He went a few steps, closing the distance between him and Brooke. He stood
behind her and leaned close to her ear and whispered, "A little angel."
Brooke nearly jumped out of her skin. She hadn't known he had been watching her. "Don't do that!" she hissed in a low tone. She turned around to be in front of Lucas - and she was *right* in front of him.
Lucas had this triumphant smirk on his face.
"That wasn't very nice," she said in a low tone. "And it wasn't funny."
"I thought it was."
Brooke pokes him in the chest. "Hey now buddy. It's not funny."
Still smirking, he leans closer. "I think it is. And I think it's cute I scared you," he said leaning in a little closer.
Brooke's breath caught in her throat, and Lucas's smirk got bigger when he heard it. Their breath mingled and Lucas was just about to press his lips to hers when Jenny started screaming and Brooke turned from Lucas to tend to Jenny.
Her heart was racing a mile a minute. She scooped Jenny up from her crib and cradled her in her arms, trying to ignore the blood coursing through her veins and the pounding heart beating in her chest.
"Shh," Brooke coed, making soothing baby noises. It was kind of funny how natural these little things came. But Jenny still screamed, and screamed.
After a few minutes, Luke spoke up. "Here let me try," he told her. Brooke placed Jenny in his arms. "Jake left some bottles in the fridge," Lucas said, looking at the clock. "She's probably getting hungry."
Brooke nodded. "Ok, I'll go check on that."
Lucas watched as Brooke left Jake's room. He started talking to Jenny in a "baby tone". "Hey there little girl," he said talking to her. "What's the matter?" Lucas continued to talk to her and walked her around the room and brought her in front of the mirror on jakes wall. Jenny slowly stopped crying and started giggling at her reflection. "Who's that?"
Brooke came walking into the room about five minutes later with a bottle in hand. "You got her to stop screaming," she asked, more than said.
He smiled. "Yeah. I remember hearing somewhere that babies like mirrors," he told her shrugging a little.
She smiled. She could see this being them someday, with their little baby. "You're a natural."
Lucas passed Jenny over to Brooke who sat down on Jake's bed and started to feed her. Brooke focused her attention on Jenny but was aware of Lucas' presence taking a seat very close next to her on the bed.
"Back atcha," Lucas said to her as he watched Brooke. He watched as every few minutes she checked to see how many ounces the baby consumed. "You should baby sit more often. You're good with kids."
Brooke smiled and laughed a little. "I was really thinking about it." Except it wouldn't be considered baby sitting - what she would be doing will be considered parenting. Only Luke doesn't know that yet. She day dreamed for a few minutes imaging the perfect life, with a younger her than she anticipated before. The perfect life. A friendly neighborhood, a big house, a white picket fence. A loving husband, two kids, a boy and a girl, and a little puppy. The whole family eating dinner outside on a hot summer morning. Brooke smiled thinking about that.
Lucas watched her, and she noticed the distant gaze. He noticed emotions playing across her face. Happiness, contentment. "What are you thinking about?"
She just shrugged. "My future."
"Babies in your future?" Lucas asked. "Do you plan on having kids?"
'Sooner than you think,' she thought to herself. "It's in my plan now," she said lightly. "How bout you?"
Lucas nodded. "I want a little girl to fuss over and adore and a little boy to teach basketball to and to give them the childhood I should have had growing up." They were both silent for a moment, but Lucas continued. "Do you plan on raising your kids in the future different from how you were brought up?"
"Definitely," she answered with out a moment of hesitation. "I want my children to always know that they are loved and that I care. I'm not going to disappear for days or ignore my kids like my parents due to me. I swear," Brooke answered him, and silently promised the child living inside her.
"You'll be a great mother," Lucas assured her.
She rolled her eyes. "You're just saying that. You'll be the great one. I'm sure all I will do is screw things up and be a failure."
"Look at me," Lucas said, but she didn't turn her head. He turned her head with his right hand to make her look at him. "You are not and will not be a failure."
Brooke shook her head and turned her attention to Jenny who had finished about half her bottle. She sat Jenny up to burp her and ignore what Lucas was saying.
"You really won't Brooke. You have an amazing heart."
"Not good enough for you," she said softly.
But Lucas heard. "Brooke how can you say that? Everything that happened with Peyton was a mistake. I regret it but I don't. I regret hurting you. But losing you made me realize how important you really are to me," Lucas told her honestly.
Brooke turned her attention back to feeding Jenny who was slowly drifting back to sleep.
"Brooke?" Lucas prompted after some time of silence. Brooke had said nothing in return.
"Yes?"
"Talk to me," he said.
She looked at him strangely. "I am, we're talking right now."
"Yes but you avoided everything I just said to you. I'll tell you everyday if that's what you want. Or I can give you some space if that's what you need..." he trailed off, leaving it open for her to speak.
Brooke got up and walked a few feet over to Jenny's crib and placed the sleeping baby inside. She pulled a blanket around her and went back to sit by Lucas. "I don't want space," she said slowly.
"What do you want?"
Brooke avoided looking at him and let her eyes dart all around the room. "I want to tell you something," she finally said.
Luke looked expectantly at her waiting for her to continue. When she didn't he said, "Ok...shoot."
She took a few deep breaths. This was it. She was going to tell him. "Well, uh Luke...um...I'm," Brooke said fumbling over her words.
Just then Brooke heard the from door open followed by Jake's footsteps as he made his way back to his room. Lucas sighed. They were once again interrupted.
"Back," he said entering his room. "How was Jenny?"
Brooke nearly jumped out of her skin. She hadn't known he had been watching her. "Don't do that!" she hissed in a low tone. She turned around to be in front of Lucas - and she was *right* in front of him.
Lucas had this triumphant smirk on his face.
"That wasn't very nice," she said in a low tone. "And it wasn't funny."
"I thought it was."
Brooke pokes him in the chest. "Hey now buddy. It's not funny."
Still smirking, he leans closer. "I think it is. And I think it's cute I scared you," he said leaning in a little closer.
Brooke's breath caught in her throat, and Lucas's smirk got bigger when he heard it. Their breath mingled and Lucas was just about to press his lips to hers when Jenny started screaming and Brooke turned from Lucas to tend to Jenny.
Her heart was racing a mile a minute. She scooped Jenny up from her crib and cradled her in her arms, trying to ignore the blood coursing through her veins and the pounding heart beating in her chest.
"Shh," Brooke coed, making soothing baby noises. It was kind of funny how natural these little things came. But Jenny still screamed, and screamed.
After a few minutes, Luke spoke up. "Here let me try," he told her. Brooke placed Jenny in his arms. "Jake left some bottles in the fridge," Lucas said, looking at the clock. "She's probably getting hungry."
Brooke nodded. "Ok, I'll go check on that."
Lucas watched as Brooke left Jake's room. He started talking to Jenny in a "baby tone". "Hey there little girl," he said talking to her. "What's the matter?" Lucas continued to talk to her and walked her around the room and brought her in front of the mirror on jakes wall. Jenny slowly stopped crying and started giggling at her reflection. "Who's that?"
Brooke came walking into the room about five minutes later with a bottle in hand. "You got her to stop screaming," she asked, more than said.
He smiled. "Yeah. I remember hearing somewhere that babies like mirrors," he told her shrugging a little.
She smiled. She could see this being them someday, with their little baby. "You're a natural."
Lucas passed Jenny over to Brooke who sat down on Jake's bed and started to feed her. Brooke focused her attention on Jenny but was aware of Lucas' presence taking a seat very close next to her on the bed.
"Back atcha," Lucas said to her as he watched Brooke. He watched as every few minutes she checked to see how many ounces the baby consumed. "You should baby sit more often. You're good with kids."
Brooke smiled and laughed a little. "I was really thinking about it." Except it wouldn't be considered baby sitting - what she would be doing will be considered parenting. Only Luke doesn't know that yet. She day dreamed for a few minutes imaging the perfect life, with a younger her than she anticipated before. The perfect life. A friendly neighborhood, a big house, a white picket fence. A loving husband, two kids, a boy and a girl, and a little puppy. The whole family eating dinner outside on a hot summer morning. Brooke smiled thinking about that.
Lucas watched her, and she noticed the distant gaze. He noticed emotions playing across her face. Happiness, contentment. "What are you thinking about?"
She just shrugged. "My future."
"Babies in your future?" Lucas asked. "Do you plan on having kids?"
'Sooner than you think,' she thought to herself. "It's in my plan now," she said lightly. "How bout you?"
Lucas nodded. "I want a little girl to fuss over and adore and a little boy to teach basketball to and to give them the childhood I should have had growing up." They were both silent for a moment, but Lucas continued. "Do you plan on raising your kids in the future different from how you were brought up?"
"Definitely," she answered with out a moment of hesitation. "I want my children to always know that they are loved and that I care. I'm not going to disappear for days or ignore my kids like my parents due to me. I swear," Brooke answered him, and silently promised the child living inside her.
"You'll be a great mother," Lucas assured her.
She rolled her eyes. "You're just saying that. You'll be the great one. I'm sure all I will do is screw things up and be a failure."
"Look at me," Lucas said, but she didn't turn her head. He turned her head with his right hand to make her look at him. "You are not and will not be a failure."
Brooke shook her head and turned her attention to Jenny who had finished about half her bottle. She sat Jenny up to burp her and ignore what Lucas was saying.
"You really won't Brooke. You have an amazing heart."
"Not good enough for you," she said softly.
But Lucas heard. "Brooke how can you say that? Everything that happened with Peyton was a mistake. I regret it but I don't. I regret hurting you. But losing you made me realize how important you really are to me," Lucas told her honestly.
Brooke turned her attention back to feeding Jenny who was slowly drifting back to sleep.
"Brooke?" Lucas prompted after some time of silence. Brooke had said nothing in return.
"Yes?"
"Talk to me," he said.
She looked at him strangely. "I am, we're talking right now."
"Yes but you avoided everything I just said to you. I'll tell you everyday if that's what you want. Or I can give you some space if that's what you need..." he trailed off, leaving it open for her to speak.
Brooke got up and walked a few feet over to Jenny's crib and placed the sleeping baby inside. She pulled a blanket around her and went back to sit by Lucas. "I don't want space," she said slowly.
"What do you want?"
Brooke avoided looking at him and let her eyes dart all around the room. "I want to tell you something," she finally said.
Luke looked expectantly at her waiting for her to continue. When she didn't he said, "Ok...shoot."
She took a few deep breaths. This was it. She was going to tell him. "Well, uh Luke...um...I'm," Brooke said fumbling over her words.
Just then Brooke heard the from door open followed by Jake's footsteps as he made his way back to his room. Lucas sighed. They were once again interrupted.
"Back," he said entering his room. "How was Jenny?"