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"Luke," Brooke snuggled in closer, "Do you think we're ready?"
"Ready for what?" Lucas was deep in his own thoughts at the moment and not really paying attention to Brooke.
"The baby, Lucas." Brooke was easily agitated now that she was pregnant.
"Oh," Lucas snapped out of his own world, "I don't think anyone is ever ready."
"Why would you say that?" Brooke loved the deep conversations the two shared. They both were very opinionated and it showed in their conversations.
"Because a baby is a lot. You can never fully prepare yourself for this." Lucas pulled her in closer. He had one are around her shoulders and one arm resting on her rather large stomach.
Towards the beginning of the pregnancy Brooke hadn't gained much weight but as the months dragged on her stomach grew larger and larger. The doctors still said she hadn't gained as much as she should and they really didn't want her out of bed anymore but how could Brooke Davis survive in bed for the next two months?
"That comforting." Brooke said sarcastically.
"Did you want me to lie?" Lucas laughed.
"That would have been more comforting." Brooke was being all serious and it was bothering her that Lucas was joking around.
"Alright then," Lucas snuggled closer to her, "We're ready. We've got everything we've ever needed."
"No," Brooke pulled away, "You ruined the moment."
"Come back here." Lucas pulled her back against his body, "How did I get so lucky?"
"I was wondering the same thing." Brooke nuzzled back into her comfort spot in his chest.
"Brooke," He started fiddling with his pocket, "I got to ask you something."
"Ask away, baby." Brooke sat up because the tone in Lucas' voice meant he was serious. Before he could speak the phone rang, "Hold that thought."
Brooke wobbled over to the phone angry that it had ruined the moment yet again.
"Hello?" Brooke sounded pissed off.
"It's Haley." Haley knew she had interrupted something that Brooke was doing and she was afraid that Brooke was going to bite her head off.
"Hey Haley," Brooke lightened up, "You want to talk to Lucas?"
"No, we're short handed at the café. Karen told me to call you." Haley hoped she wouldn't ask too many question or she might spill everything.
"I guess I can come down." Brooke said with no enthusiasm. The one day that Brooke and Lucas were together she had to work.
"You're a doll." Haley said, "See you soon."
"Luke, I got to go down to the café, they're short handed." Brooke said grabbing her purse and keys, "What was that that you had to ask me before we were rudely interrupted?"
"Oh, um," Lucas fingered the box in his pocket, "I forgot. Must not have been that important."
"Okay sweetie. I'll be back later." Brooke opened their front door.
"I'll drive you." Lucas said taking the keys from her hand.
"You don't have too." Brooke reached for them back, "I can drive myself."
"You're right I don't have to," He pulled the keys out of her reach, "I want to."
"You're so cheesy." Brooke said wrapping her arms around his neck, "But I won't love you any other way."
They drove to the café, Brooke music vibrating through the speakers as she sang along. Lucas laughed at her. She looked so beautiful right now he wished he would've been able to ask the question he was dying to ask her. As the café came into view, the windows looked dark and the café looked empty.
"I thought they said they were short handed?" Brooke said turning down the radio, "It looks empty."
"I smell something fishy." Lucas said parking the car outside the café, "Let's go in anyway and see what's going on."
The front door was unlocked so Lucas didn't even need to unlock it. Finally it hit him.
"SURPRISE!" The lights turned on and everyone jumped out.
"You guys!" Brooke was near tears at the moment. She couldn't believe they were throwing her a surprise baby shower.
"Okay so it's not a normal baby shower, but ever mother-to-be needs a shower." Karen came out and hugged Brooke tightly.
"Thank you so much Karen." Brooke hugged her back. A mother that wasn't even hers cared more than her actual mother.
"If you're going to have this baby, you're going to have it right!" Haley laughed as she hugged Brooke.
"You little rat!" Brooke laughed with her wiping the tears from her eyes.
"That was the hardest thing I ever had to do. I thought I was going to blow it." Haley held her chest showing her desperation.
"I bet it was." Lucas laughed. He had realized just before Brooke opened the door that this was a party.
"Let's just say Hales is not going to be an actress." Nathan came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on top of her head.
"Hey!" Haley playfully slapped his cheek.
"He's right Haley." Lucas tried to keep a straight face.
"Alright, alright kids, let's get the party started." Karen said ushering Brooke to a specially decorated chair.
"You said it, Karen." Brooke loved the idea of a party.
"You want to start with the string game?" Karen asked getting out a bundle of string.
"What's that?" Brooke asked still in her seat.
"Everyone measures out a piece of string that they think will fit around your stomach." Karen explained detangling some of the string.
"Oh so it's really called 'Guess how fat Brooke is' right?" Brooke didn't like to be reminded that she was fat. All her life she had been nicely cut and finely toned and then for nine months she gets fat. She just hoped that after she had the baby she'd be able to get back to her former shape.
"I don't like that game." Lucas said from the corner, "I'm going to be the one who has to hear her complain that she is fat later."
"I remember that." Jake said bouncing Jenny on his knee.
"You think I'm fat?" Brooke pouted. Lucas had never actually told her she was fat, "You do know this is all your fault. If you would've kept that thing in your pants I wouldn't be fat."
"I didn't call you fat Brooke." Lucas needed to find a quick save. "You keeping whining that you're fat."
"You think I whine?" Brooke was getting upset now.
"Lucas, I think you should just shut up." Nathan said.
"I agree." Haley chimed, "Let's play!"
"I'm fat enough." Brooke whined, "I don't need to be reminded."
"You're not fat, Brooke," Karen offered, "You're pregnant."
"How does she say the right things and I don't?" Lucas whispered to Jake.
"Because you're mom was pregnant once. She knows what it's like." Jake whispered, sifting Jenny between his arms. She had gotten so big and heavy sometimes it killed his arms to hold her.
"Alright let's start the game." Karen passed the string and some scissors around the room. Everyone cut their pieces and waited to compare their estimates. Each went and wrapped their string around her stomach. Lucas was dead on.
"How'd you do that?" Nathan asked. His estimate was like a foot too long.
"I know exactly how she fits in my arms." Lucas said wrapping his arms around her.
"Alright, cake or presents?" Karen said next.
"Tough choice." Brooke said sarcastically, "What do you think?"
"Cake." Karen answered remembering what it was like to be pregnant.
"You know me all too well." Brooke smiled as Haley and Peyton brought out the cake. They had all decorated it themselves and it looked better than any bakery could've done.
Karen cut and passed out pieces of their cake to everyone. They were all settling down and content with each others company. The boys were off to the side talking about basketball while the girls were all talking excitedly about what they were going to when the baby came.
"I kind of want to know what it's going to be because it would be easier to buy the clothes and decorate the room," Brooke paused, "But I like surprises."
"We've actually started a pool." Nathan chimed in as Haley hit him, "I think it's a girl."
"I think it's a girl too." Haley said agreeing with Nathan.
"I think it's a girl too." Peyton handed Jenny back to Jake so she could eat the rest of her cake.
"I know it's a boy." Jake said rocking the drowsy Jenny back and forth.
"Oh, and how do you know that?" Peyton and Jake got into these little arguments all the time.
"Because when Nikki was pregnant she acted differently than Brooke and she had a girl. Brooke's going to have a boy." Jake knew he had won the argument.
"Jake's right. Brooke acts a lot like I did when I had Lucas." Karen put in for that added reassurance.
"I hope it's a boy. Another Scott to inherit the Scott basketball gene." Lucas added, "Actually I don't want it to have that Scott gene. He might turn out like Dan."
"Lucas." Karen said warningly.
"It's true." Lucas said defensively.
"I wouldn't want my kid to be like him either." Nathan came to his brother's defense.
"Both of you stop that." Karen reprimanded Nathan as if he was her other son.
"Hey, hey, that's enough kiddies." Brooke said sitting back in her special chair, "I want my presents now."
"Well, I was going to give you Lucas' old crib but we keep that here for Jenny," Karen started, "But then I thought when you're baby is born and you come in for your sifts the baby has somewhere to stay, so I bought some diapers and wipes and baby powder; stuff like that."
"Thanks so much Karen." Brooke hugged her yet again.
"Yeah, thanks Mom," Lucas embraced her next.
"Me and Nate got you a like assortment of clothes, all that are acceptable for a boy or a girl." They handed Brooke a bag of tiny clothes. The clothes were all so tiny they looked like they could be doll clothes.
"You guys are the best." Brooke was close to tears. Her friends loved her so much.
"I made you a baby book." Peyton handed her an elaborately colored book, "I designed it myself."
"It's beautiful Peyt." Brooke couldn't believe how talented Peyton really was. She had drawn a portrait of Brooke and Lucas together.
"Here's some toys Jenny likes when she was littler." Jake handed them a box of toys, "She picked them out for you."
"Thanks Jake," Brooke reached for Jenny, "And thank you princess."
"This was great you guys," Lucas said after taking Jenny from Brooke.
"Yeah, you guys really didn't need to do all this." Brooke grabbed onto Lucas to pull herself out of her chair, "And I hate to be a party pooper but I'm exhausted."
"Go home!" Karen said pushing them out the door, "Get some rest!"
"Bye all!" Lucas waved with Brooke leaning her head on his shoulder half asleep.
Lucas and Brooke drove home in silence. Lucas hoped she didn't fall asleep because he didn't think he could carry Brooke up the stairs to their apartment. His shoulder had been acting up lately.
"Lucas," Brooke said sleepily, "Did you ever remember what you were going to ask me before?"
"No," Lucas lied, "But it'll come back to me sometime soon."
"Okay gorgeous." Brooke said drifting back to sleep.
They pulled up to their apartment and Brooke was fast asleep. Lucas went to wake her but saw how peaceful she looked and just couldn't do it. He rubbed his shoulder before lifting her limp body out of the car. He made it all the way into their bedroom without any problems but then laying her on their bed he felt it pop.
"Shit," He spoke out loud to himself. He did the best he could to put her down gently but he failed miserably.
"What the hell?" Brooke yelled after being dropped on the bed. Then she saw Lucas standing there with pain in his eyes, "What happened baby?"
"My shoulder." Was all he could squeeze out.
"Come on," Brooke said still half asleep, "I'm taking you to the hospital."
"No Brooke, I'll be fine." Lucas tried to sound convincing but he couldn't he was in so much pain, "Go back to bed."
"I'm taking you to the hospital and that's final!" Brooke said in a tone that Lucas didn't want to argue with.
Brooke sped off to the hospital pissed that she was being bothered with things like this especially when she was tired.
"Can I help you?" The receptionist said from behind the glass window.
"Yes, my boyfriend hurt his shoulder." Brooke said urgently.
"Name please." The receptionist began typing.
"Lucas Scott." Brooke just wanted to get out of here. She hated being in hospitals. All the death and illnesses sent chills down her spine.
"Okay, you can have a seat." The receptionist pulled out Lucas' chart, "A doctor will be with you shortly."
"No we can't wait." Brooke spoke firmly.
"Miss, there are people that were here before you." The receptionist said calmly.
"I'm not even supposed to be out of bed and I'm tired and pregnant. I'm sure these people can wait an extra ten minutes." Brooke was screaming now making a scene.
"Miss Davis?" A doctor said walking into the waiting room, "Are you alright?"
"Dr. Riga, thank god." Brooke threw herself at her unsuspecting doctor, "It's Lucas' shoulder again. He's in a lot of pain."
"Alright, I'll take this one Margie." Dr. Riga said ushering Lucas and Brooke into a curtained area.
"What happened?" Dr. Riga looked over Lucas' chart.
"My shoulder had been bothering me for sometime now and tonight Brooke fell asleep in the car so I carried her up to our apartment. When I went to put her down my shoulder popped and she insisted that I come here." Lucas rambled on trying to forget about the pain he was experiencing.
"Well I'm going to order some x-rays to be taken and then we'll see what's going on." Dr. Riga motioned for a nurse to get an x-ray technician, "Brooke, you're looking a little pale. Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine," Brooke tucked some of her hair behind her ear, "I'm just tired."
"Why don't you sit down?" Dr. Riga helped her into a chair, "I'll go find an empty bed you can rest in while we wait."
"No, I'm fine right here, Doc." Brooke reached for Lucas' hand.
"Alright but let me know if you change your mind." The doctor disappeared. The x-ray technician came and took the x-rays before Brooke and Lucas were alone again.
"How you feeling, Baby?" Brooke squeezed Lucas' hand.
"Like crap. How are you doing?" Lucas was feeling a little better with the medication they gave him to ease the pain but it wasn't strong enough to get rid of all the pain.
"I'm tired, but as long as you're okay." Brooke sighed with exhaustion.
"Why don't you go to sleep and I'll wake you when the x-rays come back." Lucas urged her to get rest. He didn't want to endanger her or their baby because he had hurt himself again.
"Mr. Scott," The doctor lightly touched his arm.
"Yeah," He said groggily.
"I've got your x-rays back. It's what I expected. You dislocated it but then it popped back in but the wrong way, so I'm going to have to dislocate it again and pop it back into place." The doctor had a few other people around him holding him still, "Here we go."
The doctor popped the shoulder out of it's socket and Lucas screamed in pain. Then in a spilt second it was over.
"I'm going to give you a prescription painkiller because this is going to be sore for a while. You're also going back in a sling." Dr. Riga slipped a sling over his head and slipped his arm in it.
"You're all set to go now." The doctor said handing him a container of pills, "Take one every twelve hours. They're going to make you drowsy so stay in bed for at least a week maybe two."
"Thanks doc." Lucas said shielding his shoulder as he climbed out of the bed.
"Take care of yourself and Brooke too." The doctor left the room.
"Brooke," Lucas shook her lightly, "It's time to go home."
"I thought you said you'd wake me when the doctor came," Brooke spoke softly, still waking up.
"She told me not to." Lucas helped her out of her chair.
"Well, what'd she say?" Brooke walked towards the exit, her arm wrapped around Lucas' waist.
"I dislocated it and then it popped back in the wrong way. They had to fix it," Lucas cringed at the thought of what they did, "I've been put on bed rest for at least two weeks."
"And you're going to stay in bed for those two weeks. My baby needs its daddy in tip top condition." Brooke joked as they drove home.
Brooke and Lucas got ready for bed at one o'clock in the morning. It had been a long crazy night and they were both just happy that it was over.
"'Night handsome." Brooke whispered before drifting off to sleep.
"Sleep tight baby." Lucas watched her as he drifted off to his dreamland.
Hope you all like this chapter...it's the longest one I've written so far! Maybe this will hold some of you over until I can get the next chapter up...
In the next chapter: THE BABY IS HERE!!