Wow…I was so so happy for the awesome, wonderful ,extended reviews

Wow…I was so so happy for the awesome, wonderful ,extended reviews! I got exactly the reactions I was hoping for with that last chapter. And you all asked exactly the questions I was hoping you would ask. And now, with this chapter, most of those questions should be answered. So on with the show…

Chapter Four

Peyton smiled and crossed her arms over her pregnant stomach as she watched her best friend hold her little boy tight. She is such a wonderful mother, Peyton thought as she watched Brooke tickle the baby in her arms. I always knew she would be.

Peyton stepped closer and Brooke looked up at her when she spoke, "I think I was wrong. It seems you missed the baby more than the baby missed his mommy."

Brooke smiled and looked at her son again. "Is auntie Peyton right? Did you miss me?"

"Yeah, me miss you," Logan replied, nodding his blond little head.

Brooke smoothed out his hair and looked back at Peyton. "I did miss him. It was longest I have ever been away from him. Don't you ever try and convince me to do it again."

Peyton chuckled. "I missed you, B."

"I missed you too, Peyton. Come here." Brooke pulled her friend into a hug with her and her son. "Thanks for coming."

"Of course. I told you I would be here if you needed me."

Brooke smiled and remembered her last conversation with Peyton over the phone.

She felt exhausted as she returned to her room after the reunion. She tossed her keys on the nightstand and kicked off her red heels. As she plopped down on the bed, she glanced down at the picture of Logan on her key chain. She smiled a little and touched the frame.

"Oh boy…mommy sure does miss you."

Slowly, she flipped the picture frame over and sighed as she stared at the picture of the other blond boy who still had her heart.

"Luke…"

Oh…what a night it had been, seeing him. It had felt so amazingly wonderful to have him hold her in his arms and sway her around the dance floor. And to hear him say the things he had said…that had been the best. But it had been heartbreaking too…for so many reasons. They really did have so much to talk about. For one thing, she had things she needed to tell him. And for another, there were things she needed to know from him, like where the hell had those words, those feelings been three years ago? And like…wasn't he supposed to be with Lindsay?

Anyway, she couldn't deny that she enjoyed being there with him. But she had to walk away from him…she couldn't let herself get close to him. There were things they had to talk about first. But even now…she was finding it so difficult to just think about telling him the things she had to tell him. She needed to hear her voice of comfort.

She reached into her red hand bag and pulled out her cell phone. She pressed speed dial one and waited for Peyton to pick up at the other end.

"Hello?"

"Okay…" she started with a sigh. "So I know you told everyone you weren't up for traveling being as pregnant as you are, but if I paid for first class tickets or a private plane, do you think you might change your mind?"

"Why? What happened? Did you tell Lucas already?"

"No, not yet."

"Why not?"

"Well, because I didn't really want to cause a scene in the middle of the reunion. And I miss my baby. Peyton…do you remember when I told you that Logan would be my strength to keep going?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I really need my strength here with me now."

"Okay…then Logan and I will be on the first flight out tomorrow."

"Thanks, Peyton."

Peyton smiled at Brooke as they pulled out of their hug. Brooke looked over at Logan again and tapped his nose with her finger, initiating a smile from him.

"So," Peyton spoke again and Brooke looked back at her. "Did you tell him?"

Brooke's eyes darted away from her friend again. She looked back at the little boy in her arms as she remembered the conversation she'd had just a few hours earlier….

"So about last night…" Lucas spoke as he followed her onto the river court. "I noticed after our dance, you kept trying to avoid me. I really didn't mean to upset you."

"I know. It's fine. I just have a lot on my mind. You don't have to apologize."

"So…what's his name?"

"Who?"

"Whoever it was on your mind last night that kept you from getting close to me?"

"There's no one," she replied. Well, there was no one in the way he was probably thinking. But in actuality, there really was someone.

"Well, then why were you so distant last night? I know you wanted it just as much as I did, Brooke. I could see it your eyes."

"Don't…don't do that, Luke." She turned away so he could not try and see it in her eyes again.

"Don't do what?"

"Don't try and turn this and last night into something it's not."

"Brooke, I'm not, I just—"

"—You're with Lindsay, Lucas. Or you were with Lindsay and now you're just on the rebound, but—"

"—It's not like that, Brooke. Lindsay and I have been over for awhile."

"I just saw you with her this afternoon, Lucas."

She wasn't lying. She had seen them together. After visiting Nathan, Haley and Jaime, Brooke had decided to stop at Karen's Café for lunch and to see Karen and Lily. But when she got there, she saw clearly through the big front window; Lucas and Lindsay were together having lunch.

"You were having lunch with her, Lucas," Brooke continued.

"Yeah…we were having lunch to discuss a chapter of the new book I am working on. She is still my editor, Brooke. Nothing more than that."

Brooke grew quiet then. She was all out of excuses.

"Brooke, you said last night that we should talk. So…what do you want to talk about?"

She looked back at the river and sat down on the picnic table.

"Luke…" she started slowly and rubbed her hands together. "Do you, um…do you remember that night down in Savannah? The night of Peyton and Jake's wedding?"

Lucas nodded. He spoke quietly and Brooke's surprise (again), honestly.

"How could I forget it?" He sat down next to her. "I fell in love with you all over again that night."

He what? Where the hell was this coming from? And if this really was how he felt, why hadn't he said that when she had asked him what their night had meant to him? Why hadn't he said that when she had needed to hear it, when she had been so unsure? Why the hell had he waited three freaking years?!

Brooke looked away from him and stood up quickly.

"You're making this really hard for me to say, Lucas."

"Say what?" He stood up and walked closer to her.

She took a deep breath in before continuing.

"That night was more than just a drunken night to me, Lucas. Despite the drunk part, it was a really beautiful night we shared together…"

"Yeah…it sure was."

"I can't even remember a night that meant more to me than that night. That was one of the most important nights of my life, Lucas. And not just because I was finally with you again, but because that night gave me something that I have searched for my entire life."

"What's that?"

"Love…unconditional love." She took another breath. "Luke, I lied to you and Haley and Nathan last night. I didn't lose touch with you because work kept me busy. I mean, that is part of it, but it's not all of it. There's another reason…and I feel really ashamed for not telling you sooner."

"What?"

Okay, she thought. I guess it is my turn to be honest.

"I've been keeping some, um…some really big secrets, Lucas. And I never meant to do it, honestly, but…it's like you said last night. It has never been the right time for us. And I was trying to wait for the right time, but it's never going to be the right time. And you need to know this now."

"Know what? Brooke, what's going on? What secrets are you talking about?"

Another deep breath in…and exhale, Brooke coached herself.

"That night in Savannah, Lucas…that night…we, um…we made a child together. You have a son, Lucas. We have a son."

His expression had changed completely from the moment she had uttered the word child. She stared at him then and waited for his response. She waited for him to scream at her, at the very least. But all he did was stare back at her, looking so hurt and so disappointed.

"Lucas…" she broke the screaming silence. "Lucas, please say something."

But he turned away from her, shaking his head.

"Unbelievable," she thought she'd heard him mumble under his breath before he stormed away.

"Lucas!" She stepped forward, but he moved faster away. "Lucas, wait please!"

But he was gone…and her tears were falling faster.

Brooke looked back at Peyton.

"Yeah," she answered her friend's question. "I told him."

Brooke turned with Logan on her hip, and headed toward baggage claim. Peyton followed her.

"Did you tell him everything?"

Brooke glanced at her.

"Well, what exactly did you tell him?" Peyton asked as they stopped in front of the conveyer belt moving all the luggage. "How much did you tell him?"

"I told him he has a son."

"Okay…" Peyton took Logan from Brooke when she offered him, so that she could grab the suitcase for Peyton. "That's a good start Brooke, but you have to tell him about the other stuff too. You have to tell that you—"

"—Peyton," Brooke interrupted as she dropped the heavy roll-away suitcase down. "Can we not do this right now, please? I know that I still have to tell him everything else too, but I don't even want to think about any of that right now, especially since he stormed away from me before I had the chance to tell anything else."

"Oh, Brooke…I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bombard you. It's just… I want the best for you, Brooke. I just…want you to be okay, to be happy."

Brooke smiled as she took Logan back. "I know. And I promise…I am going to talk to him. Thanks for looking out for me, P. Sawyer."

"Always, B. Davis. I'll always be there."

So not such a bad cliff hanger that time, right? Well, I hope some questions were answered. Please review though and let me know what you thought. I still have some work to do on the next chapter, but hopefully it won't take so long as it took to get updates up this weekend. I will tell you though, that the next chapter is going to open with Lucas's POV. So finally you will get some insight into how he feels about everything. So please keep reading and reviewing!!