A&N: hey guys! Thanks for the reviews! I really need them and want them so pleasewrite MORE! And also there's officially only three more left! I know SAD but I need to wrap this up and start on bigger and better stories involving BRUCAS of course! LOL! Ok, ok, enough babbling! Here we go…
[Lucas voice overhead
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us."
Brooke rushed Rachel into the hospital that afternoon flustered
and carrying about twenty things. Hannah was in a car carrier
wailing her head off as Rachel breathed heavily in and out. On
top of it all Lucas and Nate were stuck in traffic and Brooke was
arguing with a very difficult nurse! "But if they scheduled the
large room on the top floor then they…" Brooke yelled before
getting interrupted by a doctor. "Hello Rachel." An older man
said with a patient smile. "Hi Dr. Gregory." She replied with
sweat forming on her forehead. "And you are?" he asked
pointing to Brooke. "I am her best friend, filling in for her
boyfriend at the moment." Brooke snapped sweetly. "Okay then,"
Dr. Gregory started. "Let's move you in to the second floor and
get started to having your son!" he cried as Rachel laughed
nervously and Brooke trailed behind trying to keep a frustrated
Hannah quiet. Rachel turned back to Brooke who was now
running with the baby. "Brooke…" she started. "Don't worry I'll
be here, I'm not leaving you!" Brooke said with a small smile. The
doctor rolled Rach into a large room and hooked her up to some
machines while Brooke tapped her foot praying to God that Luke
and Nathan got here on time.
Nathan slammed the car door as he and Lucas got out to see what
the hell had broken down their car an hour outside of Tree Hill.
"So man," Nate started impatiently. "How bad is it?" Lucas
looked at him sadly. "The engine is down; we need help like now,
but I don't think we'll make it bro…I'm sorry." Nathan started to
curse loudly as Lucas tried to call Brooke on her cell, no answer.
"We have to get there man! Rach is counting on me!" Nathan
screamed. Lucas tried to understand but this time he couldn't, he
was there for Hannah's birth and he knew his baby brother
wanted to be there for his own child's as well. Lucas kept trying
Brooke's cell wondering if something bad was happening…
"Ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Rachel cried as she turned Brooke's hand
purple when another strong contraction came. "Come on Rachel
you're doing great!" Broke nervously said as she looked over to
thankfully see Hannah sleeping in her carrier and Rachel
grabbing her hand again. "Oh my fucking god! They never tell
you how much this hurts until you actually do it!" Brooke stifled
a laugh as Rach leaned back on her bed. "Yeah your right on
that!" "Ugh I'm so tired and hungry and wanting Nathan! Where
the hell is he?" she whined. Brooke brushed her bangs out of her
eyes. She had gotten a voicemail form Lucas an hour ago saying
that they were on the side of a road somewhere with car trouble.
She hadn't had the heart of telling Rachel yet, especially when she
was in so much pain. "Brooke!?" "Um…well their kind of lost
cuz' their car broke down." She replied. "WHAT?" Rachel yelled.
"Oh no, oh no! Nathan is supposed to be here for me and his son!
No I have to do this alone." She stated tearing up in frustration.
"Rachel calm down I am here for you, and Deb and Karen are
coming in half an hour!" Brooke said trying to coax her down.
Rachel continued to cry until another sharp contraction hit and
once again she grabbed Brooke's small, now purple, hand. "Why
hello Rachel how are we?" Dr. Gregory said while stepping into
the room. "Not very good!" Rachel replied. The doctor laughed
until a loud beeping noise filled the room startling everyone. "What is that?" Brooke asked out loud turning to a scared Rachel.
"The baby's heart rate is going down dramatically." The doctor
answered while calling nurse in. "Rachel I know your scared but
we're going to have to go in to do a emergency c-section, ok?" he
said flustered. Rachel's big brown eyes watered and she turned to
Brooke. "I'm really scared now Brookie." Brooke grabbed her
hand. "I know girl, but you have to do this for your baby boy,
and for yourself." She coached. "Ok…" she breathed in deeply.
"Ok…" Dr. Gregory rolled her down the hall with a couple of
nurses as Brooke watched tearing up herself. She turned to get
Hannah and her phone when she heard a yell. "Brooke!" Rachel
called as Brooke raced down the hall. "What Rach?" "Tell Nate
that if I…if I don't…" Brooke cut her off. "Rachel don't talk like
that, you'll be fine. No go have your baby." Brooke tried to smile.
Rachel nodded as they went to an elevator. "Take care of her ok?"
Brooke asked a nurse who nodded kindly. She ran back to
Hannah and dialed Lucas.
"Brooke?" Lucas yelled as he picked up his phone as he and Nate
were walking down a highway to get help. "What? Where? Are
you sure?" he asked yelling which made Nate even more scared.
Luke hung up the phone and turned to Nathan. "What bro?
what's wrong?" he asked scarily. Lucas shook his head. "They got
Rach in emergency c-section, apparently she and the baby are
doing badly." Lucas said sadly. Nathan suddenly felt a burning
sensation in his body and started to run. "Nate what are you
doing?" cried Lucas from back behind. "I'm going to save my
girlfriend and my son Luke! I got to! They're the only family I
really got bro!" Lucas looked him directly in the eye and nodded.
Nathan gave one back and ran again. He had to get there; he had
to see his son.
Brooke sat outside the waiting room playing with Hannah and
trying to call Lucas back but with no answer. She nervously
twirled her hair waiting for results. It could not turn out bad, it
could not. They were all supposed to graduate next week and go
on to college together. And she couldn't do this without Rachel.
No way, no way in hell. "Miss. Davis?" Dr. Gregory said in a
whisper. "Yes?" she said jumping up with the baby in her arms.
"We had to get the boy out of her ribcage because he had dug
deep in there hitting a never." He started while Brooke stood
limp and nodded. "But," "But what?" she cried. "But we were
able to save him and Rachel." He said proudly. "They should
make a full recovery." Brooke let out a sigh of relief while
thanking the doctor and putting Hannah down to call Nate or
Luke or at least somebody with the news. She turned her phone
on as suddenly she heard loud footsteps running towards her.
"Nathan?" she cried startled but joyfully. "Brooke…" he gasped
for air. "I just ran for an hour thinking that my unborn son and
girlfriend were going to die." He paused. "How are they?"
Brooke was able to smile and pointed to a large room on the left.
"Why don't you go see for yourself, they're both fine." She said.
Nathan smiled and hugged Brooke. "You mean?" "They made it
through Nate; they made it through the darkness." Nathan went
inside the room to find a crying but happy Rachel holding a
cream-colored baby boy with dark brown hair and deep drown
eyes with a shade of blue. An exquisite mixture. "Hi." Rachel
breathed out wiping her tears. "Hey baby." Nathan smiled
kissing her and staring in awe at their son. "Meet you son Nate,
meet you son William Carter Scott." She said crying again.
Nathan grinned while swallowing tears of his own. "Can I?" he
asked. "Of course baby." She answered handing the sleeping boy
to him. Nathan walked around gently cooing to the baby as
Rachel looked on happily. He laid down next to Rach and
watched the mother of his beautiful child fall asleep after her long
painful day and whispered to his son, "I hope you like
basketball."
Lucas and Brooke drove home with their baby Hannah after the
long day. They had seen Will and said good-night to Nate and
Rach and decided since it was after midnight that they should go
home to rest. Brooke closed her eyes as she got into bed that night
with Luke after tucking Hannah in. "Broody?" she mumbled.
"Hmm?" he said. "You know I think we will all be okay, ya
know?" "Yeah Brooke, I think your right. We made it through a
lot together the past year. And now that were going off to college
soon I think we can handle anything that comes our way." "Yeah
Luke, your totally right, I mean the only thing we have left is
what?" she asked already knowing the question. "Graduation
Pretty Girl." He grinned holding her in his arms and drifting off
to sleep.
[Nathan's voice overhead
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift."
Comment: okay guys that took a longgggggggggg time for me to write so please press the pretty purple button and REVIEW! Please? Ok, ok, I won't beg. Thanks again for reading and I'll update the last TWO as soon as I can. Thanks,
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