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Brooke watched as the paramedics worked on her baby boy. He was so beautiful from what she could see. They were sticking needles in his arms and legs and putting tubes everywhere. He was so tiny and so blue. She couldn't bear to watch anymore so she turned to Lucas who was just as fixated on him as she had been. The fear in his eyes was obvious. He looked so afraid. They both did. Seconds passed by like hours. They put a tube down his throat and hooked up monitors. After listening to the heart monitor make steady beeping sounds for a few minutes Brooke heard it go into one long beep. All of the paramedics raced around doing different things. One, a tall dark man was bagging him to help him breath. Another was using his two fingers pressing on Austin's chest saying every few seconds "Come on baby breath...your mommy and daddy really want to meet you". This went on for about 3 minutes when finally one Brooke heard the heart monitor beep back to normal. "He's back" The tall dark man yelled. Brooke let out a sigh of relief and she heard Lucas do the same. They waited for what seemed like forever when finally one of the paramedics walked over to where Brooke and Lucas were. "Ma'am lets get you loaded into the ambulance" was all he said as he helped her onto the gurney. "Is he ok?" Lucas finally got the courage to ask. Brooke knew they had both been avoiding the question hoping that the other one would ask it for them. Neither of them knew what to expect. "We're doing everything we can sir... Will you be riding with us?" He asked with sad eyes. Something in his eyes made Brooke's heart sink into her stomach. "Um yea" Lucas said grabbing Brooke's hand. Not that she noticed. Everything that was happening seemed so unreal. It was like her body was there but her mind was somewhere else. Somewhere where everything was still ok. Just a month ago everything had been fine and now it seemed like everything she had had and loved was now all messed up. 2 paramedics loaded her in the ambulance and shut the doors. One went to the drivers seat and another sat in the back with her and Lucas. "Where is Austin?" Brooke asked shakily. "Ma'am don't worry... Its 30 minutes to the hospital by land... We have called in a helicopter to take him. He has a better chance that way." The paramedic said reassuringly. Brooke turned over to see Lucas looking out the window trying to catch a glimpse of what was happening. She reached over and squeezed his hand to get his attention. Lucas looked down at her. She could see tear streaks down his face. She hated it when he tried to act strong and hide how he was really feeling. "Lucas... He's strong..." was all Brooke managed to choke out. She wasn't sure who she was trying to convince by saying it, her or Lucas. The driver waited for the sound of the helicopter before he started the ambulance. "Now Miss... I am going to give you some pain medicine... It is going to make you a little groggy" Was the last thing Brooke heard.
Jimmy buckled Emma in her car seat. It was the same old blue car seat that they had used for both Laney and Jimmy. It was torn in some places and smelled like sour milk. Emma was awake now but just barely. She was hugging her puppy and sucking her thumb. "Alright Emma are you ready to go see mommy and daddy?" He asked hooking the latch on the car seat. "And Belwa?" She asked wiping her eyes. "And Bella" Jimmy repeated back. He had to hurry before someone woke up and realized that they were gone and called the police. Not that that would matter. Once the police found out that they had gotten Emma on false pretences it wouldn't matter. They were either going to have to give her back right then or go through a long trial. Jimmy knew it was better for Emma to be with her family sooner rather than later. Jimmy started the car not turning his headlights on until he got off their street. Once they got a good ways from his house he picked up his cell phone and dialed Lucas and Brooke's house. "Hello?" He heard a girl answer. "Is this Brooke?" He asked. "No this is Peyton..." she said annoyed. "Well is Brooke or Lucas there?" He asked not caring if she was annoyed or not. "Look dude... Do you know what time it is? We don't know where Brooke and Lucas are... No Jenny don't flush that down the toilet!" she yelled and then hung up the phone before Jimmy had a chance to say anything else. That figured. He kidnapped their daughter back for them and they weren't even home to claim her. He thought for a minute about turning back since no one was home but decided that he had come this far he had better not do anything to ruin the plan. He tried Lucas's cell phone a few times but there was no answer there either. In a few hours Laney and his parents were going to have search parties out for him so he had to think of something fast. It looked like Peyton was his only choice. It was going to be a long trip with a 2 year old. He decided to take the back roads so that when they did start to search it would be harder for them to find him. The dark roads were mostly empty. In fact other than the occasional beat up old car there was no one but him. It was in fact 4:00 in the morning. His parents didn't wake up until 6:00 so they still had awhile. Emma was conked out in the back seat making a loud sucking noise while sucking her pacy. Just a few more hours and they would be home free.
Brooke woke up to the sound of Lucas's snoring. She opened her eyes to see him asleep on the chair next to her bed in what looked like the most uncomfortable position. His legs were hanging over one of the wooden arm rails, and the other one was supporting his head. That couldn't be good for his shoulder. She looked up at the plain black and gray clock. It was 4:15. Part of her wanted so bad to wake Lucas and ask how Austin was but the other part of her knew as soon as she did it she might have to face the fact that he didn't make it. It was easier for her to wonder for right now than have to know the real truth. If he did make it, it wasn't going to be easy. She remembered when Emma was born seeing all the babies up in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. They were all so small and sick connected to tubes and wires and under hot lights. Then there were the worried looks on all of the new parents faces. She had pitied them and thanked god that she wasn't in their situation never imagining that one day she would be going through what they were. There was once a time no more than 3 years ago she had lived for drama. Drama was what made her life interesting. Now she had so much she couldn't tell where one problem started and another one ended. She looked down at her stomach, which had shrunken a great deal. Not that it mattered she would much rather be fat for 2 more months than to have this. Lucas's snoring had stopped and he was starting to stir. The past couple days had taken a toll on him too. She didn't even want to think about that would happen if to him if Austin didn't make it. Austin was their last chance for a baby. She stared at Lucas for a minute. He was the love of her life. They had come so far from being 16 year olds who only cared about making the other ones life hell to 19 year olds whose life was hell right now. All in less than 3 short years. When ever she got depressed or worried she started thinking about this stuff. It was like she was ranting in her head. She laid her head back on the pillow hearing a voice over the intercom. "Code blue...Code blue" They said and then there was a crackling noise. Someone was crashing. She looked over at Lucas again. He was awake now. "Hey" he said standing up from the chair. "Go back to sleep Luke... Its late." Lucas walked over to the bed and sat down beside her. "I can't sleep anymore..." He said while taking off is shoes and lying back making their heads touch. Brooke thought for a minute about whether or not she was going to ask him what he knew. She didn't know what was worse, wondering or knowing. It could probably go either way. But before she could even decide Lucas chose for her. "He made it here just fine. Now we just have to wait and see. The doctor said he had made it through the tough part now as long as he doesn't have any more complications he should be just fine. He's not out of the woods yet but he is strong." Lucas said and put his arm around Brooke. She felt a tear run down her cheek and she cuddled up next to Lucas. "We can see him in the morning" He said and then he and Brooke both fell asleep side-by-side.
Jimmy drove into the driveway next to Lucas and Brooke's apartment building. It was 9:30. He had driven all night not stopping for anything but food. It was a pretty uneventful drive. Emma had woken up about 7:00 insisting on eating "Bakyeggs" because she slept all by her self and was good all night. So they had stopped off at IHOP for a quick breakfast. Then after they had gotten their food to go they kept on driving. He put in the Dawson's Creek soundtrack about 8:00 and Emma sang along for the next hour and ½. She was a sweet little girl but after hearing "I don't want to wait" from a 2 year old for the 400th time well he was just glad he was here. He parked his car in the closest space and got out. Emma had already unbuckled her car seat when he had pulled into the parking lot knowing she was home so she opened her door and waited for him to lift her out. "Huuwree up" She yelled as he walked to her door. "I am hold your horses" He yelled back. "I no have horsee," She giggled as he picked her up and started walking. He carried her up the short flight of stairs just barely making it up with out her jumping out of his arms. When they got to Brooke and Lucas's door he heard what much have been Bella barking. "Belwa no bark" Emma said pointing her finger at the door as if she was expecting her to listen to her. Jimmy knocked on the door 3 times. A few minutes later a tall brown-headed man came to the door. "Tim!" Emma yelled and ran into his arms as soon as she saw him. "What's up little monkey?" He asked putting her on his shoulders. "I no monkey" Emma giggled. "Who are you?" Jimmy asked suspiciously. "Tim... duh, I am dog sitting while Nate and Peyton and that other girl look for Brooke and Lucas" He said blankly. "Now what are you doing with Brooke and Lucas's daughter dude? If you did anything to little Ella here I will kick your ass." Tim lifted Emma off his shoulders and put her on the floor to play with Bella whose tail was wagging a mile a minute. "Um... Her name is Emma" Jimmy said responding to what Tim had just said. "Who?" Tim asked in all seriousness. "Look I had better wait here until Peyton or someone comes home. A lot of people are going to be looking for Emma soon and She needs to be safe." Jimmy said worried. "Dude... You think I can't take care of my little sister?" Tim asked clearly hurt. "How is she your sister?" Jimmy couldn't believe this guy. "Nate is my main bro and he is Lucas's brother and that is Lucas's daughter so she is like my sister dude" Tim said in a matter if fact voice. Jimmy just shook his head. Here was no way he was leaving Emma here with this idiot. "I fersty" Emma said tugging on Tim's shirt. Tim walked into the kitchen and poured what looked like half a beer can into a sippy cup. "Here you go Emily" Tim said handing her the cup. "I wonder what a drunk toddler looks like?" Tim asked himself. "No!" Jimmy yelled and grabbed the cup from Emma. "I can't believe they would even trust you to dog sit." he said pouring Emma a glass of milk. "Dude she cant drink that milk... She is lactose phobic" Tim said pointing to the milk. "You mean lactose intolerant? Jimmy asked putting the milk back in the refrigerator. "Whatever dude I know that she smells really bad when she drinks it so don't give it to her. She likes apple juice." Tim said as he picked Emma up and threw her up in the air almost hitting the ceiling fan "So are you leaving or what dude?" Tim asked catching Emma. "Uh, No I think I will stay and talk to Brooke and Lucas when they find them." Jimmy said sitting down on the couch. "Why do you need to talk to Brooke and Lucas?" Tim asked sitting down beside him. "Because I just brought their daughter who was basically kidnapped home to them..." Tim looked confused. "They have another daughter?"
Lucas rolled over and hit his shoulder in the guardrail of the bed. "Damn!" He said waking Brooke up. "What?" She asked springing up from her pillow. "I hit my shoulder," He said holding it with his other arm. "Oh...Ouch... What time is it?" Lucas looked up at the clock. "Uh about 10:30" as soon as Lucas finished his sentence Brooke pushed the nurse call button on her side of the bed. "Yes" The nurse called over the intercom. "I need help" Brooke said in her most tragic voice. "Yes someone will be here right away" The nurse said and then paged Brooke's nurse to her room. "What did you do that for... you look fine." Lucas said not believing what she had just done. "Well I don't know about you but I am ready to go see our son right now. And the only way you can get any help in this place is if you are dying" Brooke said trying to stand up out of the bed. "And as soon as I see my baby boy and know he is ok I am going to go and find our daughter or at least send someone too... Care to join me?" Brooke asked putting her robe back on. "Ok then" Lucas said helping her walk because she was obviously having trouble. Just as they were getting to the bathroom door the nurse rushed in. "What is wrong?" She asked almost out of breath. "I was in the cafeteria and I didn't hear your page" Brooke smiled "Not much... Lucas and I just wanted to go and see Austin" She said smiling. The nurse looked irritated. "Oh well it would be better if you waited. We don't like to have moms and dads crowding the NICU. Maybe in a day or two." The nurse said smartly and left the room. Lucas looked disappointed but Brooke didn't. She had a devious smile on her face that Lucas knew meant trouble. "What? Brooke if we can't see him, we can't see him. They know what is best" he said frowning. "Lucas... He is our son. They have no right to do that. Just like those idiots with social services had no right to take our daughter away. I mean we haven't even gotten to see what he looks like. To them he doesn't even have a name! She is just mad that I called her away from her doughnut. If you ask me it looks like she could miss a doughnut or 2. Now I don't know about you but I am going to see our son whether they like it or not." Brooke said smiling almost out of breath. "Brooke we are going to get in trouble for this...you better have a good plan. Brooke was still smiling "Of course I have a plan. Now I am having a little trouble walking considering I just had your child so you are going to have to do most of the legwork. I need you to go into that closet outside my room and steal... I mean borrow 2 sets of scrubs. Then we will look like doctors walking down the hall. Ok so you go do that." Lucas wasn't sure how well this was going to work but he figured it was better than nothing. He opened the door and checked that the hallway was clear before he left the room. He wasn't quite sure how he was going to pull this off but he was going to have to find a way. There was no one in the hall except a nurse at the nurse's station but she looked half asleep so he wasn't really worried about her. He slowly walked to the closet and looked around one last time before going in. He opened and closed the door so fast that he slammed part of his shirt in the door. He wasn't good at things like this. This was Brooke's department. The closet was filled with tons and tons of green scrubs. He picked out a size extra small for Brooke and a large for him and shoved then under his shirt. It was funny to him how he had 2 pair of scrubs stuffed under his shirt and still wasn't as big as Haley. He probably needed to call them and let them know what was going on but he just hadn't had a chance. Everything with Emma and now Brooke and Austin had kept him pretty busy. He would call them once they were sure Austin was out of the woods. When he thought the coast was clear he opened the door and peaked to make sure that no one was in the hall and made his way back to Brooke's room. When he got to the door he heard Brooke's voice. She was arguing with the nurse about something. "Look Lady... I don't care what your policy is take this IV out of me or I am going t sue your ass." He heard Brooke yell "Alright fine! But if you done drink enough fluids then I am going to give you a D-10 bolus tonight and those things hurt like hell!" The nurse yelled back. In a way Lucas felt sorry for the nurses. Brooke was so stubborn. She always had to have her way, which was fine with him. After the nurse left the room Lucas walked back in. Brooke was up brushing her hair. Why they were sneaking to see their baby Neither of them really knew. It wasn't like they were going to get into trouble for just walking down there. But it was the fact that they were planning and plotting against the hospital that was so much fun. It helped both of them forget their troubles if only for a few minutes and just be 19 years olds getting in to trouble. "Alright broody...lets go see our baby"
Tim, Jimmy and Emma were all three sitting on the couch watching the 11:00 episode of ER on TNT. "Dude... Want to see what cool parents Brooke and Lucas are? Check out what they taught Emma... Emma who is that?" Tim said pointing to Maura Tierney's character Abby on the TV. "Abby" Emma said pointing. "Good now who is that?" Tim asked pointing to Noah Wyle. "Carter" She tried to say pointing again. "Now if that isn't good parenting I don't know what is!" Tim said gloating about his two friends. "Yea because every great parents teaches their kids TV characters." Jimmy said sarcastically. Tim obviously didn't catch it. Just as ER went to a commercial the phone rang. "I'll get it" Tim said picking up his cell phone. "Um... That's the house phone ringing not your cell" Jimmy said as he got up to answer to other phone. "Hello Scott residents" Jimmy said politely. "Uh who is this?" A girl asked. "Jimmy, who is this?" He asked. "Right this is Haley... Is Tim there?" She asked. "Yea he is sitting with Emma watching" Before he could finish Haley broke in. "You left that idiot alone with Emma! Wait... Emma is there?" Haley asked shocked. "Yea I kinda kidnapped her from my parents." He heard Haley giggle. "Way to go... Now if we could just find Brooke and Lucas... Ok well I got to go... I will let the others know about Emma... Thanks for your help bye!" She said and then hung up the phone before he had a chance to respond. He had no idea what it was with these people and hanging up on him. He looked over at the couch where Emma was changing the TV to Dawson's Creek while Tim wasn't looking. "Hey dude who was that?" Tim asked not paying any attention to Emma. "Haley she said her name was" Tim smiled "Yea that's Jakes girl" Jimmy nodded... He had no idea what Tim was talking about and really didn't care. His only goal for the day was to keep Emma here and away from his parents. Just before he sat down on the couch the doorbell rang. "I guess I will get that too" Jimmy said noticing that Tim wasn't budging. "Yea whatever" Tim grunted changing the channel to South Park. "Now Emma this is better than ER and Dawson's Creek put together" Jimmy walked over to the door and opened it to see a pregnant woman. She was short with Black hair. "Meme!" Emma yelled from the couch and ran to Karen's arms. "I just heard about everything from Dan... I thought that Emma was taken... Guess not, where are Brooke and Lucas?" She asked walking over to the couch and hitting Tim on the head seeing that South Park was on. "Uh No one knows" Jimmy said sitting back down. "What do you mean no one know?" Karen asked sounding worried. "That smart chick, Nate and Peyton oh and Jake are out looking for them... They left me here to dog sit" Tim said proudly. "I see...and who are you?" she asked looking at Jimmy "I am the son of the people who took Emma from Brooke and Lucas... I kidnapped her back last night planning to bring her home to Brooke and Lucas but they aren't here so I just brought her here. But we need to watch out because my parents will probably send out search parties." Karen nodded. "I will deal with your parents, No one hurts my son"
Lucas walked down the hall and Brooke made her way behind him. She was hobbling because she was so sore. "Alright so where do we go now?" Lucas asked helping Brooke into the elevator. "Fifth floor" Brooke said smartly. Lucas pressed the button and the started down. Brooke looked down at the floor at her feet. This was the first time she has had a clear view of the floor in awhile. When the door opened to their floor the elevator filled with the sounds of babies crying. Brooke and Lucas stepped out of the elevator and followed the sign that said NICU. As they walked down the hall Brooke's heart sank. This was it. She had no idea what to expect. She had spent so much time and energy today thinking about how she was going to get to see him she hadn't even thought about what it was going to be like when she actually got there. She and Lucas walked up to the door labeled NICU. They both just stood there for a minute. Brooke when to push the buzzer to call the nurse but Lucas stopped her. "Wait...we need a camera." Lucas said grabbing her hand. "I saw a gift shop down the hall... They have to have one... come on" Lucas said pulling her towards the shop. Brooke wasn't sure if he really wanted pictures or if it was just the fact he was as nervous about seeing him as she was. They walked into the gift shop and looked for the cameras. There were all types. They looked at all of them for a few minutes and then decided to get the one that said, "It's a Boy" All over the front. Lucas walked to the register and paid while Brooke looked at the stuffed animals. The only one that caught her eye was a Carolina blue bear. It was fuzzy with the UNC sign on its stomach and when you winded it up it played music. She grabbed it and took it to the resister as fast as she could. Walking was still a struggle. "Lucas wait... Here we want this too," She said handing it to the man. "That will be $16.45," He said smiling and handing the items to Lucas. He took the bag and grabbed Brooke's hand. "Ready Cheery?" He asked with a nervous look on his face. "Ready as I'll ever be Broody" Brooke said smiling. They walked out of the gift shop straight to the NICU. This time Lucas reached and pressed the buzzer. "Yes?" a voice said a few seconds later. "We are here to see our son" Lucas said in a serious voice. "What is the last name?" She asked nasally. "Scott..." Brooke said beating Lucas too it. "Alright I will buzz you in." She said and the door opened. Lucas and Brooke walked into the NICU and a nurse fitted them for gowns. "You will need to wear these so that you don't spread germs to the babies" She said tying Brookes in the back. They followed the nurse through the room. It was a scary sight. In one corner they saw the doctors doing CPR on a baby. The parents were in the corner crying it looked like. "Time of death" She heard him say. "No..." The woman yelled and fell into the man beside hers arms. It sent chills through Brooke's body. She turned her head away quickly. This whole place was depressing. Lucas saw what she had just seen and grabbed her hand as if to tell her everything was going to be ok. Finally the nurse stopped them at a tiny incubator with the label Baby Boy Scott on it. "This one here's a trooper. It says here you haven't named him yet... would you like to do that now?" The nurse asked smiling. Brooke looked don at their baby. He was so small but looked much better than he had the last time she had seen him. He wasn't blue anymore and his eyes here open looking up at Lucas. He had a tube down his throat to help him breath and some other tubes to do various things. Brooke looked over at Lucas who was in awe. It was the first time she had seen him smile in days. "His name is Lucas Austin Scott" Brooke said turning to look at the nurse. "That's a nice name" She said smiling. "Would you like to hold him?" Brooke and Lucas both looked at each other. "We can do that?" Lucas asked like it was some kind of mortal sin. "Of course... When he came in he was in pretty bad shape only weighing 3 pounds and such but he is doing much better now. Here mom sit down here and I will hand him to you" She said pointing at a rocking chair for Brooke to sit in. Brooke sat down and the nurse opened up the incubator and carefully picked Austin up placing the tubes in ways that Brooke and Lucas couldn't hurt them and then handed him to Brooke. Brooke looked down at him. He looked just like Lucas. Broody Jr. Lucas took the camera out of the bag and took a picture. "I'm glad I did my make-up" Brooke said smiling for the camera. "Look Austin... Your big sister Emma is going to be so jealous... but she is going to love you to death" Brooke cooed at him. It hurt not having Emma to be there with them. She had waited for this day as long as they had and now god only knew what she was doing with those people. "Ok... Do you want your daddy to hold you?" Brooke asked Austin. The nurse picked Austin up and Brooke and Lucas traded places. Brooke took the camera and took more pictures of Lucas and Austin. Those were her boys.
Karen, Tim, Jimmy, Larry and Emma sat on the couch with the TV off. "I am still confused" Tim said looking confused. "We have explained it to you 3 times Tim. All you have to do is watch the phones" Karen said looking annoyed. "Ok I am calling them now" Jimmy picked up his phone and dialed his parent's number. "Hello... Mom it's me... Jimmy. They took Emma... I found her... Yea you just have to come here...Yea Brooke and Lucas's house. Laney knows where it is... OK I will keep her until you get here... Bye" Jimmy said hanging up his phone. "Ok they are on their way." What the Smiths didn't know was that when they got to the house they were going to be arrested for kidnapping. It only a few hours Peyton's dad Larry had hacked into the police files on the internet and found out that not only had they kidnapped Jimmy from his mother 20 years ago but they had done the same thing with Laney. The police were already here just waiting for them to show up. The phone rang and Tim jumped up to answer it. "Lucas my man.... What... are you serious? A boy? Congrats dude... What are you talking about kidnapped? Emma is here... I have been teaching her the finer arts of burping... Yea... NO worries dude we are having a cook out...I mean a steak out. Right ok well see you soon... and dude... Name that boy Tim." Tim said hanging up the phone. "Was that Lucas?" Karen asked. "Yea... Oh I forgot I have to tell you Brooke had the baby... It's a boy... He is in the NYPD Blue and Lucas is on his way to get Emma but if Brooke calls don't tell her because it is a surprise." Tim said all of this like it was no big deal. "Oh My God" Was all Karen could say. Emma was sitting on the floor playing Barbie's. "Emma... You mommy had Austin" Karen said with a small smile looking at Emma. Emma smiled but kept playing. She didn't quite understand what that meant yet. But in a few weeks when Austin came home she would. It was hard for Karen to grasp that her Lucas, her baby was now a father of 2 and only 19. She would often lay in bed a night and wonder where she went wrong. After hours of thinking and driving her self-crazy she always came up with the same answer. Brooke. From the time Lucas was 5 he had liked the wild girls. She remembered the day in 4th grade he had come home and told her that Lilly Manners a 5th grader had kissed him on the play-ground and then little Brooke had gotten jealous and kissed him just to make a point. Brooke had always been in the picture but Karen just assumed that she was going to be one of those people that you know but aren't really friends with and would never think about again after high school. Brooke had come to Lucas's birthday parties with Peyton only because Karen would invite his whole class. But back then seeing that little girl with her mini skirt on and her pigtails Karen had no idea that that would be her future daughter in law. Then after 5th grade everyone broke into their little groups and Lucas only played with Haley and Brooke with Peyton. The thing that made Karen feel so guilty was the fact that if she had known this was going to happen maybe she would have done something to keep him away from Brooke once he hit high school. She tired to act happy about them having Austin. But inside she did blame Brooke, she tired not too but it was something that couldn't be helped. She was the woman who ruined her baby's life. Karen looked down at her big stomach. She would do better with this one.
Brooke and Lucas got back to her room. "Hey... I am going to go home for a few hours... Fill everyone in on what is happening" Lucas said trying to be as secretive as possible. "Are you ok here?" Brooke pouted, but he knew she understood. "Ok fine... but bring me a cheeseburger... no a Big Mac and fries!" Brooke said getting excited. She hadn't had real food in days. "Alright I'll be back..." Lucas said kissing her and then leaving the room. He had a lot to do in just a few hours. First he had to drive an hour back home to get Emma. Hopefully their little cookout as Tim called it would be over by then and Lucas could just take his daughter and go. The he needed to stop by Target and get the pictures developed of Austin since he and Brooke had gone hog wild. They ended up buying 2 more cameras and using all the film on those too. He knew as soon as Austin was moved to the intermediate nursery and Emma was aloud to see him Brooke was going to use 3 more cameras taking pictures of the both of them too. Plus he had to stop and get Brooke's food. He walked out the front door of the hospital and it hit him that he didn't have a car. He had totally forgotten that his car was wrecked about an hour away. This was all he needed. He picked up his cell phone and called Brooke's room. "Hello?" She asked in her usual cheeriness. "Hey... So I was walking outside to drive home and you know what I realized?" Lucas said onto his phone. "That you were a bad, bad boy for leaving me here all alone?" Brooke said in her pouty voice. "No" Lucas replied. "Oh well you are... anyway I called you a cab... You can drive my car back once you get home. Just don't wreck it like you did the last one." Brooke scolded. "You're the best... I'll call you from home" Lucas said closing his phone. He waited about 10 minutes and then a cab pulled up and he got in. "Hello... My name is Zababaroo, I will be your driver today... Where will I be taking you?" The driver was a tall Jamaican man with a heavy accent. "Right... Tree Hill" Lucas said shutting his door. "You look very bad man, Maybe you should think about going to a spa... yep, yep, yep" Zababaroo said as he drove out. "It's been a long week" was all Lucas said. He really didn't want to go through it all again with this man he didn't even know. Don't worry... Be happy...anything you would like to tell Zababaroo?" He said looking back at Lucas. Before he knew it he was telling Zababaroo his whole life story. From how he was born and what a bad father Dan was. All about Nathan and Peyton and Haley and Brooke. How he had really had a crush on Peyton but fell in love with Brooke and about Emma and then Austin. By the time he finished they were passing the sign that said, "Welcome to Tree Hill". Zababaroo had been a very good listener agreeing with most of what Lucas had said and often asking why there were no Jamaican people in his story as if it was a made up fairy tale. It was easy for Lucas to talk to him probably because he had only known him for a short time. They drove in to the parking lot and Lucas got out of the car and walked to Zababaroo's window. He handed him $50 and thanked him for all of his help. "No man, No need to pay me... Your story has inspired me to move to Russia and do what I really want to do. Be a ballet dancer" He said with a tear in his eye. Lucas was doing his best to try and keep from laughing. "Thanks" He said one last time. "No... Thank you man" Zababaroo said one last time and patted him on the shoulder. Lucas smiled and Zababaroo drove off. That was probably the most interesting Taxi ride Lucas had ever been on. He walked up to the apartment and opened the door. Before he even had a chance to look down Emma was clinging to his legs. "Daddy!" She squealed. He picked her up and hugged her tight. "Where mommy?" She asked looking behind him. "Mommy is at the hospital with Austin... Do you wanna go see her?" Lucas said pulling her up so he could see her. Emma was smiling from ear to ear and grabbed Lucas around the neck one more time. "Yea dude" She said and then squirmed to get down. "Dude?" Lucas laughed. Tim smiled. Larry, Tim, Karen and Jimmy were all sitting on the couch starring at him. "What?" He finally asked. "You look like hell man..." Tim said with the others agreeing. "Thanks... Its good to see you guys too." Karen walked over to Lucas and gave him a hug. "How's Austin?" She asked forcing a smile. "He's good. Brooke says he looks just like me... I have pictures but they aren't developed yet." Lucas said with a big smile. "Where are Haley, Peyton, Nathan and Jake?" He asked looking at Tim. "On their way home from looking for you too! What happened?" Karen said sitting back down. "This could take a while."
Jean, Billy and Laney pulled into the driveway. Jean had woken up to find both Emma and Jimmy's bed empty and had been worried sick. She was just thankful that her Jimmy had had the courage to follow the person who kidnapped Emma and keep her safe. Now that they were here they could take her home where she belonged. They all 3 got out of the car and started walking. Whoever did this was going to pay big time. She looked in her purse to check that the handgun was there. She had been hoping it wasn't going to have to come to this but if this was the only to get things the way she wanted she would just have to hide this body along with the other in the Tar River. When they had "Saved" Jimmy from his mother she hadn't been very cooperative so they had had to take action. One night while she was asleep they had gone into her apartment and had tried to take care of business with this very same gun. It hadn't gone as planed though because of her screaming so they decided that it would work better for them if it looked like she was trying to kill Jimmy when the police got there. When the police arrived they found her leaning over the baby's bed with a gun and had put her prison for 25 years and then was going to spend the rest of her life in a mental institution for life. But in the end it had been more trouble than it was worth so to get Laney they just killed her mother. Because Billy was a preacher and she was a nurse no one had ever really thought to investigate them much... but when they did they just changed their names and moved on telling people it was because of job transfers. Now they would probably have to do that again which was a shame because Charleston was such a nice place with such moral people. Jean stepped onto the sidewalk behind Laney and Billy. Laney had waited for this moment for a long time and if this was going to make her happy then it was worth the entire blood spill. Just as they were starting up the steps Jean heard it. "Police! You are under arrest." 1- police officers jumped out from behind bushes, trees, and dumpsters pointing guns straight at them. "There must be some kind of a mistake." Billy said putting his hands up. "You see we are just here to take our daughter who was kidnapped from us home" Laney was starting to cry. Jean wasn't going to have this. She grabbed her gun out of her pocket book and pointed it straight at the man who looked like he was the commander of all of them. "Alright... Here's the deal. You move I shoot." She said putting her finger on the trigger. "Ma'am put down the gun..." One of the officers said. Jean looked around at all the officers. They were all pointing guns straight at her. Just as she was running out of idea's she saw something in the corner of her eye. Emma was running down the steps to the car and Lucas was right behind her yelling "Emma... wait for daddy". This was perfect. To get to the car that Emma was running towards she would have to run straight towards her. She waited patiently until just the right time and then scooped Emma up in her arms holding the gun to her head. "No!" Lucas yelled trying to run towards Emma but the police officers stopped him. "I will kill her...it is better for her to be dead than to be raised by these sinful people!" Jean yelled. Laney and Billy both nodded their heads in agreement and walked to her side. "I wouldn't doubt the woman... she is crazy." Billy said pulling a gun from his pocket. Laney just stood there glaring at Lucas. "I told you, you would pay for what you did to me Lucas Scott... and the moral of this story is what? Oh wait I know, don't piss me off!" She spoke calmly and straightforward. She turned around just in time to see her mother's finger press lightly on the trigger. "No!"
Brooke laid in bed bored. There was nothing for her to do. Nothing good was on TV except some shoot out. All she saw of it when she was flipping the channel was "Woman in small town holds young child hostage". She hated watching stuff like that so she just turned it off. There was always so much blood spill it made her feel sick. She wanted to go and see Austin again but the NICU had strict rules and parents hanging around 24/7 so now she has nothing to do but think. About what she had no idea what to think about which was strange for her. Usually the problem was she had so much to think about that she couldn't fit it all in but now she could come up with nothing. There was Emma she really didn't want to get started there. She would probably just end up crying more. She grabbed the book of crossword puzzles from her nightstand but soon realized she had done them all. Now there was really nothing for her to do but annoy the nurse. She pressed the call button and waited for the nurse to answer. "Yes" a voice said over the speaker. "Could you send a nurse in here?" She asked sweetly. "Just a moment" the voice said and Brooke laid back in the bed. About 5 minutes after she called a guy who couldn't have been much older than he walked in. He was hot! "Can I help..." He stopped mid sentence. "What?" Brooked asked. "Are you sure you are on the right floor? You look way too good to have just had a baby" He said flirting. "Thank you! Are you sure you are in the right place? You look way too good to be a nurse" Brooke said back. What was she doing? She was engaged to a man she loved more than anything. But then on the other hand it was only harmless flirting. "Thank you too. I am Chandler, a student nurse... The nurses sent me in here... they said you are a hand full. Aren't you kind of young to have had a baby? It says here you are only 19" He said sitting down next to her. "Well that's your opinion. I think I am the perfect age to have another baby" Brooke said smartly. "Another baby?" He asked confused. "Yes I have a 2 year old daughter... Do you have a problem with that?" He may have been hot but he sure was nosy. "Wow... Where's the Jerk who knocked you up so young? Your 19 so I am guessing he is one of those 30 year old men who wants younger women and now he is out with someone younger because you are too old for him now?" Chandler said thinking that he knew exactly what he was talking about. Brooke couldn't believe what he had just said. This was on arrogant man. "No actually he is 19 and his name is Lucas. We dated in High School. Now we are engaged and right now he has gone home to tell everyone where we are and get me a Big Mac. Oh and he doesn't care how old I get... I will still be hotter than any girl out there in his eyes." She said smiling. Chandler opened his mouth and then shut it again. He was apparently very shocked. "Wow..." was all he could utter. "Yea... he's a good one." She said running her fingers through her hair. "Right... Well maybe next time the nurses tell me not to it on a hot woman I should listen..." Chandler said smiling. "Hey well there is always that woman down the hall who had twins... I am sure after she looses that 200 pounds she would be hot"
Lucas watched as a bullet raced towards Jean from one of the officer's guns. It was like time was going in slow motion. He didn't know what was going to happen next. Finally after what seemed like minutes the bullet hit Jean in the leg and she dropped Emma to her feet. Emma who was terrified ran to Lucas. Just 5 more seconds and that could have been Emma hitting the ground Lucas thought as reached down and picked her up. She wrapped her arms around his neck and cried loudly. "What's wrong baby?" He asked sheltering her from what was happening in front of her. "Hurt my ears" She said grabbing at them. After everything that had just happened the only thing that had scared Emma was then gun shot itself. Lucas watched as they put handcuffs on Laney and Billy. Then loaded Jean on the stretcher. There were news crews and police everywhere. Tim, Larry, Karen, and Jimmy ran down the stairs to see what was happening but couldn't go any farther than the sidewalk. Haley, Nathan, Peyton, and Jake were parked on the street not able to get in because of the police tape. One of the officers walked over to Lucas and patted him on the back. "That's a beautiful little girl you have there... Your very lucky, you get back to your wife and baby... We will worry about the questions and formalities later" Lucas shook his hand. "I don't know how to thank you." The officer smiled. "Just give that little girl a good home and that will be thanks enough now get out of here before one of my buddies decides that he wants to talk to you." Lucas nodded and walked over to the sidewalk where everyone was standing. "I'm going back to the hospital... Explain everything to the others please I don't have time" Lucas said kissing his mom and walked over to Jimmy. "I'm sorry man... about your family... but look... if you need a place to stay or anything... Brooke and I would be happy to" Jimmy stopped him. "I know but I think I am going to go and find my mom" Jimmy said smiling. Lucas hugged him and headed for the car with Emma in his arms. They spent the next hour driving not stopping for anything but Brooke's food. When they got to Brooke's room Emma knocked on the door. "Come in" she yelled. "Emma pushed open the door and ran to Brooke who was sitting on the bed writing. "Mommy!" Emma yelled as she threw her arms up to be held and handing Brooke her food. Brooke stared for a minute not believing what she was seeing. She reached down and picked Emma up holding her tight. "Oh baby what are you doing here?" She asked then Lucas walked into the room. They spent the next 2 hours talking. Lucas telling her about the whole ordeal in Tree Hill with Emma sitting in Brooke's lap with Brooke's arms wrapped around her saying in her squeaky voice after every sentence "It went bang and huwrt my ears" They were all there together... excluding Austin who was in the NICU but for just a little while everything was ok. There was no drama or worrying. It was just them.
Spoilers: The next chapter will probably take place in the future 2 months or so. All of the following will take place in like 4 different chapters. Austin comes home; Haley and Karen have their babies. Who is the father of Karen's baby? Dan, Keith, or Larry? Brooke and Lucas get married. Brooke gets a offer that she cant refuse. Brooke parents bring up issues...and more! Please REVIEW!