Brooke pulled herself off of the ground and crawled back into the house. She cried herself to sleep that night, and the next few nights. Only one person had stopped by and that was Deb to pick up some of Beth's things. Deb informed her that Beth wanted to stay with her parents and that everyone was excited to have her back. They were all making up for lost time, and Brooke should wait for one of them to contact her. Brooke gave up a few of Beth's things, not really wanting too because that would prove that everything did happen and she had lost her whole life. Deb took the things and turned back towards Brooke and uttered words that Brooke will never forget, 'everyone is disappointed in you. You stole that little girl.' Brooke knew that no one wanted to hear her side of the story, so she stayed inside her house, wallowing in her own self-pity.

"So what are we going to do tomorrow?" Beth asked while the family sat around the dinner table. Haley, Nathan, Tyler and Lucas were all there. They were having a great time.

"Whatever you guys want." Nathan said to the kids, Beth grinned. She had been welcomed whole-heartedly into this family and she was proud to be a Scott. There were so many jokes and stories she wished she could tell her mother, her best friend, but she held it in because she still held so much anger for the woman.

"I'm not gonna be here." Tyler spoke up hesitantly; he didn't know how people might react to his news.

"Where are you going?" Lucas asked his son.

"I'm going to spent a couple of days with Brooke."

"Why?" Beth tried to ask, but it came out harshly and everyone looked over at her, she shrugged in response.

"Because, she's all alone and she probably thinks that we all hate her." Tyler yelled to the table. "No one has even tried to call her, we've all been so concerned with the long lost daughter that we've forgotten about the mother who raised her." Everyone sat in silence. "Fine, you all can sit here and continue to hate her, or whatever it is that your doing, but it's hypocritical and I'm not going to be one." He left the table without another word and went up to his room. The rest of the family sat in silence.

"He's right." Haley was the first to speak up, "We knowingly kept Tyler away from her, and she forgave us. But yet here we are unable to forgive her, when she isn't even the one we should be angry at." Haley spoke her thoughts out loud.

"I'm not ready." Beth said to them all.

"We don't expect you to." Nathan said holding her hand.

"No that's not what I meant. You need to heal on your own." Haley assured her daughter. She stood from the table and walked the stairs. She leaned against Tyler's doorframe, looking at him on the bed trying to fight his tears. "I'm proud of you." She said, he turned his head and just looked at her. "You are a forgiving person, and it's too bad there aren't more out there like you."

"Aunt Haley…"

"No, please, you made me think. I agree with you." He just nodded, "Can I take you over there?"

"Tonight?" She nodded, and he grabbed his bag.

Brooke heard the knock but didn't have the strength to pull herself out of bed. She tried to ignore the pounding coming from the door, but then it stopped. The door opened, but she wasn't scared, if anything she hoped that it would be someone here to rob and murder her. She didn't even close her eyes she looked at her bedroom door as the knob began turning. When it finally opened Haley and Tyler stood on the other side.

"Hey." Brooke said half-heartedly. Haley glanced around the room, and then back at Tyler, and said to him, "Can I talk to her alone?" He nodded, but before he left he walked to her and hugged her.

"I love you mom. Remember that always, I love you, and don't want to be without you again." He whispered in her ear, and she couldn't hold back the tears any longer. Tyler left the room, and Haley sat next to her and held her while she cried.

"I'm so sorry." Haley said to her friend.

"No you shouldn't be sorry. I'm the one…"

"Brooke, you raised my daughter to be a wonderful person, and I love you for that."

"You did the same with my son." Brooke stopped the crying and the girls separated, just looking at each other waiting. "I swear I was going to tell."

"I know, I don't doubt that." Haley said biting her lip, "It's just that you were receiving our misplaced anger."

"I wanted everything to be perfect when I told you." Brooke tried to justify her actions. "But then all this stuff happened, and things kept getting in the way…"

"This isn't how this was supposed to go." Haley told her. "We were each supposed to raise our kids and they were going to be best friends and we were going to be best friends."

"I know."

"I'm not mad at you, I was never mad with you. You are my best friend."

"But you sent Deb here…"

"No, I was shocked when Deb brought some of her stuff over. I specifically asked her not to come. Not because I was mad, but because I knew you needed time to heal, and when you were ready you would come to us."

"She said the most horrible thing to me and that's why I thought you all hated me."

"What did she say?"

"That I stole that girl." Haley's eyes widened in pure horror.

"I'm so sorry, I have never thought that. Kelly and Ethan stole her; I don't feel like you had anything to do with it. If anything I stole your son."

"No you didn't." The two girls laid in silence together.

"Things wouldn't have been different with her you know." Haley told her.

"What are you talking about?"

"If you had told her the moment you stepped off that plane, or if you had waited 20 years to show her those papers, the reaction would have been the same."

"You think?"

"Yea, and she'll come around. She needs to know she's loved and she just isn't a burden on people."

"She was never a burden."

"I know that, but she doesn't." Haley kissed Brooke on the cheek and stood up. "Try and come by to see her. Her reaction just might shock you." Haley left Brooke alone and said goodbye to Tyler. Who walked back into the room.

"Alright mom, get up."

"Why?" Brooke asked finally becoming closer to herself.

"You need to get out of here." He said determined to get his mother up. She nodded and he left so she could change. The two spent the night at the movies and eating a late dinner, followed by renting movies and watching them at home. It was just what Brooke needed.

"Dad's on the phone for you." Tyler told her coming into the living room and handing her the cordless. She took it with shaking hands, not really sure what he was going to say to her.

"Hello?" She said quietly.

"Hi pretty girl." He said soothingly.

"Are you drunk?" She said seriously and he burst out laughing.

"Of course not, it's like noon." He said still laughing.

"Sorry, I just expected you to be mad at me, not calling me by pet names." She said joining into his laughter.

"So I thought that we could meet up for lunch today. Are my two favorite people interested?"

"Yea, where do you want to go?"

"Let's meet at the café in like an hour." He suggested.

"Sure."

"Good, I want to talk to you about something."

"Luc, I have something to say…"

"Nope, you're gonna have to wait." He said hanging up the phone without another word.

"So can you teach me some plays?" Beth asked Nathan holding a basketball in her hand. He looked up and smiled at her.

"Of course, anything you wanna do." He told her. They went out back to shoot around and it wasn't long before Deb, Dan, and their new baby girl came up the driveway. Beth forgot about basketball and ran over to the car.

"How's Emily doing?" She asked looking down at the newborn. Deb looked up and smiled.

"She's doing great, especially now that she gets to hang out with her niece and nephew." Deb told her, giving Beth a hug. The two left Dan and Nathan outside playing ball. "Will you take her and put her next to Hayden for me?" Beth's eyes lit up and she carefully took the little girl upstairs. Deb saw Haley sitting at the table reading and sat down with her. "How are you holding up mommy?"

"I have to talk to you about something important." Haley began, "It's about what you said to Brooke when you were there."

"I didn't say anything except that I wanted to get a few of Beth's things." Deb said confused.

"Give me a break. I talked to her last night and she was completely broken. There was no spirit left and part of it was your words."

"What did I say Haley?" Deb said challenging her.

"You told her that she stole Beth from us. You know I can understand why Beth is still hurt and angry, but you I just can't fathom why you would do such a thing."

"I never…"

"Stop lying!" Haley practically yelled. "None of us have a right to be angry with Brooke, except Beth. And Beth is only angry because she has no where else to place the blame." Haley tried to rationalize.

"Haley…"

"You are just like you were when Nathan and I got married. You were so fake to me, and then whenever you got the chance you made me feel horrible."

"Please…"
"No, that's enough. She is my daughter, a daughter that I'm proud of because of the way Brooke raised her, and I will not have you sitting in my house talking bad about my best friend or Beth's mom." Haley said rising from her seat. "You either stop causing trouble or leave." Haley said, not noticing that Beth had come downstairs and was watching the whole thing, or that Dan and Nathan had come inside.

"You don't understand…"

"She's right mom." Nathan said standing by his wife, and looking at Beth, "Beth will get over the anger she feels, but she'll never be able to do that if you keep talking bad about Brooke."

"Nathan…"

"No, I'm not listening to you. I'll see you when you decide to change your attitude." Beth stepped up next to her parents.

"Please don't fight." She said to them, "I never wanted you guys fighting."

"It's ok." Haley said putting her arms around her daughter.

"No it's not. This is all my fault, I'm so mad at her that I can't stand it, and now you're mad because Grandma is mad."

"You have a reason to be angry, Deb doesn't." Deb and Dan stood there listening to their children interact.

"I'm sorry, really." Deb said.

"That's fine, but we're upset right now, and would like you to leave." Nathan said for his family.

"Hey Karen." Brooke said stepping into the café with Tyler in tow. She had done her best to look better, after crying non-stop and fearing everyone would hate her, there wasn't much she could do. Karen glanced up and gave the two a warm smile. Brooke felt it would be a good day. "Hi," She said and pointed to a booth in the corner. Brooke sat down while Karen delivered the food she was carrying to a couple.

"Hey granny," Tyler said to Karen before running to the back to help the cook. He loved it back there. Karen walked towards Broke wiping her hands off, and then sat down across from her.

"How are you holing up?" Brooke breathed deeply.

"I'm ok." She lied.

"Brooke, you've been through so much this past year. No one blames you."

"Beth does." Brooke said quietly.

"She's only 9 and already both of the people she thought were her biological parents are dead, and come to find out they stole her from her real parents, and then to top that off, the woman she knows and loves as her mother has her own long lost son. It's too much for anyone, too much for you and her."

"I know, but when Haley found out she went straight to Lucas, why couldn't I?"

"Haley is a strong person, we all know that. To be honest with you, even as strong as she is, I was shocked to find out that she didn't wait to tell him. How long did it take Nathan?"

"But he did it for…"

"Love?" Karen finished cutting her off, Brooke nodded, "So your gonna tell me that you never wanted to tell? The thought of giving them their child never crossed your mind?"

"Of course not," She said taken back, "I wanted to tell, but I wanted it to be perfect. I wanted to tell everyone together. To see the looks of joy on their faces."

"Brooke you never told out of the love you have for them. You love that whole family and they know that."

"But…"

"No. You will never convince me that you did it for self-fish reasons. I don't believe it and neither should you." Karen squeezed Brooke's hands and stood up. "I will always be here for you Brooke, nothing you could do will change that. You gave me the most wonderful grandson and for that I owe you the world."

"Stop being so mushy mom, now mine won't sound as good." Lucas said grinning behind his mom.

"Hey Lucas," Karen turned around and put her hand on his arm.

"Hi mom." He bent down and kissed her cheek.

"Let me know when your ready to order." With that Karen left the two alone, Lucas smiled when he sat down.

"Can we talk…"

"Excuse me!" Brooke said putting her hand over her mouth and running to the bathroom. She closed her eyes praying she didn't have the flu. Once she felt better, she rejoined Lucas at the table.

"What's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"I don't know. It started when Beth found out and I thought it was nerves, but it hasn't gone away. It must be the flu, but I feel terrible."

"I think you should see a doctor."

"It's not that bad."

"It's been going on for three weeks now."

"Fine. Whatever." She said too tired to argue with him, plus she knew that he would win so why bother? Her head and heart were pounding and she felt like she was going to be sick again. He drove her to a clinic and she was called back rather quickly.

"So what seems to be the problem today Mrs. Boudreaux?" The doctor asked her.

"It's miss Davis." She corrected him, irritated. She felt fine now, the sickness left as quickly as it came.

"My apologies." He said.

"I get sick a lot, and my head and heart pound when it happens. But it comes and goes all the time. I really think its just nerves of the flu…"

"If it was the flu, it wouldn't go away. I have a couple of procedural questions for you." She nodded, "When was your last period?"

"Why do all doctors ask this question?" She said buying herself sometime, "I'm not too sure, I've never really kept track."

"That's fine, are you on birth control?"

"No it makes me sick, but…"

"Well I want to run a blood test, but I'm confident that I already know what's wrong with you."

"What?"

"Congratulations, you're pregnant." Her mouth fell open, how could she be pregnant, it had been like a year since she and Steven had sex.

"I think your wrong."

"When was the last time you were sexually active?" She racked her brain thinking of when she and Steven…

"Do you have a condom?" She asked him, he shook his head no. She knew it was wrong but she didn't want to stop.

"Oh my God! Oh no, please, I can't be…you don't understand what I've been through…I can't be pregnant." She pleaded with him, but she knew there was nothing for him to do.

"Well the one thing I can do is inform you that the morning sickness will go away in…"
"3 Months, I know." She sat quietly as he took her blood and told that he would call her in a few days. She stepped out of the room with a pale face, she was on the verge of tears, and Lucas could tell.

"What's wrong? What did he say?"

"Oh, it's the flu. He said Tylenol flu would have to work, but he did take blood work." She felt bad lying to him, but she needed to figure out what she was going to do.

Lucas drove her home and walked her inside, "Can you take Tyler? Tell him I'm sorry." She said still going with her flu story.

"Yea, no problem." He said as he sat her on the couch, he kissed the tip of her nose and left. But before he closed the door he turned around, "Call me if you need anything and I'll stop by later to check on you." She nodded still in shock.

Beth heard the knock, and looked around to see where the rest of her family had gone, but she couldn't find them. She opened the door, and Brooke was on the other side.

"Hi." Brooke said to her. She stepped into the living room and sat down, leaving the door open for Brooke to come inside. "Beth, please." Was all Brooke could get out.

"I don't know if I can do this."

"Do what?"

"Sit here and talk about this with you."

"Why?"

"Because, I said awful things to you."

"I forgive for that, I know you didn't mean them."

"But I did at the time."

"It's ok." She ensured the little girl. "I…"

"I've missed you mom." She said cutting Brooke off, she stood up and hugged to woman, who didn't hesitate to hug back. "I love you, and don't blame you for this."

"I know…"

"I over heard Haley talking to Grandma Deb and she said that I was just placing my anger towards you because Dad and the other woman were both dead. And it's true."

"I know…"

"I want to see a therapist, and I think that you should too. Maybe we can see the same one so he'll know our story."

"I think that's a great idea." They sat there hugging, and didn't notice Haley in the doorway wiping tears from her eyes. She slowly stepped away and left the two alone.

Sunday came rather quickly, and Beth and Tyler made Brooke promise that she would come to the brunch. Everyone was going to be there. She stepped inside Karen's café and everyone just looked over at her, no on really knowing what to do. Haley was the first to act; she walked over and gave Brooke a big hug, "Welcome back. We've missed you." With that everyone started to act normal and include Brooke.

"So now that everyone is here," Peyton began standing, "We have some big news." She said grinning down at Jake, who got the hint and stood, "We are getting married."

"Finally." Keith said what everyone else was too shocked to say. They jumped up and hugged the happy couple.

When it was Brooke's turn she hugged her best friend, and then Jake, "Can I talk to you outside?" Brooke asked him, and he nodded. The stepped outside through the back entrance, and Brooke crossed her arms across her body; they stood awkwardly not looking at each other.

"Brooke, can we put the other night behind us? Just forget about it? Your leaving to go back to LA soon, she never has to know." He pleaded with her, she could see the love for Peyton in his eyes, and she didn't want to ruin that.

"I want to…really…I wish that mistake had never happened."

"Me too, so we're on the same page." He grinned at her.

"I'm pregnant." She said softly, she glanced down so she wouldn't see the look of horror on his face.

"Tell me that it's Steven's." He said to her, begging her to take it back.

"He and I hadn't had sex in like a year. We weren't happy." She told him, and the look never went away.

"Oh my gosh…Peyton and I are finally happy. This can't be happening. Why didn't you tell me you weren't on birth control?" He asked harshly.

"Oh like it's all my fault. You knew what you were coming over for, why didn't you at least bring a condom?" She spit back.

"I didn't mean it like…"

"Whatever…"

"Can you get…"

"Don't even say it Jake. I would never." She said to him.

"What am I…"

"Jake, you are making me sick right now. Forget I ever said those words, and I'll tell people that it's Steven's."

"Really? Would you do that?" He asked getting hopeful.

"Sure that's exactly what I need, another child who doesn't know who their real parents are." She said sadly.

"I just…"

"I know, and would really like it if you would at least sign over all rights, so that you can't change your mind the first fight the two of you get into." He nodded, looking sad. "Don't even act like that. You are choosing to abandon your child, that's not me." She said and walked back into the café. She walked back inside unable to talk to him any longer, the longer she stood there the closer she was to tears. She didn't love Jake, but she loved the child growing inside of her and she didn't understand how a father could do this.

"There you are honey," Peyton said seeing Jake, "I missed you." They shared a kiss and Jake glanced over to Brooke pathetically, she shook her head and sat next to Haley. The rest of the brunch went well, there were no fights or arguments or outbursts. Afterwards Lucas turned to her, "Let me take you home." She smiled and nodded. She glanced at Beth and Tyler, both of whom were staying with Haley for the moment. "Hales, would you take them home?" Lucas asked her, noticing Brooke's look. Haley smiled and nodded at the two.

Once they got to Brooke's house, Lucas followed her inside. Boxes surrounded him. "So you're really going back?" He asked her. She sat on the couch and he followed her lead.

Smiling up at him, "Yea. Tyler, Beth, Hayden, Haley, and Nathan and I are all leaving next week. They are moving into my house, at least for the time being. The neighbors are moving out within the year, and they want to buy the house next to mine." She told him.

"So you're all just going to leave me here?" He said sadly.

"I'm sorry…"

"I'm going." He said unable to hold it in any longer. Her eyes widened with happiness.

"What?"

"My script was accepted and they want the show shoot in LA." He told her excitedly. She reached over and hugged him. "You and Haley, and of course my mom and Keith are the only ones to know."

"That's wonderful!"

"So can we please talk about us?"

"There's something you should know before you start telling me how much you love me." She said looking down.

He lifted her chin and looked deep into her eyes, "There is nothing you can say that will scare me off."

"I'm pregnant." She said softly, softer than when she told Jake.

"Congratulations." He said kissing her. "Steven would have loved the baby."

"We should start our relationship off with no secrets right?" She said, and he nodded.

"You have more?" he asked intrigued.

"Steven's not the father, he and I hadn't had sex in like a year," He raised his eyebrows waiting, "Jake's the dad. We had one horrible mistake, when we were both upset and…"

"Brooke, it's ok." He tried to calm her down. "Does he know?" She nodded. "What did he say?"

"He said that it would be best if I told everyone that Steven was the father, but when I told you about the baby I couldn't lie. Not to you."