3 months later...

Felix laid in his bed, staring at the ceiling. "I've got everything I could ever want. Brooke with me, and Lucas miserable." Felix truly believed that Brooke was in love with him again and he was planing on his next move. He was going to make sure that she never went back to Lucas, or anyone else, ever again.

Brooke and Lucas had been secretary seeing each other almost daily. Lucas hated sneaking around, but he knew that if Felix even had one inclining of something going on, that he could very well hurt not only Ashley and her baby, but Brooke and THEIR baby. Brooke, however, liked sneaking around. She loved the excitement.

Today they were meeting at Haley and Nathan's apartment for their secret rendezvous of the day. Felix never suspected a thing. He thought that Lucas was with Ashley, as he could always hear him when he called her, and that Brooke was with Haley. The truth was, they were all together. They had been almost inseparable since the day in Ashley's room. Ashley really loved all of them, Jake, Nathan, Haley, Lucas, and Brooke. She never wanted to hurt them, ever. She had told all of them of Felix's plans and how she needed their help to foil them. All 6 of them agreed to help her, and to not tell anyone about Felix, they all feared for her safety.

"You guys, will our baby's be able to talk like that?" Brooke asked, rubbing her slightly distended stomach. Haley and Brooke were beginning to look pregnant, but Ashley looked HUGE, even though she found out, and was due after them. They were watching "Look Who's Talking" and Brooke was really confused.

Lucas laughed, until Brooke hit him. "Brooke, that hurt! It's just a movie, and the baby's voiced by Rosanne Barr!"

"I knew that," Brooke said, her cheeks turning red, "I was just joking. Ha ha, I thought it was funny."

"Brooke, sometimes I think that you should dye your hair blonde." Ashley was laughing so hard that she could barley get the words out. But everyone stopped laughing when Ashley's phone ringed the ring that everyone feared. They knew that when it played the theme from "Day's of our Lives" that it was Felix. (Ashley decided on that ring-tone because Brooke was right, their lives really were as full of drama as a soap opera!) "Guy's, quiet, except Lucas" Ashley waited one more ring and answered the phone. "Hello."

"Hey, how's my little preggers."

"What's up Felix. I'm kind of busy."

"Well, apparently you and Lucas must be playing hide and seek." Felix said with that tone in his voice that made her shiver.

"I have no clue what you're talking about Felix."

"I'm sure you don't. I was just at Lucas's house, and there was no one home. So I thought, oh maybe the happy couple went to you're apartment, ya know, a little change of scenery. But to my surprise, it was empty." Felix pretended to laugh, and then his tone totally changed. "Where the fuck are you, and you better tell me right now bitch!"

As soon as Felix started screaming at her, Ashley's face went blank. She grabbed her stomach and fell to the ground crying.

Felix was livid! "I'm going to kill that bitch! I can't believe she fucking hung up on me, she better have some good reason."

Flashback

Ashley waited at the doctors office next to haley. It was their fourth month appointment, and their first ultrasound. Brooke and Haley were just beginning to show, "Nothing too horrible" as Brooke stated. Ashley however, was huge! She felt like she was 8 months pregnant.

As Brooke walked out of the office, she had the biggest smile on her face! She couldn't wait to tell Lucas that they were going to be the proud parents of little Sydni Davis Scott. Most fathers would be at the doctors appointment, especially at the first ultrasound, but Brooke and Lucas couldn't risk being seen together in public. But Brooke, being Brooke, wasn't worried. She had made sure that she had plenty of copies of their babies first picture.

"Ashley" the nurse appeared in the doorway, "You're next."

Ashley sat on the table and smiled as the doctor walked in. "Hello Ashley, how are you feeling today?"

"I'm fine Dr. Hagnell, but I have a question. If I'm only 4 months pregnant, not as far along as Brooke and Haley, than why am I twice the size as them."

"Well," said Dr. Hagnell, running the ultrasound probe over her stomach, "I think that's because you're having twins. Congratulations!"

"What?" Ashley looked like she had seen a ghost. She could only say "What" for the next day. How was she going to tell Felix?

End Flashback

Brooke ran over to where Ashley was lying in pain. "Brooke, I think I'm in Labor."

"Lucas, help her!" Brooke was crying now. What was she going to do. "We have to get to the hospital, like now!"

"Brooke, calm down, stress will only make our baby worse. We have to stay calm, for Ashley and the babies. We'll go to the hospital, and the other's will meet us there. Lets go." Lucas calmly picked Ashley up, and started towards the hospital.

Felix was driving around, looking for Ashley and Lucas when his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller id and saw it was Brooke. "Hey Brooke, what's up."

"Felix, I'm at the hospital. Ashley's in labor, and I need you, please, can you come?" Brooke was really upset, but not because Felix wasn't there, but because of why they were there.

"Sure, I'll bee right there." 'Shit. What the fuck am I going to do?'

They had all been in the waiting room, Felix was holding Brooke's hand, and Brooke kept looking at Lucas. Everyone stood up when the doctor walked into the room. "Mr. Scott?" Lucas nodded and followed the doctor to a private hallway, away from the others. "I assume that you know that Ashley was caring twins? Well, they were fraternal twins, and I'm afraid that one has died, causing the pre-term labor. We were able to stop the labor and save the other baby."

"Thank you doctor." Lucas went to shake his hand, but the doctor pulled away.

"I'm afraid that there is more. We had to do an autopsy on the baby to find the cause of death. We determined from the tests that the baby had the genetic disease HCM. Ashley doesn't have it, so I'm afraid that you must. I'm sorry."

The doctor walked away and Lucas walked into where the others were. "She was in labor because one of the babies died, of HCM. She's ok now, and so is the other baby, but she'll be on bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy. Ashley doesn't have HCM though, I do. I'm so sorry Brooke." Lucas was interrupted by a slap across the face from Brooke (She would apologize later).

Brooke ran out and Felix ran after her. "Brooke, wait up."

"Felix, I just want to be left alone, ok? I'm going to go to Payton for the night."

"Brooke, I really don't think that you should be alone right now, why don't you..." Felix was interrupted by Brooke.

"Thanks for the offer Felix, but I really just need to be alone. Bye."

Nathan was sitting in the waiting room waiting for haley to come out of the room with Ashley. He wasfeeling helpless, when all of the sudden, a light bulb went of in Nathan's head. 'If I had HCM, I wouldn't be able to work out, because if I wasn't being treated than I could die. Since Lucas isn't really the father of Ashley's baby, than he doesn't have HCM, but Felix does."

Felix's cell rang. "Hello?"

"Hey Felix, it's Nathan."

"Hey man, what's up?" Felix couldn't believe it. Not only was he getting Brooke, but the star of the school was calling him.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go down to the river court, ya know shoot some hoops. Ever since the Lucas thing, I can't stand him, and I need a new workout partner. Brooke said that you were into basketball, so ya in?" Nathan smiled, he knew that this was the one way that he could help Ashley without risking her life.

"Sure dude, I'll meet you there in an hour. Peace."

"Cool." Nathan called Lucas and tried to explain his plan, but Lucas was too worried about Brooke to listen closley. He had a hunch where she would be, so he got in his car and drove.

Brooke was in Payton's bed when Lucas walked in. "Lucas, what are you doing here? Felix knows where I am." Brooke sat up.

"Sushh. Don't get upset." Brooke bent down and kissed her head, then her belly, his now ritual. "Sydni, mommy can't get upset now can she? Don't worry about Felix baby. Nathan said that he was going to take care of him, for good. Something about a brilliant plan involving basketball?" Lucas sat down and Brooke laid her head on his shoulder.

"Nathan and brilliant don't really go together." They both laughed. "Luke, how's Ashley? Is she going to be ok?."

"Yeah, she's shaken up, but she'll be fine. My mom said that she could stay with us until the baby is born. I told her, it was the only way. I asked Ashley if she would go to the police now, but she still is scared."

"I don't blame her. Lucas, I love you, but I don't know how much more of this I can take." Brooke started to cry and Lucas just hugged her and cried right with her.

"I know baby, I know."