Brooke and Lucas were beginning to get everything ready for their wedding. They were finally beginning to feel like a family because they were house hunting and they were getting married in a month. Felix had left all fo his money from his trust fund to Brooke, because he truly felt like they were in love and he wanted to make sure that she never had to worry about money ever again.

Lucas and Brooke decided that since they had so much money now, that they would give a lot to Ashley. They felt responsible if she wasn't going to lead a comfortable life like they were. If it weren't for her, than they probably would be broken up right now and Brooke would be getting ready to raise their baby alone, or even worse, with Felix in the same situation that Ashley was in.

Felix had left them almost 16 million dollars of his 17 million trust fund. He had left the other 1 million to Ashley's baby. Even though he was a dick, he felt responsible for the life that he had created. No one would have ever guessed that Felix would be one to own up to his mistakes, let alone make it so that they would have a good life. Brooke, Lucas and Ashley decided that they would give Ashley 4 million dollars. They had wanted to give her more, but she wouldn't let them.

With their money, they bought a house near Brooke's old one, although, not before some serious house hunting.

"This house is 5 bedrooms, has a pool, 3.5 baths, 3 car garage, and a nice backyard, as you can see from the family room." The realtor guided Brooke and Lucas through the house. Lucas knew that this was the ONE, because they had looked at 5 houses, and he had never seen her smile like he did in this one.

"The kitchen is this way," Brooke followed the realtor like a puppy follows someone with food in their pocket. "As you can see, the appliances are all top of the line, and the kitchen is quite large. The island alone can seat 10 and the table over hear, can seat 8. Shall we go on to the formal dinning room?"

Brooke nodded her head and almost fainted when she walked into the room. It was almost as if Martha Stewart had set the table her self. The room was painted a chocolate brown with a powder blue trim. The cherry wood table and chairs looked perfect with the Kate Spade table settings.

Lucas looked at Brooke and before the realtor could begin to describe the room, he shouted out "We'll take it!"

"Lucas," Brooke excused them from the realtor and ushered him into the family room. "Shouldn't we talk about this? I mean, come on, you just told the realtor that we would by a million dollar house!"

Lucas looked at Brooke and smiled, "Brooke, this isn't any house, it;'s our house! I can tell in your eyes that this si the house you want." Brooke started to smile "But, if you're not sure, then I guess that we should tell her that we changed our minds" Lucas had the slyest look on his face as he walked toward the living room.

"Oh no you don't!" Brooke said, running in front of him. "Thank you! I can't believe that this is our house!"

The realtor left to deliver the papers to the current owners. Brooke went upstairs to divvy up the bedrooms. She decided that the first door closest to the master suite would be the nursery. Since they already had an office, and a fully finished basement, she decided to turn one of the extra bedrooms into a basketball room for Lucas. She was going to make it his wedding present. Lucas walked into one of their extra bedrooms and watched Brooke. He loved her so much, and now they were a family.

They moved in 2 days later, well technically they moved in, but they still had to buy all the furniture and stuff. They had paid for the dinning room set that was in the house, since Brooke had loved it so much, and they had invited Karen over for dinner.

Only their group of close friends had known that Brooke and Lucas had moved up the wedding. Karen was at dinner so that they could tell her. Brooke was cooking dinner and Lucas was getting dressed when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it babe." Brooke waddled over to the door and opened it. She was so excited, Karen was their first dinner guest. "Hi!" Brooke enveloped Karen in a hug as she welcomed her into their house.

"Brooke, thanks for having me." Karen took off her coat and looked around the entryway. "Brooke, the house, it's beautiful."

Brooke couldn't help but smile, "Thanks, well I'm just finishing dinner, but then I can take you on the tour if you want?" Brooke started to walk to the kitchen, one hand on her back. Even though she was 5 months pregnant, she was beginning to really feel like she was pregnant. Her back and feet were killing her, but Lucas was so good to her. She always was complaining, but when they got home from school, he had her favorite magazine, or desert waiting for her. "There's really nothing to see, were waiting until next week to go furniture shopping."

"Where's Lucas?" Karen said, helping Brooke dish out the food onto the serving pieces they had gotten as a wedding present.

"He's upstairs getting dressed." Brook said, "Luke, come down, your mom's here!"

"Coming!" Luke splashed water on his face. He knew that this would be hard, but he decided that it was best for all of them if he told her.

As he walked down the stairs, he decided that he couldn't wait until dinner. "Mom, Brooke and I need to talk to you."

Karen just stared at them and waited to hear what she knew, but secretly hoped she didn't.

"Brooke and I are going to get married in 2 weeks."

Karen just stood up from her seat in the dinning room and walked out the door. She sat outside the door to Lucas and Brooke's house and broke down. She knew that she couldn't let them go through with it, but she was scared of what dan was going to do.

Because Brooke and Haley were half way through their pregnancy, they were really beginning to get hormonal. With Ashley confined to bed rest, Brooke and Haley spent the majority of their free time with her, leaving Lucas and Nathan to wait on there every whim.

With the wedding just 2 weeks away, Brooke had forced Lucas to sit down and start finalizing everything. "Baby, come on! We can watch the game in here." Brooke was whinnying. She really needed to finish these seating charts before the end of the night so she could fax them to the party planner.

Lucas ran in and flipped on the Duke game. "Ok, so who should be sitting at opposite ends of the room?" Lucas asked, making Brooke laugh.

"Seriously, ok, at our table will be just us. Table one will be Nate and Haley, Jake and Payton and Jenny, Anna, Ashley and Mouth. I was thinking of setting them up or something?" Brooke said, and Lucas rolled his eyes. "Anyway, table two is going to be your mom.." But Brooke was interrupted.

"I don't want her there Brooke, and I don't want to talk about it. She doesn't support us, and I don't want her there. It's our day, and I want everyone to be supportive and everything go perfect." Lucas looked at Brooke, and knew that this is what was best.

Brooke looked down, and sighed. Lucas needed his mom, and so did she. She didn't want Sydni to grow up without any grandparents. "I think that I can do the rest. You go watch the game. Love you!" Brooke left the room and went up to the bedroom. "How can I get Lucas to see that we all need Karen? How can I get Karen to realize that Lucas and I are a family now? I have a lot of work to do!"

Dan sat at the dealership, plotting on ways that he could brake Lucas and Brooke up. It would have to be better than what he did to Nathan and Haley, that didn't work. He decided that what he was going to do was going to have to be drastic. He got up and went to the phone. "Brooke, hey it's me dan. Listen, I have a gift for you and Lucas, but I don't want Lucas to see it yet, I want you to tell me if he'll like it first. Can you come over to my house later? Thanks, bye."

Brooke was at the café. She knew how Lucas felt, but she really didn't want Sydni to grow up without any grandparents. She knew that her parents were hopeless, so was Dan. Karen was her only chance.

Brooke decided that she should spend as much time with Karen as possible, hence her being at the café. Although that wasn't the only reason she was there. "Hey Jake!" Brooke yelled out as she took her usual seat at the counter.

"Hey Brooke? This months usual?" Jake said, afraid that if the answer is no, he might have to cook something really disgusting.

"Yeah, pancakes with applesauce, and salami with chocolate pudding!" Brooke really had the weirdest cravings lately, although she wasn't alone.

"Sure, coming up." Jake said as he went into the kitchen, passing Karen on his way.

"Hey Karen!" Brooke said, "I 'm sorry about the other night. I really wanted us to talk about the wedding. I don't think that Lucas meant what he said, it's just."

"Brooke, slow down" Karen said, almost laughing. It reminded her of the time she first met Brooke in the hospital. She had said that she always talked fast when she was nervous. Karen remembered how she first thought of Brooke, and how she had grown to love her. Maybe she could learn to love the idea of Brooke as her daughter, even if it was sooner than she had expected."

"Sorry, I just..." Brooke was interrupted by Karen.

"I know," Karen said, "You talk fast when your nervous."

"Yeah. I mean, that's kind of why I'm here. I'm wondering if maybe, you might be able to learn to love me again? I know that it's going to be hard, but it really means a lot to me, and to Lucas, even if he is being too stubborn to see it."

Jake came out with her food. "You know what, I'll take it to go." Brooke said taking her food and leaving money on the counter. "Thank's Jake! Karen, please think about it."Brooke said as she left.

Karen waited a minute and ran to get Brooke, but it was to late, Brooke had drove off. Karen picked up her phone and quickly dialed Dan's number, to tell him that the plan was off. Brooke was right, and Karen knew it. She really did love her, and she didn't want anything to hurt either Brooke, or Lucas, or Sydni. She put the phone to her ear, but all she got was Dan's voice mail. "Where is he?"

"Hello, Mrs. Scott? This is Dr. Heart from Tree Hill Hospital. We have your husband, Dan here. He's had a hart attack, endued by HCM."

"Oh my god! I'll be there right away. Please tell Dan that I love him." Deb rushed to the hospital. "Excuse me," she ran to the desk trying to catch her breath. "My husband had a hart attack!"

"Mam, please calm down. Now, what is your husbands name?"

"Scott, Dan Scott."

"I'm sorry Mrs. Scott, but your husband is not allowed any visitors right now, the doctors are still working on him." The receptionist said, "But we can give you this." She handed Deb a bag of Dan's stuff. "If you sit over there, than the doctors will come and talk to you as soon as they can."

Deb nodded her head and sat down. Deb went through the bag and found Dan's cell phone. She looked at the wall and noticed that cell phones interfered with the equipment. As she went to turn it off, she noticed that he had a bunch of missed calls. She scrolled through the caller i.d., but noticed that only one name was there. "I wonder what Karen wanted?"

She dialed Dan's voice mail and punched in 31, his jersey number, when prompted for the password. "You have 3 unheard messages."

"Dan, it's Karen. We have to talk now! I just hope that it's not too late."

"Dan, come on! The plan is off! Luke and Brooke are in love and they're getting married. I don't want to do anything to ruin my relationship with Lucas, or Brooke."

"Dan! I don't know where the hell you are, but I swear. If you do anything to hurt Brooke, or Lucas, I will kill you!"

Deb couldn't figure out what Karen was talking about, and she didn't have time to think about it. The doctor came out with a solemn look on his face.

"Mrs. Scott?" Deb nodded her head, afraid of what the doctor would say next. "I'm Doctor Heart, please sit down." The doctor took a deep breath, and began to say the words he hated to say. "I'm sorry Mrs. Scott, but your husband suffered a sever blow to the chest, which triggered his HCM." The doctor stopped to hand Deb a tissue. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that we've lost him."

Deb just scanned the room, not knowing what to do. "Excuse me, blow to the chest?"

Doctor Heart sat down next to Deb, she obviously was unaware of the situation. "Yes. Dan was trying to push a pregnant girl down a flight of stairs, we believe that he was trying to make her loose the baby."

"Oh my god Haley?"

"No, I believe that the young women's name was Brooke. She got scared and hit him on the chest with her bag, apparently full of text books."

Deb than began to feel less sorrow, and more hatred towards Dan. He tried to hurt Brooke and her baby. She ran out of the hospital and called Karen.

Karen looked at the caller i.d. on her phone and saw that Deb was calling. "Hey Deb, what's up?"

"Karen, what were you talking about on Dan's cell phone? What plan?"

"Deb, Lucas and Brooke told me that they were going to get married. I overreacted, I asked Dan to brake Brooke and Lucas up. I told him that he was not to physically harm either one of them, or the baby. Wait, how do you know about the plan."

Deb took a deep breath. "I was at home when I got a call from the hospital, Dan had a heart attack."

"Deb, how is he?" Karen asked, concerned not for Dan, but for Deb.

Deb ignored her question and continued on with her story. "When I got to the hospital, they gave me a bag of his stuff, including his cell phone. When I went to turn it off, I saw all of the missed calls and checked his voice mail."

"Deb, you didn't answer my question. How is he? How did it happen."

"The doctor said that Dan was severely injured." Deb said through the tears. "They said that his attack was caused from a blow to the chest. He was trying to push Brooke down the stairs. She got scared and hit him with her bag full of books from school."

"Oh my god, Brooke! Is she ok, the baby?" Karen was grabbing her coat and heading for the door.

"Yes, she and the baby are fine. But Karen," Deb took a deep breath and just spat out what she never thought that she would have to. "Dan's dead."

"I'll be there soon." Karen ran to the hospital, where she found Deb with Lucas and Brooke.

Deb saw her and decided that they needed some time alone. "I'm going to go call and make the arrangements for the funeral."

"Brooke," Karen ran to her and started crying. "Are you ok, I'm so sorry!"

"Karen, it's not your fault." Brooke was shaken up, but she was glad Karen had come down. Maybe she was coming around.

"No, it is my fault. I overreacted when I heard about the wedding. I called Dan and told him that I needed him to get you to come around, and wait until you were older to get married. He told me that he had a plan, and I should let him deal with it. I'm so sorry. I told him that I didn't want to hurt either of you, but obviously he didn't care." Brooke got up and walked toward Lucas, who was fuming mad. "You have to understand, that I did what I did out of love." Karen stopped, she was crying so hard that she could barely talk.

"I understand if you never want to see or speak to me again. But I wanted you to know that I support you, even if you'll never know it."

Lucas was outraged, "Get out!" Karen ran out of the room and Brooke sat on the bed. "Baby, I'm so sorry." Lucas sat down and let Brooke cry on his shoulder.

"Lucas," Brooke stopped crying. "Maybe she did what she did because she loved us?" Brooke hoped that this was the reason, she didn't think that there could be a mean bone in Karen's body, especially one that would try and hurt her son. "She's your mother Lucas, and soon she'll be mine too. I forgive her, and I think that you should too."

Lucas sat up. "I'm sorry Brooke, but I can't forgive her. I wouldn't know what I would have done if you or Sydni had gotten hurt. I don't want her anywhere near either of you ever again." Lucas had become extremely protective lately, and he didn't want anything to ever even make the love of his life or his daughter uncomfortable. I don't want her at the wedding." Brooke just nodded her head as Lucas started to cry. Brooke knew that he didn't mean it, but she also knew that he had to figure it out for himself.

The Big day came and Brooke was getting very emotional. She had walked into the bridal suite at the church, Haley, Ashley, Payton, and Jenny following her. Haley hung up her dress and sat down next to Ashley on the couch. "Guys, I'm getting married today!" Brooke had been her usual cherry self lately, and today was no exception.

Nathan knocked on the door, and cracked it open. "Hey have you seen Lucas? I need to talk to him and I can't find him anywhere. He's not answering his phone." Haley hit Nathan and he realized that he shouldn't have said what he said.

The minute the words came out of Nathan's mouth, Brooke started to sob. "I knew it... He... Thinks...I'm...Fat..." Brooke said in between her tears.

"No sweety," Payton said rubbing her back like she did Jenny's when she was upset. "I'm sure he'll be here soon."

"No, he's left me all alone! He doesn't love me." Brooke ran, as best as she could, into the bathroom.

"Nate," Haley yelled, throwing a pillow at him because she couldn't get up.

"Sorry! I'll go find him"

"You better."

Payton picked Jenny out of her stroller and took her into the bathroom. "Jenny, go make aunty Brookie laugh!" Payton put the little girl down and she walked, or tried to, towards Brooke in the bathroom.

"Bokie" Jenny tried to say as she through her arms up into the air.

"Hey baby." Brook smiled as she picked up Jenny. "Where's your uncle Luke?"

Jenny was too busy telling Brooke about her flower girl dress, of course, Brooke couldn't understand her, but she just nodded her head.

"Lucas, where are you?"

Brooke would have never in a million years guessed where he was. He ran up the steps and rang the doorbell. He put his hands in his pockets and looked down at the ground like he always did when hie was nervous.

He heard footsteps walk towards the door as it creaked open. "Don't talk, just listen." He said, trying to hold back the tears. "I need you. I love you. Pleas, come with me."

Thanks for all the reviews! i'm thinking of ending it in a few chapters and making a sequal. what do you think? thanks again

Sara