"Well, we're all alone again Bean. What do you want to do?" She asked the baby laying on her chest.

"Stay here? I thought so" Brooke smirked a little, looking back at the tv. Hearing the doorbell ring, Brooke sat up, keeping Jillian against her chest as she went to answer the door.

Opening it, she had a shocked look on her face as she saw who it was.

"Nathan?" Brooke was still shocked when she saw the tall raven haired boy with the piercing blue eyes.

The tall muscular boy, the boy she had been best friends with since they were five, but hadn't spoken much since she had gotten pregnant, looked down at his feet awkwardly before speaking. "Yeah, hey B" He smiled a bit, looking at the pink bundle in her arms. "So this is the famous Jillian Davis Peyton is telling everyone about?"

Brooke looked over her shoulder at her daughter's face. "Yup, this is her. We call her Bean though" She smiled looking back over at Nathan. "Do you want to hold her?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at her friend as he stepped inside, closing the door behind him.

"Uhh sure" He shrugged, holding the baby gingerly in his arms after Brooke handed her to him.

"Support her head with your arm...there" She smiled at the sight. Nathan looked really tense, like he felt like he would break her. But then again, Jillian looked so small in his muscular arms.

"Here, let's go into the living room so you can sit and be a little more comfortable" She smiled, leading him into the living room and sitting down next to him on the couch. She grazed her hand against Jillian's cheek as she began to fuss "Hey baby, it's okay. Mommy's right here, and Uncle Nathan isn't gonna hurt you" She smiled as the little girl began to calm down

"Woah B" Nathan's eyebrows raised as he saw Brooke with Jillian. "Who would've thought you would be the motherly type?"

Brooke smirked a bit when she heard Nathan's comment "Comes with becoming a mother" She kissed Jillian's forehead.

Nathan nodded, he got it. "So why Bean?" He asked, raising an eyebrow slightly as he looked down at the baby in his arms

"Because she's so small. I didn't get it. I mean, my stomach got huge, and all it held was a tiny little baby" She explained, leaning back into the couch as she looked to the side at her friend.

"Makes sense" he nodded. "So I'm guessing she's why you wanted to graduate early and leave me to the hands of my ass of a brother?" He smirked. Nathan always resented Lucas for leaving Brooke like that all the time. First for Peyton, and then when he had Peyton, he would still go after her. At least when Nathan and Haley broke up, Nathan respected her wishes to stay away. His brother, on the other hand, was just like their father.

Brooke nodded. "I didn't want to look at him Nate, I'm sorry" The brunette glanced down at her hands sadly

Nathan's eyes softened as he saw the sadness in Brooke's face. "No no no, I didn't mean it like that" He shook his head a bit, taking one hand out from under Jillian's tiny body, and lifting Brooke's chin with his finger. "I get why you left B, I do. I don't want to look at him either, and he didn't even do anything to me. I can't even begin to imagine how you felt. I'm just here to be your friend again" He explained, leaning in and kissing her forehead.

Brooke leaned into Nathan's shoulder and sighed. "Thanks Nate. Guess you are the better Scott brother" She smirked a bit, tilting her head up to look at him.

"It's what I've been trying to tell you all these years" He laughed a bit, seeing the baby in his arms asleep. "Looks like Bean's asleep" He whispered.

"Here, let me take her up to her room" Brooke smiled, taking her daughter out of Nathan's arms carefully and going upstairs to put her in her crib.
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"Brooke?" Peyton called into the house when she had gotten home, only to have Brooke run down the stairs, baby monitor in hand, shushing her.

"It took me half an hour to get Bean down, and if you wake her up P. Sawyer, I'll kill you" Brooke smirked, waving her over to the kitchen.

"Got it. If I want to live, I have no voice" Peyton laughed a bit, following her friend into the kitchen.

"Exactly" Brooke laughed slightly, sitting down ontop of the counter. "So how was your day?" She asked, raising an eyebrow

"You mean school? Okay I guess. Nathan wasn't there in study hall, so it was incredibly boring. And you know that sub, Mr. T? The one everyone hates? Of course he was our sub, and so I couldn't draw or listen to my iPod or anything. Stupid old man" She whispered the last sentence to herself.

Brooke laughed a bit as she listened to Peyton talk. A part of her wished she was still going through school with her friends. Hating on the stupid teachers and gossiping on who slept with who where and when. It all seemed so long ago that she was doing that with her friends, but in fact, it hadn't been that long at all. Now her days revolved around Bean and work. She didn't regret it, but she did miss her old life. "Actually, Nathan came over here today"

"Oh yeah?" Peyton asked, raising her eyebrow. She knew Nathan liked Brooke. Hell, everyone knew it except Brooke herself. "What did you guys do?"

"Well he met Bean, and then we just hung out around the house" Brooke replied, playing with the bottom of her shirt a little.

"Sounds interesting" Peyton rolled her eyes, opening the refriderator. "What do you want for dinner"

"It was" Brooke smiled, looking at her friend "Um I don't really care" She smiled. "Whatever you want" She hopped off the counter and exited the room. "Call me when it's ready"

"You got it B" Peyton called after her.

Brooke walked upstairs, checking on Jillian seeing she was still asleep, then walking into her room, laying down on her bed and grabbing the phone, dialing a number she hadn't dialed in the longest time

"Scott" Nathan's voice rang through Brooke's ears, leaving a smile on her face.

"Hey Nate"

"Oh hey B" Nathan smiled to himself "What's up?"

"Nothing. Bean's down for the night, and Peyton's making dinner so I figured I would call you"

"Oh is that how it is?" He smirked over the phone "I'm your last resort?"

"That's exactly how it is" She laughed a little "Better get used to it bud"

"So basically I'm your bitch?"

"Exactly" Brooke smiled confidently

"Great. And I always thought I was pimpin' dem hoes" He smirked

"Nope, not this one" Brooke laughed

"You're crazy B"

"That's why you love me"

"Of course" Nathan replied, 'More than you know' he thought to himself

AN: So I realize I haven't updated any of my stories in a while, but I figured I would start with this one. The other ones will follow, I promise. I'm not abandoning any stories! I promise! Review pleaseee! They help so much, and I would appreciate it greatly. Kaythanksbye :)
-Rohini