Chapter 17! YAY! Thank you guys for all the reviews! I love them as you all well know! I'm not quite sure how many more chapters are going to be in this story... but it is getting towards the end. Then I will start the next one! Hahaha Its like the Brucas Trilogy. Ok so when I post the next chapter I will have a name the new one so you guys will know what it is called, I swear. I am also working on another Brucas Fic that I will tell you guys more about later when I am closer to posting it! I hope you guys like this chapter! Please review... my writing grade depends on it!

Brooke stood frozen listening at the door to Karen and her dad's conversation. Dan was Nick's father? Defiantly not what she had expected... Karen obviously wasn't someone who learned from her mistakes; then again apparently neither was Brooke. When she heard Karen's footsteps walking towards the door Brooke turned around like she had heard nothing.

"Brooke..." Karen said shocked

"Karen... how was, well wherever you went?" Brooke said stumbling as she spoke

"It was great... calming. It gave me perspective" Karen smiled looking down a chubby little Nick

"That's good... really good"

"So where are Lucas and the kids?"

"On their way up..."

"Right, Brooke I need you not to tell Lucas that you saw me" Karen said quickly

"What? Why... Karen it would probably take a load off of his mind to know that you are okay"

"I know, but I am not ready to talk to him yet. I need to go back to Tree Hill and talk to Keith and Dan first, Please Brooke... you understand. I just need time" Karen begged. Brooke had never seen her this way... actually begging for something.

"If you don't want me to tell I wont."

"Thank you... Good luck with your father" Karen said hugging her bye

"Thanks... I have a feeling I am going to need it"

Lucas walked with Emma and Austin into the lobby. Emma was mumbling something about Cooper being like Dawson and her being like Pacey as they walked past all of the chairs.

"Daddy! Look" Emma shrieked pointing to the gift shop

"Not today... we don't have time"

"Buts they has a Belwa dog" Emma cried pointing out the stuffed Chihuahua

"I know... but we don't have time... You heard mommy in the parking lot... I would like to stay married if that's ok with you..." Lucas laughed pulling her away from the window by her little hand

"I wonts tell if you wont" Emma smiled her devious smile she had picked up from Brooke

"Come on... you are so much like your mother its scary... you know that don't you?"

"Yes..." Emma giggled waving bye to the stuffed Chihuahua

"I bet you do..."

"Awson wants it too" Emma said quietly as they walked

"My daughter the con artist... I am not buying you that" Lucas laughed; he had caved on everything she had asked him to buy lately and he and Brooke both really needed to stop

"I wove you" Emma smiled hugging his legs

"I love you too, but I am not buying you that Chihuahua"

"Yous a good daddy" Emma giggled

"Thank you, you're a good daughter but I am still not buying you that Chihuahua... you have a 3 real ones at home"

"Belwa wants is it too"

"I am sure she does... But she isn't getting it"

"Mommy want is it too"

"Are you hearing this dude?" Lucas asked Austin who was falling asleep on his shoulder

"I need some monies" Emma whined

"Why?"

"So is I can buys it" Emma giggled

"No..."

"But Mommy would buys it for me" Emma pouted

"I'm not getting it for you and that's final Emmalyne Katherine Scott"

Brooke walked into her dad's room where the nurse was helping him into a wheelchair. With 2 broken legs and a broken arm he was not going to be easy to maneuver around the house.

"Hey dad"

"Brooke... You came" Norman said almost sounding shocked

"I said I would didn't I?"

"Well I didn't know if it was more like one of those "I said I would's" I use to tell you every birthday" Normal laughed

"I'm here, are you ready?"

"Yea... Where is Lucas?"

"He is bringing the kids up" Brooke answered. She wasn't really listening to her dad at all. She was more interested in the conversation she had just had with Karen. Wherever she had gone after the wedding she hadn't stayed long...and the fact that Nick was Dan's baby... she really needed to call Haley when they got home.

"Great, They aren't going to be loud are they? I need my sleep"

"Well... I guess I could always find a long-term care place to put you in if my children are too loud. They are 1 and 3... of course they are going to be loud. Especially next week, Joey starts dating Pacey again" Brooke laughed

"What? No... that's fine"

"Never mind... Lets just go, I have to call a few of my teachers when I get home"

"Mommy... look!" Emma giggled running into the her new stuffed Chihuahua

"Hey babe... Wow! Look at that... it looks just like Bella! Where's daddy?" Brooke asked pulling Emma into her arms

"Giving the man the monies" Emma giggled

"Did he buy Austin one too?"

"No, Awson gots a piggy" Emma laughed

"I see, how much conning did you have to do to get that?"

"A wot!"

"Emmy this is my daddy" Brooke said pointing to Norman

"Did he gets hit by a bus?" Emma asked seeing his casts

"No... the wiener mobile" Brooke laughed

"Hi Emma... Do you remember me? We met one time at your house"

"He look is like a Telletubby" Emma whispered into Brooke's ear

"I know!" Brooke giggled

"7 minutes" Lucas said showing Brooke his watch as he walked into the room

"I guess you get to stay married another day... Nice piggy Austin! I love it" Brooke smiled kissing him and Lucas

"Yea, she is getting better at this whole guilt trip thing than you are" Lucas laughed pointing to Emma who was hugging her Chihuahua

"I know! In Target today she conned me into 4 Barbie's just by saying "But Daddy would buy it for me"" Brooke said rolling her eyes

"Really...Why do we spoiler them so bad?"

"Because you know good and well neither of us can say no... or we wouldn't have them in the first place"

"Isn't that the truth " Lucas laughed

"Lucas... How are you" Norman asked clearing his throat

"Oh right I'm fine, you're looking better"

"Just glad to be getting out of this place"

The nurse Norman referred to as Margaret helped them outside to the Brooke's car so she could help him in and give Lucas and Brooke his after care instructions. Neither Brooke nor Lucas were listening as she spoke both knowing they were just going to use his money to hire someone to come in and help them with him.

"Well I think you guys are set! Good Luck" Margaret smiled hugging Norman bye

"You take care now... give me a call and let me know what college that boy of yours ends up going to for grad school." Norman yelled from the back seat as she walked off

"It's a little cramped back here"

"Sorry... I didn't think to bring Lucas's car. It's bigger" Brooke lied.

"It's fine... You'll remember next time. I was wondering Emma and Austin... what are their full names? Did you name them after family members or friends as you were?" Norman asked trying to make small talk

"Austin is named after Lucas... He's Lucas Austin Scott. Emma isn't named after anyone though; she is just Emmalyne Katherine Scott. She needed a different name, something that was totally hers. What does this have to do with anything?"

"Well I thought that I might call and catch up with a few friends and family members now that I have time and it would have sounded really good if my daughter had named their kids after them. So neither named after our family members from generations before us?"

"I was not giving my kids dead people's names like you did me." Brooke laughed

"I see"

"You talks funny" Emma giggled

"It's a fake British accent Emmy... don't let it full you"

"Brooke... I'm from Boston! Everyone up there has this accent!"

"Sure..." Brooke laughed rolling her eyes

"So little girl... do you know your ABC's" Norman asked Emma in his baby voice

"Yes I do" Emma said in an equally baby voice patting him on the cheek

"Lets here then"

"A ises for Alcoholic. Be ises for Beer. C ises for Cwrack"

"Brooke did you catch that? She said alcoholic right" Lucas laughed

"I told you she would get it" Brooke smiled

"What ever happened to a simple A is for Apple... You know Emma, an Apple a day keeps the doctor away"

"So does a margarita" Brooke muttered

"You needs to eats more apples" Emma laughed pointing to his casts.

"How about you little guy... Your quiet" Norman said turning to Austin poking at his pig's eyes

"He's being Broody like his daddy..."

"Yea, he wanted a bear but they didn't have them" Lucas laughed

"Does he talk?"

"When he wants too. He isn't in a hurry like Emma was though; she was talking in complete sentences at his age. But Austin, he takes life slowly"

The rest of the drive home Brooke totally avoided her father's questions and let him talk to Emma about Dawson's Creek and Cooper while she talked to Lucas about her day. Finally when they got home Brooke took Emma and Austin in the house for their bath leaving Lucas outside to help Norman.

"So boy, tell me... how do you and my daughter afford to raise 2 kids and go to college without working?"

"My grandfathers guilty conscience" Lucas laughed helping him into his wheelchair

"And when that money runs out?"

"Then hopefully we will both be graduated and have jobs"

"What does Brooke want to do?" Norman asked as Lucas started pushing him towards the house

"You'd have to ask her... I really have no idea"

"That's Brooke, no direction... never has had any" Norman snorted

"Dude... we just brought you into our house to let you live under out roof and you are already bashing her? See... this isn't how it is going to work. You are going to suck up to her and do anything she asks of you. Or I will kick you out myself"

"And the quiet one speaks... I was starting to think you had no weaknesses and were quiet about everything. Guess I found your weakness"

"Guess so, although I thought it was pretty obvious that I would be protective of my wife"

"You know you proved me wrong boy... That night you and Brooke came home and we were there I was sure that the only reason you were with her was because of that baby. Didn't ever think you two would actually stay together...Your just so different"

"Opposites attract..."

"Yes, but when you were younger did you se yourself with a girl like Brooke?"

"Not this again... See I have to have this conversation with everyone in my family every time I see them so we are going to cut to the chase. Yes I love Brooke, Yes Brooke loves me, Yes we love our children, No we do not regret having them, Yes we are different but that's what makes it so great, No I didn't only stay with her because we had a baby... Does that cover it for you?" Lucas asked annoyed. He hated having this conversation with everyone. It was like they just couldn't grasp that he loved her and she loved him. It was just that simple.

"All but one... if someone better came along, would you leave her for them?"

"All I have to say is Thank God Brooke doesn't act or think like you because then we might have some issues. Did you not get anything out of what I just said? There is no one better"

"Nice boy... I am glad you have more faith in her than I so" Norman snorted

"Someone has too"

"But you know... people never really change, she was a wild crazy teenager, she is going to be a wild crazy adult Lucas. It is only a matter of time before she does something to hurt your whole family... you just wait"

Victor sat in his father's hospital room surfing the Internet until he finally found the number. It was a lot harder to find someone's cell phone number than he had thought it would be. He picked up his cell phone and dialed 67 before dialing to block the number.

"Hello?" Karen answered

"Hello... Mrs. Roe, I am really sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you had talked to Brooke lately, I thought maybe you could give me a way to reach her"

"Who is this?"

"Her boyfriend, Uh... she said that you were her mother so I looked you up... I really need to reach her"

"Wait... what?"

"Brooke Scott? I am her boyfriend Victor; she hasn't called me back after last week. She was worried she might be pregnant and well she hasn't called me about it. I was wondering if she has told you whether or not she is"

"You do know that Brooke is married"

"Yea but only because she wants his money... She has told you that right? I mean she says you 2 are close, at least that's what she told me"

"I am a little confused here... could you please start over"

"I am Victor... Brooke's boyfriend? We have been dating for the past 5 months? She hasn't told you about me? Has she told you about the plan?"

"What plan?"

"The plan... You know, after she dumps Lucas... she is going to trade him the kids for the money? I swear I thought she would have told you this... anyway I need to reach her, I would like to know if I am going to be a father anytime soon...could you tell her I called?"

"Yes, actually... You know what? Why don't I just go up there and talk to her right now... it's about time she and I have a nice heart to heart, I will tell her then"

"Thank you Mrs. Roe... You are a great mother for understanding all of this, after next week Brooke and I's plan will be finished and you wont have to worry about anything anymore... You have a great daughter... especially in bed I must say! After we get that Lucas guy out of the picture everything is going to be great... Thank you Karen, goodbye" Victor laughed hanging up the phone.

Sometimes he even surprised himself with how devious and evil he could be. Once Karen confronted Lucas and Brooke about this of course Lucas was going to take Karen's side. That after all was his mother. With the evidence that he had planted into Normans head... The little clues he had left for him to drop around Lucas about how people never really change, it would all go just as planned. He would get Brooke and the money... leaving Lucas with nothing but those 2 annoying brats, who he knew deep down Brooke didn't even, care about.

"Ok, on the count of 3 we are going to make the biggest splash in bathtub history...ready, Austin cover your eyes! Emma count for us!" Brooke giggled sticking her arms in the Jacuzzi with Emma and Austin to help them splash

"Ok... Hana, Dool Set" Emma yelled at the top of her lungs

"What was that?" Brooke laughed after they had splashed water all over the place

"It is is Koreanen"

"Korean? Nice...Emmy! Ok now that we have officially destroyed mommy and daddy's bathroom, it's time to get out"

"But I likes the Jacuzzi"

"You and me both babe... but I should probably go help daddy with Grandpa dumb ass before daddy kills himself"

"Yea" Emma laughed

"What do you think Austin? Should I go rescue daddy"

"No" Austin giggled splashing Brooke

"You got me even wetter! And I am in a white shirt, your daddy's going to love this... ok if you 2 give me a big kiss and tell me what a great mommy I am I will let you guys stay in for 5 more minutes"

"Muah! Yous a great mommy" Emma giggled kissing Brooke on the cheek. Austin just clapped his little wet hands together and put his soaking wet arms around her neck

"Now mommy is officially soaking wet...how did I get wetter than you guys?"

"Turns ons the bubbles" Emma begged

"Bables" Austin grinned

"Alright you bubble heads, I'll turn on the bubbles... But your going to owe me extra hugs and kisses tonight"

"Yay!" Emma and Austin both giggled splashing more water all over the place

Oop, phone" Brooke laughed grabbing the cordless phone

"Hello?"

"Brooke... It's Victor. I just wanted to call and check on your dad, how is he?" Victor asked sweetly

"I wouldn't know... Lucas is downstairs with him while I give the bubble monsters a bath" Brooke laughed

"I no bubble monster" Emma giggled

"Right, well I was just wondering... Um yea so ok"

"Victor... I would appreciate it if you didn't call me... ever. I thought we had been over this. Me married... you creep. Got it?" Brooke asked speaking in the simplest terms she knew

"Brooke... This wasn't some lame attempt to get you... I swear, I am friends with your father and I just wanted to check on him"

"Good... well next time you want to 'check on him' call his phone, I mean if you are such good friends with him you know the number"

"Right, totally... Ok, I'll do that. And Brooke? I just want you to know that whatever happens... I'll always be there for you" Victor said quietly

"Victor... go screw yourself"

Lucas pushed Victor into the downstairs bedroom, helped him in bed and then locked him in. Brooke owed him majorly for this. That man was worse than Dan if that was even possible. The whole time he had had him downstairs trying to figure out how to get his wheelchair around Norman had done nothing but talk about money and politics... Lucas's 2 least favorite subjects.

"Lucas... could you bring me some hot tea?"

"We don't have tea" Lucas yelled walking away from the door

"I see... what do you have? ... Lucas? Hello?" Norman yelled after Lucas who was already half way up the stairs

"Hey... I am so sorry" Brooke apologized walking into the hall from Emma's room

"It's ok... that man is a trip"

"Tell me about it. Ok so Emmy and Austin are in the bed, finally... they would not get out of the tub!" Brooke laughed hugging him

"You look very, very sexy in that wet shirt."

"Thank you... you can thank your son for that one"

"Dude... I have taught him so well" Lucas laughed kissing her

"Apparently... so it's early. Where's Satan?"

"Locked in the downstairs bedroom"

"Excellent... let me go change and we can do something crazy and fun" Brooke giggled

"Or... or you could just stay in that"

"What? And let you live out some wet tee shirt fantasy you have wanted to do since you were 15?" Brooke asked rolling her eyes. She loved it when Lucas had his crazy sex fantasies.

"Something like that..."

"You know it's getting warmer outside... we do have a pool" Brooke whispered pointing out the window at the uncovered pool in their backyard

"That water is probably like freezing Brooke! And green!"

"Isn't that your favorite color? Come on... It'll be fun" Brooke begged pulling him down the stairs with her

"I am having dajavu..."

"Good dajavu?"

"Hell yea, lets go" Lucas laughed picking her up over his good shoulder

Karen drove passed the sign that said "Welcome to Chapel Hill" It was just her luck that she had almost been half way home before she had gotten that phone call. The whole ride back she had been trying to decide how she was going to confront Brooke with this. She knew something had rubbed her the wrong way about her when they had been down for the wedding, she just hadn't been able to pin it. About Raleigh she had decided that she would talk to Brooke alone, it would be easier then having Lucas there hanging on her every word and defending Brooke. Maybe, just maybe she could talk Brooke into telling Lucas herself what had been going on then he wouldn't have a choice but to believe her.

"So Nick, what do you think about Lucas, Emma and Austin coming to live with us for a while, sure money would be tight but I think that's the way its going to be" Karen sighed looking back at sleeping nick

"It will give you a chance to have a big brother, that's something Lucas never had but he always wanted. I am sure after he is home a while he will spend more time with you... most likely leaving me with Emma and Austin with me because he is going to be too hurt to look at them. I should have known that Brooke couldn't handle this... I knew from the minute I met her in that hospital room that she was going to be trouble for us... but as a mother I gave her the benefit of the doubt. That's a lesson for you Nick, always go with your gut instinct."

Brooke screamed as Lucas carried her out to the pool. It was not going to be pleasant to be dumped into that nasty cold water... but it would in the end be totally worth it. It always was with Lucas.

"You ready?" Lucas asked lowering her down so he could kiss her

"You jump, I jump Jack" Brooke giggled after their kiss was over

"Ok then"

"Wait... how interesting do you want to make this? I mean, here we are alone in the dark... It's freezing..."

"Brooke, I told you I am not having a 3-some with Peyton" Lucas laughed kissing her again

"Nice... put her into my head before we have sex, ew! That's not my question."

"What's your question then?"

"Should we take our shirts and pants off before we jump in so we have something warm?" Brooke asked. She knew they were both remembering how cold that water had been before and they had both wished that they had stripped before hand

"Yea, good idea" Lucas agreed pulling his sweatshirt off and throwing it into the house along with Brooke's clothes

After they had stripped into just their underwear (and Brooke in her leopard bra) they stood at the edge of the pool shivering waiting for the other one to jump in.

"So..."

"So... ok we do have a nice warm Jacuzzi in our bathroom" Lucas said looking up at their bedroom window

"Wanna do it there instead?" Brooke asked not wanting to jump into that cold water anymore then he did

"Please"

"Great... but, Lucas... you did put the stopper by the back door didn't you?"

"No why?" Lucas asked confused

"Because it closed on us and our clothes are in there!" Brooke laughed pointing to the very closed and very locked back door

"Damn it... wait the front door is unlocked"

"Yes... but the front door is in the front! We are basically naked if you haven't noticed" Brooke said pointing out her very skimpy bra and underwear

"So... what do we do"

"We run fast" Brooke giggled

"Brooke... our neighbors already think we are sex obsessed enough as it is"

"So... come on! This will be fun!" Brooke said kissing him

"That's not fair"

"That's totally fair, now come on broody! I'm cold" Brooke whined

Lucas finally agreed and he and Brooke ran across the front yard to the front door, setting off the spotlights. Neither of them had remembered that they had censored spotlights.

"Uh Oh," Brooke giggled stopping mid way across the yard like a deer in head lights

"Go!" Lucas laughed

"We're been spotted" Brooke whispered giggling harder pointing at the on coming car

"So you stand there and let them stare at you?"

"Lucas they are driving up... run!" Brooke screamed grabbing his hand

"Why do I suddenly feel like one of those guys in Mouth's old timey porno's?" Lucas laughed running with her to the front door

"Open the door"

"Its jammed"

"Great... Just great... Lucas! Your supposed to be a strong guy" Brooke whined

"Lucas? Brooke?"

"Ah! They got out! Come on Arnold! Open that door" Brooke giggled squirming

"It's Karen! What are you two doing?"

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