Chapter 4! YAY! These are turning out to be some really long chapters… I don't know if that is a good thing or not. Anyway… Thank you all so much for all the reviews! My dad told me today he wanted to grade this story too and I was like NOO! But it's better than him making me write about something totally boring like he makes my sister LOL. Anyway… Hope you like this Chapter! Please Review!

"Lucas… It's, it's so good to see you" Karen whispered looking at her son. She wasn't sure if she should hug him or give him space.

"You know my daddy! He is a basetball player and makes wots of money!" Maddie giggled from Brooke's arms

"I know… I've seen him on TV. Nick wants to be just like him"

"Who the heck is Nick?" Maddie asked looking up at Brooke confused

"That's my son"

"Maddie why don't you go find Austin?" Brooke smiled setting her down on the floor

"This is more inteerrestuing"

"Come on, lets leave daddy here…we can go pick Emma up from her friends"

"But…" Maddie pouted then changed her mind thinking there may be shopping evolved

"Tell daddy bye"

"Bye daddy"

"Bye Ladybug" Lucas smiled as Brooke carried Madison out of the hallway

"She's quite a character. Handful?"

"In a word, yea"

"I, I didn't know you and Brooke could have anymore kids" Karen whispered

"We couldn't… well at least not on our own…Mom, what are you doing here?"

"I missed you…"

"So you were sneaking around outside my house talking to my daughter behind my back?" Lucas asked not feeling the least bit sorry for her. Her guilt and pathetic glare wasn't going to work on him.

"Lucas… it wasn't behind your back! I was just scared to come in"

"Were you scared or did you just have too much pride?"

"Lucas! Pride has nothing to do with it!" Karen said almost yelling

"For you pride had everything to do with it. You had too much pride to talk to Dan, to much pride to except any help when we needed it and too much pride to admit to yourself that maybe someone other than you made me happy…"

"Lucas… I'm not asking for you to forgive me. I am just asking for you to try… let me get to know my grandchildren, for you to get to know Nick"

"I'll have to talk to Brooke" Lucas said quietly

"Why… so you can get her permission?"

"You do realize she is listening by the door?" Lucas asked knowing good and well what Brooke was doing. And she wondered why Maddie as so nosey.

"Lucas… I've changed. You'll see that if you just give me a chance. I want to know you Luke… about your life, how you've been"

"I'll think about it… just go before I say something I'm going to regret"

"Ok…" Karen whispered waving bye slightly as she walked back outside

"You ok?" Brooke asked hugging Lucas once Karen was gone.

"The nerve she has! To even ask that after everything"

"Maybe you should give her a chance"

"What?" Lucas asked totally shock. He figured Brooke was going to be the one to say Hell no to the whole situation

"Luke… she's human, she makes mistakes. Think about all the mistakes we've made over the years with our kids. At least she is making an effort"

"So your saying I just forgive her for everything she tried to do to us"

"Hell no, but I'm saying maybe you should talk to her, for your sake not hers" Brooke smiled pulling away from the hug and running her fingers through his silky blonde hair

"I hate it when you're right"

"I know you do… I'm going to go get Emma before I have to go to that damn PTA meeting. I'm taking your car considering mine has like 2 miles left before I run out of gas"

"Can you even drive my car?" Lucas laughed

"I can learn… here Maddie go make daddy feel better"

"We can watch Frosty" Maddie smiled

"Have fun! Don't brood too much while I'm gone… you'll get wrinkles and your to young for Botox"

"Ok… bye"

Austin sat in his room with Amber and the other boys still trying to figure out what to do. He had never been put in a situation like this. For him there had always been a clear right and wrong for everything and he had for the most part followed that. But now as he sat in his room with everyone his judgment was going straight down the drain. What was the worst that could happen? So he starts the car, backs it up a couple of feet and then pulls it forward again. Who would ever know?

"So Austin, are you in or not?" Matt asked for the 2nd time getting frustrated

"I-Ok but here's the deal. We back it up like 3 feet and then pull it up right back where it was… nothing more"

"Deal…"

"Austin!" Amber shrieked totally shocked she could barley get his name out

"Amber… It'll be ok. You don't have to come"

"Do you know how dead you are if you get caught?"

"Yes" Austin said trying not to think about it

"And how dead I am if my mom finds out I let you do something this crazy? I'm supposed to keep you in line!"

"Amber… it's no big deal, its not like we are doing drugs or anything"

"True… but" Amber started but matt but in

"No buts babe… either your in or you aren't"

"Your one to talk… haven't you flunked your grade like 3 times?" Amber asked

"Dude…only twice"

"Right because that makes you so much smarter"

"Amber, I'm doing it… are you in or not?" Austin asked looking over at his terrified cousin

"Fine… but if you EVER tell my mother I will strangle you Lucas Austin Scott"

"Believe me, she'll never know… come on we have to be sneaky… the keys are in the foyer"

"I am going to regret this so much, then I'm going to be grounded for life, and my grades are going to go down and I am going to be stuck going somewhere like Tree Hill Community College and I'll have to become a hooker because by then my mom will have defiantly cut my funds off and I'll probably get pregnant and be strung out on drugs and" Amber ranted

"Amber… we're 10"

Madison and Lucas sat on the kitchen floor while Maddie tried to make a snowman out of flour and water. It was all a sticky mess but Lucas couldn't help but laugh at Madison who had flour all over her face and in her long blonde hair. It helped him get his mind off of the real problem and how he was going to deal with it. This is all he needed now on top of the whole basketball thing and Madison's upcoming tests.

"Daddy… you're broody"

"What? No I'm not… you are"

"No I'm not! I'm Cheery… you be cheery too"

"I think Mommy is cheery enough for the both of us"

"You going to get wrinkles and boax"

"Botox? Never… here you need more water"

"I think Frosty is sick daddy"

"Me too…"

"We can change his name!"

"To what… Floury?"

"Princess Rainbow Flower Water Monkey"

"That's a mouth full… why don't we call him Play dough?"

"Cause he isn't play dough daddy! He is just dough"

"Your funny… ok lets clean up"

"No bath"

"Yes bath… your messy…"

"Your messy! I'm clean"

"Now your even funnier… come on"

"Take my picture?"

"Why?"

"Cause I look cute!"

"You are such a camera hog… Smile"

"Cheese"

"How about Corn?"

"Corn… you don't say corn to the camera daddy!"

"Why not?"

"Cause it don't like corn. It likes Cheese! And Basketti!"

"Basketti? How about spaghetti?"

"That's what I sayed"

"Now your just silly… Austin! I'll be upstairs giving your sister a bath"

"Ok Dad"

"We play beauty shop?"

"If you want… but I'm not being the gay hair dresser this time"

"But daddy! You has too…"

"I have too?"

"Yea… and make my hair prettyful. You're a good gay dresser"

"Thanks… Just what every father wants to hear from his 4 year old"

Emma watched out the window for Brooke. She couldn't wait to tell her about the phone call. Maggie and Christine weren't ready for her to leave, but she was. There was only so much "Your mom really lets you do that" and "Your dad seriously doesn't care?" She could take at a time. Plus she would much rather talk about Tristan to her mom than Maggie and Christine who didn't understand anything about anything. Finally she saw Brooke drive up in her dad's hummer. What a ride home that was going to be since Brooke had no idea how to drive that thing.

"Well my moms here… I gotta go"

"Can't you stay longer? Please? We barely got to do anything" Maggie begged.

"My mom probably wants me home to watch Madison while she goes to the PTA meeting…"

"Can't she hire a babysitter?" Christine asked hopefully.

"Maddie only likes me to watch her"

"Just this one time… Please Emma! We seriously need to finish our pedicures!"

"Next time… I have to go!" Emma sighed pretending to be sad

"What if we ask her for you?"

"She will probably say no…"

"Come on Emma! Your mom's cool! I bet she will say yes"

"God I hope not…" Emma mumbled

"What?"

"I said and then we can go shop!"

"I know! I'll ask" Christine shrieked as they met Brooke in the driveway

"Hey… you ready? Wait until I tell you the drama at home"

"Really? Did Maddie try and let Taco swim in the toilet again?"

"Worse…" Brooke sighed

"Mrs. Brooke… can Emma PLEASE stay!"

"Yea… we really, really want her too"

"Then who am I going to go get wasted with?" Brooke laughed. She could tell by the look on Emma's face she really didn't want to stay

"Uh"

"I'm kidding… Nope, I need her at home to keep me sane"

"But we really need her here to finish homework!" Christine begged

"On Saturday?"

"Your such an idiot Christine!" Maggie coughed

"That's all I could think of"

"How about next weekend you 2 can come over and we'll do something fun"

"Seriously?" Maggie asked excitedly.

"Why not…"

"Ok! Bye Emma Call us and tell us all about tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow?"

"Long story" Emma laughed

"So you go first then"

"Ok… so what are you doing tomorrow night at like 6:00?"

"Nothing… why? What did you rope me into?" Brooke sighed

"Well I kinda called Tristan and asked him if he wanted to go get pizza"

"Emmalyne Katherine Scott!"

"Are you mad?" Emma asked worried. She had no idea how her mom was going to react to this considering this was going to be her first "real" date.

"I've never been so proud in my life! And he said yes?"

"Of course"

"You are so lucky you got my genes…" Brooke giggled

"Why do I have the feeling that's not what dad is going to say?"

"Em, the thing about your dad is he just wants you to be happy. He'd let you get away with murder if it made you happy"

"Mom… It's a date" Emma laughed

"To you and I it's a date… to Lucas its me driving you and a friend to get pizza"

"Nice… Want he get mad if he finds out it's a boy friend?"

"Lucas was a Boy Friend to Haley all of those years and nothing happened." Brooke said in her most persuasive voice.

"You are so sneaky…what are you going to say to him?"

"I'll just tell him that you and your friend Tristan are going to get pizza… this way I'm not lying because as of right now all you 2 are is friends"

"Don't you hate "Not lying" to dad?" Emma asked laughing

"Yea… but I have too. It's driving him insane that there's this part of your life now that he can't control… we have to break this to him slowly or else it just may kill him"

"Poor dad"

"Don't worry about him… I'll break it to him slowly tomorrow night" Brooke giggled

"What's the drama at home?"

"Karen…"

Austin, Matt, Jerry and Amber snuck down the stairs once they were sure Lucas was busy giving Madison her bath so they could get the car keys. Austin's hands shook as he grabbed the key from the shelf. Amber looked just as nervous and was playing with her hair.

"Ready?" Jerry asked grabbing the key from Austin

"Yea…"

"Lets go"

"Wait… isn't that your mom?" Amber asked pointing to the hummer pulling up

"Yea… Go sit in front of the TV until she goes to get ready for her meeting. Just act natural"

"What about Emma?"

"She'll probably go get on the phone or something" Austin laughed

"Ok. She's getting out"

"This is taking forever" Jerry complained turning the TV to Cartoon Network

"Do you want to get caught?"

"No…"

"Ok then wait…"Amber said holding a fist to Jerry's face

"Hey boys, Amber"

"Hey Aunt Brooke… Hey Emma"

"Hey mom, did you finally learn to drive dads car?" Austin asked hugging Brooke

"Sorta… if he asks about the tiny ding in the back tell him Jake hit a golf ball into it"

"Will do… He's upstairs giving Emma a bath"

"Playing gay hairdresser?" Brooke giggled

"Probably"

"I'm going to go get ready"

"Austin! Come here" Emma whispered pulling Austin into the dining room once Brooke was gone.

"What…"

"He'll be back in a minute boys… Amber watch them" Emma yelled hearing the boys get restless

"What do you want!"

"You knew Karen was here and you didn't call me on my cell phone?" Emma whispered

"Wait… Karen was here?"

"Yes…"

"Karen… like Karen, Karen?" Austin asked making sure he was hearing right

"Yes!"

"Crap! When?"

"This morning mom said… she was Madison's secret friend!" Emma shrieked.

"Why was she here?"

"She wanted backing our lives!"

"Really?" Austin asked. He didn't remember Karen at all so he thought it might be kind of cool to meet his dads mom. Emma apparently didn't think so.

"Really? That's all you have to say! You do realize that last time we saw her she was trying to destroy mom and dads marriage!"

"And get dad to leave mom… believe me I've heard them talking about it as much as you have" Austin sighed remembering the reason why he didn't know her in the first place

"Well we have to do something Austin! What if she does it this time and succeeds? Can you imagine mom without dad and dad without mom?"

"They'd be miserable…"

"Exactly!" Emma shrieked again

"Well how do we even know if dad is going to let her back in?"

"Mom said she thought he was going to try" Emma said coldly. When Brooke had heard that she couldn't believe it. Why would they even think about doing something so stupid?

"Crap! Emma, this is bad"

"We need to make a plan…" Emma said looking down at her watch

"Tonight"

"Yea… because nothing would happen today right?" Emma asked getting reassurance from her little brother. When they were little they use to make plans all the time… little ones to get Brooke and Lucas to buy them something or to get them to take them somewhere… nothing ever this serious

"Right… besides I have friends over"

"You mean Bevis and Butt head?"

"Yea pretty much…" Austin laughed knowing those boys were pretty much idiots

"Ok… just meet me in my room at 2:00… and bring Maddie"

"Maddie? Emma she'll tell"

"We need her in the plan… she just doesn't have to know the plan, she's our sister and she can help. She'll say anything"

"Smart…" Austin smiled

"Austin! Hurry up"

"Dumb and dumber are calling…"

"2:00Am?" Austin asked

"Yea… don't worry about Madison… I'll get her in there"

Brooke looked through her closet, with the help of Maddie. She had more clothes then she could ever wear… yet she still couldn't find anything. Lucas wasn't being much help… telling her she should just go in her leopard bra and underwear, that that was how most of the people would remember her anyway.

"Lucas… please help me" Brooke whined throwing a shirt at Lucas who was tryingtofix Madison's hair

"Why? Isn't the husband the one who is supposed to ask his wife what to wear?"

"Fine… maybe I will just wear my bra and underwear, I mean I am bound to have some ex boyfriends there right?"

"The red tank top and the black skirt" Lucas said quickly

"Thank you…"

"Doesn't Maddie's hair look like"

"A gay hair dresser did it? Not even close" Brooke giggled kissing him

"I'm a guy… I tried"

"I know you did Broody and that's why I love you"

"He was broody today mommy" Maddie laughed shaking her hair

"He was? I told you, you are going to get wrinkles"

"I am going to get wrinkles just from stress"

"Call your mom…" Brooke sighed touching up her make up. She knew that's what Lucas needed and wanted to do. He just needed someone to push him in the right direction.

"Why?"

"Because I know it's driving you insane"

"I guess I would like to see Nick" Lucas finally said

"Ok, I'm off to a PTA meeting… this is so after school special, just kill me now"

"We can make it an FX show tonight if you want"

"Your on… Bye" Brooke giggled giving him a quick kiss

"Bye Mommy"

"Bye Maddie… Keep daddy straight"

Once Austin was sure Brooke was gone and Lucas was busy keeping Madison entertained he, Jerry, Matt and Amber headed out to Brooke's brand new Mercedes.

"This is a nice ride…"

"His mom has rich taste."

"She bought a 2 seater and then remembered she had 3 kids so she had to take it back and get the 5 seater. She was depressed for days. Then she bought dad the hummer as a joke and he ended up loving it" Austin laughed

"Your mom has had a convertible for as long as I can remember"

"She loves them… ok just get in fast"

"I get the front…" Amber squealed hopping in and buckling up

"What should we listen too?"

"Please tell me that isn't Brittany Spears" Jerry whined once the CD player kicked in

"My mom loves Brittany…"

"Tell me your dad listens to better music"

"He does… but only when its just us in the car because mom hates his music… a lot" Austin laughed

"And you dad takes it out for her?"

"Yea…"

"Why?" Matt asked

"Because you don't want to see my mom mad"

"Plus Uncle Lucas would do like anything for her… same with Aunt Brooke" Amber giggled in her lovey dovey voice

"Dude… my dad turns on crappy music just to make my mom mad. They can't even stand to be in the same house together"

"This is a depressing conversation. Lets just go…"

"Ok are we ready?" Austin asked turning the key

"I guess…"

"See this isn't so bad"

"Austin… watch out for the" Amber yelled

"Street light"

Brooke walked into the PTA meeting and looked around. It was disgusting some of the people there. Moms with Fancy little fall sweaters with leaves and trees on them. It made her want to puke. Then there were the dads… the Tree Hill dads. Every one of them was the same. Each of them married to one of the fall sweater ladies but secretly cheating on them with their younger secretaries at work. It was funny how the town of Tree Hill was such a Cliché for a small North Carolina town. There was more drama on a block in Tree Hill then there was in the entire town of Chapel Hill. But that was the way Brooke liked it.

"Hey, B. Davis Scott… get your ass over here" Peyton yelled from a table she and Hley were sitting at. Brooke was so glad to see them… at least she would have someone to talk too

"P. Sawyer Jagielski, Tutor wife… Have I told you guys how much I hate these things lately?" Brooke whined sitting between them

"You're a good mommy for coming Brooke"

"Good Mommy my ass… I'm only here to see how fat the people we use to go to school with have gotten"

"Well then… look over there at Charlotte" Peyton laughed pointing to one of the former Tree Hill High cheerleaders

"Damn! She is like the size of Charlotte!"

"Where's Luke, we figured you would drag him here"

"Why would I do that?" Brooke asked confused

"The same reason you drag him everywhere else in Tree Hill… to show people you got him and they didn't"

"Yea… this just might stress him out more… Karen's back"

"I know! She was at the Café today and told whoever has been running it for her they could leave" Haley shrieked

"Drama, Drama, Drama…"

"My child is at your house right now… right?" Haley asked

"Yes… joined at the hip to Austin, it's a good thing their cousins"

"So Tutor wife… where's Nathan?"

"At home… he's supposed to be getting children to bed" Haley sighed

"Aw, what a good daddy"

"They key word in that is "Supposed", they are all probably outside playing basketball"

"And Jakie?" Brooke asked

"Dealing with Jenny…"

"Yikes… Oh, get this one. Emma has a date tomorrow night"

"How did Lucas take it?" Peyton laughed

"He doesn't know…"

"If we could get started please" Charlotte said taking her spot at the front of the room

"Charlotte is the head lady of the PTA? Ugh…"

"Charlotte is the head of everything… what are you talking about" Haley laughed

"Its hard to believe she was a former Tree Hill High Cheerleader too dude…"

"Could I have quiet in the back… Please?"

"Could I have quiet in the back… Please?" Brooke mocked

"Now, first of all for today's meeting. I would just like to welcome new parents. We are so happy to have you all. As you all know the fall festival is coming up right before our eyes… Which means the Halloween one is right around the corner. Since last year there were questionable costumes on some of our children, for example one little girl came dressed as bloody Mary"

"That was my baby" Haley said proudly

"This year we have voted and decided that the children should dress up as either someone they admire or what they want to be when they grow up. This was there will be no scary questionable costumes"

"Austin is going to be a pimp and Maddie is going to be one of his women" Brooke giggled

"Brooke!"

"Hey… how do they know that's not what he wants to be when he grows up? He's my child"

"Are there any questions before we move on?" Charlotte said looking back at Brooke, Haley and Peyton's table obviously hearing their mumbling

"Brooke she is staring right at you"

"She hates me, so much" Brooke giggled

"Why?"

"She wanted Lucas even before Peyton and I wanted him"

"Ouch…" Haley laughed

"Ok, moving on. Dress code, I urge you all to remember that it is there for a reason! No short skirts, no tank tops, and high shoes"

"Funny… that's exactly what Emma wore Friday"

"For boys we have decided that Sports jerseys are now not aloud because they can be distracting to other children" Charlotte said cheerily

"Shit… Austin doesn't have any other clothes"

"Now for fall festival committees"

"Brooke… Peyton and I signed you up for the same one as us…" Haley whispered

"That would be? Don't you dare say bake sale…"

"Just buy the food and say you cooked it" Peyton laughed

"Guys… you know I refuse to be one of those moms" Brooke whined putting her head down on the table… she couldn't believe this. They both knew how much she hated those bake sale mothers, and now she had to be one

"You mean a mom who cooks? Brooke, sweetie I think that is every mom in this town"

"Lucas doesn't make me cook" Brooke whined louder

"Lucas doesn't want to die"

"I hate you 2" Brooke giggled

"We know"

"Would the bake sale ladies please raise your hands…" Charlotte asked

"Raise it" Haley whispered to Brooke

"No"

"Brooke" Peyton said nudging her

"Fine…"

"Please state your names so I can write it down"

"Haley Scott" Haley said loudly… Brooke thought she sounded just like a teacher and almost died laughing

"Peyton Jagielski"

"Ivana Humpalot" Brooke giggled… if she had to do this, it was at least going to be fun

"Brooke"

"Excuse me?" Charlotte asked

"Brooke Scott"

"Your so bad…" Peyton giggled

"Ok ladies… we will need to meet tomorrow at 4:00 to talk about what you will be cooking"

"They're meetings…. This is crap" Brooke said loudly enough for everyone to hear her

"Excuse me"

"Why do we have to meet to decide what we are cooking? Why cant we just cook?"

"Because some children may be allergic" Charlotte smiled

"Kill me now…"

"Would you like another committee?"

"She's fine… Brooke they are going to like kick you out!" Haley laughed

"Yay! Maybe I should keep talking"

"Look you can bring Lucas with you tomorrow… it will drive her insane"

"Fine… but that's the only reason I am coming… how much longer?" Brooke whined.

"With Charlotte running it? We could be here all night"

Lucas and Maddie starred at the Mercedes. The front was fine… but the back was defiantly busted. Thankfully all 4 kids were ok, since Austin was only going like 3 miles an hour, but they were all shaken up.

"Austin is in trowble" Maddie whispered as she started at the car

"Lots and Lots of trouble…"

"Awre you going to sell him?"

"Should I? Maddie go find Emma and tell her daddy said to watch you… you can play in make-up" Lucas said putting her down on the ground

"But I just hadded a bath"

"I'll give you another one… go on Ladybug"

"Good luck Austin" Madison whispered waving as she walked into the house

"We're going to go…"

"Bye Austin…" Jerry and Mat said running down the street.

"Tell you parents I'll be calling them later"

"Dad…"

"Ok… so you took your mothers car keys, started the car, backed it up and hit the street light?" Lucas asked still pretty much in shock

"Pretty much"

"And you did this because?"

"They dared me too… It wasn't supposed to hit the street light, I was just going to back up a few feet and then pull up again" Austin said trying not to cry

"Obviously… Amber, go inside with Maddie, make sure she found Emma"

"Ok…"

"Austin… What the hell were you thinking? You could have hurt someone…" Lucas said sitting down on the bench and running his fingers though his hair

"I know… I'm really sorry about moms car"

"You know what's funny… I don't even really care about the car. Do you know what I am maddest about?"

"What?" Austin asked now with tears streaming down his face

"The fact that you gave into peer pressure. Austin that is what your mother and I have spent the past 10 years teaching you, you have to be yourself and not listen to other people!"

"I know…"

"Then why did you do it?" Lucas asked

"I just wanted to show them that I took risks too"

"Ok… so apparently what your mother and I have been trying to tell you FOREVER has gone in one ear and out the other… Come here" Lucas said making a space beside him

"K"

"Risks are not always good! BAD, BAD, BAD RISKS…. BAD are you hearing me? BAD, BAD, BAD"

"I hear you" Austin said trying to smile

"Just making sure… I don't expect you to always make the right decisions Austin, your 10… but I do expect you when you are having a problem with a decision to come to your mom or me. That's why we're here! Well that and to feed you"

"Did you go to your mom for everything?"

"I did… until I met your mom. Then I somehow got it in my head that I didn't need to anymore… that I was smart enough. Hints why we have you and Emma… Now I love your mother more than anything but she had a way of persuading you into doing anything she wanted back then" Lucas laughed

"Back then?"

"Well now too"

"Like having sex?" Austin asked trying hard to change the subject

"Surprisingly that was a mutual decision… of course we were both really, really drunk but we both said yes"

"Mom is crazy… is she going to be really mad?"

"Do you want me to lie and say no?" Lucas asked

"No…"

"Promise me you'll come to me from now on?"

"Promise… am I still grounded?" Austin asked hopeful Lucas was going to say no

"So grounded… You better enjoy the sunlight now because after your moms through with you, you might not see it for a while"

"Can't you punish me?"

"Moms car, moms rules… you should have just waited and drove my car" Lucas laughed

"Probably…"

"And Austin… Don't you ever do anything that stupid again… ever? Are you hearing me? I would like to keep you alive until you are at least 18"

"I hear you…" Austin smiled

"Good… Moms home"

"Uh oh…"

"Good luck" Lucas said giving him a quick hug

"Oh My God… What the hell happened to my car?" Brooke yelled

"Better question… What happened to mine?" Lucas asked seeing a huge dent in the side of his

"I kinda hit a mailbox on the way home…"

"By accident?"

"Or on purpose… whichever" Brooke giggled

"Brooke…"

"Dude… you have a tiny ding… my whole back in is smashed in! What did you hit? The king of all mailboxes?"

"Ask Austin" Lucas pointed

"Street light…"

"Wow… I always figured Emma would be the first to drive the car without permission and wreck it. Were you at least listening to good music when you hit?" Brooke asked

"Hit Me Baby One More Time was on"

"Nice… ok Kid, come on… lets talk" Brooke smiled pulling him up from the bench

"Again… I just talked with dad"

"Yes again, and then later, and then tonight, and then tomorrow morning and then many, many times after that… move it, in the Hummer"

"Where are we going?" Austin asked totally confused

"I'm taking you to the orphanage… Kidding, Ice cream… it might help me think of a good punishment"

"Ok…"

I'll be there in a second… DON'T DRIVE" Brooke yelled as he climbed into the passengers seat

"I wont… I promise"

"Ok Broody so what happened?"

"Matt and Jerry…" Lucas sighed

"Figured… you weren't too hard on him were you?"

"No, he was more worried about talking to you… what are you going to do to him?"

"Stuff his face with ice cream while I make him feel guilty as hell… then ground him for a week maybe… depends on the response I get from the guilt" Brooke smiled. She knew grounding him was going to help with nothing, at least it hadn't with her so maybe some good old fashion guilt would scare him.

"I just can't believe, I mean Austin?"

"Luke, he's 10. He couldn't stay our sweet, quiet angel forever… he's only got ½ your genes. Think about all the crazy stuff you and Haley did at 10"

"True… very true" Lucas laughed

"See? Ok, we're off… wish me luck"

"Don't hit anymore mailboxes…"

Spoilers: Lucas debates whether or not go end his hiatus from basketball, Everyone deals with Karen… Emma goes on her first "real" date. Madison has her tests! Austin and Emma make their plan. Brooke does a bake sale! PLEASE REVIEW!