Chapter 11! YAY!! This is a long chapter too… its like I start writing and I cant stop LOL. Hope you guys like! Please review!

"Ok Brooke… now how is that mixing coming?" Charlotte smiled pulling a loaf of banana bread oout of the oven

"Aren't there electric things made for this?" Brooke whined looking down that the brownie mix. Her arm was going numb and she still had lumps in the batter

"Yes… but brownies should always be mixed by hand"

"Who is going to care what this stuff tastes like? I mean they are going top play for it before they eat it" Brooke mumbled. A bake sale… how cliché was that? Not only was she a stay at home mom with 4 kids… but now she was baking? It was almost too much for her to handle

"That isn't the point"

"Well it should be! I mean we are doing this for free…" Brooke whined looking over at Maddie and Carter who were laughing at her

"Brooke, Mix" Haley laughed

"Do you guys not remember high school with me? I don't cook, I don't clean, I don't do anything but…" Brooke started but Charlotte broke in

"Corrupt poor boys and steel their virginity from them?"

"Hey! I did that to 1 guy! And I am happily married to him now thank you" Brooke smiled deviously… at least she could add some drama if she was going to be stuck here all day with Charlotte

"Only because you got pregnant! Do you really think he would have stayed with you if you hadn't gotten pregnant?" Charlotte asked glaring at Brooke with the loaf of banana bread in her hand

"Yes! We were back together before he knew I was pregnant!"

"So… he would have gone off to college and met someone who would cook and clean for him" Charlotte grinned. She knew she was getting to Brooke.

"Someone like you?"

"Maybe"

"You are so lucky you're pregnant and my children are watching" Brooke said glaring at her

"Kick the pumpkin mommy!" Maddie giggled from the highchair

"I'm so scared… Brooke Davis threatening me… the only person you have ever come close to beating up was Nicki at that party, and Lucas had to save you from her"

"It's Brooke Scott now and maybe that's because I have more class than that!"

"Brooke, Charlotte… CHILL" Haley laughed

"She started it" Brooke mumbled sitting back in her spot between Carter and Madison

"MIX… Charlotte, cook" Peyton instructed

"I swear… didn't you 2 use to be friends?" Haley asked

"Until her desperate attempts to get Lucas didn't work…" Brooke said sarcastically

"Brooke… you mix in this corner with Maddie and Carter"

"Charlotte… you cook over here" Peyton finished

"You 2 are acting like 3 year olds" Haley laughed

"Mommy is you going to cook with us?" Maddie asked patting Brooke's ponytail

"Yes I am! What are we baking babies?" Brooke asked turning her attention from Charlotte to her children

"Tuna!"

"With cookie dough? Why not…" Brooke giggled

"Is everyone calm now?"

"I guess… why?" Charlotte asked

"Because you are getting ready to get stressed again…" Haley whispered pointing to the Bake sale sheet

"What?"

"Charlotte… you realize you write us down for 50 cakes right?" Haley asked

"What? No… 15 cakes"

"The people who sent the letter are expecting 50" Peyton coughed

"You're kidding me!" Charlotte shrieked

"Would she joke about something like that?"

"And see this guys… this is why Mommy doesn't cook… only bad things happen, so you should always let other people cook for you…. Got it?" Brooke asked looking at Maddie and Carter

"Got it" Maddie giggled

"Brooke you're not helping!" Haley laughed

"I'm mixing… that's helping" Brooke smiled

"How are we going to make 50 cakes in 5 hours?"

"Bake really fast?"

"Brooke!" Peyton snapped

"Hey! I was just making a suggestion… don't bite my head off!

"Well what are we going to do?" Haley asked

"We cant do this in here… we don't have enough stuff!" Charlotte sniffled getting teary eyed

"Wait… this is a long shot… but I might have a plan"

Lucas and Keith walked by the river in silence. Lucas had been with him for an hour and things had been so tense he hadn't even told him about Carter. Keith was not doing well. His eyes were bloodshot, and had huge bags under them, his hair was long, and he had defiantly packed on some pounds. Then there was the fact that he never came to see Emma, Austin, and Maddie anymore… Frankly Lucas was worried.

"So… you wanna hear something crazy?" Lucas asked deciding that they were getting nowhere with silence

"Uh, ok"

"Brooke and I are fostering a baby boy" Lucas laughed. It was the only thing he could think of that might wipe the sadness of of Keith's face

"What?"

"He's 18 months old… his name's Carter"

"You 2… never seize to surprise me" Keith laughed for a second and then went back to his moping

"He's sweet, Em, Austin, and Maddie love him"

"Planning on adopting him?"

"Yea… we said it was just fostering at first but we've only had him a day and we are all too attached to him" Lucas smiled. This apparently wasn't working

"That's great Luke, I always knew you were going to make a great father some day… I didn't expect it to be at 16, with Brooke… but all the same."

"Keith, I'm not going to lie to you man, you don't look good" Lucas said after a long pause.

"I think I've been hanging out at Whitey's a little too much… He's always got a drink waiting for me there" Keith chuckled

"Keith…"

"What does it matter if I drink Lucas? Its not like I have anyone who is depending on me"

"I do, and Brooke does, and so do the kids, Keith" Lucas started but Keith broke in

"Nick has gotten big" Keith said, then there was a long pause

"You can make her get him the test you know… to see if he is yours"

"And what if he is Dan's and Dan finds out? He is going to do the same thing to him he did to you and Nathan"

"At least you'll know… and you can fight for custody if he is yours… Keith you cant live like this" Lucas said almost yelling. He couldn't stand to see Keith this way. It had been far too long to still be moping about it, now it was time to take action

"Like what?"

"Like this! Trying to run from everything! I tried that once…"

"Yea?" Keith mumbled obviously not paying any attention to Lucas

"Yea… then a crazy lady tried to take Emmy away from me"

"You don't run anymore?" Keith asked

"Not from family…"

"But from other things?"

"Not really…" Lucas lied. He knew he had talked himself into a corner now

"Lucas"

"Just basketball" Lucas said scratching his head like he always did when he was nervous

"What?"

"They called, and they want me back to coach for a while until I am completely healed"

"And what did Brooke say?" Keith asked knowing there was a catch to this

"Brooke doesn't know"

"Lucas…"

"She would never admit it but she's happy here… her friends are here" Lucas sighed

"She had friends in Chapel Hill and Charlotte"

"But they weren't Haley and Peyton…" Lucas laughed

"She would go again if you asked her too"

"I know she would… but I don't want to have to ask her too… I wanna deal with it without her having to worry about it"

"You're a good husband and Father Luke" Keith smiled before going back to his moping as they walked

"You would be too Keith…"

Emma, Austin, Amber, and Jenny walked back and forth through the mall. Since Jenny had no interest in shopping, Emma, Austin and Amber had gotten nothing they had come for… except a pretzel.

"Jenny… we know you are having fun looking in the window but we really need to shop" Emma whined. They had been standing there looking through the window of the body-piercing place for an hour and it was getting old

"So do you think that Peyton would let me get my tongue pierced?" Jenny asked ignoring Emma's whining

"Ewww" Amber giggled

"Probably not" Austin laughed. They all knew Peyton wasn't into the whole body piercing thing. She hadn't even let Brittany get her ears done yet, while Emma and Maddie both had had theirs pierced no older than 6 months old

"Why would you want something in your tongue?"

"Seth might like it… Well what if I get it done with mom?" Jenny asked.

"And it turn out like your hair did when you tried to dye it black?" Emma giggled remembering how bad her hair had looked when Nicki had tried to die it for her

"It was supposed to have highlights!"

"White highlights?"

"You looked like a skunk" Amber giggled

"Whatever… do you guys have what you need?"

"You haven't let us go anywhere to get what we need" Emma laughed

"You've got 10 minutes… I'll meet you right here"

"Deal" Amber said dragging Emma and Austin away

"You think she is going to get her tongue done while we are gone?" Austin asked

"Probably…"

"Emma" Someone yelled from behind them

"Its your posy Emma" Amber giggled

"No, that's a dude"

"Cooper! What are you doing here?" Emma asked turning around and running to her best friend to give him a hug.

"My sister had a cheerleading competition!"

"You look great" Emma smiled hugging him again grinning from ear to ear

"So do you…"

"This is gross" Austin whispered

"You think she will mention she has a boyfriend anywhere in this conversation?"

"Probably not… Emma, like mom has a tendency to "forget" these things" Austin laughed

"You remember Austin, and this is our cousin Amber"

"Hi… so are your parents here?" Cooper asked nervously. Lucas never liked Cooper, probably since he was Emma's first boyfriend.

"Nope… dad is out with Uncle Keith and Mom is cooking with Carter and Madison"

"Carter?"

"Long story… so how long are you here?" Emma asked. She had no thoughts in her mind at this point… she was just so glad to see him

"Just today and tomorrow"

"Well I gotta go, but call my cell later… maybe you can come to the carnival with us" Emma smiled as Austin and Amber drug her away from Cooper

"Great… bye"

"Emma!" Austin shrieked

"What?"

"You have a boyfriend!"

"I know that! Cooper is just a friend!" Emma laughed

"Like dad was friends with Peyton?"

"No… like dad was friends with Haley… I'm not going to cheat on Tristan"

"Sure…" Amber laughed

"Keep telling yourself that Emma"

"Grow up"

Brooke picked up the phone and dialed 555-3843. She was regretting it already by the time she hit the 3rd 5. What was she thinking? Calling Karen…Out of all the people in the world why did Karen have to be the one who had a café… with the perfect amount of space to cook for a bake sale?

"Hello?" Karen answered

"Karen… its Brooke"

"Oh, Hi"

"Look… I need a favor" Brooke said. It was taking every bit of will power she had left to ask Karen for a favor.

"Ok"

"See I am having to help cook for this idiotic bake sale… and well we kinda need a place…"

"Like the café to cook?" Karen finished

"Yea…"

"You can use the café under one condition…"

"Ok?" Brooke asked shocked. She wasn't expecting her to say yes

"You have to let me help"

"Of course!"

"I'll meet you there with Nick in 10 minutes" Karen said cheerily. It made Brooke want to puke

"Wait… do you still have that crib and playpen?"

"Yea why?"

"10 minutes… we'll be there" Brooke said hanging up the phone

"What did she say?" Charlotte asked eagerly

"She wants to help… so we have to meet her there in 10 minutes" Brooke whined pulling Carter into her lap

"Awesome"

"You guys owe me majorly… considering what I just did"

"Why? I love my mother in law" Charlotte smiled

"You would wouldn't you?"

"No fighting…" Peyton broke in. They didn't have time to fight… they had 50 cakes tobake

"I gotta dress Madison and Carter… come on babies" Brooke said carrying them both upstairs. Her arms were defiantly killing her

"Baby gap?

"Maddie… do you own anything that isn't baby gap?" Brooke laughed kissing her on the forehead

"No…" Maddie giggled

"Carter, your sister is crazy"

"I am not!"

"You are so… lets go, Madison you clothes are on your bed…Sweetie are you feeling ok?" Brooke asked. Maddie just looked so pale and her eyes so dark… it was normal after a hospital visit but it still made Brooke's stomach churn

"Yea…"

"Ok… go get dressed…"

5 minutes later Brooke, Madison and Carter were downstairs ready to go, and Haley, Peyton, and Charlotte or "pumpkin lady" as Madison called her had everything packed into Charlottes Mini-van.

"Ok, lets go"

"Like that?" Charlotte asked

"Like what?"

"That child looks like a stripper"

"Daddy says they are not strippers! They are narcotic dancers" Maddie shrieked.

"Maddie, exotic dancers… not narcotic… and Charlotte its 89 degrees outside! She is wearing a dress" Brooke laughed

"Her underwear are showing" Charlotte pointed out as if Brooke wouldn't already see the pink flowered underwear

"Ok she is wearing a short dress"

"And it ties around the neck" Charlotte said solemnly

"If it bothers you so much then you go and try to put her in pants… she wont wear them"

"My legs cant breaf" Maddie added

"What?"

"They need airs to live silly!"

"Whenever you 2 are ready to go, we are" Peyton said tapping her foot

"Maddie come on"

"With her?" Maddie asked shocked

"Yes with her" Brooke laughed

"In a car?"

"Yes…"

"She might's make the tires pop" Maddie whispered loudly

"Come on Madison… you can sit in my sons car seat" Charlotte said in a baby voice. For a second there Brooke thought Maddie was going to hall off and hit her, thankfully she didnt

"And get cooties? I don't like you… Mommy my legs are sleepy" Maddie whined holding her arms up to be held

"I'll carry you… and you guys wonder why my figure is so good" Brooke giggled carrying both children to the car. She didn't know what she was going to do when either of them gained weight

"I hate you…" Haley whined

Lucas finally got Keith to agree to do something other than mope… so Lucas decided that the root of the problem was Whitey… since Whitey washed away his problems with booz, Keith was now doing the same thing…

"Whitey" Lucas said walking into his office with Keith, Whitey was of course sitting there looking at pictures drinking his scotch

"Lucas… Keith come in… you 2 want a drink?"

"Sure" Keith said quickly

"No…"

"I heard about you and Brooke, Lucas! Congratulations! Another boy huh? Well lets just see how long it takes Nathan and Haley to have one… and then Jake and Peyton" Whitey laughed

"Yea…"

"You sure you don't want a drink?"

"I only drink with Brooke…" Lucas laughed. It was about the truth…

"I'll bet, I'll bet… so what can I do for you 2?"

"I was just talking to Keith earlier about how he should maybe get mom to have Nick tested to see who is father is"

"How do you think she is going to react to that?" Whitey asked

"I don't know" Lucas answered but he had some idea

"Not well…"

"She can't do what she is doing…" Lucas started

"No, but if he turns out to be Dan's"

"Then Keith can move on…"

"Is that your phone?" Whitey asked

"No… I have little people singing in my pants according to Madison… Hello?"

"Daddy…"

"Hey Em, whats wrong?" Lucas asked.

"Well we lost Jenny!" Emma laughed nervously

"What?"

"She was here and now her car is gone"

"Where are you guys?" Lucas asked.

"The mall… can you come get us? This creepy guy keeps whistling at me"

"I'll be there in a second… Meet me in the front"

"K, bye" Emma said hanging up

"I gotta go pick Emmy, Austin and Amber up at the mall… Whitey… stop giving him beer… that's what Brooke's for" Lucas laughed as he left

Brooke carried Maddie and Carter into the Café where Karen was waiting with Nick in her apron. Every time Brooke saw Nick she thought of Porky pig, she was just thankful Lucas didn't have those genes. Nick was one of those kids who could be small if he just watched what he ate, but with a mother like Karen that wasn't going to happen.

"It's the chicken killer!" Maddie squealed seeing Karen

"Maddie…" Brooke laughed

"Well she is betters than the Pumpkin lady…" Maddie admitted still glaring at Charlotte

"Brooke, Maddie… who is this?" Karen asked seeing Carter

"That's my new brother, he's a boy"

"I, um, I…"

"Lucas and I just can't stop having sex…" Brooke giggled

"Sex is bad mommy!"

"Brooke, tell her the truth before she has a heart attack and cant help us cook" Haley laughed

"Fine… Lucas is really a woman and had Carter… he's been keeping it a secret for some time now…"

"Brooke" Peyton sighed

"You guys are no fun… Lucas and I are adopting him, speaking of Lucas" Brooke said hearing her phone

"Mommy! The little peoples moved to your pants now! They must smell better"

"Someone wanna answer that? I only have 2 hands here" Brooke said realizing she had a child in each arm

"Hello?" Haley asked trying hard to sound like Brooke

"Haley?" Lucas asked confused

"Damn… I was trying to hard to imitate Brooke too"

"Where are you guys?"

"Your mothers café cooking" Haley answered

"You didn't let Brooke talk you into breaking in did you?"

"Tell Lucas my volume is on high and I heard that!" Brooke yelled sitting Maddie and Carter on the counter in front of her where she could hold on to them

"Put the phone to her ear" Lucas laughed

"Broody" Brooke said stubbornly

"Cheery… what's wrong?"

"I am in your mothers café with Charlotte… and your asking me what's wrong?"

"Want me to come help?" Lucas asked. He knew this couldn't be much fun for her

"Can you cook?" Brooke asked knowing the answer

"Nope… but I can keep Maddie and Carter entertained"

"True… what about Emma, Austin and Amber… have you heard from them?"

"There with me right now" Lucas answered

"Jenny leave them?"

"Yea"

"Well that's the last time that will happen… ok Handsome its up to you…" Brooke giggled giving up her stubbornness for Lucas

"We might stop by later… I think I am going to take them to see Keith"

"Ok… Bye Gorgeous"

"Brooke…" Haley whispered but Brooke was ignoring her

"Lucas is coming by…"

"Brooke…" Haley whispered again

"Jenny left them at the mall again…"

"BROOKE!" Peyton finally yelled

"What?"

"Carter…" Haley laughed

"What?" Brooke asked. She hated it when they did this to her, left her totally confused

"Listen"

"Babal" Carter whined trying hard to grab his bottle which was at the end of the counter

"Oh My God…" Brooke gasped

"He wants his bottle" Maddie giggled handing it to him

"Did you talk? Maddie did you hear him?"

"He talks silly!"

"What?" Brooke asked

"Yea, he can say Mama, and Dada, and Babal, and ball" Maddie laughed as if it were no big deal

"Since when?"

"Since yesterday in the cars… I taughted him"

"Carter… say Mama" Brooke said looking at Carter

"mama"

"Oh My God she's right…Madison dial daddies cell phone number… hold down the 1"

"I don't understand what the big deal is" Charlotte said frustrated and ready to cook

"Hello" Lucas said

"Carter say Dada" Brooke whispered

"Dada"

"Hello?"

"Did you hear that?" Brooke asked

"Who was that?"

"Carter!"

"He talks?" Lucas asked just as shocked as Brooke was

"Just get your cute ass over here!"

The rest of the day was spent cooking, and playing until 4:00 when they finally had everything cooked for the carnival at 5. Lucas spent the time with Emma, Austin, Maddie and Amber trying to make Carter say the most random things, while Brooke was forced to cook with the help of Karen. Once they were at the carnival with their booth set up it was 4:45 and people were already starting to come. Emma had found Cooper and was off with him, while Austin and Amber rode rides, and Lucas took Maddie and Carter to the petting zoo, leaving Brooke under the tent… with Haley, Peyton and Charlotte bored out of her mind.

"Wasn't cooking enough? Cant I go have fun now?" Brooke begged trying to sneak out of the tent

"Brooke… this isn't high school, you cant kidnap Lucas from the basketball tent, take him to your car and sleep with him" Haley laughed

"I could if I wanted too, and no… I wanna go hang with Maddie and Carter…. Or I can let you guys hang with Maddie and Carter while Lucas and I go do other things"

"Brooke, just smile and try to get people to buy the food"

"I'm smiling" Brooke whined

"Bigger, like your cheesy Cheerleading smile!"

"I lost that during child birth"

"Brooke…" Peyton laughed

"Fine… smiling, smiling"

"Brooke…." Mouth said walking to the table with his dog

"Mouth"

"This is Brooke"

"That has to be the ugliest dog I have ever seen Mouth, if your going to name a dog after it at least make it a cute one!" Brooke whined.

"Brooke is cute!"

"If you buy everything in this tent so I can leave this place I will forgive you" Brooke smiled her cheesy smile for Mouth

"No, but I will buy a cake"

"Close enough"

Emma and Cooper walked and forth around the tiny carnival. The entire town of Tree Hill was there it looked like so everything was crowded and full, making Emma mad because she wasn't one to wait for things… ever.

"Wanna just sit and talk?" Emma asked getting frustrated with the lines

"Sure… how has school been here?"

"Good…"

"I've missed you at home" Cooper smiled

"I've missed you too"

"Emma, I was thinking… long distant relationships aren't so bad are they?" Cooper asked

"Carter… I cant, I have a boyfriend"

"Shhh" Cooper whihspered as he leaned in to kiss her

Spoilers: Brooke finds out about the basketball issue, Brooke's parents meet Carter, Emma and Austin go back to school, A LOT… hahhahaha Please Review!