A/N: Ok, I know I'm stupid and unobservant and all you attentive OTH fans are gonna eat me, but Brooke's middle name is apparently Penelope, as the season finale informed me last night…I was re-watching it and Peyton said "Brooke Penelope Davis" so I know at the very beginning of the story, her middle name was Elizabeth, but we can ignore that lol…oh and do tell me if Penelope happens to be wrong, as I'm quite unobservant.

"Well, I think the theme should be Scooby Doo- doesn't Anthony love Scooby Doo?"

"Yah, I figure we can have it painted onto the balloons- that would be cute"

"And the napkins and hats and stuff- just find a party store, they rock"

"Mhmm"

Brooke and Haley were discussing Anthony's upcoming 1st birthday party. Everything from the cake to the napkins was going to be Scooby Doo, Anthony's favorite character.

"You know, Luke, I think Scooby Doo was my favorite character when I was little" Nathan bragged.

"Dude, Nate, I don't think Scooby Doo was invented when we were young"

"No, Nathan honey, Scooby Doo is like a late 80's invention" Haley piped in.

"I don't care, I loved Scooby Doo" Nathan chuckled and tossed one year old Anthony into the air, and he shrieked and laughed. Lucas glanced at Brooke's stomach, which was now prominently showing. 4 months ago, she had been 4 months pregnant, now she was 8 months and getting ready to have the baby. The furniture had yet to be picked, the room yet to be cleaned out- they had a lot on their hands, but right now they were engrossed in 1st birthday celebrations.

"You know, I never got a first birthday party like this" Nathan whined to Haley, kissing her and taking the agenda from her hand. "This is so intense, Anthony's gonna hate all the attention"

"Baby, Dan Scott didn't make 50 million a year like you and Lucas and Jake do…that's the reason you didn't get such a big birthday party" Haley kissed Nathan back and took the agenda out of his hand. "Now quit distracting me- you look really hot and I'm getting distracted. Go in the pool with the baby"

"Yes ma'am"

Brooke giggled and took the agenda from Haley. "You're getting a professional photographer? Hales, he's turning 1- not getting married"

"Wait till your baby turns one, and then let's see what you do"

"Good point" Brooke handed Haley the agenda back and continued checking things off.

"Ok I'm over this for right now…let's go jump in the pool with our men" Haley said, throwing the paper down and taking off her shirt, under which she was wearing her bikini. Brooke did the same and they raced to pool and jumped in, causing baby Anthony to scream and paddle to his dad. Lucas was choking with laughter at Anthony's reaction and Haley and Brooke were still under water somewhere. They both emerged, laughing and sputtering, and Anthony still crying.

"Aw, did I scare my baby?" Haley asked, giving Anthony a hug and a kiss. Anthony pushed Haley away and hung onto his dad for dear life.

"Good job Hales, now your kid hates you"

"Shut up Brooke" Haley said, splashing Brooke and laughing.

"Hey Cheery, you look really hot" Lucas commented from behind, hugging her and kissing her neck.

"Why thank you Broody" Brooke giggled, kissing him.

"Oh get a room you two" Nathan said, who was trying to teach Anthony how to swim.

"Dude, are you teaching Anthony how to swim? He's one" Lucas said.

"Yah I figure it's never too early to teach a child how to swim- and we've got a deep and huge pool"

"True…we need to get baby guards, Brooke"

"Yah, we do…hmm, we'll have to go to the pool store tomorrow"

"No, actually, I think we have baby guards"

"They gave us baby guards when we had no children?"

"I think its state law to have them anyway" Brooke shrugged and suddenly grabbed Lucas by the neck and dunked him underwater.

"I'm hungry" Brooke whined 2 hours later, when all of them were pruned from being in the pool so long. Brooke was mad because she couldn't be in a hot tub because pregnant women aren't allowed, and she was mad because she thought she looked like an old woman.

"Let's go out to eat, all of us" Nathan suggested.

"Sounds like fun!" Haley said, and took Anthony from Nathan, who protested because he was afraid. He said "mama, wa-wa, whoosh!" describing Haley's earlier actions. Haley kissed him and tickled him and took him out to dry him off. Brooke and Lucas dried each other off, and Nathan and Haley dried themselves off. They all quickly took showers, and Brook was excited because she got to give Anthony a bath, and finally, all 5 of them were ready to go out. Of course, because Nathan and Lucas were so famous, they had to be seated privately so people wouldn't bother them. Haley really didn't like that, but put up with it anyway.

"So, what would you like to drink?" the waitress asked.

"Uh, coke please" Brooke asked. Haley and Nathan had wine, and Lucas had coke out of respect for the fact that Brooke couldn't drink.

"So, Brooke, excited about the baby?" Haley asked

"Oh, so excited! The anticipation is like killing me now, seeing as I'm only one month away from having my little girl"

"Any name choices yet?"

"No, not yet…I'm having a really hard time deciding the name"

"Well, it's a girl, right? So think of someone who meant something special to you, someone you could name her after, if you can't think of a nice name" Haley suggested.

"Oh, that's a good idea" Brooke said, with a name suddenly popping up in her mind.

"That's how I named Anthony…Nathan wanted to name him Nathan, but I rejected that…"

"Oh, I know…Lucas wanted to name the baby Lucas, but it ended up being a girl. I swear, what is it with men and their egos? Gosh. Peyton thinks I should name her Brooke, but never on my life- I love the fact that half of America doesn't have my name, like Sarah or Elizabeth"

"Haha that's funny"

"So Hales…" Lucas said, glancing at Haley. "Any advice you could give Brooke?" Lucas winked and kissed a pouty Brooke.

"She'll be 100 FINE- I have full faith in her"

"Wow, you sound confident" Brooke said.

"You'll be fine, I promise" Haley said, feeding Anthony some of her appetizer rice.

"I think the way babies eat is SO cute!" Brooke said, waving to Anthony.

"I know! Omg when they don't have teeth- they're SO cute"

"I'll probably think my baby's so cute"

"Oh, you will…they'll look absolutely beautiful to you- even when they're fussy or red or whatever"

"Yah, so I've seen and heard" Brooke chuckled

They all received their dinner and ate it, and then bade each other goodbye, and promised to see each other the next day. What made Brooke's day, though, was when Anthony waved bye-bye to her- voluntarily!

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"Mommy, my stomach hurts" Jenny whined, climbing into bed with Peyton and Jake, who were lying down with Catherine lying on Jake's chest and the news on.

"Aw, my baby…come here" Peyton said, and grabbed and tickled Jenny, who shrieked and twisted. Peyton hugged Jenny and rubbed her back till Jenny fell asleep.

"The world is so full of crime" Jake sighed.

"I know, I don't like watching the news anymore…it's like 'so and so kidnapped…' It's really disheartening. Oh, did you get Anthony's birthday present yet? The party's tomorrow- Haley's so excited about it, it's so cute…I can't wait till Catherine's first birthday!"

"That's gonna be an affair" Jake chuckled.

"Brooke wanted to plan Catherine's first birthday, but I told her I didn't want male strippers at my baby's first birthday" Peyton laughed.

"Knowing Brooke, that's exactly what she'll have"

"Gotta love Brooke"

"Yup"

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It was the day of Anthony's first birthday party, and Haley was ultra stressed out. She was pattering around everywhere, not ready yet, two hours before the party, yelling at the people who were setting up the chairs and balloons- she wanted everything the right way, and she wasn't gonna let it go. Nathan was attempting to help, but he was laughing too hard- he had never seen Haley like this before.

"Nathan, stop giggling like a girl and go get our son ready!" Haley barked, and Nathan obeyed her and went inside to get Anthony, who Brooke was currently hogging.

"Hey, I need to get Anthony ready" Nathan said.

"Aw, can I help?" Brooke squealed and dragged Lucas by the arm to Haley and Nathan's gigantic bathroom.

"Help? You can do it for me" Nathan laughed and handed Brooke the suit Anthony was going to be wearing.

"Aw, oh my gosh, tutor wife did SUCH a good job with the clothes- he's gonna look like a little pimp" Brooke giggled and kissed Anthony before putting the suit on him. She combed his wet hair and put on his socks and shoes.

"He looks SO cute" Brooke said. Lucas and Nathan nodded their heads in agreement, and Brooke carried the little boy out to his mom.

"Oh, my baby's turning one" Haley said, looking at Anthony who looked adorable in the little suit Haley had bought for him. He looked, as Brooke had said, like a little pimp.

"I know, doesn't he look like a little pimp?" Brooke asked, giggling. Lucas shook his head and kissed Brooke.

"No, Brooke, he looks like a little gentleman, don't you baby?" Haley cooed, and sat him in his high chair with a spoon so he wouldn't run around and ruin the decorations.

"Oh there's the bell- probably Jake and Peyton" Brooke said, and ran over to answer the door, beating the maid.

"Hey guys!" Brooke said, hugging Jake and Peyton and taking Catherine from Peyton.

"Hi! How's the setting up going?"

"Uh…Haley's on the warpath. I just got Anthony ready, and now I have to go upstairs to get myself ready" Brooke said, handing Catherine back to Jake while Lucas greeted Jake and Peyton. Brooke took Lucas's hand and dragged him with her.

"Come on, Broody, we have to get ready"

They went upstairs to "their" room in Haley's house and Brooke took out her outfit that she was gonna wear that day. It was a sleeveless maroon shirt and a really pretty black skirt.

"Brooke, you look absolutely beautiful" Lucas said, running his hand through her hair and kissing her softly on the cheek. Brooke smiled and closed her eyes for a second before returning to putting on her makeup. Lucas sat on the bed and watched her at work.

"You know Brooke, I don't get why you're wearing makeup…you're insanely beautiful as it is" he commented.

"Aw Broody you're so sweet- makeup is tons of fun" Brooke giggled and tossed mascara at him. "You try it"

"Brooke, are you nuts?" Lucas asked, amused.

"No, I prefer the term 'highly inventive and tons of fun'" Brooke giggled and flipped her hair, which made Lucas's heart plunge and then race a mile a minute. He couldn't believe Brooke STILL did this to him.

Lucas chuckled and tossed the mascara back to Brooke, who caught it with surprising agility and tossed it into her makeup bag. Lucas walked over and put his arms around Brooke and kissed her on the cheek again.

"Brooke, you're amazing, you know that, right? And I just wanna remind you that I love you so much" Lucas said.

"Lucas, I know you're sweet, but why are you reminding me all of a sudden…Broody Lucas Scott, did you do something naughty?" Brooke said, feeling more panic than she was letting her voice portray. All the high school memories came flooding back but Brooke pushed them back.

"No, Brooke…ok, maybe"

"What did you do?" Brooke asked, with a slight panic in her voice.

"Um I kinda bought you a diamond necklace?" Lucas said.

"Aw…Broody!" Brooke asked, relieved that he hadn't like cheated on her.

"Brooke, I just wanted to show you how much I love you…and I know I shouldn't have to buy you things to show that, but I love buying you things…the twinkle in your eyes when you see it is so amazing…it makes my heart jump" Lucas said, glancing into her eyes.

"Oh my gosh…" Brooke trailed off when Lucas handed her the box. Inside was a diamond necklace, with a little charm that said 'Mom' on it. "Lucas, this is amazing" Brooke said, hugging him and kissing him softly. "Thank you so much"

"Anything for you, Brooke" Lucas said, hugging his wife close and breathing in her scent.

"Ok, Haley probably thinks we're having sex again…tee he…we should get going" Brooke said, clasping the necklace and flipping her perfect hair.

"Ok, lets go" Lucas agreed, taking Brooke's hand and walking down the cascading staircase to greet everyone.

"Brooke, Lucas!" Deb said, hugging them.

"Deb…I missed you! Where have you been lately?" Brooke greeted. The two of the them had become unusually close over the last couple of years.

"Oh, you know, busy with Tric…how's the baby?" Deb said, glancing down at Brooke's stomach.

"Oh she's doing great" Lucas noticed Brooke light up at the mention of their daughter. His stomach did a flip flop but he suppressed the urge to make out with Brooke right there and then.

"Good…and how's the proud daddy doing?" Deb asked sweetly.

"Excellent and very proud"

"Good, good" Deb said, before going over to fuss over her adorable grandson.

Haley came up to Brooke and Lucas, looking stressed but not as much as before. Lucas hugged Haley and she buried her head in his shoulder.

"Lucas, my baby's turning one" Haley wailed. "Soon he'll be going to preschool and then college and then…" Lucas winked at Brooke, who was trying to suppress giggles.

"Its ok Hales, he has plenty of time" Lucas comforted.

"Oh, thanks Luke…ok, I better go see to my guests" Haley said, gathering herself again.

Nathan meandered over to Brooke and Lucas, looking slightly disheartened. "Dude, my boy's turning one...I've been avoiding it all day" he whined

"Oh my god, Nathan, don't tell me I'll have to give you a hug and comfort you like I did for Haley" Lucas chuckled. Brooke giggled and hugged Nathan. "You guys can whine all you want tonight to each other, but go enjoy right now" she encouraged.

Nathan smiled and walked away to mingle. Brooke and Lucas made their way over to Karen, who was sipping wine with Andy and talking with Alexis, their 15 year old adopted daughter.

"My favorite older brother!" Alexis shrieked and gave Lucas a huge hug.

"My favorite younger sister!" Lucas said, hugging Alexis close. "Where have you been, I haven't seen you in weeks!"

"Ugh…my courses at the college…apparently freshman journalism is really hard…remind me why I'm taking extra classes over the summer?".

"Cause you're awesome like that" Lucas said, hugging her again.

Not only was Alexis insanely gorgeous, she was intelligent. Seeing Brooke, she shrieked again.

"It's my favorite sister in law!" Brooke giggled and hugged Alexis. The two of them had a tight friendship and were often out on shopping trips together.

"How's my niece?" Alexis asked, jumping up and down with excitement. She was one of the first people Brooke told, almost right after Lucas, and she had also helped with Brooke's name selection.

"She's doing awesome, she cant wait to see her aunt Alexis" Brooke said. "Gosh, you're like a teenage aunt…what have your parents taught you?" Brooke giggled and hugged Alexis again.

"Ah, Brooke I missed you so much! I cant wait to help out with the baby and be your babysitter…I will be your babysitter, right?" Alexis asked.

"Oh, totally" Brooke answered. "But I'm planning to take a few years off, now that my girl's arriving…she needs a full time mommy" Brooke said, patting her stomach.

"Ah, my boy" Karen said, hugging Lucas. "And Brooke…how's the baby?" Karen asked, hugging Brooke.

Andy got up and hugged Lucas. "Hey dad" Lucas said.

"Hey Luke…how are you? We've missed your frequent visits around the house…Alexis misses you so much and your mother and I have been quite lonely. How's baby Scott?" he asked Brooke.

"She's doing excellent" Brooke answered.

They talked for a while, and then Brooke and Lucas drifted off into the crowd to mingle. They found a couch to sit down on and Brooke leaned on Lucas and he stroked her hair.

"It was weird hearing you call Andy 'dad'"

"Well, he's been like a father to me forever and an excellent husband to mom…he deserves the title of dad. I remember it almost like yesterday…"

18 year old Lucas was sitting on his bed, listening to his music. He was slightly grumpy that Brooke couldn't spend the day with him, but she had some presidential duty or the other. They had started dating earlier their senior year, when Lucas had needed Brooke the most. Karen had married Andy Hargrove and adopted a 5 year old girl named Alexis, who had come home a week ago. Quiet, shy, and scared, she sat on her bed and stared at the wall all day. Lucas wanted to be nice to her and welcome her into their home, but what could he do? She didn't seem to like him very much. Lucas all of a sudden decided to pay Alexis a little visit.

"Hey Alexis, how are you doing?" Lucas asked, sitting down on the little girl's bed, who was hugging her teddy bear tightly.

"Good" she answered timidly.

"Well would you like to go somewhere with me? I'm kinda bored. We could go to the park"

"No, thank you" Alexis said, hugging her teddy bear tighter.

"Are you sure? I'd like to get to know my little sister better" Lucas said, tickling the little girl, who giggled.

"Aha, so you can laugh…what a pretty smile" Lucas said, smiling at the little girl.

"Mommy says I have a pretty smile" Alexis answered, referring to Karen.

"Well, she's absolutely right" Lucas said.

Alexis jumped up and gave Lucas a big hug. Lucas felt relieved, like he had done something to improve Alexis's life a little bit more. They spent the day reading books and playing hide and seek. That night, Andy had asked Lucas if he would do him the honor of calling him 'dad', as Alexis had began doing. Lucas quickly consented, and both Alexis and Lucas had a new father.

"Aw, Broody…how cute!" Brooke giggled and rubbed Lucas's hand.

"Yah, my mother cries at the memory of it"

"That's Karen for you…remember, whenever she sees that picture of you and me at the beach like gazing at each other she cries because it's so beautiful? I had to put it in the bathroom so she doesn't burst into tears every time she sees it in the living room. I swear that's where you get it from." Brooke giggled.

"Get what from?" Lucas asked, pouting, but was cut off by Haley.

"Ok everyone, time to cut the cake!" Haley announced, and everyone proceeded to the dining room, where Nathan was holding Anthony. He was gonna help Anthony cut his birthday cake.

"Ok, blow out the candle baby" Haley told Anthony, who blew meekly but the candle went out. He cut the cake and everyone clapped and sang Happy Birthday.

"Yay Anthony!" Brooke said, tossing the little boy into the air a few minutes later, when everyone was eating cake and hanging out. Anthony giggled and gave Brooke a baby hug.

"Aw, I love you too" Brooke giggled and kissed Anthony.

"Hey, Anthony, you're making your poor uncle jealous" Lucas said, coming over and kissing Brooke.

Anthony giggled and twisted, which was a sign that he wanted to get down. Brooke hugged him tightly and made him giggle one last time before letting him run off to his daddy.

Finally, all the guests left, and Brooke, Lucas, Nathan, Haley, Peyton and Jake, all exhausted, collapsed on the couch to discuss the finer points of the party. Anthony was sound asleep in his mom's arms, having thrown off all of his clothes and sleeping in just a diaper with a blanket wrapped tightly around him. He was sucking his "pacy" and his eyelashes were fluttering gently.

"Aw, he looks so cute asleep" Brooke commented.

"I know, I watched him for like an hour the other night before I knocked some sense into myself and went to sleep" Haley laughed and shifted Anthony. "Poor baby's dead tired from all the attention"

"Did you see Erica? She's totally pregnant- I wonder why she didn't say anything…they adopted that adorable little girl though…Amelia" Brooke said.

"I think Mouth and Erica wanna keep it hush -hush for a little while…I don't know why though"

"Hmm…very interesting. And did you see Theresa? What happened to the poor girl?"

"I dunno…I think acne decided Theresa was a good victim" Peyton giggled, still rocking a stubborn 5 month old Catherine, who refused to go to sleep. Jenny was sound asleep in Jake's arms. "Baby, go to sleep" Peyton whispered, putting the baby's bottle back in her mouth and rubbing her back.

"Haha Peyton, I love that you still have the mean streak" Brooke giggled and leaned on Lucas, who stroked her hair softly and played with her wedding ring.

"Hey, I'm better now" Peyton said, sticking her tongue out at Lucas, who was trying to stop laughing.

"So have you been baby shopping yet?" Haley asked.

"Uh…we're kinda late on that…and the room still needs to be cleaned up" Brooke said, giggling at the look on Haley's face.

"We're going baby shopping tomorrow- the men can watch our children…right?" Haley said, glaring at Nathan.

"Right" Nathan said, looking at Jake and Lucas, who were shaking their heads mouthing 'soft'.

Peyton, Haley, and Brooke all exchanged glances at what Lucas and Jake had mouthed, and a devious twinkle appeared in Brooke's eyes. She winked at Haley and Peyton, who watched in amazement at Brooke, who turned around and kissed Lucas softly on his right cheek, his favorite place to be kissed. She kissed him very softly and seductively, and ran her finger slowly down his arm.

"Luke, will you get me a glass of water?" Brooke asked.

"Yah, sure Brooke" Lucas moved to get up, but Brooke pulled him down.

"Just testing you" she giggled, kissing him on his forehead and turning around to see the amazed and stunned faces of Haley and Peyton. She shrugged and they talked a little more, and then Brooke and Lucas decided to leave, as well and Jake and Peyton.

In the car, Brooke and Lucas were quiet, both tired from the party and the day's events. Brooke was beginning to fall asleep when Lucas struck up a conversation.

"Broody, you woke me up" Brooke whined, half giggling.

"I'm sorry, baby, you can go back to sleep" Lucas said.

All of a sudden, a tear slipped down Brooke's cheek. Lucas immediately felt alarmed.

"Hey Brooke, what's the matter? Are you ok? Do I need to take you to the hospital?" Lucas panicked.

"No, no, I'm fine" Brooke said, choking back sobs. Lucas pulled into their driveway, still a little alarmed, and they both walked to their room. Lucas sat down and pulled Brooke into his arms and wrapped them around her. He kissed her softly on the cheek.

"Baby, what's bothering you?" he asked.

"I'm just so worried…like I'm 8th months along and I guess I'm kinda nervous after Peyton freaking out and I'm worried that I wont be able to do a sufficient job and that I'm not ready and I'm too young though 27 isn't too young and that my daughter will hate me and we still have almost everything left to do and Haley kinda scared me and I'm so worried and stressed Lucas…" Brooke trailed off, another tear trailing down her pale angelic face.

"Brooke, Brooke..." Lucas said, wiping her tears and stroking her hair softly. He turned her around. "Listen to me, Brooke…I love you, you know that. I love you more than anyone I've ever loved. You have a sparkling personality, you're insanely intelligent, you're lively, you're beautiful, and you've got a heart that no one can beat. Our daughter will love you, just like I do. Our daughter will be our daughter, and I'm gonna help you as much as you need it and more, because you cannot do this alone. You are going to be an excellent mother because you have the heart, soul, and devotion. You're 100 capable and you know how much I believe that" Lucas said, hugging her tightly. Brooke nodded and kissed her, and she settled into his arms, her breathing slowing down.

Lucas glanced down at her face, her eyes closed, her breathing even, and one tear streak. He ran his fingers through her hair and played with it for a long time, until he too fell asleep.

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"Lucas….Lucas…rise and shine!" Brooke chirped, throwing off his covers and opening the blinds.

"Brooke…since when have you been a morning person?" Lucas asked, fully awaking at the sight of Brooke in her skimpy pajamas. "Oh, this is a nice sight to wake up to" Lucas said, grabbing the coffee cup. Brooke glared at Lucas and sat down.

"Oh, Broody pants, we're going baby shopping ALL today, ok? So either you can come with me, or you can help the guys with the babies…we're leaving in an hour"

"An hour! Brooke I still I have to take a shower, and so do you!"

"Well then, lets conserve aqua and take one together" Brooke winked and Lucas chuckled to himself…this was gonna be fun.

"Lucas the water was TOO COLD" Brooke whined

"Brooke, I'm like still scalding" Lucas laughed and kissed Brooke, who giggled and dried her hair. They both got ready, being occasionally distracted by each other, but they were nonetheless ready by the time Haley and Nathan showed up.

"Brooke….here's Anthony…I have to go to the bathroom so bad" Haley said, shooting off down the hall to the guest bathroom.

"Hi baby" Brooke said, tickling Anthony.

"Mama"

"Mama will be here soon…here's dada though" Brooke said, handing Anthony to Nathan. Anthony looked content and laid his head down on Nathan's shoulder.

"I think he's sleepy…and then he'll be cranky…great" Nathan said, sitting down on the couch.

"Ok, so as soon as Peyton gets here, we're jetting off to spend all of Lucas's money on our future baby Scott" Haley said, giggling at the look on Lucas's face. "You men need to stay here and watch Catherine, Jenny, and Anthony, you hear me? Catherine needs to be fed every 4-ish hours, but Jake should know that. Jenny's a big girl she'll be fine, and Anthony- Nathan you know the drill" Haley said, instructing them and handing Lucas the insanely long list of things they had to watch out for. Catherine was allergic to strawberries, Jenny was allergic to pollen, Anthony didn't like…

"Gosh, mothers are so spastic" Lucas said.

Just then Peyton and Jake, and the two little Jageilski children walked in.

"Hey everyone!" Peyton greeted, hugging everyone and looking at Brooke. "You ready, B. Davis? I mean B. Scott" she corrected.

"Ok, ya'll have been given instructions on our precious children, right?" Haley asked, and all three men nodded, ready to watch basketball and eat chicken wings…and watch the kids, of course.

"Ok, bye" Brooke said, hugging Lucas and kissing him softly on the cheek before turning away. He pulled her back and whispered 'I love you' before letting her go. For some reason, Lucas didn't wanna let her go…they hadn't been without each other for more than an hour for a while now. Peyton and Haley kissed Jake and Nathan bye, and all the girls got into the Scotts' limo.

"So where are we headed to first?"

"Baby Gap!" Brooke shrieked, bouncing up and down.

"Sounds good to me" Peyton said. "That's where I bought all of Catherine's clothes and I may be biased, but she looks adorable in them. She's like a walking add for Baby Gap"

"She looks so much like you Peyton" Haley commented.

"That's what everyone says! It makes me so happy" Peyton giggled.

"And Anthony is Nathan down to his toes" Brooke commented. "But he's calm and also spastic like you are…as much as I love you, tutor mom" Brooke giggled.

"I wonder what your baby will look like…have you picked her name yet?"

"Yes, I have…but I'll let you guys wait another month before I tell you that"

"Not fair!" Peyton whined.

"I know…ok we're there" Brooke said, climbing out of the limo, insanely excited that she was finally going shopping for her baby.

In Gap, they headed straight to the little baby section, where Brooke picked out an insane amount of clothes for her daughter. Jumpers, night suits, little skirts, everything for A to Z was in Brooke's shopping bags. Then, they headed for a baby furniture shop, where they picked out a crib, a bureau with a night changing table built in, a rocking chair, and much more. All of them had little bumblebees on them and the sheets were painted light pink, yellow, and blue. A little mobile and some toys were bought to match. Brooke called Lucas periodically to check that the guys weren't wasted and ignoring the children, but according to Lucas, Catherine was asleep in Lucas's lap, Jenny was asleep in Jakes, and Anthony was playing with Nathan's necklace and enjoying it very much. She also got advice on the furniture, and finally, Brooke, Peyton, and Haley were done shopping for the little girl.

In the limo home, Peyton and Haley gave Brooke the rundown on the whole giving birth having a baby thing.

"Yah, having a kid sucks, and it hurts…but it's really all worth it when you see them…you'll be excited and nervous at the same time. And enjoy sleeping peacefully now, because you wont be able to sleep peacefully for like 2 years" Haley laughed. "Very recently have I started having full nights of sleep…Anthony finally sleeps through the night"

"Catherine's really good, actually…she wakes up about once, and that's usually at 6 or 7 anyway" Peyton said. "I got lucky"

Brooke bit her lip nervously. She still had cold feet and her emotional breakdown that Lucas had so gracefully saved last night was still on her mind. Everyone had reassured she'd be fine…but she wasn't so sure herself. The chauffeur pulled into their long circular driveway, and the three girls got out, lugging the 20 bags of clothes Brooke had gotten.

"Holy cow" Lucas greeted them, seeing the bags they were holding.

"No kidding" Nathan said, walking in. "Oh Hales, Anthony's asleep" he informed her, kissing her on her forehead and giving her a big hug.

Jake meandered in, carrying Catherine, who was bouncing and babbling, awake from her nap. "Here's mommy kitty cat" Jake said, handing Catherine to Peyton. Catherine bounced up and down and continued babbling, apparently unaware that her mother had come home.

"So what did you buy, Cheery?" Lucas asked, helping Brooke carry in all the bags.

"Well, I ordered furniture, bought clothes and some toys"

"Sounds good"

"Oh, and Peyton's gonna paint her room…she's gonna write her name on the wall, but uh…we're gonna wait to tell her the name"

"Wait, I don't know the name"

"He-he…I'll tell you tonight" Brooke kissed Lucas and they all sat down to eat. After dinner, everyone left, and Brooke and Lucas were sitting on the couch.

"So what's our daughter's name?" Lucas asked, kissing Brooke.

"Well…ok, you know about Madison, right?"

"The one that passed away? Uh huh"

"Well Haley told me to name her after someone who means something to me…and Madison meant a lot to me, Lucas…so I decided on Madison" Brooke said.

"I like it, it's a nice name" Lucas responded. "What's her middle name?"

"Well I know you liked Caitlin, so that's her middle name…she's Madison Caitlin Scott"

"I love it"

"Oh my god Lucas, my back hurts" Brooke said.

"Do you want me to rub your back?"

"No, Lucas, I think I'm in labor"

A/N: Ah, sorry this chapter took forever…I was so super busy over the last week and I'll be even busier over the next few weeks…and then school starts! Ugh…I know, it's a reality I don't wanna face either lol, but when school starts, this story's gonna crash and burn, cause I have all honors classes this year. So seeing as I don't want the story to crash and burn miserably, I'm gonna try to finish the story off, but I'm not entirely sure what point in time I'm gonna finish it off, how, or with what event. I really don't want the story to be like 3 chapters long lol, but I would love some ideas…maybe? I could make them work…I have a lot of thinking and summer reading to do (lol)…so I hope you enjoyed the chapter, please review, and I hope it was nice and long to make up for it taking so long.