Nathan grabbed Jamie out of the booth and rushed him toward the door, not wanting his son to be around the drama that was about to kick off. He stopped when he reached Juliet and he got on one knee.
"Hello little princess. I'm your Uncle Nathan!" Nathan smiled and pulled his son closer, "And this is your cousin Jamie Scott."
Jamie waved to the little girl, "But you can just call me James for short."
Juliet smiled wide at the two boys. "I'm Juliet Davis!" The girl saying her name made it all real. Brooke and Lucas had a daughter together.
"Well it is nice to meet you Miss Juliet." Nathan said to the girl, giving her a high-five. "Jamie and I have to go now. Jamie say goodbye to your cousin.
Jamie looked at his father and turned back to Juliet, whispering. "In case it gets a little weird I had some toys in the back! I'll leave them for you to play with." Nathan and Jamie left.
Brooke watched the door to the café close again. "Haley I thought you said Lucas wasn't going to be here?" She raised an eyebrow to Haley.
"Wait you knew about this?!" Lucas turned to face Haley. "You knew I had a daughter and you didn't tell me?"
Haley sighed heavily, "I'm sorry Brooke I was rushing him out but he was just moving so slow!" She turned to Lucas. "I'm sorry Luke I was waiting for Brooke to tell you on her own time about Juliet."
Haley kneeled down to greet Juliet. "Hey sweetheart. I'm your Aunt Haley."
Juliet smiled at Haley's bright smile. "You have pretty teeth." Juliet commented. "I'm Juliet."
Haley laughed at the little girl. "Well it is nice to meet you Juliet. How about you come with me and I show you were my son keeps all of his toys?" She took the little girl's hand.
"Does Jamie have any barbies?" Juliet asked her Aunt Haley as she walked into the back.
Brooke smiled in the direction her daughter had just gone into. No matter what was going wrong in Brooke's life Juliet could always make her smile.
"Brooke?" Lucas tried to snap Brooke back into the present day. "Brooke?" He called her name again.
Brooke shook her head, "What is it Lucas?" She put her hands on her hips.
Lucas let out a cynical laugh, "Are you kidding? I haven't seen you in five years and you just come back to town with a daughter? A daughter who just so happens to look like me!"
Brooke let a sigh slip from her pink lips. "Jamie looks like you and he isn't yours!"
Lucas raised both eyebrows at Brooke as to say 'Really?!'
She put her hands up in her air. "I'm sorry Lucas. I got scared okay?!" She finally admitted to him as she took a seat at the nearest table. "I had just found out about you and Peyton and I was scared. You made it clear you didn't want anything to do with me so I ran." She covered her face with her hands and sighed. "My parents were moving to California to rebuild our wealth and I saw that as my way out of it all."
Lucas watched Brooke and sat down beside her. "Were you ever going to tell me?"
She looked into his deep brown eyes and began to tear up. So much love and heartache began to flood her heart again. She felt like she was back at his house watching him make-out with her best friend on a webcam.
"To be honest? No! I wasn't going to tell you but plans changed and I found myself back here." She shook her head and sniffled a bit. "But now that I'm back home and I plan to stay here I was going to tell you everything. That I promise." She put her hand on her heart.
Lucas took her hand and held it in his. "I'm sorry you had to go through all of that alone. Being a single parent is tough. Unless you found someone…" He trailed off hoping Brooke would stop him.
Brooke laughed, "You Scott boys are so not subtle!" She wiped her eyes with the sleeve of her cardigan. "I hadn't dated anyone since believe it or not college. You just don't have time to date when you're raising a young kid." She wondered if he'd found love after her. "Did you find someone?"
Lucas opened his mouth to answer but before he could his girlfriend, Lindsay walked through the door.
"Lucas there you are!" Lindsay stopped when she saw Lucas holding hands with another woman.
Lucas dropped Brooke's hands and stood up to greet his girlfriend with a kiss. "Hey love. I wasn't expecting you."
Brooke stood up from her position in the dining chair and turned to face Lucas. "Hey I'm…"
"You're Brooke Davis!" Lindsay finished her sentenced. "I love your designs."
Brooke nodded, "You're wearing my dress right now!"
Lindsay looked down at the dark purple peplum dress she had on. "A Clothes over Bros original piece!"
Brooke laughed and extended her hand, "It's nice to meet you…"
"Oh sorry! I'm Lindsay, Lucas' girlfriend." Lindsay shook Brooke's cold hand. "And publicist."
"Well it's nice to meet you Lindsay." Brooke smiled at the blond. She took in the girl's appearance. She was tall and curvy with a great fashion taste. She approved.
"Momma. Momma." Juliet came running from the back of the café. "Look what Aunt Haley gave me?!" Juliet held up a barbie doll.
Haley came running from the back after Juliet. "I tried to catch her." She whispered to Brooke and then noticed Lindsay. "Oh hey Lindsay!" The two women hugged.
"Who is this?" Lindsay kneeled down to Juliet's level, getting a good look at the little girl she noticed how much she looked like Brooke but she also looked so much like Lucas that it was confusing who she resembled more.
"I'm Juliet Davis!" Juliet said proudly before walking off to play with her new barbie doll.
"Juliet Davis!" Lindsay repeated to herself out loud. "It's funny because she looks a lot like you Lucas." She was hoping for some sort of explanation.
"I'm just going to go play with my niece now!" Haley turned and left the group to join Juliet in the back.
"See I can explain." Lucas began, scratching the back of his sandy blond hair. "Juliet is sort of my daughter."
Lindsay looked at Brooke then back at Lucas. "What do you mean sort of Luke? That's like being sort of pregnant!" She tried not to raise her voice.
"In all fairness Lucas hasn't even officially met Juliet yet!" Brooke came to Lucas' defense. "I just brought her in town last night."
Lucas mouthed thank you to Brooke and she winked. Lindsay caught this exchange between the two of them and her stomach dropped but she wasn't willing to lose Lucas over an unknown child.
"Okay well I'd like to officially meet Juliet if you don't mind Brooke?" Lindsay raised an eyebrow.
Brooke sighed lightly and gave her shoulders a gentle shrug. "That is fine with me! Juliet! Honey, come here. Momma wants you to meet someone."
Juliet came running from the back, "More people?"
Brooke laughed and fixed a strand of her daughter's light brown hair. "This is cousin Lindsay!" She pointed to Lindsay and Lindsay waved at the little girl. "And this is your father, Lucas."
Juliet looked at her mom, "Dad?"
Brooke nodded once at the little girl, "This is your daddy!"
Lucas got on both knees in front of Juliet. "Hey princess." Lucas held out his hand. "Can I play barbies with you too?" He asked, trying to get the little girl warmed up to him.
Juliet eyed Lucas for a few seconds before putting the barbie into his hand, "Sure! Aunt Haley makes the best barbie voice." Juliet held hands with Lucas as she led him into the back.
Brooke smiled at the sight of her little girl and Lucas bonding. Although she wasn't ready for Lucas to meet Juliet she was glad he finally knew he had a daughter. Brooke now had no regrets about running away from Lucas after finding out she was pregnant because then she wouldn't have this moment to cherish forever; a moment between her own little family.