YAY!! Chapter 12. We're going through some serious chapters in this story! And they are long chapters too. LOL Anyway… Apparently we aren't going on vacation that I know of… so no worries there. The good news is OTH is back in 14 days… the bad news is, that's still 14 days! Hahaha anyway! I hope you guys like this chapter! Please review!

As cooper leaned in to kiss her Emma had a gazillion thoughts race through her head. What was she doing? She had a boyfriend, a good boyfriend… who was on vacation, but that didn't mean she was aloud to do this. Then there was the thought of what her mom would say… that defiantly wouldn't be a pleasant conversation. Just as she could feel Coopers breath on her lips she pulled back, shocking cooper.

"What's wrong?" Cooper asked as Emma pulled away from him

"I can't do this Coop"

"Why not?"

"Because I have a boyfriend… a sweet boyfriend who wouldn't cheat on me… besides Cooper, we're us" Emma laughed sitting back against the bench

"What's that supposed to mean?" Cooper asked getting frustrated

"It means this isn't going to work, even if I didn't have a boyfriend… you're my best friend"

"Emma, I don't want to be just your best friend anymore"

"Don't feed me that lifetime movie crap Cooper… where were you when I wanted to be your girlfriend?" Emma asked. She knew there was going to be a time she got to throw that back in his face, of course they were like 10 at the time, but still

"I was there"

"Oh, right I forgot… and so were Leslie and Tess!" Emma laughed

"Emma, everyone makes mistakes… look at your dad"

"Don't… don't you dare go comparing yourself to my dad, my dad hates you remember?"

"Emma! Why do you have to be so frustrating!" Cooper yelled obviously upset, but Emma couldn't help but laugh… he was so funny when he got mad

"Because I'm my mothers child… that's why"

"That you are… I'm going to go, call me when you aren't so"

"Right?" Emma asked. They both knew she was, and neither of them could stay mad at the other one for long

"Yea…"

"I will… tell everyone in Chapel Hill I say Hi"

"Will do, bye Em" Cooper smiled, obviously still hurt… but trying to act cool with what had just happened

"Bye Coop"

Brooke watched as Emma made the smartest decision of her life up to this point. At least the some what morals she and Lucas had tried to teach her had stuck. Then there was the fact that maybe this meant that Emma didn't inherit Lucas's "Cheating" Gene as Brooke called it. Everyone could be thankful for that because with Brooke's attitude and Lucas's cheating gene, Emma could have defiantly caused some damage. Now she just sat there, Brooke knew she had to be feeling bad… guilt was something she had inherited from Lucas.

"Hey, I'll be back in 10" Brooke said handing Peyton the cash box

"Brooke…"

"I'll be back" Brooke yelled as she walked over to Emma who was still sitting alone on the bench

"You have 5 minutes"

"Hey babe" Brooke smiled hugging her daughter tight, ignoring Charlottes attempts to hurt her up

"Hey…"

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not sure if I just made a mistake or not" Emma whispered in the verge of tears

"Oh, Cooper made his move huh?"

"You saw?"

"I see everything… is he upset?" Brooke asked wiping a tear from Emma's pale face

"He tried not to show it, but I could tell he was"

"You did the right thing Em…" Brooke smiled trying to make her feel better. Unlike Brooke who could have cared less about breaking a boys heart at that age, Emma was too sweet and Brooke knew that was hard on her.

"It was hard… I miss Cooper"

"I know, but when you are looking for a relationship… there are 3 things you have to look for. 1, is he good in bed… that one doesn't apply to you yet… 2, do you guys have chemistry? And 3… is he going to respect you, and the decisions you make"

"I think this is the most serious conversation we have ever had" Emma laughed sitting up

"Damn, guess that means we're growing up" Brooke giggled rolling her eyes. In a way she and Emma had grown up together.

"That's scary"

"God, tell me about it… lets go do something totally juvenile"

"Like what?" Emma laughed. There was no telling what Brooke had in mind

"Hmm, Anyone in Tokyo you feel like calling? I saw where that bitch Charlotte put her cell phone"

"Mom…"

"Ok, ok… feel better?" Brooke asked wiping one last tear streak from Emma's face

"Yea"

"Good because I have got to get back to that damn bake sale… you think they are going to sell anything without my cleavage?"

"Not to men" Emma laughed seeing Charlotte out of the corner of her eye in that bright orange sweat suite

"I am so not cut out for this… I should be like pole dancing for money, not selling baked goods… That's it… next year you and I are pole dancing"

"The school board will love that!"

"I know right…" Brooke giggled giving Emma one last hug before helping her onto her feet

"I'm going to go find dad, Maddie and Carter"

"K, tell your dad I have his phone, oh and find your brother too… make sure he isn't driving into any street lights"

Lucas reluctantly handed Maddie another $5 bill to play the goldfish game. The object was to throw the ping-pong ball into the goldfish bowl and you won a gold fish… Maddie who couldn't even see over the table was throwing the ball randomly hitting various people as they walked by… totally missing the goldfish. Carter just watched amused at the people's reactions when they say a ping-pong ball flying at them.

"Daddy… I need more moneys" Maddie begged holding out her little hand

"Madison… this is the last time"

"You saided that last time"

"Well I'm serious this time… why don't you just let me buy you a pretty fish… one that won't die in a week?" Lucas asked. He was tired of apologizing to people who had been hit with her flying ping pong balls, plus Carter was getting restless

"Cause I want to win one… don't you want me to win daddy?" Maddie asked pathetically

"Throw away…" Lucas laughed handing her more money… if this was what kept her happy then she could do it for as long as she wanted for all he cared

"I is going to name my fish Shark" Maddie giggled throwing the ball at the man who worked the booth

"If you ever catch one" The man mumbled

"Dude… shut up, I'm giving you the money"

"Shark the fish it is then" The man smiled fakely so not to jinx his money

"Ladybug… can we please go do something else…I'll buy you like 20 fish" Lucas finally asked after another 10 minutes of Madison's terrible throwing

"Nowa… daddy please, I want to win! I never win" Maddie cried hugging Lucas's leg tight

"Dude… can you just give her the fish?" Lucas begged

"She has to win it"

"She is a tiny, short little girl who can't see over the table! I've given you more money than this whole tent probably costs"

"Daddy! Mommy says I am height challengeded like Emma" Maddie corrected

"I'll give her the fish for $50"

"You're kidding me…"

"Take it or leave it" The man smiled

"Ladybug… don't you want to go ride the ponies?"

"Can I win one of vose?" Maddie asked grinning

"Sure… why not"

"Ok… adios Fish man!" Maddie giggled throwing her last ping pong ball at him as they walked away

"Or would you rather go get food?"

"I'm not hungry… I want to win a…FROSTY!" Maddie screamed walking past a tent called "The Christmas Station"

"Damn it! Why me?" Lucas asked Carter who was almost asleep with his beat on his shoulder

"Its bigger than you daddy!" Maddie giggled

"Its 6 feet tall… I'm 6'1… I'm taller"

"Maybe you are swinking"

"Keep walking" Lucas laughed pulling her up into his other arm

"Daddy! It's my dwream! All I ever wanted! I will never ever never ask is for anything else again! Its just a little bit of monies" Maddie said quietly

"That's what you said about the fish… look, Carter has a frog… why don't you get a little one like him?"

"It even has my name on it!" Maddie shrieked ignoring Lucas's attempts to get her away from the huge frosty

"It says Merchandise… not Madison" Lucas laughed

"Well if you had named me Merdice it would be my name… daddy… I need a sick price" Maddie whimpered. Whenever she was sick Lucas always took her out for a "sick prize" to make her feel better when they got home

"Man… your busted" Nathan laughed walking up with Nate

"Thanks… how did Nate when A fish?"

"He put it in his mouth when the man wasn't looking… so they just gave it to him" Nathan laughed

"God…Ok Maddie, come here… if I say no are you going to cry?" Lucas asked bending down to her level

"Uh huh" Maddie whispered sadly

"A lot?"

"Uh huh"

"Maddie…" Lucas started… Brooke was not going to like a huge frosty in her babies angelic bedroom

"I love you daddy" Maddie smiled

"God you are spoiled rotten… go ask the man what you have to do to win it"

"You're the bestest daddy ever!" Maddie giggled hugging him before running to the tent

"That thing is going to fall on her and crush her you know" Nathan laughed

"Nice fish Nate… what's his name?"

"Dinner… Daddy and I are gonna fry him!" Nate laughed shaking the poor fish in its bag

"Uh huh… He's defiantly special Nathan…" Lucas smiled patting his brother on the shoulder

"This must be the infamous Carter… how's it hangin dude?" Nathan asked Carter who was barely awake

"Daddy… you has to pay monies and make 21 shots in a row" Maddie shrieked as she ran back to Lucas

"Wait, its basketball?"

"Yea!"

"This just might be cheaper than I thought… here take him" Lucas laughed handing Carter to Nathan

Austin, Amber and Emma ran to the bake sale tent for food, where Brooke was of course sitting there pouting to Haley and Peyton, ignoring the customers who desperately wanted their yearly cakes.

"Mom… we're hungry" Austin said out of breath

"Me too… but apparently if you slave away baking the food… you cant eat the food"

"That sucks… what if we buy some for you?" Austin asked

"I knew I had you for a reason… here is $10… I want that cookie" Brooke said pointing to the chocolate chip cookie in the corner of the table

"Brooke, your so evil" Peyton laughed

"I'm starving to death"

"Go buy some real food"

"I would if certain people would let me leave the tent" Brooke said loudly so Charlotte could hear her

"She's just scared you are going to leave and not come back"

"She is probably right… Hmm, you think she'd kick me out if I started stripping?" Brooke asked thinking seriously about it. It was really hot for the beginning of October

"No… but Mouth might come back with Brooke"

"Here mom" Austin laughed handing her the cookie

"Thanks… where is you guys food?"

"Yea, we weren't really hungry… we just needed more money" Amber laughed

"I figured… here, and don't play any of those stupid games…there a scam"

"What are we supposed to do then?" Austin asked

"What every other boy your ago does… save the money up for cheap, but dirty magazines"

"Mom…"

"Go… Just don't whine about loosing all your money to them… be careful… if you do drugs, at least do the high end stuff" Brooke yelled as the ran off

"Thanks" Austin yelled back

"Amber… watch them…" Brooke laughed

"You got it aunt Brooke, oh and you're jingling" Amber laughed pointing to the cell phone on the table

"Hello?" Brooke asked frustrated

"Brooke?"

"Coach"

"Lucas there?" He asked happily, which annoyed Brooke… he was never happy

"Nope… he is somewhere with our little monsters spoiling them worse than they already are I am sure"

"Well that's good… you just tell him that I think I have found an apartment, this way he can go back and forth"

"Wait… what?" Brooke asked almost choking on her cookie

"You know, for the coaching job until his shoulder is healed"

"Right that… I'll be sure to tell him" Brooke said hanging up as soon as she finished

"Who was that?"

Lucas's coach… something about him coaching until he gets his shoulder back, and he got him an apartment?" Brooke asked totally confused

"Oh that… yea Nathan told me" Haley laughed nervously

"So you knew about this?"

"Yea, Peyton did you know?" Haley asked Peyton who was trying to sneak away

"Yea Jake told me… Nathan told him"

"Wait so you all knew about what MY husband was doing… and I didn't, god I feel like this is sophomore year again!" Brooke yelled

"I didn't know" Charrlotte offered but Brooke wasn't in the mood

"Shut up"

"Brooke, its not a big deal…you guys have had a lot going on lately with Maddie and Carter… he probably just hasn't found the time to tell you" Peyton comforted

"But he found the time to tell Nathan! How long have you guys known?"

"Uh, about a month?" Haley asked

"WHAT?"

"Yea…" Peyton sighed thumping Haley

"And YOU didn't tell me! I tell you guys everything"

"Nathan made it pretty clear we weren't supposed to tell anyone" Haley laughed

"But he told everyone!"

"Brooke… it's not a big deal"

"Says the 2 whose husbands aren't lying to them" Brooke coughed

"He isn't lying to you… he just hasn't told you yet" Peyton said but soon regretted it

"Hey! Maybe Jeff will know something about this… he called the other day and left a message!"

"Brooke… just ask Lucas" Haley sighed

"No… Now I'm just mad and I wanna see if he ever tells me!"

"Brooke… breathe… inhale, exhale" Peyton said taking her phone away from her

"Fine… How much longer is this stupid thing anyway?"

"An hour" Charlotte smiled

"Great… just great"

Nathan, Maddie, Nate and Carter watched as Lucas shot the balls in 1 by 1. The man in the tent seemed to be getting more and more frustrated every time he shot another one in, and when Lucas hit 20 he stopped him.

"Now we move you up a level" The man said figeting with the basketball hoop

"At 21?" Lucas asked suspiciously

"Yes…"

"I love Frosty" Maddie giggled staring longingly at the huge Frosty

"Dude… your tilting it so the ball wont go in"

"No I'm not" The man laughed

"Yes you are… I use to do it to the guys all the time"

"And the truth finally comes out" Nathan laughed

"Does this mean no Frosty Uncle Nathan?" Maddie asked quietly

"Your daddy will get you frosty"

"We can feed Frosty dinner!" Nate yelled holding up his ½ dead fish

"Frosty eats snow Nate… not fishys!" Maddie laughed

"Mine is a snow fish"

"Really?"

"Yea… he tasted like snow" Nate lied

"Can I taste?"

"Maddie don't you dare put that fish in your mouth" Lucas said in between arguing with the man

"I wasn't going to, I was going to make Carter taste is it for me"

"Dude… I'm sorry you got such a screwed up family" Nathan said to Carter who was trying to get back to Lucas

"Dada"

"Ok Ladybug, Frosty's yours" Lucas said finally taking Carter back

"Thank you daddy!" Maddie shrieked

"What did you have to do?" Nathan laughed

"That's the guy from high school who based his whole reputation off of sleeping with Brooke"

"So?"

"He never slept with Brooke… She just went along with it because she needed community service to graduate and his mom was in charge… so he fixed it for her" Lucas continued

"Ok?"

"So he still bases his reputation of off the fact he slept with Brooke"

"Yea?" Nathan asked still confused

"Ok Dude… I think Tim is rubbing off on you… I just told him I was married to her and she was here and didn't really need those hours anymore"

"Lucas Scott into blackmail… I never thought I'd see the day"

"When you've been married to Brooke as long as I have something is bound to rub off" Lucas laughed pulling Maddie into his other arm

"Daddy…"

"Yea?"

"How are we going to get Frosty home?" Maddie asked staring back at the huge frosty

"That's a good question"

Austin, Amber and Emma finally ran out of money again playing games and decided that it was time for something more interesting. Something like watching Jenny show Peyton her new tongue ring. Not only did she have a new tongue ring, but a pierced eyebrow too. Peyton was going to have a fit.

"Hey Jenny! Wait for us" Emma yelled running to catch up to her

"Right… sorry about leaving you guys at the mall… I had to go downtown to get it done because there is some age thing here"

"Its ok, my dad came and got us… so are you going to show Peyton now?" Emma asked excitedly

"Yea, why?"

"Can we come?" Amber begged

"I don't care… and Peyton is very supportive of my self expression" Jenny laughed. She knew exactly what they wanted

"Yea in art… not body piercing" Austin mumbled

"I have known Peyton for a long time… she is basically my mother, she'll understand… watch"

"Hey guys" Brooke pouted

"Mom what's wrong?" Emma asked

"How much do you guys love your dad?"

"A lot… why?"

"So you would be terribly upset if I killed him and buried him in the back yard?" Brooke asked

"What did he do now?" Austin laughed sitting up on the table beside Brooke

"Long story… Oh My God, Jenny…" Brooke gasped

"Do you like it?"

"Peyton is going to…"

"Peyton is going to what?" Peyton asked walking up to them

"Do you like it?"

"You pieced your eyebrow?" Peyton asked turning red in the face

"And tongue!" Amber giggled

"Inhale, Exhale Peyton… she isn't lying to you, she just isn't telling you everything" Brooke laughed, paybacks hell

"I am calm, cool, collected… calm, cool, what the hell were you thinking?" Peyton finally asked

"I thought it would be cool"

"To look like a pin cushion?" Peyton asked louder

"Peyton…" Brooke started

"What's next tattoos?"

"It's a form of art"

"So you know anyone who has a tattoo that they don't regret?" Peyton asked looking around the tent

"Brooke and Lucas"

"Uh, Um, Uh, I totally regret mine" Brooke lied

"See…Ok… I am going to take 10 minutes to cool down…Talk to Haley, she is a good influence"

"Peyton…" Haley whined

"Brooke… you come with me!"

"Do I have too?" Brooke asked as Peyton drug her from the table

"Brooke…"

"Coming… You guys stay here; don't get any piercings while I'm gone"

"Got it"

Peyton pulled Brooke into the bushes where Brooke had made out with guys many times before outside the school. It wasn't helping that her brain was being flooded my crazy memories while she was trying to help Peyton who was seriously having issues with this. She and Jenny had been really close for a long time until Nikki had become a bigger part of her life when she turned 13. Now it was something new everyday that Jenny was doing that drove Peyton insane.

"Brooke… what do I do?" Peyton asked in a panic

"What do you mean?"

"Jake is going to freak out, and somehow this is going to end up being all my fault"

"Peyt. How is this all your fault?" Brooke asked

"I don't know but Jake will think of some way… nothing is Jenny's fault because she has had such a hard life"

"Peyton you cant let him do that… Jenny made these choices… she knows better and he knows that" Brooke comforted. Jake did play favorites and everyone knew it… she didn't think he meant too, it just sorta happened

"Brooke" Lucas yelled from the tent

"I gotta go… It's the dead man walking… call me tonight and we'll talk ok?" Brooke asked giving Peyton a quick hug

"If your not in jail for murder"

"True…coming handsome"

"MOMMY!" Maddie shrieked jumping into Brooke's arms

"BABY!… What's that big smile on your face for?"

"I gotted a Frosty that is bigger than daddy!"

"Did you? What did you get Carter? Did you get a frog?" Brooke asked Carter who was ½ awake

"He's kinda out of it… we wore him out"

"Poor baby… where is this "Huge" frosty?" Brooke asked looking around

"We couldn't carry it" Lucas laughed

"Wait… you mean its seriously bigger than you?"

"No… it's an inch shorter" Lucas said making Maddie shake her head

"Oh My God… Lucas"

"She wanted it" Lucas laughed

"Ok…cleaning is finished! The Bake sale is officially over" Charlotte smiled

"Thank god… lets go home…"

After retrieving the Frosty from the Christmas tent, they went home. Before Brooke and Lucas could finish bringing in all the stuff from the car Emma, Austin, Maddie and Carter were asleep in the den in front of the TV, which was unheard of in the Scott house, especially at 8:30 at night.

"Is that everything?" Lucas asked carrying the huge Frosty into the house

"I think so… how did they win that much stuff?"

"They could have bought triple that for the money we gave them…"

"So how was cooking Cheery?" Lucas asked pulling her onto the living room couch with him. Brooke wanted to yell at him so much but she also wanted to kiss him so she had to choose, and kissing always came first

"It was cooking… I hate Charlotte with a passion, your mother had the best day of her life, Peyton had a terrible one and Haley was the one holding us all together"

"Poor Hales" Lucas laughed

"She had fun, what about you guys?"

"Maddie should never, ever play any sport that involves aiming at something"

"That bad huh?" Brooke asked

"Yea…"

"Ouch, she much throw like her mommy"

"Yes…" Lucas agreed

"Did Carter have fun?"

"He slept the whole time"

"He got a froggie though" Brooke laughed

"That he did… I am worn out"

"Me too, lets go to bed"

"What about them?" Lucas asked remembering that all of their children were asleep on the couch

"They can sleep on the couch tonight" Brooke giggled

"Ok…"

"Luke, wait… we need to talk"

Spoilers: Brooke's parents meet Carter, Emma and Austin go back to school, Brooke confronts Lucas about basketball, Tristan comes back from vacation, Maddie's test results come back, SO MUCH MORE!!! Please review!!!