Where Do Broken Hearts Go Chapter 4—The Homecoming
Yes Lucas has finally made his entrance lol.
A huge thanks to Miranda as always and to all of you for being phenomenal reviewers!! Honestly I never expected the response to be so great with this story. Thank you! Now enjoy!
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"You can never go home again, but the truth is you can never leave home, so it's all right. "
Maya Angelou
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"Otays. Thanks mommy!" Lily yelled, running down the hall.
"So they call you mommy now huh?"
"Oh my God! Lucas?"
"In the flesh." Lucas grinned.
"Oh my God! How are you?" Brooke asked, hugging him.
"I'm good. It feels good to be home."
"I bet mister 'I left Tree Hill ten years ago and haven't been back.'"
"I was busy."
"I'm sure."
"Brooke, what's taking—Oh my God, Luke?" Haley asked, stopping in the hallway.
"Haley! How are you little sister?" Lucas asked, pulling Haley into a hug.
"Oh my God Luke, it's so good to see you!" Haley beamed. "Come in, come in." Haley continued, ushering Lucas into the living room.
The house was chaos for a few moments while everyone said hello. Once everything was settled Lily bounced into the room and settled herself into Brooke's lap.
"Who's 'dat mommy?" Lily asked, pointing to Lucas.
"That's Aunt tutor mom's older brother Lucas," Brooke explained.
"And who are you?" Lucas asked Lily.
"I's Lily Grace Davis! Mommy! I membered my wholes names!" Lily squealed while everyone chuckled.
"Yes you did. That's good Lily flower." Brooke beamed at Lily, kissing the top of her head.
"Well it's very nice to meet you Lily Grace Davis." Lucas smiled.
"Yous toos."
"So how come no one told me that Brooke had a daughter?" Lucas asked.
"Well maybe if you had called a tiny bit more…" Haley started.
"I know, I know," Lucas replied. "And I'm sorry for that I really am."
"I know."
"Okay so how old is she Brooke?" Lucas asked, turning his attention to the two Davis girls.
"She's three." Brooke smiled. Lily was her life and her favorite thing to talk about.
"Let me know if I'm totally out of line here Brooke, but where is her father?"
Lucas noticed Nathan tense beside him and Rachel looked kind of shocked.
Brooke struggled to keep the smile on her face. It always hurt her to talk about Lily's father. But now she hurt more for her daughter because she was never going to have her daddy in her life. "He's… not in the picture," Brooke managed to say.
An awkward silence settled over the room. "I'm sorry," Lucas replied, trying to break the tension.
Brooke offered him a small smile before scooping Lily into her arms. "We better go. It's passed this munchkin's bedtime. It was nice to see you again Luke." Brooke smiled, heading for the door. Haley got up and followed her out, cursing Lucas for brining all that back up for Brooke.
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An hour later Lily was settled into her bed fast asleep and Brooke lay in her own with a parenting book open on her lap. She usually didn't read them, but Haley had insisted she'd like this one so she bought it. But tonight she couldn't bring herself to focus on the anecdotes and words of wisdom. Her mind kept drifting back to the night she had told Evan about her pregnancy
Brooke nervously paced back and forth in her dorm room. She had been late so that morning before class she had gone to the doctor's. Sure enough she was pregnant at twenty and it scared the hell out of her.
She looked up when she heard the door open and her boyfriend of the past six months, Evan walked in.
"Hey, what's up baby? You sounded kind of nervous on the phone," Evan said, walking over to her and placing a kiss on her forehead.
Brooke nodded. "You might want to sit down," she told him, gesturing to her bed.
Evan smiled at her and sat down. "What's the matter Brooke?"
"Ummm, well I went to the doctor's this morning and well, I'm pregnant Evan."
Evan's jaw dropped. He stared in shock at her while Brooke got more and more afraid.
"Evan say something."
"Get rid of it."
"Excuse me?"
"I said get rid of it. There is no way in hell that I'm going to be a father right now. Right when we first started dating I said I didn't want kids. Ever."
"Oh so you think it was in my plans for right now? I still have two years of college and an internship left! There was no way in hell that I wanted to get pregnant right now, but guess what! I did!" Brooke said, raising her voice a bit.
"That's all really great, Brooke, but get rid of it."
Brooke felt the anger she was trying to keep in check bubble over. "I will not get rid of it! I told you that if I ever did get pregnant that I don't believe in…that! There is no way in hell that I'm going to 'get rid of it'! I'm having this baby! And I'll raise it too!"
"Get rid of it Brooke!"
"I said no Evan!"
"Get rid of it or you'll be raising that baby alone!"
"Well it looks like you need to get the hell out then because I am going to raise it."
"Fine. Good luck with that. Don't call me."
"Hold on, when it's born, I want you to sign over your rights. If you don't want to be a part of its life, I don't want you to have any rights with this child."
"Whatever," Evan said, slamming the door behind him.
When she was sure Evan was gone Brooke collapsed onto her bed and began sobbing uncontrollably.
"Mommy?" Lily asked, shuffling into Brooke's room snapping her out of her memories.
Brooke checked the time. Ten thirty exactly. Lily always climbed into bed with her at ten thirty.
"Climb in baby," Brooke said, setting aside the book and forcing a smile onto her face.
"Was…was you thinkin' big thoughts again mom…mommy?" Lily asked, stifling a yawn. That's what Lily would say whenever Brooke got lost in her thoughts and memories.
"Yeah baby. Why?"
"Just wonderin'. What was yous thinkin' 'bout mommy?"
"Nothing you need to worry about babe. Come on lay down, it's way past your bed time missy."
"O tays. Don'ts forgets we gets to wook at kitties tomorrows!"
"I know. Now lay down, I love you Lily."
"Woves you too mommy!"
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"So Brooke left pretty suddenly last night." Lucas smiled, sliding into a bar stool.
Haley jumped. "Ass, you scared the hell out of me!"
"Sorry."
"It's fine. And Luke don't take it personally, but she still can't talk about him really. For a long time after she told him about Lily she was a wreck."
"Brooke Davis was a wreck?" Lucas asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I know. That's why it was so unnerving."
"For how long? Was she a wreck I mean?"
"Let's see. She found out about Lily when she was five weeks along. She was a wreck until she found out Lily was a girl. And then it was like something clicked."
"Brooke come on, get up! It's time to get ready for the doctor's!" Haley announced, walking into the brunette's apartment. "Brooke come on!" Haley exclaimed, yanking off the blankets.
"Haley!" Brooke groaned, sitting up.
"Brooke let's go! You have a doctor's appointment in forty-five minutes. Go throw some clothes on."
Brooke sighed and shuffled out of bed. The truth was that Haley, Nathan, Rachel and Jake were all worried about the feisty brunette. She hadn't been herself since Evan had walked out of her life the life had gone out of her only returning when she saw her baby on the ultrasound screen.
Fifteen minutes later Brooke walked into the living room with her hair in a messy bun wearing a tight pink tank top showing her baby bump and jeans. She slipped into some flip flops and waited for Haley by the door.
They drove the fifteen minutes to the doctor's office and waited patiently in the waiting room, Brooke's hand placed nervously on her stomach.
The nurse called Brooke's name and showed them into a sunny yellow examining room.
"So are you going to find out?" Haley asked, breaking the silence between the two life long friends.
Brooke nodded. "You know I've never been good with surprises."
Haley laughed. It was true. In the eighteen years they had known each other Haley had never seen Brooke rest until she knew what a surprise was.
Dr. Bates walked into the examining room and smiled at the two young women. "How are you feeling today, Brooke?" she asked, looking at her chart.
"Fine," Brooke replied, forcing a smile onto her face.
"Morning sickness gone? You've been taking your vitamins and eating properly?"
"Morning sickness is gone, I take my vitamins three times a day and I try to eat properly. But it's pretty hard when all you crave is Wendy's fries and Frosties."
Dr. Bates threw her head back and laughed. "Believe me I know the feeling Brooke. I have three kids of my own so I know it's hard to eat right when your body is telling you that you want something else. But as long as you do it in moderation it's perfectly fine that you get your Wendy's fix."
Brooke gave Dr. Bates a small smile.
"Come on let's get on the scale to see if you are gaining enough weight."
Brooke groaned. "I already know I look like a fat cow, do we really have to flash it in my face by making me step onto that cursed scale?"
"Brooke! You are not fat!" Haley protested.
Brooke just rolled her eyes. "Tell you what, if you get on it I won't tell you or make you look at how much you weight," Dr. Bates added.
"As long as you don't tell me." Brooke nodded, struggling a bit to get up. Her 'bump' was starting to get in the way a bit sometimes. She placed her hand on her stomach and followed Dr. Bates to the scale.
"Good Brooke, you are right on track. Now come on, we'll do the ultrasound. Would you like to know the sex of your baby?"
"Yeah," Brooke replied, smiling softly.
Dr. Bates started the machine while Brooke raised her shirt and lowered her jeans a bit. Dr. Bates squirted the gel onto Brooke's stomach and began moving the ultrasound wand around on her stomach. Immediately the baby's heartbeat filled the room, instantly putting Brooke at ease. Even if she was a mess it didn't mean that she didn't love being pregnant. She especially loved that the baby was starting to move around. It was such an incredible feeling, almost like a fluttering of small wings bumping around on her insides.
"Okay, that is a nice strong healthy heart beat and development is right on track. You are taking good care of yourself Brooke. Okay let me look for a second…congratulations, you'll be having a baby girl."
"A girl?" Brooke asked, tears filling her eyes, happy tears.
Dr. Bates nodded, handing Brooke a few paper towels to wipe off the gel. "Let me go get your printout and then I'll be back to write you a new prescription for your pre natal vitamins."
"A girl, Hales!" Brooke squealed, sitting back up.
"Congratulations Tigger!" Haley beamed.
"I'm going to have a little girl!"
"And then after that Brooke insisted we go shopping while she could still charge it on her credit cards before her parents came back from Europe and cut her off from all funds."
"They cut her off?" Lucas asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No actually they didn't. Her mother wanted to, but her father refused. Even if he was gone a lot they were close. So he gave her access to her trust fund and kept monthly checks coming to her. She doesn't touch that money though. That's Lily's college money," Haley explained.
Lucas nodded his head. "That's smart."
"It—"
"I got it!!" Brooke squealed, walking into the café with Lily on her hip.
"Got what Brooke?" Haley asked, focusing her attention onto the brunette.
"The house! I got the house!"
Haley dropped the mug she was holding, screamed and ran over to her best friend.
"Brooke that's amazing! I can't believe they accepted your offer already!"
"I know huh? Oh my God, I get to paint and decorate the house! I'm so, so happy!"
"And I gets a kitty!" Lily exclaimed from her mother's arms.
"This is wonderful Brooke!" Haley smile, pulling Brooke into a hug.
"Congratulations," Lucas added.
"I know I can't wait! We get it in a month and a half."
"Well if you need help moving—" Haley started.
"You'll make Nathan and Jake come help," Brooke finished, laughing.
"Come on we need to celebrate! Let me go get the iced tea."
The doors chimed and a curly haired blond came walking in and scanned the place, a look of confusion on her face.
"Oh there you are!" she exclaimed, walking over to Lucas and kissing him quickly.
Brooke raised one of her eyebrows and Haley stared at Lucas with her mouth open. Finally Lily spoke. "Who's 'dat Wucas?"
Lucas turned and faced Haley and Brooke. "Guys, I'd like you to meet Peyton Sawyer, my fiancée."