"Omg mom I am so excited!" Madison shrieked. Brooke nodded with excitement and rubbed Lena's back gently.
"I haven't seen Lexy in a year…my baby Lenny hasn't seen her ever, have you baby?" Brooke cooed. Lena giggled and bounced and grabbed Brooke's shirt. "Aw I love you too" Brooke said.
"Hey Lena, can I have a hug?" Madison asked, stretching her arms out. Lena giggled and gave Madison a baby hug.
"Aw she gives hugs?" Lucas asked.
"Yeah…she gives you hugs all the time, Daddy, you're just too busy to notice" Brooke giggled, kissing Lucas.
"Aw I'm sorry baby girl" Lucas said, taking Lena from Brooke and kissing her. "You're daddy's princess"
"Hey, what about me?" Madison asked.
"You're my first princess" Lucas laughed.
"I better be" Madison giggled.
"I can't wait to see her tomorrow! When does her flight land?" Brooke asked Lucas.
"At 3"
"In the morning!"
"No, babe, afternoon" Lucas laughed, kissing Brooke. Brooke pouted and smacked Lucas but giggled anyway. Madison rolled her eyes and picked Lena up.
"I'm gonna go get ready and Lenny's gonna help me, so you guys do…whatever" Madison said.
"Ok" Lucas laughed, watching Madison's back retreat out the door.
"Ah…our children"
"I know" Lucas laughed, turning over to kiss Brooke.
"Lucas…we can't"
"What Brooke why not?"
"Little people in the house" Brooke giggled.
"But-"
"My horny little husband" Brooke laughed. "When they go to bed"
"But we haven't even gotten out of bed"
"I know baby…I'm sorry"
"But you look hot" he murmured into her hair.
"Believe me Lucas you look really good right now but I don't wanna scar our babies for life" Brooke giggled, wiggling out of his grasp.
"Fine" Lucas sighed, his eyes dancing at the sight of Brooke's straight hair and glowing hazel eyes. "But seriously…you look beautiful"
"Aw thanks" Brooke smiled, sending shivers down Lucas's back. She giggled and buried her head in the pillow. He kissed her hair and wrapped his arms tightly around her.
"I love you Brooke"
"Love you too" she whispered.
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"Hey guys!" Brooke greeted Haley, Peyton, Jake, Nathan, and the kids.
A chorus of hellos were returned as everyone sat down on the couch, ready to talk about Alexis and what they were gonna do.
"I'm SO happy she's coming back to visit" Peyton squealed. "We've all missed her SO much"
"I know" Brooke giggled. "I miss her"
"I miss her too" Nathan sighed. "It sucks to not see your sister for a year"
"Tell me about it" Lucas said.
"Aw" Haley and Peyton chorused. Brooke giggled and rolled her eyes and the guy's cheek's tinged with pink as they realized how corny they sounded.
"You know it's you girls' fault we're so cheesy now" Lucas said. "We don't actually mean to be" A frown quickly flashed across Brooke's face but no one saw it.
"Come on Anthony, Kitty, lets go up to my room" Madison ushered her cousin and best friend upstairs. The three friends collapsed on Madison's bed.
"I'm so excited Alexis is coming back" Madison said, and Catherine and Anthony nodded.
"I know! I miss her SO much" Catherine said, tossing her straightened, long blonde over her shoulder. Her already long and beautiful eyelashes were darkened with mascara and a trace of eyeliner could be seen.
"Wearing makeup now Catherine?" Madison asked, laughing.
"Yah…how does it look?" Catherine asked, admiring herself in the full length mirror.
"Oh my god not again you guys, if you're gonna start talking about Orlando Bloom and makeup again, I'm leaving" Anthony groaned, knowing he wasn't gonna leave anyway.
"What! No" Madison giggled, throwing her pillow at Anthony. He groaned and rolled over on his side to admire Catherine discreetly. She was brushing her hair in Madison's mirror.
"Your hair is long, Catherine" Anthony commented.
"Yah, it is" Catherine said, running a hand through her hair. "I love it!"
"It looks good on you" Anthony said.
"Thanks" Catherine said, her heart fluttering. Madison giggled but clapped her hand over her mouth just in time.
"Catherine, can we talk? Outside?" Anthony asked. Madison giggled again and ushered Catherine and Anthony out of the room.
"Look, Anthony"
"No, Catherine, will you just let me talk?"
"Yeah" she sighed. "Go ahead"
"I like you, and I like you a lot- I've known you forever and now I want more than friendship…will you go to Spring Formal with me?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure" Catherine smiled. "I would love to"
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"Hey baby" Lucas said, plopping down on the couch and kissing Brooke.
"Hi" Brooke said shortly.
"What's new?"
"Nothing"
"Brooke?"
"Yah?"
"You ok?"
"Yeah"
"Why are you acting like this?" Lucas asked.
"Acting like what, Lucas? Cheesy?" Brooke snapped.
"What?" he asked.
"Your earlier comment- 'you girls make us cheesy, we don't actually mean it'- I guess I'm being cheesy"
"Brooke, you're making no sense"
"Making no sense? That's great, Lucas" Brooke said, tears building up in her eyes.
"Brooke, baby, why are you crying?" Lucas asked, pulling her into a hug. "Damn Brooke don't cry like this you know I can't stand to see you cry"
"Lucas all those sweet cheesy things you did like the 'I love yous' and roses and necklaces you didn't mean?"
"Brooke, sweetie, I wasn't saying that when I made that comment" Lucas said, stroking her hair. "I did all of that stuff because I wanted to, I love you! We were just playing around…"
"But Lucas I need to know if you actually love me, or you're just pretending"
"Brooke…" Lucas said, kissing her hair. "Don't say stuff like that, I love you more than life itself, we have three children together and I love you more than you'll ever know…why would you ever doubt our relationship?"
"Because I wonder every night if all the people who say they love me actually love me" Brooke sobbed. "I don't know why, but I guess growing up with my parents, you can never be too sure"
"Baby…everyone loves you. Look at how Madison adores you. Look at how Hayden turns to you for everything. Look at how Lena throws a fit whenever she doesn't have her mama with her…look at how I would die if you weren't with me forever" Lucas whispered. "And as cheesy as THIS sounds…I love you. I can't be without you, Brooke"
Brooke wiped her tears with the back of her hand. Lucas pulled her into a hug. Insecurities were running rampant in Brooke's head, and he couldn't for the life of him decipher why.
A/N: Sorry this chapter was kind of pointless- but hey, there was some action, right? I might start another story, just because I need some fresh writing material- but I will definitely continue updating this one! Review even though this chapter sucked...lol!