Stay
Chapter 13
I get myself twisted-in threads
I tell you my problems. You tell me the truth.
Hours Later
"Where's momma.?" Ethan asked. Instantly noticing her chair empty. And the lack of music playing for their morning dance
"Mom stayed with aunt Rachel last night." Lucas explained.
"Is she coming back.?" Ethan asked.
"Yes. Of course. She just needed some quality time with her friend." Lucas added in. Relieved that this answer seemed to be enough to stop the questions.
Once he dropped Ethan off at school he drove straight over to Rachel's house. He got out of his car and went up the door.
Wanting to knock but feeling way more nervous then he expected.
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Brooke splashed cold water on her face. Finished the breakfast and hangover cure drink Rachel had prepared for her.
"Thank you for taking care of me last night. I want to say it was a blur but it's not I just wanted to handle this on my own and now it feels like the world knows."
"It's Tree stays secret for long. I was all over the place after what hapened with Lucas and as much i appreciate you letting me hang out here."
"I have to go home and figure out what comes next. Talk to Lucas." Brooke proclaimed.
Rachel pulled her into a hug. "I'm here for you anytime. You know that."
"Same goes for me." Brooke replied.
It was the knocking at the door that sent Brooke towards the entryway.
She unlocked the door and was met with Lucas.
"I'm sorry. I should of known better. I am supposed to be you're safe place the person you're able to share anything with and i let you down. Let me make this up to you." Lucas proclaimed.
Brooke took his hand. As they left the front porch.
Rachel watched from her bedroom window upstairs.
"She had spent the night here. Drinking. All i know is Peyton is lucky she's pregnant." Rachel said. Clutching her cellphone.
"Do i want to know what you mean by that.?" Haley asked.
"It's better if we just change the subject. So is Nathan fully healed from the procedure yet.?" Rachel asked.
"He is. And i think he's realized how it benefits us both." Haley replied.
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Sometime Later
Clothes over bros
Peyton entered the clothing store. And walked straight to where Brooke was.
"You said you only wanted Lucas as a friend yet you ended up his wife. I was just trying to be honest with him."
"You weren't yet i'm the bad person.? I care about him too."
"I let you have him. And that's the truth." Peyton proclaimed.
"You had you're chance to spend you're life with him. Why is Lucas a main topic of conversation. When you're carrying Julian's child.?" Brooke asked.
"I let Lucas go. If you loved him at all. You would set him free and let him be with a woman who can give him the family he imagined." Peyton replied. As she left the store.
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Brooke stared at herself in the mirror. Once she retreated home for her break. Playing close attention to her flat stomach.
She decided to book an appointment with a fertility specialist out of town. She couldn't lose her marriage. This life was all she had wanted but never thought it was possible.
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Days Later. Brooke was given the information she expected. Her egg quality low. She couldn't carry a child.
But Brooke insisted she would do whatever it took. Even if the chance of pregnancy was small.
So the doctor suggested fertility treatments and scheduling time alone with her husband. That would be the only chance and truthfully it was a small percent that it could happen.
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"Sex on a schedule. None of this is enjoyable or romantic." Lucas said.
"If you want a baby this is how it is." Brooke replied. As she shot herself in the stomach. with the medication for fertility.