A/N: Hey everyone! I'm sooo sorry that I've taken so long to update this. Junior year's killinggg me. Anyway, hopefully most of you are still interested, so here's chapter 14! Read and let me know what you think! Reviews make my life a better thing. Seriously.

Chapter 14 - Seasons of Love

For the first time, Brooke and Lucas had taken charge of Thanksgiving. Haley loved Thanksgiving and everything about it, so normally she would have the whole thing planned six months in advance. This time, she let Brooke take over and just let herself relax and enjoy Lindsay's first Thanksgiving.

Brooke and Lucas spent the whole morning cooking away. The turkey was in the oven, all sorts of vegetables were boiling and potatoes were being mashed.

"I guess it's a good thing we both can cook." Brooke said as she stirred some of the vegetables. "Otherwise we'd have to, like, order in or something. And Haley wouldn't be too happy about that." Lucas laughed.

"That is correct. Okay, so are we sure we have enough plastic containers to get all of this over to Nathan's?" Lucas asked.

"I'm pretty sure we do. Everything's almost done, I think." She said.

"Good. Why don't you go ahead and get dressed? You always take longer than me, so I can wait a few minutes to put everything into containers." Lucas suggested.

"Yeah, maybe I'll do that. Thanks, Luke." Brooke said, giving him a quick kiss before making her way out of the kitchen and upstairs to get ready. She took a quick shower and was finishing blow-drying her hair when Lucas came up to shower. Brooke went into the closet while Lucas was still showering to get dressed, singing a Christmas song to herself.

"Cause, baby, all I want for Christmas is you." She sang in her underwear and bra. She was so caught up in the song and deciding what to wear that she jumped when Lucas came up from behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Broody, you scared me!" Brooke exclaimed, turning around while still in his embrace.

"What, you forgot that I live here, too?" He asked.

"No. I just...I don't know. I guess I was too busy singing." Brooke said, letting out a giggle.

"Yes, you were. And Christmas isn't even for another month." He agreed. He pulled away from her and walked over to his side of the closet.

"I know! But all the music stations start playing Christmas music today. Anyway, what should I wear?" Brooke asked, looking up at all of her clothes in their huge walk-in closet.

"I think what you have on is just fine." Lucas joked.

"Yeah. If we were going to the Playboy Mansion for Thanksgiving dinner." Brooke said. Lucas laughed.

"Well, it might not be too late to change plans..." He told her, pretending to act serious.

"Oh, please." Brooke said, grabbing a brown skirt and dress top from the rack. Lucas chuckled and took a pair of khakis and dress shirt from his shelf. They both got dressed and Brooke went back into the bathroom to put makeup on. Soon enough they were both downstairs taking all the food out to the car and making their way to Nathan and Haley's. Karen, Keith and Deb had already arrived when Brooke and Lucas got there.

"Oh, let me grab something!" Haley said as she helped Brooke through the door. She took two containers from the top of Brooke's pile.

"Happy Thanksgiving!" Karen said as she gave both Brooke and Lucas hugs as they made their way to the kitchen. Nathan made his way into the kitchen with a Lindsay. Brooke immediately lit up upon seeing the baby.

"Hi, Linds!" Brooke cooed in a high voice.

"Nice to see you, too, Brooke." Nathan joked.

"Oh, Nate. I almost forgot. Happy Thanksgiving." Brooke replied sarcastically.

"Here. You want to hold her?" Nathan asked.

"Of course!" Brooke squealed, taking her almost-niece into her arms.

In no time at all, dinner was over and everyone was sitting around the table. Lindsay was sleeping in her swing close to where Nathan and Haley were both sitting, and the adults were all chatting away while they had dessert.

"So, Nathan and Lucas, how has work been?" Keith asked.

"Good, actually. We both actually enjoy it." Lucas explained. Nathan nodded in agreement.

"When are you going back to work, Nate?" Deb asked.

"Wednesday." Nathan told her.

"That's good." Deb said. "Oh, before I forget, I wanted to let everyone know that I'm going to have Christmas at my house this year."

"Are you sure?" Karen asked.

"Definitely. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time." Deb told the group.

"Okay." "Cool." "That'll be nice." They all replied.

"Brooke, you should have invited Peyton over." Haley said.

"I thought about it. But she was going to spend Thanksgiving with Jake's family anyway." Brooke explained.

"It's so weird that they're dating." Nathan said.

"I know. He was like, our good friend from high school. I like that we get to see him once in a while now." Lucas said.

"Yeah." Nathan said. "Weren't you thinking about making him part of the wedding party?"

"Yeah. I think I am actually. I mean, we were really close in high school, but we just kind of parted ways after that. But now that we see each other again, it's like we were never even apart." Lucas told him.

"That's good, Luke." Brooke commented. Lindsay then started to cry. Nathan turned around and took her out of her swing. She stopped crying to a little but continued to fuss.

"She's hungry. I'll go get a bottle." Haley said, getting up and running into the kitchen.

"Yes. Don't worry, we're going to feed you, too." Nathan said to Lindsay. She started crying again. "Oh, Linds. The dramatics."

Brooke and Lucas laughed. Everytime they talked to Nathan he'd talk about how Lindsay may look like him, but she was dramatic like Haley. Haley returned with a bottle and started to feed the baby while the rest of the group continued to talk. An hour later, Deb, Keith and Karen left and Brooke and Haley finished cleaning up while Lucas and Nathan watched a basketball game in the den.

"So how are you feeling, Hales?" Brooke asked.

"I'm fine actually. Better than I thought I would be. I mean, I am tired, but that's a given when you have a six-day-old baby." Haley explained. The girls laughed.

"You think you're gonna be okay when Nathan goes back to work?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah. I'll be fine." Haley assured her. "We're so lucky that Lindsay's been this good so far. It's like, we've been home for three days and we're already on somewhat of a schedule."

"Yeah. I'm glad for you guys." Brooke told her.

Meanwhile, Nathan and Lucas watched a basketball game and Lindsay slept on Nathan's chest.

"Damn. That was a good shot." Lucas said. Nathan nodded. Then the game went to a commercial.

"Ever wish we continued playing basketball?" Nathan asked.

"Sometimes. But then I think about how great my life has been this far. If I went to a big basketball school, I probably would not have met Brooke. You and I wouldn't be so close, this whole thing with Scott Motors couldn't have happened." Lucas explained.

"Yeah. I agree. I remember a time when there was nothing more that I wanted to do then play basketball. Then I met Haley. And then there was nothing more that I wanted to do then be with her." Nathan told him.

"Yeah." Lucas said. "I remember you telling me when you first met Haley that you knew for sure that you were going to spend the rest of your life with her. And I never believed you until I met Brooke. I feel like the second you meet that one special person, you can feel it in your heart that they're the one."

"Exactly." Nathan said with a smile. The game came back on and it grabbed their attention, but Nathan placed a quick kiss on his daughter's head before gluing his eyes to the screen.

Ten minutes later, Haley and Brooke entered the room.

"Okay, Lucas. Let's get out of their hair and go home." Brooke said.

"Okay." He said as him and Nathan got up.

"Thanks, Nate." Lucas said, shaking his hand.

"For what? I didn't even do anything. Thanks to you guys for cooking and everything." Nathan said.

"No problem." Lucas replied.

They said the rest of their goodbyes and Brooke and Lucas headed home.

"It's only seven o'clock." Brooke stated as she looked at the clock while Lucas drove the two blocks back to their house.

"And?" He asked.

"It's still early." Brooke told him.

"Do you have anything that you want to do?" Lucas asked.

"No. Let's just go home and cuddle up on the couch. I have to get up tomorrow anyway." Brooke said.

"Why is that?" He questioned.

"Everyone knows the day after Thanksgiving is the biggest shopping day of the year! You can't possibly be left out!" Brooke exclaimed. He laughed.

"Gee, I almost forgot." Lucas joked, pulling in the driveway and then into the garage. And they did just that. Both put on pajamas and made popcorn and watched a movie for the rest of the night.

The next morning the alarm went off at seven, so Brooke hurriedly got out of bed and got dressed in hopes of finding the best deals at the mall. Lucas still slept but then jumped up when he heard a crash in the closet. He walked in to find Brooke standing there with her hand over her mouth, looking at the rack of clothes that fell onto the floor.

"Now that is a sign that you have way too many clothes." Lucas said, picking up the pole and trying to put it back into place on the wall.

"Of course not, Broody. You can never have too many clothes." She joked. The phone rang, and Brooke raised her eyebrows to Lucas as to say "who could that be?"

When she saw 'Scott, Nathan D." on the caller I.D., she didn't know whether to be alarmed or relieved.

"Hello?" Brooke answered.

"Hi Brooke. I was just calling to wish you luck on your shopping adventures. I wish I could go with you. But I don't think I'd physically be capable of a whole day of shopping." Haley said.

"Aw, Hales. I wish you could come. Anything you want me to pick up though?" Brooke asked.

"I guess just baby stuff if there's any super-spectacular deals." Haley told her, half laughing.

"Sure." Brooke replied.

"Okay. Thanks. I'll talk to you later." Haley said.

"Bye, Hales." Brooke ended.

Ten minutes later, Brooke was out the door and on the way to the mall. She first went to some baby stores and picked up a bunch of clothes and accessories for Lindsay, then, of course, she got clothes and shoes for herself. And some for Lucas, since it would only be fair if she bought some things for him, too. She returned home a little before three o'clock and Lucas and Nathan were going over some things for work at the kitchen table.

"Hello, boys." Brooke said.

"Hi, baby. Did you get anything good?" Lucas said, getting up from his seat.

"I did. Help me bring in these bags." Brooke said. Lucas and Nathan followed her out to the car and found the entire trunk and back seats filled with bags.

"Wow. Did you buy the whole mall, Brooke?" Nathan asked.

"Nah. I was nice and left some things for the others. But I guess I could if I wanted to." Brooke said, smiling at Lucas.

"No. That's not happening." Lucas stated. Nathan laughed as they carried in the remainders of the bags.

"Leave the bags with the baby clothes in the car. I have to bring those over to your house, Nate." Brooke told him.

"Okay. I can just grab them when I'm leaving." Nathan said.

"No, it's okay. I'm gonna head over there now. You guys can finish what you were doing before." Brooke explained. They nodded and Brooke went over to Haley's. She came home about an hour later and there was a box on the front step. She picked it up and squealed when she realized what it was. She ran into through the house and into the kitchen.

"Lucas! The invitations are here!" Brooke yelled. He appeared in the doorway a few seconds later.

"Are they? Open the box." Lucas said.

"Can't you see that's what I'm trying to do?" Brooke said, struggling with the tape that was holding the sides of the box together. Lucas got a pair of scissors and cut some of it off and Brooke pulled out a white box from the other box.

"Well, the box looks good." Lucas said. Brooke looked at him and shook her head. She pulled the lid off the top to reveal the gorgeous pearl white invitations.

Mr. And Mrs. Ronald Davis

and

Mr. And Mrs. Keith Scott

request the honor of your presence

at the marraige of their children

Brooke Penelope

to

Lucas Eugene

Saturday, the twelfth of May

Two thousand and eleven

at four o'clock in the afteroon

Saint Lucy's Church

Raleigh, North Carolina

Brooke pulled out an invitation and ran her hand across the floral border and silver text, greatly admiring it. Lucas watched her as she read it.

"It's perfect, Broody." She said.

"Yeah? Let me see." Lucas said. Brooke handed it to him. He read it and smiled.

"You're right." He said, walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her. "I can't wait."

"Me either." She said, draping her arms around her neck and giving him a passionate kiss.

Soon enough it would be Christmas and New Year's, and Brooke and Lucas were anxiously awaiting the months leading up to their wedding.