"Madison…wake up…Hayden…wake up…time for school" Brooke chirped, going from room to room and opening their blinds, letting in an array of blinding early morning sunlight.

"Ten more minutes?" Madison groaned, rolling over in her bed. Brooke pulled the canopy aside and threw off Madison's sheets.

"Maddie, I did the exact same thing when I was your age, thus, I was late every other day…UP!" Brooke laughed.

"Mom…" Brooke hit play on Madison's stereo and Hit Me Baby One More Time blasted through the house.

"I'm up" Madison whined, and Brooke heard Hayden groan something from the other room about Madison's "gay" music.

"Hayden don't use the word gay you're too young and good morning" Brooke said, coming in and laughing at Hayden's tousled blonde hair and tired eyes.

"Good morning mom…" he yawned, getting out of bed and padding to his bathroom. Brooke laughed and left the room, feeling like a typical mother. She groaned to herself and walked into her bedroom.

"Lucas Scott, if I have to be up at 7:20, then so do you" she said, throwing off his covers.

"Brooke" he said, pulling her into bed with him. She giggled and snuggled up to Lucas. "I love you" he whispered, encircling his arms around her and kissing her hair. Brooke closed her eyes and breathed deeply, enjoying the feeling of being held. They hadn't been able to do many romantic things since Lena was born and badly needed to do something together before they went crazy.

"Mom!" Brooke was snapped back into reality.

"What, Hayden?"

"We're leaving…bye!"

"Bye Haydie, bye Madison…love you!"

"Love you too!" they chorused back, and Brooke heard the door shut behind them.

"Brooke…we're gonna go crazy if we don't have any alone time" Lucas mumbled into her hair. She nodded and rolled over to kiss him. "I love you" he said, closing his eyes again.

"Still sleepy?" Brooke laughed.

"Oh yah…Lena kept us both up all night" he sighed. "Is she still asleep?"

"Yah" Brooke sighed. "She's so cranky when she's sick"

"Just like you" Lucas teased, kissing her nose. Brooke giggled and snuggled deeper into his arms.

"Let's just sleep, Lucas" she whispered.

"Ok"

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Alexis rolled over in her bed, tears escaping her grey eyes. She missed Tree Hill. She hadn't been in a year because Matthew was so busy. She missed her mother and father and her brothers and Brooke and Madison. She hadn't even SEEN Lena and she was just so sick of California.

"Alexis?" Matthew said, feeling the wetness of her cheek. "You ok?"

"Yah, why?" Alexis asked, trying to sound as normal as possible.

"You're crying…come here baby" Matthew said, pulling her into his arms. "What's the matter?"

"I miss home…I don't know if that makes me a baby or what, but I miss my family, Matthew…I cant stand being so far away from them, I'm a very family oriented person" Alexis sighed.

"Alexis…" Matthew sighed, caressing her hair. He know being so far away from Tree Hill killed her, and he knew no amount of phone calls could make up for being so far away.

"I need to sleep" Alexis said, freeing herself from his grasp and pulling the covers over her head.

"Ok" he said worriedly, kissing her cheek and rolling over to his side.

Alexis lay their quietly, trying her best to make her breathing even, but the tears just wouldn't stop coming. Soon, they turned into full fledged sobs that no one could ignore. Matthew didn't know what to do, whether to leave her alone or hold her. He went with his gut instinct and pulled her into his arms. To his relief, she didn't resist, and her body relaxed against his. She finally cried herself to sleep. Matthew sighed and closed his eyes. He had some serious thinking to do.

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"Hey Madison" Conrad said, coming up from behind and hugging her while she was standing at her locker.

"Hey Conrad!" Madison said, turning around and smiling. "You look tired"

"Yah…I went to sleep kind of late last night"

"Why?"

"I was on the phone"

"With?" Madison asked, laughing and examining her appearance in her locker mirror.

"My grandmother…she talked my ear off" Conrad whined.

"Grandma Josephine?"

"YES! The chatterbox"

"She's so funny" Madison laughed.

"No she's not, she's annoying"

"I like my grandparents…well most of them anyway" Madison laughed.

"She sends me a lot of money" Conrad shrugged, a smile playing on his lips.

"Conrad!"

"Kidding, Maddie" he laughed.

"Alright boyfriend lets move it or we're gonna be late to Simpson's class" Madison said, tugging on Conrad's backpack.

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Catherine and Anthony sat in English class, trying to tune out their unnervingly boring professor.

"So children…a transitive verb is…" the Professor drawled.

"Hey Catherine" Anthony whispered. Catherine turned around, her hazel eyes sparkling at Anthony.

"Yah?"

"I'm gonna fall asleep soon"

"With Professor Boring as a teacher? I'm already asleep" she giggled. She turned back around and Anthony watched her flip her curly mass of blonde hair over her shoulder and sigh.

He's so cute…and sweet…and funny…

She's so pretty…and sweet…and pretty…

"Miss Jageilski?"

"Yah?" Catherine snapped out of dreamland.

"What's the answer?"

"Direct object?" Catherine took a shot in the dark.

"EXCELLENT! How did you know that?" the professor asked, elated.

"It's obvious" Catherine shrugged, silently thanking her lucky stars.

"What's obvious is that you've been paying attention" the Professor said, looking positively thrilled. Catherine smiled and Anthony shot her a shocked look. She smiled and winked and turned around to face the board, determined to pay attention so she wouldn't be called on like that again.

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"Oh my god" Alexis whispered to herself, staring down at the home pregnancy test. "I'm pregnant" she said, sitting down on the side of the Jacuzzi.

"Hey Alexis, I'm gonna run off to work, ok?" Matthew called, tightening his tie.

"Matthew?" Alexis whispered.

"Yah?" he asked, smiling and turning around.

"I'm pregnant" she said, holding up the pregnancy test.

"Wow…" Matthew said. "Alexis, that's great!"

"I know" Alexis said, an extremely excited feeling rising up in her stomach. Matthew pulled her into his arms and kissed her.

"I'm so happy Alexis…we'll celebrate tonight, ok?" he smiled.

"Ok" She smiled and kissed him back.

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"Hello?"

"Bumblebee?"

"Alexis!" Madison shrieked. Hayden and Lucas covered their ears and rolled their eyes at the enthusiastic greeting.

"HI! Omg I haven't talked to you in SO long" Alexis sighed.

"I know…what's up?" Madison asked, examining her French manicure in the toaster reflection.

"I'm pregnant" Alexis said simply.

"WHAT! Omg that's great!" Madison yelled, jumping three feet in the air. "Does this mean you're moving back?" she inquired excitedly.

'Moving back' caught Lucas's ear and he turned around and shot Madison a questioning look.

"Daddy, Alexis is pregnant!" Madison screeched. Lucas smiled and motioned for her to give him the phone when she was done. She nodded and continued her conversation. "So is it a boy or a girl?"

"WAY too early to tell, but we're excited"

"Me too! I'm even more excited" Madison giggled, tossing the cordless phone to Lucas.

"Hey little sister…mommy to be" Lucas smiled when he heard his little sister's voice.

"Who's mommy to be?" Brooke asked, towel drying her hair and walking into the room.

"Alexis! She's pregnant!" Madison and Brooke simultaneously shrieked and jumped up and down. Hayden rolled his eyes but a smile played on his lips. Lena looked temporarily scared by all the noise and scrunched up her face to wail but Madison quickly picked her up and bounced her gently.

"Nice save, Maddie, or she would have wailed for hours" Brooke giggled.

"I know…as much as I love you Lenny…you're so whiny" Madison giggled, kissing Lena's nose and making her giggle. After Brooke and Alexis had a long conversation, they all gathered at the family table to talk about their day and eat dinner.

"I met a new friend today" Hayden said, slurping his spaghetti.

"Hayden…don't slurp" Brooke giggled. "And a girl friend…or a boy friend?"

"Mom…girls…ew…his name's Jack, and he's new" Hayden informed them importantly. "He sucks at basketball though"

"He does?" Lucas asked interestedly.

"Yah he's a soccer guy"

"So who're you gonna play basketball with?"

"You dad…and kick your butt"

"In your dreams"

"SO Madison did you read Teen Vogue?" Brooke said loudly.

"Yes I want that new lip gloss" Madison said.

"The Revlon one?"

"Yes! It's so pretty" Madison said, popping a meatball in her mouth. "It'd look good with our complexions"

"Ok why is my 11 year old talking about complexions?" Lucas asked, tearing himself away from an obviously entertaining basketball related conversation with Hayden.

"Cause…complexion's are awesome?" Brooke said.

"She can't wear makeup!"

"Yes she can…I did"

"Well…" Lucas grumbled.

"It's ok" Brooke winked. He laughed and threw a napkin at her.

"Lucas!" Brooke shrieked. "No throwing things at the dinner table, look what kind of example you're setting for our children!" she giggled.

Over at the Jageilski residence…

"Peyton, someone's at the door!" Jake called, hearing the bell ring.

"Alright! I'll get it babe" she called back, opening the door.

"Peyton?"

"Ellie? What are you doing here?"

A/N: Dun! CLIFFHANGER! Not really but short chapter, Alexis is pregnant! Yay! Drama is building, as you can tell! Yay…review!