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Everyone is gathered in the funeral home. Haley and Nathan are just arriving, with Jessie in a baby carrier. She is 5 and a half months old. They see an unfamiliar can pull up.
"Hales, who is that?" Nathan asks.
""I don't know." Haley said, and then she started to run towards the car.
"Brooke!" Haley says, and tears roll down her cheeks. "Let me see him!"
"No, let me see her first!" Brooke said.
"Nathan! Get over here!" Haley yelled.
Nathan came walking over.
Haley pulls the baby out of the seat, and says, "This is Jessica Kaylyn James-Scott."
"Aww! She is too cute!" Brooke says, and reaches over and kisses her head.
Brooke reaches into the car, and gets out Caiden.
"Caiden, this is Uncle Nathan and Aunt Haley!" Brooke says.
"He looks just like Luke." Nathan said.
"Oh, Nathan, I'm so sorry about Whitey." Brooke said and she hugged him.
"Let's go inside. You ready Brooke?" Haley asked.
"Um. No. But I have to go be there for Lucas." Brooke said.
They walk in to the funeral home.
Brooke sees Lucas in the back. (It isn't the real funeral yet. They have to go to church.)
"Hey." Brooke whispers, and hugs him.
"He's dead." Lucas said, with tears running down his face.
"I know. Well, your son is here for you." Brooke said.
Lucas gets down on his knee, and says, "Hey buddy. Come here." Lucas picks up Caiden.
He walks opens the doors, holding his son, he walks into the main area of the room. A lot of people look up, including Karen. Karen gets up, and walks back to Brooke.
"You told him. I'm so proud of you Brooke." Karen says. "Let me see my grandson."
Lucas hands him to Karen, and tears stream down her face.
"He's beautiful. He looks just like you both: gorgeous." Karen says.
"Where is your baby?" Brooke asked.
"Dan has her." Karen said.
"Dan? I'll go get her. She can't be safe with him." Lucas said.
"Lucas, no. He is acting like her fatherly figure." Karen says, grabbing Lucas's arm.
"Well, we should sit down." Brooke said, and she took back Caiden, who immediately started to cry. "Shh, baby, mommy is right here."
Brooke went to go find a seat. Lucas was a pole bearer.
She immediately spotted Peyton, and realized she didn't know Brooke was there.
Brooke walked quickly up the side aisle, waving at the people she knew, and she stopped by Mouth. Mouth saw her, shocked; he stood up and gave her a hug.
"You…He…Hi." Mouth said.
"His name is Caiden." Brooke whispered.
They let go of each other, and Brooke kept walking. Then, Brooke walked right up to Rachel.
"You were pregnant. You lied." Rachel said, standing there shell-shocked.
"Sorry." Brooke said, pulling Rachel into a hug.
"You'll never guess." Rachel said.
"What?" Brooke asked.
"We're at a funeral. I'll tell you at the luncheon." Rachel whispered back.
Brooke continued walking up, and she slid in next to Peyton.
"Hey buddy." Brooke whispered.
Peyton looked quickly over to Brooke. "Brooke!" They hugged immediately.
"I missed you so incredibly much you have no idea." Brooke said.
"Same here. Where is my nephew-ish guy?" Peyton said.
"Right here. Caiden Lucas, meet Peyton Sawyer, my best friend forever." Brooke said.
"AW! He is the cutest thing I have ever seen!" Peyton whispered.
Brooke looked up to see Whitey's casket, and immediately tears began to stream down her face. He looked so pale, so, well, white. Then, Lucas walked up, and kneeled down, with tears streaming down his face.
Lucas was talking to Whitey. He was praying to him.
Whitey, Brooke, she was pregnant. She had my kid. I'm a dad. His name is Caiden Lucas Scott. Whitey, I wish you were here to come see him and teach him basketball. Please,
Persuade Brooke to get together with me and marry me. I can't stand her having to raise Caiden alone. I want to help her. I'll teach him good basketball skills. He'll play for the Ravens, just like you would have wanted. I miss you Whitey. Please help me.
When Lucas got up, he was right back on his knees, sobbing. Karen went up and led him away. It broke everyone's heart seeing this. This made Brooke cry even harder.
Peyton rubbed Brooke's back. Everyone in the funeral home was now crying.
A man who worked there came up, said a quick prayer, and told everyone to go to the church. Slowly, everyone got up, and went to there cars.
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"We are here today to honor a strong man. To some, he was Whitey, to others he was a friend, to others, he was a coach…" The priest began.
Please review! This was a long chapter. I hope you liked it. The next one will probably be the luncheon. Then we will see friends get back together, and relationships develop. R&R!
