Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill. Rated PG-13 for mature subjects.

It was early Monday morning and Brooke Davis woke up next to her husband.

"Julian," Brooke said. "Wake up."

"I don't want to," Julian said groggily.

"I just want to say how excited I am today," Brooke said. "I'm going in for my first ultrasound."

"Oh yeah," Julian said.

"Oh yeah?" Brooke asked. "I'm going in for an ultrasound and your response is oh yeah?"

"I'm so sleepy Brooke," Julian said. "I didn't go to bed until 4:00 AM."

"I'm sorry," Brooke said. "Why don't you stay in bed and then I'll stop by your work later and give you a picture from the ultrasound."

"But I want to go with you," Julian said.

"No sweetie," Brooke said. "You get back to sleep. You're not you when you're cranky.

"Okay," Julian said.

"I'm so excited!" Brooke cheered. "We're having another baby!"

Later, Julian was busy in his office drawing set designs for his next movie. Suddenly, there was a knock on his office door.

"Come in," Julian said.

Julian continued to sketch and Brooke walked into the office.

"Julian," Brooke said.

"Oh hey honey," Julian said as he looked up. "How was the…"

Julian was shocked to see Brooke crying. Julian got up and walked over to his wife.

"Brooke sweetie," Julian said softly. "What's wrong?"

"Oh Julian!" Brooke sobbed.

Later at home, Julian and Brooke sat on the couch and cried in each other's arms.

"How could this happen?" Julian sobbed.

"The doctor said miscarriages can happen to anyone, especially early on in the pregnancy," Brooke sobbed. "We knew this was a possibility, but I just didn't think it would actually happened."

"What are we going to tell the kids?" Julian sobbed.

"We're not," Brooke said trying to fight back her tears. "They didn't even know I was pregnant, so we're not going to tell them."

"What?" Julian asked trying to fight back his own tears. "How are we going to keep it from them?"

"We can't cry in front of them," Brooke said. "We just have to be tough. They're going to be home any minute now. Let's go wash our faces off in the sink and then I'll fix my makeup."

"We can't just pretend to be okay," Julian sobbed.

"No Julian," Brooke said. "We are not crying right now. Save it for bed."

"Brooke," Julian sobbed. "I can't save it for bed."

"Go somewhere private then," Brooke said.

"Brooke," Julian sobbed. "This isn't healthy."

"Go somewhere private!" Brooke screamed.

Julian walked out of the house and got into his car. He drove to Clay and Quinn's beach house. Once there, he knocked on the door and Clay opened it.

"Julian," Clay said before realizing Julian was crying.

"Hey Clay," Julian sobbed. "Can I talk to you?"

"Of course," Clay said softly. "Come in."

Julian embraced Clay tightly and let out loud sobs.