As she walked onto the River Court with Lucy her heart was racing, her baby girl was about to meet her father

As she walked onto the River Court with Lucy her heart was racing, her baby girl was about to meet her father. Brooke had no idea how to fix what she had chosen to do three years ago, but she knew letting Lucas get to know Lucy would help to mend his broken heart. He was sitting there drenched in his own sweat with his head between his legs on the picnic table that sat beside the court. As Brooke and Lucy walked up to him he did not even look up.

"Lucas?" Brooke's voice was trembling; her nerves were getting the best of her.

"What?" Lucas snapped back, not knowing Brooke had Lucy with her. The little girl was startled by his voice.

"Mommy can we go home?" Lucy tugged at her mother's shirt, scared of her own father. When Lucas heard the little girls voice he jumped up and ran over to her.

"I'm sorry, you know I've had a pretty bad day." Lucy was still holding onto her mother frightened that Lucas would yell again. Brooke picked Lucy up and took her over to the picnic table and sat down.

"Lucy baby remember when you asked about your daddy?" Lucy began to nod her head.

"This is you daddy baby."

"Mommy?" The little girl looked into her mother's eyes, she looked confused and scared. Brooke's heart was breaking just looking at her baby.

"Lucas, this is Lucy Elizabeth Scott. Your daughter." Brooke wanted nothing more than to cry, but she had to be strong for Lucy. She had made this mess and now it needed to be settled.

"Hi Lucy." Lucas bent down so he was at eye level with his little girl. She really was beautiful, looked just like her mother. With dark brown hair, dimples, and she even did that thing with her eyebrow, but she had his blue eyes, eyes that could melt your heart.

"I got picktures of you." Lucy told Lucas, a smile came over his face and he let out a little laugh.

"Lucas we were wondering if you wanted to maybe get dinner or go some where and talk?" Brooke really wanted to make everything better with Lucas, for Lucy's sake.

"I would love that." Lucas was still angry with Brooke for what she had done but he was not going to miss out on anymore of Lucy's life just because he was angry with her mother.

They went to dinner as a 'family' and talked. Lucas got to know Lucy and she got to know her father. Lucas did not bring up the past to Brooke at all during their meal; he did not want to ruin this night. He knew there would be time to talk about what happened, and why when Lucy wasn't around. When they finished with dinner Lucas took the girls back to their home, he didn't want to say goodnight yet, he didn't want this night to be over already.

"Lucas would you like to come in and help me get Lucy ready for bed?" Brooke wanted Lucas to be a part of their daughter's life no matter how much it hurt her to be around him.

"Are you sure?" He'd just found out about his daughter earlier that morning and already they seemed like a family.

"Please Mommy?" Lucy begged her mother to let Lucas come inside with them.

"Come on." Brooke opened the front door to her home and walked into the kitchen and put a pot of coffee on.

"Lucy why don't you show Lucas, I mean your dad where your room is?" Brooke pushed her little girl towards the stairs that led to her room.

"Come on! I have lots of pretty dolls and dress up clothes!" She really was Brooke's daughter.

"I don't think it's time to play their Lucy." Lucas was trying to keep up with Lucy as she ran upstairs excited to show him all her toys. Brooke trailed behind them up the stairs.

"Let's get into your jammies baby." Brooke held out her arms for her little girl and began changing her clothes. Once Lucy was all ready for bed Brooke handed Lucas her favorite fairy tale and went back downstairs. Lucas read to Lucy until she was asleep and shut her light off and went to find Brooke.

"Hey she get to sleep okay?"

"Yeah, thanks for letting me come in and help." Brooke just nodded her head and handed Lucas a cup of coffee. She motioned for him to follow her outside.

"Scared we'll wake her up?" Lucas said with a laugh. "I want to be a part of her life Brooke."

"That's why we came back to Tree Hill Lucas. I knew I had made a mistake when I didn't tell you about her. When she started asking questions about Daddy's and why she didn't have one it broke my heart." Brooke was beginning to tear up again but she collected herself before a single tear could fall from her eyes.

"How could you keep her from me? I just don't get it Brooke, I've tried all day to figure out what would have made you decide to NOT tell me I had a daughter." Lucas was starting to get angry; he tried to keep himself calm.

"I didn't want to ruin your life Lucas, after I left that morning I figured you would get back together with Peyton. Then when you kept calling I wanted to be with you take you back but I was too scared. Scared you would hurt me again. Then when I found out I was pregnant I was going to come to you tell you everything. How much I loved you, how I was excited that I would be having YOUR child, but when Nathan and Haley came to visit they said you had a new girlfriend. And my heart broke all over again, you said you would wait forever for me and again you moved on!" Brooke was getting upset reliving these moments was painful for both of them.

"You still should have told me Brooke!" Lucas had begun to yell even louder angry with Brooke for trying to blame him for everything that had happened.

"I know Lucas! I tired so many times to get the courage to tell you, but I was scared that it was too late, too late for us, too late for the truth to come out. I don't want to hurt anymore Lucas."

"I don't even know why I thought this would work out! After all I'm not the ONLY guy you've ever slept with!" Lucas' words stung as Brooke began to cry. Once Brooke was crying Lucas got up and stormed off. It killed him to know that he had hurt Brooke again. That he missed out on his chance with her again. Some wounds are too deep to heal.

As Lucas pulled up to his home he saw a car in the driveway. At first he was not sure whose car it was but as he got closer he realized it was a comet, Peyton's comet to be exact. Great, as if I haven't had a bad enough day, now Peyton is here too! What's next is Lindsey going to come home early? Lucas was already in a sour mood from his fight with Brooke, his tone was not much better when he approached his porch to find a crying blonde sitting by his front door.

"What's wrong Peyton?" Lucas seemed annoyed that she was even there to begin with.

"I saw your mom today." Peyton had stopped her tears realizing Lucas was in no mood.

"Yeah did she tell you I'm a father?" Lucas snapped at Peyton in a sarcastic tone.

"Yeah she did, that's why I'm here actually. Lucas how could you and Brooke do that to me?" Peyton looked as though she was going to start crying again, hurt by the betrayal of everyone that she thought mattered to her.

"I was ready to ask you to marry me and YOU said no. You ended things between us not me. We got drunk and at sex, and you really have no right to be angry with either one of us for it. It was three years ago, you're with Jake now." Lucas had softened his tone, not wanting to fight anymore.

"Lucas I wasn't ready I said SOMEDAY!" Peyton was trying to plead with Lucas, which confused him even more. She had moved on, so had he, and they had only spoken a few times since they broke up.

"Again you're with Jake, and I'm with Lindsey." Peyton tried to kiss Lucas but he pushed her away.

"I still love you Lucas, and you know you still love me. It's always going to be there."

"Go home Peyton." Lucas helped her to her car and closed the door once she was in.

"Just go home to Jake." Today had been very eventful to say the least; Lucas was ready to crawl up in his bed and go to sleep when his phone rang. It was Lindsey, Lucas just side buttoned to call and put his phone back in his pocket. The conversation they needed to have was one they needed to have in person. As Lucas laid down in his bed the door to his room from the outside opened. He didn't even want to turn around to see who was standing behind him afraid it would be Lindsey coming home early.