Eight long years had passed since Alexis had gotten married to Matthew McNally and moved to California. She was still in California, a little happier than she was 8 years ago about California.

Brooke and Lucas Scott had to face the horrible prospect of 40 looming over their heads in three short years. Both were 37, happy, and still madly in love. Their brood of children had definitely grown since the wedding.

There was Madison, of course, who was now 11, going on 12, as she liked to say. Her and Brooke were insanely tight, tighter than any other mother and daughter…they had a very "Gilmore Girls" relationship going on. Madison was an exceptional student at school and on top of that, had an uncanny eye for fashion. One of Lucas's teammates on the basketball team had a wife who was a fashion designer for a big company, and Madison had landed an internship. Despite her baby sister in the house, she was still Lucas's princess and his firstborn.

Then, there was Lucas's pride and joy, Hayden Matthew Scott. 8 years old and already a handsome jock, he was a daddy's boy and Lucas's carbon copy. Tall, lanky, blue eyes, blonde hair, and a shapely face, Hayden was a charmer. He was also brooder, like Lucas, and extremely quiet and congenial. Brooke and him had a funny relationship that no one could decipher, and no one tried to. There were some things that he would only tell Brooke. Surprisingly, him and Madison were unnaturally close.

Last but not least, the baby of the family, 5 month old Lena Ariadne. She didn't have a personality yet, but she was a perfect mix of Lucas and Brooke, unlike Madison, who was a carbon copy of Brooke. She had blonde hair and twinkling hazel eyes, and she was definitely Brooke and Lucas's baby.

The other Scott brood…Haley and Nathan. Also 37, they had two kids…Anthony, who was 12, Nathan's mini me and rivaled even Nathan at basketball. He was an exceptional basketball player. Him and Nathan had the whole father-son thing going on.

Then there was the baby, Nathan's princess, Haley's best friend, 9 year old Angelina Taylor. She was a petite, thin, pretty girl with Nathan's eyes and dark hair, but Haley's patience and motherly attitude.

And who could forget the Jageilskis? Jenny was big, 21 years old and living on her own. She was frequently at her mother and father's home, being attached at the hip to Catherine and Peyton. Catherine was a cute 12 year old, Peyton's mini me, and then there was their boy, Mason Alexander. He was a cute, fun loving 4 year old and Jake's pride and joy.

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"Lena…sweetie…why do you have to wake up at the crack of dawn?" Brooke grumbled, going over to Lena's bedroom and picking the wailing little girl up.

"Good morning mom" Madison yawned, walking into Lena's bedroom and taking her from Brooke and kissing her.

"What's so good about it?" Brooke asked.

"PMSing mom?" Madison asked, laughing.

"Yes" Brooke said, giggling herself. "Good morning Maddie…why are you up at the crack of dawn my late sleeper?" Brooke asked, hugging her daughter.

"I couldn't sleep" Madison yawned again. "Where's daddy?"

"Still sleeping" Brooke grumbled, taking Lena back from Madison and changing her quickly.

"Daddy!" Madison yelled, waking Lucas up.

"Madison…" Lucas grumbled.

"Daddy…" she giggled, climbing into bed and throwing the covers off of him.

"I'm up, I'm up…where's Hayden?"

"In the kitchen, reading like always" Madison rolled her eyes and hugged her father. He kissed the top of her head and grabbed his robe.

"And where's my little baby?" he said softly, seeing Lena and Brooke emerge from the room, Lena looking like a baby model.

"Here" Brooke giggled, kissing Lena and handing her to Lucas, and then kissing him. They sat down at the breakfast table, their breakfast ready because of Martha, whom they still had as a live in housekeeper.

"Good morning Hayden" Lucas laughed. Hayden looked up from his book and smiled.

"Hey dad" he said, putting the book down. "Mom…Maddie…hey Lenny" he said, seeing Brooke, Madison and Lena.

"My baby boy" Brooke laughed, blowing him a kiss. Hayden laughed and grabbed a muffin from the basket.

"So guys, what are we doing today?"

"Well! I have to work on the skirt for the design company…I'll need your help with that mom" Madison said.

"Of course" Brooke said.

"Basketball, dad- one on one"

"You're on kiddo…and what is Lenny gonna do today?" Lucas asked the little baby, tickling her.

"Lenny's gonna help mommy and me with the skirt aren't you baby?" Madison cooed. Madison and Lena got along really well and Madison LOVED Lena. Come to think of it, everyone loved Lena. She was the sweetest baby ever and extremely quiet. That made Brooke smile more than anything else, seeing Madison and Hayden being nice to Lena. When she had found out she was pregnant with her, she was afraid Madison and Hayden, especially Hayden, who had been the baby for 7 years, would be resentful. But Lena was a lovable baby.

"You think your baby sister is gonna help you with designing a skirt, teddy bear?" Lucas asked.

"She can help!" Madison laughed. "And don't call me teddy bear…" Madison groaned. "I'm almost 12!"

"Maddie, you just turned 11" Brooke laughed. "But don't call her teddy bear, she gets embarrassed in front of her boyfriend" Brooke winked.

"Ugh? Conrad?" Lucas asked, getting a death glint in his eye.

"Yah! You met him when I was 3" Madison giggled. "Don't be mad daddy…he's cute, and sweet"

"Ew…Madison's love life" Hayden said, scrunching his nose and popping a cherry in his mouth.

"Hayden, Madison doesn't HAVE a love life" Lucas defended vehemently. "And Lena will never ever date…ever"

"That's what you said when Madison was 5 months old" Brooke laughed.

"I mean it this time" Lucas laughed, cleaning up the area. "Come on Hayden lets go so I can kick your ass at basketball"

"You're on dad!" Hayden said. Lucas chased Hayden out the door.

"Your daddy is so silly" Brooke cooed to Lena. She giggled and stretched out her fingers to Brooke, who kissed them and picked up the little girl. "Ok Lenny go with your sister while mama cleans up and then we can help Maddie" Brooke giggled, handing Lena to Madison, who carried the baby carefully to her room and put her on the bed. Brooke walked in ten minutes later.

"Ok so what are we going for?"

"We're going for classy and elegant" Madison said, unrolling her sketches.

"So what were you thinking?" Brooke said, examining the sketch closely.

"See, I wanted to tier the skirt and have a bow on the side…I think it's very girly and definitely something I would wear" Madison explained. Lena cooed and giggled.

"I think she likes the idea!" Brooke giggled. "But Maddie…that skirt is so…long"

"Mom…"

"It IS! That's totally un-sexy" Brooke whined. "Maddie…"

"Mom…wow" Madison giggled. "I'll make it shorter"

"You better…no nuns in this house"

"You are definitely the coolest mom ever" Madison said. "Most moms would freak out if I made a short skirt"

"Well…I'm good like that" Brooke laughed, high fiving Madison.

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"Angelina…" Nathan said

"Dad…what?" Angelina looked up from helping Haley bake brownies.

"Smile!" he said, taking a picture. "How are my two favorite girls?"

"Good" Haley said, kissing him. Angelina giggled and continued poking chips into Haley's freshly baked cookies.

"Mm can I have a cookie?" Anthony said, walking in with his authentic signed Lebron James ball.

"NO!" Haley and Angelina yelled.

"Sorry…Angie"

"Hi Anthony" she said. Anthony was an insanely overprotective brother and always made sure his sister was ok. It was actually kind of cute.

"When can we have the cookies?" Anthony laughed.

"Soon, hopefully…your mother and sister can cook good" Nathan said. "How's the jump shot?"

"Better…I'm working on it"

"Ok that's good" Nathan said, clapping Anthony on the shoulder.

"Daddy…me and mom saw this Coach purse…" Angelina said, hugging her dad.

"Whatever it is, you can get it, princess" Nathan said, kissing the top of her head.

"Hey what about me?" Haley asked.

"My wife? I'd buy you the world" Nathan laughed, winking. Haley giggled and motioned for Angelina to take the brownies out of the oven.

"Anthony…do you want a cookie?"

"Sure short stuff" he said, taking a cookie from Angelina.

"Like it?" she asked.

"Love it…uh mom…are we gonna see Madison and uh…Catherine today?" he asked.

"Yah, we're going to Brooke's today" Haley said, giving him a knowing look. Anthony smiled sheepishly and looked down at his cookie.

"Catherine! Maddie! And little Lenny" Angelina said, excited at the prospect of seeing her two "big sisters" and her "little sister".

"That kid is precious" Nathan said. "Lena? She has an interesting name, Brooke is queen of weird names…Madison, Hayden, and Lena" he laughed.

"They're all nice names though" Haley commented. "They fit the children well"

"Yah…Lena Ariadne…wasn't Ariadne a Greek person?" Nathan asked.

"Ariadne is a character in Greek mythology" Haley said. "Brooke loves weird names"

"Yah…well Angelina Taylor is simple and nice" Nathan laughed.

"Taylor after Aunt Tay!" Angelina said. Taylor, Haley's older sister, was Angelina's favorite. "What does my name mean?"

"It means little angel…cause you're our little angel" Haley said, letting Angelina climb into her arms.

"I'm daddy's little angel too, right?"

"Of course" Nathan said, kissing the little girl.

"When are we going to aunt Brookes?" Anthony asked.

"In an hour"

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"Mommyyyyyyy…I'm home" Jenny yelled.

"Hey Jenny! Long time no see…college treating you well?" she asked, seeing her full grown daughter.

"Yah" Jenny laughed, hugging her mother. "I missed you"

"You too darling" Peyton laughed.

"Jenny!" Catherine yelled, sliding in, her curly blonde hair swinging everywhere.

"Baby sis…how are you holding up?"

"With you gone at college? Not so good…but I do have some juicy gossip" she said. Jenny's face lit up and Peyton looked up intently. "Gossip that mom CANT hear"

"Aw…at least Mason loves me" she sighed.

"I loves you mommy" Mason giggled, popping a cheerio in his mouth.

"Thanks" Peyton laughed, blowing him a kiss.

"Come on" Catherine said, dragging Jenny to her room. "Ok…so I get to see Anthony today"

"Anthony Scott? Ooh…someone's got a little crush" Jenny giggled.

"No! Ok…so I do…I hope he likes me too" Catherine said. "And it might be weird, we grew up like brother and sister, and its gone farther than that" Catherine sighed. "I need tips, seeing as you have a gorgeous boyfriend"

"I'll tell you what to do when we're there" Jenny giggled. "Ah…my baby sister has a crush- this is exciting- we have to celebrate"

"That I like someone?" Catherine laughed.

"I just wanna spend daddy's money" Jenny said, a little too loud.

"Jenny…my firstborn" Jake laughed, hugging his daughter. "And my spoiled princess" he said, hugging Catherine. "How's college?"

"Good" Jenny said. "I have a boyfriend"

"What? No!"

"Yes, daddy" she laughed.

"Ugh...is he nice?"

"Very" Catherine said.

"You're in on this?" he asked Catherine, shocked.

"Dad, we're sisters, of course I'm in on this" Catherine laughed. "We talk WAY more than you think we do" Jake scratched his head and laughed.

"Ok well we're supposed to be at Brooke's in 30 minutes, so lets get ready"

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"Lenny…look over here" Madison laughed, holding up her digital camera.

"Lenny…look at Maddie or mommy" Brooke laughed. Lena was sitting up against the pillow and babbling to herself.

"Whatever, I'll just take the picture" Madison laughed. She snapped the picture and the doorbell rang. Madison picked Lena up and her and Brooke went to answer the door.

"We're here!" the two families walked in.

"Catherine! Anthony" Madison said, hugging them both. Catherine and Anthony awkwardly hugged and then looked away.

"Lenny, cutie pie" Catherine cooed. Jenny hugged Madison, Lena, and Anthony.

"Lena, how about you go with daddy or Uncle Nathan so I can go with Catherine and Anthony?" Madison asked, kissing Lena and handing her to Nathan. Lena didn't seem to notice and Madison shrugged and led Catherine and Anthony up to her room.

"So guys…what's new?" she asked.

"Nothing"

"Mm"

"You guys ok?" Madison asked. She looked from Catherine to Anthony, and born with Brooke's sharp senses, she immediately recognized awkwardness.

"Catherine, can I talk to you for a second?" Madison asked, dragging her best friend to the closet. "Do you like Anthony?" she asked.

"Yes, shh"

"Ooh that would make me your sister in law kind of!" Madison shrieked.

"Madison shut up!" Catherine said, clamping her hand over Madison's mouth.

"Sorry…this is cool though" Madison giggled. They emerged from the closet.

"What was that about?" Anthony asked, laughing.

"Oh nothing" Madison sighed. "So big cousin…where's your younger counterpart?" she asked. "I haven't seen Angelina all day!" she said. "Angie!" she called. Angelina came running up with Hayden, whom she was best friends with.

"Maddie! Catherine!" she said, jumping on the bed and hugging them both.

"My almost little sister…how are you? Looking hot" Madison laughed.

"Thanks…I got a new Barbie yesterday"

"Another one?" Madison laughed.

"Her name is Lilly"

"Oh…name one that's pretty Madison, ok?" Madison laughed. Hayden gagged and Madison smirked at him.

"Anthony…come on, lets play basketball…the girls are talking about dolls" Hayden gagged. Anthony laughed and followed his younger cousin out the door.

"So you really like Anthony?" Madison asked once they were alone.

"Yes!" Catherine said, burying her head in the pillow.

"Ugh…well he's my cousin, but, that's hot"

"What are you, Paris Hilton?" Catherine laughed.

"No I'm my mother"

"Good point"

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"Broody…" Brooke whispered. Lucas looked up and kissed her when he saw her wide smile.

"Hey Cheery…you look beautiful as usual"

"Why thank you sexy" she said, kissing Lucas.

"Guys…" Peyton whined.

"Sorry" Lucas laughed, entwining his hands with Brooke's underneath the table. It had been 11 years and yet, they were still as romantic as they were when they were in high school. Lucas felt like Brooke made his heart jump every time he looked at her, and every time Brooke kissed him, she felt like it was her first time. Lucas looked down at her and kissed her hair softly. That simple gesture never got old.

"Lucas…" Brooke whispered. "Later" Lucas laughed and nodded.

"Ok, so guess what?" Peyton giggled.

"What?" Haley asked.

"My daughter is vibing on your son"

"Ooh! Madison did not tell me about this…" Brooke whispered, making a mental note to ask her.

"Well they'd be cute together" Haley commented.

"Hey! No dating" Jake grumbled.

"I hear you man" Lucas said.

"My 9 year old doesn't date, thank god" Nathan sighed.

"She will soon enough" Brooke said. Nathan got a vehemently defendant look on his face, but then got over it.

"Children…" Brooke laughed.

"Mommy…Lena's whiny" Madison said, bouncing her baby sister gently, exasperated.

"Lenny…are you being difficult for Madison?" Brooke cooed, taking the baby girl from Madison and kissing her. Lena just kept on whining and Brooke kept on bouncing the little girl, checking her diaper and the clock for her feedings.

"Come here baby girl" Lucas said, taking Lena from Brooke and kissing her tenderly. "Daddy's baby girl will be ok, right princess?" Lucas said, rubbing her back. Lena instantly quieted and her little eyes fluttered.

"You've got to teach me that trick, daddy" Madison laughed. She turned around to leave but Lucas called her name.

"Hey Madison, thanks for watching her"

"Yah baby doll you really helped out" Brooke smiled. Brooke and Lucas were afraid Madison was getting neglected in shadow of Lena, but Madison constantly reassured them that she didn't feel neglected at all.

"No problem Mom…I love Lenny…bye baby" Madison cooed, kissing Lena and walking up the stairs.

"That girl is a force of nature" Karen sighed. "My grandchild…so big"

"Hey grandma I'm big!" Anthony said.

"My first grandchild…even bigger" she laughed.

Everyone stayed the rest of the day and for dinner. After putting Lena to bed, Brooke and Lucas played a board game with Madison and Hayden, and those two fell asleep as well.

"Brooke…" Lucas said, kissing her.

"Wait till the kids are asleep, Lucas!" Brooke giggled.

"No…Brooke" Lucas laughed.

"Someone's horny today" Brooke said.

"No you just look beautiful" he said.

"Ooh well played" Brooke giggled, pushing him back on the bed and kissing him, blowing out the candle and yanking the chain to shut the light off.

A/N: Ok! SO first chapter of the sequel…WOOT! It sucks, I know, but I'm so used to Maddie being little and Brucas and Naley and Jeyton being young and it'll take a while for the story to flow lol…so, the Catherine and Anthony attraction isn't weird, is it? Beause I would hate like end up sounding like there's sketchy things going on lol…they're not related though…! REVIEW!