Chapter 10

Chase just starred at Chase for a couple of seconds, not sure he heard Brooke correctly.

"Say something" she said.

"I'm speechless Brooke." Chas told her

"Emma's my daughter?" Chase asked.

"Yeah" she replied, "Emma's your daughter. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."

"You're sorry?" Chase asked, "You lied to me Brooke. Never have done something this big to you."

"I know. I just … I didn't want her to get hurt the same way I got hurt Chase."

Brooke got up quickly and wiped away a tear, she exhaled slowly. She heard Chase get up from the chair behind her and heard him walk closer to her. He stood in front of her and told him that he understood why she kept it a secret in New York, but told her that he would have liked it better if he would have known.

"I know…" Brooke said, "But I guess I felt like I wanted to get even with you Chase."

Chase nodded, and gave her a hug, "I can't believe it," he said, "Emma's my daughter. You know, I always had a feeling that she was."

"I know, and I came so close to telling you so many times." Brooke said, "Just hearing that you're leaving though, broke my heart, and I felt like you needed to know before you left."

Brooke and Chase walked back to the waiting room. They didn't see anyone familiar outside, and saw Emma's door open. They both ran to see what was going on. There were doctors around Emma putting more injections in her. Brooke looked at the heart monitor, it was decreasing really fast. She started to cry in Chase's arms, "Not again" Brooke said with a sob.

"Clear" the doctor said

Emma's body rose up quickly and then fell back down. "That's my baby." Brooke said screaming, "My baby!"

"Our baby" Chase whispered in her ear and let a tear roll off his cheek. The numbers on the heart monitor suddenly started rising again. Emma was stable, for now.

"That was a close one," said the doctor, "We almost lost her."

"Can everyone please clear out, I would like to have a word with the mother" he said.

Haley, James and Peyton were the first ones out. Rachel gave Brooke a hug, and told her it was going to be okay. She made a quick exit with Nick crying. Chase too was going on his way to leave, but was cut off by Brooke saying, "Is it alright if her father stays as well?"

The doctor was shocked; he wasn't told that Emma had a father. He quickly nodded and told Chase to close the door behind him. Chase smiled, after being addressed as Emma's father, and sat down next to Brooke and held her hand. Brooke felt his warm hand touch hers. His hands were a little rougher then she had remembered, but still missed the feeling. They both listened to what the doctor had to say. It was better news then they had thought. He told them that Emma was making a really great recovery but was cut off by Brooke.

"Didn't we almost just loose her?" she asked confused.

"Yeah," he replied, "It shows that Emma is trying to get out of her coma. The heart sometimes drops when the patient tries too hard to come out of the coma, which shows that it is exactly what Emma was trying to do."

"So she's going to be okay!" Brooke said with a smile.

"Well, the odds look better." He said, "It could still take her a long time to get out of the coma."

"How long are we talking here doctor?"

"I'd say from about a week to about a month."

Brooke's heart sank. A month? A month without seeing her daughter's beautiful eyes, or hearing her great laugh. Brooke didn't think she could handle that. The doctor told them that if they wanted to hurry up the process, they should talk to her. His beeper went off, took a look at the call, and hurried off to another patient. Chase faced Brooke and told her he had to go.

"You're leaving?" Brooke asked.

Chase nodded, "I'm already late, and I've gotten like ten message from my co-pilot. I've got to go. I don't want to leave you here by yourself, but I have to go." Chase said as he got up.

"Don't worry, I'm not alone." Brooke said in a hostile manner.

"Please, don't be mad me." Chase said.

"Too late for that Chase."

"I hate it when you're mad at me."

"Well, then stop doing stupid things to get me mad." She screamed.

Chase opened the door, and turned to face Brooke, "I love you." He said, and closed the door behind.

How dare he! How dare he say he loved her. He just finds out this incredible news that he has a daughter, and he goes off running, again. This shouldn't have come as a surprise to Brooke, he had done this before. She just expected things to be different this time.

"Boys always tend to disappoint you." She said to herself.

Brooke headed outside, and found Haley and Peyton talking in the waiting room, James colouring a picture, and Rachel and Nick kissing by the water fountain. Rachel opened her eyes and saw Brooke standing outside of Emma's room, and pushed Nick off. She ran over to Brooke and asked her what happened.

"Well, I told Chase he was Emma's father." Brooke said, "And as you just witnessed, there are things that are more important to him, so he just left."

"I'm sorry baby." Rachel gave giving Brooke a hug.

The rest of the people waiting in the waiting room came to join them. "Thanks for coming guys, but I'll call if anything happens, seriously, I don't know how long this is going to take. I think you should all go home."

Peyton and Haley nodded and got ready to go, while James ran to Brooke, and gave her a picture. Brooke took a look at what he drew. It was a picture of Brooke and Emma holding hands and smiling.

"Thank you James." she said, "Do you want to put it by her bedside?"

James nodded and ran inside. He held Emma's hand, and told her to wake up soon. He kissed her forehead and left with Haley and Peyton.

Rachel and Nick weren't moving. "Why aren't you guys leaving?"

"We're not leaving you alone Brooke." Nick told her.

Rachel gave her a cup of coffee that they had bought from Starbucks when they had headed out earlier. "Drink up."

Hours had passed, and Brooke had fell asleep next to Emma by her bedside. She was dreaming of happy thoughts, Emma's first day at school, getting her license, graduation, prom. Things she may, or may not get to experience with her daughter. Rachel and Nick walked in to see Brooke asleep, hugging her daughter. They walked beside her, and rubbed her face. Brooke opened her eyes slowly, and saw them. Rachel offered her a croissant and Nick offered her orange juice. "It's morning." Rachel said with a smile.

Brooke suddenly turned to Emma hoping to see her beautiful eyes open, but no such luck. She was still in a coma. Brooke took the croissant and took a bite.

"Did you guys stay here all night?"

"At the hotel nearby" Nick said with a smile.

"Well, we really appreciate it." Brooke said rubbing Emma's hand "I mean, I really appreciate it."

"Anything for you babe." Rachel told her.

"Do you guys mind?" Brooke said, "I would really like to have a moment alone with her."

They nodded and walked out of the room. Brooke moved to the chair next to Emma, picked up her hand, and exhaled.

"Baby, it's mommy. I look at you here, helpless, and it breaks my heart that I can't help you get through this. I'm sorry I haven't always been there sweetheart. Mommy's been really busy, but if you could just come back to me, mommy will be there for you. She promises okay? I love you Emma. I always have, and I always will, I'm sorry I made you ever doubt it. I had a dream baby. In this dream, I walked you to your bus stop, it was your first day of school. We were back in New York of course. We both saw the bus coming down the street, and I asked you if you were going to be okay, and you want to know what you said back to me? Well, you said, mommy, I don't always need you there, I can do it by myself, and I smiled, watched you get on the bus, and saw it drive you away. There was another one where we were shopping for your prom dress. We could not find a single one that you liked. Finally we found a gorgeous white strapless long dress, and it looked absolutely gorgeous on you hunny. The dream kind of fast-forward to the night of prom, where you won Prom Queen, like me. You had a really attractive prom date by the way." Brooke said with a couple of tears in her eyes. She decided to tell Emma about her father.

"Baby, I know that the thing you wanted most was to know who your father was. I told him that you were our daughter, and he was so happy that you were his baby. He told me he felt a connection with you, the second you two met, and I'm pretty sure you felt it too love. Chase is your daddy, I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you before. I just didn't want you to get hurt pumpkin, like I did. You're probably wondering where he is, but to tell you the truth, I don't know. He's not here with us when you need him most."

Brooke heard a door close behind her; she turned around quickly and saw Chase's face.

"Of course I am." He said looking down."

Author's Note: Hey readers! Thanks for reading this fanfiction. I think this is the one of the better one's I've written. I'm not sure if a lot of people like the Chase being the father storyline, but I made it, because I'm a huge Brooke and Chase fan. There are some readers that only read for their couples, and I have nothing against that. Brooke and Chase will not be together for at least another three-four chapters, so please, if you don't like Brooke and Chase, at least read until then. I would really appreciate your thoughts on the chapters and the story. So please submit a review, and if you could give me constructive points, please go ahead.