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Sorry about the really long paragraph's. Usually when I write I write really fast because I had some kind of inspiration and don't start a new section until I have writers block again hahaha. Then when I am finished I am so ready to post it I forget to go back and make them their own sections. I will try and remember! ( Ok now for this chapter. Oh and Thank you all for he great reviews! Please review this one too!
Brooke and Lucas had finally been in their apartment for 3 months. Not much had happened since they had moved in. He and Brooke had gone back to her parents' house and taken all the furniture that was theirs and moved it to the apartment. Brooke's parents hadn't been too happy about it but decided that it was better than Brooke living with them. Karen had been sent home and put on full bed rest so Deb was running the Café full time now. Dan was released from jail because there weren't enough Eva dents to hold him. Karen had gotten a restraining order and Keith was now living with her to help out. As for Laney... There had been nothing. This worried Lucas but Brooke didn't seem to really care. She was too concerned with shopping for the new babies with Haley. Since Haley didn't want to know the sex of the baby she bought both boy and girl clothes. Brooke on the other had sworn that their baby was a boy and bought only boy clothes. Even the doctor had tried to tell her that from the ultra sound it looked like another girl but she refused to accept it. Karen knew she was having a boy and didn't worry about buying any more clothes saying she would just use all of Lucas's old ones. Emma was now 14 months old and to everyone's surprise was almost talking in complete sentences. She was walking and talking non-stop. Her chess-nut brown hair was down to her shoulders and she loved dresses. "Yup... Defiantly just like her mother" Whitey laughed and told Lucas when he was visiting one day. Emma seemed to understand that she was going to have a baby sister or brother but when ever someone would start talking about the new baby she would scream "No" and run to Brooke as if trying to tell everyone that she was Brooke's only baby. Brooke would pick her up and say... "Emmy... Aren't you going to help mommy and daddy with Austin?" and Emma would shake her head whining "No... mama... me" and cuddle up to Brookes chest. They were both a little worried about it but hoped that in the next 3 months she would change her mind. Lucas had decided that he would hold off on the basketball scholar ship for a while at least until the new baby was born. There was no point in moving Brooke all the way to Chapel Hill just in time for her to have a baby and not have any friends there to help her. UNC was disappointed but they told him that he always had a place there. Poor Nathan was going insane living with Haley. Lucas felt bad for him. Haley was a very demanding pregnant woman. He knew he was lucky with Brooke because there had only been a few times where she had just totally lost it. Haley would come and knock at their door at 4 in the morning at least once a week swearing that she was leaving Nathan and moving in with them. One time she even went as far to throw all of this clothes in the parking lot. Then of course Nathan would come and beg her for forgiveness, and then before Brooke and Lucas could blink... They were making out on the couch.
It was Sunday and Brooke was sitting on the couch with Emma trying her best to teach her, her ABC's. "Now Emma... A is for.... What? Can you tell mommy what A is for? Aunt Tutor girl!" Brooke shrieked pointing to a picture of her, Haley Lucas, and Nathan 2 Halloweens ago. Emma just started blankly. "Play pony" Emma said pointing to the floor. Brooke looked at Emma who wanted her to get down on the floor on all fours like Lucas. "Baby... Mommy is way too fat to play pony... Mommy wouldn't be able to get up" Brooke stood up off the couch and tried to put Emma in her playpen, but couldn't lift her high enough because of her stomach. She hated being this big. She was never this big with Emma. It did make her feel better that Haley was bigger though. "No pony?" Emma asked again pointing to her toy horse on the floor. "Sweetie... Austin makes mommy too tired and fat to play pony... But mommy can go shopping and play Barbie's and baby dolls with you..." Brooke said trying to sit back down. "Bad Awusin" Emma said pointing to Brooke's stomach. "Bad boy" Brooke hated not being able to play with Emma the way she used too. Poor Emma shouldn't have to be bored because of Brooke being fat. Maybe Lucas could help. "Lucas...." Brooke yelled loudly... There was no answer. "Lucas..." She yelled again. Finally he yelled back "What?" He sounded sleepy. "Broody... Come play pony with Emma..." Emma started clapping her hands and smiling. Lucas made his way to the den. His hair was sticking every which way and he had bags underneath his eyes. "I thought you two were going shopping?" When he spoke his voice was raspy and soft. "In just a minute...you ok? You aren't looking so hot." Brooke said hearing him sniffle. "Yea... Just my throat is killing me" Brooke walked over and felt his head. He was burning up. "Your hot... Poor baby, do you want me to stay home with you?" Brooke said making a pouty face at him. "No" Lucas coughed out. "You go shopping... I think I am just going to sleep." Brooke couldn't believe this. Lucas was never sick. But lately he had been feeling bad a lot. Maybe he was just stressed. With the new baby and planning the wedding and Emma's new found mobility. It was a lot for two 19 year olds to take in. Well at least Brooke was almost 19."Ok... Well I have my phone... I am gonna send Nathan over to check on you later" Brooke smiled and started to kiss his forehead but changed her mind. "Sorry Handsome... Don't wanna get sick." Lucas shook his head "You just don't wanna kiss me" So Brooke blew him a kiss. Brooke walked over to Emma who was on the floor trying to feed Bella her cheerios. "Eat Belwa," She was saying in the puppies ear "Come on baby...lets go shopping. Bella isn't hungry." Brooke said trying to bend over and pick her up but that just wasn't going to happen. Lucas had already gone back into the bedroom so Brooke didn't want to make him get up again. "Ok... Baby...I need you to crawl up on the couch for mommy... Ok" Poor Emma looked so confused. Lucas was always trying to tell her not to climb on the couch because he was scared she was going to fall off and get hurt and now Brooke was asking her too. "Come on Emmy... Daddy doesn't have to know... Mommy will buy you a prize" Brooke said with a pleading look on her face. Finally Emma stood up and made her way on the couch giggling like she was doing something wrong and getting away with it. Brooke picked Emma up and grabbed her pocket book. "Ok Lucas... I'm gone... Be good... I love you," She yelled shutting the door.
Lucas stood up out of bed, picked up the phone and dialed Peyton's number for what seemed like the thousandth time this week. "Hey... Yes she is gone... Don't worry about it.... Peyton she isn't going to find out... Peyton... We have been doing this for 2 weeks we can't just stop now. No one knows except for Nathan and he isn't going to tell. Peyton this is for us to do... It's none of their business. Look just hurry up before she gets back and we get caught...Ok...Bye" Lucas hung up the phone and looked at the clock. It was 1:06. That meant that he and Peyton had at least 3 hours if not more. Brooke and Haley always spent at least 3 hours shopping if not more. Lucas walked over to his dresser and cleaned up the fake thermometer and heating pad he had put on his head to make it feel hot. He felt guilty for doing this to Brooke but with the way things were right now...maybe this would make everything seem a little less chaotic. He had thought about telling Haley what he and Peyton were doing but then figured that since she and Brooke had become such good friends lately that she would probably be on Brooke's side about the whole thing. Nathan on the other hand... Well he thought the whole thing was funny and just wished he could do something like that. He walked over to the closet and found his best causal shirt. He needed to look nice but not too nice. While he was looking he saw one of Brooke's skimpy shirts. He knew she missed wearing clothes like that. Now she was having to wear sensible clothes and she hated it. Finally he found his shirt and walked into the kitchen to cook, something romantic but easy to cook. He was looking in the pantry when he hard a knock at the door. He walked over to see Peyton. She was looking around and trying to be sneaky so that no one would see her. He unlocked the door and let her in. Her short tight curls were still wet from the shower. She looked Lucas deep in the eyes. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Brooke drove up to Haley's as she was walking out. She opened the car door and tried to fit in. "Ugh Nathan... I swear! What was going through my head when I married that man? Don't get married Brooke... It isn't worth it!" Haley slammed the door. Apparently Haley and Nathan were still having issues. "Its nice to see you too tutor girl" Brooke said cheerily scanning Haley's stomach trying to figure out who was bigger. "Don't worry Brooke... I'm still bigger... I will always be bigger... This baby takes after Nathan...It's a pain in the butt!" Haley started to rant. "So how's our favorite boy?" Haley said talking about Lucas. "He is sick... He said he had a sore throat and he has a fever... I think he is just stressed." Brooke said pulling out of the parking lot almost hitting another car. "And how is my favorite niece?" Haley was reaching into the backseat tickling Emma. "Dada no pony" Emma said showing Haley her stuffed pony. Haley laughed and turned back around. "She is getting so big Brooke! I can actually understand her when she talks! Nathan on the other hand... He has been talking for like 16 years and I still have to ask him things like 5 times!" Haley was right about Emma. She was growing up before Brooke's eyes. Before long she would be in kinder garden and then high school. Brooke hated to think about Emma in high school. She was so much like Brooke that it scared her. The thought of her baby going out with boys and breaking their hearts, and them breaking hers, She would never be ready for that. Every night when Brooke tucked Emma in she told her 3 things. Number 1 was how beautiful she was. Brooke though it was very important to tell her that she was the prettiest baby there was. Maybe this would give her high self-esteem. Number 2 was she would tell her how much she and Lucas loved her. Then there was number 3. Telling Emma sex was bad. Lucas had tried to talk Brooke out of number 3 saying that Emma didn't have a clue what sex was but she had insisted that it was very important. She couldn't bear the thought of Emma ending up like her. Not hat she wasn't happy but she wanted Emma to be 30 before she ever even thought about having sex. She wanted her to go to college and get a job and get married and then have kids, In that exact order. Brooke looked over at Haley who was patting her stomach. "You trying to give that kid a head ache?" She asked as she turned into Karen's driveway. "No... Just trying to make it come out! Please don't be stubborn like your daddy baby... Please" Haley yelled at her stomach. Brooke parked just barley missing the mailbox. She unbuckled Emma from her car seat and they knocked on the front door. Keith opened it and let them come in. Poor Keith looked bad. His hair was getting long and he had a beard. Hey Keith... Here's Emma... Can't talk..." Brooke said and handed Emma to Keith. She and Haley walked down the hall to Karen's bedroom. She was lying on her back watching Martha Stewart Living. "Hey Karen..." Brooke said plopping down on the bed. "How's life?" Haley asked sitting down beside Brooke. Karen smiled at the girls. "Its... well you can imagine lying in bed all day doing nothing" Karen said groaning. Brooke really couldn't imagine. She wouldn't last. She had to be able to get up and cause some sort of trouble or interfere in someone else's life. Something other than watch soaps. They talked about random things for about an hour while Keith was entertaining with Emma in the living room. "Well just 3 more months... I don't think I am going to last 3 months. I can't do it Karen... It's too hard...why cant Nathan carry the baby? It's not fair" Haley started ranting Brooke knew she had better get Haley out of there before she drove Karen insane. "Well we had better go... The mall is calling" Brooke said standing up and then having to help Haley up. "Call us if you need anything" They waddled out of the room best they could, picking Emma up on their way out. "Ok baby... Tell Uncle Keith Bye, bye" Brooke said after thanking Keith for watching her. Emma waved her little hand and blew a kiss. Brooke had taught Emma that blowing kisses to boys was cute. Now Emma did it to every boy she saw. It didn't matter if they were at the mall or on the street... She blew a kiss. "Thanks Keith..." Brooke said one last time and then they left for the mall.
Peyton and Lucas were sitting on the couch. "You know that when Brooke finds out about this she is going to hate us," Peyton said with a worried look on her face. "She'll understand" Lucas said trying to reassure her that everything was going to work out. At least he hoped it would. You never knew with Brooke. "I don't know Lucas... Maybe we shouldn't be doing this... I mean she is going to find out sooner or later... I think I am just going to go home... I had to lie to Jake and tell him that I was helping Karen out." Peyton had a down right scared look on her face. Lucas could tell that she really didn't want to do this today. "Peyton... Brooke will understand...once she sees the big picture. I know Brooke better than anyone... She is going to be mad as hell at us at first... But once we explain why we did it she will probably understand" Peyton still didn't look reassured. "Probably? Fine... But I'm telling her it was all you... I was just along for the ride... You know last time we did this she wanted to kill us both if you don't remember...and she almost did! He made both of our lives HELL! And now she is pregnant and hormonal... What do you think she is going to be like this time?" Peyton did have a point. "Look last time was different" Was all he could think to say. He was tried of having to coax Peyton into doing it. Sometimes he wasn't sure it was worth it. "And what about Emma?" Peyton asked. She was really starting to annoy Lucas. "Emma is getting older... It's fine... Look Peyton if you don't want to do this then we wont but if we are then we have to do it now! We only have a few hours left before Brooke gets home." Peyton nodded in agreement. She knew it was now or never and they went into the bedroom.
Brooke and Haley finally got to the mall. What was usually a 10-minute trip from Karen's took 30 because Haley had forgotten to use the bathroom before leaving Karen's and Brooke had forgotten to put gas in the car again. The walked into the crowded mall. Brooke was glad Emma had fallen asleep on the way there so now maybe they could shop in peace with out little hands pulling things down. "Ok... where to first?" Brooke asked walking down the isles between tables in the food court. "I'm hungry" Haley said pointing to Chick-fil-a. Brooke could believe her. They had just eaten at Karen's. No wonder she was huge. "You go eat... I'll wait over there." Brooke pointed at an empty table. Haley smiled and walked over to Chick-fil-a. "Yes I will have an 8 piece nugget, a large fry, a Cole slaw, a brownie and a coke." Brooke was laughing from her table. She didn't understand how Haley could eat. Her baby was smushing her stomach so she wasn't ever hungry. Finally Haley finished eating and they started to walk. Emma was awake now blowing kisses to random men and giggling. "Brooke Davis... is that?" Brooke heard a voice say. She turned around to see Fitch standing beside her. She couldn't remember his last name. "Well, well, well look who it is." Brooke said turning to Haley. "Who is it?" Haley asked confused. "Fitch... He was before Lucas and I got back together." A big grin came over Fitch's face. "So you did get back together with that cheating jerk... I figured you would." He said with a smug look on his face. "Yes I did... and I have a beautiful daughter, a huge ring and another baby on the way to show for it... How bout you? Still cant get anything but dog's to hit on you?" Brooke asked smiling. "I have a girlfriend. She isn't the kind of girl you would like though... She actually has a brain." Brooke wasn't going to take this. Not from him. "Oh really? Well she can't be but so smart dating you" Brooke could tell that Haley was trying not to laugh. "Well it looks like you aren't the only girl with the hotts for me" He said looking down at Emma who was blowing him a kiss. "Oh yea Fitch... a 1 year old... You're doing real well there. Now if you would excuse me I have some shopping to do" Brooke and Haley walked away leaving Fitch blindsided. He stood there for a minute until his girlfriend walked up to meet him. "Hey Laney babe...I talked to her and her little friend...I think our plan is going to work." Laney smiled "Yes... me too... Fitchy... Me too."
"Ok... Brooke I think we have covered every store in the mall... I cant walk anymore...lets go home." Haley whined carrying her shopping bags. "Ok... but just one more place" They had shopped all over the mall going everywhere from Claire's to Hex and Belk. Brooke had gotten 8 shirts (all sizes that she could wear after the baby born) 4 skirts, 7 tank tops, 3 dresses, 8 outfits for Emma, 6 more the new baby, and 5 shirts for Lucas. Now she was exhausted. Lucas was going to kill her for buying all this stuff but as she told Emma. What he doesn't know won't hurt him. Haley on the other hand was boring Brooke thought. All she had gotten were 2 shirts, 2 pair of pants and a shirt for Nathan. She had already finished all of her baby shopping. This drove Brooke crazy. She had barely started. Every time she went out to baby shop she ended up buying more for herself or Emma than the new baby. She was thankful Lucas had wanted to do the nursery. Of course she had pitched a fit saying that she wanted to do it and it was special to her but really she could careless. She had too much to do. Lucas had gotten a basketball boarder off the Internet saying that was all the room needed. By the end of the week he had ordered the whole room set complete with the crib, changing table and rocking chair. Everything in that babies room was basketball and Carolina blue. Brooke was glad that he was having so much fun with Austin's room. She could already tell that he was going to be just as spoiled as Emma. Hopefully he wouldn't like Telletubbies though. She and Haley walked down to the leather store. "I want a leather coat," Brooke said randomly. Haley looked at her like she was crazy "Why?" Obviously Haley and Brooke had very different taste. "I don't know... I just do... I've always wanted one" Brooke said staring at the short black leather coat. "Well then buy it" Haley said getting frustrated. "Not until I have the baby... It would kill me to have it and not be able to wear it" Haley was getting madder and madder every second. "Well then why did you drag me down here?" Brooke laughed. "I just like to look at it... come on lets go to my place. Its fun to listen to Lucas whine"
Lucas and Peyton walked into the den... "Wow..." Peyton said looking up at Lucas. "I never knew you could do that!" Lucas smiled with pride "Yea Brooke taught me, you just put it in and bam! But sometimes you have to move it back and forth to make it work right" Peyton looked impressed. "I am going to have to teach Jake how to do that." Lucas was pretty proud of himself. He and Peyton had set up for Brooke's surprise party in less than 3 hours and then he had taken her into his room to show her how to print off the digital pictures from Emma's birthday party. They had called everyone, except Nathan who already knew but was too lazy to come set up and Haley who was shopping with Brooke. They both knew Haley would tell Brooke. Brooke was going to kill them for this. She hated parties thrown for her. It was great when they were someone else's where she could crash it but when it was all about her it made her mad. She had tried to kill Lucas and Peyton the year before when they had tried to do it but she walked in on them setting up one day. She told them both that if they ever did it again then she would dump Lucas and never speak to Peyton again. Lucas knew once she was here and saw all the presents she would love it. At least she had better because he and Peyton had spent the past 2 weeks getting things ready. He would have to fake sick or that they could shop for the party or he would lie and say he was going to go shoot hoops with Nathan. They looked at the decorated den one last time before taking a break. "She is really going to kill us" Peyton said one last time. Lucas couldn't wait to see the look on her face. She needed this. Lately everything had been about Emma or Austin or Lucas's scholar ship. Now Brooke could have time all about her. The doorbell rang. It was Tim. He had 5 kegs of beer in his car and 2 in his hand. "You think this will be enough?" He asked. "Tim! We put you in charge of drinks! Like soft drinks...some of us are pregnant and can't drink. "Tim and Lucas both froze. "Some of us? Well I'm not pregnant and I am pretty sure my man Lucas isn't... That leaves you" Peyton turned red "I...I... I'm not sure... With the party I haven't had time to take a test but there is a chance." Peyton was looking down at her feet. Lucas thought for a minute. They were 19! Dr. Phil would love this. Three 19-year-old girls,1 who was married and pregnant, 1 who was engaged, had a 1 year old and was pregnant, and another one who thought she might be pregnant with her boyfriend who already had another child. Lucas loved Emma but he did wish they could have waited and had her when they were older...like maybe 25 and now Haley and Peyton... Brooke was always a trendsetter. "Does Jake know?" Lucas finally said after a long pause. "No... I... I thought I should wait and tell him when I was sure... I didn't want to scare him for no reason." Lucas knew this was going to be hard on Jake if she were pregnant. The doorbell rang again. This time it was Nathan with soft drinks. "I was thinking today about the party planning and remembered you put Tim in charge of drinks...BAD IDEA! Peyton what is your problem? TIM? I figured that you learned when we were dating that Tim cant be trusted with stuff like that." Nathan laughed. "I know... I am just scatter brained right now" Nathan carried the drinks to the kitchen. "So what... No kegs? You said this was Brooke's party... I know Brooke... Brooke likes to drink... This is her party... isn't she going to be pissed if there are no kegs at her party?" Nathan and Lucas shook their heads "Dude... you can't drink when you are pregnant" Nathan said putting ice in the cooler. "What? That is crap! My mom drank and smoked when she was pregnant with me and I turned out ok!" Lucas and Nathan both agreed that the Kegs should be hidden and Tim should be tied up. They didn't have long before Brooke and Haley would get home. The doorbell was ringing non-stop until Tim put a sign on the door that said, "Just come in damn-it!" Deb came bringing food off all kinds since Lucas's cooking this morning hadn't worked. Mouth was there as DJ. All of Brookes cheerleading friends and their boyfriends were there too. Now Brooke just had to get there.
Haley and Brooke were almost home when Haley decided she was hungry right then. "Please can we stop?" She begged. "We're almost home... NO!" Brooke said. Haley had eaten 4 lunches and Brooke was just ready to get home and check on Lucas. She had tried to call him all day but he didn't answer. She hoped he was sleeping. They pulled up to the apartment. Her and Lucas's was place was dark. "Good... It looks like he is sleeping." Brooke said over Haley's whining. She parked and unbuckled Emma who was eating a sucker from the candy store. Her face was red and sticky. "Emmy... Is it good? Did you actually get any into your mouth?" Emma was giggling. "Dada play pony?" She asked pointing to their apartment. "I don't know... But I bet when uncle Nathan comes to get aunt tutor girl he will play pony with you" Emma seemed content with that and she carried her up the steps behind Haley. Brooke handed Emma to Haley and got her keys out of her pocket book. She put the keys into the door and trued the knob. "SURPRIZE!" Brooke about jumped out of her skin. "Oh my god... Lucas you aren't sick!" She walked over to him "You and I are going to have a long talk about this later" she whispered to him. "Ok... but I don't think you will feel that way after you open your presents" Brooke knew he was probably right she just wanted to scare him. The party went on for hours. Emma got passed from person to person loving all the attention, Brooke got to see people she hadn't seen in years and show off her baby and her ring. Tim decided that he wanted to be a stripper and took all the cheerleaders into a room and did a strip show. Haley ate everything in sight and forgave Nathan for earlier that day. Everyone partied until 1:15 when Lucas and Brooke decided that it was too loud for Emma to sleep and they were both dead tired. They thanked everyone for coming and everyone left except for Haley, Nathan, Peyton and Jake. Haley and Peyton were both conked out on the couch along with Jake and Nathan who were on the floor. Finally at 2:30 Brooke and Lucas got into bed. They were both barely awake. "Hey Luke... Thanks" Brooke said kissing him. "I love you Brooke" Brooke smiled. "I love you too Broody"
Next Chapter(s): I need you guys to tell me if Peyton should be pregnant or not...Laney strikes again! This time REALLY BAD! Babies, babies and more babies! More about Brooke and Lucas's Engagement/Wedding. More Dan too. If anyone has any idea's please let me know! PLEASE REVIEW!!
Sorry about the really long paragraph's. Usually when I write I write really fast because I had some kind of inspiration and don't start a new section until I have writers block again hahaha. Then when I am finished I am so ready to post it I forget to go back and make them their own sections. I will try and remember! ( Ok now for this chapter. Oh and Thank you all for he great reviews! Please review this one too!
Brooke and Lucas had finally been in their apartment for 3 months. Not much had happened since they had moved in. He and Brooke had gone back to her parents' house and taken all the furniture that was theirs and moved it to the apartment. Brooke's parents hadn't been too happy about it but decided that it was better than Brooke living with them. Karen had been sent home and put on full bed rest so Deb was running the Café full time now. Dan was released from jail because there weren't enough Eva dents to hold him. Karen had gotten a restraining order and Keith was now living with her to help out. As for Laney... There had been nothing. This worried Lucas but Brooke didn't seem to really care. She was too concerned with shopping for the new babies with Haley. Since Haley didn't want to know the sex of the baby she bought both boy and girl clothes. Brooke on the other had sworn that their baby was a boy and bought only boy clothes. Even the doctor had tried to tell her that from the ultra sound it looked like another girl but she refused to accept it. Karen knew she was having a boy and didn't worry about buying any more clothes saying she would just use all of Lucas's old ones. Emma was now 14 months old and to everyone's surprise was almost talking in complete sentences. She was walking and talking non-stop. Her chess-nut brown hair was down to her shoulders and she loved dresses. "Yup... Defiantly just like her mother" Whitey laughed and told Lucas when he was visiting one day. Emma seemed to understand that she was going to have a baby sister or brother but when ever someone would start talking about the new baby she would scream "No" and run to Brooke as if trying to tell everyone that she was Brooke's only baby. Brooke would pick her up and say... "Emmy... Aren't you going to help mommy and daddy with Austin?" and Emma would shake her head whining "No... mama... me" and cuddle up to Brookes chest. They were both a little worried about it but hoped that in the next 3 months she would change her mind. Lucas had decided that he would hold off on the basketball scholar ship for a while at least until the new baby was born. There was no point in moving Brooke all the way to Chapel Hill just in time for her to have a baby and not have any friends there to help her. UNC was disappointed but they told him that he always had a place there. Poor Nathan was going insane living with Haley. Lucas felt bad for him. Haley was a very demanding pregnant woman. He knew he was lucky with Brooke because there had only been a few times where she had just totally lost it. Haley would come and knock at their door at 4 in the morning at least once a week swearing that she was leaving Nathan and moving in with them. One time she even went as far to throw all of this clothes in the parking lot. Then of course Nathan would come and beg her for forgiveness, and then before Brooke and Lucas could blink... They were making out on the couch.
It was Sunday and Brooke was sitting on the couch with Emma trying her best to teach her, her ABC's. "Now Emma... A is for.... What? Can you tell mommy what A is for? Aunt Tutor girl!" Brooke shrieked pointing to a picture of her, Haley Lucas, and Nathan 2 Halloweens ago. Emma just started blankly. "Play pony" Emma said pointing to the floor. Brooke looked at Emma who wanted her to get down on the floor on all fours like Lucas. "Baby... Mommy is way too fat to play pony... Mommy wouldn't be able to get up" Brooke stood up off the couch and tried to put Emma in her playpen, but couldn't lift her high enough because of her stomach. She hated being this big. She was never this big with Emma. It did make her feel better that Haley was bigger though. "No pony?" Emma asked again pointing to her toy horse on the floor. "Sweetie... Austin makes mommy too tired and fat to play pony... But mommy can go shopping and play Barbie's and baby dolls with you..." Brooke said trying to sit back down. "Bad Awusin" Emma said pointing to Brooke's stomach. "Bad boy" Brooke hated not being able to play with Emma the way she used too. Poor Emma shouldn't have to be bored because of Brooke being fat. Maybe Lucas could help. "Lucas...." Brooke yelled loudly... There was no answer. "Lucas..." She yelled again. Finally he yelled back "What?" He sounded sleepy. "Broody... Come play pony with Emma..." Emma started clapping her hands and smiling. Lucas made his way to the den. His hair was sticking every which way and he had bags underneath his eyes. "I thought you two were going shopping?" When he spoke his voice was raspy and soft. "In just a minute...you ok? You aren't looking so hot." Brooke said hearing him sniffle. "Yea... Just my throat is killing me" Brooke walked over and felt his head. He was burning up. "Your hot... Poor baby, do you want me to stay home with you?" Brooke said making a pouty face at him. "No" Lucas coughed out. "You go shopping... I think I am just going to sleep." Brooke couldn't believe this. Lucas was never sick. But lately he had been feeling bad a lot. Maybe he was just stressed. With the new baby and planning the wedding and Emma's new found mobility. It was a lot for two 19 year olds to take in. Well at least Brooke was almost 19."Ok... Well I have my phone... I am gonna send Nathan over to check on you later" Brooke smiled and started to kiss his forehead but changed her mind. "Sorry Handsome... Don't wanna get sick." Lucas shook his head "You just don't wanna kiss me" So Brooke blew him a kiss. Brooke walked over to Emma who was on the floor trying to feed Bella her cheerios. "Eat Belwa," She was saying in the puppies ear "Come on baby...lets go shopping. Bella isn't hungry." Brooke said trying to bend over and pick her up but that just wasn't going to happen. Lucas had already gone back into the bedroom so Brooke didn't want to make him get up again. "Ok... Baby...I need you to crawl up on the couch for mommy... Ok" Poor Emma looked so confused. Lucas was always trying to tell her not to climb on the couch because he was scared she was going to fall off and get hurt and now Brooke was asking her too. "Come on Emmy... Daddy doesn't have to know... Mommy will buy you a prize" Brooke said with a pleading look on her face. Finally Emma stood up and made her way on the couch giggling like she was doing something wrong and getting away with it. Brooke picked Emma up and grabbed her pocket book. "Ok Lucas... I'm gone... Be good... I love you," She yelled shutting the door.
Lucas stood up out of bed, picked up the phone and dialed Peyton's number for what seemed like the thousandth time this week. "Hey... Yes she is gone... Don't worry about it.... Peyton she isn't going to find out... Peyton... We have been doing this for 2 weeks we can't just stop now. No one knows except for Nathan and he isn't going to tell. Peyton this is for us to do... It's none of their business. Look just hurry up before she gets back and we get caught...Ok...Bye" Lucas hung up the phone and looked at the clock. It was 1:06. That meant that he and Peyton had at least 3 hours if not more. Brooke and Haley always spent at least 3 hours shopping if not more. Lucas walked over to his dresser and cleaned up the fake thermometer and heating pad he had put on his head to make it feel hot. He felt guilty for doing this to Brooke but with the way things were right now...maybe this would make everything seem a little less chaotic. He had thought about telling Haley what he and Peyton were doing but then figured that since she and Brooke had become such good friends lately that she would probably be on Brooke's side about the whole thing. Nathan on the other hand... Well he thought the whole thing was funny and just wished he could do something like that. He walked over to the closet and found his best causal shirt. He needed to look nice but not too nice. While he was looking he saw one of Brooke's skimpy shirts. He knew she missed wearing clothes like that. Now she was having to wear sensible clothes and she hated it. Finally he found his shirt and walked into the kitchen to cook, something romantic but easy to cook. He was looking in the pantry when he hard a knock at the door. He walked over to see Peyton. She was looking around and trying to be sneaky so that no one would see her. He unlocked the door and let her in. Her short tight curls were still wet from the shower. She looked Lucas deep in the eyes. "Are you sure you want to do this?"
Brooke drove up to Haley's as she was walking out. She opened the car door and tried to fit in. "Ugh Nathan... I swear! What was going through my head when I married that man? Don't get married Brooke... It isn't worth it!" Haley slammed the door. Apparently Haley and Nathan were still having issues. "Its nice to see you too tutor girl" Brooke said cheerily scanning Haley's stomach trying to figure out who was bigger. "Don't worry Brooke... I'm still bigger... I will always be bigger... This baby takes after Nathan...It's a pain in the butt!" Haley started to rant. "So how's our favorite boy?" Haley said talking about Lucas. "He is sick... He said he had a sore throat and he has a fever... I think he is just stressed." Brooke said pulling out of the parking lot almost hitting another car. "And how is my favorite niece?" Haley was reaching into the backseat tickling Emma. "Dada no pony" Emma said showing Haley her stuffed pony. Haley laughed and turned back around. "She is getting so big Brooke! I can actually understand her when she talks! Nathan on the other hand... He has been talking for like 16 years and I still have to ask him things like 5 times!" Haley was right about Emma. She was growing up before Brooke's eyes. Before long she would be in kinder garden and then high school. Brooke hated to think about Emma in high school. She was so much like Brooke that it scared her. The thought of her baby going out with boys and breaking their hearts, and them breaking hers, She would never be ready for that. Every night when Brooke tucked Emma in she told her 3 things. Number 1 was how beautiful she was. Brooke though it was very important to tell her that she was the prettiest baby there was. Maybe this would give her high self-esteem. Number 2 was she would tell her how much she and Lucas loved her. Then there was number 3. Telling Emma sex was bad. Lucas had tried to talk Brooke out of number 3 saying that Emma didn't have a clue what sex was but she had insisted that it was very important. She couldn't bear the thought of Emma ending up like her. Not hat she wasn't happy but she wanted Emma to be 30 before she ever even thought about having sex. She wanted her to go to college and get a job and get married and then have kids, In that exact order. Brooke looked over at Haley who was patting her stomach. "You trying to give that kid a head ache?" She asked as she turned into Karen's driveway. "No... Just trying to make it come out! Please don't be stubborn like your daddy baby... Please" Haley yelled at her stomach. Brooke parked just barley missing the mailbox. She unbuckled Emma from her car seat and they knocked on the front door. Keith opened it and let them come in. Poor Keith looked bad. His hair was getting long and he had a beard. Hey Keith... Here's Emma... Can't talk..." Brooke said and handed Emma to Keith. She and Haley walked down the hall to Karen's bedroom. She was lying on her back watching Martha Stewart Living. "Hey Karen..." Brooke said plopping down on the bed. "How's life?" Haley asked sitting down beside Brooke. Karen smiled at the girls. "Its... well you can imagine lying in bed all day doing nothing" Karen said groaning. Brooke really couldn't imagine. She wouldn't last. She had to be able to get up and cause some sort of trouble or interfere in someone else's life. Something other than watch soaps. They talked about random things for about an hour while Keith was entertaining with Emma in the living room. "Well just 3 more months... I don't think I am going to last 3 months. I can't do it Karen... It's too hard...why cant Nathan carry the baby? It's not fair" Haley started ranting Brooke knew she had better get Haley out of there before she drove Karen insane. "Well we had better go... The mall is calling" Brooke said standing up and then having to help Haley up. "Call us if you need anything" They waddled out of the room best they could, picking Emma up on their way out. "Ok baby... Tell Uncle Keith Bye, bye" Brooke said after thanking Keith for watching her. Emma waved her little hand and blew a kiss. Brooke had taught Emma that blowing kisses to boys was cute. Now Emma did it to every boy she saw. It didn't matter if they were at the mall or on the street... She blew a kiss. "Thanks Keith..." Brooke said one last time and then they left for the mall.
Peyton and Lucas were sitting on the couch. "You know that when Brooke finds out about this she is going to hate us," Peyton said with a worried look on her face. "She'll understand" Lucas said trying to reassure her that everything was going to work out. At least he hoped it would. You never knew with Brooke. "I don't know Lucas... Maybe we shouldn't be doing this... I mean she is going to find out sooner or later... I think I am just going to go home... I had to lie to Jake and tell him that I was helping Karen out." Peyton had a down right scared look on her face. Lucas could tell that she really didn't want to do this today. "Peyton... Brooke will understand...once she sees the big picture. I know Brooke better than anyone... She is going to be mad as hell at us at first... But once we explain why we did it she will probably understand" Peyton still didn't look reassured. "Probably? Fine... But I'm telling her it was all you... I was just along for the ride... You know last time we did this she wanted to kill us both if you don't remember...and she almost did! He made both of our lives HELL! And now she is pregnant and hormonal... What do you think she is going to be like this time?" Peyton did have a point. "Look last time was different" Was all he could think to say. He was tried of having to coax Peyton into doing it. Sometimes he wasn't sure it was worth it. "And what about Emma?" Peyton asked. She was really starting to annoy Lucas. "Emma is getting older... It's fine... Look Peyton if you don't want to do this then we wont but if we are then we have to do it now! We only have a few hours left before Brooke gets home." Peyton nodded in agreement. She knew it was now or never and they went into the bedroom.
Brooke and Haley finally got to the mall. What was usually a 10-minute trip from Karen's took 30 because Haley had forgotten to use the bathroom before leaving Karen's and Brooke had forgotten to put gas in the car again. The walked into the crowded mall. Brooke was glad Emma had fallen asleep on the way there so now maybe they could shop in peace with out little hands pulling things down. "Ok... where to first?" Brooke asked walking down the isles between tables in the food court. "I'm hungry" Haley said pointing to Chick-fil-a. Brooke could believe her. They had just eaten at Karen's. No wonder she was huge. "You go eat... I'll wait over there." Brooke pointed at an empty table. Haley smiled and walked over to Chick-fil-a. "Yes I will have an 8 piece nugget, a large fry, a Cole slaw, a brownie and a coke." Brooke was laughing from her table. She didn't understand how Haley could eat. Her baby was smushing her stomach so she wasn't ever hungry. Finally Haley finished eating and they started to walk. Emma was awake now blowing kisses to random men and giggling. "Brooke Davis... is that?" Brooke heard a voice say. She turned around to see Fitch standing beside her. She couldn't remember his last name. "Well, well, well look who it is." Brooke said turning to Haley. "Who is it?" Haley asked confused. "Fitch... He was before Lucas and I got back together." A big grin came over Fitch's face. "So you did get back together with that cheating jerk... I figured you would." He said with a smug look on his face. "Yes I did... and I have a beautiful daughter, a huge ring and another baby on the way to show for it... How bout you? Still cant get anything but dog's to hit on you?" Brooke asked smiling. "I have a girlfriend. She isn't the kind of girl you would like though... She actually has a brain." Brooke wasn't going to take this. Not from him. "Oh really? Well she can't be but so smart dating you" Brooke could tell that Haley was trying not to laugh. "Well it looks like you aren't the only girl with the hotts for me" He said looking down at Emma who was blowing him a kiss. "Oh yea Fitch... a 1 year old... You're doing real well there. Now if you would excuse me I have some shopping to do" Brooke and Haley walked away leaving Fitch blindsided. He stood there for a minute until his girlfriend walked up to meet him. "Hey Laney babe...I talked to her and her little friend...I think our plan is going to work." Laney smiled "Yes... me too... Fitchy... Me too."
"Ok... Brooke I think we have covered every store in the mall... I cant walk anymore...lets go home." Haley whined carrying her shopping bags. "Ok... but just one more place" They had shopped all over the mall going everywhere from Claire's to Hex and Belk. Brooke had gotten 8 shirts (all sizes that she could wear after the baby born) 4 skirts, 7 tank tops, 3 dresses, 8 outfits for Emma, 6 more the new baby, and 5 shirts for Lucas. Now she was exhausted. Lucas was going to kill her for buying all this stuff but as she told Emma. What he doesn't know won't hurt him. Haley on the other hand was boring Brooke thought. All she had gotten were 2 shirts, 2 pair of pants and a shirt for Nathan. She had already finished all of her baby shopping. This drove Brooke crazy. She had barely started. Every time she went out to baby shop she ended up buying more for herself or Emma than the new baby. She was thankful Lucas had wanted to do the nursery. Of course she had pitched a fit saying that she wanted to do it and it was special to her but really she could careless. She had too much to do. Lucas had gotten a basketball boarder off the Internet saying that was all the room needed. By the end of the week he had ordered the whole room set complete with the crib, changing table and rocking chair. Everything in that babies room was basketball and Carolina blue. Brooke was glad that he was having so much fun with Austin's room. She could already tell that he was going to be just as spoiled as Emma. Hopefully he wouldn't like Telletubbies though. She and Haley walked down to the leather store. "I want a leather coat," Brooke said randomly. Haley looked at her like she was crazy "Why?" Obviously Haley and Brooke had very different taste. "I don't know... I just do... I've always wanted one" Brooke said staring at the short black leather coat. "Well then buy it" Haley said getting frustrated. "Not until I have the baby... It would kill me to have it and not be able to wear it" Haley was getting madder and madder every second. "Well then why did you drag me down here?" Brooke laughed. "I just like to look at it... come on lets go to my place. Its fun to listen to Lucas whine"
Lucas and Peyton walked into the den... "Wow..." Peyton said looking up at Lucas. "I never knew you could do that!" Lucas smiled with pride "Yea Brooke taught me, you just put it in and bam! But sometimes you have to move it back and forth to make it work right" Peyton looked impressed. "I am going to have to teach Jake how to do that." Lucas was pretty proud of himself. He and Peyton had set up for Brooke's surprise party in less than 3 hours and then he had taken her into his room to show her how to print off the digital pictures from Emma's birthday party. They had called everyone, except Nathan who already knew but was too lazy to come set up and Haley who was shopping with Brooke. They both knew Haley would tell Brooke. Brooke was going to kill them for this. She hated parties thrown for her. It was great when they were someone else's where she could crash it but when it was all about her it made her mad. She had tried to kill Lucas and Peyton the year before when they had tried to do it but she walked in on them setting up one day. She told them both that if they ever did it again then she would dump Lucas and never speak to Peyton again. Lucas knew once she was here and saw all the presents she would love it. At least she had better because he and Peyton had spent the past 2 weeks getting things ready. He would have to fake sick or that they could shop for the party or he would lie and say he was going to go shoot hoops with Nathan. They looked at the decorated den one last time before taking a break. "She is really going to kill us" Peyton said one last time. Lucas couldn't wait to see the look on her face. She needed this. Lately everything had been about Emma or Austin or Lucas's scholar ship. Now Brooke could have time all about her. The doorbell rang. It was Tim. He had 5 kegs of beer in his car and 2 in his hand. "You think this will be enough?" He asked. "Tim! We put you in charge of drinks! Like soft drinks...some of us are pregnant and can't drink. "Tim and Lucas both froze. "Some of us? Well I'm not pregnant and I am pretty sure my man Lucas isn't... That leaves you" Peyton turned red "I...I... I'm not sure... With the party I haven't had time to take a test but there is a chance." Peyton was looking down at her feet. Lucas thought for a minute. They were 19! Dr. Phil would love this. Three 19-year-old girls,1 who was married and pregnant, 1 who was engaged, had a 1 year old and was pregnant, and another one who thought she might be pregnant with her boyfriend who already had another child. Lucas loved Emma but he did wish they could have waited and had her when they were older...like maybe 25 and now Haley and Peyton... Brooke was always a trendsetter. "Does Jake know?" Lucas finally said after a long pause. "No... I... I thought I should wait and tell him when I was sure... I didn't want to scare him for no reason." Lucas knew this was going to be hard on Jake if she were pregnant. The doorbell rang again. This time it was Nathan with soft drinks. "I was thinking today about the party planning and remembered you put Tim in charge of drinks...BAD IDEA! Peyton what is your problem? TIM? I figured that you learned when we were dating that Tim cant be trusted with stuff like that." Nathan laughed. "I know... I am just scatter brained right now" Nathan carried the drinks to the kitchen. "So what... No kegs? You said this was Brooke's party... I know Brooke... Brooke likes to drink... This is her party... isn't she going to be pissed if there are no kegs at her party?" Nathan and Lucas shook their heads "Dude... you can't drink when you are pregnant" Nathan said putting ice in the cooler. "What? That is crap! My mom drank and smoked when she was pregnant with me and I turned out ok!" Lucas and Nathan both agreed that the Kegs should be hidden and Tim should be tied up. They didn't have long before Brooke and Haley would get home. The doorbell was ringing non-stop until Tim put a sign on the door that said, "Just come in damn-it!" Deb came bringing food off all kinds since Lucas's cooking this morning hadn't worked. Mouth was there as DJ. All of Brookes cheerleading friends and their boyfriends were there too. Now Brooke just had to get there.
Haley and Brooke were almost home when Haley decided she was hungry right then. "Please can we stop?" She begged. "We're almost home... NO!" Brooke said. Haley had eaten 4 lunches and Brooke was just ready to get home and check on Lucas. She had tried to call him all day but he didn't answer. She hoped he was sleeping. They pulled up to the apartment. Her and Lucas's was place was dark. "Good... It looks like he is sleeping." Brooke said over Haley's whining. She parked and unbuckled Emma who was eating a sucker from the candy store. Her face was red and sticky. "Emmy... Is it good? Did you actually get any into your mouth?" Emma was giggling. "Dada play pony?" She asked pointing to their apartment. "I don't know... But I bet when uncle Nathan comes to get aunt tutor girl he will play pony with you" Emma seemed content with that and she carried her up the steps behind Haley. Brooke handed Emma to Haley and got her keys out of her pocket book. She put the keys into the door and trued the knob. "SURPRIZE!" Brooke about jumped out of her skin. "Oh my god... Lucas you aren't sick!" She walked over to him "You and I are going to have a long talk about this later" she whispered to him. "Ok... but I don't think you will feel that way after you open your presents" Brooke knew he was probably right she just wanted to scare him. The party went on for hours. Emma got passed from person to person loving all the attention, Brooke got to see people she hadn't seen in years and show off her baby and her ring. Tim decided that he wanted to be a stripper and took all the cheerleaders into a room and did a strip show. Haley ate everything in sight and forgave Nathan for earlier that day. Everyone partied until 1:15 when Lucas and Brooke decided that it was too loud for Emma to sleep and they were both dead tired. They thanked everyone for coming and everyone left except for Haley, Nathan, Peyton and Jake. Haley and Peyton were both conked out on the couch along with Jake and Nathan who were on the floor. Finally at 2:30 Brooke and Lucas got into bed. They were both barely awake. "Hey Luke... Thanks" Brooke said kissing him. "I love you Brooke" Brooke smiled. "I love you too Broody"
Next Chapter(s): I need you guys to tell me if Peyton should be pregnant or not...Laney strikes again! This time REALLY BAD! Babies, babies and more babies! More about Brooke and Lucas's Engagement/Wedding. More Dan too. If anyone has any idea's please let me know! PLEASE REVIEW!!