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Previously on "Remember Tonight for its the Beginning of Always:

Haley lets family and friends in on the news of her pregnancy.

Brooke finds something on interest on the computer and goes to confront Haley about it, only to be distracted by the pregnancy and such.

Nathan is worried he will not be able to be there for Haley as much as he'd like during this pregnancy and may miss her first ultrasound.

Chapter 41: Remember to Stay on Topic

"So, I'm thinking we should start a baby line," Brooke told Haley as they sat working on new stuff and business details for Baleigh's Collection.

It was the day before Haley's first ultrasound and to say Brooke had babies on the brain was an understatement. Not only were they on her brain, they were in it and all around it.

Haley looked at her friend, a little bit shocked. "What?" She asked. They had just launched the women's clothing line they shared, and it was a fledgling company. There was no need to start a new endeavor on top of this one.

"A baby line," Brooke restated, "Like clothes that babies wear. Besides, if we don't what else is little baby Scott going to wear?" She asked, leaning down and speaking to Haley's still flat belly.

"Little baby Scott will have plenty of clothes," Haley told her, blocking her stomach from Brooke with her hands. "Besides, we don't need you starting a whole new business venture just because I'm pregnant."

"It's not just because you're pregnant," Brooke argued. And Haley just looked at her skeptically. Once she picked up on Haley's expression she countered with, "I have wanted to do this for a long time. So while you're cooking that baby," she said pointing to Haley's stomach, "I will be cooking up this one," she added, and flipped around her sketchbook to show Haley the baby outfit she'd been sketching for the last thirty minutes.

"Brooke, that looks great," She said, taking the book from Brooke's hands and examining the intricate details she had displayed on the outfit. "But I just don't think while I'm pregnant is the best time for this. Our company is still young, and I may be less accessible with doctor's appointments and who knows how this pregnancy will affect my body," she told her.

"Are you worried about getting fat and having to go to press conferences?" Brooke asked her, confused.

"No, goof," Haley said, trying not to laugh. "I am talking about morning sickness or what if, heaven forbid; I am put on bed rest?" She asked, trying to make Brooke see what she meant. "I may not be able to do my part and help as much," she explained.

"I got ya," Brooke said, "I guess since I've never been preggos or been around a pregnant person I don't really know how things go. I thought it would be like on a movie, you get a big belly and then you deliver while looking fabulous and screaming your head off," she said with an embarrassed shrug.

"If only it was that easy. My sister Vivienne was in labor for thirty-seven hours when she had Natalie," Haley said. "But I do want you to know, I'm not saying no or never to the baby clothes thing. I'm just saying not right now. The timing is just not the best. I want to be able to help as much as I can. After all, I am a part of this company too," she told her friend.

"That's right, you are," Brooke agreed with her. "I will get back to my sketches of dresses and other outfits that fit people of our size," she offered, "But I'm not saying I won't sketch baby things on my free time. Or that I won't make baby Scott some extra special outfits before he or she arrives," she added with a wink.

"I wouldn't expect anything else from you, Brooke Davis," She told her with a smile as they both got back to work.

Lucas had taken a personal day from his actual job to work on his side gig, his personal writings. He had felt unusually inspired as of late and he wanted to take full advantage of it instead of waiting for one of his days off when he may or may not feel like writing.

And instead of staying at home where he figured Brooke and Haley would be busy working, he went to a place he hadn't been in awhile—the pizzeria Brooke had taken him to the first day that they met.

He walked in and could feel his batteries recharging. This was going to be a productive day, he could feel it. He made his way to an unoccupied, corner table by a window and took a seat.

Soon a waiter had made his way over to Lucas's table.

"Can I get ya anything?" The Italian man who was around Lucas's age asked.

Lucas looked up at him and nodded, "Yeah, I'll have two slices of pepperoni and a Dr. Pepper," he told him.

"That's gonna be it?" He asked, staring at Lucas as he waited for a response.

Lucas thought about it and then said, "Well actually, better make it a whole pepperoni pie. I may be here awhile."

"You got it," the man answered and then took off to put in the order.

Once he was alone, Lucas got out his faded black notebook and began writing.

After a quick, snacky lunch, Brooke and Haley got back to work on business. Haley had the computer out and was busy going through company emails, reading the pertinent ones aloud to Brooke so they could decide on what to do together. And Brooke was going through a swatch book of fabric choices trying to decide what would do best for the fall line.

Haley was staring intently at the screen when Brooke remembered why she had originally gone over to her apartment last week to talk to Haley. All the excitement of her best friend being pregnant had made her forget, but now that they were faced with the situation at hand it all came crashing back to her.

"Haley," Brooke began, looking intently at her friend.

"Yeah," the blonde answered, not looking up from the computer screen.

"You know how you deal with all of our emails," she said, still staring at her friend.

This time Haley looked up at the brunette. "Only because you said it gives you a headache to look at the computer screen for longer than ten minutes at a time," she said.

"Right," Brooke answered, sheepishly.

"But you seem to have no problem looking at the computer screen whenever Coach or some other designer you love has an online sale," Haley teased.

Brooke put her hands on her hips, "What's your point?" She asked her.

"Point?" Haley asked innocently, "I don't have a point. I'm just saying it miraculous how your headaches seem to be selective."

"Well maybe it's not the computer screen but the boringness of the task that gives me a headache," Brooke started to argue, but realized this conversation had quickly gone in a totally different direction than she had intended and added, "But my headaches are not what I want to talk about here."

"Then what is?" Haley asked, realizing her brunette friend was being serious.

Brooke took a deep breath and then marched over to where her purse was resting on the coffee table. She began rummaging through it to find the desired object. "I know it's in here somewhere," she mumbled to herself, all the while cursing herself for always buying oversized bags and filling them full of useless things. "Aha," she finally announced when she pulled out the desired piece of paper and held it up highly in the air.

"And exactly what is that?" Haley asked, not totally sure what it was Brooke was showing her. Knowing Brooke it could range from something that was actually important to a flyer for a shoe sale at Barney's.

"This," Brooke started, walking over to her friend and unfolding the paper she had printed some time earlier. "Is something I believe you should have told me about," she finished, laying the printed email down in front of Haley.

Haley looked at the paper in front of her and blinked her eyes. "Stupid," she cursed herself mentally, "Ever heard of delete."

"Well," Brooke prompted as she placed her hand on her hip. She wanted to get to the bottom of this.

"Well," Haley echoed, with uncertainty ringing in her voice.

"Haley, please tell me you did not intentionally hide this from me," Brooke said, now taking a seat next to her friend.

Haley sighed deeply, hung her head and then raised it again. "I wish I could say that I didn't," she said, "But I can't," she admitted.

"I thought we were partners here," Brooke said, still staring hard at her friend. "That means we don't keep secrets from each other. Especially not about things like this," she added, pointing down at the paper and touching it with her pointer finger.

"Brooke, I don't know what to say," Haley confessed, "Except for that I was trying to protect you. I didn't know if this whole thing was a hoax or what. I mean, are prisoners even allowed internet access?" She asked, looking up at her friend.

"I don't know," Brooke conceded.

"And I knew how badly you freaked out the other night when he was on the news. I guess I just wanted to protect you from that again," she told Brooke. "You're my friend; I just wanted to keep you from that pain."

Brooke nodded her head. "I get that Haley," she told her. "But then when I decide I want to see what's going on with our company and I find something like this, it hurts me more," she told her friend, pointing to her chest as she uttered the last word.

With the emotion of her friend's words ringing in her ears, Haley knew she had done the wrong thing. "Brooke, I'm sorry," she said, looking up into her face. "I know I should have showed you. I guess I thought if I didn't it would go away and you would have been spared."

Brooke looked back at Haley and smiled to show her friend she understood where she was coming from. Haley was her best friend, had she really ever stopped and asked herself what she wouldn't do to protect her? "It's fine," she told her. "Just next time, if there ever is one, don't keep me in the dark. I am a big girl. I can take it."

"I know," Haley said, and leaned over to give Brooke a hug.

"How was your day?" Brooke called when she heard the door to the apartment open and shut later that night. She was distracted by a story that was scrolling across the bottom of E! News. So distracted by the story, that she didn't even turn around to make sure that it was Lucas coming through the door.

Lucky for her, that was exactly who it was.

"Me?" Lucas asked, as if there was someone else in the room with Brooke and himself.

"No, the other hot guy behind you," Brooke teased, turning around from the television to throw an eye roll in his direction.

Lucas laughed. He had meant for his question to be taken as funny, but of course Brooke took it as literal. He loved that about her. When he was trying to lift his own spirits with a joke, she would top him with her own wit and smart mouth.

"Yeah, my day was fine," he told her, coming into the living room and sitting down beside her on the couch. "It would have been better if I hadn't hit a road block with my story," he admitted to her.

Suddenly Brooke was all ears. She hadn't realized Lucas was working on something. She turned to him and asked, "What story?"

"Just a new something I've been working on recently. It was going so well until I hit a wall. Not like I won't get through it, it's just always frustrating when it does," He explained to her.

"Well why don't you explain it to me and I can try to help you work through whatever has gotten you stuck," Brooke offered to him, running a finger over his shoulder.

"That's sweet," Lucas said, looking up at her. "But I kind of have this weird thing about not showing anyone my work until it's finished." He hoped she understood what he was getting at. It wasn't that he was trying to be rude. It was just that his work was personal, it was a part of him and he felt exposed when showing it to someone before he was ready. It was almost like he hadn't had a chance to get ready for a huge party or something.

"Oh," Brooke said, somewhat deflated. She knew Lucas had a right to be protective over his work. And she understood, kind of. She was protective over her designs to an extent, but she never minded sharing them with those she cared about. She knew it wasn't how Lucas had meant it, but she couldn't help feeling a little hurt. "I understand," She added, trying to recover from how awkward her first response sounded.

"Thanks for understanding," Lucas hold her, pulling her in for a hug and then kissing her on the crown of her head. "I promise when it's ready your eyes will be the first to see it."

"They better be," Brooke mock-threatened him, gently pushing him in the ribs. "And if I'm not, then you had best find a new place to sleep."

Lucas looked down at the brunette with a shocked expression, playing along with her teasing. "Well with threats like that I guess I had better stick to my word," He told her.

"Yes you had," Brooke said with a matter-of-fact nod. "Now how excited are you for Haley's ultrasound tomorrow?" She asked, changing the subject.

Lucas smiled thinking about his sister-in-law and the growing niece or nephew in her belly. "I've gotta say I'm pretty psyched," he admitted to her. "I hate Nathan is out of town, but I'm glad to go with her."

"Yeah, I know," Brooke agreed with him. "I cannot wait. Tomorrow morning, we'll be getting to hear the baby's heartbeat. And Haley checked with her doctor and he said it would be fine for her to have Nathan on the phone. He may not be able to physically be there but he should be able to hear his child's heartbeat with the rest of us. It's only right."

"Good," Lucas said, "Hopefully he won't be busy when she's back for her appointment."

"I know, that's my only worry," Brooke said, the fear evident on her face. "I know Haley is excited and she's glad we're going with her, but I also know there is almost nothing she wouldn't give to have Nathan there is our place."

"Well let's just try to be positive and not worry about that until we have to," Lucas suggested.

"Sounds like a good idea," Brooke agreed with him again.

"Now, what were you thinking about for supper?" He asked her, his growling stomach tearing his thoughts away from his family.

So finally another chapter is posted...sorry for the wait but my summer just kinda got crazy all of a sudden. I am glad I finally wrapped up that what was on the computer thing because I seriously almost forgot about it and then I would have just messed myself up...Hate when I take a long time between and forget things. Anyway, I decided to keep the "Previously" section for you all because no one was really opposed to it and the responses I did get were for it, so voila! It is at the beginning for you all, because after all you readers are really what this is all about! :) Let me know if you Loved this/Hated it and what you would like to see next, or predictions of what you think is to come! Till next time! :)