"Excuse me, are you Lucas Scott?"

Lucas turned around from his mother's bed side

"Yes, that's me"

"I'm Doctor Smith, it's nice to meet you…we have some updates on your mother's condition, could you follow me down the hall to my office so, we can discuss the matter"

Lucas nodded, he turned back to his mom and squeezed her hand, he knew she was asleep and couldn't hear him but, he whispered "I'll be right back" to her anyway, and then followed the doctor down the hall. When they got to Doctor Smith's office, Lucas looked around at the leather chairs, the bookshelves stacked from floor to ceiling, and the Princeton Degrees on the wall behind the desk. Then, he looked across the desk at the doctor, he had dark hair and was short, he looked young, maybe a few years older than Lucas.

"We started Mrs. Roe out on a new treatment last week, and we've been monitoring her closely since, we ran several tests today, and I'm very pleased to tell you Lucas that your mother's condition is looking up, at this rate she could be one of the best recovery cases I've ever seen."

A wide smile spread across Lucas face, he couldn't help but be happy at the news.

"Now, obviously this is a process, and we'll continue to monitor her, but I think it's very safe to say that you're mother is strong enough to pull through this. She's sleeping right now because of all the medicines we've been giving her, I would like it Lucas if you went home, and got some rest of your own, I know this hasn't been easy for your family, but you should go home and take a load of your shoulders because, we're looking at a healthy Mrs. Roe soon."

"Thank you very much Doctor Smith"

Lucas shook the doctor's hand, and went back to grab his coat from his mom's room.

"Brooke, what are you doing here?"

Brooke turned around holding some flowers that she'd bought for Karen

"Peyton…"

It had been a while since Brooke and Peyton had talked, they mentioned a simple "hi" to each other in passing lately, but they weren't the same best friends they'd always been since Brooke found out she was pregnant with Lucas' baby and Peyton wasn't exactly happy about the situation.

"How are you Bessst...Peyton"

Brooke couldn't bring her self to call Peyton by her "best friend" nickname that she had for her. Was Peyton really her best friend? If she was, wouldn't she have stuck by her side, even if Brooke and Lucas were together? Peyton nodded her head towards her, and held up the gift bag in her hand.

"I'm good Brooke, I just came to drop off a little gift for Karen"

"That's nice of you Peyt"

"Who are the flowers for?"

"Oh, I um I'm here with Lucas, and Karen's room seemed so gloomy I just thought I'd pick something up with some color in it for her"

"Ok, well I'm going to head out"

Peyton pointed out of the gift shop, the tension between them was still there, and no matter how much Peyton wanted it gone, she couldn't rid herself of the anger she had for Brooke, and every time she was around her, she was reminded that Lucas was Brooke's and not hers. Brooke nodded in agreement, and turned away from Peyton, walking back to find Lucas.

Brooke opened the door quietly to Karen's room, trying her best not to wake her and she peeked her head inside.

"Hey Broody, how is she?"

Lucas took Brooke's hand, and led her over to where he was standing by Karen.

"These are for your mom"

"Thanks Brooke, roses are her favorite, I'm sure she'll love them"

Lucas told Brooke what the doctor had said about Karen getting better as he put the flowers in a vase, and placed them next to her bed.

"Come on Cheery, let's go see how Haley's holding the fort down at the café, and we can pick up some dinner while we're there"

Brooke nodded her head "yes", and they left Karen's room. They walked down the hallway, and Lucas pressed the button for the elevator.

Lucas turned to Brooke and said "I think I've finally figured out how I feel about some things"

The elevator doors opened and they stepped on

"Oh yeah," Brooke questioned "How do you feel?"

Just before the doors closed, Peyton walked by and spotted them in the elevator, just as Lucas leaned down and kissed Brooke.

Peyton stood on the other side of the elevator shocked at the picture she'd just seen. Filled with anger and rage, she continued down the hallway to Karen's room. She opened the door quietly, and snuck in. Once inside, she noticed Karen sleeping and smiled to herself, it was the perfect time to get her revenge, Lucas' one weak spot that she knew of…his mom. She noticed a bottle of pills on the tray next to Karen's bed, she took them in her hand, reading the label she noticed the warning on it: do not take more than 4 of these a day: She smiled, and walked around to the other side of the room where she shut the blinds, and the room grew dark…too dark, Peyton couldn't see a thing. When she went around to the other side of the room to turn the light on, she felt another hand, a cold hand touch hers.

"Hey tutorgirl, Lucas and I are back…is the booth in the back free?"

"Yeah Brooke, it's open for the two of you"

"Great"

Brooke smiled and pulled Lucas towards the back of the café"

When they sat down, Lucas took Brooke's hands in his from across the table.

"Lucas, you don't know how happy I am that you feel the same way I do. I still loved you, even after the whole thing with you and Peyton, and it made me upset to know that we were going to have a baby together, and you didn't even care about me"

Brooke started to let tears fall down her cheek, and Lucas brushed them away.

"Well, you never have to worry about that, because I do care about you"

Lucas lifted her hand, and kissed it then, brushed a piece of hair of her face that had fallen in front of her eyes.

A/N: Thanks for reading guys, please keep reviewing too…I think I know what I want Brooke and Lucas to have, a boy or girl, but keep posting any name ideas you have! Also review with couples that you want to see!!! Remember…any couples are possible!