"What are we doing back here?" Brooke whispered into Lucas' ear as they pulled into the driveway of Lucas' little blue home. She agreed to let Karen, Andy, and Lily stay in the house during their stay in Tree Hill.
"I don't know!" Lucas kissed her forehead. He still felt the need to be very careful whenever he touched her even if the touch was a simple kiss.
Karen looked back at her son and soon to be daughter-in-law, "I can hear you two whispering back there!" She laughed and shook her head, "I know you told us we can stay here but Andy and I decided not to put you out especially with Brooke being in such a fragile state."
Brooke pouted and looked down at her bruised arms, "I'm fragile?" She thought a loud.
Everyone chose to ignore her question because they were afraid of her reaction if they answered yes. Karen pulled out the house keys Lucas had given to her at Brooke's press conference.
"Now let's all go have a nice family dinner and at the end of the night Andy, Lily and I will leave to go stay at a nearby hotel." Karen smiled and tossed her son the keys, careful not to hit Brooke.
"Guys are you sure about this?" Lucas stuffed the car keys into his coat pocket and looked back and forth between his mom, Karen, and his stepfather, Andy.
Karen nodded slowly and smiled.
"Of course we're sure! If you saw the hotel room you wouldn't feel bad mate!" Andy's Australian accent filled the large S.U.V the family was now sitting in.
"Aw thank you guys!" Brooke squealed. Everyone laughed at her hoarse squeal.
Nathan, Haley, and Jamie arrived at the Lucas and Brooke's home shortly after Jake and Peyton arrived with Jenny. Karen, Brooke, Haley, and Peyton were now all settled in the kitchen each woman helping prepare something for the night's dinner.
"So what are you going to do about the wedding coming up in two weeks?" Haley asked Brooke as the two women worked on an apple pie together.
"I'm thinking about pushing back the wedding but only just a week! Almost everyone invited lives here in Tree Hill so I'm hoping it wouldn't be a problem. I just don't want to be a bruised up fugly bride." Brooke licked some apple from her finger.
"Oh Brooke you could never be ugly!" Karen gently hugged Brooke, "Even with bruises you would still be the most beautiful bride."
"Hey! Let's not forget both Peyton and I are both married so we were once brides." Haley playfully teased.
Brooke rolled her brown eyes, wincing a bit at the pain. "You never like to be left out!" She playfully teased her friend. She stuck her tongue out at her.
"Okay you can have the title of most beautiful bride!" Haley pretended to take a crown off of her head and place it on Brooke's. "Congrats to my beautiful friend," Haley air kissed Brooke and laughed.
"That baby in there is really making you silly!" Brooke touched Haley's baby bump.
Peyton took the apple pie from her friends and slid it into the oven. "Wouldn't it be cool if we all were pregnant at the same time?" She turned away from the hot oven and to her two friends.
Brooke's hands flew up to her bruised chest, "That would be amazing! It looks like I have six months to get pregnant." She playfully wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead, "The pressure is on!"
All four women laughed. "Whenever you do have a baby…" Karen stepped toward Brooke and gently touched her flat stomach, "We will all be over the moon. So there is no pressure just love!"
"Lots of love and tons of baby dust!" Haley added with a wide smile.
Brooke felt tears building in her eyes, "Thank you so much!" She wrapped her arms around Karen and hugged her tightly, ignoring the pain shooting up her bruised sides.
"You just have to promise me one thing!" Karen looked deep into Brooke's brown eyes, "You can't hide this grandchild from me! I want to actually know about this one!" She teased her.
All four women laughed. Lucas walked into the kitchen, "It smells good in here!" He followed his nose to a bowl full of rolls sitting on the oven. "Oh!" He stuck his hand in to retrieve a roll.
Karen hit her son's hand, "Lucas Scott I taught you better than that! Wash your hands and tell everyone dinner is ready."
Haley laughed behind Karen, "Oh if this isn't déjà vu!" Haley worked in Karen's Café since she was sixteen years old. Karen and Lucas would have dinner at the café every night after closing and Haley would always join them at the table.
"That reminds me!" Karen turned to Haley, "Thank you so much for keeping the café up and running for me! You really didn't have to do that."
"Are you kidding? That place is my home!" Haley smiled brightly at Karen. "Of course I have to keep it up."
Brooke had been in the corner kissing and whispering to Lucas when she heard them bring up Karen's Café, "I might need a job now Hales so I hope you're hiring an ex-fashion designer!"
Haley laughed, "Well of course Brooke! There will always be room for you."
Lucas and Brooke exchanged a deep look and Brooke turned to her friends.
"Well I was going to wait to tell you all this but I got a job offer." Brooke informed everyone standing around her in the kitchen. "The company who bought Clothes over Bros wants me to stay on as a partner and designer."
Everyone except Lucas let out a loud and audible gasp.
"That's great Brooke!" Haley gently hugged her friend, careful to avoid any of Brooke's injuries. "I'm so happy for you."
"Congrats! B. Davis is still in business!" Peyton rubbed her friend's bruised arm. "You deserve this! I know how passionate you were about Clothes over Bros!"
Brooke smiled, "Well you might not think it's great after hearing the rest of the news." She looked to Lucas who gave her a steady nod, "We are moving to New York after the honey moon!"
Everyone's mood quickly shifted from happy to great sadness.
"Oh I'm gonna miss you!" Haley hugged Brooke again, "My baby girl won't have here Aunt Brooke there every day to help her dress like a chic diva!" She pouted her full lips.
"Oh. My. God! It's a girl?" Brooke squealed at her friend's stomach, "I'm gonna have a niece?"
"Well you're gonna have two nieces!" Peyton cleared her throat and cradled her stomach, "Jake and I are having a girl too."
Brooke's hands flew up to her thin pink lips, "Oh Luke!" She turned to her fiancé, "We are so coming back to Tree Hill every weekend to see my nieces!"
Lucas laughed and nodded, "Of course! I'd go crazy if we didn't." He wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Well I'm happy for you guys!" Karen smiled, "But remember there is only one Tree Hill and this is will always be your home." She gave them both a soft kiss on the cheek.
"I think that is the best advice I've gotten in a long time!" Brooke felt herself about to cry, "I'm gonna miss moments like this."
Everyone just finished their meals and the adults had gathered in Lucas' living room to sit around and chat while the kids played out front. Brooke stood away from the crowd and just took in the moment and setting.
"Brooke, is everything okay?" Lucas noticed he hadn't heard from her in a while. His shifted his body on the couch so he was facing her.
Brooke nodded and a tear fell down her hot cheeks, "I'm going to miss moments like this!" She motioned with her hand around the fill room. "This is my family Luke. This is my home!" She looked down at her bare feet and she began to cry, "I don't want to give this up!"
Lucas jumped over the couch and wrapped his arms around her, "Babe don't cry! We're not giving any of this up! Remember we're coming home to Tree HIll every weekend to have moments just like this!"
She buried her bruised face into his muscular chest, "Promise once we're gone we're going to actually make plans to come back regularly."
Lucas kissed the top of her auburn colored curls, "I promise to drag you back to Tree Hill kicking and screaming."
Brooke laughed and looked up at him, "I love you Lucas Scott!"
"I love you too pretty girl." He kissed her but their sweet moment together was interrupted by Haley joining in on their hug. The couple hadn't realized that everyone in the room had stopped to watch them.
"That was so cute!" Haley squealed at her friends, "You two were meant to be together and that moment between the two of you just made it clearer than ever!"
Nathan began to pull his pregnant wife away from the couple, "Hales did you really have to mess up their moment like that?" He said with a laugh.
"I just wanted them to know how cute I think they are together." Haley wiped a few tears from her rosy round cheeks.
"Save it for the toast at the wedding, maid of honor!" Lucas smiled down at his petite best friend. "Channel all of this emotion into giving an amazing speech."
Haley's eyes lit up at the thought of their wedding, "Good idea Luke!" Everyone laughed at Haley's reaction to the couple's sweet and tender moment together.
"Speaking of toast," Andy had a glass of red wine in his hand, "I'd like to present a toast to the happy couple before we all depart for the night. I know you're all pregnant so water is fine in this toast!"
Everyone grabbed the drinks they had been sipping on all night and raised them into the air.
"I'd like to formally congratulate the happy couple on getting engaged and soon getting married! Brooke I've only known you for a short amount of time but I can already see how happy you make Lucas. I can see it in the way he lovingly watches over you and it is written all over his face whenever you looks at you. He makes this goofy grin everything you say something funny or do something he thinks is adorable." Andy tried to make the face Lucas makes around whenever he was around Brooke. Everyone laughed at Andy's mocking tactics.
"I'm only kidding mate relax!" He gave Lucas a solid pat on the shoulder, "I'm sure I speak for everyone in this room when I say we are all very happy you two found each other again and ended up together. I hope your lives are filled with so much happiness and joy and many children. Cheers!" Andy raised his glass over his head.
"Cheers!" Everyone shouted as they raised their glasses of water and soda into the air.