"Peyt do you have Jenny's bottles?" Jake asked.
"Mhmm!" Peyton called back, checking to see that the computer was unplugged. "We should get going; Brooke and Lucas are waiting for us"
"Ok…come on Jenny!" Jake said, picking the little girl up, who giggled and bounced as her father carried her down the apartment complex stairs.
"Dada?"
"Yes angel?"
"Mama?"
"She's right behind you" Jake said, motioning over his shoulder. Jenny turned around and waved to Peyton, who laughed and waved back, heaving the huge suitcase down the stairs.
"So we're like taking a huge van?" Peyton asked.
"Yeah…Brooke rented it or whatever" Jake laughed. "So we could all 'be together'"
"I love that girl" Peyton laughed. "Only Brooke would think of something like that"
"Well she's Brooke, right?" Jake laughed, buckling Jenny in and getting into the front seat.
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"Broody Jake and Peyton and Jenny are here and Haley's coming in like 10 minutes so you better get your butt down here!" Brooke yelled.
"Brooke, sweetie, calm down" Karen laughed. "LUCAS EUGENE SCOTT DO YOU WANT ME TO SPANK YOU!"
"Sorry coming mom" Lucas sighed. "You and Brooke never get off my case, do you?"
"Nope" Karen and Brooke replied synonymously. Brooke silently shot Karen a dirty look. Why was she there?
Karen answered her question almost immediately. "I'll see you guys off and then lock up your house, Brooke, and you better call me every couple of hours"
"We will mom…Hales and Nate are here!" Lucas greeted, looking at Nathan desperately and motioning to Karen subtly.
"Ok, we should get going; we have to check in before after hours…so let's get moving!"
"Who's driving?" Haley asked.
"My chauffeur, of course" Brooke giggled. Peyton rolled her eyes but laughed and hoisted Jenny up.
"Hi Jenny" Brooke cooed. "You want me to hold you?" she asked, holding out her arms. Jenny nodded and climbed into Brooke's arms. Brooke giggled and tickled the little girl. "You're so cute"
"Mama?" Jenny asked, pointing at Peyton.
"Yes, that's mama" Brooke laughed. "Peyton she calls you mama!"
"I know!" Peyton said, climbing into the huge van. "It was pretty exciting the first time, I thought I was gonna collapse"
"Luckily, she didn't" Jake laughed. Peyton stuck her tongue out at Jake and giggled.
"Ok come on people no time to fight we have to get on the road!"
Peyton and Jake laughed, throwing their suitcases in the trunk and carrying Jenny's diaper bag into the car.
"Road trip!" Brooke yelled as the car started and Karen waved them goodbye.
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"When are we gonna be in Florida?" Brooke whined. She was completely in Lucas's lap, curled up with her head on his chest.
"Miss Davis we'll pass the welcome to Florida sign in about thirty minutes and then Daytona Beach is about two hours from the state border line" the chauffer told her.
"How do you know all of this?" Brooke asked.
"I've driven plenty of the places" he replied with a smile on his face. "I've driven you everywhere, Miss Davis"
"Oh that's true…Lucas!" Brooke said, hitting Lucas's chest.
"Mm what, Brooke?" Lucas said, opening his eyes and looking down at her.
"You're sleeping! You shouldn't be sleeping, you should be entertaining me!" Brooke whined.
"Brooke, honey, what could I possibly do to entertain you?"
"Let me listen to your iPod"
"You have your own!"
"Yes, but I wanna listen to yours" Brooke giggled.
"I thought you said I listened to crappy music?"
"Oh that's true" Brooke said. "Britney Spears is so much better than that stupid…whatever its name is"
"Uh huh…ok" Lucas grinned.
"Don't grin at me like that!" Brooke said.
"You don't like my smile?" Lucas asked.
"I love your smile" Brooke said, a huge smile spreading across her face, too.
"I love your smile too" Lucas said, kissing her and stroking her hair. "I love you"
"You guys are SO cheesy" Haley groaned. "Right Nathan?"
"Right" Nathan murmured sleepily.
"Oh shut up" Brooke giggled. "We like being cheesy"
"That's right" Lucas said, wrapping his arms around Brooke and kissing her on the forehead.
"Welcome to Florida!" Brooke shrieked, seeing the sign. "We're in the Sunshine State!"
"Yay!" Jenny giggled and clapped her hands.
"Yeah…see me and Jenny are the only ones excited…you all are too busy sleeping" Brooke whined. "Lucas! Be thrilled that we're in Florida"
"Yay" Lucas said.
"You don't sound thrilled…"
"Brooke, you know, sometimes you drive me crazy" Lucas laughed. Brooke opened her mouth to protest but was silenced by Lucas's kiss. "I love you"
"Mhmm" Brooke said, burying her head in Lucas chest. "I'm sleepy"
"Ok" Lucas said, wrapping his arms tighter around her and kissing the top of her head. "Go to sleep, Brooke, you need it"
"Ok" she whispered, yawning and closing her eyes. Lucas watched her sleep for about 15 minutes before falling asleep himself.
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"We're in Daytona Beach!" Brooke yelled, jumping out of the van, her energy revamped from the 2 hour nap she took.
"Damn, it's hot" Lucas said, shading his eyes and looking over at the beach.
"It is hot" Nathan observed.
"Water!" Jenny giggled, pointing at the blue waves crashing onto the shore.
"Yeah" Jake laughed. "And you can go in the water if you're good for mama and eat your food, ok?" he told Jenny as the group walked into the hotel's lobby to wait for their room key, and then handing her to Peyton who had her bottle ready. When Jenny saw it, she shrieked.
"No!" Jenny whined. "No!"
"Jenny…" Peyton sighed. "Please don't be difficult, you like your bottle, right?"
"No!"
"Why doesn't she wanna eat?" Brooke asked.
"She hates sitting still, she has to move constantly and feeding her constitutes sitting in me or Peyton's lap still until we're done" Jake sighed. "And now bottle is synonymous with sitting still"
"Oh" Brooke said. "I hope our baby doesn't do that, Lucas"
"If he or she's anything like you…" Lucas trailed off.
"Lucas!"
"I love you?"
"Good answer…let me try" Brooke said, taking Jenny from Peyton. "Hey sweetie pie, will you drink your milk?"
"No!"
"Ok…how about we walk around and drink?" Brooke said.
"No!"
"What if I bounce you, and for every bounce, you take a sip?" Brooke said excitedly. Jenny nodded, and Brooke took the bottle in her hand. "Ok…ready Jenny?" she said, bouncing Jenny and twirling her around. "Ok…now sip!" Jenny giggled and drank from the bottle.
"Good girl!" Brooke said, kissing Jenny. "How about you drink the rest and then I'll tickle you, huh?" Brooke giggled.
"No…"
"Ok fine then I'll have your milk" Brooke pouted and took Jenny's bottle and pretended to drink it.
"No!" Jenny giggled, taking the bottle back and drinking more of it.
"If you don't drink all of it, Aunt Brooke is gonna drink it" Brooke said
"Uh oh!" Jenny said, and gulped down the rest of the milk.
"Ta da!" Brooke said, holding up the bottle. "I was successful"
"Good job Brooke!" Peyton said. "You'll be great with your baby"
"Yeah babe you will be" Lucas said, pulling Brooke into an embrace. "You're gonna be such a great mother"
"Lucas…" Brooke said, her eyes filling up with tears. "No I won't"
"What makes you think you won't?" Lucas asked.
"Because I'm me, Lucas! I can't handle myself, let alone a baby!" Brooke said. They walked onto the elevator with all the suitcases while everyone waited to catch the next elevator up.
"Baby what's the matter?" Lucas said, looking at Brooke. "Brooke, don't cry…" he said, pulling her to his chest and hugging her.
"I'm so scared, Lucas"
"I thought this trip was about having fun?" Lucas asked.
"But I cant have fun knowing that in like 5 short months I'm gonna have a baby to take care of and be a parent to and it might hate me and…" Brooke sobbed. "And I'm having serious hormones and mood swings cause of the baby…"
"I understand your moodiness, baby, and I don't pay much mind to it because in the end I love you anyway, ok?"
"How do I know that?" Brooke cried. Why did she always pick elevators and fun times to have serious conversations? Lucas thought to himself.
"How do you know what?" Lucas sighed.
"Know that you love me?" Brooke said. "How do I know you're not with me because of the baby?"
"Haven't we had this conversation before?" Lucas asked wearily.
"Lucas! I can't believe your not answering me" Brooke said, the flow of tears running faster.
"Brooke please don't cry" Lucas whispered. "I love you because I do…I don't think words could explain it"
"But you're 18! How are you in love at 18?"
"Are you in love?"
"Yes" she sniffled.
"I bet it doesn't even come close to how much I'm in love with you…love isn't about it age…its about finding the right person, Brooke, finding the person who you cant live without! And I can't live without you Brooke"
A/N: ok cute chapter…next will be the rest of their Daytona trip with more Brooke being emotional cause I have a lot of fun with that and I pretty much have the rest of the story planned out and I'm disappointed/happy (I cant figure out how I feel about it) that there isn't much drama I was able to conjure up…so if you have ideas? I might make someone totally random evil or something to spice it up, but for right now its mostly cute Brucas fun! Review!
