"Merry Christmas Maddie!" Brooke said, waking a sleeping Madison up.
"Merry Christmas mommy!" Madison giggled, climbing out of bed and jumping into Brooke's arms.
"Hey, look, my princesses" Lucas said, walking in and pulling Brooke into a kiss and tickling Madison.
"Hey yourself, Broody, looking totally fine and SO mine" she giggled, burying her head in Lucas's bare chest. Madison giggled and ran off to the bathroom to brush her teeth. "Are we going to church?"
"I don't think so"
"Thank God…not that I don't like church" she said quickly. "Just Madison's restless…"
"Our Madison?"
"Fine, I don't wanna go" Brooke laughed.
"I don't think we are, Bridget"
"Oh really, Landon? What did you get me for Christmas?"
"Oh I was supposed to get you something?" Lucas asked, pretending to be surprised.
"Broody! Just tell me"
"Well, I got you this" he said, pulling her into a passionate kiss. Brooke giggled.
"That's a good Christmas present" she laughed.
"And you have to wait to find out what else" he said.
"Ooh…you'll love what I got you" she giggled.
"Oh I hope you got yourself some really hot lingerie…that would be the best Christmas present ever" Lucas said.
"Lucas!" Brooke laughed. "Child in hearing distance"
"Good point" he said, kissing her again. He wrapped his arms around her and she closed her eyes. She loved when he just held her.
"Mommy! I's ready" Madison giggled, emerging from the bathroom 20 minutes later.
"Did you take a bath all by yourself?" Brooke asked.
"Yes" she giggled.
"Oh my god you really are growing up, aren't you" Brooke said, running a brush through Madison's long brunette hair.
"I's prettyful today, mommy?"
"Beautiful…are you sure you'll be warm in this?" Brooke asked.
"Uh huh, it's a sweaters"
"Good point…you look gorgeous, how about I blow dry your hair so you don't catch a cold from wet hair?"
"Okays! I wants to look prettyful for Christmas"
"Alright baby" Brooke laughed, taking out her special blow dryer and blow drying Madison's hair. "There baby, all done! You look gorgeous"
Lucas emerged from the shower, towel drying his hair. "Madison, when mommy and me are ready, come for pictures, ok?" he called after the bouncing brunette.
"Okays, daddy!" she called back.
"You look hot" Brooke said, climbing into the shower when they were in the bathroom.
"You look hotter" he said, examining her outline through the steamed up glass shower window.
"Why, thank you, Broody pants" Brooke giggled. Lucas felt his heart jump randomly and he smiled to himself. Brooke still did this to him…after a good 3 years of marriage, and one child later, her presence, her smell, her tinkling laugh and sweet voice still drove him crazy. Brooke emerged from the shower, wrapped a towel around herself, and proceeded to get dressed. She was in the middle of blow drying her hair when everyone showed up in their room.
"I'll be right out!" she called in response to Lucas. She emerged wearing a tight turtleneck sweater, low rise jeans, and her hair was straight and pretty.
"You look beautiful" Lucas said, grabbing her around the waist and kissing her. "Absolutely beautiful"
"Thanks…where's our loving child?" Brooke asked.
"I's right here mommy" Madison bounced up and down on the couch.
"Ok…what's our plan of action?"
"Well…breakfast first, then we can open presents" Karen suggested. "And then have lunch and maybe go out and see the city a little and then have our Christmas dinner"
"Works for me" Brooke said, and everyone nodded.
"Coats, people, coats!" Karen said. "I'm the mother or grandmother of almost half of you in this room, so coats!" Everyone laughed and put on their coats.
"Lexy…I haven't talked to you in forever!" Brooke said, coming up and hugging her.
"I know! Are you having fun?"
"Yah…how are you and Mr. Matthew doing?" Brooke giggled and winked at her.
"We're fine…" Alexis laughed. "Don't get any ideas"
"Should we expect a little Matthew or Alexis soon?" Brooke asked, knowing she was treading on touchy ground.
"No, we're way too young…I mean I'm almost 19, and he's almost 23 and we just wanna get out of school first…thing is, I'm almost done with school, and he's just finishing med school…he skipped a lot of years"
"Yah…I would love a niece soon though"
"Hey, Hales is pregnant!"
"Good point…tutor wife!" Brooke yelled, walking quickly to catch up with Haley. Alexis giggled, and Matthew put his arm around her.
"Can we talk, Alexis?" He asked.
"Yah…"Alexis said suspiciously.
"Well ok I got this job offer, and its really good and high paying…in California"
"Matthew…" Alexis said.
"I know sweetheart, you don't wanna be away from your family, I can easily turn it down…my current job is definitely up to par with the other one"
"I can't ask you to do that" Alexis said, fighting an internal battle.
"Yes, you can, and I will…we're almost married now, Alexis, you get 100 say in all our decisions…so if you feel like you're not ready to move away from your parents, well then, we wont"
"I don't know…can this wait a little?"
"Of course" Matthew said, kissing her. "Lets ignore this for Christmastime…did I mention you look absolutely gorgeous?"
"What Brooke?" Haley laughed as Brooke badgered her.
"Can I be its godmother?"
"Mommy, you're my mommy!" Madison said, alarmed, taking Brooke's hand.
"I'm your mommy, baby, forever and always…I want to be a godmother, like Lexy"
"Ooh…can I be bridesmaid?" she giggled.
"Silly, I'm not getting married, I'm having a baby" Haley laughed.
"Oh…Lexy can I be bridesmaid?"
"Baby, you and Catherine are the flower girls"
"What's I?" Anthony asked.
"The ring bearer, silly!" Alexis laughed.
"What am I?" Lucas pretend whined.
"My date" Brooke giggled.
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"Madness" Brooke giggled as she waited for Andy to be done talking about Christmas.
"Shh…Brooke…this is the every year speech me and Alexis got when we were kids"
"Sucks for you…wait; you left right after Andy married Karen"
"We still got the speech" Lucas said exchanging exasperated looks with Alexis who rolled her eyes and fiddled with her ring.
"So let's make Christmas more than presents" Andy said.
"Presents?" Brooke said brightly.
"Yes, we can open those now" Karen laughed.
"Ok, I'll pass them out" Brooke giggled. She began to make a pile, and the kid's piles closely rivaled Brooke's when everyone was done.
"Jesus we spoil them" Brooke said to Peyton, observing Madison and Catherine with their 5 new Barbies between them, Anthony's NBA basketball, 13 video games, and other numerous things. And they were all expensive. Brooke was sporting a Tiffany's diamond necklace, earrings, and ring. Peyton and Haley were dripping with diamonds and the guys were eagerly examining their new shoes, watches, and designer wallets.
"I love being rich" Peyton giggled.
"Me too! But lets go fake designer purse shopping" Haley giggled.
"Why fake when we could do real?" Brooke asked.
"Because when I was 17, Brooke Scott, I did not don a gown from Versace every evening, and did not carry a Kate Spade with me everywhere, I had to go the fake route"
Brooke scrunched up her nose. "If you insist" she grumbled. "But we better go buy 10 other designer things afterward"
"We will…" Haley laughed.
"We better" Brooke said. "Madison, sweetie…come here!" she called. Madison came running up to Brooke and jumped into her arms. Brooke hugged her tightly. "Baby mommy is going shopping with Haley and Peyton, ok? Be good for daddy, though I know you are anyway, and call mommy if you need anything, ok?" Brooke said. Madison nodded quietly. "Hey cutie what's the matter?" she asked, noticing the silence. Madison shook her head. Brooke picked her up and carried her to the corner of the room. "Hey baby tell me what's wrong, huh?"
"Yous coming back, right?"
"Of course, Maddie, I'll always come back…what is this about?"
"Jenny told me her mommy left forever"
"Aw…sweetheart" Brooke said, her throat constricting. She knew the fear of abandonment only too well. "I will always come back, I'll never ever leave you or daddy…ever" she said soothingly. "I love you both too much, you have to understand that" she said, hugging Madison tightly.
"Ok" Madison nodded.
"I'll be back very soon, Maddie"
"Bye mommy" Madison said, blowing her a kiss. Brooke blew a kiss back and left the room.
"What was that about?" Haley asked.
"Jenny told her that Nikki left forever and she was worried I wasn't coming back"
"Oh...poor baby!" Peyton said. "Jenny shouldn't have told her"
"I explained to her I'd always come back, and she looked halfway convinced. I'm gonna call Lucas" Brooke said, climbing into the limo. "Hey, Lucas" Brooke explained the story and Lucas promised to watch Madison like a hawk.
"Okay ladies, where are we going?" Brooke asked.
"We're going to Canal Street…" Haley said. "To show Brooke the simple life" Brooke giggled.
"Ok…here's our first shop. You have to ask for the backrooms" Haley instructed. "Quietly, don't announce it"
They walked in and asked quietly for the backroom. A guy led them to the back of the store and discreetly slid open a door that was nearly invisible and they entered.
"So this stuff is real for really cheap?" Brooke asked.
"Yah" Haley explained. "I can't believe you've never done this before"
"Well…" Brooke said. "Rich girl"
"Good point" Haley said, picking out a Burberry and handing it to the Chinese man. They bought a lot of purses and scarves, real and fake, and were finally done shopping when their limo pulled up in front of the Plaza.
"Christmas dinner time!" Brooke giggled.
"Since when does Brooke Davis- I mean Scott- get excited over dinner?"
"Uh…since it's Christmas" Brooke giggled.
"Good point…" Peyton laughed, pressing the button on the elevator. They arrived at their floor and found everyone gathered in Brooke and Lucas's room, ready.
"We're home!" Brooke giggled. Lucas pulled her into an embrace.
"It's a sin that I couldn't see my wife on Christmas day…our special day" Lucas said, kissing her softly. "I missed you"
"I missed you too" Brooke replied, wrapping her arms around him.
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"I love Christmas dinner" Karen sighed. "Reminds me of when Lucas was a baby-"
"Mom!" Lucas reprimanded.
"His first Christmas he was so cute in red and green"
"Mom…"
"Shut up Broody I wanna hear this" Brooke giggled.
"Mom, my wife, my child?" he said, burying his face in his hands.
"Aw baby its ok" Brooke giggled. "I still think you're manly hot"
"Thanks, Brooke" Lucas laughed.
"Mommy I's done" Madison said.
"Me too" Catherine and Anthony nodded. Everyone knew they wanted to play with their presents.
"Ok you're excused, are you sure you're done?" Brooke asked.
"Uh huh" three excited faces nodded.
"Ok…go" Brooke laughed.
"So who's excited about New Years?" Brooke asked.
"Uh…me?" Haley giggled. "I can't wait to see the crystal ball drop!"
"Same here" Brooke giggled. "I've only watched it on TV"
"Really? I've seen it actually drop before but only once…the kids are really gonna love it" Peyton said.
"Yah...ok we should go" Haley said. "We're tired…Merry Christmas" Haley said to everyone, as her, Nathan, and Anthony left. Jake, Peyton, Catherine, Jenny, Karen, Andy, Alexis, and Matthew all left soon after.
"This Christmas has been magical, Lucas…thank you" Brooke murmured, putting her hands on Lucas's chest.
"No problem, Brooke…anything for the love of my life" he whispered, kissing her hair.
"Lucas…" Brooke whispered, her heart jumping up into her throat.
"What?" he laughed.
"You know it drives me nuts when you kiss my hair"
"That's why I do it"
"Lucas…" she said. He pulled her into a passionate kiss and they pulled apart after a few moments. Lucas stared into her eyes and she looked back, her gaze meeting his dead on.
"You know I couldn't live without you, right?" he said.
"Yah…I couldn't live without you either" Brooke laughed. Lucas caught her smile and felt his heart plummet.
"Damn it Brooke you make me feel like its the first time we kissed every time…I can't think straight when I'm around you"
"Well that's a good thing, now isn't it?" she giggled, silently agreeing with the statement he had just voiced.
"You are just too damn beautiful" he said, interlacing his fingers with hers. "And smart and gorgeous and sweet and-" Brooke silenced him with a kiss. "Madison asleep?" he asked.
"Oh yah" Brooke said, running her fingers through his hair. "Sound asleep"
"That's a good thing" he said, kissing her hair softly.
"Merry Christmas Lucas"
"Merry Christmas Brooke"
Everyone stayed for New Years Eve and watched the ball drop. They welcomed 2006 with a party and lots of hugs and confetti and streamers. Brooke and Lucas had the times of their lives, as did everyone else. For once, it was nice to get away from Tree Hill and vacation to New York City. Everyone needed the break. Needless to say, it was a spectacular way to usher in a new year for Brooke and Lucas, with their friends and family by their side.
A/N: Ah! Only two more chapters…I'm gonna get all teary, I love this story so much! It's like my solace when I'm bored or stressed or anything! Ah! Lol…anyway, um about the sequel. I'm still sleeping on that…because a) updates would be MUCH less frequent and b) I have like no other storyline, but I can create it…we'll see…I'll let you guys know. Review! I love those!