"I've really missed this." Haley muttered, taking another sip of her coffee. "Just you and me..."
"Being you and me?" Lucas replied with a grin. "I have too, Hales. So much. Traveling with my mom, and Lily, and Andy was great, I had my beautiful daughter, and my beautiful wife, but there was one big thing that was missing."
She raised an eye brow. "Oh yeah? What's that?"
"My Hales." He laughed and set the cup on the table. "There is one Haley James-Scott in this world, and she's pretty irreplaceable."
Haley laughed and smacked him. "Shut up! I've missed you too, Luke. Tree Hill just wasn't the same without you guys."
There's only one Tree Hill, and it's your home.
"So..." Lucas drew out, handing her another, updated picture of her soon-to-be niece. "I know Peyton and I kind of agreed not to tell everyone what we're naming her until she gets here, but I really-"
Haley was suddenly at his side, her hands gripping tightly to her shoulders, her eyes wide. He laughed. There was the Haley he had grown up with, the girl who always loved to be in on a secret.
"Tell. Me." Haley muttered, shaking him. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!"
Still laughing, he gently removed her hands from his shoulders and stood up, wrapping his arm around her to drag her along.
"Well, we argued about her first name constantly." Lucas admitted. "Peyton literally stayed up, all night, looking up baby name websites. We finally agreed on one name: Brianna. It means strong."
Her smile grew. "That's beautiful, Luke! Brianna Scott."
"Brianna Haley Scott."
He laughed again as she threw herself at him, winding her arms around his neck. Jamie's middle name was Lucas, because Lucas Eugene Scott would always be her best friend. To have her best friend's child named after her... It was an honor.
"That was the one thing Peyton and I agreed on." Lucas told her, rubbing her back. "I mean, with Sawyer, I honestly thought I was going to lose Peyton forever, and just to hear her, talking back to me... I would have named our child Chicago if she'd asked me to. I fell in love with the name Holden, but it took a while for that name to grow on her. When we were deciding on a middle name for both kids, we looked at each other, and said: Brooke, and Keith. It wasn't any different for Mei Li."
Sawyer Brooke Scott
Holden Keith Scott
Brianna Haley Scott
"Are you guys gonna be done after three?"
He shrugged. "You know Peyton, she loves kids. Nothing went wrong during her pregnancy with Holden, so she's hopeful. If we ever have another girl, Peyton's already decided on her name."
Haley smiled sadly. Somehow, she knew that the possible fourth child born to Lucas and Peyton would have some sort of connection to Peyton's two mothers.
"What is it?"
"Mackenzie." Lucas replied with a small smile. "Mackenzie Ellieanna Scott. She couldn't decide which mother she should go with, so she pushed the two names together. Honestly, Hales, I wouldn't mind having one more kid if he, or she, ended up being anything like Peyton."
They dropped down onto the nearest couch, studying the photo together. Mei Li, soon to be Brianna, was beautiful. She had dark brown eyes, and even darker hair. She seemed to be smiling in the shot, her eyes closed.
"Brianna Haley Scott." Haley muttered, handing the picture back to him. "We love you already."
Lucas's phone rang.
'Brooke Calling'
"I gotta take this." Lucas said, squeezing her shoulder. He pressed his phone to his ear. "I hope you're calling to tell me that my wife is finally coming home to spend some quality time with me. I mean, I love you, Brooke, I really do, but you gotta stop stealing Peyton from me all the time. We're home now, we're not going anywhere, I need to see her sometimes too."
"Luke?" Came Brooke's panicked reply. "I need you to call Julian, and Nathan, and Clay, and Quinn, and Hales, and Sam, and Mouth and Millie... Please! The baby is coming!"
