Note: This story takes place right after Brooke leaves town.

Brooke finally arrived home. The day felt like it would never end. Her classes weren't anything too hard. She had to take the normal classes: Math, Science, English, and German. And then she also had to take First Sid/CPR, Mothers and Baby, and also Before the Baby. They were classes to get the girls ready to have a baby; as soon as the baby was born she would be put into After the Baby, which was about living with a baby instead of preparing for a baby.

"I'm home Josh," Brooke said as she walked into the house, setting down her bag.

"Oh," he said walking into the room. "How did your first day go?" he asked her.

"Long, that's all I can say. But I met this really nice girl Cassie; actually she is coming over tonight. She is going to help me learn some things about babies. She has a three-month old." Broke told him as they walked over to the couch.

"Oh, do you mind if I go out with some of my friends?" he asked her.

"Of course not Josh, you can't just stop living your life because of me and my stupid mistakes." She replied.

"Brooke, I want you here, you know that. And well I'll help you with the baby, you know that, it will be an adventure." He told her.

"Yeah a very tiring one. Do you think you could order us some pizza before you leave?" she asked him "I need to go take a shower, and she will be here in like ten minutes." She told him getting up and walking towards her room.

"Sure," he replied.

10 minutes later Brooke was showered and dressed again, this time in some comfortable pajama pants that she had taken from Lucas, one of those many nights she had stayed at his house, when his mom was in Italy. She couldn't bear get rid of them. It was a good reminder of why she had fallen in love with him, and why she was keeping their child a secret from him.

There was a knock on the door, Josh noticed Brooke had just sat down, so he decided to answer it so she didn't have to get up.

"Hello, you must Cassie," Josh said when he saw a girl that looked no older then 16, standing at the door, holding a very loud baby.

"Just a guess," he replied. "Come in, Brookes on the couch." He said shutting the door behind her. "Well I better get going Brooke, I'll be home around midnight." He told her, giving her a small kiss on the forehead before grabbing his keys and jacket and then leaving.

"He seems nice, are you two a couple?" Cassie asked taking a bottle out of the diaper bag, and giving it to Lily.

"Yeah he's a sweetie, no were not going out. I'm still kind of getting over the father," she told her. "Can I try?" she asked.

"Be my guest," she said handing Lily over to her.

"Pizza should be here soon," Brooke told her.

"Awesome, I LOVE to eat," she replied.

They both laughed. The pizza came not too long after Cassie arrived. Cassie showed Brooke some of the simple things that Brooke didn't know. Like changing a diaper, how to prepare a bottle. How to put her to bed, those kinds of things. Before now Brooke hadn't held any other baby besides Jenny, and she was a lot older then Lily was.

"Thanks so much Cassie for helping me," Brooke said after Lily was a sleep.

"No problem, its nice to have someone to talk to. After Lily was born, all of my other friends kind of ditched me; they didn't exactly want a baby coming with them. They thought it would "cramp" their style." She explained.

"I'm sorry. Yeah it's been kind of lonely just Josh and I, but we hang out a lot. My friend Jake back home, is 16, and he has a 11 month old, but he left town when the mother came back after being gone for 8 months, and wanted to fight for custody."

"Oh, wow, that really sucks. Lily's dad is around, we're not together anymore, but he tries to help when he can. He is still in school, so he has a lot going on also he is on the football team so that keeps him really busy."

"Yeah, tell me about it, Lucas is on the Varsity Basketball team."

"Do you mean Lucas Scott?" she asked.

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"My old high school went up against them for the playoffs, and lost. I went to the game, I remembered you telling me today that you are from Tree hill. So I put two and two together." She laughed. "That's a first for me though, normally people have to practically spell things out for me, but I remember Dave telling me about the Scott brothers just crushing our team alone."

"Yeah that's Lucas and Nathan for you." She replied laughing.

"He's hot," she said.

"Yeah, tell me about it."

"I can't believe he's the father."

"Well he is, he's the only person I have been with."

"He is?" she asked.

"Yeah, my whole school thought I was this big slut, but I wasn't I never slept with anyone until him. He is the only one that knew this, I didn't even tell my best friend. I just let her believe what the whole school thought, it was easier then explaining it to her." She explained.

"Well, I better get going, I'll see you at school tomorrow though." She said getting up from the couch.

"Ok see you tomorrow, hopefully I will look better," she laughed. "God do I hate morning sickness." She said.

"Believe me I hated it too." And with that Cassie gathered her things and put a sleeping Lily into her car seat and left.