Summary: The gap between heaven and hell has never been wider. Preacher's daughters are bad girls who never get caught. Brucas.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. I'm just a college senior who has no time yet always makes time for OTH. The title for the story comes from a Toby Keith song called God Love Her.
Me and God Love Her
Chapter Fourteen
Staring at the little boy sleeping her arms, Brooke couldn't feel any prouder of herself or of Lucas. They created him; they were parents and have been for the past seven months.
Gavin Luca Scott was welcomed into the world on a Presidents Day weekend after a two-day blizzard. The blonde haired, green eyed, little boy was perfect to his parents, a perfect little bubbly, yet mischievous boy.
Brooke hasn't focused back at school yet. Her mind wasn't in it. Her mind was set on helping Gavin, or G-Man as Quinn and Haley call him. She wanted to do homeschooling and with the schools permission, it happened.
"We did it. Against what everyone said, we did it." Lucas smiled proudly at the little newborn wrapped in a baby blue blanket who was close to his chest. "We made him."
With happy tears in her eyes, Brooke smiled at the scene before her. "We did, didn't we?" She couldn't believe it. Did they really have a baby now? Was she an actual mother now? These emotions were on overdrive for her.
"Yes, and he's perfect." Lucas watched as his son grabbed a hold of his finger, holding it tightly. "Absolutely perfect." He smiled between her and the baby boy. His son was here. His son was born and he was going to do whatever it took to support him.
"Thank you, Luke." Brooke managed out a whisper. Lucas started at her questioning what exactly she meant with that. "You gave me him."
"I should be thanking you. All those Sex Ed classes did nothing to prepare me for that gore." Which was right, after all. Lucas almost fainted during the whole birthing part of his son coming into the world. The blood and actually seeing it made him think of a gory movie and the next thing everyone knew his face was pale as can be.
"Didn't prepare you? I'm the one giving birth to this thing. It kills me down there still." She shivered in pain. It was an uncomfortable pain, one that was all worth it for that little boy.
Exhaustion was coming over her body. It was still the wee hours of the morning since she didn't give birth to him till 2:14 in the morning. It was only her and Lucas there, with everyone else promising to come during the day. Lucas could see her exhaustion. "Go to sleep, Baby Girl. I think I can handle him."
"You think?" she teased him, kinking a brow perfectly. "I think you better start being able to handle him because it's only me and you dealing with him. We still need a name you know."
"I stand strictly by the naming him after me." He was teasing her of course. He didn't want a junior just because the risk in the future, plus he really didn't want to pass down his middle name of Eugene. It made him shiver to wonder what his mother and father were thinking by naming him that. "Better then your options."
"Hey! Be nice! I just birthed a nine pound baby. Watch it!" She pouted slightly.
Lucas thought for a moment before thinking of a list of names that would fit with his new son. They talked about it before but didn't agree on anything. Reality for Lucas was that talking about names before he was born didn't make it set in that he was a father, now that he's here it's reality. "Gavin."
"Gavin?" Brooke thought for a second before responding. "I think I like it. Give me him!" She held her arms out until the nine-pound baby boy was placed there. "Gavin Luca Scott. So he's technically not named after you." She added a playful wink. "Welcome to the world Mr. Gavin L. Scott."
"Luke, you need to get up!" Brooke didn't realize how late it was getting. Lucas was going to be late for class. After graduating high school when Gavin was four months old, Lucas enrolled himself in the local community college to focus on getting a job, classes and most importantly his family. "It's your first day of class. I don't think your professors would be okay with you late."
"Let me sleep." Lucas mumbled rolling over onto his side. Brooke knew he was tired. She was so thankful that he woke up in the middle of the night to deal with a fussy Gavin to let Brooke sleep. She didn't feel him back in bed till around five in the morning.
"Broody boy." She placed Gavin in the bassinet before turning her attention to her boyfriend. She slowly placed soft kisses on his neck and shoulders.
"If you don't stop that, we may end up with another one." He mumbled not even opening his eyes. He was teasing her because he knew they couldn't offered or manage another baby. Brooke was turning only seventeen soon. He at least wanted her to graduate high school and possibly even college. Alongside with being married may help.
"I mean in reality, I don't mind practicing." She moved closer to his ear. "Practice makes perfect, Lucas."
In a second Brooke was flipped to underneath Lucas with a giggle.
"Lucas, son, I hope you learned to wrap it up." Both groaned as Lucas rolled off of her. "Remember, she's still underage."
"Please enlighten me why you're here?" Lucas stared darters at his father. Dan never made his presence known to the young family. Lucas stayed in his area, and Dan stayed in his. The only time Lucas or even Brooke would go to the main house was if Dan wasn't home.
"If I remember correctly, son, I own this still." He smirked. Brooke wrapped the blanket higher up on her chest, covering as much of herself as she could. Dan always unsettled her. She would've been even more embarrassed if Dan just walked in twenty minutes before when she was feeding Gavin. "Miss. Davis, still keeping your legs open for anyone I see."
"Dad, what do you want?"
"Just to tell you the basketball coach wants to meet with you today." Dan still keep his eyes on Brooke causing her to move closer to Lucas slowly. "You will meet with him after class."
"Dad, I have work after class. I can't." He defended. His used every possible moment to work to gain more money to eventually move out of the pool house. Lucas had classes Tuesdays and Thursdays from nine in the morning till five at night straight through. Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays he would work nine to five to bring in more money. He hardly had time for his family so Brooke enjoyed every possible second with him. "I don't have time for basketball. If I did, I don't want to play."
This shocked Brooke. Lucas loved that darn sport more then she could understand. Any time when Gavin would be sleeping and she was doing homework he would play with Nate outback or at the River Court.
"Well you're meeting with him whether you like it or not. Your mother is making me pay for your college, against my will, and you will do as I say." He warned.
Deb did offer to pay for college because even community college was out of reach for him to afford. He needed to pay for diapers and not classes. So for a high school graduation gift, Deb signed Lucas up for the classes he wanted.
"I don't need to listen to you." Lucas hissed he wrapped an around Brooke protectively. There was no place for her to hide in besides the bathroom. The small pool house had a small kitchen and an area for their bed and Gavin's crib and toys. It had a small bathroom that was big enough that had a bathtub for Gavin's every other day bath time that Lucas enjoyed. "Now if you please leave so I can get ready to become something so not like you."
"Watch it boy, I can do exactly what that whores parents did and kick the both of you out or better yet charge you for sleeping with an underage."
"I was underage when we slept together." Lucas rolled his eyes. "Now please dad."
"This is not the end of this conversation." Dan warned turning around to walk out but he paused and turned around. "Oh and your mother wanted me to invite you two to dinner tonight. Seven o'clock. Be there." The he left.
"I still hate that guy." Brooke mumbled. "Please don't go to class."
"Baby Girl," Lucas frowned. He wanted Brooke to be comfortable with where they lived. "I need to go today. As you said, it's the first day of classes. I need to go. Why don't you call Haley? Hang with her for the day. I know we need to go to dinner." He waited till she nodded in agreement. "Till then, you know you can always join me in the shower."
When the baby sleeps, the parents will play.
-XO-OTH-XO-
"Give me my grandson!" Victoria screamed when she noticed Brooke walking into the house. Victoria never put Brooke moving out against her but Robert has yet too come around to the idea that Gavin was actually here. He's only seen pictures of his grandson and will probably never seen him. Brooke sneaks around the days her father is at work.
"Nice to see you too, Mom." Brooke rolled her eyes dramatically. She walked over to the house, as it was a nice late August day in North Carolina. For once it was not humid out and you could actually breath and Brooke took advantage of this. "I'm starting to feel like you and Haley keep me around for him."
"You know we love you, Brookie." Haley skipped into the room. "But, there's something about little chubby G-Man that is adorable. You lost your adorableness about ten years ago."
"Love you too Haywee." She teased sticking her tongue out at her older sister.
"Brooklyn!" Haley teased right back.
"Now, now, girls. Behave. You have to make a good impression for this one." Victoria smiled pointing to Gavin who was sitting happily in her lap. "So what are you twos plans for today?"
"Pool?" Haley questioned. "It's always fun with Gavin."
"Gavy, you wanna go swimming?" Victoria spoke in a high pitch childish voice.
"No Gavy mom, that's too weird. G-Man is better. Plus Lucas says it's manlier." Brooke shrugged at the end of her statement. She always laughed at Lucas trying to make sure their son is 'manly'. "Wanna go swimming, little fishy?" Gavin let out a small giggle and Brooke took that cue to go change him. She was smart enough to already be wearing her bathing suite.
Five minutes later, all three Davis girls and Gavin we're swimming.
"How is the Scott household?" Victoria asked from her lounge chair as she sipped on a sweet tea. She wanted her daughter back, but she wasn't going to push her even if she was not even eighteen yet.
"Horrible, mom." Brooke dragged a very happy Gavin in his float around the shallow waters. She had to be giving Lucas some credit. Ever since she went into her third trimester Lucas has been obsessed with her expanding boobs. Even today, they were still larger then before. Brooke had to go bathing suite shopping, which Lucas enjoyed with a little fashion show. "Dan's creeping me out lately, and now tonight Deb wants us all at dinner. We've never done dinner as a group besides if it was for like Easter, but you know what I mean."
"Maybe they're changing?" Haley offered a piece of advice. "You never know."
"I have no clue and of course Luke's at class all day and we can't really figure out an escape plan."
"Brooke, give them the benefit of the doubt, please, but be careful." Victoria warned. "I know what crazy in-laws are like."
"Oh I most certainly do." Brooke nodded in agreement. She looked at Gavin and too see his smiling face made it all worth it to her.
"How are you going to do with school this year, Brooklyn? It's going to be a lot different now that he will be mobile." Victoria asked. She didn't want Brooke not to graduate. She has two years left of school and she was going to complete them even if Victoria had to sit with her the whole way.
Brooke let out a groan before responding.
-XO-OTH-XO-
"Don't you look adorable?" Lucas entered their tiny place with a smile on his face to Brooke standing in a stained shirt that looked like puke and her hair thrown on top of her head in a ponytail.
"Shut it." Brooke warned so not ready to deal with this mess. "You deal with the monster that replaced out sweet innocent son."
"Monster man," Lucas laughed taking him from her. "What are you doing to your poor mother?"
"Puking that's what. I changed five times for this stupid dinner. Why would they want dinner with us?"
"Relax, baby. It will be fine. I'll stop the craziness."
She gave him the 'let's be real' look. "You know none of us can stop the craziness that we're unlucky to be genetically related too."
"Get ready, I'll handle him." She gladly agrees and watches him go turn on the television as she went to shower. She still smelt like the pool since she's still not comfortable leaving Gavin alone- even during naps- to shower. "So, G-Man, why are you driving Mommy insane?" The little boy of course did not respond with words, but responded with giggles. "Of course, you just scared of your evil grandpas. No one really likes them anyway."
One hour later, the couple and Gavin were all dressed and ready to go. Slowly they made their way over to the large house and Brooke nervously shook.
"I don't think I can do this Broody." Brooke wanted to turn around and go back to their little life in the pool house. "I can't handle them."
"Do it for my mom?" He pleaded. "She's done a lot for us." That statement was true, very true. Besides allowing them to live rent-free and paying for Lucas's college, Deb Scott would buy things here and there for her grandson along with bringing Brooke and Lucas leftovers that would go to waste in the main house. "We can do this for her. Plus I think my G-Man would take attention off of us."
"Oh thank God you two are here." Deb opened the door and guided them inside. "I so need you two tonight."
"What is exactly going on tonight?" Lucas wondered. "Dad just told us to be here."
"You'll see." Deb smiled. It was a sneaky smile that was hiding something.
If only Lucas and Brooke knew what Deb and Dan Scott had planned.
Hope you enjoyed Chapter fourteen! Thanks everyone for reading!