Same Mistake Twice

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Previously—

Just as Brooke started to discuss that this kid would probably look exactly like Felix, just to spite her, Lucas interrupted her with his lips. He had meant for it to be a small, distracting, possibly, sweet kiss. He had expected that it would last only a second and that he would probably end up with a very pissed off Brooke by the end of it. He never expected what happened next. Brooke reached her arms around his neck and pulled him closer towards her. She was kissing him back.

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Brooke opened her eyes as she continued to kiss Lucas. She suddenly realized exactly what was going on and pulled her arms from his neck, cutting off the kiss. She looked up at him, his eyes slowly opening.

"Luke, what was that?" Brooke asked. She knew that she had feelings for him, but right now really wasn't the time for them to be getting into that.

'It was me trying to tell you how in love I am with you.' Lucas said to himself, knowing that would never be a suitable answer for the situation. "Uh…" Lucas began to stutter as Brooke looked at him expectantly. "That was my way of shutting you up." He said it almost as if asking her if she actually believed him. He continued on, "I know how long your anger rants can last and I really didn't know any of way that was legal." He tried to say the last part jokingly.

"Oh…" Brooke said in a disappointed voice, that she tried to mask with a smile. "Right." 'Of course, that's all it was Brooke, what else would it be?' She asked herself as she felt a pain in her heart from his explanation.

"So…" Lucas started. "Did you think about my offer?"

"Uhh… in that last 5minutes while we were kissing?" Brooke asked jokingly. "Not so much."

"Ah… right. Well the offer still stands." Lucas replied, trying to convince her that this was the best thing for her, this kid and even him. He knew that it was good for him because he would always be involved in Brooke's life, no matter what, and if he couldn't have her, just being near her was the next best thing.

"Lucas, it really is a great idea, but how would we pull this off? What about your mom? I already told her that the baby was his. She's going to be so disappointed in me for letting you do this."

"Well, we don't have to tell people that you are pregnant for a while, you probably won't be showing for a while, and we can say that you are only a few months along. When the baby arrives, we just say that it was a month or two early. We can also just say that you and I, well you know." As Lucas said that last part, a scarlet color came to his cheeks. It made Brooke giggle. 'Yep, same old Lucas.' She thought to himself. She loved that he still had some part of his innocence left in him. She always thought that it was pretty adorable how he got nervous when they talked about sex. Even when they dated for a while, he was pretty gentle and nervous when they were "in the bedroom" so to speak. 'Or in the hot tub, or the back of a bar.' Brooke added to herself.

"I see you've been thinking this plan up for a while, Scott." Brooke said with a smile as she playfully nudged his shoulder. Her face became somber as she thought of one obstacle that he hadn't covered yet- His mother. "What about your mom?"

Lucas paused for a moment. "Well, we can just tell her the truth. She knows that Felix is a monster that shouldn't be near a child. She might be skeptical at first, but she loves you like a daughter and I think that she will understand why I have to do this." Lucas began to stare into space as he imagined a little kid calling him 'dad'.

Brooke knew the look on his face meant that he was deep in thought, and by the smile on his face, it was good thoughts. 'This might actually work.' She thought to herself. She hated to take him out of his happy thoughts, but she had to. " Luke?" Brooke said quietly. Lucas looked up at her and she had a smile on her face, just by this simple gesture, he knew her answer was yes, but she continued on. "Yes. I will accept your offer." He smiled at her and pulled her into his arms, as they both forgot the tension that had been in the room after their kiss.

After they held each other for about 5 minutes, Lucas finally let go so that he could look at Brooke. "Thank you." He said as he looked deeply into her bright hazel eyes with his joyful, tear-filled blue ones.

Brooke laughed at his words. "Shouldn't I be the one thanking you, Luke? You're the one that's putting their life on hold for me and …" She putted to her stomach to refer to the baby.

"Yeah, but I'm not the one that needed all the convincing." He replied and looked at her. She rolled her eyes in her normal "Brooke Davis" fashion.

The two of them spent the rest of the day together, hanging out at Karen's and they eventually fell asleep on the couch while watching a movie, in each other's arms.

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The weekend passed by quickly with Brooke and Lucas spending almost every waking hour together, and a lot of sleeping hours together as well. Then it was Monday again, a day that both Brooke and Lucas were dreading because of one person- Felix.

Brooke had seen him in her first period class, and he had winked suggestively at her, which made her run out of classroom to throw-up, literally. Sometimes morning sickness came at right time. The rest of the day was a blur; Brooke was looking forward to spending the afternoon with Lucas and his mom. They had decided that today would be the day that they told Karen about their little plan, since Brooke's doctor's appointment was the next day; this was probably the best time.

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Lucas waited at Brooke's locker for her to pack up so that they could go hang out with his mom. She smiled when she saw him and quickly packed all of her materials into her backpack. They walked out to his car and both noticed Felix on the other side of the courtyard, staring at them. They both tried to ignore it, but they also noticed that he was making his way towards them. Brooke and Lucas sped up, so that they could avoid a confrontation with Felix, something that neither of them was really up for at the moment. Luckily, they got to Lucas' red corvette, a gift from his jackass father no less, before Felix could speak to them.

About 10 minutes later, the pair pulled up at the café and got out. As they walked, Lucas instinctively wrapped an arm around Brooke's shoulder, a gesture that instantly made her feel comfortable. Karen smiled as she saw them walk into the café. She was glad that her son was around more, even if he was still living with the devil. Although, from what she gathered the past two nights, when there were two teenagers sleeping together on her couch, literally that is, Lucas obviously wasn't living with Dan for long.

"What can I get you two?" She asked cheerfully as they both took seats at the counter.

There was a long pause and an exchange of awkward looks between Brooke and Lucas before Brooke finally spoke up. "Uhhh… actually, Karen. We both," She paused as she kicked Lucas' foot, for making her ask by herself, "Need to discuss something important with you."

"Oh… okay. Uhh… why don't we go into the backroom?" She asked the two teens cautiously. They both got up slowly, Brooke because she was trying to delay the inevitable, Lucas because his foot hurt from Brooke kicking him earlier.

Once they got there, Brooke and Lucas started to fidget and this got Karen very nervous. She finally spoke, "What's going on?"

Brooke looked at Lucas expectantly, it was HIS mother. He finally got the hint and started, looking everywhere but his mother's eyes. "Well mom, you see. It's kind of like this." Brooke chuckled as he started to speak. Her bad habits were really starting to rub off on him. He started again, this time in more complete sentences. "Okay, well you know that Brooke is pregnant." He paused to watch his mother slowly nod. "Well, the baby's father is a really awful guy, well you know Felix, and he can never raise this kid, ever. So, I kind of came up with this plan that will help her and the baby, and it won't work out so badly for me." He took a breath of air and waited for his mother's response.

Karen sat looking from Brooke to Lucas and back again. She was very nervous about this supposed "brilliant" plan. "What exactly does this plan entail?"

Lucas took a large breath of air before he continued. "Me pretending to be the father, permanently," He said it very quickly and looked at Brooke, who could finally breathe, then to his mother, who was trying to process the information that had just been given to her.

Karen laughed. Brooke and Lucas looked at her like she was crazy, and then looked at each other, to make sure that neither of them was hallucinating. They weren't. Karen finally calmed down from the laughing and then looked back at the teenagers that sat in front of her, looking very nervous. "I'm sorry. I thought that I heard you say that you wanted to pose as Brooke's baby's father, but I must have been mistaken." Her voice got more upset by the moment.

Brooke finally spoke up. "Karen. I was pretty skeptical when Lucas told me about his little plan, and I want you to know that at first, I said no." Karen looked at Lucas for confirmation and he nodded 'yes'.

Karen looked back at Brooke and tried to put on a good face and then she spoke. "Brooke, can I please speak to my son for a moment?" Brooke nodded as she got up. Once she got to the door, she shot Lucas an encouraging look.

Once Brooke left the room, Karen started to speak. "Lucas, I understand that you want to help Brooke, and trust me, I want to help her as well, but…."

Lucas suddenly interrupted her and tears started to well up in his deep blue eyes. "Mom," he said as his voice started to crack. "I… I can't let Felix hurt Brooke or this baby. Brooke needs me, just like you needed Keith. She needs me to be this kid's father. I'm not just going to be a "fatherly" figure. I want to be this kid's dad. Someone that they can always talk to, someone that they can always depend on, and mostly, just someone that they can call dad."

"Lucas, Keith was there for you your entire life, without the title and it seemed like it worked out pretty well. I understand that you…"

Lucas looked at his mother and paused. He was about to tell her something that he had never told anyone. "Mom, you know, when I was little, all I ever wanted was to be able to call Keith, 'dad'. I always wished that you two you finally realize how much you really did love each other and I would finally be able to call him that. I don't want this kid to go through that pain, like I had to."

"Lucas, I understand that you want to help her and this…"

"I…" Lucas interrupted his mother for the second time that night and started to get a little more emotional. "I…. I'm in love with her." He finally got it out of his system, and then looked at his mother, waiting for her response. She rose from her chair and wrapped her arms around her baby boy.

"I know you are, baby. That could make things even more complicated, especially if she doesn't know." She finally unwrapped her arms from his neck and looked at him. Her blue eyes were bright with tears. His hair was just starting to grow back from the buzz cut that he had gotten while he was away with Keith. He obviously hadn't shaved in a couple of days, because he had some visible stubble around his lips. It seemed like just yesterday, he was a little boy, and now he wanted to be someone's father. He wasn't a little boy anymore, though. He was a man. She had to accept that. She knew that Lucas loved Brooke more than anything. She knew that he had broken his own heart when he broke hers, and that he would do whatever in his power to make her happy again, and this was his chance.

Lucas looked at his mother, waiting for an answer. She simply nodded as she wrapped her arms around his neck again. He let out a breath that he didn't even realize he was holding. He held onto her tight, as a way of thanking her for accepting the situation that he had put himself into. After five minutes of hugging and crying, they finally separated. Lucas looked at his mother and said, "Thank you, Mom, for this and for everything. I love you." Karen smiled and nodded. Lucas kissed her cheek and then exited the small room in search of Brooke.

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Brooke sat at the counter in the small café, waiting. It seemed as if Lucas and Karen had been in that backroom for hours. This was either a really good thing, or a really bad thing. She started to strum her fingers on the hard granite, when Lucas suddenly appeared at her side. She looked at him, confused. His blue eyes were bloodshot, a sign of tears. She knew Lucas, he never cried, unless something really bad happened. Just then, he smiled at her, a genuine, charming, Lucas Scott smile that made even Brooke go weak in the knees. She squealed, knowing what exactly what his smile meant. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. He hugged her tightly and picked her up, as well, and just breathed in the scent of her hair that his own head was now buried in. It was a mix of coconut, vanilla and strawberries, not exactly a scent that most girls could pull off, but for Brooke, it was perfect and unique. It was things like this that made Lucas love her even more.

For now, all of their troubles were solved. Lucas was going to be this child's surrogate father and he was always going to be a constant in Brooke's life. Brooke knew that her baby had the best father that she could ever imagine. She knew that this new situation would probably entail her and Lucas being together more. This thought brought a large grin to her face. Right now, they were in their own perfect little world, and both thought that nothing and no one could ruin this for them.

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Well, this was a LONG chapter. I hope yall liked it. I'm really sorry that I haven't gotten a lot of Peyton/ Jake action in, but I like this storyline a little bit better. I'm thinking that I might drop the storyline all together, since it is pretty hard to incorporate the two together. Please review and tell me what you think about this idea!

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