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Okay so I wanna make something really clear... Brooke's parents died when she was younger which means it can't be her mother who showed up at her door. Just so it's clear.. Brooke's parents are dead in this story.

I'm glad you all love that Brucas are engaged.

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"Hello Brooke"

I stared back at the person and I was surprised that she was here and holding a bubba in a car seat "Rachel... Oh My God"

"I'm sorry to just drop in on you" She says "I tried emailing you"

"Oh no its fine" I opened the door and she walked in.

"I heard about the whole Chris thing as soon as I got back to California from New York and I wanted to come check on you" She tells me and I nod looking down at the baby car seat she was holding.

"Yeah well Chris is a dog and I had to get rid of him once and for all and well Peyton and I are no longer friends either, but you look like you had surprises too" I nod to the car seat that was now placed on the table in the foyer.

"Oh right yeah... I didn't exactly get to tell you that I was pregnant before everything happened" She replies looking into the car seat at her sleeping baby "His 4 months old"

"His gorgeous" I smile at the sleeping baby feeling extra excited to me my little ones "I'm sorry about what happened Rach"

"I understood Brooke" She smiles "I never thought different of you, but I wanted you to know the truth which is why I sent that email" I nod and place both my hands on my stomach "I see someone else has a surprise"

"Well I wouldn't call it a surprise..."

"Yeah, but to me it is Brookie" She places her hand on my stomach and smiles when one of the babies kick "I thought you couldn't get pregnant"

"Yeah and so did I" I laugh "But I guess the doctors were wrong... I have two miracle babies in here"

"Two?" She raised one of her eye brows and I nod "It really is a miracle"

"Babe... who was it?" I hear Lucas's voice call throughout the foyer as he came from the den and his eyes landed on the red head standing opposite me with a car seat beside her on the table.

"Oh sorry Broody" He walks over to me and slings his arm over my shoulder "Rachel this is Lucas... My fiancé"

"Fiancé?"

"Yeah... He asked me earlier today" I look up at Lucas and smile just as he kissed my nose and I snuggle my head into his chest.

"Well it's nice to meet you Lucas" She stretches out her hand which Lucas takes "So Brooke... Let me see the ring" I hold out my head and Rachel's eyes widen "Oh god Brooke its gorgeous... He did good and by himself right?" Lucas nods and Rachel smiles at me "Congratulations Brookie"

"Thank you"

"Anyway Brooke I better get going. I have to book myself into a hotel or a few days and plus little man needs to eat and I need to get him settled..." She trailed off pushing the strap of her bag higher on her shoulder.

"You're staying in Tree Hill?"

"Yeah I have a case here... I'm a lawyer bow and I have a job opportunity here and the case is un a few days" She explains and I nod along with her "It was good see you again Brooke... Maybe we can go for coffee or something to catch up probably"

"You could stay with us for a few days" Lucas suggests. I turn to him and he smiles at me then turns back to Rachel "It would save so much on the hotel bills and we culd look after..."

"Tyler"

"We could look after Tyler when you go for you case... Brooke is really good with kids"

"Really?" Rachel asks and I nod along with Lucas "Oh thank you"

Lucas then helps Rachel bring in her belongings and shows her to the room she'll be staying in while I took a now crying Tyler out of the car seat and rocked him in my arms until he stopped crying, but his beautiful green eyes were looking up at me and he just liked the feeling of being held.

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There was a loud knock at the door the next morning. I just got dressed and Lucas was feeding Tyler while Rachel ran down the hall to the door as the loud knock was heard again. It was a Saturday and I was taking Lilly and Rachel to the store with me, of course Tyler was coming too.

"Rachel..." That voice was too familiar to me. I walked up behind Rachel to see Peyton's standing on the front step with a Arielle in her pram. The shocked looked on her face was priceless. I wish I had a camera right now "Why you here?"

"That's none of your business Peyton" I answer now standing beside Rachel "What are you doing here?"

"Lucas said he'd look after Arielle for a few hours... Jake is out of town and I have a meeting today"

"Oh what is it Peyton... Do you just love to go after your bestfriends boyfriends?" Rachel comments shaking her head =. I saw Peyton scowl at the red head so I cut in instead before she could sprout something to start a fight.

"Oh it's okay Rach" I look at Peyton "Lucas is Arielle's godfather... If anything happens to this bitch or Jake then Lucas gets custody... Isn't that right Peyton?" Peyton nodded "Well Lucas us down the hall in the kitchen feeding Tyler" I let her in and shut the door behind her "You ready to go Rach?" She nods "Lilly sweetie it's time to go"

Lilly came running down the hall from the den with her jacket and shoes on "I'm ready Brooke" She beamed a smile up at me "Rachel you ready?" Rachel nodded "Tyler ready?" Rachel smile down at her and shook her head.

"Wanna come help me get him ready... With two of us it'll be quicker" Lilly nodded taking Rachel's hand and walked down to the kitchen with her.

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I was stood by the front door waiting for Rachel and Lilly to come back when I saw Peyton walking towards me. I rolled my eyes and let out a sigh as she stopped in front of me. I looked over my once bestfriend and all the memories we once shared flashed through my head and I then push them to the side.

"When did Rachel get here?" She asks hand on hip

"Last night" I reply

"And she has a bubba too?"

I let out another loud sigh this time and run a hand through my hair "This isn't how this works Peyton" I state eyeing her "Just because Lucas is Arielle's god father doesn't mean you get a free pass back into my life okay... We aren't friends Peyton nor are we anything"

"But I thought giving you time will change that"

"Then you thought wrong... God! When are you going to realise that you can't fix what you broke... Not this time"

"I'm trying Brooke... Couldn't you at least try with me and not against me?" Peyton cries out, but I don't any sign of tears in her eyes... Her eyes weren't glazed over or nothing.

"Couldn't I try... Are you listening to yourself Peyton... You slept with my fiancé and then thought you were carrying his fricking baby... And you're telling me to at least try and get pass this" I shook my head in disbelieve and looked away from her so I could calm myself down "I did try Peyton... I knew for a while okay... Rachel told me in the email and I read it at the airport; I knew it was true... I had a feeling after I found the stuff I did under my damn bed and yet I passed on it. I tried for weeks and then you tell me your pregnant and I flip out... Not because you were pregnant, but because I knew what you had done... Don't you see I did try a hell of a lot, but you were never going to tell me Peyton; even when you got pregnant and I'm sorry, but this friendship was over a long time ago. I just didn't wanna face that" I then look at her and still no emotion on her stupid face "I don't know when your gonna finally accept that, but when you come over here it's not for me okay... It's for you to drop or collect Arielle from Lucas am I clear" Peyton nodded slowly "Good now get out my house" I open the door for her and lean against it to support me. Peyton didn't argue she did what I asked. She left.

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"I'm sorry if I started something between you and Peyton by being here Brooke" Rachel says as we sit in my office. I sent Lacie off for s long lunch and showed Rachel around the store. She said she was apparently my biggest client so I told her I'd give her a friend discount.

"Oh no Rach you didn't" I assure her. Tyler was sleeping in his car seat and Lilly was colouring and watching DVDs "It wasn't you who started things between us... I could have blamed you for sending me that email which made everything I thought true, but I can't... I can't blame you for something that she did... I can't blame you for revealing the truth to me and after I was mean to you"

"Brooke I really am sorry though. I shouldn't have..."

"No Rach it's okay" I cut in "Peyton had been my Bestfriend for years and we were inseparable and I truly wanted to believe that she wouldn't do that to me... I wanted to truly believe that the girl I grew up with and lost everything with wouldn't hurt me like she did and that is why I put it on hold... That is why I went weeks being here not saying anything because I didn't want to believe Peyton Sawyer would risk our friendship on a guy that I was engaged to"

"And now you're having the family you've always wanted Brooke... Even though I haven't known you as long as Peyton I do know that you've wanted this for a long time and I'm happy for you" I smile at her.

"Thank you Rachel... I'm just so excited to meet them"

"Oh I know that feeling. When I was pregnant with Tyler I was literally jumping with glee and throughout everything ran smoothly and then instead of feeling pain like most women do I felt relief and excitement being in labour. Yeah Owen wasn't there and isn't here for us, but I wouldn't change my life. I love Tyler more than anything" I nod listening to her as she glanced into the car seat and stroked the side of his face "It's amazing how much love you feel when you hold him or her for the first time, trust me Brooke these two will change your life for the better"

"I already feel the love I know I'll never stop and they aren't even here yet" Rachel grins at me and tucks the blanket in fro Tyler again when he stirs then drifts back into sleep.

"Do you know what you're having?"

"A boy and girl"

"Oh that's lucky... Once of each. Any names come to mind yet?" She asks

"We didn't want to tell anyone yet... Not until they're born"

"Okay that's cool" Rachel then looks up at the clock "Oh Brooke I have to be somewhere for a couple of hours, but I should be back before dinner" She stood up and put her jacket back on placing her phone in her jacket pocket "Thanks for lunch"

"No worries... We'll see you for dinner. Lucas is cooking" She nods smiling. She said bye to Lilly then left my office and the store... Having Rachel back was nice. I forgot how much I missed her with everything that was going on.

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"This one Brooke" Lilly held up a baby pink jumper that had mini mouse on it "Baby girl Scott will like it" After Lacie came back from lunch she insisted I go home with Lilly since Lucas gave her strict instructions of not letting me work, so instead I took Lilly out to do some more shopping for the babies. She loved it and I loved taking her.

"Oh that is very nice Lil... Put it in the trolley" Lilly nodded dropping the clothing into the trolley then going back to look through the baby cloths.

"And this one too Brooke... This one for baby boy Scott" She held up a blue Tigger onesie. It was very cute. The girl is amazing in fashion already and she was only 5 "And this too" Then she held up a pink Piglet Onesie too. They were adorable so I nod and she smiles putting them into the trolley and continuing the shop.

I put a few things I needed into the trolley too along with a couple of things for Lilly that she liked. I know she wasn't my kid and that Karen was coming back soon, but I didn't want her to feel left out. We turned the corner and I froze on the spot at the person I really wasn't expecting to see. I was about to turn around with Lilly when his eyes caught mine.

"Brooke... Hi"

"I thought you went back to California" I retort getting to the point. I looked down at Lilly to keep an eye on her when he spoke...

"I did, but we have a huge marketing spot in Charlotte and Frankie wanted to introduce me to some people in Tree Hill" Frankie being his mangers daughter, also the first girl he cheated on me with. The brunette skank.

"She's here with you?" I raised and eye brow and he shook his head

"Nah she went back to Charlotte with her dad, I'm going back tonight" I nod trying not to zone out of the conversation "You look good Brooke... Pregnancy agrees with you"

"Erm... Thank you" I nod and then look back down at Lilly "Anyway we should go... Lilly and I are shopping ad Lucas will be wondering where we are soon" I turn away from him and make a move down the aisle when he called out to me.

"Brooke wait..." I stop and turn back to him "Are we going to get pass this... Will you ever forgive me?"

"Lilly darling could you stay here for me... Don't move okay" She nods, so I leave the trolley with her and walk towards Chris stopping in front of him "You slept with my bestfriend Chris... You broke everything and anything with me when you did that, so now... We will not get pass it and I will not forgive you for coming between me and Peyton" I then turned back around and marched over to Lilly getting back to our shopping we were doing.

So Rachel is in the mix now... I got the review from someone saying she should come back... So TADA... Rachel is back!

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Much Love Always Roch xoxo