OK you guys, this chapter is BAD hahaha seriously I am sorry… I took my pain medicine right before writing it and I feel miserable, so I tried but IDK… it just wasn't flowing hahaha… sorry another short chapter… I am getting bad about it I know but between my ankle issues and the medicine I am on for it it just makes it really hard for me to sit down and write a lot… but I am going to get as much done as possible. Then there is the fact that I am going to be an extra next week on OTH so I have no idea when they will be calling me for that… so I am just totally confused hahaha… but I am going to write as much as possible and get it up so you guys will atleast have something! Thank you all for being so supportive… your reviews always make me smile and feel like I am doing something good with this extra time I have because of my ankle. I really appreciate it!

The next update will be with in the next week…I SWEAR! Hahaha and it WILL be better than this!

For Brooke and Lucas, the months passed like days. Before either of them new it September had turned into October, October into November, and now it was the middle of December. Things had of course gotten less chaotic as they got into a pattern. Dan had finally left, and was now rooming with Whitey to help him out since he was getting older. Lucas liked to go over there just to see the 2 men to at each other like a married couple.

Peyton was now a good 5 months pregnant and was definitely showing it, which of course Brooke loved; she got all the fun of baby shopping, spending money and everything else without having to get fat. Lucas worried that she was going to want yet another baby after Peyton had hers… but Brooke seemed content with "Her" baby as she referred to Carter as. A few months in the Scott house had definitely had an effect on Carter. He was now talking… a lot and he and Maddie were fighting just like a normal brother and sister, which was driving Brooke insane. Lucas loved it though… to him it meant Carter was "Theirs" and there was no doubt about it. Of course lately he was more "Brooke's" since he was going through his as Lucas referred to it "This is MY mommy so leave her alone" phase. But he and Lucas had their time too… it never failed, every morning at 6:00 Carter would climb out of his crib, find his way to Lucas's bedside, pat him on the chest and beg for him to take him outside to play basketball with him.

Maddie was now 4 and 1/3 and she made sure everyone knew it. She was no longer just 4. But over all she was the same Maddie, just 3 times more hyper since Christmas was less than 2 weeks away. Austin and Emma were dealing with life in general. Emma had of course gotten over her Tristan issue very fast and had had a new boyfriend every week which Brooke thought was going to give Lucas a heart attack. Austin was busy playing his many sports and hanging out with Amber, so Brooke and Lucas barely saw him.

Now it was the morning before everyone got out for Christmas break and everyone was wild. Brooke hadn't gotten any sleep since Madison had decided that she wanted "Mommy to sleep in her bed" Then Carter had decided that wasn't fair and so she had been smushed in a twin bed with 2 small children, while Lucas was in their HUGE Bed all alone.

"Brooke" Lucas whispered from Maddie's doorway. Poor Brooke was all twisteted and turned around children and Maddie's lady bug bedspread Lucas could barely spot her

"What?"

"Are you ok?"

"No… I am going to have permanent back problems after this one" Brooke giggled trying to free herself from children

"Come on… leave them here, lets go back to bed"

"Are Em, and Austin gone?" Brooke asked finally getting Carter to let go of her neck

"I just dropped them off"

"Did Carter wake you up this morning?"

"Yep… and then he got tired and came back to bed with you and Maddie" Lucas laughed as Brooek struggled to get Maddie off of her arm

"And you didn't wake me up? I could have gotten in our bed…"

"You just looked so comfortable all up against the wall like that"

"You better run because when I finally get out of this position you are so dead" Brooke giggled finally almost getting free

"Whatever you say Cheery… I got a good nights sleep last night… no one hogging the covers or snoring"

"Ok your going down"

"I thought you said you couldn't get up?" Lucas asked walking away slowly from the doorframe as Brooke slowly stood up not to wake Maddie and Carter

"I lied…"

Emma walked through the halls trying to break through the mobs of people to get to her class. Ever since she had broken up with Tristan in front of the whole school, people had flocked around her to ask her questions and try to be her friend… which was great and all at first but it got old. The only friends she really wanted were her ones in Chapel Hill who liked her for her, not because she broke up with some guy so publicly. All the guys wanted her, just to make Tristan mad, and all the girls wanted to know why she did it… she was just glad today was the last day before Christmas break. Her first class was loud and Haley was sitting at her desk looking like she was about ready to pull her hair out.

"Hey Tutorwife" Emma said sitting down in the extra chair beside Haley before class started

"Emma… so if I like just kill all of these kids right now, how long do you think they would put me away for?"

"Just please insanity…"

"I could do that…" Haley laughed

"I'm just glad today is the LAST day!"

"Me too… your mom, Peyton and I are going to have a fun 3 weeks torturing you kids while you're at home"

"Mom doesn't have the time… she is getting ready for dad's coach whose coming next weekend, and then dad is busy helping Keith out with Nick…" Emma sighed

"Well my kids… they are going to cook and clean and be my slaves"

"So basically Amber is going to be living at our house?"

"Yea... probably" Haley laughed shaking her head

"So you and Nathan aren't going to do anything… I don't know, special"

"You are too much like your mother… go… sit… work, you're the only one in this class who makes any decent grades"

"Mom still can't figure that one out" Emma giggled. How she had gotten brains still stumped Brooke

"Neither can I…"

Lucas and Brooke sat on the kitchen floor looking at the mess they had made. Brooke couldn't help but think they were worse than their children… it was ok when they had these crazy water gun and flour fights with the kids… but alone? That had to make them the worst parents ever… or at least the craziest!

"We're terrible…" Brooke said shaking her head looking around at the destroyed kitchen

"Why?"

"Lucas, we have strawberries, whipped cream, sugar, and chocolate syrup ALL over this kitchen"

"Your point being…" Lucas laughed kissing her

"If the kids made a mess like this we would kill them!"

"Well there kids, we're…"

"Not… ok good point but still" Brooke giggled throwing more sugar at him

"We're out of strawberries"

"Figures…. Shower time"

"I like showers" Lucas smiled

"Mommy…"

"We're busted"

"Whatcha need baby?" Brooke asked seeing sleepy Maddie staring horrified at the kitchen

"What are you and daddy doing?"

"We are being bad bad parents…" Brooke giggled

"Can I be bad parents too?"

"Sure… where is your brother?"

"He is coming" Maddie giggled sliding around in the chocolate syrup

"Carter…" Brooke yelled to make sure he was coming. Carter was a good toddler, but he had a way of wondering off

"Are we swimming in syrup?"

"Basically… but now that the syrup and sugar and flour are kinda mixed together… its all, well like glue"

"Mama" Carter giggled looking at the messy floor

"Carter… look at you sleepy head… you wanna swim in the chocolate?"

"Yea"

"We can ice skate on the chocolate" Maddie giggled slipping and sliding everywhere

"Lucas… I just had an idea that is brilliant… but totally messy…"

"Messier than this?"

"I don't know… remember in high school when we use to go to your moms café to have sex so no one would catch us" Brooke asked

"Yea…"

"She had these HUGE things of chocolate syrup"

"Yea…" Lucas sighed scared to hear where this was going

"Luke… its every little kids dream to swim in chocolate syrup"

"Brooke…"

"What? We're on good terms with your mother! Remember the stuff we use to let Emma and Austin do at this age…" Brooke whined knowing he would cave… he always did

"Yea…"

"And we are on semi good terms with your mother right now… how much fun would it be if we filled up one of those baby pulls from Target with chocolate syrup and let them play in it"

"We would be washing chocolate syrup out of their hair for weeks…" Lucas laughed looking at Maddie who was already a mess

"So? Remember when we let Emma and Austin play in the peanut butter"

"Your right… nothing can be worse than that peanut butter…"

"Call your mom" Brooke giggled throwing more sugar at Maddie

"Mommy"

"Not you… Daddy is calling Karen"

"The crackwhore?" Maddie giggled painting chocolate marks on Brooke's face

"Yep…"

"Whore?" Carter asked eating the syrup

"Yep…"

"We should probably clean this up first… its going to dry and stick to everything"

"Hey… Oh My God… what happened?" Peyton asked walking in unannounced as usual

"Peyton…"

"Wow… So um… yea" Peyton laughed

"Peyton!" Maddie shrieked running to Peyton tracking syrup everywhere

"Maddie…"

"You gots fatter!" Maddie gigged touching her stomach

"Thank you… I think…"

"Ok my monsters…. Lets get you dressed and cleaned up…So I can get dressed and cleaned up… while daddy calls Karen!" Brooke said in her usually cheery baby talk trying to stand up from the mess

"YAY!" Maddie squealed

"Karen?"

"Long story… wanna help me with these 2?"

"I'll take them upstairs… you and Lucas might wanna start cleaning…" Peyton laughed

"Why?"

"Because there is some guy and his wife outside…"

"What?" Lucas asked looking out the window

"They have Bobcats stickers all over their car"

"Oh Shit…" Brooke giggled. She and Lucas weren't even dressed. Lucas was in his lovely Duke boxers and Brooke was in her frilly bra and underwear… then the doorbell rang

"What do we do?"

"We can't just leave them out there…" Brooke sighed, this was after all the man who was in charge of Lucas's career

"We can't answer the door like this!"

"Why? You look hott in your frilly bra" Lucas smiled kissing her

"And you look hott in your Duke Boxers…"

"Rock paper scissors?"

"On 3…" Brooke giggled

"1,2,3 Ha"

"Damn it! I always loose… ok but if he hits on me then I'm sleeping with him, so you better kiss me fast!"

"I can do that" Lucas laughed kissing her

Austin walked through the halls with Amber. They were both trying to figure out where they were supposed to be. Since it was the last day before Christmas break there were parties galore and no one knew where and when to be places.

"This is so crazy!" Amber sighed frustrated that they couldn't find where they were supposed to be

"I know…"

"I am ready for this day to just be over!"

"I'm not… Dad's coach is coming today and I really don't like him" Austin laughed

"Why?"

"Because he is almost as bad as Dan when it comes to basketball"

"Yikes" Amber giggled

"Yea… every time I see him he is trying to get me to practice with him or something. Dad understands I don't wanna go pro… but other people don't!"

"I'm sorry… maybe he will work on Carter and leave you alone"

"That would be nice" Austin laughed, he hoped Amber was right

"But then Carter doesn't have the Scott genes so who knows"

"Lucky Kid… gets mom and dad as parents but doesn't have to deal with the pressure"

"Yea… he's lucky your parents found him" Amber smiled

"Wait… I think I found where we are supposed to be…"

"Finally"

Emma walked down to the GYM for cheerleading with Maggie and Christine who she was totally ignoring. She still hadn't forgiven her for what she and done to her, but Christine just wouldn't leave her alone. She had even nominated her for Cheerleading Capitan in her attempt to try and make up with her… but Emma didn't want any of that. She just wanted to Cheer and then go home to her family.

"So Emma… head cheerleader" Christine smiled flashing the paper in front of her

"Stop it Christine"

"I'm serious, you would be good at it!"

"Why?" Emma asked annoyed

"Because you are a born leader"

"Sucking up isn't going to do anything for you I hope you know"

"It was worth a shot" Christine smiled

"Come on Emma… give her a break"

"Sorry… I am just irritated… I can't get anytime to myself these days"

"Want us to leave?" Maggie asked quietly

"I don't care…we have to practice"

"What is your problem?"

"Sorry… My dad's coach is coming this weekend and its seriously going to crazy… my poor mom is trying to get everything perfect and my dad is nervous and I really just don't want to go home" Emma whispered

"Well tell your mom I hope everything goes ok"

"Brooke walked to the door. She was still dripping in chocolate syrup, and she couldn't believe she was doing this… why couldn't Peyton just answer the door? Because she got her kicks out of seeing Brooke and Lucas have to deal with these embarrassing things that they always managed to get themselves into.

"Hi…" Brooke smiled as she opened the door

"Brooke, um"

"It's a really long story… we weren't expecting you guys until tomorrow"

"Yea sorry about that, the friend we were supposed to stop and see wasn't home so we just came on so we wouldn't have to pay for a hotel room… did we interrupt something" Lucas's coach asked looking at Brooke awkwardly

"No… we were just letting the kids get messy…come in"

"Coach…" Lucas smiled walking up beside Brooke and putting his arm around her

"Lucas… you're looking well, and chocolaty"

"Long story… so you guys come in… make yourselves comfortable and Brooke and I are going to change"

"Mama!" Carter yelled running into the foyer with Maddie

"Who is this?"

"This is Carter, and you remember Maddie"

"Hi Maddie, how old are you now?" Chelsea, Lucas's coaches wife asked

"I am 4 and 1/3" Maddie said holding up 7 fingers

"Wow! Look at you, such a tiny thing… are they feeding you"

"Chocolate syrup!"

"Brooke I'm going to go… I just wanted to see if you needed some help with kids this weekend" Peyton said trying not to laugh… it was a priceless site seeing Brooke and Lucas standing there… like that

"Thanks P. Sawyer, but you go home and rest… and feed that baby"

"Will do… Bye"

"Why don't you 2 go get changed… we will play with Carter and Maddie while you get ready" Lucas's coach laughed picking up little Carter

"Are you sure?"

"Yes… we can catch up"

"Mama, I come" Carter cried trying to get from the coaches arms to Brooke

"You stay here with Daddy's coach"

"I come too, Dada" Carter whined

"Someone is attached to his mommy and daddy"

"Baby, if you stay down here then Daddy will take you outside and play basketball!" Brooke promised the little boy

"Ball!"

"Yea!"

"Oka" Carter agreed reluctantly

"No sit with Maddie…"

"We'll be back"

Brooke and Lucas walked upstairs trying their hardest not to laugh at what had just happened. There was no telling what was going through his coaches mind right then… Brooke in her bra and underwear and Lucas in his boxers covered in chocolate syrup… that didn't look good.

"Shower?" Brooke asked wrapping her arms around Lucas kissing him

"Yes…"

"Together?"

"Of course…" Lucas smiled kissing her back as they made their way into the bathroom

"The things we get our selves into…"

"I wouldn't have it any other way…"

"Is that the doorbell again?" Brooke whined

"We can just ignore it, and shower… together"

"Fun… what if it is important…"

"Showers are important…" Lucas whispered trying to change her mind

"Together… I know… give me 5 minutes I'll go see who it is"

Downstairs Maddie ran to the door and opened it just like she always did. She loved being the first one too it just incase a real life hooker was there so she could meet her, or a pimp… that would be fine too. But it was neither at the door this time. It was a strange looking woman in her opinion. She looked older than her mom and a lot bigger

"Madison… who is it?" Brooke yelled running down the stairs

"Not a hooker… and if it is a hooker she is broke!"

"Maddie… your so evil you make me proud" Brooke giggled

"Mommy… you are still almost Nakey!"

"I know… I cant even get a shower in peace"

"Hi, um are you Brooke?" The woman asked

"That's me"

"And I'm Madison Tallulah Scott and I'm 4 1/3, are you a hooker?" Maddie asked

"Nope sorry…"

"Can I help you?" Brooke asked

"I'm here to get my son… Carter"

Spoilers: Lucas decides what to do with basketball, Brooke and Haley help Peyton out. Keith fights for Nick, Brooke and Lucas fight for Carter, Emma and Austin deal with life in general! Lots to come! Please review! Again… sorry for the crappy chapter… I figured it was better than nothing though