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"And I thought I psycho when I found out you were cheating on me!" Brooke said watching Laney walk down the hall. "Brooke, aren't you worried?" Lucas said standing up out of the chair. "Lucas... she is a 18 year old who doesn't wear make-up and has the maturity level lover than Emma. She asked if we were 2nd cousins... Luke she is just mad. I was pretty mad too if you don't remember." Lucas did remember. "Yea and you made my life hell!" Brooke smiled remembering how well she had done. Her original plan had been just to torture him for a couple of days but it had worked out that she had gotten to do it for weeks. She did feel a little guilt but in her mind he deserved it. Look where it had gotten him. He was a nice well-rounded non- cheating man now. Because of what she had done he knew better. "Look Broody... what is she going to do? Tell daddy? So we did some a few things that people thought were unconventional... Ok we did a lot of things that people thought were unconventional but no one is dead or hurt physically because of what we did... If you ask me everything has turned out pretty ok. We have a beautiful spoiled rotten daughter and a baby on the way and we are getting married. What more could we ask for... So what if we are only 18. We are mature adults." Brooke was rambling... but she did have a point. And she could tell by the look on Lucas's face that he knew she did. "Okay handsome... come on... lets go call Haley and check on our little angel... make sure she hasn't killed Nathan." Brooke started walking not really caring if Lucas followed her or not. She was tried of explaining to him. He was a big boy if he had any more questions he could figure them out himself. He followed her just like she knew he would. They walked in silence until they got to the pay phone and then Brooke realized she didn't have any change. "Hey fiancé... I need some money" Lucas reached into his pockets and pulled out a couple of quarters. "So this is how its gonna be now? ... You stealing my money?" Lucas said handing over the quarters. "This is how it has always been... You just don't know it" She put the coins in the phone and dialed. "Hey tutor girl its Brooke. How's Emmy? Awwww... Yea to make a long story short Dan did it... I'll tell you about it later. Yea her name is Bella. Thanks. Ok...Hey baby... are you being god for Aunt tutor girl? Uh huh... Ok well we will talk to you guys later... Good luck... Bye" Brooke hung up the phone and turned to Lucas who was playing basketball on his cell phone. "You could have told me that you had that... would have saved me a lot of trouble" Brooke said annoyed. "It was more fun to watch you try and figure out the pay phone" Lucas said laughing "Lucas" Brooke said in a stern voice "You better run" She went chasing him down the hall. "I'm pregnant you are suppose to be helpful! Not stressful" she yelled. "Ah crap aren't you suppose to have to run slower and get fat" Now he was in for it and he would have gotten it if the security guard hadn't come up. "Excuse me...Is there a problem here?" Brooke and Lucas both burst out laughing. The guard had to have been no younger than 70 and talked to them like they were children. "No sir..." Brooke said still laughing. The guard was not pleased with this answer. "This is a hospital where people are sick and dying... you should not be running around." He proceeded to lecture them. "It was her fault" Lucas spouted out. Brooke glared at him. He knew he was in for it now. "You kids run along. I don't want to hear about you two getting into any more trouble" He said sternly and walked away. "That was close" Lucas said smiling "You were worried about Laney? Its me who just may kill you" Brooke said trying not to laugh. They decided that Karen had had long enough to think about her issues so the started to walk back to her room. "So you really think this baby is a boy?" Lucas asked in all seriousness. "Why yes I do Lucas Scott and do you know what we are going to name him?" Brooke said trying to talk like someone from the 1800's. "No I don't have a clue... hopefully not Taco Belle or Burger King" Brooke wasn't amused "Austin Lucas Scott" From the look on Lucas's face she thought that be approved. "So I don't have a say in this?" Brooke looked at him like he was crazy. "You wanted to name Emma, Patty" Brooke hated common names like Patty and Susie. "I like Austin" Lucas said with a smile on his face... but what if it is a girl?" Brooke had thought of that too "Then her name would be Alexandra Isabel and we would call her Allie... But its not a girl" Brooke said confidently. Lucas was surprised that she was so sure of herself "Okay... If you say so," Lucas said finally reaching Karen's room. Just as Brooke was about to open the door they heard a conversation going on. They heard Karen's voice and then what sounded like Keith's. "But Karen how do you know it's not mine? We had that one night," Keith was saying but Karen interrupted. "Well I guess there is a chance Keith but I'm just saying with the time frame and all its not likely" There was a long pause and then Keith started again "Karen why Dan... You know how he is Karen" Then they heard something slam on the table "Well what about you and Deb? You didn't think I would find out about that?" By this point Lucas had decided that he and Brooke didn't need to hear anymore. "Come on Brooke... We can't listen in" Brooke wouldn't budge "Why not... It's just getting good Lucas... This is my joy in life PLEASE" Brooke was pleading but Lucas wasn't going to fall for it. "No Brooke. This is why there is Jerry Springer." Brooke still wouldn't budge "Oooo Maybe I should write to him! Come on Lucas your family would be perfect on Jerry Springer!" Lucas was not physically pulling Brooke away from the door "Lucas no... I wanna listen... Come on Lucas you know they are never going to tell you any of what they are talking about. Don't you wanna listen just a little bit?" It was tempting. Keith and Karen had always pretended like there was nothing wrong with them even through the worst of times in front of Lucas. But no he wasn't going to listen and neither was Brooke. "Lucas..." She was whispering as he carried her away from the door. That didn't work either. As soon as he let go she just ran back to listen. He had to think of something. He walked over to the door grabbed Brooke and kissed her probably more passionately than he ever had. That stopped her "Wow... If I had known that it took me being bad for you to kiss me like that I would have done it a long time ago" Brooke said seductively after the kiss was over. "Well there's a lot you don't know about me" Lucas started. Brooke wasn't falling for it. "Lucas... Its not gonna work... I am still gonna listen" She said as she walked over to the door "Brooke" Lucas groaned but it was so use... So we walked over to the door to listen too. "What are they saying?" He asked when he got over there. "Well I could hear if someone wasn't talking!" Brooke said in all seriousness. They listened intently for what seemed like forever. Karen yelling things like "You knew better" or "Keith, you and I are like Lucas and Peyton... We don't work!" and "I'm not doing this right now" And then Keith would start in "I only did it because I love you so much" or "Don't you try and bring Lucas into this. He and Peyton are totally different than you and I" and "Fine maybe I should just go stay with Lucas and Brooke!" This was the sentence that Brooke and Lucas decided that they should break in. They both liked Keith and all but when he stayed with them he was nothing less than a royal pain. They open the door and walked in like they had just gotten there. "Hey... Keith man what are you doing here?" Lucas asked trying not to be obvious... but he was. Lucas was the worst lire. "Ok..." Karen started "How long have you tow been standing out there?" She asked... knowing good and well they probably had heard most of the conversation. "About an hour" Lucas said looking at Brooke who couldn't believe he had just busted them. "So Karen tells me you two are going to have another baby" Keith said trying to change the subject. "Yea...and we're getting married!" Brooke said waving her hand in the air. There was a knock at the door. "Excuse me... there are too many people in here" the nurse started then realized who Lucas was. "Oh my goodness Lucas Scott. The man who broke my daughters heart last year... How are you?" She said almost in a laugh. "I... I am fine..." Lucas said nervously..."Well Look I am sorry to have to do this but there are no more than 2 visitors a room. Someone is going to have to leave" Brooke, Lucas and Keith all three volunteered. "Well don't I feel loved" Karen said smiling. "All of you go get some sleep. It's late...I will still be here in the morning" They all nodded and said their goodbyes to her for the night and left the room. "Well Fiancé... Wanna head home?" Brooke said laying her head on Lucas's shoulder. "Yea... Keith you need a place to crash?" Lucas asked. "Umm not tonight no I have some business to take care of. I will see you guys later" Keith said and started to walk out. Lucas had a bad feeling about what Keith had just said but he was too tired to worry about it.
Lucas drove up to the house to see lights on. "Ahh I forgot to turn off the lights off" he said to Brooke but then noticed she was asleep. He pulled up in the driveway and parked the car. Brooke was sleeping so soundly he didn't want to wake her but with his shoulder he couldn't possibly carry her, so he had to wake her up. on wake up" Brooke opened her eyes and started to get out. "Do I look cheery to you? She asked sleepily. "Cant we just sleep in the car?" she said grabbing around his waist. They walked to the house and opened the door and there they were, Brooke's parents standing in the kitchen. "Brooke... We need to talk." Her father said sternly. "Who is this?" Her mother asked pointing to Lucas who was in total shock. "Umm Mom, dad, this is my fiancé Lucas." Brooke said showing them the ring. "Brooke you are 18. You are not getting married" Her father yelled. "How would that look on the family" Brooke looked both her parents in the eyes. "That's right I am 18. Which means I am an adult and I can do what I want and I want to marry Lucas and I am going too!" Brooke said quietly. Lucas had never seen her this way. Usually she was so in control and out there. But it was like her parents had some kind of power over her and he wasn't sure why. She had always talked about how much she hated them. "So would you like to explain all the baby stuff in the hall bedroom?" Her mother asked in a cold voice. "Yes... Lucas and I have a daughter. She is almost 1. Her name is Emma" Brooke was squeezing Lucas's hand as she spoke. "Brooke you and I need to talk... We will leave your father here to talk to this Lucas you said his name was?" Brooke looked up at Lucas and he nodded letting her know it was ok. She gave him a quick hug and left the room with her mother leaving just Lucas and her father. "Now listen here son... We don't blame you for any of this. We know how our daughter is. She has always been like that so if she seduced you or whatever. We don't expect you to have to stay here with this child." He motioned for Lucas to sit down. "We know our daughter is a slut. She has been one from the day she entered kinder garden. She and Peyton always had their system Boys went to Brooke when they wanted sex and went to Peyton when they wanted a serious relationship. We are not proud of our daughter. We didn't even mean to have her. We were 30 when my wife found out she was pregnant. Just getting our careers started. We considered having an abortion but then decided against it because of the public ridicule. So we both hoped that when she was born everything would change and we would grow to love her... but that didn't happen. So we let the nannies raise her. Maybe that is way she is the way she is, always attention seeking. We will pay you for whatever emotional damages Brooke has caused you and as for the baby well we can find an orphanage or a foster home. I am sure a young man like you doesn't need a baby who probably isn't even his tying him down. I think that that would be best for everyone. I am sorry for any pain my daughter has caused you. I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't take this matter to court or tell anyone." Lucas couldn't believe what he was hearing. Brooke had told him that the situation with her parents was bad but he had never imagined this bad. Her parents could care less about her. And he thought having Dan for a father was bad. Brooke was probably the sweetest girl he had ever met. Sure she did some crazy things. But who didn't? She had taught Lucas to be a better person and he was so in love with her for that, for who she was. He couldn't imagine not being with her. If there was such a thing as soul mates Brooke was his. Lucas looked up at the tall man. He looked so normal. Just like a businessman who worked too much. Not like a man that could say such horrible things about his own daughter. He couldn't even imagine the things that Brooke's mother was saying to her right now. It was Lucas's turn to talk "No sir you listen to me. I remember the day I met Brooke. Like really met her. I was in the 3rd grade. I was on the playground at recess playing with Haley when Peyton and Nathan came up and started teasing me about my dad. Brooke was there with them but she didn't say anything. She just stood there. Finally when they had me crying for my mom Brooke went up Nathan and punched him out. This little skinny girl punched out chubby Nathan. I laughed and thanked her and she told me that if I ever spoke to her again she would do the same thing to me... So I didn't. Not until the beginning of our sophomore year when I joined the basketball team. You see I had a thing for Peyton and Brooke well she decided that she was going to date me. She tried everything possible to get my to go out with her but I wouldn't because I had heard of her reputation. It want until one night she called me to help her at a party that I got to know the real her. She wasn't the mean cheating slut that everyone said. She was a sweet scared girl who just needed someone to love her. So we started going out and she fell for me, then I cheated on her with Peyton. There was a lot of drama after that like her finding out she was pregnant and me moving but we found our way back to each other because we were in love. There are only 2 things I really care about in this world, those 2 things Brooke and our daughter Emma. I'm sorry you wont ever know what it is like loving Brooke. She made me a better person." As Lucas finished her father looked blown away. "You take her then. She is 18 years old with a baby. She is not welcome in this house anymore. I am sure her mother will agree"
Brooke was in the other living room listening to the wrath of her mother "So is it even his? Or did you trick that poor boy into thinking that it was for his money? Do you know what this could do to your father and I if this got out?" Brooke was trying her best not to cry. "Yes it is his mother and Lucas doesn't have any money... and mom... I don't care what this does to you and dad. That isn't my problem." Brooke's mother looked thoroughly disgusted. "And what can you give this child Brooke what can you teach it? How to pick up boys?" Brooke stopped her right there. She could yell at Brooke about a lot of things but not that. She was not going to tell her how to be a mother to her daughter. "I can give her a mother... Something I never had. Do you know what it was like to be 6 years old and at a mother daughter sleep over and not have your mother there? Or to have your 13th birthday and not have your parents there to throw you a party? You know when Peyton's mom died I wished it were you? Emma has a mother. I am there for her every day when she wakes up and every night when she goes to bed. I take her shopping and tell her how beautiful she is. But most importantly I tell her I love her every day. You never did that ever. I may be 18 but I am way more mature than you were at 30." Brookes mother was infuriated. "You have no right to say that to me Brooke. I sent money so that you got everything you ever wanted or need. EVERYTHING!" Brooke couldn't believe she still didn't understand. "It wasn't the money mother... I don't need Gucci pocket books or Tiffany's Jewelry, none of that matters. I needed a mom." Brooke looked at her mother who had a blank gaze on her face. "Fine Brooke I will be your mother right now and tell you that you can not keep that baby. You are 18 and we will not have it" Brooke knew her mother would have something like that to say. Not that it mattered. She was 18. Then Brooke thought of something. Why were they here? They hadn't been home in almost 3 years... Why now? "Why did you come home...why now tonight?" Brookes mother glared at Brooke with pure hate "We had a phone call from a young girl telling us that their had been an emergency and we needed to get home fast... I believe her name was Laney... Laney Smith." Brooke didn't even let her finish. She stormed into the main living room where Lucas and her father were talking. "Lucas... It was Laney... She called them... She told them to come... We have to go get Emma from Haley and Nathan's what if she does something to her?" Brooke was in hysterics. She could barley stand up she was crying so hard. Lucas didn't know what to say to her. This whole night had been a shock. Instead of talking he walked over and put his arms around her and held her. After a minute or so she let go and he kissed her forehead. "Lets go get Emma. We can stay with Nathan and Haley tonight." Lucas grabbed her hand. "Ok... Haley and Nathan also have Bella" Brooke said. Her crying had died down. "Ok let's go." They walked out together... Not looking back.
When they got to Nathan and Haley's the first thing Brooke did was hug Emma. She held her hugging her for an hour while Lucas explained everything that had happened. Haley was shocked but Nathan wasn't because he had met Brooke's parents a few times before. "You guy can stay with us as long as you need" Haley said hugging Brooke. "Yea dude... We will be happy to help with anything." Nathan said adding to what Haley had said. It was now 2:00 AM and everyone was so tired. Nathan and Haley set the pull out couch up for Brooke and Lucas. Just as everyone was set up for bed Lucas's cell phone rang. "What now?" Brooke said as she laid Emma down in the crib "Hello... Keith, You're kidding me? What were you thinking? Okay... We'll be right there" Lucas closed his phone. "Nathan and I have to go bail Keith and Dan out of Jail. They were trying to kill each other." Nathan looked really mad "Dude... your kidding me." Lucas gave Nathan the 'Don't play around with me' look. "I'll call Jake and see if he can stay with you two." Lucas pulled out his cell phone called Jake. Peyton answered the phone. "Yea...Peyton? Look I need to talk to Jake... I know what time it is just give him the phone... Jake I need you to come to Nathan and Haley's... I don't have time to explain just please come...and hurry" Lucas hung up the phone and they waited for Jake to get there. "What a night this has been... Who wants ice crème?" Brooke asked in her usual cheeriness. Lucas had no idea how she could be so tired and have had such a bad night and yet still be so well cheery. Finally Jake got there. Lucas and Nathan met them half way down the steps of the apartment complex and told him that the girls would explain everything. Jake didn't look too happy but he did as he was told and went up stairs. Nathan and Lucas got into Nathan's car and left for the jail.
Lucas and Nathan managed to get to the police station without any speeding tickets or wrecks. They walked into the station to see a bunch of criminals. And then there were Keith and Dan, both scratched up pretty bad still yelling at each other. Nathan and Lucas couldn't help but laugh. Dan and Keith were no criminals... just 2 idiots. Lucas couldn't believe Keith had done this. He knew that Keith loved Karen but this was taking it the the extreme. "So... who are you here to bail out?" The officer asked Nathan and Lucas. "Those 2 goomers over there." Lucas said pointing to Keith and Dan. "We were hoping someone would come for them. They're really annoying." The officer said laughing. Lucas and Nathan followed the officer to where Dan and Keith were behind bars. "Well, well, well..." Nathan said with a smile on his face. "His bail is $100." The officer said pointing to Keith. "But this one over here has to stay over night. We got a call from the hospital that he attempted man slaughter." Dan stood up and started yelling at the officer. "Man slaughter? It wasn't even a baby... It was the size of a peanut!" The officer put his hand to Dan's mouth. "It's sill against the law." Nathan gave the officer the money for Keith and they left. Dan was screaming at the officer and the officer threatening to beat him. This was the happiest both Lucas and Nathan had been in a while. They told Keith everything that had happened and decided that there wasn't enough room at Haley and Nathan's place for all of them so they decided to drop Keith off at Debs. When they got to Debs the place was quiet and all the lights were off. Nathan knocked on the door for 10 minutes waiting for her to open. Finally she came to the door with only a bra and underwear on. "Mom... Gees... Put some clothes on!" Nathan yelled when as soon as she opened the door. "Nate... What are you doing here?" Deb asked. Nathan was still covering his eyes. "Can we come in? It's going to take a while to explain." They all went inside and Deb went and put some clothes on. Lucas told her everything that had happened that night over a cup of coffee, everything about Laney, to Dan, to Brooke's parents. It took a lot longer than an hour. Finally when Lucas had finished telling the story for the third time that night the sun was coming up. "Wow..." Was all Deb could say. Keith thanked Lucas and Nathan for their help and they left, wanting to get back home to the girls.
When they got home about 8:00 Haley and Broke were already up with Emma and making breakfast. "Haley... their home" Lucas heard Brooke yell as the walked into the house. "Hey Handsome... Have fun at the jail house?" Brooke asked handing him Emma. "Hardly" Emma was excited. She was talking her baby talk. "Where's Keith?" Brooke asked while trying her best to work the blender. "We dropped him off at Debs and then we had to tell her the whole story..." Lucas looked so tired. "Awww poor baby... Go to bed... You to Nathan." Brooke said taking Emma from him. He and Nathan made their way to the bedroom... neither of them caring if they went to sleep in the same bed. When they got into the bedroom Bella was on the bed asleep. When Nathan went to lie down she went psycho and tried to bite his finger off. Finally after they put Bella off the bed and locked her out of the room they got to sleep.
Brooke and Haley were in the kitchen. They had both given up on breakfast since neither of them could cook and were now trying to get Emma to talk. "Come on Emmy... Say tutor girl... Come on you can do it" Brooke would say. Then Haley would respond with "No Emma say Haley... Hay lee." But all Emma would say was "Dada." And wave her arms around. "No baby... Daddy is sleeping." It was now 3:00 and they had been sleeping for hours. Both Haley and Brooke were getting annoyed. They hadn't gotten to sleep late. Brooke hated being awake with out Lucas today. All she had been able to think about was Laney and the fact that they had no money. Surprisingly Brooke wasn't too upset about the whole thing with her parents. It had been something that she had needed to do for a long time. She was happier now than she had ever been. She had real friends, a wonderful fiancé, (she loved the word fiancé). Plus she had a beautiful baby girl and another baby on the way. Sure... There was a psycho girl out there who wanted to pretty much kill her... but she couldn't think about that right now. She looked at Emma who was trying her best to pick Bella up. Bella just lay there contently taking the abuse. There was a loud knock at the door. "I'll get it!" Haley said running to the door. "Umm Hi Mr. Scott sir" Brooke heard Haley say. Brooke got up and walked to the door. There was an elderly man with white hair standing there. "Come in" Haley said sounding nervous "Nathan is asleep..." Brooke realized that it was Nathan and Lucas's grandfather. "I'm not here to see Nathan today Haley... I need to speak to Lucas" Brooke and Haley were both shocked. "Well now where is he" Royal Scott said in a deep voice. "Hi Nathan and Lucas's Grandpa... I'm Brooke." Royal smiled. "Ah you are Lucas's fiancé... This must be my great granddaughter." He said looking down at Emma. "Lucas is asleep... He and Nathan had a long night." Royal looked disappointed. "Well then I will give this too you." He handed Brooke a check for $750,000. When Brooke saw the numbers she almost fainted "What... what is this for?" She asked her voice quivering. "Deb called me this morning and told me about your situation. I had been thinking lately about how I always gave Nathan Christmas and birthday presents and things like that and I have never given Lucas anything. He too is my grandson so after I got off the phone with Deb I added up all the things I have bought Nathan over the years and that is approximately how much I have spent on him. I have spent nothing with Lucas so I thought that maybe this was the right time to give him something." Neither Brooke nor Haley knew what to say. Brooke looked down at the check again. Well she didn't have to worry about money problems anymore. "Thank you... You have no idea what this means to us." Brooke said smiling and giving the old man a hug. "Is there anything we can do for you?" She asked seeing the satisfaction on his face. "I have been a bad man for a lot of years... Right now I would like to sit down and play with my great granddaughter." Brooke handed him Emma. "You can play as long as you want." Emma seemed content with him so Brooke went to wake up Lucas and show him the money. She couldn't wait to show him the check. She looked at the check one last time. "What if it isn't real?" She thought...."He is almost as bad as Dan... or at least he use to be" She looked at him with Emma and decided that he most likely wasn't that bad. She was walking down the hall to the bedroom when Lucas's cell phone rang. She ran to answer it incase it was something important about Karen or Laney. "Hello? No this is his Fiancé. Can I take a message? UNCCH... Yes.... No I didn't know...Yes Thank you I will tell him. Oh don't worry... I wont forget. Thank you.... Bye." What the hell was that all about? Why was Carolina calling him about his basketball scholar ship? Since when did he have one of those? They had said that they had talked to him last week about it. Last week! Why hadn't he told her? Brooke was getting really worried really fast. Really bad things started flashing through her mind. Dan had left Karen to go to Carolina. No Lucas wasn't like Dan. He would never leave her, Emma or the new baby. But it did worry her that he hadn't said anything. Lucas never kept secrets from her. Well at least not since the whole Peyton thing and that was a long time ago. She walked into the room where Lucas and Nathan were sleeping. They were cuddled up next to each other. "Aw... Lucas... If you had a thing for Nathan you should have told me" She said. Both boys jumped up. "Eww dude... were you cuddling me?" Lucas asked looking at Nathan. "No! It was you!" Nathan yelled back. Both guys looked thoroughly digested. "Hey Nate... Your grandpa is in the den with Haley and Emma. They were stripping for him last time I checked" Brooke was trying to get Nathan out of the room so she and Lucas could talk. "Alright... I get the picture... I am leaving... Nathan started to walk out but then stopped "Hey Bro... Brooke don't say a word... But was it just me or was the like the best nap you have ever had?" Brooke was trying really hard not to laugh "Dude...Yea it was a good nap." She could believe Lucas was agreeing. This was just too funny she had to laugh. "My life is such a soap opera" When Brooke said this something lit up on Nathan's face "Hey I can still catch Young and The Restless at 4!" Nathan walked out. Now Brooke could talk to Lucas alone. She shut the door and looked Lucas straight in the eyes. She wasn't quite shore how she was going to bring this up. She decided yelling would probably do the trick. "Lucas what on earth is wrong with you!" Lucas jumped back and looked really confused... "UNC CH called. They wanted to know if you had decided to accept their offer or not! Lucas why didn't you tell me!" Brooke was almost crying... Being pregnant did not make this easy. "It scares me when you don't talk to me Lucas... You have to talk to me. That's what makes us work. We are open and we don't keep things from each other." Brooke couldn't hold it in anymore. "It scares me because how do I know you aren't going to leave me like Dan did Karen?" Brooke sat down on the bed with her face in her hands crying. Lucas didn't know what to say to her. But he had to say something fast. "Brooke... I wont ever leave you... EVER!! Are you hearing me? Brooke you have to trust me or this isn't going to work..." Brooke was still crying "I know and I do trust you Lucas more than everyone but" Lucas knew what she was about to say. He said given her a similar speech before he had broken up with her for her best friend. "I said that last time," He said slowly finishing her sentence for her. "Brooke... Last time was different... You have to know that. Brooke I couldn't leave you right now if I wanted too. You are too damn important to me." Brooke looked up at him tears streaming down her cheeks. "It's just that... Lucas we are 18. Most people don't marry their high school girlfriend. They go out and meet new girls and marry them. Lucas you are going to meet new girls and I don't want you to see them and think what if." Lucas didn't know what to say to this. She was right in a way... most people don't marry their high school sweethearts. "Brooke... If I weren't 100% positive that we were meant to be together... we wouldn't be together. I love everything about you and how do I know that you wont go out and meet some guy?" He asked Brooke who was still crying "Because I knew the first time I ever saw you in 3rd grade after I punched Nathan that I was going to marry you." Brooke choked out. "And you were right... Whenever you think about me with another girl just remember that you are the one with the ring on your finger... Not them..." Brooke smiled and he kissed her forehead. "Oh I almost forgot. We're rich!" Brooke shrieked. "What do you mean we are rich?" Brooke pulled the check out of her pocket and showed it to Lucas. "Oh My God... Brooke... What bank did you rob?" Brooke smiled and pointed to the den "The bank of Royal Scott... He had a guilty conscience about not treating you fairly. So he forked over all the money he would have spent on you" Lucas was counting the zeros. "But why now?" Brooke took the check away from him. "Deb..." Lucas smiled and shook his head. "We owe her big" They stood up and walked into the den where Nathan was watching soaps and Royal and Haley were playing with Emma. Royal stood up and shook Lucas's hand. Lucas shook back and then gave him a hug. "You have a fine daughter their Lucas." Brooke and Lucas were both glowing with pride. "Well I had better get home to the Mrs.'s." Lucas hugged him and thanked him one last time. "You have no idea what this means to us" Royal smiled and "It was only fair. Tell your mother I said hello and to give me a call when that new baby is born." Lucas nodded and Royal left.
Brooke and Lucas spent the next day apartment shopping but they couldn't agree on anything. Brooke wanted one that was big and fancy while Lucas wanted something that was cozy. They had been to at least 20 different apartments and were both getting frustrated. "Lucas... We are going to have 2 kids and a dog... Come on... It has to have more than bedrooms. Brooke whined to him every apartment that had less than 3 bedrooms. "Brooke they can share a room and the dog only weighs 1 pound... How much room is it going to need?" Lucas tired to fight back but it wasn't working. Brooke was hormonal and was going to complain until she got her way. Brooke really didn't care as long as it had at least 3 bedrooms... she just felt like annoying Lucas. She loved it when his face got all scrunched up and he tried not to act mad when he really was. If she was going to have to me miserable so was everyone else... except Emma. Emma was her partner in crime. When Brooke wasn't whining Emma was. Poor Lucas was ready to pull his hair out. Finally they got to an apartment that Brooke really loved. It was on the 2nd floor so they wouldn't have to carry to kids but so far. It had 3 big bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a den, a kitchen and 2 balconies. The thing about it that Brooke loved was the 2 kids bedrooms were already painted Pink and Blue. "Lucas... We have to buy this apartment! It is perfect!" Brook whined after they had finished looking. "Are you sure this is the one you want?" Lucas asked in all seriousness. He really hoped she said yes because he wanted it too. It wasn't huge... but it was big enough. It had a park outside and a pool. "Yes please... Lucas please..." Brooke whined more. "Ok... if this is the one you really want." Lucas could see the joy on her face after he had said ok. "YAY! Ok... Lets go find that lady with the bad hair and tell her we want it!" They walked down the stairs and looked for the relater. "We'll take it" Brooke shrieked before the relater had a chance to speak. "Great. Okay well if you could follow me back to my office and fill out this paper work its yours." Brooke was bouncing up and down. She was going to give that poor baby brain damage. But she was happy and that was all that mattered to Lucas. They got into the car and followed the realtor back to her office. They were going to have their very own apartment.
Spoilers: The next chapter is going to be in the future a few months. Brooke, Haley and Karen will probably be about 6 months pregnant. There is going to be a lot more drama with Brooke's parents and Dan, plus a lot more that I don't want to say because it will ruin the story. PLEASE REVIEW!
"And I thought I psycho when I found out you were cheating on me!" Brooke said watching Laney walk down the hall. "Brooke, aren't you worried?" Lucas said standing up out of the chair. "Lucas... she is a 18 year old who doesn't wear make-up and has the maturity level lover than Emma. She asked if we were 2nd cousins... Luke she is just mad. I was pretty mad too if you don't remember." Lucas did remember. "Yea and you made my life hell!" Brooke smiled remembering how well she had done. Her original plan had been just to torture him for a couple of days but it had worked out that she had gotten to do it for weeks. She did feel a little guilt but in her mind he deserved it. Look where it had gotten him. He was a nice well-rounded non- cheating man now. Because of what she had done he knew better. "Look Broody... what is she going to do? Tell daddy? So we did some a few things that people thought were unconventional... Ok we did a lot of things that people thought were unconventional but no one is dead or hurt physically because of what we did... If you ask me everything has turned out pretty ok. We have a beautiful spoiled rotten daughter and a baby on the way and we are getting married. What more could we ask for... So what if we are only 18. We are mature adults." Brooke was rambling... but she did have a point. And she could tell by the look on Lucas's face that he knew she did. "Okay handsome... come on... lets go call Haley and check on our little angel... make sure she hasn't killed Nathan." Brooke started walking not really caring if Lucas followed her or not. She was tried of explaining to him. He was a big boy if he had any more questions he could figure them out himself. He followed her just like she knew he would. They walked in silence until they got to the pay phone and then Brooke realized she didn't have any change. "Hey fiancé... I need some money" Lucas reached into his pockets and pulled out a couple of quarters. "So this is how its gonna be now? ... You stealing my money?" Lucas said handing over the quarters. "This is how it has always been... You just don't know it" She put the coins in the phone and dialed. "Hey tutor girl its Brooke. How's Emmy? Awwww... Yea to make a long story short Dan did it... I'll tell you about it later. Yea her name is Bella. Thanks. Ok...Hey baby... are you being god for Aunt tutor girl? Uh huh... Ok well we will talk to you guys later... Good luck... Bye" Brooke hung up the phone and turned to Lucas who was playing basketball on his cell phone. "You could have told me that you had that... would have saved me a lot of trouble" Brooke said annoyed. "It was more fun to watch you try and figure out the pay phone" Lucas said laughing "Lucas" Brooke said in a stern voice "You better run" She went chasing him down the hall. "I'm pregnant you are suppose to be helpful! Not stressful" she yelled. "Ah crap aren't you suppose to have to run slower and get fat" Now he was in for it and he would have gotten it if the security guard hadn't come up. "Excuse me...Is there a problem here?" Brooke and Lucas both burst out laughing. The guard had to have been no younger than 70 and talked to them like they were children. "No sir..." Brooke said still laughing. The guard was not pleased with this answer. "This is a hospital where people are sick and dying... you should not be running around." He proceeded to lecture them. "It was her fault" Lucas spouted out. Brooke glared at him. He knew he was in for it now. "You kids run along. I don't want to hear about you two getting into any more trouble" He said sternly and walked away. "That was close" Lucas said smiling "You were worried about Laney? Its me who just may kill you" Brooke said trying not to laugh. They decided that Karen had had long enough to think about her issues so the started to walk back to her room. "So you really think this baby is a boy?" Lucas asked in all seriousness. "Why yes I do Lucas Scott and do you know what we are going to name him?" Brooke said trying to talk like someone from the 1800's. "No I don't have a clue... hopefully not Taco Belle or Burger King" Brooke wasn't amused "Austin Lucas Scott" From the look on Lucas's face she thought that be approved. "So I don't have a say in this?" Brooke looked at him like he was crazy. "You wanted to name Emma, Patty" Brooke hated common names like Patty and Susie. "I like Austin" Lucas said with a smile on his face... but what if it is a girl?" Brooke had thought of that too "Then her name would be Alexandra Isabel and we would call her Allie... But its not a girl" Brooke said confidently. Lucas was surprised that she was so sure of herself "Okay... If you say so," Lucas said finally reaching Karen's room. Just as Brooke was about to open the door they heard a conversation going on. They heard Karen's voice and then what sounded like Keith's. "But Karen how do you know it's not mine? We had that one night," Keith was saying but Karen interrupted. "Well I guess there is a chance Keith but I'm just saying with the time frame and all its not likely" There was a long pause and then Keith started again "Karen why Dan... You know how he is Karen" Then they heard something slam on the table "Well what about you and Deb? You didn't think I would find out about that?" By this point Lucas had decided that he and Brooke didn't need to hear anymore. "Come on Brooke... We can't listen in" Brooke wouldn't budge "Why not... It's just getting good Lucas... This is my joy in life PLEASE" Brooke was pleading but Lucas wasn't going to fall for it. "No Brooke. This is why there is Jerry Springer." Brooke still wouldn't budge "Oooo Maybe I should write to him! Come on Lucas your family would be perfect on Jerry Springer!" Lucas was not physically pulling Brooke away from the door "Lucas no... I wanna listen... Come on Lucas you know they are never going to tell you any of what they are talking about. Don't you wanna listen just a little bit?" It was tempting. Keith and Karen had always pretended like there was nothing wrong with them even through the worst of times in front of Lucas. But no he wasn't going to listen and neither was Brooke. "Lucas..." She was whispering as he carried her away from the door. That didn't work either. As soon as he let go she just ran back to listen. He had to think of something. He walked over to the door grabbed Brooke and kissed her probably more passionately than he ever had. That stopped her "Wow... If I had known that it took me being bad for you to kiss me like that I would have done it a long time ago" Brooke said seductively after the kiss was over. "Well there's a lot you don't know about me" Lucas started. Brooke wasn't falling for it. "Lucas... Its not gonna work... I am still gonna listen" She said as she walked over to the door "Brooke" Lucas groaned but it was so use... So we walked over to the door to listen too. "What are they saying?" He asked when he got over there. "Well I could hear if someone wasn't talking!" Brooke said in all seriousness. They listened intently for what seemed like forever. Karen yelling things like "You knew better" or "Keith, you and I are like Lucas and Peyton... We don't work!" and "I'm not doing this right now" And then Keith would start in "I only did it because I love you so much" or "Don't you try and bring Lucas into this. He and Peyton are totally different than you and I" and "Fine maybe I should just go stay with Lucas and Brooke!" This was the sentence that Brooke and Lucas decided that they should break in. They both liked Keith and all but when he stayed with them he was nothing less than a royal pain. They open the door and walked in like they had just gotten there. "Hey... Keith man what are you doing here?" Lucas asked trying not to be obvious... but he was. Lucas was the worst lire. "Ok..." Karen started "How long have you tow been standing out there?" She asked... knowing good and well they probably had heard most of the conversation. "About an hour" Lucas said looking at Brooke who couldn't believe he had just busted them. "So Karen tells me you two are going to have another baby" Keith said trying to change the subject. "Yea...and we're getting married!" Brooke said waving her hand in the air. There was a knock at the door. "Excuse me... there are too many people in here" the nurse started then realized who Lucas was. "Oh my goodness Lucas Scott. The man who broke my daughters heart last year... How are you?" She said almost in a laugh. "I... I am fine..." Lucas said nervously..."Well Look I am sorry to have to do this but there are no more than 2 visitors a room. Someone is going to have to leave" Brooke, Lucas and Keith all three volunteered. "Well don't I feel loved" Karen said smiling. "All of you go get some sleep. It's late...I will still be here in the morning" They all nodded and said their goodbyes to her for the night and left the room. "Well Fiancé... Wanna head home?" Brooke said laying her head on Lucas's shoulder. "Yea... Keith you need a place to crash?" Lucas asked. "Umm not tonight no I have some business to take care of. I will see you guys later" Keith said and started to walk out. Lucas had a bad feeling about what Keith had just said but he was too tired to worry about it.
Lucas drove up to the house to see lights on. "Ahh I forgot to turn off the lights off" he said to Brooke but then noticed she was asleep. He pulled up in the driveway and parked the car. Brooke was sleeping so soundly he didn't want to wake her but with his shoulder he couldn't possibly carry her, so he had to wake her up. on wake up" Brooke opened her eyes and started to get out. "Do I look cheery to you? She asked sleepily. "Cant we just sleep in the car?" she said grabbing around his waist. They walked to the house and opened the door and there they were, Brooke's parents standing in the kitchen. "Brooke... We need to talk." Her father said sternly. "Who is this?" Her mother asked pointing to Lucas who was in total shock. "Umm Mom, dad, this is my fiancé Lucas." Brooke said showing them the ring. "Brooke you are 18. You are not getting married" Her father yelled. "How would that look on the family" Brooke looked both her parents in the eyes. "That's right I am 18. Which means I am an adult and I can do what I want and I want to marry Lucas and I am going too!" Brooke said quietly. Lucas had never seen her this way. Usually she was so in control and out there. But it was like her parents had some kind of power over her and he wasn't sure why. She had always talked about how much she hated them. "So would you like to explain all the baby stuff in the hall bedroom?" Her mother asked in a cold voice. "Yes... Lucas and I have a daughter. She is almost 1. Her name is Emma" Brooke was squeezing Lucas's hand as she spoke. "Brooke you and I need to talk... We will leave your father here to talk to this Lucas you said his name was?" Brooke looked up at Lucas and he nodded letting her know it was ok. She gave him a quick hug and left the room with her mother leaving just Lucas and her father. "Now listen here son... We don't blame you for any of this. We know how our daughter is. She has always been like that so if she seduced you or whatever. We don't expect you to have to stay here with this child." He motioned for Lucas to sit down. "We know our daughter is a slut. She has been one from the day she entered kinder garden. She and Peyton always had their system Boys went to Brooke when they wanted sex and went to Peyton when they wanted a serious relationship. We are not proud of our daughter. We didn't even mean to have her. We were 30 when my wife found out she was pregnant. Just getting our careers started. We considered having an abortion but then decided against it because of the public ridicule. So we both hoped that when she was born everything would change and we would grow to love her... but that didn't happen. So we let the nannies raise her. Maybe that is way she is the way she is, always attention seeking. We will pay you for whatever emotional damages Brooke has caused you and as for the baby well we can find an orphanage or a foster home. I am sure a young man like you doesn't need a baby who probably isn't even his tying him down. I think that that would be best for everyone. I am sorry for any pain my daughter has caused you. I would really appreciate it if you wouldn't take this matter to court or tell anyone." Lucas couldn't believe what he was hearing. Brooke had told him that the situation with her parents was bad but he had never imagined this bad. Her parents could care less about her. And he thought having Dan for a father was bad. Brooke was probably the sweetest girl he had ever met. Sure she did some crazy things. But who didn't? She had taught Lucas to be a better person and he was so in love with her for that, for who she was. He couldn't imagine not being with her. If there was such a thing as soul mates Brooke was his. Lucas looked up at the tall man. He looked so normal. Just like a businessman who worked too much. Not like a man that could say such horrible things about his own daughter. He couldn't even imagine the things that Brooke's mother was saying to her right now. It was Lucas's turn to talk "No sir you listen to me. I remember the day I met Brooke. Like really met her. I was in the 3rd grade. I was on the playground at recess playing with Haley when Peyton and Nathan came up and started teasing me about my dad. Brooke was there with them but she didn't say anything. She just stood there. Finally when they had me crying for my mom Brooke went up Nathan and punched him out. This little skinny girl punched out chubby Nathan. I laughed and thanked her and she told me that if I ever spoke to her again she would do the same thing to me... So I didn't. Not until the beginning of our sophomore year when I joined the basketball team. You see I had a thing for Peyton and Brooke well she decided that she was going to date me. She tried everything possible to get my to go out with her but I wouldn't because I had heard of her reputation. It want until one night she called me to help her at a party that I got to know the real her. She wasn't the mean cheating slut that everyone said. She was a sweet scared girl who just needed someone to love her. So we started going out and she fell for me, then I cheated on her with Peyton. There was a lot of drama after that like her finding out she was pregnant and me moving but we found our way back to each other because we were in love. There are only 2 things I really care about in this world, those 2 things Brooke and our daughter Emma. I'm sorry you wont ever know what it is like loving Brooke. She made me a better person." As Lucas finished her father looked blown away. "You take her then. She is 18 years old with a baby. She is not welcome in this house anymore. I am sure her mother will agree"
Brooke was in the other living room listening to the wrath of her mother "So is it even his? Or did you trick that poor boy into thinking that it was for his money? Do you know what this could do to your father and I if this got out?" Brooke was trying her best not to cry. "Yes it is his mother and Lucas doesn't have any money... and mom... I don't care what this does to you and dad. That isn't my problem." Brooke's mother looked thoroughly disgusted. "And what can you give this child Brooke what can you teach it? How to pick up boys?" Brooke stopped her right there. She could yell at Brooke about a lot of things but not that. She was not going to tell her how to be a mother to her daughter. "I can give her a mother... Something I never had. Do you know what it was like to be 6 years old and at a mother daughter sleep over and not have your mother there? Or to have your 13th birthday and not have your parents there to throw you a party? You know when Peyton's mom died I wished it were you? Emma has a mother. I am there for her every day when she wakes up and every night when she goes to bed. I take her shopping and tell her how beautiful she is. But most importantly I tell her I love her every day. You never did that ever. I may be 18 but I am way more mature than you were at 30." Brookes mother was infuriated. "You have no right to say that to me Brooke. I sent money so that you got everything you ever wanted or need. EVERYTHING!" Brooke couldn't believe she still didn't understand. "It wasn't the money mother... I don't need Gucci pocket books or Tiffany's Jewelry, none of that matters. I needed a mom." Brooke looked at her mother who had a blank gaze on her face. "Fine Brooke I will be your mother right now and tell you that you can not keep that baby. You are 18 and we will not have it" Brooke knew her mother would have something like that to say. Not that it mattered. She was 18. Then Brooke thought of something. Why were they here? They hadn't been home in almost 3 years... Why now? "Why did you come home...why now tonight?" Brookes mother glared at Brooke with pure hate "We had a phone call from a young girl telling us that their had been an emergency and we needed to get home fast... I believe her name was Laney... Laney Smith." Brooke didn't even let her finish. She stormed into the main living room where Lucas and her father were talking. "Lucas... It was Laney... She called them... She told them to come... We have to go get Emma from Haley and Nathan's what if she does something to her?" Brooke was in hysterics. She could barley stand up she was crying so hard. Lucas didn't know what to say to her. This whole night had been a shock. Instead of talking he walked over and put his arms around her and held her. After a minute or so she let go and he kissed her forehead. "Lets go get Emma. We can stay with Nathan and Haley tonight." Lucas grabbed her hand. "Ok... Haley and Nathan also have Bella" Brooke said. Her crying had died down. "Ok let's go." They walked out together... Not looking back.
When they got to Nathan and Haley's the first thing Brooke did was hug Emma. She held her hugging her for an hour while Lucas explained everything that had happened. Haley was shocked but Nathan wasn't because he had met Brooke's parents a few times before. "You guy can stay with us as long as you need" Haley said hugging Brooke. "Yea dude... We will be happy to help with anything." Nathan said adding to what Haley had said. It was now 2:00 AM and everyone was so tired. Nathan and Haley set the pull out couch up for Brooke and Lucas. Just as everyone was set up for bed Lucas's cell phone rang. "What now?" Brooke said as she laid Emma down in the crib "Hello... Keith, You're kidding me? What were you thinking? Okay... We'll be right there" Lucas closed his phone. "Nathan and I have to go bail Keith and Dan out of Jail. They were trying to kill each other." Nathan looked really mad "Dude... your kidding me." Lucas gave Nathan the 'Don't play around with me' look. "I'll call Jake and see if he can stay with you two." Lucas pulled out his cell phone called Jake. Peyton answered the phone. "Yea...Peyton? Look I need to talk to Jake... I know what time it is just give him the phone... Jake I need you to come to Nathan and Haley's... I don't have time to explain just please come...and hurry" Lucas hung up the phone and they waited for Jake to get there. "What a night this has been... Who wants ice crème?" Brooke asked in her usual cheeriness. Lucas had no idea how she could be so tired and have had such a bad night and yet still be so well cheery. Finally Jake got there. Lucas and Nathan met them half way down the steps of the apartment complex and told him that the girls would explain everything. Jake didn't look too happy but he did as he was told and went up stairs. Nathan and Lucas got into Nathan's car and left for the jail.
Lucas and Nathan managed to get to the police station without any speeding tickets or wrecks. They walked into the station to see a bunch of criminals. And then there were Keith and Dan, both scratched up pretty bad still yelling at each other. Nathan and Lucas couldn't help but laugh. Dan and Keith were no criminals... just 2 idiots. Lucas couldn't believe Keith had done this. He knew that Keith loved Karen but this was taking it the the extreme. "So... who are you here to bail out?" The officer asked Nathan and Lucas. "Those 2 goomers over there." Lucas said pointing to Keith and Dan. "We were hoping someone would come for them. They're really annoying." The officer said laughing. Lucas and Nathan followed the officer to where Dan and Keith were behind bars. "Well, well, well..." Nathan said with a smile on his face. "His bail is $100." The officer said pointing to Keith. "But this one over here has to stay over night. We got a call from the hospital that he attempted man slaughter." Dan stood up and started yelling at the officer. "Man slaughter? It wasn't even a baby... It was the size of a peanut!" The officer put his hand to Dan's mouth. "It's sill against the law." Nathan gave the officer the money for Keith and they left. Dan was screaming at the officer and the officer threatening to beat him. This was the happiest both Lucas and Nathan had been in a while. They told Keith everything that had happened and decided that there wasn't enough room at Haley and Nathan's place for all of them so they decided to drop Keith off at Debs. When they got to Debs the place was quiet and all the lights were off. Nathan knocked on the door for 10 minutes waiting for her to open. Finally she came to the door with only a bra and underwear on. "Mom... Gees... Put some clothes on!" Nathan yelled when as soon as she opened the door. "Nate... What are you doing here?" Deb asked. Nathan was still covering his eyes. "Can we come in? It's going to take a while to explain." They all went inside and Deb went and put some clothes on. Lucas told her everything that had happened that night over a cup of coffee, everything about Laney, to Dan, to Brooke's parents. It took a lot longer than an hour. Finally when Lucas had finished telling the story for the third time that night the sun was coming up. "Wow..." Was all Deb could say. Keith thanked Lucas and Nathan for their help and they left, wanting to get back home to the girls.
When they got home about 8:00 Haley and Broke were already up with Emma and making breakfast. "Haley... their home" Lucas heard Brooke yell as the walked into the house. "Hey Handsome... Have fun at the jail house?" Brooke asked handing him Emma. "Hardly" Emma was excited. She was talking her baby talk. "Where's Keith?" Brooke asked while trying her best to work the blender. "We dropped him off at Debs and then we had to tell her the whole story..." Lucas looked so tired. "Awww poor baby... Go to bed... You to Nathan." Brooke said taking Emma from him. He and Nathan made their way to the bedroom... neither of them caring if they went to sleep in the same bed. When they got into the bedroom Bella was on the bed asleep. When Nathan went to lie down she went psycho and tried to bite his finger off. Finally after they put Bella off the bed and locked her out of the room they got to sleep.
Brooke and Haley were in the kitchen. They had both given up on breakfast since neither of them could cook and were now trying to get Emma to talk. "Come on Emmy... Say tutor girl... Come on you can do it" Brooke would say. Then Haley would respond with "No Emma say Haley... Hay lee." But all Emma would say was "Dada." And wave her arms around. "No baby... Daddy is sleeping." It was now 3:00 and they had been sleeping for hours. Both Haley and Brooke were getting annoyed. They hadn't gotten to sleep late. Brooke hated being awake with out Lucas today. All she had been able to think about was Laney and the fact that they had no money. Surprisingly Brooke wasn't too upset about the whole thing with her parents. It had been something that she had needed to do for a long time. She was happier now than she had ever been. She had real friends, a wonderful fiancé, (she loved the word fiancé). Plus she had a beautiful baby girl and another baby on the way. Sure... There was a psycho girl out there who wanted to pretty much kill her... but she couldn't think about that right now. She looked at Emma who was trying her best to pick Bella up. Bella just lay there contently taking the abuse. There was a loud knock at the door. "I'll get it!" Haley said running to the door. "Umm Hi Mr. Scott sir" Brooke heard Haley say. Brooke got up and walked to the door. There was an elderly man with white hair standing there. "Come in" Haley said sounding nervous "Nathan is asleep..." Brooke realized that it was Nathan and Lucas's grandfather. "I'm not here to see Nathan today Haley... I need to speak to Lucas" Brooke and Haley were both shocked. "Well now where is he" Royal Scott said in a deep voice. "Hi Nathan and Lucas's Grandpa... I'm Brooke." Royal smiled. "Ah you are Lucas's fiancé... This must be my great granddaughter." He said looking down at Emma. "Lucas is asleep... He and Nathan had a long night." Royal looked disappointed. "Well then I will give this too you." He handed Brooke a check for $750,000. When Brooke saw the numbers she almost fainted "What... what is this for?" She asked her voice quivering. "Deb called me this morning and told me about your situation. I had been thinking lately about how I always gave Nathan Christmas and birthday presents and things like that and I have never given Lucas anything. He too is my grandson so after I got off the phone with Deb I added up all the things I have bought Nathan over the years and that is approximately how much I have spent on him. I have spent nothing with Lucas so I thought that maybe this was the right time to give him something." Neither Brooke nor Haley knew what to say. Brooke looked down at the check again. Well she didn't have to worry about money problems anymore. "Thank you... You have no idea what this means to us." Brooke said smiling and giving the old man a hug. "Is there anything we can do for you?" She asked seeing the satisfaction on his face. "I have been a bad man for a lot of years... Right now I would like to sit down and play with my great granddaughter." Brooke handed him Emma. "You can play as long as you want." Emma seemed content with him so Brooke went to wake up Lucas and show him the money. She couldn't wait to show him the check. She looked at the check one last time. "What if it isn't real?" She thought...."He is almost as bad as Dan... or at least he use to be" She looked at him with Emma and decided that he most likely wasn't that bad. She was walking down the hall to the bedroom when Lucas's cell phone rang. She ran to answer it incase it was something important about Karen or Laney. "Hello? No this is his Fiancé. Can I take a message? UNCCH... Yes.... No I didn't know...Yes Thank you I will tell him. Oh don't worry... I wont forget. Thank you.... Bye." What the hell was that all about? Why was Carolina calling him about his basketball scholar ship? Since when did he have one of those? They had said that they had talked to him last week about it. Last week! Why hadn't he told her? Brooke was getting really worried really fast. Really bad things started flashing through her mind. Dan had left Karen to go to Carolina. No Lucas wasn't like Dan. He would never leave her, Emma or the new baby. But it did worry her that he hadn't said anything. Lucas never kept secrets from her. Well at least not since the whole Peyton thing and that was a long time ago. She walked into the room where Lucas and Nathan were sleeping. They were cuddled up next to each other. "Aw... Lucas... If you had a thing for Nathan you should have told me" She said. Both boys jumped up. "Eww dude... were you cuddling me?" Lucas asked looking at Nathan. "No! It was you!" Nathan yelled back. Both guys looked thoroughly digested. "Hey Nate... Your grandpa is in the den with Haley and Emma. They were stripping for him last time I checked" Brooke was trying to get Nathan out of the room so she and Lucas could talk. "Alright... I get the picture... I am leaving... Nathan started to walk out but then stopped "Hey Bro... Brooke don't say a word... But was it just me or was the like the best nap you have ever had?" Brooke was trying really hard not to laugh "Dude...Yea it was a good nap." She could believe Lucas was agreeing. This was just too funny she had to laugh. "My life is such a soap opera" When Brooke said this something lit up on Nathan's face "Hey I can still catch Young and The Restless at 4!" Nathan walked out. Now Brooke could talk to Lucas alone. She shut the door and looked Lucas straight in the eyes. She wasn't quite shore how she was going to bring this up. She decided yelling would probably do the trick. "Lucas what on earth is wrong with you!" Lucas jumped back and looked really confused... "UNC CH called. They wanted to know if you had decided to accept their offer or not! Lucas why didn't you tell me!" Brooke was almost crying... Being pregnant did not make this easy. "It scares me when you don't talk to me Lucas... You have to talk to me. That's what makes us work. We are open and we don't keep things from each other." Brooke couldn't hold it in anymore. "It scares me because how do I know you aren't going to leave me like Dan did Karen?" Brooke sat down on the bed with her face in her hands crying. Lucas didn't know what to say to her. But he had to say something fast. "Brooke... I wont ever leave you... EVER!! Are you hearing me? Brooke you have to trust me or this isn't going to work..." Brooke was still crying "I know and I do trust you Lucas more than everyone but" Lucas knew what she was about to say. He said given her a similar speech before he had broken up with her for her best friend. "I said that last time," He said slowly finishing her sentence for her. "Brooke... Last time was different... You have to know that. Brooke I couldn't leave you right now if I wanted too. You are too damn important to me." Brooke looked up at him tears streaming down her cheeks. "It's just that... Lucas we are 18. Most people don't marry their high school girlfriend. They go out and meet new girls and marry them. Lucas you are going to meet new girls and I don't want you to see them and think what if." Lucas didn't know what to say to this. She was right in a way... most people don't marry their high school sweethearts. "Brooke... If I weren't 100% positive that we were meant to be together... we wouldn't be together. I love everything about you and how do I know that you wont go out and meet some guy?" He asked Brooke who was still crying "Because I knew the first time I ever saw you in 3rd grade after I punched Nathan that I was going to marry you." Brooke choked out. "And you were right... Whenever you think about me with another girl just remember that you are the one with the ring on your finger... Not them..." Brooke smiled and he kissed her forehead. "Oh I almost forgot. We're rich!" Brooke shrieked. "What do you mean we are rich?" Brooke pulled the check out of her pocket and showed it to Lucas. "Oh My God... Brooke... What bank did you rob?" Brooke smiled and pointed to the den "The bank of Royal Scott... He had a guilty conscience about not treating you fairly. So he forked over all the money he would have spent on you" Lucas was counting the zeros. "But why now?" Brooke took the check away from him. "Deb..." Lucas smiled and shook his head. "We owe her big" They stood up and walked into the den where Nathan was watching soaps and Royal and Haley were playing with Emma. Royal stood up and shook Lucas's hand. Lucas shook back and then gave him a hug. "You have a fine daughter their Lucas." Brooke and Lucas were both glowing with pride. "Well I had better get home to the Mrs.'s." Lucas hugged him and thanked him one last time. "You have no idea what this means to us" Royal smiled and "It was only fair. Tell your mother I said hello and to give me a call when that new baby is born." Lucas nodded and Royal left.
Brooke and Lucas spent the next day apartment shopping but they couldn't agree on anything. Brooke wanted one that was big and fancy while Lucas wanted something that was cozy. They had been to at least 20 different apartments and were both getting frustrated. "Lucas... We are going to have 2 kids and a dog... Come on... It has to have more than bedrooms. Brooke whined to him every apartment that had less than 3 bedrooms. "Brooke they can share a room and the dog only weighs 1 pound... How much room is it going to need?" Lucas tired to fight back but it wasn't working. Brooke was hormonal and was going to complain until she got her way. Brooke really didn't care as long as it had at least 3 bedrooms... she just felt like annoying Lucas. She loved it when his face got all scrunched up and he tried not to act mad when he really was. If she was going to have to me miserable so was everyone else... except Emma. Emma was her partner in crime. When Brooke wasn't whining Emma was. Poor Lucas was ready to pull his hair out. Finally they got to an apartment that Brooke really loved. It was on the 2nd floor so they wouldn't have to carry to kids but so far. It had 3 big bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a den, a kitchen and 2 balconies. The thing about it that Brooke loved was the 2 kids bedrooms were already painted Pink and Blue. "Lucas... We have to buy this apartment! It is perfect!" Brook whined after they had finished looking. "Are you sure this is the one you want?" Lucas asked in all seriousness. He really hoped she said yes because he wanted it too. It wasn't huge... but it was big enough. It had a park outside and a pool. "Yes please... Lucas please..." Brooke whined more. "Ok... if this is the one you really want." Lucas could see the joy on her face after he had said ok. "YAY! Ok... Lets go find that lady with the bad hair and tell her we want it!" They walked down the stairs and looked for the relater. "We'll take it" Brooke shrieked before the relater had a chance to speak. "Great. Okay well if you could follow me back to my office and fill out this paper work its yours." Brooke was bouncing up and down. She was going to give that poor baby brain damage. But she was happy and that was all that mattered to Lucas. They got into the car and followed the realtor back to her office. They were going to have their very own apartment.
Spoilers: The next chapter is going to be in the future a few months. Brooke, Haley and Karen will probably be about 6 months pregnant. There is going to be a lot more drama with Brooke's parents and Dan, plus a lot more that I don't want to say because it will ruin the story. PLEASE REVIEW!