Brooke laid in her bed, well not her's exactly. She was in a strange, and tiny bed. She really didn't remember a lot, just that something happened. She did her usual morning routine, staring at the ceiling, then opening and closing her eyes. It had been her routine since she and Lucas had gotten married, but today, something was different. I know that something is different, I just... Then she remembered, pain, work, SYDNI! She put her hands on her belly, but it wasn't there, well there wasn't as much as their used to be. She shot straight up, and calmed herself as she saw Lucas sitting in a chair holding Sydni in his arms.
How could she have forgotten. She figured that it was because of the drugs. After the baby was born, they gave her a strong sedative so she could sleep and rest. As soon as she saw Lucas with Sydni, she instantly remembered everything. The fear that something was wrong, and the joy she got when she held her daughter for the first time. HER daughter, part her and part Lucas. Brooke decided to eavesdrop on Lucas, since she would probably not get the chance again to listen to what he was telling their daughter. She laid down and smiled, reminding herself of her promise to be a real family, forever.
Lucas was watching ESPN, like he always did in the mornings. Brooke didn't mind it, it gave him something to yell at. She had actually began to like it, seeing as it gave her an edge on what Luke really wanted to talk about sometimes. "You see Syd," Oh my god, he already has a nickname for her! Brooke was tearing up, seeing Lucas with Sydni was reminding her how much she loved him. "You were born right in the middle of March Madness. Daddy hopes that in a few years it'll be him playing in the tournament" Brooke started to tear up again. I've ruined everything! How is Lucas ever going to be able to play in college with a baby? She realized that she was crying over nothing, or everything. She couldn't help but wonder what their lives would be like by the time college came around. She could barely concentrate on school, which she was going back to, in 6 weeks. Lucas had spring break and took an extra week, so he could be home with Brooke and Sydni. "Illinois came back against Arizona in the elite eight, in overtime when they were down by 15 with 3 minutes left! And they tied with 31.3 seconds! Now they're going to the final four, so at least part of daddy's bracket is right. Daddy thinks that it'll be Illinois and UNC for the championship, but Uncle Nathan thinks that it's going to be Louiseville and UNC. He believes in the underdogs, especially lately." Lucas said, kissing Sydni's head.
Brooke got out bed and walked over to Lucas and Sydni, wiping the tears. She didn't know why she was crying, but she seemed to be doing a lot of it. "Hey, don't you turn my princess into a jock!" Brooke said as she kissed Lucas.
"Hey baby, how long have you been up?" He asked, but Brooke couldn't answer. Sydni started to fuss. "Shhh, it's ok, go see your mommy." Lucas lifted Sydni and gave her to Brooke.
"Hey baby, momma's here. Shhh, it's ok." Brooke said softly as she rocked Sydni back and forth. Sydni began to calm down and eventually drifted off.
"You're unbelievable, you know that?" Lucas said, kissing Brooke.
"Yeah, I know." Brooke said, kissing Lucas back.
"No, I'm serious, you've been a mom for like what, a day, and look at you, you're amazing!" Lucas smiled and rubbed Brooke's back. "Amazing and beautiful."
"Ugh, shut up Luke, I'm enormous." Brooke said, staring at herself in the mirror.
"I heard your neighbors saying how they wish they could have looked as good as you do!" It was true, all the women were jealous of Brooke.
"I love you Broody, you know that right." She said, kissing Lucas nose.
"I love you too Cheery!" Lucas said, returning the favor.
"Ugh, Lucas, I love you so don't take this offensively, but you need a shower! And change those clothes, I don't want people to think that my baby's daddy doesn't know how to dress!" Brooke said, sitting down on her bed, still slowly rocking Sydni.
"I know, I'm going home right now," Lucas saw the look on Brooke's face. "I'll be right back! I love you." He said kissing Brooke.
"Love you too." Brooke said with her puppy dog eyes trying to get him to stay and shower there.
Lucas motioned for Brooke to hand him Sydni. "And I love you too baby girl." He gave her a kiss on her forehead and she almost smiled with her eyes still closed. He placed her back in Brooke's arms and looked at his girls. HIS Girls! He still couldn't believe that he was a father, or that he was married to Brooke for that mater.
"You're daddy's so silly! He loves you though, and so do I. You're our princess, don't you worry Sydni, no one will ever forget that, I'll make sure of it." Sydni yawned and squirmed a little. "Mommy's tired too, let's take a nap." Brooke closed her eyes and soon fell asleep.
She was awaken by the doctor knocking on the door. "Come in" she said as she stared at the baby in her arms.
"And how are we doing today?" The doctor said, sitting on the bed next to Brooke and Sydni, holding her arms out telling Brooke that she wanted to hold her. Brooke hesitantly gave the baby over and the doctor smiled at her response. "I guess your mommy and you have already bonded, haven't you little..."
"Sydni, Sydni Ashley Scott." Brooke said proudly for the first time.
"Well Sydni, lets be happy that your name isn't Ashley Sydni, or your name would spell ASS!" Brooke and the doctor laughed at the thought. That would be something that Brooke would never do to her child, only to someone else's.
The doctor put a sleeping Sydni in her basinet, and covered her with Brooke's hospital blanket. "We're doing fine doctor, great even, ready to go home?" Brooke asked, hoping the doctor said yes.
"Well, Sydni's doing remarkably well, considering her small size and pre-mature birth. She has no problems breathing and I believe that her sucking is going fine."
"When can we go home?" Brooke had gotten extremely anxious. She hated hospitals, especially this one. This is where Lucas went when he had his accident, where he almost died. This is where Ashley's baby died, and where Payton's mom died. She just wanted to go home. She missed HER bed with HER broody in it!
"Well, I want to watch her eat, make sure that her sucking and swallowing reflexes are working well enough so that she doesn't have any major problems, but barring anything going wrong with that, I think that she'll possibly be able to go home sometime today."
Brooke broke into tears and hugged the doctor. "You're welcome Mrs. Scott, just call me when she's ready for her next feeding. Until then, I suggest that you take a nap. Sleep will be hard to come by when you take her home." The doctor got up and turned off the lights as she left.
Lucas had gotten home to an extremely quiet house, very unusual. He took his shower and called the hospital to check on Brooke. When they said that she was sleeping, he decided to take advantage and call Nathan to come over to help him with the nursery.
"Thanks for coming over so fast." Lucas said, putting down the crib in the spot where he thought that Brooke would like it. So far, they had the crib, bookshelf, armoire, and most of the clothes in. There were still a few bags left, but they were running out of space for clothes.
"No problem," Nathan said, bringing in the glider and putting it in a corner facing a window so that Brooke would have a pretty view. "Actually, you did me a favor, if you thought living with one pregnant woman was hard, try two, with one on bed rest!" Nathan loved Haley, and had come to love Ashley as a sister, but he couldn't wait until the babies came, at least then he would have some help!
"Glad I could help. Ok, I think that's good. She'll probably be sleeping in our room tonight in the mosses basket, so I'll make the bed later. I just want to grab one thing and go pick up the present. Brooke's probably awake by now." Lucas said, grabbing a Nemian Marcus bag and putting something else in it.
When Lucas got back, he had his surprise with him. He had stopped by to pick up his mom, who had offered to help at night so that Lucas and Brooke would be able to get back to school as soon as possible. She also offered to watch Sydni during the day when they were at school since she was already doing it for Jenni. Lucas warned her about Brooke's feelings with nanny's but he felt that this would be different.
When he got to Brooke's room the door was shut, so Lucas knocked. "Who is it?" Brooke said.
"Broody." Lucas said, with a smile on his face.
"Ok, come in." Lucas walked in and found Brooke feeding Sydni, with no top on, and a few doctors and nurses watching. Lucas's eyes began to focus on Brooke's chest. "Hey broody, you better get used to it." Lucas's face lit up when Brooke said this, "And by it, I mean me feeding sydni and you NOT getting any." Lucas laughed and kissed Brooke, then the top of Sydni's head.
"Well, it looks like Sydni is not having any problems with eating, so Mrs. Scott, you can both go home any time you like." Lucas shook the doctors hand and closed the door behind them.
Lucas just sat on the bed watching Brooke, until she snapped him out of it, literally snapping her fingers. "Hey, I've got a present for you." Lucas said, getting the Nemian's bag
Brooke smiled and sat up, "Ooh, what is it? You know I love presents!"
"Well," Lucas said, taking the clothes out of the bag, "I bought you matching mother and baby Juicy Couture outfits to wear home!"
"Aw, they're beautiful!" Brooke said as she kissed Lucas. He always knew what she wanted, even without any helpful hints as Haley called them.
"And," Lucas said, covering Brooke's bare chest with a blanket. "If you can cover up a little bit, not that I don't love the look, ok you can come in now present!"
"Lucas, more presents!" Brooke said, and her eyes light up as Karen walked in pushing one the pram stroller that she had picked out. Brooke started to cry as she saw the teddy bear Keith brought for Lucas the day he came home from the hospital strapped into the car seat.
"My mom's going to help us at night a little bit," Lucas said, but was interrupted by his mother.
"If you want sweetie" Karen said.
Brooke and Sydni started to cry. Lucas took Sydni and put her over his shoulder. He bounced her gently and rubbed her back in small circles like Brooke liked. She quieted down and snuggled up to Lucas's neck. "Brooke, it's ok if you don't like it." Lucas had never seen Brooke cry so much without a reason.
Karen walked over to Brooke and hugged her. "Thank you, thank you so much." Brooke sobbed into Karens hair. Karen rubbed her back and shushed her daughter in-law.
"It's ok Brooke. It's normal to cry like this, you're emotions are all over the place and so are your hormones, a deadly combination." Brooke and Karen laughed. "Now, let's go home." Brooke wiped her eyes and took Sydni from Lucas.
"I love you so much Lucas, you're the best!" Brooke kissed Lucas passionately, until Sydni interrupted them. "Mommy's going to get dressed and then we're going to get you dressed and go home baby girl!" Brooke changed as fast as Lucas could ever remember, he knew that she was anxious to get home.
"Ok, I'm going to pull the car around, mom's checking you two out." Lucas said, laying Sydni on the bed so Brooke could dress her.
"Hey baby," Brooke said as she dressed Sydni in her matching Juicy Velour pants and hoody, with a little tee shirt that said 'I'm a Juicy Girl Because I Deserve Couture!' "Look, mommy and Sydni are matching." Brooke watched as Sydni stared at the ceiling, like Brooke did.
She then took her in the main room to say goodbye to the nurses. They all oohed and ahed over Sydni. "Look at her little tee shirt."
"I can tell this one's going to be a princess."
"Look, she's matching with her mommy!"
"Thank you guys so much." Brooke said, hugging one last nurse before putting Sydni in her car seat.
Karen walked over and took the stroller from Brooke. "Ready to go home?" Brooke nodded and went towards Karen, but was stopped. She had to go in a wheel chair, hospital policy.
"This really isn't necessary!" Brooke said for the thousandth time as they met Lucas in the lobby.
"Ok, ready to go home girls?" Lucas said as he put Sydni in the back of the Land Rover. Brooke kissed him and got in after Sydni.
"Let's go home!" She said, as she kissed Sydni's head. They pulled away from the hospital and Brooke couldn't believe that she was going home with a baby.
Lucas looked at her through the rearview mirror. "Are you ready for this?" He asked, doing his usual broody face.
"Yup, I'm way past ready, DAD." She said, mouthing an I love you to him as they drove down their street. As they pulled into the driveway, Brooke quietly woke up Sydni. "Hey little one, welcome home."