I do not own OTH!
I walk around the Scott house as Brooke, Haley, and Nathan pass around Penelope, looking at all the decorations, I walk back to everyone, standing by Lucas, "Guys… You didn't have to do this" I say, looking at my friends as Brooke looks at me, shaking her head, "Nonsense, you deserve it more than anyone" She says, holding her goddaughter as I smile, sitting at the table with them right before the doorbell rings, "Aaaaah! Guests!" Brooke jumps up with the baby in her arms, I start picking at some of the pretzels in a bowl on the table as Mia walks in, I gasp as I see her, "Mia!" I jump up, walking over to her and hugging her tight,
"Hey, skinny P sawyer is back!" She says, making everyone laugh, "But really, cute baby guys! I suggest more… And when you have another girl, I suggest the name Mia" She shrugs as I shake my head,
"We'll keep that in mind" Lucas says as I look at him, "Years from now" He says, Millie and Mouth show up and the boys leave, leaving us to start the baby shower, Penelope is sleeping in her car seat as we move to the living room, "Just roll with this" She says, putting a sash on me that says 'mommy to be', "I've always wanted a sash" I say, doing a pageant wave before I sit down, crossing my legs, "What's first shower planners?" I ask as they start with games, too many games to count then some food that Haley had made came next, then last was gifts, with only five girls there it seemed like there was too many presents, I finish opening them all, "Thank god we got a bigger car" I joke, laughing, "Thank you guys for everything… I don't deserve this" I say, hugging all of them, Mia left first, the rest of us just talking about our lives as people pass around Penelope again, about an hour later the guys come back, Jamie runs in, "I got ice cream momma!" He says as Haley laughs,
"Oh yeah? Who decided it was a good idea to give you ice cream?" She asks as Lucas puts one of his hands up,
"Guilty" He shrugs, "I can't spoil my nephew?" He asks, "Plus, I had to pay him back for helping Brooke clean our house to surprise us yesterday"
"Can I hold Penelope?" Jamie asks as he sits beside his mom, who's holding the little baby, me and Lucas both nod as she helps him hold her properly, supporting her neck, "Woah, she's heavier then she looks" He says as we all laugh,
Lucas and Nathan start loading all the gifts into the car, "We're set until college" I joke as he walks in,
"We needed all of this… Well, maybe not all the clothes, but everything else we needed" He says as everything gets in the car, I put Penelope back in her car seat as she falls asleep quickly, we hug everyone and say thank before leaving as it's getting dark out, I get her in the back as I get in the front with Lucas, "How was your day?" I ask him as he nods,
"It was really good… I think I needed a day like that as bad as it sounds" He says as I rub his cheek, smiling,
"It's not bad at all… You took care of a newborn by yourself for a week" I say, "And I'm so sorry about that again" I whisper, leaning in and kissing his lips before we drive back home, we get home, a strange car in front of our house, "Stay here" Lucas says as he gets out, walking towards the car,
"Daddy's always gotta be the superhero" I say, shaking my head as I see him get to the car, I see a woman get out as he hugs her tight, I get out, grabbing the car seat as I walk over, realizing it's his mom and little sister and Andy as I gasp, "Karen!" I say, hugging her tight as I get to her, "I'm so glad you're here!" I say as I pull back, we walk into the house out of the cold as Lucas and Andy get the gifts out of the car,
"I wanted to be here when she was born, but…" She stops, sighing as she looks down at the sleeping baby in her arms,
"Things happen" I nod as she nods, "How does it feel to be a grandma?" I ask, smiling as she sighs,
"Probably as surreal as it feels to be a mom, huh?" She smiles as I nod, "How are you feeling, dear?" She asks as I smile,
"I'm good.. I'm really happy" I say as I see her look, I sigh, "I'm still in pain and I can't go anywhere at night alone" I whisper, closing my eyes to hold back the tears, 'Damn postpartum hormones' I think to myself as I feel her hand on my arm, I smile, "Lucas has been great though… He understands" I say as she nods,
"He's been through this with you a few times" She smiles as I laugh and nod, "I'm so glad you guys got back together… Not how it happened, but I always knew you guys would end up together again" She smiles,
"He's always saving me" I say, shaking my head. "I'm so happy that you're here… You're the only mother figure I've ever really had in my life" I say as I lean back in my seat, crossing my legs as I sigh, "I wanna be the best mom possible and I feel like I might screw her up" I say as a few tears fall down my cheeks as I sigh, "I know Lucas will do great, he's already a great dad but I don't want to mess up, the first few days of her life I wasn't even there" I say softly as I look at the sleeping baby in her grandmothers arms covering my eyes as I hear Lucas and Andy talking in the other room, wiping my eyes as I smudge my eyeliner and mascara,
"Peyton" She says as she rubs my arm as the guys come into the room, "Did you guys get everything?" She asks the guys as they nod, grabbing water bottles from the fridge, I feel Lucas rubbing my back as I lean back, looking up at him, smiling, he sees my smudged makeup, "Are you okay?" I hear come out of his mouth as I nod, smiling,
"Baby blues making me cry at everything" I say with a smile as he nods, leaning down as he pecks my lips, "I'm going to show Andy how the new car handles" He says smiling as I nod,
"Don't be out late" Me and Karen say at the same time, she looks at me and smiles, "Let's talk about this" She says, making me nod as she hands me Penelope, "I need to get Lily to sleep first" She says as she walks to the back guest room, I walk into our bedroom with Penelope, putting her on our bed as I change into a tank top and flannel pajama bottoms, changing Penelope into long sleeve, footsie onsie with little owls on it, picking her back up, making her a bottle and sitting on the couch with her, watching her as she eats and tries to adjust her eyes to the surroundings, "This is your home baby girl" I say softly as she moves her head around a little, I feel a hand on my shoulder as I look back, seeing the older woman as I smile, she sits beside me on the couch, "She looks just like Lucas when he was a baby" I smile, nodding, "Even the light blonde hair, but she gets that from both of you I'm sure"
"She hardly has any hair" I say, running my hand through her soft almost white short hair on her head,
"You're a great mom, Peyton" She says as I look at her, "If you weren't you wouldn't be worried about being a good mom, you wouldn't care. When I had Lucas, I thought I was doing everything wrong" She says as I take the bottle of the baby mouth as she finishes, putting her against my shoulder as I try to burp her, "I didn't have anyone to help me and I thought he would be messed up, but then Keith came along and told me how good of a mom I was to him and I just remembered that every long sleepless night, when he was sick, when he was a teenager and out with a certain girl all night" I laugh as I nod, "You're the best mom, Peyton. Don't think otherwise" She says,
"Thank you so much, Karen… That means the world hearing that from you" I say as she smiles, hearing a small burp from the baby, making me smile as I put back in my arms, "She's such a good burper" I say as we start talking about where all they had gone, "Do you think you'll ever come back?" I ask,
"Well, I'd love to come back but since someone took my home" He jokes, winking, "But, I think me and Andy are going to move back soon, Lily is going to be starting school soon and I want her to have a childhood like Lucas had." I nod, "And she has a niece she has to be here with"
"Me and Lucas would love that… And I'd love to have one of our parents in town" I say as I hear the front door open as I see the guys, smiling at them,
"Your boy sure knows his cars, Karen" Andy says as he kisses her
Luke sits on the couch behind me as I lean against him, sitting with them and talking for about an hour until I start to fall asleep on the couch, "I guess it's time for bed" Karen says as she sees my eyes slowly closing, Lucas grabs Penelope who is sleeping in my arms as I shake my head, waking up, stretching, "What's going on?" I ask as I feel Lucas stand up, laughing,
"I think you told us all it's time for bed with you falling asleep on the couch" He says as he hugs and kisses his moms cheek before walking back to the room, I stand up, hugging Andy then Karen, "Thank you so much" I whisper as I hug her, walking back to the room where Lucas has the sound machine on with the sound of rain playing as Penelope is laying on his chest, "It's so nice having your mom here" I say, shutting the door behind me as he nods,
"They're moving back… They're looking at houses tomorrow, Andy told me that" He tells me as I lay beside him in bed, smiling, "I'm so happy" He says, kissing the top of my head as I nod,
"I am too… It will be great having one of our parents in town" I say as I lay my head on his shoulder, quickly falling asleep, waking up each time that Penelope woke up, me and Lucas tag teaming to get her back to sleep as soon as possible,
I wake up before Lucas, taking Penelope off his chest and putting her in the bassinet beside him since she's still asleep, I pull my messy bedhead up into a messy bun, walking out to the kitchen as I smell fresh made coffee as I sigh, "Thank god for coffee" I say, yawning as Karen hands me a cup, "You're a lifesaver" I sit at the table in the kitchen with my cup, "Did she wake you up at all?" I ask, hugging Lily as she runs into the kitchen from the living room to have breakfast,
Karen shakes her head, "I didn't hear her once" She says, giving Lily eggs and toast, "Are you hungry?" She asks as I shake my head, "I just need some coffee right now" I say, taking a big drink from the cup, "What do you think of your niece?" I ask Lily as she shrugs,
"She just lays around and sleeps and cries" She says with a mouthful of food, making me laugh, "You did that too when you were her age" I say, smiling as she shakes her head, "When are you guys going to look at houses?" I ask
"A couple hours" She says "I need to get her ready… She has messy hair like I always did when I was her age" She shakes her head, making me smile,
"Me and Lucas are taking Jamie if you want us to keep her too… I don't think we're really going to do anything but get lunch then probably just come back here, but I know Jamie would love to see her" I say with a smile, hearing an 'are you sure' coming from his mother as I nod, "Absolutely" I say, standing up as I put my empty cup in the sink, "I'm going to get a shower before they wake up" I say, kissing Lily's head as I walk past her, getting in the shower and getting out, walking into the bedroom with the two still sleeping as I put on a loose v neck sweater and a pair of leggings, I hear Penelope start fussing as I pick her up, trying to let Luke sleep for as long as possible, I take her into her nursery, changing her diaper and put her in a black onsie that says 'feed me and tell me I'm pretty' and a pair of white pants with black arrows on them that are tight on her chubby little legs, I pick her up, walking to the kitchen as I see Lucas as the table, eating some eggs his mom made him, "Look who finally woke up" I say, winking at him as I walk past him, grabbing another cup of coffee before sitting beside him at the table as Karen comes over, grabbing the baby,
"I told your mom we'd keep Lily today while they go and look at houses, Lucas' eyes widen,
"Two five year olds and a newborn?" He asks as I nod, "It'll be fine" I say, taking a sip of my coffee,
"I'll remember that when we're exhausted" He says as I laugh, shaking my head