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The next morning, Lucas is the first to wake up. As the memory of the night before comes rushing back, he instantly smile, and looks at the sleeping brunette in his arms. He stays that way for he longest time, just watching her sleep. He's always loved to watch her sleep. He loves to see her like this; before the make up she says she needs, and the curling iron or flat iron she takes to her hair. This is her, nothing extra.
She stirs in her sleep, and moves to snuggle into her pillow, only to be met with Lucas' chest.
She opens her eyes and smiles, "Good morning, Boyfriend."
He smiles back and kisses her forehead, "Morning, Pretty Girl. How'd you sleep?"
"Mmm, wonderfully actually. I had the man I love in my arms when I fell asleep," she says, rubbing his stomach.
Before he can respond, Angie makes her presence known. Brooke reaches for his shirt and picks up the baby.
"She's hungry, could you make her a bottle?" Brooke asks, laying Angie down on the bed to change her diaper.
"Sure," Lucas answers, kissing the baby's head, then walks over to the baby back and grabs the bottle and formula.
"Hello little girl," Brooke says, smiling down at Angie. "Did you sleep good? You must have, you slept all night."
She finishes changing her diaper, the begins to tickle her tummy, and blows raspberries on her neck, making the baby erupt in a fit of giggles.
Lucas watches the scene before him, knowing how hard it will be for Brooke when she has to send the baby home. He grabs his camera from the dresser by the door, and snaps a picture; Brooke hunched over, smiling with a giggling Angie.
"One bottle, per the guest of honor's request," Lucas says, handing Brooke the bottle.
Brooke smiles, "Do you want to feed her?"
"You sure?" he asks.
Brooke nods. "Yeah, I'll let you two bond. I'll go take a shower."
He looks at Brooke with darkened eyes, "I would love to join you."
She walks the short distance to him and kisses him, "And I'd love for you to join me, but someone has to stay with Angie."
Lucas pouts. "I'd love to feed her. You go take your shower."
She nods, kisses him again and heads to the bathroom.
Lucas picks Angie up and sits on the bed with his back to the wall. He brings the nipple of the bottle to her lips, she eagerly accepts, placing one hand on the bottle to hold it in place, and smacks Lucas's hand with the other.
He watches as the baby eats her breakfast, and stares at him with her big brown eyes.
"Well, it's the big day. Are you nervous?" he asks, as if expecting an answer, she blinks at him in response. "Well, no need to be nervous, you're going to be just fine. I promise. I will go with you and Brooke and I will be there with her when you come out. You're a special little girl, Angie, and we love you."
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"Miss Davis, we have to prep Angie for surgery now," the nurse says, motioning for Brooke to hand the baby over.
Brooke nods, tears in her eyes. Lucas places his hand on her lower back. She kisses Angie one last time and hands her to the nurse. As the nurse walks away with the baby, Brooke turns and buries her head in Lucas' chest. She doesn't know what she'd do if he wasn't with her through all this. He's been her rock, she loves him even more for that.
"Everything's gonna be ok, Brooke," he whispers in her hair, silently praying he's right.
She looks up at him then and kisses him. She doesn't care if everyone stops and stares, right now, she needs him close to her.
Both are to consumed in the other, that they don't notice one witness in particular.
Peyton.
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Peyton pulls up to Haley and Nathan's house, and knocks on the door. When Haley answers, she says, "Can I talk to you?"
Haley steps aside and says, "Sure, come in. Is everything ok? How's Angie?"
Peyton shrugs. "I don't know. I left before I could ask. I never thought that this would happen."
They sit on the couch and Haley asks, "What are you talking about, Peyton?"
"When I got to the hospital, I saw Brooke and Lucas," she says.
"Yeah, Lucas offered to go with her and she accepted, I'm not following," Haley says, giving her the reason why Lucas was there.
"No. Hales, they were kissing," Peyton explains, about to let the tears in her eyes spill over.
Haley stares at her in shock, shakes her head then says, "Excuse me?"
"Brooke and Lucas-"
"No, I heard you. I just can't believe it," Haley says.
"I couldn't believe it either. But I was there and they have obviously been doing this long enough to be comfortable about kissing in public. I can't believe Brooke would do this. She knew why I came home, Haley. She knew that I wanted Lucas. Now she's kissing him! This is like high school all over again," Peyton exclaims, wiping away her tears in frustration.
Haley, always the one to be reasonable, and one to tell the truth says, "Actually, its not. Cause in high school it was the other way around. Remember?"
Peyton looks at her, "That's not the point! The point is my best friend is with Lucas, I mean-I love him, Haley."
Haley pulls Peyton in for a hug and says, "I know you do. But sometimes you have to let the people you love go. If it's meant to be, then they'll come back to you."
Peyton shakes her head, "No, he's clearly chosen who he wants. He really has moved on from me. I guess I should do the same."
"Peyt? What are you going to do now?" Haley asks her friend.
"I'm going to stop comparing every guy out there to Lucas. I'm going to be happy for Brooke, and supportive of her. But it's going to be hard," Peyton answers with a forced smile, then laughs bitterly. "I wonder how long she'll wait to tell me."
"I don't know. Lucas hasn't even told me yet. I'm usually the first to know things about him, other than Nathan," Haley points out.
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Angie has been in the OR for over two hours, and Brooke is going out of her mind. She's been sitting in he same uncomfortable hospital chair, leg boucing up and down, and holding Lucas' hand for over two hours.
She's a mess.
"Argh! Why haven't they come out, Lucas? I need to know how she is," she says, her voice raspier than normal from the crying.
He squeezes her hand, "I don't know, babe."
Just then, the double doors open, "Who is here for Baby Angie?"
Brooke and Lucas stand and walk over to the nurse. "I'm her guardian while she's here. How is she?" Brooke asks, on the verge of more tears.
"Everything went as expected. She was a real trooper. She's in the recovery room right now. We will move her to Pediatrics, in about an hour. Until then, Just relax and breathe. She's going to be just fine now."
Brooke smiles, "Thank you." The nurse nods and smiles a her, then turns and walks away. Brooke then turns and hugs Lucas. "She's ok. She's ok."
Lucas kisses her head, "I heard. I told you everything would be fine. You should really trust me Brooke Davis."
She looks at him, "I do trust you, Lucas Scott. I love you."
"I love you, too," he says, giving her a peck on the lips.