. Suddenly, Lucas felt someone grab his shoulder and he shot around to find Haley.

"Did you find her?" Haley asked sympathetically

Lucas shook his head "Does it look like I found her Haley?" Lucas felt bad as soon as he said it. "Hales, I'm sorry…it's just" Lucas folded his hands and placed them on the top of his head.

"She'll be back Luke" Haley tenderly touched Lucas on the arm "Just give her some time"

Lucas shook his head and pulled away from Haley "I've got to find her, I've got to fix this"

Haley folded her arms and watched Lucas walk through the crowd of people until she could no longer see him.

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"There are only so many places in Tree Hill that you can go" Brooke thought to herself as she struggled to catch her breath as she walked through the park. She had already been gone for a few hours it was getting late and she didn't know where to go, she couldn't go home that's the first place Lucas would look. She couldn't go to Haley's or Peyton's cause they were at the shop. Brooke walked over to the swing set and sat down. She rested her head against the cold metal chain as she rocked back and forth. She didn't understand what had just happened. She loved Lucas so much and she just wanted everything out of life that they could possibly have. She didn't mean to get pregnant so soon but birth control wasn't exactly on her mind at the time either. Brooke was so lost in thought that she didn't hear the footprints coming up behind her.

"Always crying…It's a shame not the type of girl I took you for"

Brooke turned her head to find the one and only Dan Scott looking back at her.

"Oh no" Brooke started to get up but Dan grabbed her and pulled her back causing her to fall out of the swing and onto the wood chipped covered ground. Dan made no apologies he just simply laughed smugly.

"We need to have a chat"

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Lucas sat in the living room he hung his head low and rubbed the back of his neck with his hand. Haley sat beside him and Peyton was on the other. Skills, Nathan, Tim, Whitey, Mouth and Jake were all out looking for Brooke. Everyone told Lucas to stay put in case Brooke came home. After some debating Lucas gave in and sat down on the couch. He hadn't spoken in the last three hours. He just looked at his wedding band and twirled it back and forth across his fingers.

"She's my whole life" Lucas whispered. "How could I not say anything?"

Peyton rested her head on Lucas's shoulder "It's going to be ok Luke"

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"I don't even know what Lucas sees in you" Dan looked at Brooke who was sitting on the ground with her knees bent and her arms wrapped around them.

"What do you want from me?" Brooke asked her voice cracking as she started to cry again.

Dan just laughed "Aw, are you going to cry…Jeez I thought that you were tougher than that"

Brooke scoffed and got up "Go to Hell" she started to walk our of the park and she made it to the picnic tables when she felt Dan grab her by her hair and push her into a wooden beam that the picnic are was sheltered by. Dan turned Brooke around and pinned her arms above her head as she struggled to break free.

"Get off of me….I'll scream…I swear I'll scream" Brooke struggled to get the words out before Dan placed his strong hand over her throat cutting off Brooke's airway.

"I'd like to see you try, whore" Dan smiled as he listened to Brooke fight for air. "You see since I didn't get invited to the wedding, I haven't gotten to welcome you to the family"

Brooke struggled to get free but everything around her was starting to get fuzzy and dark and she felt herself getting weaker by the second.

Dan leaned into her and tightened his grip on her throat "My son deserves better than you"

Brooke gave up fighting and her whole body went limp, Dan let go of her throat and Brooke collapsed to the ground. Dan sucked in breath and looked at his wrist that was throbbing. Blood trickled down from where Brooke had dug her finger nails into his wrist as she tried to fight him off.

"Bitch" Dan yelled as he reared back and kicked Brooke in the stomach. He started to do it again but ducked when he heard a gunshot go off just above his head.

"I won't miss again" Karen said pointing her gun right at Dan

Dan laughed and walked by Karen he stopped when he was shoulder to shoulder with her. "Nobody does anything to Dan Scott"

Karen narrowed her eyes "You better pray to everything holy that she doesn't lose that baby, because if she does…I'm coming for you"

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The police were at Brooke and Lucas's taking a statement from Lucas about what had happened. A shrill cry silenced the whole living room and Peyton went to grab the culprit the telephone.

"Scott Residence" Peyton said "Hi Karen…What….Oh my God….No…We'll be there"

Peyton hung up the phone and looked around the room "We've got to go….You've mom found Brooke….she's in the hospital" The room was so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop. Lucas said nothing he just grabbed his coat and walked out the door.

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Brooke opened her eyes and stretched as she looked around the hospital room. Karen who was looking out the window looked over at Brooke and sighed. "Thank God".

Karen walked over to Brooke with tears in her eyes and leaned down and hugged her. "What were you thinking going out alone like that?…you could have been killed"

Brooke shook her head "I don't know…I was just so upset over what happened with Lucas that I didn't know what to do or where to go" Brooke pulled Karen closer. Karen was like a mom to her and they had grown really close over the last couple of years. She then pulled back and looked at Karen. "Is the baby ok?"

Karen looked at Brooke and nodded "Yeah, sweetie the baby's ok…You and Lucas have got a fighter on your hands"

Brooke smiled sadly "Yeah"

Karen ran her hand across Brooke's face "I've got something that will make you feel better" she reached over to the side table and pulled out a sonogram.

"That's your baby"

Brooke took the pixilated black and white picture in her hand and smiled she couldn't help the tears that fell. She started to say something but there was a knock on the door and Lucas walked in.

Karen looked at Lucas and then at Brooke, she got up from the bed and walked to the door. She hugged Lucas and kissed him on the cheek before walking out of the room.

Lucas and Brooke stared at each other for a long minute before anyone spoke. Lucas walked over to Brooke's bed and sat down and took a hold of her hand. He grimaced at the fingerprint shaped bruises that adorned Brooke's neck. He couldn't fight the wave of anger that radiated through her.

"I'm sorry Pretty Girl" Lucas could barely keep his voice from cracking as he spoke to Brooke.

"I'm sorry too…I shouldn't have just ran off like that" Brooke stared at Lucas "Listen Lucas, I know that we didn't plan this…It's not going to change anything"

Lucas shook his head "I'm not going on the book tour"

"Luke, no you have to go…Please don't give this up…it's your dream" Brooke pleaded with him.

Lucas shook his head "No, Brooke…don't you realize my first dream came true the day you became my wife, and now you've given me the biggest dream I could ask for" Lucas took the sonogram from Brooke's hand and looked at it. "You've made me a daddy". He looked at the picture and even though the baby was no bigger than his thumb, it was still love at first sight.

"I love you so much Lucas" Brooke wiped away a tear that slid down her cheek.

Lucas took his gaze off of the picture and looked at Brooke "Kid, you have no idea"