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Chapter 4: Like Father, Like Son

"Haley! I need your help! I did something stupid." Lucas took a deep breath after spewing all the words out at once. He was just so relieved that he finally was able to get a hold of his best friend.

"What?! What are you talking about Luke? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. I think." Lucas sounded frantic.

"You sure Luke? You don't sound fine. What happened?" Haley knew something was wrong. She had been best friends with Lucas since they were six and she knew when he was lying.

"Haley, I messed up." Lucas sounded like he was about to cry.

"Lucas what are you talking about!? You're scaring me!"

"Haley. I um, I sort of um… I got Brooke pregnant." Haley's jaw dropped and so did her phone. She didn't even know that Brooke was sick or had missed her period or anything. But that did explain the "appointment" that Luke mentioned to her on the phone.

-One Tree Hill -

Haley didn't know how to react. She felt like a horrible friend, not being there for Brooke during all of this. She didn't even know that Brooke had missed her period. She tried to think back if there was any clues or hints that Brooke had given her. She felt her heart drop when she remembered the conversation they had the morning of the day of their fight.

Flashback

"Haley, I need your help. I'm freaking out." Brooke had been frantic all morning. Haley was still in bed, it was Saturday and didn't want to get out of bed. It was the only day for her to sleep in and she valued her sleep on the weekends because she usually worked all night at the café.

"I'm sure everything's fine Brooke, whatever it is." Haley should have been more interested but she was still half asleep and Brooke had wakened her from a dream about Nathan. Those dreams had been reoccurring more and more lately.

"Tutor girl, my period is late! My period is NEVER late!" Brooke was frustrated, Haley could tell in her voice.

"Brooke, did you ever think it could be from stress? I mean you have been pretty busy designing your prom dress and Victoria has been on your ass about starting Clothes over Bros, plus you're not doing so hot in calculus right now.."

"Thanks Haley, I know I'm not doing good in calculus! But you do not understand, my period is never late. I have been plenty stressed before and it has ALWAYS came on time." Brooke stopped short and looked over at Haley who had looked to be back asleep. "UGHHHHHH" She slammed the bathroom door that was adjacent to the room they were sharing and sat down on the toilet. She had already bought 3 different pregnancy tests and was waiting for the first one to show her results. She told herself that no matter what the three tests said, she would still get a second opinion from a doctor just to be sure. As much as she didn't want a child right now, she couldn't help but smile at the thought of having a baby with Lucas Scott.

Present Day

"Oh my god Nathan, I am so stupid!" Haley threw her hands to her head and began to pace around looking for her keys.

"What? Hales don't say that about yourself. You can't be stupid anyways, you're my tutor." Nathan joked but Haley shot him a look of unenthusiasm.

"Nathan! This is not a time to joke around! Lucas got Brooke pregnant and I'm a bad friend!"

"Wait what?! Lucas got Brooke pregnant? But Hales, how does that make YOU a bad friend?"

"Because! She was worried about missing her period and I just pushed her off because I was half asleep and dreaming about you!" Haley covered her mouth when she realized what she had just said. Her and Nathan just officially declared themselves a couple.

"OOOO my girl's naughty."

"Not THAT kind of dream Nathan! Come one, let's go see them!" Haley playfully slapped Nathan's arm and grabbed her keys. She couldn't go back in time and stop herself from not being a good friend to Brooke in that moment, but she sure as hell could make up for it.

-One Tree Hill -

Lucas didn't know what to say, frankly he didn't know what to feel. Of course he was scared, he was terrified, but he loved Brooke and he would love this baby. He didn't want to be like his biological father who just got up and left. He would be like Keith, someone who was always there for their child, even though Keith never got the chance to legally adopt Lucas. He was terrified and he knew his mother was worried. He kept picturing his sweet mother's face and the look of disappointment when Lucas shared the news with her. He had been crying and so had she. She was a teen mom when she had Lucas, she was Lucas's age, and the last thing she wanted was for history to repeat itself with her son. But Karen liked Brooke a lot and thought she had a good head on her shoulders, but she had so much to offer the world and so much potential. Lucas just sat there facing Brooke. Neither of them had said a word to each other when the doctor confirmed the news. Lucas had stepped out to call Haley, and his mother happened to be there in the waiting room when he called her. He couldn't stand the silence between him and Brooke. He loved that girl for goodness sakes, they should be excited, not giving each other the silent treatment. He thought Brooke was keeping up with her birth control, which turns out she wasn't. They were both at fault but that didn't mean they couldn't be good parents. Lucas stood up and walked over to Brooke. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes and he extended his arms open to her. She feel into his grasp and clung tightly to him.

"Lucas, I'm scared." She whispered as she sniffled, clearly trying to hold back tears.

"I know Brooke but it'll be okay. We will get through this and we will make great parents to this little baby." He reassured her, and himself. He pulled away from her and looked into her big, beautiful eyes and smiled. "You are so beautiful. I hope the baby has your eyes." She smiled back and began to cry. He pulled her back in close and held her.

"Well. Hello Son. Sorry to interrupt." Dan Scott burst through the door smirking.

"Do. Not. Call me that! I am not YOUR son." Lucas replied, gritting his teeth and facing Dan.

"Believe what you want but you're a part of my sperm so that makes you my son. Listen, your mother called me and told me what happened. She figured that I could come down here and talk with you."

"HA! And you expect me to believe that? Try again Dan."

"Believe what you want Lucas but she did. Now listen…" Before Dan could finish what he was saying he was rudely interrupted by his other son, Nathan.

"DAN? What the hell? Why are you here!?" Nathan looked at Dan, and then at Lucas and could figure out that Dan's presence was unwanted.

"Oh hello Nate."

"Can you just leave Dan? Can't you tell that no one wants you here or are you that stupid?" Haley stepped in and grabbed Nathan's arm pulling him back.

"Oh is this your little girlfriend? Is she going to protect you against your big old Dad?" Dan laughed to himself as he eyed Haley. She was so tiny and small and plain.

"Do NOT talk about Haley like that." At this point Brooke was getting pretty upset and overwhelmed so she called in the doctor. The doctors came and escorted everyone out of the room besides Haley, Lucas and Brooke. They were packing up their things to leave when Brooke walked over to Haley and hugged her and began to cry.

"Oh Brooke. I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you. But it'll be okay. I know you're scared but you are going to make a great mom. You've always wanted this and you're going to do great. It'll all work out." Haley pulled away and smiled at Brooke.

"Thanks tutor girl, I needed to hear that."

-One Tree Hill -

After all of the chaos of the day, Haley could not wait to go to bed. Brooke was staying with Lucas for the night and Haley was thrilled to have the bed all to herself. Part of her wanted to call Nathan and have him stay with her, but she didn't want to give him the wrong idea. She was still a virgin and she wasn't ready to have sex with Nathan. She had been in love with him for forever, but they just started dating and she didn't want to rush into anything that could potentially complicate things.

As she was getting ready for bed, she glanced over at her calendar and realized that prom was rapidly approaching. She had her mother's prom dress which she was going to wear, but she had no date. She wasn't sure if Nathan was going to ask her or if she should just assume that they were going together. She still had a week til prom, but she was not prepared one bit. She was so caught up in schoolwork, dreaming about Nathan, working, working on some new songs, and fighting with Brooke that she had lost track of time. Senior year was stressful. She had been so busy tutoring all the students who needed to pass a course to graduate next month, that she didn't even have time to blink. Before she knew it, they would be walking across that stage and starting the next chapter of their lives. Some going in one direction and everyone else going in another.

She was distracted by her thoughts until she heard a rapid knock on her bedroom window. She jumped in panic and slowly approached the window to see Nathan's smiling face staring back at her and waving. She opened the window and he crawled in, shutting it behind him.

"Hi Hales! I figured you could use some company." Nathan replied, smiling at Haley and kissing her forehead.

"Nathan! What are you doing here?" Haley was confused. She didn't invited him over, how did he know that she was alone?

"Lucas told me Brooke was staying with him and Brooke told me that you don't like to sleep alone so I came by to keep you company. I promise I'm not as creepy as this sounds." Haley laughed. Good ole Nathan covering his tracks.

"Well, Brooke is right but I didn't invite you over because I didn't want to give you the wrong idea.."

"Wrong idea? Nah. I have waited many months to be with you Haley, I think I can wait a couple more to have sex. Besides, I know you're little secret and I don't want to be like Chris Keller and pressure you into anything."

"Chris never pressured me to have sex Nathan.."

"Ew. I hate that name. I know, but he pressured you to kiss him and for that, I hate his dumbass face."

"Well, thank you for understanding and not being a tool like everyone in Tree Hill thinks you are." She joked playfully as Nathan gave her a look. She motioned for him to come lay down and they got under the covers and he held her close. "You just have to leave before my mom wakes up in the morning."

"I figured. Besides, I should probably shower before going to school. Don't want to embarrass my girl by being smelly." Nathan covered his nose with one hand and waved the air with the other to make a smelly motion. Haley couldn't help but laugh at his dorkiness.

"Speaking of, what about.." Before Haley could finish, Nathan cut her off.

"Prom? Oh don't worry about that Hales. I have something planned for you. I actually planned it out a while ago because I knew that you were the girl I wanted to be seen on the dance floor with. This time though, I know you'll say yes."

"Don't be so high and mighty Nathan Scott." She laughed, they both knew that she was going to say yes but she didn't want to give Nathan that satisfaction of knowing. It was fun playing this little game with him.

They kissed each other good night and snuggled together the entire night. Haley felt so warm and safe next to Nathan, something she definitely could get use to. She had loved this boy for so long and still couldn't believe that this was becoming a reality. She had always dreamed about laying next to Nathan at night and sleeping by his side and she loved every second of it. She loved that he didn't pressure her into anything, that he was always full of surprised and most of all, how much she realized she really wanted him. She didn't want to jump into anything sexual because she was not that type of girl at all, but Nathan was hot and here he was, shirtless and in her bed with messy bed hair. She slipped out of his embrace, praying that she wouldn't startle him and just stared at his face while he slept. She loved everything about his face. She loved everything about his body. She loved everything about him. So, she took her hand and she dragged it up and down Nathan's chest, trying to not tickle him too much but also make him stir. He opened his eyes and looked at her with a groggy look and smiled.

"Hales, what are you doing?" Haley responded by putting a finger to his lips and smiling.

"Is it bad that I want you right now Nathan Scott?"

"Ooo my girl is naughty…But Haley, we don't have to do anything. I'm okay with just sleeping." Nathan didn't want to pressure Haley into anything and he respected her boundaries. But, if she wanted it too he wouldn't turn her down.

"I want to though Nathan." She responded by pulling him in for a deep passionate kiss, breaking away to nuzzle into his neck.

"Haley… are you sure?" Nathan asked as he broke away from her and looked her in the eyes.