I own nothing except Ava
Following Through
10 Years in the future. Flashbacks in italics.
Brooke lay in bed thinking about everything that had happened. The night of the formal when she went with Felix, and Lucas went with Anna, but they ended up together. That's the night things changed, they became friends again. "Maybe I should have stayed mad." She said under her breath. She looked at the princess cut diamond on her finger. Brooke came home to see a million candles around the apartment; Lucas was standing in the middle of the living room with a huge grin on his face. "What's going on?" "Brooke we've surpassed the odds. We have a handled long distance. (AN Brooke went to college in New York while Lucas was at UNC.) "We've been together 5 years and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you make me the happiest man on earth and marry me?" Brooke smiled as the tears that were in her eyes started flowing down her face. "Yes of course I'll marry you." he slipped the ring on her finger and kissed her. "I love you." She giggled. "Always and forever."
"Mommy." Brooke snapped out of her train of thought when she heard her 6-year-old daughter Ava's voice. "Hey angel face, what are you doing up?" Brooke quickly plastered a fake smile on her face. "I saw your light on." "Crawl in bed with me." Ava did. Brooke turned the lights off, and wrapped her arms around her daughter. "Where's daddy?" Brooke sighed. "He's staying with grandma for a while." "Why?" "Don't worry about it." "I heard you two fighting this morning." Brooke held back her tears. "Don't worry angel mommy will fix everything. Now you need to get some sleep." Ava nodded. "Night mommy. Love you." "To the moon and back again." "And again and again." Brooke watched her daughter fall asleep. Brooke was excited and nervous as she waited for Lucas after work. He works at THHS as an English teacher, and the basketball coach. When he walked out of his office he saw the concerned look on Brooke's face. "Hey babe, What's up?" "I need to talk to you." "Ok." They went into his office. "Ok I'll get straight to the point…I'm pregnant… I know it's unplanned and soon, we've only been married 6 months." "But you're having my baby?" she slightly smiled and nodded. "Brooke I don't care if we've only been married 6 days, you're having my baby. This is wonderful." She hugged him.
8 months later "Mrs. Scott we have to perform a c-section now, before your blood pressure gets any higher." Brooke nodded. Lucas squeezed her hand. "Everything's going to be ok." "Luke I'm scared. What if something goes wrong?" "Don't think that way." He kissed her head as they wheeled her off. Lucas had this strange feeling the entire time in the waiting room. (AN yes I know he can go in with her, but for dramatic purposes he needs to be outside.) All of a sudden he got a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach. He knew something was wrong. Brooke or the baby were fighting for their lives. After a few seconds the feeling was washed away and he knew that Brooke and the baby were ok. Ava Elizabeth Scott was born 6lbs, 8oz, happy and healthy.
Everything was perfect from then on. They were a happy little family. Brooke was a fashion buyer for a department store. They had even decided to try and have another child. For two years they tried unsuccessfully. Which put stress on them. It all went downhill from there. While Lucas was in New York visiting Nathan he got drunk and slept with another woman. Brooke was completely devastated when he came home and told her. She felt like the whole world was caving down around her. "Brooke I'm so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you." "Didn't want to hurt me. Lucas in one night you betrayed me. But hey that's what you do right. Whenever I'm not around you seem to sleep with anything that moves." "That's not true. We've just been fighting a lot and she was there to ease the pain." She threw a pillow at him. "Ease the pain. Well who's going to ease my pain. Or ease your pain when I take Ava and we leave town." "Brooke come on don't be this way." "How should I be? Get out I don't want to see you." "Brooke please." "No Lucas get out." he nodded and left.
The next day Brooke took Ava to school and then went to work. "Good morning peoples." She said in her fakest cheery tone. "Morning Mrs. Scott. Your husband called, and Mrs. Keller called to confirm your lunch today." "Thanks Chantal. If my husband calls again, tell him I'm in a meeting." "Sure thing." Brooke went in her office and tried to contain herself for a very long day.